"Extending the school day would also help families. ... Based on the chart from Text A, we have the lowest amount of school days compared to the rest of the countries that were documented.(180 days) Which in turn shows why we may have lower SAT and standardized test scores; however Finland may have 10 more days of school than the United States, but they don't give homework! ... Proponents argue that all other nations in the industrialized world offer more free public education than does the U.S - and most often, they are scoring higher on standardized tests and entering college bette...

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We quickly became friends because we sat together at class. ... At the same time, I felt completely helpless, even though so many were offering me help. ... One day, Edgar stopped supplying me free packets of cigarettes. ... My parents and my teachers all helped me, and along with sheer determination and willpower, in nine months, I permanently quit smoking. ... Thankfully, I had the help of my parents and teachers, who were always ready to give a listening ear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Personal experiences have helped in developing writing skills, and the people you live with and spend time with have an impact on what you write about and how you develop your writing abilities, so writing is learned from people close to you. ... We all sat down with a sheet of paper and started writing. That was the coolest thing my parents could have done to help me. ... As she was learning to write she would look to her sisters to help her correct her mistakes. ... The positive and negative experiences will still exist in our society because the free society has a makeup where control ...

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Tenure helps, "By limiting the ability of the university to fire or otherwise take adverse actions against faculty members, tenure provides protection for faculty members to teach and write as they choose," (Chemerinsky 1998 p638). ... There are many things that tenure covers that were set in place to help the faculty as well as the students. ... He sat at his desk reading a fishing magazine while the class ran wild, the only time he ever said anything was when a stray paper football when fly into his zone. ... So teachers still are free to explore new ideas academic freedom be pu...

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When I sat down in class the first day, I was told we were going to watch a video. ... Rodriguez never delved into this farther, but I see his motivation being helped by his teachers" praises. ... No one ever said that free education had to be perfect. ...

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As I sat on the couch in my living room on September 11th 2001, and watched the second plane fly into the World Trade Center building, I was struck by a profound sense of wrongness. ... I myself, am a part of this type of education, one that helps to create these preconceived notions for its students. ... It is up to the people themselves to break free of this control, to recognize that education itself is not a fill in for critically considering your reality. ...

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