... talk to more high school counselors in order to decide if this is the direction I want to follow. The information I have learned about school counseling at the high school level leaves me wanting to focus my studies elsewhere. Mrs. Elizabeth Rall is the school counselor at Hazelwood Elementary School. She has only been at Hazelwood since the beginning of this year ... the seventh and eighth grade wing when classes were changing just to give me an idea of what I may be headed toward. I think that the only thing keeping me from falling over was the wall. I just remembered what it was like...

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... in any endeavor. I always dreamed of being the best athlete, the smartest student, or the most popular guy in school. Although I might not always fulfill these aspirations, falling just a little bit short still leaves me in awe of my accomplishments. If you want something bad enough, and you are willing to put forth the effort, anything is possible. I have achieved so many ... ...

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... knowledge gaps. The lack of skills is attributed to the lack of effort and the inflation of grades. She shows statistics that all types of placement test scores have been falling while the average high school GPA's have been rising. The knowledge gap is also attributed to the way it is taught to generation X. Jennings sight's many examples from today's text ... Jennings addresses the critical thinking gap. One of the things attributed to this lack of critical thinking is the "environmental obsession." Jennings feels that this constant bombardment of environmental problems leaves generat...

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• Grade Level: High School