When one thinks of democracy, one thing pops into their head almost immediately – voting. Voting is something that has become extremely common in a typical American high school. One way that democracy is promoted throughout high schools is giving students the opportunity to run for student council representatives and become president, vice president, historian, and even secretary. They’re put on a ballot against their fellow classmates and are then elected into position by their peers. Another way that high schools promote democracy is through the practice of Homecoming Week.
When George, Sam, and Rameck were in University High, they didn’t have teachers that were motivated. “We had a few dedicated teachers at the high school who pushed us to learn and forced us to do our work, but too many others just didn’t know how to reach us and didn’t seem to care” (59). The teachers don’t have the desire to help students or care, therefore, Sam, Rameck, and George's grades drop. This proved how important of a role teachers play on a student's academic life. If the teachers didn’t care about their education, how would you expect students to stay in school when the teachers don’t care whether they attend or not.
Jessica Statsky wrote the following essay about children's competitive sports for her college composition course. Before reading, recall your own experiences as an elementary student playing competitive sports, either in or out of school. If you were not actively involved yourself, did you know anyone who was? Looking back do you think that winning was unduly emphasized? What value was placed on having a good time?
Some of the names that were appearing on the top of the charts surprised me. Who knew that the president of the math club had such a strong throwing arm? Is that my lab partner from freshman year passing every other player in sprints? These girls were working harder than any sports team I had been apart of. Amazingly, girls who had little history with each other were gathering together during breaks, laughing and encouraging teammates.
The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) are an association that regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada .It is committed to providing opportunity for more than 450,000 college student-athletes who compete annually in college sports. There are many British Universities who offer Athletic scholarships, such as Stirling University and Leeds University which was the first university in Britain to offer Athletic Scholarships. In Britain, the number one place to gain a sporting scholarship is at the University of Coventry, which has a success rate for students furthering their sporting careers of 89%. Countries like Spain, Canada and Australia, also offer Athletic Scholarships. Of course many athletes receive scholarships, but young financially underprivileged students can't always balance school, athletics, and a job.
Running cross-country, as a junior in high school is different from running it in middle school. I was one of the best runners while I was in seventh and eight grade. This changed at my first practice with the high school team. Coach Sorrells talked about the course since the first practice in may, this is the state-meet course, and that it is important to do well. Everyone was concentrating on Carrolton.
He did not learn social skills and did not developed attachments. His behavior during his first 12 years varied. His teachers viewed him as unruly and difficult. His peers scorned him and teased him about his unkempt appearance and smell. At home, he lived in fear of his mother and resented his father for not helping him.
Kids without parents suffer the most, there is no mutual agreement for what's best for the child. The mother would like to have things her way and the father his. They can't combine the sight of each other, even if it means sake of their child. This makes very hard for the child and for the school and for other facilities that has to accommodate for both parents separately. For example “in parent teacher conferences there are two copies of report cards, two of everything because the parents can't agree to share.” This is very sad.
Also, if the child does not perform at his/her best, it greatly reduces the self-esteem not only of the child but the parents as well. The child and parents will receive continuous negative comments and feel pushed away. A child with ADHD’s most difficult environment is in a classroom being told to sit still, do not move, do not talk, and to pay attention to worksheets and finish them. None of these things come easily to parents whose child has ADHD, but day by day, off to school the children
I felt like they all tried to intimidate us about junior high school. Always reminding us that we are “up a creak without a paddle” trying to make us work harder. I also didn’t enjoy class because of the environment; our freedom was restricted due to the bubble of protection around us. Thinking about it now I feel as though the staff was over bearing trying to mature us to quickly. Overall middle school was the worst two years of my life.