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Problem Solving How Do We Combat Child Abuse
2,023 wordsImagine being a young child. Picture that someone is mistreating you, and you are completely unable to retaliate in any way. Imagine what would be running through your mind, all of the fear and hatred that you can do nothing with except hold it all inside. The United States government defines child abuse specifically as [a]ny recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation to any individual...
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First Amendment Rights Racial And Ethnic
666 wordsWhen you get very angry at someone do you ever say things that you truly don't mean? For example, say your best friend stole your boyfriend from you. A couple days later you wrote a note to one of your other friends and said, "I hate Christi so much I just want to kill her. " and a teacher intercepted it and read it. She then sent you to the office and you got in tons of trouble. How would you react to this situation? Would you get angry that you got in trouble for something you didn't really me...
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T L O First Amendment Rights
1,006 wordsTo me, the basis of the Fastback 317 is to emphasize the First and Fourth Amendments of the Unites States Constitution and how they apply to students in the educational environment. The cases referred to in the book are informative because they illustrate the boundaries for teachers and student boundaries both as an individual and as a citizen of the United States. In my opinion the case that holds the most significance for a teacher was the case of New Jersey v T. L. O. This dealt with the proc...
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Standardized Tests Standardized Testing
1,258 wordsStandardized tests are intended to give a general measure of students' performance. Standardized testing means administrating the same test in the same way to two or more pupils. Since large numbers of students throughout the country take the same test, they give educators a common assess or "standard" of measure. Educators use these standardized tests to tell how well school programs are succeeding or to give themselves a picture of the skills and abilities of today's students. Some popular tes...
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Book Banning Is Bad For Students
1,543 wordsShould people be able to deny a students freedom to read any book they wish to in a school? Every time adults ban a book, kids lose the chance to gain knowledge from that work of literature. The students outlook on the world becomes narrower as they lose access to an insightful point of view. Book censors can only give unreasonable and unjustifiable motives for banning books to validate their cause. In the end, the actions of the people who ban books create many negative effects on students. The...
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Christian Science Monitor Low Self Esteem
1,783 wordsThe problem we are facing today with violence in the schools is a major concern with communities everywhere. Juvenile homicide is twice as common today as it was in the mid 1980 's. It isn't the brain that the kids are born with that has changed in half a generation; what has changed though is the easy access to guns and the glorification of revenge in real life and in entertainment. Crime in and around schools is threatening the well being of students, as well as the staff and surrounding commu...
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Christian Science Monitor Sexual Harassment
713 wordsEducational conflicts Nowadays our world has become very indifferent to many urgent problems. We are interested in social and private life of famous people. We discuss wars and epidemics in foreign countries. We argue about the weather and game scores. But we turn away when we hear about such things as sexual harassment in school, violence, religion conflict, and gun problems. It is better to think that we have no connections with all that problems. But we totally and completely forget that any,...
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Handicapped Children Courts Decision
1,279 wordsLegal Issues of Special Education Education always plays a great role in any state. It is an important foundation of good citizenship because it gives children access to cultural value. It prepares them for later professional training and it helps them adjust to the environment normally. Thats why the state pays great attention to it. It spends a lot of money for education. It has adopted some compulsory school attendance laws and acts that guarantee the equal rights to education for all citizen...
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Reasonable Doubt Reasonable Cause
506 wordsTLO vs. New Jersey: When Is The Constitution Invalid? In the case of New Jersey vs. TLO, I rule in favor of the petitioner, the state of New Jersey. In this case, I found no reason in the claims made by TLO and her defense. They claimed that the search conducted by school officials was unconstitutional. These officials were searching her purse for cigarettes, which she was caught smoking in the bathroom. During the search for the cigarettes they found the cigarettes, rolling papers used for maki...
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Public School System Reasonable Suspicion
627 wordsStudents Rights in the Public School System I chose to do my report on students rights in the public school system. Lisa Rowe, then sixteen a student at Teaneck High School, in New Jersey, thought she was doing a good dead when she returned a purse shed found in her English class. When she took the purse to the office instead of being rewarded she was told to step into the principals office and asked to pull up her sweater and pull down her slacks, and then she was searched. Why? In case she was...
