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 ...

Youth and Professional Sports Why do big sports stars make headline news when they do something illegal, but only receive a small block of print when they do something good for the community? Its things like this that make professional athletes bad role-models for youth all round the country. A...

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 ...

Last semester I had to face the death of two people who were important in my life, my grandparents. I never had to deal with a death that was someone so close to me before. Because of their deaths, it caused me academic difficulty. I was very close to these two people. They had practically raised me...

First of all, school uniforms eliminate school violence in the classroom. School uniforms play a major role in decreasing potentially dangerous altercations amongst students. A case in point, many unsuspecting and vulnerable students unknowingly wear gang-colored or gang-affiliated clothes to school...