The killers were two regular Columbine High School students dressed in trench coats who were later found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. ... These researchers also accuse television violence as being the reason behind several school shootings, suicides, and murders each year. ... However, the government passes many laws in order to help regulate television violence. ... Those who defend television violence children attending permissive schools promote behavior problems (Hinds 225). ... All of these elements, along with many more, explain the reason behind many school shootings, suicid...

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Over time the states passed compulsory schooling laws, which usually were applicable through elementary school and later were raised to age16. ... Should charter schools be allowed to skim the best students off the public schools? ... In the 1970s" school choice took the form of magnet schools, usually centralized public schools that offered special enrichment programs to entice children from their local schools. ... Another form of school choice is the use of school vouchers. ... The most recent school choice development has been the charter school movement. ...

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According to Law (2001), professions are exclusive occupations and there are 3 common defining characteristics: expertise, autonomy and altruism. ... For example, school status is seen very important in the views of parents (who are hoping their children to get into elite schools), and schools heads (who are hoping to ensure the number of admissions each year). The banding of the school and the medium of instruction (preferably English) used determines the school status. ... (Law, 2001). ... However, teachers already have to fulfil many duties in schools. ...

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Today's laws are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past. ... By 1987, all states had complied with the 21 minimum age law. ... The drinking age law has left many promising students with police records. ... A record of that sort could prove to be a problem when the time comes to look for a job, apply for a professional license, or seek admission to graduate school. ... In an age when young teenagers are being taught about safe sex, why then can't they be taught - by schools and parents alike - about safe drinking? ...

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Should violent teens be expelled from school to protect teachers and other students? ... Do you go to school with a young offender? ... Does the schools duty of care high enough that they must expel these young people? In today's school system there is zero tolerance for violence. ... Violence can be hard to prevent, this is due to thousands of students going in and out of the school throughout the day, and only a small ratio of staff compared to be watching the whole school at once. ...

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He believes that by living in a society and accepting its benefits (such as protection, schools, markets and roads), one must also accept the burdens, and by receiving services from the government, an individual owes service to the government in return. ... Socrates believes that any person who would disobey these laws creates a deliberate attempt to weaken the laws, as well as the society that imposed them. ... For example, the Declaration of Conscience of 1950 broke the draft law by encouraging others to refuse to serve for the Vietnam War. ... The purpose of civil disobedience, in other ...

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The lack to cater for indigenous students in public schools has triggered a steep drop in the number of Aborigines proceeding on to higher education, according to Monash University academic. Statistics are for a government report in school attendance rates for indigenous Students show that fewer than 30% of aboriginal children actually completed high school and less than three-quarters attended school daily. ... Many aboriginal students felt alienated from school because it was not relevant to their lives or culture. ... Racism would continue in Australia until mandatory sentencing law...

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As opposed to the anarchist belief that the freedom is achieved only in the circumstances where there is no institution to impose law on you, I am of the opinion that law is exactly what creates the freedom. ... Also, when there is no law that states that everyone has the right to live, that means everyone can commit a murder and do not get punished for that. ... So paying taxes would be a better choice, because at least you know that there will be somebody else to take care for all what society needs such as building schools, and roads. But, in the state of nature where nobody pays taxes, t...

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The recruiting base is from the Ox-bridge connection, which is Oxford and Cambridge, which is very narrow, only the elite go to these schools. ... The main function for the judiciary in both these countries is adjudication, which is to interpret the law. ... The Upper Chambers have extremely limited power, and the Lower Chamber mainly legitimizes laws and amendments. In Britain, the lower chamber is called the House of Commons, and is best known to legitimize laws and amendments thru open-debate. ... They do not have any policy-making powers, but the recruitment is a narrow-base, mainly t...

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Affirmative action is the source of many law suits and appeals that have often caused business's to constantly changing the hiring process and advancement selections. In an effort to both diversify and meet government regulations on affirmative action, larger companies may have departments devoted solely to ensuring these laws are followed. ... In this case, the Duke Power Company required employees to have a high school diploma and pass a written test for advancement. ... Those who deplore affirmative action argue that the way to solve the race problem in this country is to improve the...

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As the law of demand states, as price goes up, demand goes down. ... Standard economic analysis would predict that due to the increase in tuition fees, demand would fall, according to the law of demand. ... Furthermore another special feature is that there are not many other substitutes for not going to university, either a student can start working after school or attend university. ... As standard economic analysis states that as prices increase, demand decreases, the demand for university places does not quite follow that law due to the loans and grants provided by the government. ...

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School meals were also provided under this act, however the numbers it provided for were limited at first and then increased as the years went on. The government also made changes to the poor law system at the end of the nineteen-twenties and renamed it public assistance. ... The government did provided other benefits to those suffering from unemployment, for example there were benefits for women such as maternity and child welfare centres, and for children their were benefits such as free school meals. ...

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In the article, Young Children's Video/Computer Game Use: Relations with School Performance and Behavior, it shows the results of the study in this article found that playing violent video games did show signs of increased aggression. ...

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The totalitarian rule, however, eliminated all forms of freedom in the 20th century but the advent of the English Invent Common Law restored the voice of the commoners (The Guardian, 2006). ... A school of thought in favor of the government's action is that the ban instilled by the government was to serve as a safety measure to prevent lies and propaganda which may stimulate violence and possibly an illegal announcement of election results which will hinder development. Another school of thought not in favor of the government's action asserts that the government preventing access to ...

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Language Usage It was postulated that the problem of Filipino vis -vis English language usage is not our fascination for the latter but our derision for the former. Of course, there are exceptions to this instance. However, generally we Filipinos do view English as more superior language than o...

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