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An edition of Welcome to our world (1997)

Welcome to our world

realities of high school students

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Publisher
Corwin Press
Language
English
Pages
180

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Cover of: Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world: realities of high school students
1998, Corwin Press
in English
Cover of: Welcome To Our World
Welcome To Our World: Realities of High School Students
December 24, 1997, Corwin Press
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Living in different realities
The student reality: 8:10 to 3:25. Welcome to the real world. The anatomy of tracking. Challenging learning disabilities. Applied tech classes are good for all. We are not robots! Teachers, here are your do's and don'ts. Why I hate to write papers! Ditching school. National honor society, NOT! School : a search for meaning. A failure in suburban education. The crooked school system. Learning to learn for myself. The effects of long-term injury.
The student reality : activities and sports. Activities : preparation for life. Cheerleaders, pom pons, flags : expectations of a student leader. Freedom of the press. The award winning drug-free program. The value of volunteering voluntarily. The benefits of volunteering at a nursing home. Sports. Tearing one's knee : the homecoming game. Football, from the heart. Beyond the goalpost : the Weberville Football Program. Wrestling to win. High school sports : an indictment. The good, the bad, and the sister-school rivalry.
The student reality : working 3:25 to closing. The effects of work on students. Pen and teller. Work and teen behavior. Working full-time / going to school full-time.
The student reality : the family hour. When parents divorce. Mislabeled for a year. Parental alcoholism : a teen's perspective. Religion, the family, and the student. The effects of authoritarian parenting. Why teenagers don't give a damn.
The student reality : facing society. Achieving popular status : the realization of one's self. The meaning of black. Friends are vital. The side of teens teachers never see : delinquent behavior in exemplary students. Out in class. When AIDS becomes real. A seventeen-year-old daddy
almost. Stalked senior year. Transplanted : surviving senior year as a new student. The stress of senior year. White teens' views of minorities in school. Becoming legal. The effects of size : Bordertown versus Weberville. Inner-city schools versus suburban schools. From one country to another
Listening to student voices.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180).

Published in
Thousand Oaks, Calif

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
373.18/0973
Library of Congress
LA229 .G54 1998, LA229.G54 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 180 p. :
Number of pages
180

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL686833M
ISBN 10
0803966792, 0803966806
LCCN
97033766
Library Thing
6079055
Goodreads
4059984
1436793

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