Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. ... Neither does it appear in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, nor any other official historical United States document. ... In Washington Illinois, Washington Community High School seniors were getting ready for one of the biggest days of their lives. ... In Washington County, the county that my high school is in, most students were not aware that we were not "legally" allowed to pray before athletic events. ... All through high school the issued ne...

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During harvest season the sun hung high overhead, beating its rays down on the plantation. ... The cover of darkness allowed slaves to pursue and express their independence away from the gaze of their master. ... Under the cover of darkness, some slaves would come together and form small schools where basic literacy and math skills were learned. As he recalls on his memories of learning from these midnight-schools, Uncle William Oliver states, "Schools? ... " In his excerpt, Oliver reinforces the importance of the solar cycle on the plantation, and how he could only attend school an...

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Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence is, to me, the founding document of America. ... First, the issue of manhood left many to question what the Declaration of Independence was all about. ... "What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? ... Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. ... Stanton lists rights anywhere from the right to vote to the right to go the school. ...

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He was privileged to have befriended the headmaster at an elementary school where he studied writing, arithmetic, history, religion and Latin. ... He learned a great deal about gaining political independence from the United States and Britain. ... In 1825 he was credited with the independence of Peru and later that year the creation of the country known now as Bolivia. ... Freedom from Europe was the first step that the Latin Americans took towards their complete independence. ... Most every person would support their country no matter if it was in a low spot (like Latin America after ...

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He actually helped to write and change parts of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. ... When the time came to write the Declaration of Independence, he was one of those asked to do it. ... The delegates met in Independence Hall and drafted the Constitution of the United States of America. ... Part of this money has been used to establish the Franklin Technical Institute, a trade school in Boston, and the Franklin Institute (a scientific museum in Philadelphia). ... In the years after his death, Franklin would be remembered for many things: the wit and wisdom of Poor Rich...

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Between the years of middle school and high school, Mary made a transition, and she began to learn the customs, and the ways of her fellow American peers. By the time high school came, she started feeling a lot more comfortable with herself. ... She feels that by high school this is why she was a very well liked person. ... In high school this didn't bother Mary because she didn't care too much about going on dates or having boyfriends. ... She says that she sometimes regrets not ever being more involved in high school. ...

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Another study done by Bachman and Schulenberg showed that out of 71,863 total high school students surveyed that: 75% of males and 73% of females did paid work in addition to studies in school. 47% of those boys and 43% of those girls worked over twenty hours a week while attending school. ... They learn to manage school, family, work, and friends, which is essential as an adult. Working teenagers get their first bit of independence while working and going to school by way of their paycheck, the money that they make is their to use for whatever they want, it lets them purchase items and...

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Sanborn states that selected boys are allowed to complete high school before sent off to basic training. ... How do you feel about having young men barley out of high school fighting for our nation's freedom? ... Changing the age to 21 will enable you to establish independence form home before being sent off to war. ... I want to reiterate that increasing the age to 21 will ensure that the men going off to war have established a sense of independence. ...

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In order to lower the amount of teen pregnancies sex education needs to be increased and strengthened in our countrys schools. ... According to the Guttmacher Institute's Facts on American Teen's Sexual and Reproductive Health it is stated that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, an astonishingly high percentage which accounts for around one fifth of the unplanned pregnancies each year. ... Teenage girls from low-income backgrounds may have little incentive to avoid becoming pregnant due to lack of motivation such as a good education, job, financial independence, and marria...

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Some people thought I was going to get pregnant while I was attending high school since my mother first child was when she was 16. ... " or "You look exactly like your father. " I was raised old school therefore I considered myself to be in both high power distance and low distance. ... I do however know that Mexico got his independence from Spain, but before that Mexico was founded of Tenochtitlan by Aztec civilization. ... This all changed when I started high school of my sophomore year. ... When I got to become a senior in high school I noticed that it did not matter how I dress or talk, ...

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It is now a known fact that majority of high school aged boys and girls would have engaged in some sort of sexual activity by the time they graduate high school. "50% of girls and women aged 15 to 19 told the National Center for Health Statistics they had had sex, [ ] 55% of single males ages 15 to 19 have had sex" (Maggie Gallagher). ... Take for instance the school, the coolest or the most "hype" boys and girls any given school are those who openly express their sexuality, for example the cheerleaders who are always clad in very skimpy outfits. ... This has now led to some schools having t...

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Teenagers who come from poor neighborhoods are at a high risk for pregnancy. ... They usually invest less time in school and end up with a poor education. Some 58% of young women in the United States who receive les than a high school education give birth by the time they are twenty years old. ... They sometimes begin to rebel to find their independence and autonomy from a parent and do whatever they have been told not to do. ... There still is a high moral and ethical standard that have been set in our society. ...

