1. Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin
In my school they were a joke, no body took them seriously. They were just something else to try to bend the rules about. ... Is there any reasons why they do have uniforms, do the pros out do the cons, and if they do need uniforms then how can they make them a little more student friendly? ... and "Eww, he must not have the money to wash his clothes," were some of the things that were said. ... I would make sure that everything would be accounted for, that there would be no question on what would be was and what wouldn't be acceptable. ...
"Alka Are you there? ... There were neither candles nor dirty dishwater. The furniture was back in its original place and there were no signs of fire on our wooden floor. ... As soon as I went threw there was no turning back. ... Then I saw him. ...
Then before schoolhouses, children were educated in their homes by their parents or a nanny. ... People argue there are no reasonable benefits to homeschooling programs, or that homeschooling is an unregulated education. ... Online public schooling is a flexible program where a student can attend what level is best suited for their personal needs and their family's schedule; there were no set times when student's had to attend. ... Within society, there were many perceptions of online public school programs. ... In most schools there were budget cuts that had cut classes back, and ev...
Freire believed that there were two types of education apparent in this world. ... The students, who have no free will, then have bestowed upon them the limitless information that said teacher possesses. They are given no chance to question what information the omniscient teacher teaches to them and therefore have no free will to make decisions or to think outside the box. ... Freire also felt that there was no common ground between the two styles of teaching. ... We were set as equals in the room because there were things that he was unable to work through that a student was able to and v...
No one can understand how I felt. ... After all, that is done, we all went to school to take the exam, when I got there, there were lots of people at the school, I was scared and felt like falling down from Somewhere high. ... By the way, we waited too longer more than 3 hours, chairs were so uncomfortable, I was sleepy and no phone, literally there was nothing to do. ... I didn't get what was going on, what were they doing, almost no idea about anything. ... But we had no one in America. ...
Pretty much everyone fit into one of these categories, well unless you were just there. ... There were also the "geeks", I guess you can call them, who lived for school and did nothing but study. ... Then you have just the "in crowd" people, who were usually just thrown in because they were friends with the jocks, cheerleaders and dancers. ... There were never actually labels placed on people either. ... We were a diverse crowd and we all came together, to unify as that special class that no other class has ever been able to replace....
What can educators do to motivate students who lack interest in school, have no motivation, and no goal for the future? ... If a student has no goal for the future, then the school needs to work on a program that is required for students to help them discover their talents and abilities. ... This goal-planning helps open up doors to the student that he or she may never have known were there. ... Parents need to discipline their child and I think there is less discipline happening in families today then there was before this time. ... If parents know this, then they should be able to disc...
The first social workers in the school setting were financed by the community agencies that were derived from the burgeoning conviction that the public school was the logical place for early intervention. ... What is the most difficult situation that you were involved in? ... I then asked her if her work has changed at all since September 11, 2001, and she told me "no not at all". ... Stills/Johnson feels that no there is not a time where she feels that she cannot handle the situations that are brought to her. ... All three were allowed in the home and then while inside the house, the drug...
The next morning, everyone did there own thing. ... By the time everyone returned to the site it was 5pm and no one had eaten yet. ... I then noticed that Fred brought along two dirt bikes. ... I agreed, then hopped on and took off. ... When I got there, I saw the bike smashed into a tree. ...
We talked about going out for a month and then on January 24, 2000 he finally asked me if I would go out with him, as boy friend and girl friend. ... No one could ever split us apart and no one ever saw us with out each other, unless we were at own houses, which was 45 minutes away, so that wasn't easy for us to see each other on the weekends. ... I would have to be brave and not go back to him no matter what! ... We are the best of friends now, but I know if I would have gone back with him I would be in more danger then I was. He knows that he needs help and I know I will always "l...
In the course of the interviews, there were times that I was well aware of what both of their answers would be, but they did manage to surprise me at times also. ... I then asked them how today's computer technology and other developments influenced learning. ... She thinks that no matter what way someone goes to school the important part is that they are going and that they are trying to improve their lives. ... No matter how long the road looks ahead, no matter how many people tell you that you can not do it, no matter how many long nights you spend staring at the same questi...
But there were also times when I lose my confidence, but then they are always there to boost it up. ... Since then going to school is no more fun. ... No one can easily say that he or she is in love. ... I was very thankful that my friends were there with me. They told me that there is nothing wrong with me that we were better as friends than lovers. ...
