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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. |
