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…Cameras in the School In recent years, security has become a major issue. This occurs in schools as well as other locations. The recent security issue is due in large part to the technological advances or our generation. It has become…

…The Causes of Violence in Teens Jocks, Preps, Punks, Goths, Geeks. They may sit at individual tables at lunch, but they all belong to the same generation. The story that hit the news was the massacre at Columbine High. The school outcasts finally…

…, 1998 a survey was conducted in order to identify youth violence in schools. Their findings yielded 173 separate incidents; the majority of which were homicides and involved the use of firearms. (www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/schoolvi.htm) All of the cited…

…School choice will improve education in America. Public schools are grossly inefficient, and are not educating many of America's youths adequately. Schools that are run independent from local government bureaucracy provide better education at lower…

…to consider. The positive effects would definitely outweigh the negative if schools made it policy to wear uniforms. School uniforms should be required in public schools because it is a proven fact education would improve, there would be less violence…

…PRAYER IN SCHOOLS Prayer in schools has become a very controversial issue and this topic is of prime importance to many people in America. Prayer has been in public schools since colonial times until 1962, when the United States Supreme Court threw…

…Dear members of the school board, I strongly feel that the school day needs to end one hour shorter for students in North Carolina. I feel this way simply because students would be able to get home, clean the house, and go to sleep at an earlier…

…Violence on Television: How It Affects Today’s Youth Part I – Introduction My partner and I are both seniors attending Union High School. This upcoming summer will be my third year life guarding at the Columbian Swim Club, in Union. My partner has…

…rather than more rational means of mediation. She also states that, "...violence is not limited to professional sports. It filters down to high schools and even to recreational activities such as intramurals." In order to try and prevent so many violent…

…in several American high schools. They claim that the only solution to this recent outbreak of violence is to censor videogames and restrict their sale to minors. Over the past several years, politicians such as Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) have proposed various…