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- 141: Ethical Values and The Classroom
- Ethical Values and The Classroom Metal detectors used to be confined to high security areas like airports to guard against terrorists. Now they are installed in our schools to guard against terrorists; the students. Many of California's schools have become institutions of violence, intimidation, and fear instead ... ethical values are conspicuously missing, and the old read out of a dull textbook and memorize these facts and figures routine has failed to capture the interest of our Generation X students. The below average high school student is a direct result of poor educational procedures in the student's formative years. For example, every student leaving the third grade should know how to read. Throughout a student's career certain ...
- 142: ... obscene ; she tries to direct her friend s attention away from her mother as much as possible. In the story, we are told by the narrator that she was never comfortable for a minute in high school and was close to despair at all times . She hated being called upon to do anything in front of an audience, whether it is the class or just the teacher. She reveals that she hasn ...
- 143: ... said that mere book- knowledge in Shakespeare's works was usually incorrect because he used knowledge outside the range of his own experiences, with a "grand audacity." It is true that William Shakespeare attended grammar school in Stratford, and tha he acquired some competence in Latin and gained a limited knowledge of English history. There was a period of time in his life referred to as his "dark years," and this period of time may have been subjected to influences making for high culture. Records say too, that Shakespeare left Stratford in 1585 and went on the stage in 1590. During this time he could have attended Cambridge or worked in a lawyer's office, apparently remaining about ...
- 144: Kobe Bryant
- ... City, UT. Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Utah Jazz. Game Five. There's 11.3 seconds left in regulation and the score is tied, 87-87. In the words of De La Soul, stakes is high. Not only because the Jazz are leading the Lakers 3-1 in the Western Conference Semifinals, but because things have gotten personal. It's the little things: a sneaky elbow here, a trip there, the ... to go to someone else for the game-winning shot. The 18-year-old rookie, Kobe Bryant. The Golden Child. A lanky, charismatic, 6-6, 200-pound prodigy, Kobe had led little-known Lower Merion High School to the Pennsylvania state title the year before. This year, he was being asked to carry an NBA team to the Finals. No problem. "Give me the ball, coach," Bryant says. "I'll drain ...
- 145: Grades Do Not Acurrately Reflect What A Student Has Learned
- ... Not Acurrately Reflect What A Student Has Learned Philip has been studying hard in all of his classes. He's struggling with two of his subjects, but is doing his best and getting help after school from his teachers. He knows he's worked hard this marking period, but he is still nervous when he receives his report card. Does this sound familiar? Why do we worry, when the basic purpose of school is to educate people, and to teach them the skills they will need to be successful in college, the workplace, and in everyday life. To rate one's progress, schools have a special unit of ... a few days. The student gets the A, and in turn has learned nothing. People assume that students who have all A's are always more intelligent than students whose grades aren't quite as high. For example, Susan could take Mickey Mouse classes all year long, pull straight A's, and walk away with less knowledge than Philip, who has taken more difficult classes and passed with B's ...
- 146: More Freedom or Safety -- What Would You Choose?
- More Freedom or Safety -- What Would You Choose? Where does one draw the line between individual freedom and the safety of the community? Recent tragedies in high schools around the country show a great increase in teen violence. The worst part it that these acts of violence arent just fights and shootings; they are planned mass murders in our high schools. No more poignant example brings into focus the question of individual freedom and safety for the school community. Does individual freedom mean that students can bring whatever they want, including weapons, to school? Does safety of the school community mean that students must be searched or go through metal detectors every ...
- 147: Why The Taxes Are So High In Canada
- Why The Taxes Are So High In Canada Every government gets the budget from the taxes, and those taxes are collected from people who live in the country and enjoy the benefit and welfare that provided by the government. Therefore, every ... Swiss and Canada. There are so many welfare in Canada, and the residents of Canada have to pay higher taxes to government than any other countries. Then government can find the way to balance the high budget. First, Canadian government provides unemployment insurance to all Canadian. This welfare is very important for every one, especially when people lose the job and have to live on. They can get the pay-cheque ... help the parents to raise the children easier and provide a better living condition for children. It also has same effect on the senior people. Therefore, this is reason that "why the taxes are so high in Canada." Third, Canada have the soundest medical plan for every Canadian in the world. People do not pay any money, when they go to see a doctor or hospital. People only pay small ...
- 148: Mark Twain's Speeches
- ... can see those figures with entire distinctness across this abyss of time. One other feature is clear- Willie Winter (for these past thousand years dramatic editor of the New York Tribune, and still occupying that high post in his old age) was there. He was much younger then than he is now, and he showed it. It was always a pleasure to me to see Willie Winter at a banquet. During ... any novel respectable and any author noteworthy. In this case the novel itself was recognized as being, without extraneous help, respectable. Bishop was away up in the public favor, and he was an object of high interest, consequently there was a sort of national expectancy in the air; we may say our American millions were standing, from Maine to Texas and from Alaska to Florida, holding their breath, their lips parted ... of your impending widows and orphans, stop ere it be too late. Disband these New England societies, renounce these soul-blistering saturnalia, cease from varnishing the rusty reputations of your long-vanished ancestors- the super-high-moral old iron- clads of Cape Cod, the pious buccaneers of Plymouth Rock-go home, and try to learn to behave! However, chaff and nonsense aside, I think I honor and appreciate your Pilgrim ...
- 149: Arival Time Of School Essay
- Starting Early Starting Late Many teenage high school students are tired during the school day, distracting them from their studies. That is just one of the many good reasons that the starting time of school should be later in the day. Some people may say that the brain ...
- 150: Schools: Comparison Between Canada and Taiwan Schools
- Schools: Comparison Between Canada and Taiwan Schools School is the best place for people to be educated. Everyone has to go through this stage in order to be knowledgeable, so they can be useful in society and solve any problems they encounter. Not ... themselves but also for their countries. Different countries have different systems on how to teach students. Canada's educational system is a perfect and ideal way to ensure that students will live successful lives. Canadian high school students study both compulsory and elective courses together. They pursue academic studies based on the achievement of credits. In the meantime, they take prerequisite courses that are related to their university studies. Hence, they ...
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