.... developed for sequential age levels, would include discussion of the maturation and reproductive processes and extend, for example, to such related considerations as perception of obligations to the self and others; protection from sexually related disease, explotation, and unjury; and awareness of the maturity required for full expression of sex in love relationships. Supporters of formal consider that sex in mordern society is too complex a phenomenon for instruction to be left to the varying influences of parental attitudes and haphazard environmental exposure. They maintain that is a preventive measure against venereal diseases or pregnancy, .....

.... either academic or extra-curricular activities they have no incentives to go to school. Consequently, they have no attachment to their school. Too many parents are not firm enough with their children and their education. Parents fail to impress upon their children the importance of remaining in school and that dropping-out is detrimental to their future. Sometimes teens drop-out because of a lack of fear instilled into them by their parents. Many teens have little or no parental supervision. Coupled with a lack of communication skills between parents and teens, the result can be a lack of involvement with school. There is an absence of effort .....

.... Increasing funding, and therefore decreasing tuition, allows more Canadians greater access to post-secondary education. In today's job market, a university degree or college diploma is almost a requirement for obtaining a successful career. A whole being the sum of its parts; a country is the sum of its peoples. With a highly educated workforce, Canada is sure to remain competitive in the global marketplace. It is possible for the government to look at funding for post-secondary education as an investment. Providing post-secondary education for more Canadians will create a more successful population. This, in turn, will create a mor .....

.... Students attempt to become individuals; but the path is blocked by the educational hierarchy shoving us back into the fighting line. Standardized testing is their choice of dictation. What do these tests prove? If a student does poorly on these tests,is she a failure? Standardized tests try to inequitably equate every student in America, how can one test justify every student’s wisdom? Life is a race against the clock. Just as a solider waits for his time to strike, the educational system is based solely on the amount of time in the classroom. Teachers don’t have time to teach. Students don’t have time to learn. Administrators don .....

.... the business world (Anderson 1). In many metropolises, the top-rated television station broadcasts in Spanish, the top-ranked newspapers publish a separate Spanish edition, and many top civic leaders speak fluent Spanish (Anderson 1). According to a 1995 survey of businesses in Miami and surrounding Dade County, more than half did at least 25% of their work in Spanish. Also, 95% of those surveyed businesses agreed that bilingualism has great importance in the work force (Anderson 3). Not only will our system help our children to get jobs; it will also help them to make more money. A geographer from University of Miami did a study and found that .....

.... when the full extent of this revolutionary phenomena is realized. In the 1960s computers were not widespread and most people who were educated during this decade hardly remember them at all. In the 1970s computers became smaller and less expensive, but the schools still did not use them much throughout most of the decade. By the end of the seventies, computer use in the schools started to increase. Students began to have hands-on experience. In less than a decade, computer use progressed from programming classes for a few of the better students, to literacy classes for all students, to the integration of computers and technology into the curriculum. .....

.... then the world we knew as children. The skills our children need to realize parents' perpetual dream of "their children having a better life" are no longer limited to those seen in the local area. It is becoming more and more apparent that the education system of yesterday cannot adequately prepare students for life and work in the 21st Century. These concerns have prompted people across the country to take a hard look at our education system and to organize their efforts to chance the education system as we know it. WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE? There are two major movements in recent years whose focus is to enhance the education of fu .....

.... against predefined standards and passed or failed based on their ability to meet those standards. This method of teaching produced a graduate with a well rounded education, and prepared him for further development of career skills. With the exception of those who did not apply themselves, the system worked. Today America's educators take a new approach in the classroom. The focus of education has moved to measuring what students can do, rather than what they understand. This is the core principle of Outcomes Based Education (OBE). An outcome, by definition, is something that follows as a result or consequence. So OBE then, is an approach to educat .....

.... and eloquently, but one is more likely to sound sophisticated. When a person speaks articulately it is because they are confident about themselves, and what better way to obtain that confidence than through reading. Having an extensive vocabulary will not only help you feel more confident about yourself because of your vocabulary, but it will make you successful. If you are a student, having a broad vocabulary will help you be a better writer, thus helping you pass English classes more efficiently. Not to mention if you are a high school Senior aspiring colleges, than reading will most likely be your best benefactor towards your acceptance. .....

.... ability, and generally improve the level of interpersonal communications between group members. Companies are looking for leaders that can launch them into a new era. Constant improvement is necessary to meet the growth of challenging competition. So who defines leadership? What is a leader and how would you raise these skills that may be laying dormant in your subordinates? Organizations need great leaders to help them successfully survive the many difficulties of this decade. Yet, the very notion of leadership has rapidly degenerated into a cliché, a buzz word. In many people's minds, leadership has become identified with an overly simpl .....