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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He calls school a "society in miniature ", preparing us for life in wider society. ... From their own study of 237 New York students, they concluded that education rewards individuals with the kind of personality traits required if a submissive, compliant worker, while those who showed independence and creativity tended to gain low grades and achievements. ... Parsons sees school as preparing us to move from the family to the wider society because school and society are both based on meritocratic principles. ... This idea supports the apparent meritocratic system of education, whereby not eve...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They are meant to give general direction to education in the school setting. ... While independence is essential for individuals one has to question the level of autonomy that individual in a democratic society should have. Should autonomy be equated with independence and freedom and if so what responsibilities should be attached to this freedom? ... One can question whether such high levels of participation are possible or even desirable in a liberal democracy. ...

• Word Count: 2248
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"My Place" by Sally Morgan is a biography about the reader's home and school life throughout her years at primary and high school and university. ... Sally Morgan expresses at one point in her reading "My Place" that she only had one goal during her high schooling which was to leave school. ... She also had the desire for a university education and the "independence of a professional woman" (page 36). ... Clarke was a member of this "elite" and gained high intelligence and elite status through the study of these particular subjects. ... Teddy is a well-educated boy for his...

• Word Count: 1928
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• Grade Level: High School