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“In 2008, when President Barack Obama first took office, more than 1 million students didn 't finish high school. In 2012, just under 750,000 failed to graduate, representing a 27 percent reduction… ”These common-sense policy changes had a near immediate effect,” the groups wrote… What 's more, from 2008 to 2012, the latest year which comparable data is available, the national high school graduation rate rose from 74.7 percent to 80.9 percent, and there 's new data to suggest that trend will occur again” (Camera). It would not be enjoyable living in poverty or at least close to it. Dropping out can cause many problems physically and emotionally down the road. It could make life more complicated in multiple ways. Teens can make many decisions without thinking about it thoroughly, which can sometimes end in disaster. Although high school students drop out by choice, high schoolers should have to stay in school. Americans today don’t seem to be as educated as they used to. Millions of high schoolers are dropping out every year, The reason for that may be problems at home or with friends or simply just because of stress. These issues could lead to living poorly and being unhappy with life which could make things harder than usual. America’s education system has started to slack off. Teachers and principals will not take the blame for the amount of dropouts there have been over the years. Principals have yet to enforce the rules in a stricter way. Failure to enforce the…

In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Machiavelli’s The Prince, deception is a tool that one uses to gain a personal advantage. Despite the negative connotation that is typically associated with deception, Twelfth Night and The Prince demonstrate how deception can bring a positive outcome. If one employs a deceptive appearance under necessary circumstances, the end result must be justifiable, even when a majority of people are willingly deceived. Characterized by her beauty and resourcefulness,…

Soul Making Book Review We were assigned to read the introduction and chapters one, two, five, six, eight, and nine of Soul Making: The Desert Way of Knowing. Throughout the book you see Alan Jones personality, knowledge, and passion for his beliefs. He speaks about finding one’s soul through psychoanalysis and the way of the Desert. He has a fascinating style of writing and every sentence holds truth for the reader. He covers a great amount of information in a short 209 pages. Alan Jones,…

Cyndi Lauper’s Kinky Boots Review - Royal Alexandra Located at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Kinky Boots, directed by Jerry Mitchell, is a show that will make you want to get out of your seat and dance. Music and lyrics written by Cyndi Lauper and the book was written by Harvey Fierstein. There were many hidden messages in this performance, and it had a mixture of themes such as romance, and comedy and there were some surprising emotional parts. Kinky Boots is about a boy named Charlie…

What do you consider to be the most significant thing you learned in this module (include appropriate or applicable Scripture references)? The most things I learned in this module are that faith without works is dead. “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill, and yet you did not supply their bodily…

Issue A month before his high school graduation, a student comes home with the bad news of not being able to receive his diploma. You would think that it’s because of his grades or attendance at school. The real issue was that he did not pass one of his standardized tests. These tests are also known as “high stakes” because they determine whether or not the student is eligible for a diploma or a promotion to the next grade. How would you feel if you knew that taking tests is one of your…

Good communication in relationships is one of the biggest virtues and it is something every couple, marriage, and family should desire to obtain. The mentioning of the word “relationships” means thing such as friendships, dating, marriage, parents and child, and any other situation that requires two individuals talking and getting to know one another. This chapter focuses more on relationships like marriage, cohabitation, and family (parents and children). It is crazy to imagine how the perfect…

The Giving Tree “Once there was a tree and she loved a little boy” (Silverstein, 1964, p. 1-3). This is the first- line of the very controversial children’s book, The Giving Tree. This story starts with a young boy and a full grown tree. The tree loved the boy and gave everything she had for the boy until all she had left was a stump and the boy was an old man. Yet, in the end, “the tree was happy” or was she? There are many different ways this book could be interpreted and there are many…

I almost dropped out of college. The third week of school I received my first grade on a college assignment. I got a D. For someone who is somewhat of a perfectionist and has never received a D in their life this came as a shock. Subsequent to receiving this a slight meltdown and phone call to my mother ensued. I told my mother that I did not think college was for me, and that I wanted to drop out. My mother and I both knew that no matter how serious I may have sounded or how foolproof my backup…

Til Death Do Us Part Every night before I fall asleep I catch up on the news from my iphone. I start off with the happenings in the world and the national arena since it 's the most depressing followed by entertainment news because it 's just “head shaking-ly silly” and I wrap up with the happy optimistic articles on healthy living and your general “nurture yourself” stuff. I need to read it in this particular order to be able to cleanse my spirit of the tragedies I have a hard time…