Essays on 8th Grade

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the study of high school retention in the United States. A high school diploma is a basic indicator of educational attainment, yet graduation rates have remained flat for decades. When the U.S. Department of Education’s data is compared to the data provided on census information, the numbers do not compare. The Common Core of Data (CCD), which is the information used by the U.S. Department of Education (USDEC), does not account for student who are repeating the 9th grade. It follows students from the 9th – 12th grade, but ...

Perseverance is a quality, a trait that only a select few have and it is those select few that achieve recognition for their work. Those individuals, who are determined to achieve the impossible, do persevere. People that have persevered are Martin Luther King Jr., Sir Isaac Newton, Mahatma Gandhi and many others. They stood by their beliefs and understandings against harsh obstacles, and achieved their intended results. Perseverance is as much as a part of them as it is a part of me. To this end I feel so good about all the dedication, hard work and perseverance that I have put into changing ...

Impact of Technology on Kids

‘Name’ ‘Instructor’s Name’ ‘Subject’ Literature Review For some years now, questions have been posed regarding the impact of digital technology on the emotional and cognitive development of young children. More recently, these questions, which so far referred only to preschoolers and older kids, have also extended to infants and toddlers because of the extensive digital exposure they are experiencing. Every new technology introduced in the past decade or so has altered the daily routine of the kids and has sparked both excitement and concern among parents and educators. Babies started watching television long ...

Introduction

Ideally it takes some time for people to understand the benefits of a college degree where many attempt to skip it although this perception is influenced by the people around you. For a better life to be attained one has to obtain moral support from both parents right away from childhood as well as relevant encouragement towards personal development which can be achieved from relatives, friends or one’s marriage partner. In this paper, I discuss the pathway that I followed to realize the benefits of earning a college degree from a poor beginning. Rising up as a kid with only a single sibling, ...

And What I Learned

The movie gets to me on so many levels. It has been well-produced with a great cast. At the beginning of the movie, the viewer gets to see an African-American neurosurgeon, investigating wether or not he should perform a really difficult surgery which has never been performed successfully by any surgeon. If the viewers are not shown the title of the movie, there is a chance they won’t recognize the doctor and cannot guess how the movie is going to end. After about seven minutes into the beginning of the movie, there is a flashback to the protagonist’s childhood which has ...

Ethical Issues in “Written Parental Consent and the Use of Incentives in a Youth Smoking Prevention Trial: A Case Study From Project SPLASH”

Although the potential ethical issues associated with this specific research seem minor, “worst-case scenario” risks to participants could include invasion of privacy, psychological trauma or emotional upset, embarrassment, stigma, peer pressure relating to the survey and discussion of confidential survey content and time costs. The research also raised questions about the potential for coerciveness of students. A very large percentage of students whose parents completed the consent form by assenting that their child could participate in ...

Introduction

Drug and alcohol use among teenagers is a problem concerning not only the core social structures, the families, but societies as a whole. When do teenagers first experience alcohol and what drives them to use drugs? Are figures showing a decline in students using alcohol and drugs leave us on the safe side, or is there another trend replacing an outdated one? It appears that a large number of 8th, 10th and 12th-graders in the U.S find pleasure in using alcohol or illegal drugs, while there is also a portion of the teenage population that is urged to alcohol and drug use for ...