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disorder is serviced the least in schools, research identified a need for facilitating treatment. Schools are uniquely positioned to address treatment challenges specific to SAD. For one, SAD appears less responsive than other pediatric anxiety disorders to individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (Ginsburg et al., 2011). In addition, school-based treatment is especially relevant to social anxiety because many social fears manifest in school; thus, schools are uniquely…

Gary Soto manages to cleverly capture the many emotions, reactions and challenges that middle school students may face on the first day of school in his short story, “Seventh Grade”. The story follows Victor, the main character, from his arrival at school until the afternoon, as he sees old friends and attempts to attract the attention of a girl he likes named Teresa. Victor has signed up for French as his elective in hopes of having a class with her. One of the many strategies he uses to…

Harvard Library for her own research, to be a literary critic who set literary standards, and so much more. When she was a child her father educated her and she was sent to many different schools growing up. She was a very smart young lady from the start. Her Career started in 1834 when she wrote a critique of an article on slavery in ancient Rome that was published in the Boston Daily Advisor. After writing other articles she moved on to become a teacher in Bronson Alcott’s Temple School. A…

have the right to learn what what information books provide us, or should all questionable books be locked away from the world where no student can ever learn from them. Books are wonderful sources of information, but everyday, books get banned from schools for strange, and sometimes ridiculous reasons. Although In Cold Blood contains scenes of descriptive, graphic violence, it should not be banned because it isn’t the only source that writes about murder, and it is an informative book about a…

The Breakfast Club Saturday Detention group was observed through viewing the movie The Breakfast Club. The group was confined to the school library together for about eight hours. After realizing there is not an alternative to interacting with each other, members form a cohesive group focusing on similarities. The Breakfast Club is a classic and depicts many facets of group therapy in a short period of time, which made it a good choice for observation. Group Composition and Diversity Group Type…

Mercedes Santana 10/14/17 Pd: 6-8 ‘Where’s My Story?’ Reflecting All Students in Children’s Literature Education Week March 29, 2017 Pgs. 1 Synopsis A High school teacher has been realizing, most of the new students she receives don’t really enjoy reading. They’re so used to the usual which is passages and multiple choice questions but not reading for deeper meaning. She looked into the situation, and found out the reason most children didn’t enjoy was because books lacked of real-life…

Horace Mann thought highly of education from childhood. In his youth Mann was educated by underqualified teachers, then eventually began to teach himself in the town library. Samuel Barrett eventually tutored him, teaching him Latin and Greek. Mann had a great love for education. “God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.” (Babel). At the age of twenty Mann went to Brown University, joining the sophomore class.…

characters. For example at the beginning of the film, the camera shows us the name of the high school later being the majority setting in the film. One of the most influential aspect of the film’s mise-en-scene is its stereotypical costumes. Each of the characters costumes represent their social background. For example, John wears heavily amount of clothing on him, portraying the typical bully in a high school. Claire on the other hand is a popular girl donning the latest clothing in her…

A challenging situation at my high school has been handling the drug abuse epidemic in our community. Unfortunately, my hometown of Avon Lake has had many young people die from heroin overdoses. My 24 year old neighbor overdosed a few years ago and I witnessed how his death devastated his parents. The drug epidemic has continued to plague my community and recently my high school was part of a BBC documentary “Smack in Suburbia -- America's Heroin Crisis”. The documentary takes a…

There are also people who are for censorship. Many schools are feeling pressure to censor books because of new educational standards. In the article Education; Schools Feel Censorship pressure, the author talks about how schools are feeling pressure to censor their student’s education because of new educational standards. The pressure comes from people who want to impose their views on the educational system by removing or restricting use of certain materials (New York Times 1). People are…