Why should the school be able to take action on things that are none of their business? It would be a different story if posts were made off school equipment. ... I think that students should be able to say whatever they want on social media because if there is restrictions on what they are allowed to say then they don't have the right to their thoughts which violates the first amendment. ... It would be a different story if they cyberbullying, drug use, or illegal activities were happening at school. ... It is none of the schools business what students are doing outside of school and i...

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I mean without college sports there would be nothing to watch on TV. I am obviously exaggerating, but if there were no college sports a lot more people would be found at home watching TV instead of getting much needed exercise. ... And if you take away college sports, you are taking away the future of some who may otherwise have none. ... If college sports are taken away, then the students not playing sports are more likely to do bad things. ... What use is there for a mascot and school colors if there are no sports? ...

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In the world of "Score/Score" by Phyllis Gotlieb, there is an overabundance of robots and machines in the world, with the human population being very low. ... There is shown that there are robots for teaching, and also ones who pretend to be students to keep the teaching machines sharp with the current lack of actual human students. ... Several details from the story that help create this mood of curiousity and silliness is the mentioning of many different types of robots that there is, with there different functions. ... Experiences that I have had with online delivered courses with little to...

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He wanted to prepare the students to take the AP Calculus test so they can gain credits towards college, but the other staff members were astonished, they didn't believe that the student would be able to do it. ... So she went out of her way, to ask me if needed help, was always there when I had questions and just for everything. ... The students at Garfield High School had no one that believed in them, none of their other teachers thought they could do anything in life but Mr. ... Escalante came but then he motivated the students once again to take the test one more time and they did and...

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There are many major issues that need to be addressed when discussing the field of education. ... While participating in a mentoring program at Model Elementary school I encountered a few special needs students, but none that were at risk. ... There are also the students that are multicultural and/or multilingual. ... I actually have not dealt with any multicultural or multilingual students in the classroom, but I have taught Hispanics that were Spanish-speaking in a church classroom before. ... Then, after I was able to open them up to a new surrounding, they were better than the Englis...

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Young kids are also easily distracted and get bored fast so the effort put into the test is almost none. ... When the student takes that test he or she will have less knowledge then they would have if more time were spent on the subject. ... It is quite ironic how nations using performance assessments are scoring higher then students in the United States on multiple-choice tests. ... There are other alternatives in measuring a student's performance. ... As stated before there are other options to obtaining what a student is skilled to do. ...

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In high school, you are there 5 days a week with classes starting as early as 7:30am. ... If you are fortunate enough you would then be able to go home and relax, maybe take a nap or have a snack and then begin your homework or studying. But let's say you were in a sport. ... Classes can vary from having only 2 a day, to maybe 4, or none at all. ... Your parents will not always be there to bail you out when you need them to. ...

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We were both expressing ourselves with an engaging and shared sensed of humor in a way that seemed to me inoffensive. ... Is there a disability subculture? ... I cannot speak very much to my own early past views as a younger man, say up to the age of 24, on people who are disabled or many other subcultures because my own thinking then on the subject was undefined and nebulous. During my own primary education through high school there were no autistic children, no self-identified gay youth and none with obvious physical disabilities such as blindness or cerebral palsy in the classrooms (if yo...

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Then, tying the races to beliefs that don't coincide with one's personal beliefs, a person could feel compelled to make judgments based solely on physical characteristics. ... Agnostics believe that there is no evidence to support or refute the existence of God. ... He also found out that his children were laughed at, were called racial slurs, and were physically harassed by the other students. ... Is there a problem with students praying in silence of their own accord if they feel the need? I see none. ...

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They just were not like his teachers. ... In the beginning, there exists a balance between the school and home. ... "Books were going to make me educated." ... Then, the good student becomes a bad student. He is "a collector of thoughts" with none of his own. ...

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This gave the impression that the inmates were constantly being watched. ... The inmates were also in such a position that they were isolated from each other. ... In no way is there any form of teaching when students are expected to absorb information and then be able to recall that information at a given time on a test. ... There are no seconds on pudding for desert, and very student's diet is treated the same to encourage uniformity among the community. Inmates and children have the same amount of rights in society: none. ...

