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private life is the mandatory urine test.”(Goodreads) A common misunderstanding is that if you play a sport or participate in extracurricular activities, that you must be using some sort of drug. Professionals can testify that students who don’t participate in activities after school have a higher drug usage than athletes. In reality, these extracurricular activities are keeping these students from using drugs. Why should we invade the privacy of these students who are on the right path? I…

The 10 Minute Rule is a new approach to controlling homework. In New York a Manhattan public school abolished homework entirely, blaming it for students ' "frustration and exhaustion, lack of time for other activities and family time and, sadly for many, loss of interest in learning."(Caspari 6). Homework is not just stressful towards high school and middle school students, but it is also becoming stressful to elementary students. 4th Grade students in Mississippi…

rely on sports at school to get them the exercise they need. Three experts were interviewed and researched extra curricular activities and concluded that extra curricular activities saved some students who were at risk for dropping out of school (Ray, Lacey, Stevens, & Lisa, 2007, p. 44). Without extra curricular activities, many children may get involved in non-healthy activities outside of school just to keep them busy. Children will get bored if they do not have things to do, and if they…

For students to be able to show full attention during school, they obviously have to have to be healthy. If a teen is unhealthy how would someone to expect them to be able to focus on school work. Teens have lately been unhealthy due to being extremely sleep deprived. With schools starting as early in the day as they do teens do not have the chance to get the 8-9 hours of sleep their bodies require. High schools should start later in the day to keep students healthy and alert in class, to follow…

their futures. All of these girls want to have a bright future and to be able to have the chance to go to a top college and to better their lives. These girls have been working hard all through out high school to get the grades and extra curricular activities in order to get accepted into college. Yet, the one of the main thing is stopping…

thirteen balls, how is a seventeen year-old girl, like myself, supposed to juggle even more ball (also known as activities) at one time? Today, teens are extremely overbooked and do not have time to focus on the important pieces in their lives. They spend an absurd amount of time studying for tests or out on the court do not have time to focus on family and friends. Teens miss out on fun activities because they are overbooked. The pressure is on to be the most intelligent, most athletic, and…

Why should students get homework when they have a life outside of school? This question is something a lot of people think about on a everyday basis. Some students drop out of high school. Most students want a good paying job after high school. Still many students will do their homework in order to succeed. Since many students have an after school job, may be involved in sports, and have chores and duties they are expected to do at home, teachers should not assign any homework to students. The…

and training for adult status (Webster). The key word is through education—and yes homeschoolers get a fine education, but they do not get the full impact that public or private school children get. Though homeschoolers can join extracurricular activities, there are only twenty-four states that require all public schools to allow homeschoolers to have access to classes and or sports (HSLDA). The states that do not have this law for homeschoolers, the public schools determine whether they will…

Cindy Crawford is a graduating senior at Towson University, and is majoring in Business Management and minoring in Marketing. She is the captain of the volleyball team and a part of the Student Government Association. Cindy has completed all of her core course requirements except for one upper level management class. She decides to take Business Management 427, which is an online course taught by Professor Austin. Professor Austin has been teaching this course for five years. His previous…

Piles and Piles of Homework Students are getting a lot of homework and that needs to stop, or at least lessen the workload. The cause and effect of having so much homework is not having good enough social life. Which means that they lose contact with their family and friends. In addition, staying up for hours has them either too tired to hang out, or too late to go out somewhere. The reason for that is that the kids might have had a mountain pile of work to do, some say “People have implied…