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    things around me I should have whenever I wanted them. When I first started high school at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School I learned solitary, being kind to others, and reflecting on the past. I knew I was spoiled at a younger age but did not do anything about it. Brebeuf helped me find a way to be more capable of being less selfish and more being a “man for others”. The word community means family to me, I saw my school as a family. As a family we had gone through a lot of sorrow, and I felt…

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    procedures, I still maintain that it is necessary for public education to change paradigms in accordance to the changing generation. For example, a student may lose all motivation to go to school once he learns that a college degree does not always mean a job. Although he already dislikes spending countless hours at school, he may be turned away completely if he is told he needs a college degree to get a job, only to find out that a degree no longer secures a job in society. Although some…

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    Being a freshman in high school is extremely hard , especially when all your friends went to a different high school. Here I am at Rocky River High eating lunch alone, shy to talk to anyone, and just being “a loner “ people would describe me. Meanwhile at Butler High all my friends are happy reunite with one another , have class and lunch together. The feeling of being alone sucked. A couple weeks into school they had volleyball tryouts. I decided to go since I knew how to play. Tryouts lasted…

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    Young Life Purpose

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    hard times in life and that God has a plan no matter what even if it is not what you envisioned. This is so meaningful because you are able to be in a safe and non-judgmental place where you can talk about anything on your mind. Being in middle or high school can make you feel alone even though you are never alone, there is always someone that is in a very similar position as you who can help you or guide you through. My circumstances of committing to Jesus started in 7th grade when I first when…

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    My Family

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    was one thing I didn 't really like. Most kids would die to be rich and have a “perfect” lifestyle,…

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    happiness. The most probable source of my happiness would have to be finally believing I’ve done something great, something generating that gratifying feeling of “I made it”. I’m very fortunate to be able to say that throughout just about all of my school career, I’ve always known I wanted to work in a business-related profession and achieve success. Knowing that I want to pursue a prosperous career in this field, I have involved myself in karate, business classes and accounting activities, and…

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    It has been about 50 years since the term first appeared, and yet few know it even exists. Grade inflation is real, and it has harmful effects on colleges, students, and the general public. We should do all we can to cut down on grade inflation in schools. Originally coined in the 1960’s, grade inflation is defined by the ACT organization as “an increase…

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    Eighty percent of graduating high school students admit to cheating in school at varying degrees of frequency. Why do students often cheat off another person’s test or homework? One student may be on academic probation and find an easy solution to receive a good grade. Maybe that person wants to be the top student in the class, so they get the temptation to cheat. Those may say that cheating is not a serious problem. However, cheating is a serious problem. Cheating can occur when students…

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    Negatives Of Homework

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    Stop The Stress: Research on the Negative Effects of Too Much Homework In today’s age, students consider homework more of an annoyance than school bullies and cafeteria mystery meat (Hancock 1). How much homework students receive each night is a topic that has been getting a great deal of attention lately. In a survey of 79 sophomores at Nerinx Hall High School on March 26th, 2015, fifty six percent of the participants’ responded saying they did two or more hours of homework the night before.…

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    think a lot of how my culture has affected me not just in school, but also in my everyday living. I am originally from Guanajuato, Mexico but I have been in the United States for almost 16 years. During these 16 years coming and going from the United States to México I have been able to see a great deal of cultural diversity. Coming into the United States at an age of 5 was something that I was eye opening to me when I go into the school system here and see students that didn’t seem normal to my…

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