Posts Tagged ‘high school’

Personality predicts cheating more than academic struggles, study shows

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Students who cheat in high school and college are highly likely to fit the profile for subclinical psychopathy – a personality disorder defined by erratic lifestyle, manipulation, callousness and antisocial tendencies, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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New national study examines US high school sports-related fractures

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

The popularity of high school sports in the United States has continued to increase over the past decade, with more than 7.5 million athletes participating in school sports during the 2008-09 academic year. A new study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that 95 percent of fractures required costly diagnostic imaging, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, and 16 percent required surgical repair.

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How To Bond with Your Co-Workers

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Being the new kid in your office is just like high school, there’s still healthy fear and a tad insecurity involved. You want to fit in, sure! You want to make friends, absolutely! You want to let people know you can be trusted, of course! You want to kiss ass, not! That’s the difference between now and high school. At the end of the day, you want to make friends with people while earning your dough for the day

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How To Apply to Catholic High School

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Perhaps, there are reasons beyond religion that raise your desire to enroll your child in a Catholic school. Most Catholic schools are private institutions that have excellent professors, facilities, and educational system to help give your child a good foundation in his life and future career. Below are ideas on how to apply to a Catholic high school.

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How To Use Eye Makeup Safety Tips

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

The eyes are very, very sensitive organs, and that’s why it’s utterly necessary that we know how to take good care of them. Apart from the basic eye care lessons that we went through in elementary and high school, there might be one topic that we aren’t so familiar with: how could we make sure that we don’t harm our eyes every time we put make up on?

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Students Record Spellbinding Video of Disintegrating Spacecraft (w/ Video)

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Last year, high school science teacher Ron Dantowitz of Brookline, Mass., played a clever trick on three of his best students. He asked them to plan a hypothetical mission to fly onboard a NASA DC-8 aircraft and observe a spacecraft disintegrate as it came screaming into Earth’s atmosphere. How would they record the event

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Students Record Spellbinding Video of Disintegrating Spacecraft (w/ Video)

How To Succeed at Air Force Basic Training

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

All you need to get into the United States Air Force is a high school diploma, determination, discipline and love for country.  Interested? You have to go through eight weeks of Basic Military Training or BMT.  These eight weeks are not only made up of physical challenges but mental challenges as well.  Just look at the line up of the eight week BMT.

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How To Succeed at Air Force Basic Training

Alcohol use and smoking are associated with headaches in high schoolers

Monday, June 7th, 2010

A novel study by German researchers reported that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were associated with increased migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH) in high school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity were associated specifically with migraines.

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Alcohol use and smoking are associated with headaches in high schoolers

Relationships Can Lower Substance Use in Young People

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

A new study of young people in the two years after high school finds that those in romantic relationships are less likely than their peers to report heavy drinking and marijuana use.

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States requiring PE, but amount varies

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

(AP) — More states are requiring physical education for elementary, middle and high school students, though few require kids to exercise for a specific amount of time.

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