One Spring morning in 2002 Adrianne innocently went to school with a Tweety bird chain around her neck. She was eager to show her friends her new prized possession. Little did she or her parents know that wearing this would lead to such trouble. The school deemed the chain as contraband and by the ...

When asked to write about a time in my life where my civil liberties were constrained, at first nothing specific came to mind. I am a white, male, heterosexual, no real practicing religion so there isn't many times in my life where civil liberties were constrained due to appearance, sexuality,...

For many decades, schools have become about fashion rather than education. During this time, public schools have debated whether students should wear school uniforms. There are people who think that school uniforms should not be required to wear in school. On the other hand, there are quite a few pe...

My opinion on this issue is that I do think that rules are necessary; there are a lot of reasons why we need rules in our society. Legal and non-legal rules are both needed in our community. Most legal rules are enforced to keep the individuals of this society to feel safe, to make them know that wa...

It was nineteen fifty-five. My dad was twelve years old in the sixth grade. Rock-n-roll was just getting started with a new face: ELVIS. He just had his first number one hit "Mystery Train" and the older teenagers seem to be out of control. In the beginning of nineteen fifty-seven Presle...

High School and College Upon attending college for the past year or so, I have found that I enjoy being a college student more than I did being a high school student. At first you don't realize that there are so many differences between the two schools, because of the four years of high school ...

Chabert 1 Guy Chabert Mr. Adkison English 102 12 April 2000 Solution in School Murder It is 7:30 on a normal Tuesday morning at Westside Elementary School. The buses have begun to pull into the child unloading dock and have unloaded the students. As the buses pull off, the student...

Safety issues within schools were once thought to only be a problem in urban areas. Schools all over the United States and the world have issues with safety. The main concerns of every school administration should be the safety of its students, faculty and staff. You would think that searching susp...

The human nature of students attending my school would be honest and good at heart. This is because I believe that when everyone is born their mind is a blank slate and are taught or conditioned by their surroundings to become a virtual good or bad person. The students attending my school are born i...

Coping With School Violence Violence is definitely a major problem in our school systems today. Establishing guidelines and observation by educational staff and parents cannot only deter violence but also prevent it. Noticing the early warning signs in a child's behavior is the key to observan...

High School Dropouts Even now, in the 21st century, where life evolves around degrees and technology, society is still faced with elevated numbers of teens that withdraw from school before completing their high school education. Where does this gradual deterioration of these teens ...

The Syracuse City School District and the Westhill School District are similar in that they are both regular public schools located in a midsize central city. Most people would think that the academic performance of each district would be similar. However, statistics show a surprising difference ...

DOES THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY GO TO FAR? Does the Zero Tolerance Policy go to far? According to Websters Dictionary, the definition of zero is naught: none; the defintion of tolerance is patience. The meaning of Zero Tolerance infact means both. Zero Tolerance in the school system m...

Sexual Harassment in Jackson Florida and The Florida School for the Deaf and the BlindBoth the School District of Jacksonville Florida and the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind have a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment. Unfortunately, sexual harassment is a thing, which all schools ...

The Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian areas has destroyed completely the education system that the P.A tried to establish in the liberated Palestinian areas. In 1994 the PA inherited an educational system from the Israeli Civil Administration that was completely destroyed by the occupation. The ...

Constitutional violations occur far too common at Highland Park High School. Articles about controversial subjects written for student newspapers are censored. Lockers and backpacks are searched without reasonable suspicion. Minority students get excessively thrust in lower level programs. Teachers ...

Riiiinnggg!! A school bell or a wake-up call? Under the new school policy, after the sounding of the second bell, students not seated will now face severe consequences that include detention and referrals. The new policy is part of a package of stricter disciplinary actions addressing tardiness...

Riiiinnggg!! A school bell or a wake-up call? Under the new school policy, after the sounding of the second bell, students not seated will now face severe consequences that include detention and referrals. The new policy is part of a package of stricter disciplinary actions addressing tardiness...

Boston Public is an intriguing mixture of both reality and fiction. While some occurrence are believable others are things that will likely not happen in any school. This show is among the very few that are not dominated by teen pop stars; famed for their looks not they're acting abilities. The A...

Against School UniformsPicture yourself wearing all black clothing, you have multi-colored hair, piercings everywhere, chains dangling from your jeans, and you're walking down the hall at your school with a bunch of your friends that dress the same. To some people, it may look like a fashion statem...

The many problems we face today as a society seem to become more and moreoverwhelming. I believe that respect for one other is a big social issue we face today in ourgeneration of tomorrow. We see this problem in teens, in so many places. For example, in schoolthere is a lack of respect for...

Conflict resolution is an approach to discipline in which the teachers' goal is to teach students to recognize problems and solve them in a constructive manner The basic teaching strategy for teaching children constructive thinking follows a three-stage pattern of What?, Why?, and What does it mean?...

College Student Stress: Easy Come, Difficult Handle, Hard Be Gone.What is stress?"Stress, as defined in Psychology, Second Edition, is an aversive state of arousal triggered by the perception that an event threatens our ability to cope effectively."(College and Stress). And according to Internet dic...

Choose to scenes from the film that illuminatesthe text of Educating Rita by Willy Russell.When the play was written there was a still a cultural divide between the uneducated (as in no higher education) working class and the cultural and educated upper class but higher education was slowly being ma...

Feb. 2, 1996Feb. 19, 1997Moses Lake, Wash. 2 students and 1 teacher Bethel, Alaska Principal and 1 student killed, 2killed, 1 other wounded when 14-year-old Barryothers wounded by Evan Ramsey, 16, at his highLoukaitis opened fire on his algebra class.school.Oct. 1, 1997Dec. 1, 1997Pearl, Miss. 2 stu...