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One fourth of today's fifth graders will not finish high school.
One half our high school juniors cannot/will not do school work on levels we can expect of all seventh-graders. This age group (16 - 25) has a disproportionate amount of trouble with the law.
The major causes of death among teenagers are accidents, homicide, and suicide -- all are related to success/failure and decision-making.
Seventy-five percent of the visits to doctors are stress related. Note: Although some stress is good, it promotes a fight or flight response and is responsible for many good actions; however prolonged stress has been related to depression, hypertension, heart attacks, ulcers, diabetes, colitis, tension headaches, backaches, susceptibleness to the common cold, and premature deaths. For many young people, school is an extended stressful situation.
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The order of influence on youngsters has changed from parents, teachers, friends (1960) to parents, friends, media, teachers (1980).
High achieving young people tend to have the highest morals.
One in two people in prison are incapable of basic reading or doing simple arithmetic.
Fewer than one-third of our young people have the stereotyped home life with two parents working in harmony to rear children. The other two-thirds must discover by themselves how to be contributing neighbors and how best to use their lives.
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