The author then gives examples of stupidity in America and leads the reader to believe this is the general behavior. ... For example, Pizza Hut gives away pizzas as a reward for students that read certain amounts of books. ... However, this doesn't mean that the entire educational system fails to give students the fundamental skills that they need to be competent in both society and the work force. ... Schools give students the opportunity to expand their horizons by offering them a variety of courses, each of which aims to give the student insight of that particular field. ... Moore give...

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Since the researchers are planning to give non-volunteers a lower grade without their consent, they are breaking the standards of informed consent and risk. ... When a student is genuinely trying their best and not achieving their goals, they could start to become discouraged enough to give up on studying or build up animosity towards the Psychology teacher. ... Since the details the researchers are going to give to their colleagues are distinguishing to the participants' identities, they aren't providing anonymity to the participants. ...

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Research and observations quite often find that African Americans in the public schooling system are forced to give up their cultural believes, which lowers their self esteem and does not allow them to have their own form of free expression. ... Classroom observation conducted by Cynthia Jackson in a number of schools across the country has revealed subtle and open messages that particularly white teachers give African American students.3 Often Jackson witnessed the teachers giving the students conditional praise; rewording African American students" correct responses, but not doing the sam...

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The first thing I used to think of when I heard the term "community service," is me, giving up my time, to do something for somebody else - for free. ... High school students would benefit from serving their communities because helping others, with no financial gain, would help them learn the value of giving, as well as instilling the need of having a solid work ethic. ... Like giving something back to their communities before they exit high school. ...

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Education must serve democratic purposes, it must give all boys and girls their chance and it must promote social solidarity through providing equal opportunity and through teaching the kind of morality that democracy requires. ... The students' aptitudes, abilities, and expectations in life should be assessed and considered by wise and well-trained counselors who should then give the students and their parents their honest and frank advice. ... This program is called Head Start that run by group of ministers and give these children richer experiences, by letting them visit supermarkets,...

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The first thing I used to think of when I heard the term "community service," is me, giving up my time, to do something for somebody else - for free. ... High school students would benefit from serving their communities because helping others, with no financial gain, would help them learn the value of giving, as well as instilling the need of having a solid work ethic. ... Like giving something back to their communities before they exit high school. ...

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In contrast, a more diverse student body would introduce students to people of other backgrounds, help them to understand, interact and embrace other cultures and give them a realistic view of the variety of customs and ways of life present in our society. ... He felt as a Puerto Rican and a teacher that it was necessary to introduce the lives and culture of other people and integrate them into everyday education by having more students that spoke English as a second language, recognizing that the presence of only one kind of people would not give students an accurate portrayal of the United ...

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The term "integrated curriculum"" is too broad to give a clear indication. ... This seems to beg the question, "Do state standards, as a general rule and as presently written, give opportunity to integrate the curriculum in a meaningful way? ... By using a student centered, integrative approach, Great Meadows Middle School gives some voice to students at an age when they need validation for their thoughts and opinions. By utilizing themes that correspond with their stated interests, it gives them some sense of control over their education that will help encourage engagement (Vars, 2001). ...

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With the help of this scholarship and a college education, I would like to give something back to them and let them know that I appreciate everything they have done for me in my life. My family has taught me to never give up on my dreams and live my life in the moment- little by little, step by step. ...

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It gives a monetary security and helps a man fabricate an uncommon notoriety. ... School instruction gives understudies a chance to mingle and make new companions that they couldn't have met on the off chance that they were not enlisted in a school. ... In particular, advanced education clears a future and gives chance to understudies that go to school and gives them a gave at a profession. "50 years prior, school was entirely for the world class, high class Americans." ...

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It is important to understand the factors that can help a student achieve despite the barriers they are faced with so that parents and teacher can give their students the best opportunity. ... They collected data by first giving a one-hour individual interview, then a one-hour focus group interview, then a follow-up questions interview with each participant via phone that lasted about 30-40mins (Bryan 2). ... All eight students stated that their parents giving them high expectations and monitoring their work were important factors to their accomplishments. ... Another reason why community i...

