...elementary levels as reported by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). Based on the 2006 to 2007 NSCB statistics, the dropout rate increased from 8.6 percent to 9 percent, far from the 2006 target of decreasing it to 5.5 percent and 2009 target of 4.3 percent. “A targeted program that will identify causes and solutions for high dropout rates is urgently needed to reverse this alarming trend,” Badcock said. Badcock cited that case of the province of Sulu wherein only 62 percent of the children there are enrolled in public elementary schools, way behind the national average of 81.7 percent. “Efforts to promote primary education enrolment should be concentrated in identifiable high-priority regions such as Sulu,” Badcock pointed out. In addition, the UN linked poverty to the unemployment problem which makes poverty reduction and endangered goal. UN records...
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...This essay is about high school drop-outs and why it is a major problem for our youth. Drop-outs are faced with unnecessary challenges that could have been avoided if they stayed in school and graduated. The age that people drop out of school is about when they are about 16 or 17 years old. In the last 20 years the earnings level of dropouts doubled, while it nearly tripled for college graduates. Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than high school graduates, and over $800,000 less than college graduates, in their lives. Dropouts make up nearly half the heads of households on welfare. Dropouts make up nearly half the U.S’s population. It has been known for many years that young people who complete high school don’t face many more problems in later life than do people who graduate. But it is not always a negative influence in a person’s life if they drop out. It mostly depends on what field of work labor you’re trying to pursue that if dropping out will help or hurt you. Dropping out can be successful if they try to be hip-hop arts or if they go into the army. There are some other jobs that people who doped out can have but the jobs aren’t any thing to brag about. Plus being a drop-out it is hard to have a family because you are trying to live off of minimum wage. It is not all that difficult to know why people drop out of school. Here are some reasons why people leave school before they graduate. Didn't like school in general or the school they were attending....
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...Summary: Personal Essay:The Causes and Effect of Dropping out of College. The causes are almost certainly many and consistent. What seems inescapable is the conclusion that dropping out of school is one of the important factors related to the difficulties of people. The causes of dropping out reveal families in trouble. All too often, families with areas of high pressure are characterized by single parents, lack of parenting skills, and substance abuse. The most common causes of dropping out are money, family, and time management. Money or lack of it is a reason to drop out of the school. Once you become a student, you will need money for tuition of the school. My rent is $1,000 per month for a three bedroom apartment. This monthly rent doesn't include the utilities, that is, the electric light, cooking gas, internet service which I used for homework and research. All these services are for separate from the rent every month. As for the clothes, here in New York, we have four different types of seasons .This contributes, to a change to different types of clothing. Car fare cost me biweekly $48.00 .This is for two unlimited metro cards so I could go the school every day, to my jobs, and to pick up my kids up from the day care with out spending extra money daily. Family plays a big role in people dropping out of the school. As a single parent, I put my children's needs above my own. I give them my attention as a loving and caring parent. I also help my kids with their homework...
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...ITT-TECH FLUNK OUT MS. SKINNER [Type the author name] 8/5/2013 In the evolving social climate of today’s society, the importance of higher education is being stressed more than ever. It is becoming increasingly rare to procure a well-paying occupation without first obtaining a college degree. However, college administrators estimate that almost a third of all college students drop out of school sometime during their freshmen year. There are a variety of factors that influence a student’s likelihood to drop out of college, including financial, personal, and work-related issues. One of the most common reasons students drop out of college is financial complications. With government funding dropping, colleges rely largely on higher student tuitions. A study in 2011 estimated the average cost of attending a four-year college to be $8,244 for in-state students and $12,526 for out-of-state students. For many students, such a gratuitous amount of money is simply unattainable. (Hardin, 2007) In addition, because many individuals without college degrees are limited to minimum wage jobs, even working students are often unable to fund their educations due to low incomes. If a student does not receive financial aid or parental support, they are even less likely to be able to afford the ever-rising cost of higher education. Once a student experiences the inflated price of college tuition and supplies, dropping out may become a financial necessity. ...
