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motivation. Studies show financial burden is the number one reason students are dropping out of college. Students are paying more than ever for college. In the past parents were paying a larger portion of their kids tuition, but as tuition costs are on the rise parents aren’t willing or able to brunt the rising cost of tuition these days. College Board reports tuition has risen almost a thousand dollars over the past decade. Even with the benefits from a college degree being so great, the…

teach and make their kids learn. Simply stating a lesson and expecting them to understand is a very wrong and incorrect way to teach in a high school workplace. This is where they should be learning. The teachers job, believe it or not, is to help students understand and learn what they will need to know in the future, especially in small public schools, this gives rise to more possibilites to learn when the teacher can communicate with you much easier. No school does anything equally. They…

scholarships pay for most of the student's college education it helps college students stay out of debt when they graduate college. Scholarships are offered to students when they get a high score on the SAT or have a high GPA. Academic and athletic scholarships come with hard work and dedication. While in high school student athletes have to keep a C+ or higher to participate in game activities. Most schools have this policy because it helps students juggle school, practice, games and…

High School band, whether it be marching band, concert band, jazz band, pep band, etc…, is an invaluable source of reference for the real world. It grows students mentally, emotionally, and sometimes physically by teaching how to work hard and not just quit because times are getting tough, prepares students for the real world by giving said pupils responsibilities beyond what most high school students have, and high school band also builds comradery among its members. Band is an invaluable…

Over the past several decades, a disparity in the achievement of low-income schools and high-income schools has slowly hurt the United States. As someone who experienced life near a neighborhood that featured low-income schools, their situation becomes more understandable. The economically disadvantaged students in low-income schools are frequent victims of an issue that has plagued the United States for many years. In these schools, they are presented with many disadvantages that hurt their…

on subjects that they can use later on in life. Offering enrichment courses like the arts and athletics would not only make education interesting but profit a student 's individuality. If students are all given an equal chance to succeed they will rise to the expectations given. The only way to create an educated and active community is by ensuring they receive the best education…

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 superior while straight A students go unnoticed throughout their four years of high school? Favoritism for student-athletes is discrimination; therefore, academic student and athletes must be treated equally in the school system. Everyone knows that…

education, so the lower paying jobs can be saved for young people so they can save up for college. Now college isn't for everyone, maybe you just want to get out of high school and get to work. Past studies have shown that, as a worker’s level of education increases, their earnings rise and unemployment drops. It is Proven that people with post high school…

Chase Louis Mrs. Swalwell English 1 22 June 2016 Should High School Start At a Later Time? Today in the United States of America many high schools are starting before 8:30AM and that should change. Imagine a high school teen walking down the hall looking like a zombie imagine how energetic that student would be with more sleep. School should start at 10:30Am in the morning to give teens a little more sleep instead of always being tired. America should start school later because if you look at…

this homework the teachers are giving is depriving Students of their sleep. According to the Mary A. Carskadon author of the article Let Students Sleep “Young children are biologically ‘primed for early to bed and early to rise; but as children pass through middle school and high school, biological processes keep them up later.” This could become a problem with longer school days because Students will become even more tired, and the teachers will have enough time to teach more than needed to,…