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Running Water Cuts Deep: An Action Research Study Of At-Risk Students In A Rural High School, Lara K. Dial
Running Water Cuts Deep: An Action Research Study Of At-Risk Students In A Rural High School, Lara K. Dial
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As a high school teacher, I have formulated a standing comeback for the complaints of my students who whine, “That’s not fair!” My retort is the very cliche, “Life’s not fair”. I tell my students they might as well get used to things that are unfair because they simply cannot go through the rest of their lives whining about it. If life is indeed unfair, students who choose to drop out of school are reducing the chance that they will experience their fair portion of “The good life”. While it is true that the dropout rate in the United States …