Are the conferences truly useful for both parents and their kids?
You get as much out of a relationship as you put into it — that’s a good rule of thumb that applies to parent teacher relationships and the conferences that are regular parts of these relationships. Like any relationship, the conference can be very useful […]
E-learning certificates are different than degrees from in person schools because the process is different. In addition, many e-learning certificates are not accredited by overseeing bodies the way universities and other institutions accredit their members. Until the process and the accreditation process are imposed on e-learning, there is no real comparison in the workplace between […]
There’s a growing trend in schools, sports programs and other programs that involve adolescents/teenagers: the discouraging of competition. Everything nowadays encourages equality among young people with regards to talent and ability (i.e., everyone on a team getting a trophy, the dismissal of prizes at talent shows/science fairs, etc.). Some say this is a good trend, […]
School uniforms are a great idea – not just because they support safety measures that allow gang members and other disrupters to be easily identified rather than blending in with students in ‘street wear’ but because uniforms eliminate the premature sexualizing of our nation’s elementary school and middle school students as they are pressured to […]
When it comes to drugs and drug testing it’s no wonder kids are so lost at sea — when parents have to worry about VIOLATING THEIR KIDS PRIVACY INSTEAD OF TESTING THEM TO SEE IF THEY’RE TAKING DRUGS — HAS EVERYONE GONE MAD??
Children are minors by legal definition, and they are the legal responsibility of […]
Hazing is what groups of people do to initiate others into the group. It usually involves some kind of pain and humiliation. Many people react badly to pain and humiliation work hard to avoid it. Others, who are used to it, or have not healed from it being inflicted on them, repeat the pattern and […]
What can parents pack in their kid’s lunches, and what schools can do to make sure they help parents provide a healthy lunchtime meal.
April’s Top 10 Tips For Making A School Lunch Healthy, Edible and Fun
1- Cookie cutter shapes. Use a cookie cutter to make shapes out of sandwiches. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich […]
School discipline has changed in several regards:
* Parents abdicate responsibility for disciplining their own children, and leave the schools with the burden of undisciplined children who need to be taught. As if teachers don’t have enough on their plates?
* Schools are chicken in many cases to enforce disciplinary measures on children of parents who […]
Many colleges and universities give sports scholarships — for obscure sports.
* Do your homework and find out what the college you’re interested in needs in terms of athletes.
* Women’s golf, for instance, is a big competitive sport at some colleges, and the number of women competing for these scholarships is way, way, way […]
Zach Dunlevy, A Limestone College freshman, died Sunday morning from “acute alcohol overdose” after attending a “liquor only” party — a party that requires guys to bring a bottle of liquor for admission. What, if anything, can be done to prevent future alcohol-related deaths on campuses?
When a student dies of alcohol poisoning, drinking […]