Sarif Greene February 12, 2013 English 10 – Pd. 3 Ms. Goldberg A Separate Peace Final Draft Final Draft The story takes place during fall, when a man goes back to his high school after many years to think back on how his school life school life was surrounded by war and anger. In the story A Separate Peace by John Knowles the narrator Gene on the day of the winter carnival describes the day with much of war imagery due to the fact that they were surrounded by news of war. Although the festivities of the winter carnival suggest the Devon boys have been successful in creating “A Separate Peace,” Knowles’ use of war imagery in describing the setting, the prizes, as well as the boys’ own behavior suggests that this peace is illusory. On the Saturday of the winter carnival, Gene uses war imagery in describing the day by saying “The day was battleship grey.” Gene implied to the dullness of the day, the quote also referred to the grayness of the sky as it was snowing that day.
Are Metal Detectors Necessary in Schools? While school shootings are a terrible thing that happens in our society, metal detectors are unnecessary in our schools today. Do metal detectors deter people from walking into a building and start shooting everyone? The cons of having metal detectors in schools are that they are costly, can create a bottleneck near the machines, and are useless if the shooter is outside the school. Metal detectors do not have a place in schools, and should not be the choice that school districts make.
12. Do not allow anyone to bouncy on the front safety step as a child could easily bounce off the inflatable and get hurt. The step is there to assist users in getting on and off. 13. Ensure that no-one with a history of neck or back problems is allowed on the bouncy castle as indeed any child that is feeling unwell.
Trapped by Michael Northrop When school closes early because of the snow coming down, Scott and his friends decide to take advantage of the extra time to work on a go-kart they've been building in shop class. But with nearly everyone else having left the school, and the snow coming down faster and faster, they realise they may have made a terrible mistake. So begins a chilling (sorry!) tale, which sees seven students struggle to hold on as the weather gets ever worse. I normally don't comment on the presentation of novels, but have to make an exception here because Trapped really is superb in that respect.
On the island is a road that ends at a farmer’s field. It’s been officially named Ghost Road. A romantic spot, especially on a moonlit night, it has quite a reputation as a lovers’ lane. But many young people who find their way there aren’t really looking for privacy. They know they’re likely to find quite a few cars at the end of ghost road, all with their lights off and all parked facing south.
When I was young, I could think that people have gone mad since most of them used to do their shopping even before the sun would rise on Black Friday. It appeared humorous to me. In my viewpoint, stores should not remain open on this day. It should be the day when families and friends gather together as one and give thanks to God as they celebrate. Some retailers are always open on Thanksgiving Day, for instance, Wal-Mart and Best Buy amongst others (Millard n.p.).
Each day, 100,000 students bring a gun to school, and another 160,000 students cut class because they fear physical harm (National Education Association). Those numbers may seem alarming, and so it is understandable as to why searches would be conducted to try and reduce these numbers. Also the controversy of whether a student’s fourth amendment right is being violated leans toward the administrator’s side. Schools do not need a warrant to be able to search lockers since the lockers technically belong to the school, and as long as there is reasonable suspicion, the searches are legal (Surveillance in Schools) (Constitutional Conflicts). Whether random searching is legal or not, it does not change the fact that students still feel violated of their privacy
I was raised in a poor town in Mexico where there were not televisions. We used our free time trying to invent new games or play innocent games with our neighbors. After I got to school it was very clear the difference between kids that had TV and those who didn’t. Some of the influenced kids used to imitate bad jokes they had saw on TV. We couldn’t imitate those because we didn’t have TV, we could
Throughout the book, very few children are appear in the text, even though creating them is the goal all attempt to obtain. Terrible wars are supposedly raging outside the city, but inside the city, people are safe from the outside forces of death and destruction. It is the darkness inside they have to worry about. What makes Gilead so scary is that it still looks the same, but its government and society are completely alien from our own. Gilead seems to be without freedom or choice.
Leeban Ali March 28, 2012 As a student who attends high school I believe that cell phones should not be allowed during school hours! Also most of the students have it out and texting during class. Cell phones are becoming more and more of a disruption to the learning progress of students. This will have major affect on them in the long run because when it comes to tests and exams they won’t know what to do. People say that students can use their phones for emergencies at school but they can just make a phone call in the office.