Middle/High School


Feature Writer: Kellie Hayden
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Middle school and high school can be memorable years for students, teachers and parents. Friendships, peer pressure, dating, driving, extra curricular commitments, academic pressure, and transitioning to adulthood make middle school and high school the best and the worst time of many people’s lives. In addition, parents need to learn how to survive the teen years.

Middle and high school teachers focus on lesson plans, classroom management, teaching ideas, testing strategies, extra curricular activities, and sports. Education is constantly changing. To keep pace with the changes and new ideas, check out the middle/high school articles, discussions and blogs.

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Hyperbole Lesson

In: Middle School Lesson Plans

Students will learn the poetic technique of hyperbole through classic poems. Later, they will add humor to their own original poetry with examples of hyperbole. more...

The Ease of Cheating in School

In: Middle/High School (general)

Because students are able to download so easily, more are cheating than in the past. Many websites on the Internet show students just how easy it is. more...

Personification Lesson

In: Middle School Lesson Plans

Teachers define personification for their students, ask students to identify examples and then direct students to write their own poetry with examples of personification. more...

Onomatopoeia Lesson

In: Middle School Lesson Plans

Students will learn about the poetic device of onomatopoeia, create onomatopoeic slogans or jingles, write a poem using the technique and then share it with the class. more...

High Cost of Senior School Year

In: High School Culture

Most parents saved or budgeted for their child's college education. Many have no idea that the additional dollars spent during the senior year can be in the thousands. more...

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May 2, 2008

Social Sites Can Hurt Employment

Teachers, high school and college students who wants to get a job in the near future need to think about what is on their Facebook or MySpace. Employers do check.


Where does freedom of speech end and the world of work begin for high school students, college students and teachers with online websites? It is something that all people who have a MySpace or Facebook account need to ponder.

Many students, as well as teachers, have a MySpace or Facebook site. These can be private places to put personal photos, poems, discussions, etc. for friends to view. However, many employers are checking these sites before they hire someone. A few teachers have been dismissed over having improper or “raunchy” photos on a site.

The article When Teachers Go Wild on the Web by Ian Shapira [Washington Post, April 28, 2008] gives examples of where teachers who thought that their websites were not open to the public were found by parents and students. Some teachers were given a warning about what was posted on their sites, but some were let go.

Teachers are not the only ones who need to be careful about what they post. Alison Doyle in Alison’s Job Search Blog reports that employers will check social networking sites, blogs and chat rooms of potential employees. It does not matter what type of job the person is seeking: full-time employment, summer employment or even an internship.

So, next time pictures are taken at a party, think twice about posting them on a social networking site. Not only is Big Brother watching, but so is everyone else.

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