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Coming into high school is a big thing allot of big people and some new faces there is many ways in which you can make high school a great time and you can breeze right through it for example you want to be popular around school and make a ton of new friends, or start a career in something you love to do, or how about show more school pride. Your probably wondering what I am talking about. As a freshman the best advice I can give you is to play in after school sport. There is so many choices…

As stated by The World Health Organization (WHO), substance use disorders stand for the unsafe or risky use of any substances, including inhalants, solvents, alcohol and other illicit drugs that have mood-altering or intoxication properties. Moreover, drug consumption can lead to addiction, which is a cluster of diverse manifestations that develop after repetitive substance abuse and that characteristically include a strong craving to take the drug, complications in controlling its habit,…

Walt Disney covers approximately 40 square miles of property in Florida Orange and Osceola counties. (http://traveltips.usatoday.com/overall-description-walt-disney-world-12275.html) There were four different parks and they all had different purposes. First there was “The Magic Kingdom Park.” Magic kingdom featured “The Cinderella Castle”…

In other word, Jackson’s message was favorable towards the Native Americans. He addressed and recognized the calamities and devastations brought on by early settlers and later the American people. Jackson believed that by moving the Native Americans out of the southeastern United States and onto the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) that he would be aiding the Natives in a manner that would assist in the rehabilitation of their culture and society, which has been under continuous attack…

Bullying in schools is a major problem for all school districts. Almost all children and teenagers have a desire to be accepted by peers, however, many do not feel as though they are. While various ideas have been proposed to help thwart bullying, enforcing a school uniform will greatly aid in the prevention of bullying in schools. Parents around the nation have shown increasing support of school uniforms because their children feel unsafe when they attend school. Numerous students occupy…

1. The Dred Scott decision was a famous ruling in history of the courts. Scott had claimed that he was a resident on free land so that had made him free. Others thought different from Scott, so he sued for his freedom and he won. The decision was in effect when it had been declared unconstitutional by the Republican platform of restricting slavery’s expansion. Dred Scott died the night before the Civil War and only enjoyed his freedom for a few short years. 2. The War of 1812 was a struggle…

There are many life experiences, talents, commitments and interests that I will be able to bring forward to the campus and Menomonie community. One of the biggest life experiences throughout my life is athletics. Being involved in athletics starting at a very young age has taught me various life skills including: leadership, teamwork, responsibility, perseverance, and hard work. Throughout my many years of being involved in athletics these lifelong skills have adhered to my everyday…

I viewed the video footage from the School Board Meeting that was recorded on March 8th. This meeting was at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center. This is located at 5775 Osceola Trail, Naples, Fl. The meeting began at 4p.m. however, the business portion of the meeting began at 4:30p.m. Board member who attended where; Kelly Lichter, Kathleen Curatolo, Erika Donalds, and Roy M. Terry. The beginning of the meeting was a lot of academic highlights. It started with a video of…

Throughout the semester, I have been working with Jake: a delightful and driven third grade boy at Osceola Elementary School. He has remedial reading problems, for which I am there to help him work through. For this second case study, I administered additional reading assessments to Jake in order to gain further evidence for his instructional needs. The first test I administered to Jake was the Informal Reading Inventory. One section of the Informal Reading Inventory dealt with reading…

Disgrace In The Wrong Place Today in the United States almost 900 schools and organizations have Native American mascots, compared to the 3,000 that were around in the 1960’s. (Potenza) The battle over the Native Americans mascots being offensive has lasted over half of a century. It is considered to be highly offensive and racist, mostly because of the false image of Native Americans that is produced by teams. (Anastasia) While schools are more prone to change their names out of respect,…