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With this type of open-ended relationship, it gives teachers to have a better chance of educating students by making correlations to real life scenarios as opposed to virtual scenarios conjured up by a textbook or other educational tools. ... Whenever I would question my teachers on the purpose of these exams, they were never able to give me a justifiable response as to why it would be relevant to my education. ... Schools have emphasized a point on corporate interests on the success of the student as opposed to willingly giving the right resources that can better aid the student to be succe...

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A report of the Schott Foundation for Public Education has indicated that communities where blacks, Hispanics, and even the city's poor students live have suffer from the New York polices and practices which gives their schools the fewest resources, and the least experiences teachers (Kozol, 1999, p. 106). ... Whether it is between a private New York City school or a public school, the demographics between race, or even the different resources that New York City gives to schools to certain neighborhood, education inequality is a major issue that keeps on growing here in New York City. ...

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Parents' homework involvement activities give children multiple opportunities to observe and learn from their parents' modeling (of attitudes, knowledge, and skills pertinent to learning) to receive reinforcement and feedback on personal performance and capability (Hoover-Dempsey, et al., 2001). ... Teachers would like parents to give children encouragement, let them do homework on their own, and sign homework. ... Some of these include: one-on-one assistance, adjusting the length of the assignment, providing a peer tutor, providing learning tools and giving fewer assignments (Bryan ...

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By identifying the needs early on, it can better prepare you for the future and give you a better understanding of what is to come. ... It also gives a person more time to plan for transitional periods based on how the child reacts to change. ... It can be extremely overwhelming for the students if you just throw it all at them at once without giving them any kind of preparation and they will shut everything out without making any form of progress. ...

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The cost that students pay for college does not give the most benefit for the student. ... In this case, not going to college would save money, time, and would give an early start for a career. ... However, some claim that because colleges give students credibility in their professions, the tuition is worth paying. ...

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For this reason the wealthy will not share their funds nor give it away willingly unless they get something in return. ... Therefore showing that the United States was selfish in the sense that they made workers wait years before giving them more rights. ...

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I would always try to listen and give my opinion as to not take sides and to comfort them as much as possible if they were crying. ... What motivates me the most into choosing this program out of all others is that I have the patience and heart that I am willing to give out my time in supporting others in accomplishing their goals and to promote for social justice and equity for everyone. ...

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Local High School Deputy Principal Not Meeting Student's Needs Today marks the beginning of what could be the most morally contentious event of the Singapore American High School's history: the day a student finally had the balls to bring his case against the local Deputy Principal, David Norcott...

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When reaching the grade level of a junior and senior in high school, a lot of discussions about future and college education come into play. Many important factors come up while discussing college, including tuition, their cumulative GPA, and their exam scores. These are all determinants of the stud...

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The School District obviously sees the benefit in giving the students this technology because they believe it will benefit their learning abilities. ... It's important to understand that technology does not force us to do anything, it only gives us various opportunities. ...

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Is it important to give the public an option to what they want or need? ... I personally believe that not matter what there will always be many options and debates about the school system but this problem isn't as simple as opening a school or giving more resources, it's about coming together and finding a solution that has positive repercussions....

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During this time off, students will have more time to investigate different majors, explore various careers, and search out their academic goals giving them a better understanding of their academic pursuits. ... When paying tuition and creating records that will stay with them, students do not need to be slacking off and giving up at the beginning of their college careers and life. ...

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I could no longer just memorize the answers to simple math problems or easily research a broad topic to give a short speech on in front of the class. ... I was giving much more effort to do so in my classes, for my own good. ... This reason was relatively simple and for the mere purpose that I should have strived to do my personal best by giving my full effort to every task I had ever been assigned promptly because it was all contributing to the overall goal: becoming a literate individual. ...

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Also, many families believe in interest-initiated, child-led, natural learning and they give their children considerable control over what is learned and how learning takes place. ... One of the main problems is that conventional schools require that children and teachers follow directions and give up responsibility, while home schooling not only allows, but also requires people to take responsibility for themselves. Another problem with schools is the rushing through a lesson without giving students enough time to comprehend what is being taught. ...

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