Higher-class kids also are more often found in high academic tracks than lower-class kids are (Oakes, 64-65; Spring, 83). MacLeod pointed out that the reason many parents of lower-class kids don't set high educational goals for their children is because they don't want their kids to be disappointed if they don't achieve those goals (it is assumed by the parents that the kids probably can't reach high goals). ... The same types of skills should be taught in low tracks that are currently being taught in higher-level tracks: independence, critical thinking skills, creativity, ...

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High school dropout is not a good thing to be. ... You usually go to a local high school. ... Many students from high school who are shy and withdrawn in high school open up when they get to college. ... Fun in high school means keeping tighter boundaries. ... In high school, your parents impose curfews. ...

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Independence requires many steps. The path of life has many milestones to independence. ... When I was a sophomore in high school, I did not have to ask permission from my parents to leave the house, but I still told them when I was leaving, where I was going, who I was going with, and what time I would be coming home. ... I was only there for 3 months, and then I went back to school. ... If it were not for them I would not be attending school. ...

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For example, a person who works hard for money will most likely save it for something important, like snow tires or school books. ... An independent person often worries about money, which makes them a high stress, high tension person. A person with high stress and high tension is a person people tend to distance themselves from because misery often loves company. ... Independence comes with a certain amount of pride that dependence does not. ... All in all, dependence and independence both have their similarities and differences. ...

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In order to succeed, a student needs the set of skills they learn from high school. ... She was a four point student and class president from a prestigious high school. ... She was never allowed to spend the night away from her mom, or date in high school. ... She became the hardworking, driven student she was in high school. ... A student can be in the top of their class in high school, and then on the bottom in college. ...

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Many of these are high school and college students earning money for high tuition costs, insurance premiums, or gasoline. ... Therefore, high school and college students must only work part-time jobs fifteen hours or less per week. ... On the other hand there are many cons of working too many hours while in high school or college. ... The Third International Mathematics and Science Survey found that 55 percent of American high school seniors work three hours or more during their school week. ... Dating in high school gives you needed social skills and in some cases helps students mature...

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In Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work, Jean Anyon discusses the differences in the school curriculum of fifth graders between working-class, middle-class, affluent professional, and executive elite schools. ... The types of jobs that the parents hold require some independence of decision making to know right from wrong, which is the type of curriculum the students are being taught. The affluent professional schools are composed of parents with professional jobs. ... The executive elite schools consisted of parents with high executive positions. ... Not to mention the attitudes p...

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Society makes this a norm that after high school, students should go on to the next level of education: college. ... In high school, I worked extremely hard. ... High school graduates or dropouts have a tendency to not make enough money to live on their own. ... My parents expected that I continue college after high school. ... College is changing my habits that I had in high school. ...

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Although critics urge that working part-time can interfere with a teenagers education some students should hold part-time jobs while going to school, but only if they work 20 hours or less because it helps build independence, responsibility, and some work skills. ... Also some might argue saying that students drop out of school for these low dead end jobs. ... When teens start there first job they show and acquire more independence and responsibility. ... These types of jobs are good for teenagers to start and have when they are young because it prepares them for high and better qualified ...

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I am excited about beginning the management curriculum, and I am currently taking AP Microeconomics at my high school. ... I find it rather ironic, yet appropriate, that I wish to begin my college career in the city that is the country's capital, which symbolizes independence, justice, and equal opportunity. ... I am currently the treasurer of my school's chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America. ... Their ebullience and passion reinforced my interest in attending the school. Perhaps in the future, I will be the one who encourages a high school student to take interest in my univer...

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Diagnostic Essay Most students realize about halfway through their high school career that they are ready to migrate to some far away land, better known to the rest of us as college. Of course you have the few students who can't wait to drop out of high school, and the thought of paying to go to more classes will never appeal to them. ... As a young adult with not very much credit or financial independence, a $60,000 commitment was too overwealming. ... In high school only a year before, everything about school was so harsh and regulated. ... I think I will be happy if me and Phong (m...

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India gained its independence from Britain in 1947 after a long freedom struggle led largely by the Indian Congress and its visionary leaders especially Mahatma Gandhi. India's acquisition of independence resulted in the formation of two countries, India and Pakistan (Incredible India, 2013). ... When India gained Independence in 1947, she inherited a legacy of large-scale illiteracy and lack of proper provision in education. At the first post-independence Census of 1951, only nine percent of women and 27 percent of men were literate (UNICEF, 2014a). ... ASER (2013) reported that enrollm...

