Causes of Students Failing Essay

under the influence of drugs (Gerdes 69). What is homelessness? How can we stop or fix the problem of homelessness? The answer to this question is quite simple, but many choose to ignore or decide to overlook the fact that it is our bad choices that cause us to end up on the streets. Like the ability of free will, homelessness has been prevalent in history since the beginning of time. Homelessness is quite simply someone living without a…

Summary: “What’s happening to college students today?” In Tim Elmore’s Psychology Today article “What’s happening to college students today?” Posted on November 30, 2015, he addresses why college students want to commit suicide. Elmore’s exigence is from Madison Holleran who was the third of six Penn students to commit suicide within a year. His message is how suicide have become more common in the last decade. Elmore proposes to you some steps on how to lead some students well. Elmore insists…

$1.2 trillion is the student debt of Americans as of 2014 according to the New York Daily News. How can college be worth it, if collectively Americans owe this much money in debt. Part of the problem is increased tuition, another problem is people who do not have the funds for college are spending irresponsibly. Is college worth it; it most certainly is. College provides opportunities that would be otherwise impossible. College provides you with the opportunity to form new relationships,…

school work, they cause way too many distractions and disruptions, and most importantly there is no kind of supervision over what’s being done on them at school. First of all, cell phones do not help at all educationally. Many students will rush to finish any tests or classwork, and will end up failing. Plus, some things that teachers usually send out to students won’t work on some cell phones. For instance, IA Testing, Vocabulary.com, Google Drive, etc. Also, if the student is not paying…

article which I found somewhat irrelevant and exaggerated. Therefore I had to disagree on those points. One of the topics that I found irrelevant and exaggerated is, that cellphones are one of the main cause of failing relationships, an idea such as this one sounds too far fetched to me. As a college student living in a country far away from my home and the people that I love such as my parents and my friends, I feel the need of calling my parents…

Growing up in America, patriotism is expressed through celebrations such as Independence Day, Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. However , for men and women of our country, perhaps the greatest display of this love is serving in some form of national service. If patriotism is so important, should one be required to volunteer for these sevices, or should we be able to exercise freedom of choice? In the United States, it is the law for men 18-25 years of age to register with the Selective…

Summary The short story by Lynda Barry called The Sanctuary of School tell us a story of a 7 year old Lynda Barry. It tells us how she sneaks out for the first time in her life and realized that school is where she enjoys to be. Lynda and her brother had been neglected at home for what seems to be a long time. Relatives had been living at home with them, taken both of the children’s beds forcing them to sleep in the couch. One night during both of the children sleepless night of watching silent…

Plagiarism The growing epidemic of students cheating has become a major issue across college campuses and high schools. In fact (about three-fifths admit to having cheated in the previous year) (Perez-Pena 3). In his article “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception” Richard Perez-Pena argues that parents and students are to blame for the wide spread problem of academic dishonesty. In Susan D. Blum’s article “Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism: A Question of…

government and politicians are failing to notice the downfall of the education system throughout the United States. With federal funding for education being cut, classrooms are overcrowded, supplies are inadequate, and many students are not able to learn even the most basic level of education. To criticize and address these issues, a filmmaker and best-selling author, Michael Moore writes “Idiot Nation”, to emphasize who is at fault and why the education system in America is failing. Moore…

Report cards are a symbol of school life. If grades did not matter and there were no report cards who knows for certain how and what students would learn. Report card day can either be a day of dread or a day of high anticipation with little in between. It can be stressful enough for a student when their friends want to see their report card or ask how they did, but those grade cards have to go home. How a parent reacts to bad grades either will make a child want to hide out of fear of…