Why do many college students hold a job when they are attending school? ... Many collage students say that working while going to school is a necessity because it allows them to pay for school, which otherwise they could not attend. ... Second, working allows students to expand their career alternatives. ... In this study it was also found that when students work they seem to put off going to school or finishing school. ... If students plan to work while attending school they need to remember, "Certainly, working while going to school isn't for everyone. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Schools are in great need of systems, processes, and personnel who are able to support the needs of students with problem behavior. ... What is a problem behavior in one class may not be a problem in another; problem behavior from the home may never present itself in school. ... Positive behavioral support strategies teach students new skills that are meant to replace the problem behavior with a socially acceptable alternative. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By the end of that year, I had received an award for the most improved student in our elementary school. ... By the time I had reached the eleventh grade, I was fed up with the high school system and had realized that everyone was telling the truth. ... At this time I had changed schools and although the school that I had changed to had some academic advantages, it also had academic disadvantages. ... When I had first started school, I wished to graduate early, and was denied because of differences in state requirements. Although academically capable, when I had suggested independent stud...

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In the school's official website, it explains the different types of procedures. For example, the school is closed at midday if weather conditions "deteriorate". ... This led to the school being closed for various days. Although the school was shut down, the online website, blackboard, was not. ... That worked as advantage and alternatively improved the student's comprehension of the material which led to better grades. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When evaluating the alternatives, we found that the most cost-efficient and effective way for our company to operate and our consumers to utilize our services is to do so via the Internet. ... If instead we were to place student ads in a school newspaper or magazine, the associated costs would be much higher for both our company and our clientele. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He argues that, "Professors continue to provide make-up tests, alternative assignments, and special tutoring sessions to accommodate athletes." ... We get to experience this first hand and see how it actually works everyday at school. ... They have to fit school into a busy schedule consisting of practices, road trips, and games. ... For some of the athletes, the school is paying them to play a sport, as well as get an education. ... At one point in the essay, it reminded me of my junior year of high school. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

If the school were to change all parking lots to students and staff, they could charge more money to the student per tag and maybe take out the charge to the professors. ... If the students seem to be very persistent to get the closer spots, increased cost could be a way to maximize profit for the school while giving those students the better parking spot. ...

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According to "A Nation at Risk", the American education system has declined due to a " rising tide of mediocrity" in our schools. ... I feel that school is a place where students should learn and interact with other students at no expense. ... Rather than expelling these students, they should be sent to a mandatory alternative situation, such as military or boarding school, with stricter rules and regulations. ... I feel some students do not receive the accurate interaction opportunities in school, which causes a negative reaction. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The alternatives to not eating are overpriced "hang-outs" like the Big Onion (which kill meal- points) or worse, ordering from the most reasonable "voted best wings in town" take-out. ... As mentioned earlier, many students work or are still in class during the school's dinner hours of operation. ... Since this semester is pretty much over, I will be posting the idea on the school's web-page (just click on "current students"). ...

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After spending the last four years in the social pressure cooker known as high school, you are now a small fish in a big, college pond. ... Then focus their time towards a sound GPA or a third alternative is they choose to participate in a fun and exciting social life. ... Coming into college calls for more effort from students than high school. ... Colleges' raise academic standards and expectations, making it more perceptible in graduate school. ... In addition, with pressure and building frustrations in school and work life, students take that tension into affairs with friends. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Teaching Mathematics at the High School Level Educational Philosophy Taking into consideration the competency level of an adolescent in high school, I am compelled to enforce an Essentialist approach toward education, using the methods of Behaviorism. ... To enrich the life of each student and benefit humanity as a whole, I see no alternative than to teach mathematical skills in a systematic and organized way, resulting in students that utilize these abilities to form insights and discipline. ... I personally have found that proximity is especially effective with in the lower classmen of...

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• Grade Level: High School