Plagiarism and cheating are major problems the educational system has always faced. www.pble.ac.uk an educational website which conducts surveys on different school related topics has published a report on cheating and has concluded that 9 students out of 10 have cheated at least once during high school on tests, projects and written assignments. ... There is also the direct way of cheating where students cheat by all means, such as trickery (writing out equations or write answers onto small pieces of paper and taping it under their shirts), breaking into teachers rooms and stealing exams and ...

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Still, in the second semester we covered the fundamentals of chemical equations, which was generally not a topic that was covered before junior year. I learned from the teacher, despite the drawbacks of a highly subjective grading system and of a class that almost no one took seriously. ...

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Still, in the second half of school we covered the principles of chemical equations, which was not a topic that was covered before my junior year. I learned from the teacher, despite the drawbacks of an unusual grading system and of a class that almost no one took seriously. ...

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The education system in the United States is in crisis. ... This leaves a massive portion of the country out of the equation and in search of ways to access the extremely positional good of satisfactory American education. ... In order to better our system we must change the very nature of our system and make education in America a non-positional good. ... "Urban school systems lack families with political clout," whereas middle-class parents are more likely to be active within the school system and hold teachers and principals responsible (Ryan 272). ... In order to fix our syste...

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So where does this Pygmalion theory enter the equation? In this example student's ability is not dictated by one teacher or person; but by a whole school system that believes based on one day's achievement, that these students are doomed to a life of underachievement and mediocrity! ... These are traits that are taught by the parents and the school systems they attend. ... The student is now labeled "special" by the system, stupid by their friends. ...

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So where does this Pygmalion theory enter the equation? In this example student's ability is not dictated by one teacher or person; but by a whole school system that believes based on one day's achievement, that these students are doomed to a life of underachievement and mediocrity! ... These are traits that are taught by the parents and the school systems they attend. ... The student is now labeled "special" by the system, stupid by their friends. ...

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Furthermore, these policies have pushed many students out of schools and into the juvenile justice system for minor behavioral infractions and non-violence offenses. ... While the intention of zero tolerance was to reduce violence and create safer school environments, unintended consequences of these disciplinary rules have made schools less safe for many students by interrupting the learning process and paving a pathway from school into the juvenile justice system. ... Both adult and juvenile offenders were faced with the consequences of the major punitive shift of the U.S. criminal justice s...

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"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."" -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Throughout the thousands of political speeches given during our country's history, there might not be a better anthem for political participation on an individual level. After letting JFK's...

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