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...Keeping Our Young Adults in School: It is possible Staci N. Holt RN Excelsior University Writing for the Professionals ENG 201 Dr. Katherine Nelson-Born May 30, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to establish that the social, economic, and demographic factors are in direct correlation to the high school dropout rate. Research shows that high schools that identify these three categories’ and implement specific programs can lower their dropout rate. These variables have been identified; therefore, precise programs need to be implemented for the at risk student to obtain a high school diploma. Our greatest defense in a global economy is an educated work force and having our young adults choose to drop out of high school poses a threat to the country's strength and prosperity. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the group of non-graduates will continue to rise unless extreme improvements take place, especially in the state of California. Rubidoux High School (RHS) is one of three comprehensive high schools’ within the Jurupa Unified School district (JUSD). The graduation rate for RHS for the 2008-2009 school years was 72.3% and the state of California’s average for the 2008-2009 school years was 78.6% (Jurupa Unified School District, n.d., p. 16). If the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD) better identified social, economic, and demographic factors and provide stronger intervention programs then they will decrease their dropout rate. Keeping...
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...At-Risk Students 1. Socioeconomic status; Students from low income families are five times more likely to drop out of high school than students from high income families 2. Unhealthy children; some youth develop poor eating habits, obesity has tripled, rejection and low self-esteem, depression, all these health issues affects students, therefore an unhealthy children perform less in school. 3. Teen pregnancy; a teen mother unfortunately are much less likely to finish high school or obtain a GED by the age of 22 that their peers who are not mothers. 4. Violence; although most people in poverty do not commit crimes, crime is more directly related to poverty that to the age and ethnicity of the criminal, students with low incomes are more likely that higher income people to be the victims of violent crimes. One way to help at risk student in school is by building relationships that are both caring and stable. Students need to build a sense of trust and have the time to communicate the complexity, frustrations, and positive aspects of their lives in and out of school. A student may feel depress, a student may feel the need to talk to someone he can trust and we as teacher can provide the resource to students at risk. After creating a strong relational base will a teacher have the platform to be a source of enduring advice to a student. Students won't discuss trust to an adult in school based on his or her role as a counselor, psychologist, or social worker...
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...TEMA : I giovani e il mondo universitario In un’Europa in cui l’istruzione costituisce una risorsa importante per lo sviluppo economico e civile, l’università italiana produce il numero di laureati più basso d’Europa. In media la metà degli studenti che si iscrivono all’università abbandona gli studi nel corso dei primi due anni e la durata effettiva degli studi non corrisponde al numero di anni previsto dagli ordinamenti didattici, dando luogo al fenomeno tipicamente italiano del numero eccessivo di studenti fuori corso. Comparando l’età dello studente italiano con quella di un suo collega europeo al conseguimento della laurea, si nota che il giovane italiano è più avanti negli anni: la media italiana è infatti di ventotto anni. Pertanto risulta così inevitabile che le generazioni italiane diventeranno autonome dal punto di vista economico molto più tardi e questo ritardo avrà inevitabili ripercussioni su tutte le principali scelte di vita. L’università è tuttavia un universo in cambiamento a cui accedono sempre più giovani e che cerca di stare al passo con i cambiamenti attuali: negli ultimi anni ha assunto forme nuove adeguandosi alle necessità formative del mondo del lavoro, proponendo percorsi didattici sempre più articolati e flessibili. Gli interventi di aiuto e adeguamento attuati dalle università non trovano però riscontro nei dati; infatti, su 100 immatricolati, solo 53 arrivano alla laurea e di questi ben oltre il 69% è fuori corso. Molti degli iscritti...
