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  • Analysis of High Turnover Rate

    Analysis of High Turnover Rate

    Analysis of High Turnover Rate Introduction High turnover rate of minorities and female employees has become a serious issue in the United States. Even though many ethnic races form this country, male Anglo-Saxons dominate the majority of the workforce. It is not uncommon for minority and female employees to leave their company after only working for a few years. Why has this behavior become a trend? In order to stop this trend, companies must ask

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    Essay Length: 1,703 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Victor
  • Promotion of School Violence

    Promotion of School Violence

    I go to gross movies and listen to heavy metal and rap music and I haven't killed anybody, does that make me a potential killer?" These things provoke anger, temper, and crummy attitudes. Gross visuals and music dull sensitivities. They teach the wrong way to handle problems. Make no mistake about this. No matter what defenders of this junk may say, violent movies, video games, and gross music have consequences that include more arguing, hitting,

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Bred
  • School Uniforms

    School Uniforms

    The introduction of school uniforms in the public school system would make a positive change for the students and the entire school. A common argument today is whether uniforms should be introduced to the public school system. I agree for many different reasons. The main reasons for having uniforms are that it would prevent bullying, create more school pride, and make school a better learning environment. An important reason for uniforms is that it would

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    Essay Length: 496 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: regina
  • High Tech Cheating: A Moral Pandemia

    High Tech Cheating: A Moral Pandemia

    High Tech Cheating: A Moral Pandemia (29 Words) Academic misconduct is notion that encompasses multiple forms of academic deviance from cheating on a test and plagiarism to inappropriate collaboration. In today’s society, education is the key to every door; everyone needs it and will go by any means to obtain it. Furthermore, with advancements in technology and the internet, cheating for today’s aspiring student has become more accessible, portable and it has completely desensitized the

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Wild Times at West Mount High Book Report

    Wild Times at West Mount High Book Report

    I just finished reading Wild Times At West Mount High by Janice Harrel. What happened was the principle bannd dances because of a death that occurred at one of the dances. Also, the principle made assigned seating at lunch because of a food fight that happened a while ago. Then Blake Farraby pulled a minor prank on his parents so that he could get a corvette out of them. Finally, Susan and all the students

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    Essay Length: 690 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: regina
  • Chater Schools Are Not What They Are Cracked up to Be

    Chater Schools Are Not What They Are Cracked up to Be

    Charter Schools are Not What They are Cracked Up to be Charter schools try to provide another option for parents as to where to send their kids for an education. The truth is that charter schools are not doing as well of a job as they say they are going to. Charter schools cause public schools financial harm, religious intrusion, and cause a Balkanizing effect. Charter schools cause public schools financial harm. Charter schools are

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Artur
  • The High Court of Australia

    The High Court of Australia

    THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA Every country obviously has a constitution and that constitution is governed by a system of laws which are abided by the people. The entity that ensures this is the courts. There is a hierarchy when it comes to courts since there cannot be just one type of court and there have to be many. This report will deal with the highest in the hierarchy which also runs by the term

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    Essay Length: 2,482 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Violence in Schools

    Violence in Schools

    Do you feel safe as you walk into this high school everyday? If you don't it wouldn't surprise me because in 1990 one in every twenty high school students have carried a gun to school. Recently in this year of November 24 a high school boy brought a gun to school and shot off 12 rounds at his classmates. Several students were injured and 1 student was killed. This event came from the result of

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    Essay Length: 731 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Art Education in Public Schools

    Art Education in Public Schools

    Art Education in Public Schools One morning, a fifth grader took in her hand a violin, and it changed her life forever. Her fingers grasped the bow, and drew it across the strings creating a beautiful sound. She developed the patience to learn to play and continued to play the violin for the rest of her life. The girl had found something, not only in the instrument, but in herself. Ever since that day, her

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    Essay Length: 2,007 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Social Prejudice in Schools

    Social Prejudice in Schools

    In my report, I am going to talk about the social prejudice that occurs in the schools between students and also teachers. Children from middle-class families generally are more successful in public schools than children from low-income families. Is the school system responsible for this problem, or is lower performance among low-income children a result of their home environment? The home environment has a big role in a child's education and if it is not

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Debate: Are Private Schools Really Academically Better Than Public Schools?

    The Great Debate: Are Private Schools Really Academically Better Than Public Schools?

    The Great Debate: Are Private Schools Really Academically Better Than Public Schools? Introduction Education is a major topic of controversy in this country. People often wonder if private school is worth the money it costs and if public schools have what it takes to produce well educated, disciplined young adults. There comes a time in every parents life when they must decide what is best for their child and what school will prepare them

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    Essay Length: 3,586 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Experience in School Social Work

    Experience in School Social Work

    Experience in School Social Work As a member of the student services team, school social workers are a link between the home, school, and the community. School social workers work within multi-cultural contexts with the social functioning and social conditions/environments of students to promote and support the student’s academic and social success. They advocate for and assist students to accomplish tasks associated with their learning, growth, and development toward a fuller realization of their intrinsic

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    Essay Length: 2,329 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Schools Sex Ed

    Schools Sex Ed

    The good news is that the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is the lowest it’s been since the early 70's, primarily due to teens’ increased and improved use of birth control. The bad news is that one million U.S. teens still get pregnant each year, and 78 percent of those pregnancies are unintended. The fact is that most young people in the United States begin having sex in their teens and they need honest

