Every school has "cliques"; small groups of people with similar interests who hang out exclusively with one another. But are cliques harmful to the high school environment? The next time you walk into our school cafeteria, take a look around. If your school is like a lot of others in America, there ...

"At 11:19 am on April 20, 1999, two armed young men stormed Columbine High School, wounding twenty eight people and killing fifteen, before taking their own lives" (Juvenile Violence Time Line). This is a scene that has been played out too many times in our schools. School violence is an issue tha...

School uniforms can encourage equalityEquality can be discussed globally, but it can also be practiced and implemented locally. In every high school across America, we can practice equality in various forms. One of those forms of equality-our treatment of one another-can be expressed in our behavio...

Censorship is the biggest controversial topic in high schools all across America. Although some principles and parents don't think their kids are mature enough to learn about sex, drugs, abortion, divorce, etc., students need to learn how to approach situations in the real world. Censorship sho...

The high rate of successful high school graduates can be attributed to the many aspects of the structure of schools. The quality of the faculty plays a tremendous role in the success of students. Students who have outstanding teachers are also likely to take time spent in the classroom in a genuin...

Sam and Elaine had been dating for two months. They met at their high school, and became close quickly. They would greet before lunch with a hug and a kiss. The next day both Sam and Elaine are suspended for their public display of affection, and pushed into conferences with school facility and p...

In the last century of America, the dramatic increasing of criminal rate had terrifies us for many years. Among these crimes, teenage violence had caught most of our attentions because of its incredible fast growth rate. In Jon Katz's essay titled "Media Violence...

In the spring of 1998 the Columbine High School massacre gripped the nation in terror and upset parents searched for some sort of tangible meaning as to why the atrocity had been committed. The two suspects had claimed in their manifesto that they enjoyed playing the video game "Doom", a game that s...

School? Schools in America today are in desperate need for reform. In American high schools today there lies some problems we all can't ignore. The first problem is attendance and the rules behind it. Another is parents' not caring or giving there kids the values they need. Finely there...

Violence in Schools A large number of Australian schools have been taking actions to prevent violence in schools. In the last ten years in American schools there has been an increase in school shootings, where students have opened fire on their own classmates. Is Australia headed down the same p...

The Previous PastBy Ryan Lance I remember the day like it was etched in my mind by a sculptor with his chisel. I was seventeen and in no way, shape, or form did I want to be attending Clayton High School any more. The thought was as appalling to me as eating brussel sprouts or liver. Why do I...

When we analyze questions like, "What would make a good high school curriculum?" we must first understand the underlying issues of the question. The easiest way to do this is to find out what makes a high school curriculum bad. I have found that an increasing number of students across America can ...

Prisons As the general population of America ages, so do its inmates. It is predicted that by the year 2010, at least one in ten will be age fifty or older. In Florida for example, the growth rate of geriatric inmates already exceeds that of the younger inmate. The reason for this epidemic is p...

Prayer in School: Good or Bad? As secular humanists and groups like the Christian Coalition are at war with each other regarding prayer in high schools behind closed doors in Washington DC, the average high school kid is the one that gets caught in the middle. For years now ther...

Introduction Violence among young people in society is increasing dramatically. Perhaps what is most alarming is that these violent acts are not only occurring on the streets, but in the school systems as well. School violence is defined as any physical or verbal attack on a person while on scho...

It was the first day of class and students are ready to start a new year. As you walk into the next period, you see new faces, but you find yourself to have no place to sit. All the seats were filled in every part of the classroom. On top of that, the teacher had assigned all the books with non...

Article Critiques Elementary and Middle Level Counselors' Courtroom Hearing Experiences (Davis, 1995, 10-15) The author recognizes the various roles and duties school counselors and administrators face. Oftentimes, these tasks entail heavy legal and ethical consequences. There is an in...

School Choice: What Choice is there?Public schools are grossly inefficient, and are not adequately educating many of America's youths. Schools that are run independent from local government bureaucracy provide better education at lower cost. School choice would allow more students to attend better s...

Introduction: Affirmative action in higher education should be abolished. College admissions should be based on what the admissions board is looking for, not what the government says should be required. In this paper, I will present evidence to support that position. At one time, affirmative ac...

Are Uniforms Really Necessary Do clothes really make the man or the does the man only emerge when the clothes cease to have the power to control the man? Does our outward appearance define who we are or do our actions and intellect distinguish us as thinking individuals apart from the masses? Can ...

School Uniforms Would the requirement of school uniforms be a violation of a person's individual rights? Some critics agree that enforcing a particular code of dress not only restricts a student's free expression, but also creates a society in which a student is more likely to rebel or a...

Violence in SchoolsPolitical officials and several different administrations and programs are not facing a new advisory while dealing with school violence. Problems with violence in schools have been reported back as far as the 1950's. John William's wrote an article about the increase in serious ...

Objective: Reduction in students engaging in binge drinking during the past two to four weeks. Binge drinking has long been associated with American High School senior as well as early college students. Reasons for this association have been diagnosed as everything from a newfound sense of freed...

In June of 2002, the 9th Circuit Court of the United States overturned a 1954 congressional ruling inserting the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. Now the Pledge of Allegiance is being considered unconstitutional. This ruling restarted the debate of religion in schools. R...

Do you remember your first elementary school Christmas program, your little sister\'s piano recital, or those Friday night football half-time shows? What about the first musical you sat through on a field trip or the band you wanted to form when you were fifteen? These are all common experiences for...