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...had stopped at my grandparent’s house in Springfield. “Why are we here?”, I asked my dad. He didn’t answer . He went inside for about 5 minutes and then came back out. He got in the car and told me, “I had to get the tickets.” He handed each of us one red paper wristband. He told us that the place where my grandpa works was having a company picnic at the Six Flags picnic area so we had to wear the wristbands to get into the picnic. We left my grandparent’s house and continued driving. When we got to a bridge that is close to Six Flags my dad said, “Everyone look your windows and across the lake!” We all looked out our windows and saw a huge roller coaster across the lake. I couldn’t wait because we were almost at Six Flags. In about 10 minutes we arrived at the Six Flags parking lot. We parked and then waited at the tram station. When the tram arrived at the tram station we got on and it brought us to a staircase that was painted to look like a giant pile of M&Ms. We climbed the stairs and waited in a big line to get in the park. We gave them our tickets and went through a metal detector then we entered the park. As we walked around the park we got to the DC super heroes area. My dad looked up and said, “Mathieu, you should go on this roller coaster with me.” I looked up and saw the huge 208 foot drop of Bizarro. “OK”, I said because I had never been on a roller coaster but I would soon learn my lesson. My dad and I waited in line for about a half an hour. While...
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...The Egg Drop project consisted of a few different materials that lessened the egg’s force of impact on the earth. The materials used were: two toilet paper rolls, nine and a half straws, and a half piece of printer paper. Other materials used were: very strong glue and masking tape to hold the contraption together. The egg never touched the ground, which lessened the force on it. Instead of the egg receiving the maximum force of the cement, the materials around it did. The outside materials were very important for this project to be successful because they were much stronger, and provided a lot more support than the egg alone. The main feature of the container that lessened the force when it came in contact with the earth...
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...The Drop of the First Puck As I march onto the frigid ice, Stick held firm in my secure grasp, I can hear the roar of the crowd at my back. Them, almost more zealous than us In aticipatedfor the game to begin. We assemble in formation, Waiting, yearning, glaring at center circle, Anxious for the drop of the first puck. He blows the whistle as his hand explodes upward Everyone frozen in place Not daring to make any rapid motion. The puck is dropped. There is a burst of movement, As everyone propels in diverse directions, Like bulls being let out of their pen. The moment we've all been waiting for, the game has begun. The connotative language used in the poem, "The Drop of the First Puck", explained what was happening in such a way that produced a mental image for the reader of what the author was going through. When chosing the words to use to describe certain events or objects, much thought was put in to build a desired reaction. With the use of words such as, "march" and "explodes", that contain the same associations as "walked" or "was put up", the reader would compair the hockey game to such a thing as a battlefield. This may achieve an effect of the reader conjuring a deeper appreciation for the game through past experiences. Which would in turn make for a more interesting mental image. However, there were more techniques that were used to evoke a certain reaction of the reader. The use of the simile, "everyone propels in diverse directions, like bulls...
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...Weather and Climate Ch. 7 Q’s 1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 16, 19, 20 1. What is the primary difference between a cloud droplet and a raindrop? A typical cloud droplet is 100 times smaller than a raindrop. Clouds are composed of many small droplets. 2. Describe how the process of collision and coalescence produces precipitation. To produce the many collisions necessary to form a raindrop, some cloud droplets must be larger than others. Larger drops may form on large condensation nuclei, such as salt particles, or through random collisions of droplets. The amount of time a droplet spends in a cloud, the larger it will be. In warm clouds (above freezing at all levels) strong updrafts slow the rain drops down, which allows it to grow larger because it spends more time in the cloud. As the droplet grows to 1 mm, the pull of gravity suspends the particle against the updraft. It will eventually collide with other small droplets begin to descend slowly, picking up size and speed. As it falls faster it reaches a size of 5mm at which point it is a rain drop. 4. How does the ice-crystal (Bergeron) process produce precipitation? What is the main premise behind this process? The Bergeron Process proposes that ice crystals and liquid cloud droplets must co-exist in clouds at temperatures below freezing. This process of rain formation is extremely important in middle and high latitudes, where clouds are able to extend upwards into regions where air temperatures are below freezing. These are...
