Nowadays,more and more schools have career days for their students.Do they really need career days?The answer is obviously yes.On career day,students who are clear about their dreaming job can know the real condition about the job.It can help high school students acquire more information about society’s situation.For students who are not sure what they want to do for future it is a really convenient way to find their job that they are interested in.Based on these reason,it is important for students
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somehow managed to notice the lifeless and depressing posters that the school had so thoughtfully presented us with. As I took a sharp glance at the encouraging posters that said, "Say no to drugs" and "Always keep safe" which didn't even interest me in the slightest I was distracted and curious but more concerned about what my school life was about to become. I assumed it was too early to discriminate considering it was my first day but I seriously struggled to help my self. Mr Bowerman, the headmaster
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twenty-one states in the United States presently have school districts operating on a four-day school week, but this is an idea that is spreading across the nation. States like Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, and Michigan have already implemented this policy in their public schools and it is working (“Four Day School Weeks”). The amount of time spent in instruction is the same, if not more, since the length of each school day is increased. The evidence supporting this change will
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How can a four-day school week be better for students than a five-day week? The Monday-through-Thursday schedule has been adopted by many rural districts, mostly to save money. Since Oakridge went to the four-day plan in 2009, Kordosky has become an expert and a cheerleader. He’s been invited to districts from Alaska to Florida to explain how it works. And he’s faced his share of criticism. Once, on an MSNBC news show, another educator called him “stupid” for promoting it. NBC news anchor Brian
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a crisis in American schools today; many African American male students are 7 years behind grade level and are in need to catch up! School is a place that all students should get the right amount of education to be successful in life. We don’t want uneducated future teachers, doctors, policemen etc. Do we? President Obama’s plan is to lengthen the school day and year. Isn’t that a fantastic idea? In this generation students definitely need to be spending more time in school. Failing to educate students
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dread going to school so early. I feel drossy, tired, then stepping outside and feeling that crisp cool air touch my warm skin, sends chills all over my body. So I run to the truck to go turn on the heater and get warm again. My sister Kristy starts up our loud diesel truck that probably wakes up the whole neighborhood, and off to school we go with our country music playing loud. Sitting in the front seat looking out the foggy window watching the cars pass by like hours in a day. Well driving
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5 Day School Week vs. 4 Day School Week Would you prefer going to school four days a week rather than five? Now if you’ve answered that question with a yes answer this next question, would you rather go to school for nine hours a day versus six hours? Although having a four day school week may mean more time to goof off on the weekends and save money for your school, but it also has its cons. Needless to say, I am against a four day school week, and 100% for the traditional five day school week
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American children should go to school longer — either stay later in the day or into the summer — if they're going to have any chance of competing for "That calendar may have once made sense, but today, it puts us at a competitive disadvantage. Our children spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea. That is no way to prepare them for a 21st Century economy." jobs and paychecks against foreign kids. • He urged administrators to "rethink the school day" to add more class time
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Disadvantages on Full Day School Introduction Full day schooling refers to a longer day at preschool where they not only learn but are also given time for play. (Lamphere, 2009) Full day preschools run for five hours or longer for five days a week. Half day preschools run for approximately 3 hours for five days a week. (Rosamilia, 2008) Researchers have constantly compared these two types of schooling and most studies came to a conclusion that full day schools are better than half day schools. There are a
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High School As the summer ends, and the night before your big day begins you get worried. You ge very happy but very nervous at the same time. For the first day of high school , you want everything to go perfectly. I remember laying out my outfit on the floor thinking about how good I was going to look on my first day. The classes i’ve taken throughout high school were not all that challenging. I never applied myself to doing to my work all the time, I would get lazy a lot. I remember my first
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Brandon1 In every person’s day there comes a time when it needs to be spiced up by some unordinary event just because it was getting too boring. Well it goes the same way for the lunch I had today with my class because what my mom decided to bring in was so dull and original that it kneaded some seasoning. So being the 8th grade genius I am, I came up with my own special sauce to try to make the ordinary dish sparkle, and it turned out that what was supposed to only be the spark of a new recipe was the beginning of one very spicy day
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This experience takes me back to third grade when I used to catch the school bus every day at 7:40 am. Every day I would get up at 6:30 am, get ready and then go out of the house a few minutes early to wait for the bus. Once I get on the bus I put on my headphones so I can tune everyone out. The bus carries kids from Kindergarten through fifth grade. Every day the bus was very loud and sometimes dangerous. I would glance to one side of the bus and see kids flying out of their seats, boys fighting
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Sixth grade was a year to remember. From walking in on the first day with a smile on my face, to walking out on the last day with tears misting in my eyes, and all of the stupendous memories in between, I know that I will never forget my first year as a free middle schooler. The new friends I met, the amazing teachers I had the great fortune to meet, the extravagant parties the school hosted, and all of my incredible classes were all just some of marvelous aspects that helped my sixth grade year
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To the Moniteau Co. R-I School Board, For the students of California High School, having a four day school week is a repugnant idea. While students could have a three day weekend and get much needed sleep, the four day school week is not a grand idea because students who work after school would have to work later shifts, younger children will not have much time to play outside, and time after school for student-athletes will become harder to manage. If school were to get out later, students who
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School should be a four-day week School should be a four day week because teachers need time to plan. Also it gives more time to do more activities with family and friends. Although it can affect education purposes with the students. Some disadvantages are a shortened school day would reduce the amount of instructional time. For some laboratory classes reducing the number of minutes in class each day could have a detrimental impact. Even if the number of days were extended to counteract the