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But you can't do anything about it, it's basically mandatory, the only thing there to help you is yourself, a number two pencil, and a calculator. ... Students are encouraged to take the test more than once, to get the best possible score, but by then, they would have to use their own money. ... " (hcccusa.org) Special education students or ESL students receive little to none accommodations whilst preparing for the test, accommodations that are usually provided to them as part of their Individualized Education Plans. ... But the fact of the matter is, is that there are many defe...

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Meanwhile, schools are using athletes as products to generate money while the students still receive none of that money. ... Also, students are there to earn a degree and they should focus on getting a degree that will pay off instead of worrying about how much money they could generate. ... One other motive why athletes should not be paid is because if they accepted compensation then the whole program would crumble. ... As a result, the buckeyes were suspended from bowl play the following years, lost scholarships, and it forced their head coach Jim Tressel to resign. ... But none of it goes t...

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There are many facilities available to help them, and there is at least one state-level association in every state. ... For this reason, home schooled children are more accepted by the public then in earlier years. ... There are many ways home schooled children can get involved in social activities. ... Professional counselors, who were unaware of which children were home schooled, watched the video and found no difference between the home schooled children and the others (Farris). ... Two-thirds of them were married, and none were unemployed or any on any form of welfare assistance. ...

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Assessing the extent to which there is evidence that the approach does indeed foster learning.... According to Pashler there is an underlying appeal to discovering out what kind of person one is, therefore the study of what learning style you are is one that would be deeply appealing and eternally satisfying. ... " (Stewart, 1990, 372) A students learning style may be difficult to diagnose but once that is done then organizing effective techniques to best take advantage of the student style is not to far away. ... Guidance counsellors can especially help with the diagnoses part of learnin...

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Well, if the 1980's were a time for media tycoons, the 1990's will be for the self-styled visionaries. ... These alliances represent a model of corporate structure which many see as mere marriages of convenience, in which none wants to miss out on any futuristic markets. ... However, there is some thought in the direction we are headed. ... As instruction progresses and intelligent systems are used, the system learns about the student's strengths and weaknesses and then uses this knowledge to make the learning experience fit the need of that particular student. ... As sch...

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Then, they gave us a description of what higher education is like in today's age. ... There is sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation. ... At its infancy, televisions were very large and bulky. The images were pixelated and very unclear. ... There were several disruptive innovations that was part of Hinckley's plan. ...

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There is so much gang violence and peers of mine getting killed by accident or just because they said something that wasn't part of their "culture ". ... She then wanted to learn more about the students and the struggles that they go through by providing them with journals. ... During parent teacher night at school, none of her students and their parents showed up but she went to check out the cabinet and all of the students journals were in there for her to read. ... G also set up a dinner for them to meet survivors of the holocaust and just see how their lives had been going since then ...

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The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the field. ... These programs, usually at the master's level but sometimes at the doctoral level, were generally known as "educational computing" programs. ... However, as the field developed and the technology available became more diverse and complex, it became obvious that there was a need for specialization. ... Then in 1995, OTA commissioned a series of studies dealing specifically with technology and teacher education. ... Empirical research then ...

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In Where Nests the Water Hen, the government does exactly this when Luzina receives a letter from the government saying, "It had decreed compulsory schooling before there were enough schools for all the children or roads for them to reach what schools were there."... This is seen when the children who are students under Miss O"Rorke do not want to go to school, "Every morning there were protestations and tears. ... As he looked at it, the teacher should dominate the pupils, speak to them from high, as it were. ... If education was not free, then only the people who could afford an education ...

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Within America there is a large population of peoples who have been, and continue to be, oppressed in this land of the free. ... Students thought to be less capable were explained tasks in a direct manner. When they answered incorrectly, they were criticized and given the answer. ... When mistakes occurred, they were encouraged to try again (Farley, 2000). ... It is quite likely that a student, once placed in a lower track, will remain there indefinitely unless otherwise challenged. ...

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Although the students were not physically injured, a mob of 1,000 townspeople prevented them from remaining at school. ... Then in September 1958 Governor Faubus closed all the public high schools in Little Rock in what the Supreme Court called an "evasive scheme" to prevent integration. ... When it was over, two people were dead, twenty-eight marshals had been shot, one hundred sixty people were injured, and James Meredith became the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi. ... Governor Wallace was not alone in this sentiment, there were many who felt the same. ...

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