Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study found that the increasing age of a student relative to the average of their class also had a strong correlation with increased behavioral problems and negative self-image...
According to Hayes and Hemenway, students may be above-average age for their class because they have failed previous grades...
...first thought was one of shock. My second one was one of sympathy. My third, and the one that still sticks with me days later, is one of unbelievable pride. I couldn't imagine having a child at this age, only to return and finish school. I don't think I have the strength or the courage to do so. But looking into Olivia's eyes, I saw in her what I had always seen in her--an intensity that I had never seen in anyone else. Even if her life hadn't gone the way she wanted...
High school students of above average age for their class are more likely to carry guns in school, a recent study found. Dr. D. Neil Hayes of the Boston University School of Medicine and David Hemenway '74 of the Harvard School of Public Health drew this conclusion from a study of 59 Massachusetts high schools...
Studies in other states have produced similar results, Hemenway said yesterday, but this was the first study that specifically analyzed the age factor. The study was done through the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (MYRBS) which asked students a series of 10 questions that measured their propensity for violent behavior...