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    before the junior prom dance of her high school, apparently, it was a boy that asks her to go with him to the prom and she did not accept to go, after a dispute he stabbed her and left her there. In the article, the school administrator talked about how she felt about her death. After death, people are affected with the lost, and may never realize how important they were until they are gone. The author explains how to deal with the death of someone you love. After a loss of a loved one, grief is

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    1935, in the Winner hospital. If my grandpa could sum up high school, he would advise everyone to have an enjoyable time and to participate in many activities. Because my grandpa is funny and outgoing, I wanted to see what his high school experience was like. I chose my grandpa because of his satisfying humor and wonderful personality; I wanted to hear about his high school life and how different school was back then.     While in high school, my grandpa lived in Dixon, South Dakota, with his parents

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    High school is a very interesting time in your life. These are truly the years in which you transition into adulthood and begin to have a greatened sense of self-determination. You must take this as an opportunity to explore your world and yourself. High school is undoubtedly a place to learn, and this applies to many areas outside of your classroom, and in order to learn all you can, it is best to dive fearlessly into all facets of high school life. The most obvious area in which you should grow

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    students and teachers go to school every day and work very hard to meet the task that is asked of each of them each day. Teachers work more than 40 hours a week, especially when events go on throughout the school year. Students go to class to earn the grade of an “A,” not to learn what the teacher is teaching the class due to the fact that students were taught to consistently earn a letter grade in the class. However, teachers are not at fault either, because the school board and administrators give

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    Education and Values “What are your plans next year?” this is the question that every high school senior is asked at some point during their final year of high school. Some say college, others say military or straight to work. For me, I will be answering with college. A college education is very important to me. I have always been told that college is the next step after high school. It is what everyone does, but as I’ve gotten older I have realized that is not true. Some people are successful

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    High School Dropout

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    Although high school dropout rates have improved over the past years, it is still a problem where it has only improved by approximately thirty percent, specifically in the United States. (Messacar & Oreopoulos, 2013). Many factors could lead to the conclusion of becoming a high school dropout, but despite those factors, dropout rates should be more infrequent. It seems as if teenagers do not always comprehend what is going on at their age, or they are simply careless and unaware of possible future

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    their life-cycle, than compared to a less costly counterpart. The writers of the article use two primary sources of information for their data on college students: The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS72) and High School and Beyond (HSB) both conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. They use this information to study different cohorts of students from the 1970’s and 1980’s and how college selection affected their labor market earnings after college

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    Should High Schools Offer More Life Skill Classes? Numerous teens go off to college not knowing basic life skills that become increasingly helpful when you're off on your own. Figuring things out on your own isn’t always an awful thing, but if you had someone to teach you about life and how to manage your way through it, it would be so helpful. One not so great thing about figuring information out on your own is that you could end up making some costly mistakes. One of the best times to learn life

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    A significant educational opportunity that was offered to me during my High School career is a job working at Warehouse Shoe Sale or WSS. My experience working there helped me to face responsibility and enabled me to realize that I have excellent skills in following directions and completing tasks. Prior to working, I didn't know if I was even going to be able finish high school, let alone get a job. My job experience, however, made me think differently. Being able to witness people at work, who

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    paradise that I have never realized. I just got accepted to the one of most elite high school in the whole city in Vietnam, Le Hong Phong high school. That school is the dream of many students and parents. It is not only a high rank in academic school but also a high school with a healthy relationship between every students and teacher. There was no fighting or any violence ever happen inside the school. Apart of that, the school also have lots of events and activities happen that students never get bored

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