The monitoring and searching of students, community efforts, and the attitudes of students" peers are three possible solutions for school violence. ... Most importantly, the stopping of school violence begins with students" peers. ... It is becoming more important than ever for teens and pre-teens to use a little bit of common sense when relating to their peers. ... Monitoring and searching on school grounds, community programs to teach parenting skills, and teaching young people how to deal with negative peer pressure are three suggestions that could be solutions for school violence. ...

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Suno undergoes pressure from his parents to study hard and pass the entrance exams. ... The Same research was done in China, India and Japan. 63% of Chinese parents placed too much pressure on kids and 83% placed pressure on kid's total. 61% of parents from India placed overwhelming pressure on kids to compete in school and 76% of all parents placed pressure on kid's total. 59% of Japanese parents placed too much pressure and 89% of parents placed pressure as a total. ... An online China blog stated that an 11 year old girl had to commit suicide because of excessive parental and peer...

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What some of these teenagers do not realize is that there is a sense of pressure that comes with learning how to drive responsibly. ... According to Alan Greenblatt, when teenagers start to drive under the influence of peer pressure, this leads to a higher percent of automobile crashes. ...

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Other concerns are the low academic standards that are set in public schools, the influence of negative peer pressure, and the growing problem with safety in the public school system. ... Some of the main benefits parents find from home schooling are; children become more independent and more responsible with their behavior; the influence of peer pressure is reduced; vacations and trips can be planned at the families convenience; families can spend more time together; and there is usually less stress involved in the education process. ...

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As a child, Casey Anthony's parents favored her over her older brother, Lee. Being spoiled, along with Casey's natural disposition, led her to become a self-centered and conniving adult. She'd learned that, through lying, she could manipulate her way into getting whatever she wanted - and easily co...

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Parents and teachers tended to be critical of the pressures exerted by the entrance exams but were rarely critical of the overall Monbusho guidelines" (1). ... People felt that the Japanese school system caused much pressure to be placed on the students and teachers and that school had become more about getting into college then getting an education. ...

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They (sports and physical activity) can give young women the very benefits they perceive in smoking: independence, status with their peers, a chance to make friends, relaxation, weight management, and a more positive sense of self" (iahsaa). ... Peer pressure is another thing that drives most people to smoking. If most athletes don't smoke then you are surrounding yourself with people that don't put the pressure of smoking upon you. ...

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"The choices we make dictate the life we lead"- Danny Devito, Actor/Comedian Each choice we make leads us to our final destination. I consider myself lucky to have been given the opportunity by my parents to follow my dream and be proud of who I will be. I come from a family of engineers, pharma...

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Though many blame family conditions and peer pressure the major culprit seems to be the schools with focus being towards the teachers" insensitive and dismissing standard curricula as culturally biased. ... These misunderstandings can include verbal communications, patterns of participating and listening, body language and movement, uses of signs and symbols (clothing jewelry, emblems), modes of relaxing and paying attention, concepts of time, social values, peer interaction patterns, values concerning what is worth knowing, and many other areas.7 The first strategy, to assist in understa...

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Childhood innocence allows children to trust their peers with full confidence and teaches us as adults how the world should be, instead of how it truly is. ... If a child is considering taking their life because of the constant pressure by their parents, than congratulations, that child gave back what they "owed", his/her life. ...

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Obviously each stage of development can be difficult to undergo for gay and lesbian adolescents who come to realize they are different from their peers. ... Peer pressure to conform to teenage social norms is enormous. ...

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Remedial education or basic skills is education designed to help students gain academic skills, needed to be placed at a college level. Providing students with remedial education has always been a widespread problem. In 1849, the University of Wisconsin was the first school to offer remedial educat...

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Abstract Charter schools are relatively new and are not without controversy. The purpose of this study is to understand how the people most affected by the development of charter schools (the students) feel about them. After a literature search and hypothesis development we created a self report mea...

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Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as well as school districts, to understand the role of parents and the districts in the success of students. The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. The key research questions will focus on what pa...

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