...amend the opening of classes. The existing school calendar which spans from June to March is often disrupted as destructive typhoons plague the region during the rainy season that’s why our lawmakers decided to move the opening of classes from September through May to avoid numerous class suspensions and serve to protect the students during strong typhoons. The Department of Education said that it is open to the proposal by some sectors, including lawmakers to move the opening of classes but they want to ensure the comfort of the students in school and stresses the need for a comprehensive study. While the Department of Education is open on the proposal, some did not welcome this idea. An initial survey on the matter conducted way back in 2009. On the respondents, 66 percent were against the move while 34 percent were in favor. [1] Also, another ground for rejecting the proposal is the traditions celebrated during summer and being not conducive in learning because of hot weather during March. The delay in suspension of classes is one of the reasons why our lawmakers and other sectors in the community urge to move the classes from June to September. Unexpected suspension of classes is hard on the part of students because they have to deal with floods, lack of transportations and diseases. Numerous class suspensions also cause irregularity of school days due to rains and floods, horrendous difficulties to and from school and danger to life from open drains and excavations...
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...oblige schools to do make-up classes after a row of class suspensions last week • A big part of Luzon has been flooded due to southwest monsoon caused by typhoon Falcon last week. The bad weather condition affects schools, colleges and universities in metro manila and in different parts of Luzon that suspends classes for 3 consecutive days. It is to ensure the safety and security of the students. In return, the students will have to compensate all the suspensions with make-up classes to complete the 201 calendar year imposed by DepEd. School division superintendents will be the one to decide what type of make-up classes will they implement. It’s either make-up classes that will fall during weekends, or by simply extending the class hours during weekdays. These make-up classes are effective for both public and private schools. • It is interesting because I can relate to the topic. As a college student, I am personally involved and concerned with the issue and it has a direct effect on me. • I don’t have any negative reaction on this issue since It’s caused by natural calamities and no one wants it to happen, so make-up classes is a good alternative. I think same goes for college students like us. It’s just right to have make-up classes because we’re paying a big amount of money and we will just get nothing in return? So those 3 days is a huge loss for us and we need to take them back through these make-up classes. My other concern is the late declaration of class suspension last...
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...Have you ever wondered what happens to athletes who are caught using steroids? It makes the news, the athlete is criticized by the world, but what punishments do they actually receive? Rafael Palmeiro, a baseball great, was given a ten-day suspension after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. What kind of example are we setting for our young athletes? Pete Rose made a mistake by gambling on baseball and he was given a lifetime suspension and a ban from the baseball Hall of Fame (Jordan, 2006). This gives the impression that steroid use is not necessarily a big deal. Who cares about a ten-day suspension? You still get to continue playing with your team and still have an opportunity to “earn” your way into the Hall of Fame. We need to have stronger punishments for athletes caught using performance-enhancing drugs. These drugs are bad for the body, for the team, and for the family. Performance-enhancing drug use has extreme negative effects on the body. Many common side effects and psychological symptoms occur from their use. Just a few of the side effects include: liver tumors, kidney tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, hypertension, increases in LDL (bad cholesterol), decreases in HDL (good cholesterol), severe acne, trembling, enlarged facial bones, nausea, vomiting, bone pain, and muscle cramps. Psychological effects include, but are not limited to, depression, irritability, inability to concentrate, forgetfulness, lack of interest or energy for everyday life, aggressiveness...
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...them happy but remain the problem; however, we can treat those less naughty boys harsher than they should receive in order to make them even better. To make the balance, to make students feel equal, teachers treat all boys the same, using the standard of the worse student. One big point is, teachers develop two separate system for boys and girls, as the first reason said, “boys” are going to bear more when they grow older, that’s the reason why they bear more now. Teachers labeling “boys should bear more and be more brave” to boys. Girls always get more rewards than boys, when they finish same almont of mission. When girls doing their homework, some of them do made mistakes. Compared with boys, if girls make mistakes on...
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...Why I would like to attend Richard Bland College? I would like to attend Richard Bland College for the reason being that, I would like a fresh start after high school; college is the best way to transition from childhood to adulthood. I feel like Richard bland would be the best environment for me , because as a two-year college I can get a feel to see if college is right for me, and with your campus being on the smaller side I can get more acquainted with my prospective peers and teachers and that would be more harder at more larger school What other information should the Office of Admissions know about you when considering your application? Starting high school was not an easy task for me, I struggled a lot during my 10th grade year, I was in a hectic altercation which resulted in my suspension from school, and recommendation of expulsion. Throughout my 10th grade year my grades were gruesome , my attitude was very negative towards school, so I refused to do anything in any of my classes which resulted in me failing more than half of my classes. At the start of my 11th grade year with guidance and the support of my family I turned all my negative energy positive and became more focused. I always wanted to attend college; however I had a minor setback for a major come back, so hopefully my come back can start with me attending college and making something of myself Disciplinary History 2/7/2011 – Fighting (no charges were pressed) - suspension for 10 days From this...
