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Students Vs. Athletes Over the past few decades, it was considered unnatural for athletes to get the same treatment as an individual who did their best to succeed in school. Thanks to their social popularity for being physically talented and their excused absences due to practices during the school day, some teachers often give athletes an advantage over others who aren’t athletic. A rising question of conflict continues to rise amongst their peers; Is it right for athletes to get treated…

In the Campbell and Cosans v. the United Kingdom case presented to the ECHR back in September of 1981, mothers of the Campbell and Cosans family fought for their philosophical beliefs on how their children should and should not be disciplined. The case brought up very important stances on the right of a teacher enforce corporal punishment, and the right of a student being denied education because he or she did not want to receive corporal punishment. The claims began from two different schools…

The ways in which humans communicate Language plays an instrumental role in human communication as it had ensured our species’ survival and ability to thrive within civilizations. Notably, language exists as a universal contract that reaches an agreement of mutual comprehension during the event of two parties communicating. Without this mutual comprehension, the human brain would be less advanced than even an ant’s and this would result in quick extinction (Formigari, 2004). Although…

According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, “60 percent of students with disabilities reported being bullied in school.” Mainstream students in schools across the United States do not have daily interaction with the disabled students in their school, and this leads to mistreatment. I witnessed this first hand in the four years at my high school when observing the interactions between the two sets of students. Students with special needs are bullied in schools today due to a lack of…

In the article Appearances Are Destructive by. Mark Mathabane the author claims that public school children are more familiar to Nike, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Reebok, and Gucci than Zora Neale Hurston, Shakespeare, and Faulkner. Mathabane states that students are more focused on what’s on their bodies then what’s in their minds. According to the author school children are more focused on what they are wearing than in their minds. I agree with the author on how school children are more focused on…

Throughout the years, dress codes have become standard practice in many high schools across the country. While there may be some variation among the rules, most dress codes have a similar foundation. Many include restrictions about the length of skirts, dresses, and shorts. It is also common for there to be regulations on shirt sleeves (spaghetti straps, sleeveless shirts, etc.) as well as garments that are transparent or expose the midriff area. Most schools do not allow clothing with…

When discussing the health and welfare of children, we are normally referring to their happiness and overall well-being and being free from illness or injury. Schools take certain measures that aim to both promote and protect both of these features in children both whilst they are going through school and when they are moving between schools. During their childhood, children experience different forms of transition which may threaten the welfare of the individual. Vogler et al (2008)…

Importance of Arts in Education When you think about the things that have shaped your life, an obvious choice for most would be high school. It is where you finally start to grow up and experience things in more of an adult perspective; this includes relationships, responsibilities, decision making, having a job, learning finances, etc. In high school, your parent, family, teachers, and elders close to you begin to start putting more pressure on you yet loosen the reins. By this I…

Schools should be a place of safe learning not only for the students but for the teachers as well. There are many advantages of having security within our schools. One of the advantages of security in schools is that fewer incidents, suspensions and expulsions happen when schools have security measures in place (Wren, 2013). Another advantage of having security within our schools is being able to identify information prior to an attack, communities across the country can effectively establish…

Recent studies show that students who wake up at times different than their “natural sleep clocks” have an easier time adjusting to the times they’ll have to wake up at when they start to work. When students don’t go directly to college they go into the workforce, meaning they will need to be awake and prepared at a different time. Schools should not start or end later to accommodate student’s “natural sleep clocks” due to the fact that before and after school some students need to take care of…