Peer pressure is a big problem in today's youth and almost every child will experience at least one form of peer pressure during their school years. ... Drugs and alcohol are not the only issue that children are faced with their peers; one of the biggest issues in school systems is bullying. ... Today, children can be influenced by a large majority of different things including television, the computer, and their peers. ...

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Peer pressure to smoke was one thing every teenage has gone through. ... Even though it's the same as down in the city, it's just weird how it doesn't seem like there would be that big an effect of peer pressure up here. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through the eighteen years I have lived on this earth, I have analyzed a number of reasons that may have contributed to the creation of the entity I am today. I have really never given myself credit for my efforts and am in a state of perpetual denial of my academic stability. I have been told I pos...

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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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Children can say goodbye to peer pressure because uniforms equalize everyone. ... Children who experience peer pressure, are especially important. ... Lukes Hospital, she said, "I think uniforms are good, that way there is no pressure on kids and whether or not they have the best of things." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many parents and students support the uniform issue because they feel it makes all the students equal in the eyes of their peers and teachers. ... Uniforms have been used in an effort to try and reduce crime, and at the same time, remove peer pressure amongst students to try to "fit in" so they can concentrate on their schoolwork. ...

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Many parents and students support the uniform issue because they feel it makes all the students equal in the eyes of their peers and teachers. ... Uniforms have been used in an effort to try an reduce crime, and at the same time, remove peer pressure amongst students to try to "fit in" so they can concentrate on their school work. ...

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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...

• Word Count: 9089
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: Undergraduate