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...purpose of trying juveniles in a separate system is to provide them with education and rehabilitation in hopes they won’t continue the criminal behavior as an adult. Statistics and studies in the last decade have proven that there are many successful ways of preventing crimes in our youth, and it not only involves parents but mentors in our schools and communities. A 2008 study estimated that over 60% of children in the United States were exposed to violence, crime or abuse within that year. (Finkelhor, 2011) Regardless of whether it occurred in school, at home, or somewhere else, it just shows the huge effect that criminal behavior has on us at an early age. Although most of these crimes are surely not serious, juvenile offenders were known to be involved in 8% of all homicides in the United States in 2010. (OJJDP, 2012) It’s impossible to determine the motive of every single juvenile who commits a crime, just like it’s impossible to determine the motive of every adult. There are, however, many factors that may influence a juvenile to commit a crime. Studies show social and cultural factors play a big role when it comes to determining why juveniles commit crimes. Poverty might cause a child to steal food for his family, or cause someone to steal designer clothing in order to fit in. Physical or sexual abuse may cause a child to grow up aggressive and ultimately commit a crime. The purpose of trying juveniles separate from adults is in hopes that by educating juveniles and providing...
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...Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris focuses on the experiences of Black girls in the American education system and how systemic racism and discrimination has often criminalized their existence and fundamental right to an education. Pushout: The Criminalization of...
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...Baynes). Mrs Baynes takes a quick talk with Campell and short after Mr. Goade gets called into Mrs. Baynes office, she is not happy about that he has taking hold in the boy’s ear. The following day, is Mr. Baynes called to the office again, and the boy’s parents had said that the boy’s ear is in inflammation and that he cannot hear optimally. Mr. Goade ends up in trouble, which talk about suspension. 2. Ian Goade is a primary school teacher, he is intelligent, and people do not understand why a person so intelligent like him, ends up like a teacher. However, Ian likes his job and believes herself like the man he is. He thinks that the children/students looks forward to him, because he is a man. Ian is a determined man. He wants that all children have it good in school. When he grap’s Campell in his ear, I don’t think it’s because he want Campell something bad, he just want him to behave properly, but today teachers can’t touch the children without getting in trouble, so it was a bad decision. 3. The headmistress way of handling the conflict is a bit weird I think. I do not understand why she is Judge Ian as she does. She said that it is only in extreme situations that you have to handle like that, she didn’t had been in the situation, so she can’t evaluate about if Ian have handled right, I mean they are collegians so they have to trust each other. On the other way, as I said before, she did not have been in the...
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...Sean Palmer Ms.Ash English 11 1 June 2009 Steroids Steroids where invented by the Germans in the late 1930’s to enhance the physical performance of their athletes so that they could be better than every other country in the world for professional sports. Ever since then, people have been risking their health and their life by taking them. Some people take steroids to get stronger or to have a competitive edge in sports, others take them to get rid of rashes, like poison ivy, but no matter how or why steroids are taken there is always an enormous risk of permanently changing the way someone looks and sounds. Also if someone plays sports there is an even bigger risk because of fines, suspensions or accidental overdoses. There are many side effects from taking steroids and there are even more risks, one of which will result in death. The usage of steroids among high school students is on the rise. “Steroid use in high schools has been steadily increasing for the last thirteen years” (Mihoces 1), this is extremely frightening because there are many horrible side affects when people and especially teenagers use steroids. Males and females both have different reactions physically when they use steroids but they also share some of the same side effects including, liver damage, this is because these substances are normally absorbed in the liver, constant mood swings, and profound depression. Except the side effects don’t stop there, in males steroid use can result...
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...You mainly see dress codes at school. Dress codes in the educational environment are possibly the strictest set of rules. You’ll notice that the dress codes at school get stricter as the students get older. The fact that dress code is highly enforced causes great controversy in society. There are many issues that dress codes cause, and they all mainly affect the females. The main reason that dress codes should be banned all together is because it is shaming girls and their bodies more than it is protecting the educational environment. Dress codes have been around for centuries. Back in the day, it was frowned upon for a woman to show any skin. Dress codes are different throughout the country. Some countries dress codes still remain as strict as they did many centuries ago. For example, according to a library source I found, “The Islamic dress code emphasizes modesty. Men are mandated to cover their bodies from the knees to the navel. Women are required to wear clothes that are not too tight or transparent and to cover all parts of their body except the hands and face. The primary objective of the dress code is to prevent women from becoming the object of enticement or desire.”(Khan 207) In America, women didn’t need to cover their face, but they were covered from neck to toe. Luckily, the dress code has evolved since then, but it feels like lately school systems are trying to make women go back to dressing as they did centuries ago. School systems are not the only issue...
