Phyllis Schlafly, in her return essay, "School-to-Work Will Train, Not Educate," in 1997, writes that school-to-work programs will produce employees rather than well-developed minds. Throughout her essay Schlafly angrily emphasizes the down points of STW: students will be trained rather than educated; students will have less understanding of the importance of their schoolwork; and programs will take time away from school, in which they are training students for jobs rather than preparing them for life. ... (WRAC 71) Phyllis also told how "some big businesses" support STW's beca...

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I found many broad similarities among ideas in each essay, such as the concepts of academic writing, and the demand for scrutiny of university funding and instruction, especially the idea of promoting active/free thinking, and found even more specific differences between the essays' ideas. ... Then, after rereading and analyzing the essays, I found many similarities that connect the main ideas of each essay in one way or another. ... A key concept that is present in all six essay is the concept of promoting active, free thinking. ... "Are Colleges Worth the Price" promotes acti...

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Essays are pointless, in the highest sense of the word. ... Nothing new is learned or introduced through an essay, nothing is gained by writing 3-5 pages of what mostly consists of utter bullshit, and nothing is accomplished by wasting hours of our childhood laboring away, both at the keyboard and on paper, to produce what people have come to term: an "Essay." ... The first amendment clearly states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech- The freedom of speech includes the freedom of opin...

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In his article Essay #2, MacDonnel discusses the Los Angeles school system and the teaching methods their board of education prefer. Essay #2 points out that the Los Angeles school system would rather their students learn about abusive relationships, love and control, and putting academics aside. ... In Essay #2 MacDonnel states "Berendo's students are spending precious class time role playing dating scenarios rather than studying the grammar of dependent clauses or poring over algebra worksheets.... According to Essay #2 ninety six percent of Berendo's students receive free or ...

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Students may now go online and find millions of copies of papers and essays already written. Websites such as schoolsucks.com, freeessay.com, planetpapers.com, and many others offer students in any grade papers already written for either free or a price. They may also order a custom written essay from some websites. ... Most of the essays available on these cheat sites are of a different quality than that of what the student should be writing at. Many high school students attempt to turn in essays that are written on a collegiate level and vice versa. ...

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Diagnostic Essay Most students realize about halfway through their high school career that they are ready to migrate to some far away land, better known to the rest of us as college. ... At last I was free from adolescent bondage, homework, and detention! ...

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Freshmen year is not as undemanding and trouble-free as it seems. ... Say you have a five-page essay to write in two weeks. Don't start writing the whole essay the night before. Just start writing before the due date, and get it over with, so you won't have to worry about it, and that leads to a better grade and finer essay. ...

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In America we are free; free to be with people we like, and things we want to do. ... We should get to be free to take wanted classes. ... This is a free country, in class/school too. After reading this essay, there is another thing to put into mind. ...

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Since parents do not have a say on curfew, a student is free to stay out as late as heshe wants and one can also go out as often as they would like. ... Take for instance a high school English class, students who do not do an essay often have many other chances to pull up their grade. ... With so few grades, a student cannot afford to miss an essay as it will drastically affect hisher final grade. ...

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In his free time, he learned much philosophy. ... In 1750 he essay Discours sur les sciences et les arts" (Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts) won the first prize in a competition held by the Academy of Dijon. The essay was published and he became a public celebrity. ...

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The "Banking- Concept of Education is an interesting essay by Paulo Freire that reveals to its reader a different view of the standard teacher-student relationship. ... This "problem-posing- education involves the free-thinking and creativity of the student. ... In High school, there is a small amount of room for free-thinking and imagination. ...

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So I appointed myself the poet who's gonna feel free to take potshots at the whole enterprise.... Collins shows this in the essay multiple ways, but what the reader must decide is whether this innocence is good or bad for the adults of tomorrow. ... This essay is a message to all who deprive their children of the truth and try and put their innocence instead of their knowledge. ...

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I believe education should be free to all. There are so many other countries that make a free education system through college work for them. They also offer other free alternatives to college if that individual feels that they just aren't suited for college. ... Personally, essays are my best method of conveying to the teacher that I have learned. ...

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In Frederick Douglass's essay, "Learning to Read and Write," Douglass places significant importance on his education, a privilege not granted to most slaves. ... Reading this document not only gave him literacy skills but it gave him the understanding that the only thing that would free him from his internal conflict and ultimately slavery is education. ... He says, "I often found myself regretting my own existence, and wishing myself dead; and but for the hope of being free, I have no doubt but that I should have been killed myself, or done something for which I should hav...

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Teachers Losing Their Jobs: This Is Not Right This year Baltimore Public School System has a huge budget deficit and there is a strong possibility of teachers losing their jobs. One can think that cuts are the only way out, but I think that it will only make things worse. Teachers are very important to society, and without them, the future "children "will suffer. We cannot let the teachers go. Teachers play a significant role in the lives of young people. ...

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A restorative program would keep us students doing our work and being helped instead of freed from what we call "annoying staff," "drawing teachers" or "too much work!... My expectations after reading to you this essay, is that you'll look at how you treat other students or teachers and handle situations differently. ...

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Many times have students started to write an essay and have had significant trouble because of their schools blocking system. ... Censorship is unethical and goes against the American right of free speech. ...

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My conclusion is readily apparent throughout this essay; limit tuition costs for the greater good. In socialist countries where schools are either cheap or free, look at the average education of its people. ...

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In Patrick O'Malley's essay "More Testing, More Learning," he claims that frequently test improves students' learning. ... The students that have only a few courses and have a lot of free time that they can study for the exam every week and do not let it stuck up for the last day and the night before the midterm or final. ...

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Five summers ago, our family seemed to have it all. My father had just completed his MBA. We were very settled into our home and community. Then, our family's infrastructure was violently shattered. May father suddenly passed away from a massive heart attack. After his death, the arduous task of ra...

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A student just needs to go to one of many web sites that sell term papers or essays. ... McHenry, also states that some sites give papers away for free, or charge a membership fee, or you must register with the site and submit a paper. ...

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Public schools offer assistance with school meals by providing free and reduced-price meals to all qualified low-income students. ... Well you it would be hard because you would be sending one child to school for free and then you would have to pay for the other child to go to school. ...

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