Your Teens and Their Schools

Released on = June 9, 2006, 10:53 pm

Press Release Author = Harry Johnson

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Many students who, for one reason or another, are not
succeeding in regular public schools are being sent to alternative placements. In
general, students are referred to alternative schools and programs if they are at
risk of education failure, as indicated by poor grades, truancy, disruptive
behavior, suspension, pregnancy, or similar factors associated with early withdrawal
from school.

Press Release Body = Many students who, for one reason or another, are not
succeeding in regular public schools are being sent to alternative placements. In
general, students are referred to alternative schools and programs if they are at
risk of education failure, as indicated by poor grades, truancy, disruptive
behavior, suspension, pregnancy, or similar factors associated with early withdrawal
from school.

Hanging out after school ... Kids felt they should be allowed much more freedom
once they were in high school. To some extent, they have been allowed it. By 9th
grade, they could get around on their own, and they had activities they wanted to do
with friends, like playing basketball and skateboarding. I think socializing is as
important as homework, so it is OK with me, as long as they are home by 6, but they
have to tell their parents where they are going to be, or leave a message if there
are last-minute plans.

"Private schools are elitist."
"Private schools are for kids from rich families' only."
"There\'s terrible pressure on private students to perform academically."

Now let\'s get busy debunking these widely held views. \"Private schools are elitist.\"
If a teen is struggling in school with their academic\'s, this could be either a
learning disability that has not been diagnosed or your child is having some
emotions that are distracting them from school. This can evolve from many sources
including problems at home, a problem with a friend, or even an issue that they have
been suppressing. Mood disorders such as depression, dysthymia, and bipolar
disorders are major risk factors for suicide among children and adolescents.
Although many murderers of teens below age 18 are teens themselves, two-thirds are
age eighteen or older.4 Gang violence has been associated with many teen murders.

Gangs in Schools: Gang culture among young people, in itself, is nothing new.
Indeed, youth gangs have been a major part of the urban cultural landscape. In the
late twentieth century United States, however, gangs have taken on a different
character and have moved into areas unimagined by Dickens. Most significantly, they
are spreading from inner cities to \"edge cities\"--cities at the outskirts of large
urban centers--and to suburbs; indeed, while gang activity has been stabilizing in
urban areas, it has increased significantly elsewhere. Gang members often display
their membership through distinctive styles of dress--their \"colors\"--and through
specific activities and patterns of behavior. Gangs almost universally show strong
loyalty to their neighborhood, often marking out their territory with graffiti. All
of these representations can be visible in the schools.

Finally, gangs can spread unexpectedly from school to school as students transfer
from gang-impacted schools to gang-free schools, causing an unintentional spillover
of gang activity in the new school.

Why Gangs Develop and Why Students Join Them?

Gangs take root in schools for many reasons, but the primary attraction of gangs is
their ability to respond to student needs that are not otherwise being met; they
often provide youth with a sense of family and acceptance otherwise lacking in their
lives.The strange logic of the modern media\'s attack on adolescents is nowhere
stranger than its portrayal of \"teen\" sexuality. When a child is born to a father
over age 20 and a teenage mother (which happened 350,000 times last year), the
phenomenon is called \"children having children.\" When an adult pays a teenager for
sex, it is \"teenage prostitution.\"
Looking for residential schools for out-of-control teenage daughter

You are in the process of looking for a boarding school for your out-of-control
teenage daughter. You need something that addresses both emotional growth and
academic growth. I don\'t want a lock-down situation, but hopefully something that\'s
isolated enough that it accomplishes the same purpose.Residential school for teen
with emotional problems If you are looking for a residential school for your
teenaged son who, while very bright, has severe emotional problems. They have
exhausted all local options and feel that a therapeutic/residential program may be
the best option now.

Go to:-

http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com/

http://www.troubledteens4jesus.com

http://www.troubledteenministries.com


Web Site = http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com

Contact Details = mark@increasepr.com

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