He notes that this is the primary reason school is seen as boring and unnecessary by many students who drop out or fool around in school. ... They now must work for free! ... They take the used comic books being thrown away and open up their own library of comic books in the basement, charging a dime for a full days' admission. ...
Also, in college you have to buy your own books whereas in high school students are loaned books. If the government paid for books for college as it does for high school more people might be able to afford going to college. And as if paying for books isn't enough, many cities do not have colleges, so students who want to get a higher education have no choice but to move away to another city and sometimes-another state. ... Even taking the bus for transportation cost a good amount of money, unlike high school where students ride for free. ... There is almost always an exam to study for and...
Most students in the school come from low-income immigrant families, 70-75% of all students are on free or reduced lunch. ... As a whole class the group works towards free time and pizza parties. ... On the perimeter of the classroom (the wall) are stations, one is a reading station with books organized and labeled according to difficulty, and bean bags for them to sit on; next is the computer center which is made up of about six workstations and a flip chart with the children's names to show who sat their last and who's turn it is next; also there is a listening station with audio ...
I passed every grade with all A's, even when it was hard to lip read and take notes at the same time. ... During this milestone, I spent plenty times reading chapter books. ... Because I would be going to a bigger school where teachers pay less attention to you and expect you to write notes as they talk, I decided to get it. ... I was able to take notes without even reading my teachers' lips. ... My classmates and I free write every day, and she loved that. ...
As well in class, I would listen to the teacher carefully and totally stay focus on him or her by taking notes down and asking questions if there is anything I do not understand. ... Muhammad's teaching, my correspondence, my visitors- usually Ella and Reginald- and my reading books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life" (259). ... He felt so free and wanted to study more until had been fluently in written English. ...
He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... Parents, Patrick went on to note, can play additional key roles in the achievement of high academic success. They can provide learning resources in the home like books and magazines. They can guide children in the productive use of their free time, monitor and limit the amount of time watching television and playing video games. ...
After merging with the Royal School of Singing and Declamation, they became the faculty of a new 'free music school'" (Weiss and Taruskin). ... Individual assessments would be graded on the notes you sing or play correctly. ... They should have to sing or play a series of notes of varying beats to create a tune. ... Students would most likely be required to memorize and perform a song where they are graded on their rhythm, dynamics, and notes. ...
An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for the benefit of kids and families, as those people would define their own needs. School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions, it lasts. ...