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Unlike the history of many neighboring Latin American countries, the Dominican Republic gained independence from their next-door neighbor, Haiti, rather than Spain. ... Hernandez reported that "as much as 65.5 percent of Dominicans in New York who were twenty-five years or older did not have a high school diploma or equivalent- (2). ... With the difficulty to adapt to the new life style, many Dominicans drop out of high school. ... In 1996, the unemployment rate of Dominicans was more than twice as much as the unemployment rate of New York overall; it was at a high percentage of eight- teen. ...

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In schools we attempt to teach this history in social studies classes. ... Whether the connection is made through myths and stories or though real documents like the Declaration of Independence, humans use history both as a guide for the future and as a reference to the past. Society, in recent years, emphasized the role of schools in teaching children about history. ... In public schools, with high levels of diversity, whose version of history do we teach? ... With the emergence of public schools, teachers began to slowly take over the role of the elder. ...

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In 1985, approximately 50,000 children were being home schooled and today it has been estimated that nearly 1.5 to 2 million children (about 3 to 4 percent of school-aged children nationwide) are partaking in the home schooling phenomenon (Lines, 2000, 12). ... According to the survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, "the most common reasons that parents give for home schooling their children are moral or religious reasons, a desire for high educational achievement, dissatisfaction with public schools' instructional program, and concerns about school environment,...

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Family ties and relationships with family are held in high esteem. ... Anca explained that high school here is like the fifth and sixth grade back home. ... We have been dealing with more dropouts and school shootings than ever before. ... I like the idea of teachers having the freedom to discipline students in school. ... She said they celebrate Independence Day but it is not as important as it is in America. ...

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One century later Britain's upstart colonies broke from England and declared their new-found independence during the Revolutionary War. ... - The U.S. upper-middle class consists mostly of white-collar professionals who have a high degree of autonomy in their work. ... - Individuals in the lower-middle class tend to hold low status professional or white collar jobs, such as school teacher, nurse, or paralegal... The Working-Class - Members of the working class usually have a high school diploma or some college education, and may work in low-skilled occupations like re...

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Personal adjustment includes self-control, leadership, responsibility, independence, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, and gender-role orientation. ... Some school age children understand what divorce is and some may not know. ... There is evidence that children and adolescents with an internal locus of control and high level of interpersonal reasoning adjust more easily to their parents" divorce. ... Ongoing high levels of conflict, whether in intact or divorced homes, produce lower self-esteem, increased anxiety, and a loss of self-control. ... "Shinn reports that financial hardshi...

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In colleges across the country, African-Americans and Hispanics are being admitted at the expense of Caucasians and Asians with higher standardized test scores and high school GPAs for the sake of diversity. ... In 1997, the UCLA School of Medicine had over 5,000 applicants for only 200 seats. ... After a Federal appeals court threw out the University of Texas' admission system favoring minorities in 1996, Texas passed a state law guaranteeing the top 10 percent of graduates from every Texas high school a spot at any public university in Texas. ... This would bar state and local governmen...

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These girls spend large amounts of time in groups at malls or other large shopping facilities, discussing anything from school, to boys, to fashion. ... Teenage girls have a high level of discretionary income. ... These busy parents are aiding teenager independence by giving them more spending money than ever before. ... Although less than one-quarter of teenagers have yet to open their own checking accounts, the percentage of individuals with an account dramatically increases upon completion of high school "to 57% of 18 and 19 year olds. ... Sneakers run the gamut from old school sty...

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This gave them a sense of independence never before experienced. ... This is just another shameful part of America's history that was minimized and hardly taught to most children in grade school or high school. ... The trade had almost become high class and part of high society. ...

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After the independence from England America turned its attention toward Native Americans who were in the way of expansion. ... As part of this policy, the BIA set up special schools for Indian children. The most famous of these was the Carlisle Indian Training School in Pennsylvania, which forbade the use of native languages and religious practices. ... Whites were slow to escape the negative stereotypes and economic discrimination that undercut Native Americans, and is responsible for their high poverty rates that keep them tied to government. ...

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The Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths self-evident that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness," (Janda, Berry, Goldman 1999, A1). ... This caused blacks to have to sit in different areas, eat a different restaurants,, and go to different schools that whites. ... This case ended the trend of segregating public schools. ... Blacks admitted into elite institutions have high test scores when compared to the other applicants. ...

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The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... The Bell Trade Act was approved by the legislature July 2, 1946, just two days before the proclamation of independence. ... Economic development was then to be achieved by constructing a number of infrastructures like bridges, roads, schools, health care centers, and beautification projects. ...

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The Declaration of Independence declares that, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (Declaration of Independence). ... With teachers not being paid, due to unpaid taxes and harsh learning conditions, many families though it was needed for children to quit school to try and find work. ... This led the lost souls to take high stake risks when trying to advance, such as robbing, "beating the system" (a.k.a scamm...

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