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Is a four day school week a good idea? Many school districts in the United States are starting to go to school only four days week. There are several reasons school districts use for going to a four day school week and there are several reasons why people think that this is a bad idea. Most states adhere to a school year of 180 days. In recent years states have allowed school districts to add hours to the school day to meet the instructional time that their states require. States have allowed public
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That was all I wanted, all I needed,the phone to ring. But why? It was all anybody wanted, another snow day. I didn’t receive any phone calls that night, and I prayed that the phone was broken. But the dreaded truth was that there was going to be school that day, no doubt about it. Snow fell thickly to the ground, coating it with a white layer, like icing on a cake. I didn’t want to go to school, I didn’t want to wear layers of clothing to prevent frostbite, or trudge through snow, getting my socks
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hundred-five degrees. Kids were riding their bikes, in swimming pools, swinging on swings, and playing hiding go seek. However, my brothers and I were in the house. We could not leave the house because we was grounded, because we decided not to go to school. So I decided to cook us lunch. I went into the cold freezer to search for the clear bag a bag of chicken. I took the chicken to the sink and ran cold water on it until it unfrozen. It seems as if it was taking forever; it took about thirty
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Did you know that school days could run from dawn to dusk? People have varying points of views on the length of schools in America. So individuals think that the school day should be longer. They think that by having longer school days, they can get more work done and master things swiftly. Other people think that school should not have longer classes because there is an overwhelming stress on them to get all of that work done. I think that school should not have longer hours. First off,
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moving from schools by leaving elementary and transitioning to middle school. Things aren’t the same when going to middle school your surroundings are different. In f middle school you meet new people and have different teachers. You experience a lot of different things on your first day of school. I know I had a lot going on when I had my first day of middle school. Once I stepped into middle school, I knew things were going to change from the moment my day had started. My first day was exciting
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http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/suppl_1/s131.full Care of Children With Diabetes in the School and Day Care Setting The American Diabetes Association gives a general guideline for day care providers and school systems, to effectively provide a safe environment for children with diabetes to participate in the school experience. This article also establishes the laws intact to help personnel define acceptable and unacceptable practices. In the first section of the article
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first day of school in America. Unlike most students in the fifth grade, I wasn't worried about what to wear or which class I would have with my friends. In fact I had no friends. I was more worried about some student trying to introduce herself to me or a teacher asking about my background. Who wouldn’t want to make friends on the first day? It had only been two months since my family and I came from Ethiopia and everything was still brand-new to me, especially the language. My first day of school
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I never expected my Junior Year of high school to turn out like it had. My school, Columbine High, was all over the news. When I had arrived to school on that dreadful Tuesday morning, everyone was warned through the television monitors that ¨today is not a good day to be here¨ (West). Many people were confused, myself included; many were also worried about what was going to happen. There had been warning signs that could have prepared us for the day. ¨April 20, 1999¨ was crossed out on the calendars
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Do you believe the school board should add one and a half hours to school each day? Many people disagree with extending school hours and others fully support it. In my opinion, I am one of the people who believe there should be no extra hours added to each school day. I do not think school should have extended time because it impacts extracurricular activities, it gives children and teenagers less time to do their homework, and it will decrease the attention span of students. Adding extra hours to
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change. Think about it if we go to school later then go to bed later then it will balance out to be the same. So if it will end out to be the same then why should we change our schedules. Therefore we should not change schools starting times into later in the day. One reason that we should not change the starting times of schools into later in the day is sports. Many students play some kind of sports, and if we end later in the day they will not have time. If school starts at ten a.m then ends at
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think that school should start later than 8 am. Students should start later in the day so that kids can get a better sleep and be more prepared for school. Most kids stay up past recommended time when they should be sleeping, making them tired for early morning school. Also most kids do some sort of activity or sport after school making them have to stay up late to finish school work. Finally students stay up later on the weekends making it hard to wake up Monday morning to go to school. For these
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One day, on the way home from school, my mom told me she was going to make up some new rules for me and my brothers and sisters. Before this, we knew she wanted us to be good, but we really didn’t have any rules. Well, Mom took care of that. On Sunday, she started giving us the “house rules.” Clean your rooms every other day. Be ready for dinner at 7:00 p.m. (that means sitting at the table, with clean hands). If Mom is having a meeting in the house, be very quiet (that means turn down the music
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Year round schooling, the name seems a lot worse than it is. A typical belief of year round schooling is that students attend more days at school because they are in school a year long, but instead they break the long three month break into smaller pieces. Year round schooling provides a more beneficial education to students of all ages. With the all year schedule students do not spend a long period away from the classroom; therefore, students are able to maintain their knowledge. Traditional schooling
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up early for school can have a major or even deadly effect on your life. Changing school start times will have a majorly substantial effect on students.Start times need to be delayed to benefit the students. Along with the drowsy crashes a number of other consequences come with schools early start times. Over 50% of children under the age of eighteen complain about being tired during the school day. Because of having to wake up so early kids don't get enough sleep to last the full day.15% of parents
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plan special outreach events • Hold a food drive, clothing drive, shoe drive or collect school supplies for the needy • Bake cookies and take flowers to local nursing homes or a children’s hospital • Write a special song or rap for your FFA chapter • Produce an “I am FFA” video and post it on SchoolTube.com • Write a “Top Ten Reasons to Join FFA” and act them out for your school (have a video camera)! • Visit schools that don’t have agriculture education programs or FFA chapters • Invite local farmers
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