Abstract By charter, national Greek organizations (ie, fraternities and sororities) place an emphasis on upholding personal integrity, academic scholarship, and development of campus leaders. Recent concerns, however, assert that the drinking behaviors of members of Greek organizations are antithetical to the mission of their universities. Objective: The author's purpose in this review was to systematically examine scientific literature addressing the effect of Greek affiliation on alcohol-related
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Methylphenidate is a drug that is used to treat ADHD(Attention deficit disorder). Methylphenidate was created in 1944 by doctor Matthew Smith. ADHD is a chronic condition that is problems focusing and paying attention. Methylphenidate is also abused when typically a student falls behind in studies and or has an exam to prepare for or etc and the student uses it to stay up and to focus better.But that can be dangerous because there is risk of drug overdose,a coma and etc.The drug is also called
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When you were a kid were you forced to go outside? Unfortunately, kids don’t go outside as much anymore. It is important to go outside because it helps reduce stress levels, improves your vision, and increases attention span. One reason why it’s important to go outside is it helps reduce stress. Jody Meisenheimer a middle school student said when she went outside her stress level went down. Kids would have a break time from their school work. Also ways people go outside to reduce their stress
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that has one driver, the only problem is that it has no brakes. This is what it’s like to have ADHD. Dyslexia is like taking a book, putting it into a blender and turning it on, then poring it out and then trying to read it. That’s what it’s like for me. I was born with ADHD & Dyslexia. Dyslexia is improved by constantly reading and repetitive review of sounds and blends. It takes serious concentration. ADHD quadruples the difficulty of this task because my mind needs so much control to focus. Both
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EDUC 2301 11-21-10 Book Club Essay Classroom Success for the LD and ADHD Child, written by Suzanne H. Stevens, is a fantastic book that targets the needs of children with learning disabilities in today’s classrooms. She describes how students who are not doing well in school, might be labeled as lazy, careless, or spoiled in regards to their attitudes towards school, when in fact this might not be the case at all. The simple fact is these students need additional help in their studies. She
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“The Effects of Nature and Nurture in Middle Childhood” Middle Childhood is the name given for the age division from 6 to 11 years of a child’s life. They are also known as the “school years.” During this time a child’s health, education, and emotional well being are all undergoing changes. Though not as drastic as the changes they will soon face in adolescence, they are steady, and the impact that nature and nurture will have on these aspects reach far and wide across the many developments
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Dealing With Bullying by: Shaun Black May 1, 2014 BSHS/325 Stephanie Munro Hello my name is Shaun Black, I will be addressing the dangers of bullying in this report. I will be explaining the following topics: why bullying is an issue to study in human development, the three components or types of bullying behavior, as observed by researchers, how gender and sexual orientation influence styles of bullying, how self-esteem affects bullying, and how family interactions are affected by bullying
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Mapping an Argument Steven Montesano CRT/205 11/17/12 Ann Armstrong The first article chosen was Abortion Is a Form of Genocide by Meredith Eugene Hunt. The issue in this article is “abortion as a form of genocide is accurate by historical and accepted standards of the word’s definition” (Abortion, 2010). I highlighted this as the issue because it includes everything the author is trying to prove to the reader. Hunt wants to make it known that she believes abortion is a form of genocide
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The slightly elevated blood sugars that S.W. was consistently experiencing put more pressure on her kidneys. According to Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher (2012), diabetes creates damage to the small blood vessels within the kidney that supply the glomeruli of the kidney. When this occurs, the kidney is unable to concentrate and properly filter the urine that passes through. This leads to consistent oliguria. S.W. is at increased risk not only for the development of diabetes, but she is also at
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Introduction The class consists of twenty one students with a small number of lower level students, one vision impaired student and one student with a diagnosis of ADHD. Both the teacher and the students have formed an understanding relationship where the students know what is expected of them with an understandable amount of reiterating of class rules throughout lessons due to the age group. This understanding allows the teacher to leave the class to do a lot of individual and inquiry based work
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