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As a young adult achieving some degree of financial independence is always on my mind. I want to be successful in school but I also want to be financially comfortable. ... Luckily I am able to live at home and focus solely on school, which I am very grateful for. ... Outside of school my responsibilities at home can be hard to keep up with. ... Although simple tasks, the importance of making sure they get done is very important and a big help around the house, getting out of the high school mentality and owning up to my adult responsibilities in school and at home. ...

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Since values are important for the children's life, family and school should become an origin of unlimited values. ... In our century, people have placed a strong value on individualism, competition, independence, self-development, and self-satisfaction. ... Since minority families are extended families, they value highly relationships among relatives and they develop high levels of interaction and closeness (Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2000). ... The parents are more democratic in child rearing and they emphasize values such as courage, independence, and self-confidence in both ...

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Take The Money and Run Today high school and collegiate athletes are leaving school in record numbers; the race for the almighty dollar has reached supersonic speeds. ... The sports industries have become huge contributors to colleges and high schools that the focus on the students academic performance has become second to his ability to perform on the field, the court, the track, or whichever activity he has helped the school bolster. High schools across the nation are also addressing the issues concerning student athletes. Many high schools have adopted internal policies that require the...

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Both schools have their pros and cons, traditional school gives you structure and schedule while self-directed learning allows students independence and the maturity to take full responsibility for all their actions and decisions. ... You make friends in different grade levels, and the barriers that are sometimes held high at a traditional school are magically erased. ... Both schools have their pros and cons. Traditional schools give you structure and schedule while self-directed learning allows students independence and the maturity to take full responsibility for all their actions and d...

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At the time of independence these four languages were given official status, but the first three represented Singapore's rich multiethnic traditions, but English was chosen because of Singapore's important position as a trading nation. ... Language in the School Historically, the education policies in Singapore have changed and developed over the past 100 hundred years and since independence has changed even more. ... At the time, the high cost of English education and the scarcity of qualified English teachers were the most common reasons for the limited amount of English schools ...

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Students would enter college at the age of 18 very academically prepared from high school. ... You may also see the students just out of high school that are on their first voyage away from their parents and are experiencing their first taste of independence. ... Many students who have already begun their careers are going back to school to get that master's degree. There are other students who have come back to school to completely change their careers. ... Yes the majority of students on college campuses are still students that are just out of high school that are getting their college ...

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While there, more independence is given to the student with the options of choosing from a catalog of courses. ... In high school, students study long and work hard to be accepted into the university of their choice. High school students actively participate to plan out their future. ... These requirements must be reached and maintained through all years of high school. ... Students often face mistakes and poor decisions going through high school and college. ...

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The plot takes place in the Welton Academy, a very strict private school with high education. ... till Mr.Keating, an english teacher, who himself graduated from the school a number of years earlier. ... Independence is one of his motto's. ...

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The multi-cultural student population in an international school provides a colourful background of various cultures and ethnicities. ... One of the benefits of scaffolding is so that the student can gain independence. There are students that are highly independent early on in their school life however there are those that require more support and guidance from the teacher. ... However, it seems to fall short in extending the students that were identified as high-attaining. ... (Tomlinson, 2005) Some teacher's forget that it is equally important to extend the students that have shown evi...

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Land was cleared and schools were formed. ... I want to acquire special skills, responsibilities, independence and structure. ... Others start school for their present job. ... Some other college students come to college to party; usually it is the kids out of high school. ... Both men and women have the same reasons to go to school. ...

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Some other points he made were that 10% of age eligible kids made it to high school the beginning of the 20th century, and that in our present time frame, approximately 100% attend, although, many do not complete secondary schooling for we have a "quantity versus quality" mentality. His observations led him to conclude that there was dissatisfaction from all societal groups about the quality of public school, including the American youth. ... There are only schools and teachers and parents who fail to teach them." ... There would be reading of the Declaration of Independence, the Constituti...

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Land was cleared and schools were formed. ... I want to acquire special skills, responsibilities, independence and structure. ... Others start school for their present job. ... Some other college students come to college to party; usually it is the kids out of high school. ... Both men and women have the same reasons to go to school. ...

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The Academic Performance Index (API), based primarily on state standardized testing scores (CST) and high school exit exam scores (CAHSEE). ... In our preliminary data exploration, we made the decision to focus exclusively on high schools because of the observation that there is significantly less variability in these cases. ... Based on natural cuts in the data at about the median, we chose to split this variable halves, with each corresponding to either a low or high average parents' education for schools. Final Model We chose to make use of a multiple regression analysis to help ...

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