are poor because they measure a student's level of education by giving them tests that if they fail, it would jeopardize their future therefore they should get rid of them. It is wrong for a student to complete four years of high school with good grades and other good qualifications, and then have that student take a test and be placed at a remedial level due to the scores they receive. Standardized tests are a waste of time, because some people actually know the information and are smart, but they
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There is a lot of pressure that can be put onto college students when starting college or while in college. Even from the start of high school, students are faced with the pressure that comes along when getting ready for college. Students are expected to use the resources they get from high school and apply them to college. But from my personal experience, I honestly can tell you that only a little bit of what I learned from high school can be used in college. I am not just talking about classes
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The various academic pressures inflicted upon students cause increased stress and anxiety which can impact mental health. Although everyone has experienced the pressures of stress and anxiety at least once in their lives, many do not understand the difference between them or that there is one at all. While stress is “a response to a threat in a situation”, anxiety is the body’s reaction to that stress (“Anxiety and Disorders at School” & “Stress”). There are many different types of anxiety. The most
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complete, especially when trying to balance both sports and academics. With that being said, education should be their main priority. College athletes should have all of the same responsibilities as non-athletes as far as academics are concerned. So should college athletes be exempt from normal class? The athletics department is considered to be one of the most revenue making departments in many colleges. Therefore student athletes are many times allowed special treatment with regard to minimum school
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how students can achieve college success. It gives student tips on how thinking skills and work habits contribute to student achievement. Students and teachers can optimize success by focusing on critical thinking, note taking and attendance. Haag, S (2005). Helping Students Take Personal Responsibility for Learning. Retrieved on 08/15/2012 from http://www.iched.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=iched&item_id=student_responsibilit y This article gives insight on how students can go
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goal of NCLB was for every school to have a highly qualified teacher in every classroom by 2005-2006 (Noll, 2008). One thing that the author finds wrong with NCLB is that it puts too much unneeded stress on educators and administrators. If students test poorly or schools show low results on their yearly report, that school as well as its staff receives a negative mark on their education record for their campus. The school must then go through a program that is meant to fix what is wrong with
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Courtyard, I was surprised by how heavily students are influenced by peer pressure. Peer pressure seems to have incredible impact on the way students think and behave, and so it heavily influences the way students deal with the issues facing them. As I conducted my research on articles, I wanted to find more in depth research on other internal issues that these students might encounter throughout their growing process and that contribute to peer pressure. Ramirez (2003) attempted to find a direct
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from them, and to examine whether men or women are more likely to conform. This study was inspired by the classic conformity study that has been done by Asch (1951,1956) and studies that have looked at gender differences in conformity and social pressures. There has been conflicting evidence in literature about whether there are gender differences in conformity, with some studies concluding that there is and that women in particular more likely to conform whereas other studies have concluded that
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The board exams and stress seem to go hand in hand for the vast majority of students who undertake this sort of coming of age ritual across India each year. Lost appetites, under-confidence, nervousness, anxiety and even depression are no strangers to the youngsters who are conditioned to look upon these exams as the be-all and end-all of academic achievements in school. Not a year goes by without the media reporting a number of suicides and suicidal attempts by children as young as 14 to 17 due
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choose friends who accepts us for who we for who we are not to those who will pressure us to do something bad just to be accepted. According to Jose Salvador “Peer pressure is the prime driver of risky sexual behaviors among school adolescents” 2 In general, peer pressure is a form of social pressure by a group upon an individual who must take action in order to be accepted “Teenagers focus on going out to parties and being under the influence each weekend rather than give importance to matters such
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