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student shudder. The high cost of college tuition forces many families to shy away from sending their children to achieve higher education. If college tuition in the U.S. was free, both students and the economy would benefit by the ability to receive an education without being buried in student loan debt. Because the cost of college limits many families from making major financial investments, as well as increases the likelihood of students accumulating major debt, the high tuition of…

Starting school early can cause sleep deprivation. “Although a number of factors, including biological changes in sleep associated with puberty, lifestyle choices, and academic demands, negatively affect middle and high school students’ ability to obtain sufficient sleep, the evidence strongly implicates earlier school start times (prior to eight-thirty a.m.) as a key modifiable contributor to insufficient sleep...” (American Academy, par. 1). Around the age of thirteen…

advantages that come with participating in such programs. College courses offered at the high school level do not always distract students from their education, but instead acts as a preventative measure for “senioritis,” or, a decrease in motivation regarding studies commonly felt by high school upperclassmen as they near the end of their high school careers, as college-level courses can serve to motivate students to rise to the challenge of more rigorous courses, and build their confidence…

begin a new day, millions of high school students across the country are already climbing into their cars or waiting at their bus stops. The average start time for high schools in the United States is 7:59 a.m., which fails to meet the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended start time of 8:30 a.m. (“Wake Up to Later Start Times”). Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school district in Virginia and 10th largest in the nation, recently voted to start their high schools at 8 a.m. for…

In this day and age, some of our smartest students can’t even go to a school that they deserve to go to. Katie Hutchins, a talented high school senior from Georgia wants to be a doctor. Her dream college is the University of California in Los Angeles. This school has everything for her, the pre-med program grants access to a great hospital, and famous doctors on teaching staff that would help her lead her to way to medical school. She got in. "I stayed up late at night, made As to get in. What…

options. Although high schools across the U.S. are not all the same, their educational goals, for the most part, are. General education is seen as the stepping stone for a much larger goal of higher education advancement, and while K-12 learning appears to flow from one grade to the next, an apparent gap between high school students and those in college can be seen. The assumption that college is the next level in the game of education may not be as true as it is believed. High school is there…

Recent high school graduates strive for this quest, but others are a bit skeptical when it comes to money and college, putting the graduate in a tough decision making circumstance. Nevertheless, high school graduates should not hesitate when deciding on whether or not to go to college, because college is a great learning experience and everyone should…

. College athletes are holding down a full time job. A. They were just recently allowed to work for extra money, but even with this they do not have the time to work a job. B. They receive no insurance against injury or benefits as a worker does. C. Most athletes are too poor to be living off of their parents. D. They are also limited to an income of $1500 a year, including grants. II. College athletes are bringing in huge amounts of revenue for…

instructors agree that the American education is not working as well as it should be (Weissberg 220). Students are all supposed to meet the same meager criteria. This leads to mediocrity in the education world. Schools need to encourage students to rise above standards in order for them to excel. Also, people need to stop making the wrong connections about why schools are failing. In the words of Robert Weissberg, “Thousands of students squander their college years guzzling beer and fail to…

more beneficial for students, teachers, and school faculty members. It allows for more time in the week to learn in one subject class per day, makes school less of a stress for students, and will increase student attendance and decrease the amount of high school dropouts. Opposers to the idea counter the argument by saying that the switch will allow more time for student delinquency and decreases time to learn in class. School is stressful…