I did not really realize that there were any other anti-smoking ads before the "truth" ads. It turns out that there have been anti-smoking ads since 1998. ... The ads that did not have a hard impact were "think, don't smoke" ads, and they featured such things as young athletes saying no to cigarettes and then going on to win or do good in something. ... They say that there needs to be better control of the tobacco. ... If you want the ad to be effective then you should put some sort of hard-hitting fact in it, and if all else fails then you should make sure that it catches the watcher&#...
I learned that were big men and women now, were not going to be treated like babies anymore. ... So those expectations were easily met multiple times and it took me until now to truly understand that no college student can succeed in college coming with just those expectations. So by coming to JU I have learned to expect more from myself then anything else. ... I realized that all of the stupid things that I do fall back on nobody but me, no longer are mommy and daddy there to get me out of trouble. ... We both got written up and had to pay for the damages and there was nothing our paren...
To some students, having time wasted on other things then learning might be a blessing but since all teenagers are forced to go to school to learn then the time the students are forced to be their should be on what they are there for. ... If a student were to be sent home then he would miss a whole days worth of learning even though it is strongly pushed by all politicians that student get the education they deserve. Some students use the way the dress as a way to express themselves when they have no other way to do so. ... The logos had to be no larger than 4-by-3 inches and may not be "v...
Archie pretends that he has no idea what Leon is talking about because no one ever mentions the Vigils out loud, yet everyone knows they are there. ... All the Brothers were told that the students were having a "student only" football rally at the field. ... Now all they had to do was get Jerry there. ... All the chances were sold and the bleachers were filled. ... Leon then came and let Archie off the hook. ...
What if your job not only made you work there, but then sent work home for you to do, and if you didn't do it, you were in big trouble? What if there were guys that hung around the water-cooler that were totally immature, humiliated people that were different, and the boss didn't do a thing about it? ... No one would idolize them if they were loud-mouthed, arrogant bullies that shot up their school, but instead it's the shy, polite outcasts that are doing it. ... My point is, that there were always kids who wanted to attack their school. The kids were always there, but shoot...
The first is that the way that it is being done is the fairest way in making sure that there is no racial or economic discrimination. ... There was segregation, and there were also hate groups. There were people that believed that people other than whites were inferior to those of white skin color. ... This ensures that there is no racial discrimination. ... There is no better way to do this, then through the school that they grow up and are educated in. ...
Albert Shanker, former president of the AFT, then publicized this idea. ... Some of them were schools of choice. ... Then there is the sponsor(s). ... "It has no desks, no grades will be issued and children will learn by doing projects of their own choice." This school only takes students as high as the fourth-grade, but no higher. ...
There were; pancakes, sausage, bacon, toast, and orange juice all gathered on the table and it just smelled so delicious! ... We were walking towards the rows of chairs that were spread out so pretty and look so official. ... People were shouting, "Look there's more students coming in" or "Hurry up your going to miss the picture.... Once everyone got there diploma's some folks threw there hats up. Then a lot of decorating rips of sparkles and smoke burst out of no where, which was celebrating our Class of 2014 graduating. ...
Sabrina believed in me like no one else ever had. ... I"d made more friends by that time and although Sabrina and I were not as close as we were, we remained friends and hung out when we could. ... From then on, Sabrina was never the same. ... There was no way my seventeen-year-old friend could be dead. ... Then it went from denial to anger towards myself. ...
There is always a risk and it is no different when it comes to anabolic steroids. ... Women are more prone to the side effects then men. ... The thing that many of these athletes fail to realize is that when you look at the best athletes of all time, they were the ones who got there through hard work. ... Those great athletes were able to harness their goals and then work for a long period of time to achieve them. ... In some professional sports there is no testing for such substances as steroids. ...
Kids that didn't like each other would purposely say things where a teacher could hear and then it would snowball from there. ... These rules were not in place when they were in school and if they were the penalties were not nearly as severe.) ... The police reported all the names of the people tested to the school and then the school took action. ... No way. ... (If all the schools want to do is punish these kids that have done wrong, then they should stay out of it totally.) ...
There were four groups of four tables, each with a different colored cube velcroed to the middle. ... There were two big rugs for students to sit on depending on the center they're in. ... There were multiple shelves with an array of books to choose from. ... There was no empty wall space to put any more shelves or any other kind of furniture. ... First he'd say it in English and then he would repeat himself in Spanish. ...