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    Essay Length: 509 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jack
  • Underage Drinking Costs High

    Underage Drinking Costs High

    The cost of underage drinking for each youth convicted is $1,699. In 2001, there were so many it added up to 2 billion in the U.S. Is drinking really worth that much? Wouldn’t you rather put that money into a new car or something rather than alcohol? Underage drinkers have to realize they have their whole lives to drink; they don’t have to start young. When kids drink they don’t think about dying in a

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    Essay Length: 302 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Steve
  • Treatments of Anxiety from Different Schools of Thought to Anxiety

    Treatments of Anxiety from Different Schools of Thought to Anxiety

    Anxiety is defined as apprehension, dread, or uneasiness similar to fear but based on an unclear threat. There are several perspectives as to the cause of anxiety. Some of these are behavioral, psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, biological, and cognitive. Behaviorists believe that anxiety is a learned behavior. The belief is that anxiety attacks may reflect conditioned emotional responses that generalize to new situations. This perspective advocates the use of behavior therapy. This therapy uses learning principles to make

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    Essay Length: 350 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Suicide in Adolescents

    Suicide in Adolescents

    Suicide in Adolescents INTRODUCTION Suicide is intentional self-inflicted acts that end in death. Each year, an average of 30,000 suicide deaths occur in the United States and it is estimated that 6,000 of those suicides are committed by teenagers (CDC, 2002). Psychologists have identified the teenage years as one of the most difficult phases of human life. During this phase, new social roles are being learned, new relationships are being developed, bodily changes are occurring

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Janna
  • School Uniforms

    School Uniforms

    School Uniforms School uniforms have been around for over a century in the private school sector of the United States. In the 1980s school officials in California began considering mandatory school uniforms in public schools as a way of decreasing gang related violence. The ensuing debate gained momentum in January of 1996 when President Clinton endorsed the idea in his State of the Union Address. The issue of requiring school uniforms in public schools is

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    Essay Length: 1,087 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    The Seven Habits An Overview In 1989, Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a landmark revolution in how we think about time and life management. In this book, Covey presents seven principles for developing effectiveness in our private and public lives. By developing these habits, one moves from being dependent on other people to being and acting independently. Then we learn how to move to the more advanced state of

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    Essay Length: 3,537 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Yan
  • Low Prices, High Cost

    Low Prices, High Cost

    Wal-Mart is a name that is instantly recognizable in many countries all over the world. It conjures images of a low-price wonderland where anything a consumer would want is available all in one place. But this cheery picture that Wal-Mart tries to create is far from true. Poor worker wages and benefits, and the destruction of small communities should be what one thinks of when hearing that company name. However, Wal-Mart didn’t start out so

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    Essay Length: 922 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Residential Schools

    Residential Schools

    Long before Europeans came to North America, aboriginal people had a highly developed system of education. There was a great deal for aboriginal children to learn before they could survive on their own. Aboriginal elders and parents passed on not only survival skills to their children, but their history, artistic ability, music, language, moral and religious values. When European missionaries began to live amongst aboriginal people, they concluded that the sooner they could separate children

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    Essay Length: 448 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Analysis of Graduation by Maya Angelou

    Analysis of Graduation by Maya Angelou

    Michele Dobrayel Graduation Throughout life, graduation, or the advancement to the next distinct level of growth, is sometimes acknowledged with the pomp and circumstance of the grand commencement ceremony, but many times the graduation is as whisper soft and natural as taking a breath. In the moving autobiographical essay, "The Graduation," Maya Angelou effectively applies three rhetorical strategies - an expressive voice, illustrative comparison and contrast, and flowing sentences bursting with vivid simile and delightful

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    Essay Length: 520 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • School Violence and Video Games

    School Violence and Video Games

    Grand Theft Auto, Doom, Mortal Kombat, and Resident Evil. One thing all these games have in common is they are all rated M for Mature. The definition of a Mature rating according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is "Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language." The ESRB states

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    Essay Length: 1,132 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Do Students Who Play Sports in School Tend to Be More Successful in the Future?

    Do Students Who Play Sports in School Tend to Be More Successful in the Future?

    Do Students Who Play Sports In School Tend To Be More Successful In The Future? High school is a time for young adults to try and find themselves. Some students decide to be the nerds, or join certain clubs but many students venture into the world of sports. I believe that students who play sports are more likely to stay off the streets and not partake in activities that deal with alcohol and drugs. In

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    Essay Length: 483 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Monika
  • Teaching Values in School

    Teaching Values in School

    Teaching Values In School But can the public schools do it? That in-fact is the true question of this controversial bulletin, which can almost surely set up dozens upon dozens of wildfires across the nation. From "Suburb to Ghettos" anybody who has even a breath of a word will most likely speak it with the wrath and ferocity of an incensed animal dying to protect his/her cubs from harm. The questions that arise like, the

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    Essay Length: 760 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Groups and Teams: Becoming High Performers

    Groups and Teams: Becoming High Performers

    Groups and Teams: Becoming High Performers A team is a small group of people with complementary skills who work actively together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable (Schermerhorn, J.). A major challenge in any organization is to turn the group into a high-performance team that can function well in any setting. High-performance teams have special characteristics that allow them to excel at teamwork and achieve special performance advantages (Schermerhorn,

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: David

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