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...These effects are often harmful in nature. In fact, Crockett (2000), concluded in his research that the group with the deviant friends was more likely participate in delinquent acts than the group with conventional friends or the friendless group. Furthermore, the group with the deviant friends experienced higher levels of depression than the non-deviant and friendless group. It was inferred that having friends of any type serve as a buffer against feelings of loneliness. However, he also states that any type of peer association, whether good or bad, may protect adolescents from the social isolation that often precedes depression. According to Müller, Hofmann, Fleischli and Studer (2016), their study determined that the development of antisocial behaviour among students is influenced by the behavioural characteristics of their classmates. Their study was conducted with 825 students. These students answered questionnaires about self- and peer-reports on aggressive, delinquent, and disruptive classroom behaviour. He concluded that the perceived characteristics of the entire classroom, dominant students, and friends significantly predicted self-reported aggressive and disruptive behavioural development. However, it did not significant predicted delinquency in...
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...team down, he wouldn’t be able to tackle the running back and win back the school pride. Yes, he’s cheating, but for the greater good. Besides, when you think about 17% out of 100, it’s not a big number, right? Well, 17% is 52,800 underage students using drugs or drinking alcohol during the school day. Not only that, but in this day and age high-school and college students are taking steroids, growth hormones, caffeine and ADHD pills, or stimulants....
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...The School to Prison Pipeline: The Criminalization of American Students The School to Prison Pipeline: The Criminalization of American Students Kimberly N. Wright Western Governors University Introduction Your permanent record! The thing that was held over most of our heads when we were in school. Your teacher or maybe your parents threatened that your bad behavior was going to end up on your “permanent record” and ruin your life. We shrugged them off, thought they were being dramatic or crazy and didn’t think much of it. Unfortunately for some students, the School to Prison Pipeline is making the threat of a bad permanent record all too real, as well as the consequences behind it. What is happening? Research suggests that The School to Prison Pipeline is damaging to students because it disproportionately affects poor, minority, and special needs students and is supported by unfairly applied disciplinary policies like “zero tolerance” and the standardized testing requirements backed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The School to Prison Pipeline, or Cradle to Prison Pipeline as some may refer to it as is the set of rules and policies that are currently funneling school children into the juvenile and criminal court systems. While order is needed in classrooms, the School to Prison Pipeline is a disservice to students and society given that these policies heavily impact special needs, minority, and poor students. With the...
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...Bias, along with stereotypes and individual experiences, shapes how the life of an individual will turn out. A person with positive experiences in school and home along with the help he or she needs to succeed, he or she will avoid the school-to-prison pipeline and lead a more productive life. Whereas, a person with poor experiences in one or both environments and with little to no help needed to succeed, one might fall into the school-to-prison pipeline and not reach his or her full potential. Some examples of poor experiences include being seen as a bad kid (whether it be because of a learning difference or background), struggling because of the lack of help or misused resources, falling into the wrong crowds, and many more. The lack or poor use of support and our biases...
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...Do Inequalities in Discipline Exist in the Education System? Bridgette Sharp Bridgewater State University Abstract There has been a great amount of research conducted to help explain the ever increasing gap in discipline that exists between African Americans and their Caucasian peers in the school system. Educators and professionals are becoming more aware of the blatant discrimination African Americans face and are beginning to reevaluate their school’s discipline policies. Action needs to be taken to redirect America’s education system into one of higher learning, understanding, and achievement for children of all races. Do Inequalities in Discipline Exist in the Education System? If you take a look at the history of the United States, it is apparent that African Americans have always gotten the short-end of the stick. America’s successful cultivation greatly depended on the forced slavery of blacks that were imported unwillingly from Africa. They were segregated, ridiculed, and abused simply because of the pigment of their skin. In the past century, great progress has been made to enforce the concept of equality in our country. Determined Civil Rights activists fought relentlessly to achieve equal voting and citizenship rights. Racial segregation may be an obstacle of the past, but discrimination is still widely recognizable in our society, and alarmingly, our education system. Education has always been a significant determinant of future success. High paid...
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