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Uniform Policies School Uniforms
921 wordsCurrents Trends of Middle School Education A safe and structured learning environment is the first requirement of a good school. Children who feel safe and secure will better learn basic American values. In return they will learn the basis of good citizenship and become better students. In response to growing levels of violence in our schools, many parents, teachers, and school officials have been forced to look toward school uniforms as one potentially positive way to reduce discipline problems...
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Kansas City Star First Amendment Rights
3,121 wordsHazelwood: History of Censorship in Education Imagine for a moment that everyone in America who favors censorship of one kind or another suddenly got their wish. Imagine they could clap their hands and cause any material that they objected to, for whatever reasons, to disappear... Virtually every film and television show would vanish... School textbooks would be so watered-down as to be meaningless. Newspapers would be forbidden to run controversial stories... (American Voices 117) The basis of ...
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Supreme Court Family Values
772 wordsHigh School Journalism: Breaking the Barrier Throughout the many trials and tribulations of the adolescent years teenagers try to find many different ways to express themselves and discover who they are. There are different forms of expression including music, art, fashion, and, of course, writing. Whether it is through a personal journal used to express private feelings, or through the high school publications such as the school newspaper or yearbook. These forms of expression give teens an out...
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Sexual Harassment Title Ix
586 words" First of all, let me say that being sexually harassed since 5 th grade has gone beyond the damage of affecting the way I feel. Now I have no pride, no self- confidence, and still no way out of the [misery] I am put through in my school. " 1 Sexual harassment of students is a real and serious problem in education at all levels, including elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities. It can affect any student, regardless of sex, race, or age. Sexual harassment ...
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Gang Activity Labeling Theory
1,126 wordsTo the Editor of the Billings Gazette: The Old West has changed. Instead of youths traveling into the back country with their fathers to hunt game to support their families, youths are purchasing guns for show rather than theoretical use. Family structures have also changed significantly. Instead of mothers ringing the triangle bells for their children to return home for dinner, they are dialing the telephone in order to reach their son or daughter, via their beeper. Although, there is a signifi...
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National Football League Men And Women
2,284 wordsIn America and Steroids Steroids In America and all around the world, people are subjected to things that may belittle themselves and their identities. We are shown a world where people must be a specific height and weight, dress a certain way, talk a certain way to be accepted into society. If someone does not conform to the certain requirements given, they are seen as an outcast or a special or weird person. Yet, that is okay, because there are makeovers for those people. Directly, here in Ame...
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T L O Law Enforcement Officers
1,135 wordsName of the case and year it was decided X New Jersey v. T. L. O. (1985) The constitutional amendment V or section thereof X which the court is interpreting X 14 th amendment The specific facts of the case X On March 7, 1980, a teacher at Piscataway High School in New Jersey found two girls smoking in a restroom. Since this was a violation of school rules, the teacher took the two students to the principals office. The assistant vice principal questioned the two girls separately. One student adm...
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T L O Fourth Amendment
334 wordsNew Jersey Vs. T. L. O. Decision: Reasonable standard held to be proper standard for determining legality of searches conducted by public school officials. On March 7, 1980, a teacher at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, N. J. , found two girls smoking in the school lavatory, which was a violation of school code. The teacher took them to the Principles office where they met the Assistant Vice-Principle Theodore Choplick. Under questioning the first girl admitted smoking in the lavatory...
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Low Self Esteem Drugs And Alcohol
1,715 wordsThe problem we are facing today with violence in the schools is a major concern with communities everywhere. Juvenile homicide is twice as common today as it was in the mid 1980 s. It isnt the brain that the kids are born with that has changed in half a generation; what has changed though is the easy access to guns and the glorification of revenge in real life and in entertainment. Crime in and around schools is threatening the well being of students, as well as the staff and surrounding communi...
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First Amendment Rights Board Of Education
939 wordsSchool Uniforms School uniforms are creeping back into the classroom as a way to bring back a sense of community and promote a better learning environment in schools. Proponents have linked school uniforms to fewer behavior problems and higher academic achievement while also promoting school pride and self-esteem. The practice began in Long Beach, California, five years ago, and the schools there have seen a sharp drop in vandalism and crime. In the past few years several other major US cities h...
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