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    Children think that it would be easier and more relaxed than regular school. Both think that you will come out of it with the same amount of knowledge and skills as you would get from a regular school experience. These, however, are common misconceptions. What these families do not realize is that homeschooling is stressful for parents, difficult for the children and that children can miss key things you that you gain from attending school. Most parents do not understand the stress that comes…

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    Education Vs Incarceration

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    Is the United States really valuing education? Why is more funds going into prisons than schools? The budget cuts in the education fund can really interfere with a student’s education. (Thesis) The distribution of funds between prisons and schools in the United States is biased. Incarceration The prison population has grown rapidly in the United States for the past thirty-five to forty years and it still continues…

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    Puberty And Development

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    “Throughout the high school years, teens develop rapidly. Each year they reach many new milestones. Their changes are obvious, not just in terms of their physical appearance, but also in their thinking and behavior,” said by Amy Morin, a teen expertise. Everyone goes through these phases sometime during their lives while maturing up and puberty, but there are many cases where some people do not go through them. It is different for females and males while going through these phases. Although,…

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    Activities In High School

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    High School Activities Wile excelling in basketball and six-man football, I was taught important life skills. I have been team captain for both sports from my freshman year, this has put me in team leader positions where I was required to develop leadership skills. Throughout high school, I participated in multiple organizations that furthered my academic education and added to my accomplishments, such as National Honor Society, 4-H, FFA, and Letterman’s Club. All of which I held an office…

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    Helpful Study Skills

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    When I first enrolled here at Tarrant County College, I did not believe I would make it through my first semester here. Academically college is nothing similar to high school. In college you are advised to study and spend your time wisely or you will fail your exams. Unlike High School, where students are able to study a couple hours before their exam and still have a passing grade. In college, I realized time management and good study habits are a very successful way to get you through the…

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    Student Loans Problem

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    500%, with that huge difference student loans have gotten so out of hand that in 2012 the one trillion mark of student loans was reached and have also surpassed the debt on credit cards. Which is understandable because how is it possible to go to school and pay forty thousand dollars for just two semesters of classes. That is not even including room and board, textbooks, and student loans that need to be paid off! How is it possible for one to go to their first choice of college without having…

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    African Americans were not welcome in white schools in the 1950’s. The schools were under segregation at the time so black people were not allowed in the same schools as white people. In Melba Beal’s book, she explained to us what she went through as a black student in a white school. She was a leader in the movement against segregation. At this time in history, African Americans didn’t understand what real freedom and justice were. They knew that they were not treated the same way as…

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    I participated on working more volunteer hours than I ever did before in high school. I tried to contribute as much community service every month for the right amount of hours. In my high school, Hanover Central High School, in Cedar Lake, I joined clubs including the Gardening Club, the Yearbook Club, and Key Club. I was the Bulletin Editor for Key Club for two years and an Editor on the Yearbook Club in my senior year. For my academics, I am not a genius. However, I joined the English Academic…

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    national average for high school dropouts has declined over the past decade. Could you imagine walking into class and not seeing your classmates? Well in today’s society this is common across the United States. According to dosomething.org, The dropout rate has fallen 3% from 1990 to 2010 (12.1% to 7.4%), furthermore “Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That’s a student every 26 seconds or 7,000 a day.” Dropping out of high school is a very…

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    qualifications for participation in this program. Please include any example coursework that fostered your interest in research. I am well qualified for participation in the program as I have expressed and held a strong interest in the sciences over my high school career, despite living in a rural area. I have been able to develop my skills in the sciences greatly because of this interest. Due to my strong desire to expand my knowledge in science and mathematics, I requested to take courses…

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