... influence on students. Students are sometimes motivated to do better by other student's achievements. When a student who just aced a test hears people talking about how they did horribly on it, he or she will feel good about themselves and might want to brag about it. Everyone wants to do good, and it makes people feel good about themselves when other people know about their achievements. So when the students who ... did bad on the test hears the student bragging about how well they did ... class or stay home from school when it is not needed. Since the students want to get the best gr...

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... brain 95% of the time, and I should use it and make some money. It was quite a surprise when I learned how many loans I would have to take to pay for this "higher education." As a young adult with not very much credit or financial independence, a $60,000 commitment was too overwealming. My carefully laid ... cuties passing through the U.C., and occaonally hanging out with some new friends I made. In high school only a year before, everything about school was so harsh and regulated. You couldn't get up, go to the bathroom, or leave your classroom without permission; and forget being tard...

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