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...though he were his own son, but, as Pip gets too big for his britches thanks to his fortune, Joe becomes less and less a part of Pip’s life. Joe is proud and we hear his life’s philosophy in the advice he gives a young, humiliated Pip. Joe tells Pip that if he wants to be extraordinary, he has to be ordinary first. He tells Pip that every king has to learn the basics first. In essence, everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time. When Jaggers tries to buy Pip from Joe, Joe nearly knocks his block off. Unlike Pip, Joe cares nothing for money. Joe can fight a man like Orlick, but he also cries at the drop of a hat. Pip says of him, "I have often thought him since, like the steam-hammer that I can crush a man or pat an egg-shell, in his combination of strength with gentleness" (1.18.93). Joe is embodied with both strength and softness, abrasiveness and gentility. Joe is out of place in London and calls Pip "sir" instead of "Pip." He knows that Pip is beyond his reach, and so never visits Pip ever again. Joe has a powerful understanding of his place and role in society, and leaving that role is a very difficult thing. Joe loves Pip unconditionally, and is a beacon of friendship and loyalty throughout Pip’s life. It is this steadfast love that seems to really break Pip’s...
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...are the ones that do not have all the necessary skills to prosper in school. An estimated amount of 30% of students drops-out of college, their freshmen year. As a nation we cannot have college drop outs because we need the youth to rise up and take on new professional jobs. According to (Own It) “one of the main reasons that students drop out of college is that they are unprepared for the demands of an undergraduate degree program”. Test anxiety, time management, and academic motivation are three of the problems that most college students face; however there is a plethora of ways to improve these skills. One problem that many students struggle with is test anxiety. Test anxiety is fear of failing that you feel before or while taking an important examination. One strategy to help students with their test anxiety is the three things you need to succeed reducing test anxiety. For example preparations, studying what the test covers and studying areas you do not know very well. This will give you the sense that you know that you are well prepared ant you will do well...
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...Well-Being: Lifespan, I am aware of the 3 exams, comprehensive final exam, two outside of class written assignments and ~7 in class small group assignments. I know the due dates for each of these grade components and I will meet each deadline. I know where to find PowerPoints, assignment, Drop Box, Quizzes (Tests), email conduit within Desire to Learn and will purchase the access to the Virtual Life resource. 2. Understand and have the necessary user skills of Desire to Learn, for example using the drop box for submitting assignments, along with locating my grade, agree to check email within Desire to Learn at least twice weekly and read feedback after receiving a grade on assignments submitted in the drop box and the News section for announcements posted by the instructor. 3. In reference to the Carnegie Unit of Academic instruction http://www.lavc.edu/vccc/documents/carnegieunits.html I accept that based on a 15 week semester format, I will dedicate ~9 hours per week (attending lectures, reading, reviewing powerpoints, submitting assignments, taking exams) for this 3 credit course 4. Agree to proofread my assignments before submitting them into the D2L drop box turn in quality, non-plagiarized written compositions. 5. Agree that if I have any questions about the course I will first refer to my syllabus to find the answer, search through D2L, use the class list to contact and consult with other students,...
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...Problems of Current System • Drop Off • No one manning drop-off station • Data Entry • No refills allowed on script • DUR hard stop • Insurance problems • Production • Insufficient inventory • Pick up • • • • Unauthorized refill Script not ready Script not covered by insurance Long lines of angry customers in rush hour Process Flowchart - As Is Drop Script Pick up Invisible Line Put in slot Data Entry Hard Stop Refill DUR Dr. Call bin Ask for approval Reach Dr.? Dr. Call Back Bin Package Insurance Check Productio n QA Dr. Denial Box Recommendations • What changes do you recommend to CVS’s existing pharmacy fulfillment process? The greatest problems are occurring at the pickup, but it is not the actual pickup process that is inherently flawed. Looking earlier into the process it was thought that “nothing happened” at drop off. Change that thought and use this time to eliminate problems from occurring at pickup. At the drop off do the initial data entry, verify customer information is correct, screen out any “no refill allowed” issues, and perform the insurance check. This extra attention at drop off would allow the customer to know upfront if there are any issues that need to be addressed and be notified of the timetable for closing out the issue. The majority of the pickups occur after work but the drop-offs occur all throughout the day. Even if the drop off took more time than currently...
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