The majority of high schools in the United States have a graduation requirement consisting of completing 60 hours of community service. ... Whereas, college students have different schedules, some of them go two to three days a week others go five times a week but with shorter hours or longer breaks between classes in which community service hours could be done. ... My sister had a service learning class in CSUMB that required 30 hours of community service hours. ... Finally, Eggers' says "there are many hours in the days and weeks that need killing."" ... When in fact if they had communi...

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In high school, every day you proceed from one class directly to another, whereas in college, you often have hours between classes. Six hours a day and thirty hours per week are spent in high school classrooms. On the other hand, you spend twelve to sixteen hours each week in college classes. ... High school studies outside of class consist of zero to two hours a week, whereas college students must study two to three hours outside of class for every hour in class. ...

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In high school, every day you proceed from one class directly to another, whereas in college, you often have hours between classes. Six hours a day and thirty hours per week are spent in high school classrooms. On the other hand, you spend twelve to sixteen hours each week in college classes. ... High school studies outside of class consist of zero to two hours a week, whereas college students must study two to three hours outside of class for every hour in class. ...

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In high school, many campuses collaborate with a nearby junior college to offer dual credit classes that allow students to obtain college hours while attending high school. ... For example, the town in which one particular student* attended high school offered 24 possible college hours in the form of basic academic courses. The town sharing its border offered 36 college hours and several Advanced Placement courses (which can also equal college hours) that the prior town did not have the resources to offer. A town very nearby offered 24 college hours also, but the courses offered were strictly ...

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This will help me get four hours for college in advance. ... By taking four years of foreign language I will be receiving four collage hours. ... That is another class I will be getting four college hours for. Next year, if approved, I am planning to take honors English and AP US History, which is another course for which I get three college hours for. All together, I will have 20 college hours before attending college. ...

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On average, student athletes spend "15-18 hours a week in high school, and up to 40 hours a week in college"(Robinson) training and practicing for their sport; however this does not included competitions which for some high school sports, would place these hours in the twenties. ... This morning row lasts about two and a half hours. ... Comparing a strenuous three hour practice to a simple homework assignment can show that they can finish it with ease. ... They can balance more than 30 hours of training a week alongside of their schoolwork. ... Coach Turchi says that "even though my day starts...

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However many students decide to get a degree even though they do not want to because they either think it is necessary or otherwise they will end up working for minimum wage ten hours a day or because their parents force them to. ... The amount of classes one had to attend on a normal day during high school was equivalent to around six hours a day while in college the average ranges from three to four. ... One hour is the average time a high school student spends on doing homework and studying a day while in college it might move up to around three hours depending on the classes one takes. ....

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., yet they're forced to "rise and shine- at the wee hours of the morning. ... Teens need between 8 ½ to 9 ½ hours of sleep a night, however, according to the article "Sleep Trouble in School-Age Kids- by Patty Rhule, thirty percent of teens do not get enough sleep. ... In a survey done by the schools, 92 percent of parents said they preferred the later start times because the extra hour made an "extraordinary- difference in the students' performance. ... In fact, I have found that I can obtain these factors on Wednesday late start days when I get to sleep for an extra hour and a ...

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Learning School the Hard Way School is very important in our society today. More so then it has been in the past. Fifty years ago, you could not go to school and still be very successful. Today you could be successful without school but it would require a lot more work because you are competing wit...

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Along with academic and financial worries, students also face personal pressures because there are not enough hours in the day. ... Furthermore, the pressures of college can cause students to become stressed, especially if they work fifteen-hour days and then come home at night to work another four hours on their college assignments. ...

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My high school days were six and a half hours long. In college I rarely have more than 4 hours of class a day. ... In high school, I was able to work set hours every week because my school schedule allowed it. College class hours are relatively random so it is hard to work for an employer who hires shift workers. ...

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications research shows that Japanese university students spend just 3.5 hours studying including class, assignments, preview and review per a day. However, sixth grade students spend 5.2 hours, so college students study less time than elementary school students do (Social life basic research, 2011). Also, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement data in the United States and the National University Research which is conducted by Center of University Management and Policy Studies at the University of Tokyo, eighty five percent of Japanes...

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Every hour of each day of a school year, nine hundred teachers are threatened, and nearly forty percent of teachers are physically attacked on school grounds. ... Some other school wide strategies that are being developed include staff monitoring and guards and extending school hours to offer extra-curricular activities. ... Extending the number of hours a school is open is also an effective strategy to curb school violence. Having the school open later hours keeps kids off of the streets, by having them have the opportunity to participate in activities such as sports, arts, crafts, and mus...

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Before entering college, I wasn't too sure what to expect. After getting different opinions for different people, I had mixed expectations. Some of my expectations were good, others not so great. I knew I would have to adjust to the transition from high school to college. I knew certain aspects of c...

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College and high school are two very different worlds; however, both are a vital part of the journey towards achieving a good education. Everyone has different opinions about high school and college life; however, not all are aware of the possible similarities and differences between them. The life ...

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All my life people have told me have the potential to do many things with my intelligence. I may have slacked a bit in school but no one really thought that I would be like kids just repeating grades and dropping out of school - something I never did. I had my child young which never stopped me from...

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Georgia State requires a minimum of thirty-six hours usually covered in four semesters, twelve of these thirty-six are under their "Professional Studies" program and the other twenty-four are in the major field (2003). Also an accredited university, the Arlene Christian University has this program and in it requires 60 semester hours and an internship in order to graduate. ... The hours may be long, the pay might be a little less, but to the person who knows that they want to spend the rest of their lives working with children the rewards and boundaries are endless. ...

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I was working a full time job, sometimes greater than 96 hours in any given week. ... I only have 15 hours a week that I have to be doing something. ... I allow myself a few hours every day after classes to watch TV, or to take a nap. ...

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I hesitantly wake up to the sound of the same repetitive beep of my little black alarm, and prepare myself for a long day of uninteresting classes, and hours of work at a mall full of impolite costumers. ... I sat in the Ritter library on a Sunday night and reviewed notes on the history of life for a grueling 6 hours, and in return expected to earn a good grade from this. ... Today, I am expected to attend college, along with working several hours, excel in soccer, and give up my time to my sorority. ...

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After another hour my school day is over. ... My next class didn't start for two more hours so I decided to exchange my books and get it over with. ... Two hours past and it was time for class. ...

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Are you a senior in high school and dreading the changes that you will soon have to make when you go to college? All throughout your fourteen years at elementary, middle, and high school you have become comfortable with a certain way of living. Yes, jumping up to different schools is a small change,...

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I"d give anything to go back to high school, because that was a time when the class work was so easy it was pointless, eight hours in school was just daily social time, and the pressure in your life only went as far as what to do on the first date. ... From the minute you get on the bus to the minute you leave your high school, it's social hour. With the exception of a short, hour-long detention break at the end of the day, your mouth runs gossip to your friends. ...

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"Work and How I Got There- Its 5 am, and I am sitting at my dining room table, studying never-ending notes on how Minoan art affects today's society, and why men who lived so long ago are important.   The fluorescent lights of my dorm room cast a dim light on my mountain of books, a harsh re...

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Early in my fifth secondary school year, my school organized a field trip for my class to visit the Sea School located in Apapa, Lagos (Nigeria) under the aegis of the Citizenship & Leadership Training Centre. My teachers have always enlightened me and my classmates about this training program since...

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There are many different important things I have learned in college. The one that I chose is responsibility. It is hard being on your own and college is so much different from high school. You don't realize it until you are actually on your own. Waking up on my own, relying on myself to eat, doi...

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