The agenda of this essay, set by the writer, Anna Quindlen, is to raise the question of what cursing really means anymore. ... Important assumptions used in this essay all revolve around the main assumption that the readers have a common understanding of cursing in American culture. ... It says that curses count for eight percent of leisure conversation among college students, but a full thirteen percent among their elders. ... Although it is possible that these polls could lie within the fallacy of an unrepresentative sample, the sample count is not stated. So it is assumed that samples p...

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Other countries look more towards performance assessments like projects and essays, which are more accurate because the ability of the student is more obvious through his or her own work. ... As said before, each student is different a number of students do not care about their scores, others do not have the knowledge they need to do well on the test, and some are not considering college in their future. ... There is also authentic assessment, which contains samples of the student's work, observed recordings of the learning process and teacher evaluations. ...

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