The Independent

The third person I have interviewed was my friend Elena Postolaki. Since she was a child she has a dream, to have her own business, Spa Salon. She graduated from the University in Ukraine with finance major. When she came in New York she decided to get a license in cosmetology and open her own spa salon. She wanted to realize her dream, make her dream come true. She decided that she has to know about this business everything pros and cons. How to open it and what she needs to has at the…

Public Colleges For most high school students, the word “college” equals “stress”, the stress about which college to attend, including worries about the college expenses, loans or debts yet to come. As we all know, attending college does give an individual leverage above those who could not afford or did not have an opportunity to go to any college. No doubt, graduating from a college improves one’s life, such as, being able to find higher paying jobs with benefits as opposed to low paying…

On November 6, 1987, then U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett was reported saying that Chicago’s public school system was the worst in the nation. Bennett had been invited to speak on the issue by an organization of business leaders called Chicago United. In the meeting Bennett was quoted saying “if it’s (CPS) not the last, I don’t know who is. There can’t be very many more cities that are worse. Chicago is pretty much it” (Banas). Following the meeting, publications released statements…

Boarding Schools (6-8 pgs) Although they weren’t referred to as Boarding Schools, the practice of sending children to other families or schools, so that they can learn together, is a long standing tradition. Today you can find records of this tradition in classical and modern day literature. Some of the most well-known books include Harry Potter, The Catcher and the Rye, and The Series of Unfortunate Events. If you were to journey to the UK, you would find that the tradition of sending boys away…

Private vs. Public Private schools have an extremely unfair advantage against public schools in high school sports. There are many reasons why this is unfair; one being that private schools can recruit. They also have a larger pool to pick from and can hand pick their team, while public schools are limited to the people willing to try out, and kids that go to a private school can focus on one sport because of the amount of talent recruited for other sports. While kids in a public school have to…

In today 's times, many people are sending their children to private schools beginning in kindergarten through twelfth grade; however, Is it worth the cost? Some people say it is a complete waste of money, because you can get just as good of an education at public school, while others claim the benefits of the individuality and small class sizes of private schools are well worth the cost of tuition. Choosing between a private or public school for their children is a tough decision for parents…

Universities in the United States offer the same thing students want: a degree. Universities offer degrees in several areas while others offer degrees in certain concentrations. The degree allows students the opportunity to get a job and pay off their debt that accumulated from student loans. Tuition varies at every university and schools that ranks are high tend to have a higher cost of tuition. Tuition is always a decisive factor for students who cannot afford to attend such institution.…

Each morning, many kids and teens alike look in their closet and carefully or carelessly pick out an outfit, with no restrictions placed on their self-expression through clothes. Some, however, have limited or no freedom in what they wear. School uniforms have always been considered a controversial issue. Teachers and faculty continue to support dress codes while many students resist the steady increase in uniforms that is occurring in schools today. Both sides of the argument are well…

A controversial question in any society is the discussion on how primary goods should be distributed. Some cultures try to distribute goods as equally as possible while others adhere to the more harsh practice of bigger dogs eat first. Distributive justice itself is the concept of how primary goods – such as income and rights – are distributed within a given society and also takes into consideration if the distribution is fair. John Rawls, a prominent political philosopher from the late 1900’s,…

For many years now there has been a pretty heated argument concerning prayers in public schools. Majority of the people that go to public schools believe that prayer should not be allowed in the school because It is against their beliefs. However people who do believe in prayer still would like to be ale to pray in school still. Normally one who prays would usually do it when they got to school, before lunch, and before being dismissed at the end of the day. Pregame prayers are also a very big…