If one of your friends smoke cigarettes, and you don't because you know the effects of smoking, you are educated that it is harmful to your body and chose not to smoke. You don't always do what your friends do, but if you have never experienced it and decide to try, you figure out whether you like it or not and you learned. Parents, teachers, friends all have an influence on your education. ... Reading what other people write about, especially when it is something you don't know about or know just a little about, in the end you are more educated than before reading it. ...

• Word Count: 1405
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Little did I know Dr. ... I had little experience in the field of actually teaching English, but I was attracted to learning a new skill and being able to help those who wanted to learn. ... Not only has Ireland been one of the very few places I've planned to travel to at least once in my life, but the program and school itself offers an education in fields I have been passionate about since I was a little kid. ... I had no trouble getting along with peers, making friends, and going a fraternity all on my own. I realize that traveling to a completely different country and emerging into a ...

• Word Count: 1269
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Brush gave Francis a little wooden dog to play with until he returned, as a source of comfort. Upon his return he took Francis to the large room where meals were served and made sure he received a little extra to eat. ... The two boys became the best of friends and a bond of brotherly love developed between them. ... Brush was not only able to teach the boys at the school, he was able also to explain the children's actions to the adults and therefore teach a little of Omaha culture to the white people. ...

• Word Count: 1443
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• Grade Level: High School

In Malcolm X's essay "Learning to Read" he wrote that "my homemade education gave me, with every additional book that I read, little bit more sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness and blindness that was afflicting the black race in America" (pg.253 para. 37). ... I remember back in second grade where I didn't really have any friends because of the language barrier but once I learned English I was able to make friends. ...

• Word Count: 1991
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Beyond that, they must also manage to have a place within the community and develop a circle of friends. ... Students judge their own achievement by comparison with others in the class, feel little pressure for being responsible for their own learning, feel little responsibility for self-direction, believe the teacher's sole purpose in life is to teach them and they will accept that they will either pass or fail. ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Location of the student's home has little or no bearing on which school the student will attend. ... Our teacher informed us that there was no point in taking it, as we had little to no chance of success. ... The student is now labeled "special" by the system, stupid by their friends. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Location of the student's home has little or no bearing on which school the student will attend. ... Our teacher informed us that there was no point in taking it, as we had little to no chance of success. ... The student is now labeled "special" by the system, stupid by their friends. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are parents today who are complaining that because of the longer school days they spend little time with their children. ... President Obama says kids in the U.S. spend too little time in the classroom, putting them at a disadvantage when competing with students in other countries. ... She is still a little girl, and she is spending a large portion of her day writing and having to read and do math. ... She likes to use her body to express herself and she needs to be with her friends and be in that imagination world that they live in, and that's something that I really value for her....

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Most of the younger children growing up today use English in the home, this is primarily due to the fact that these children are using English more frequently at school and with their friends. ... Depending on what type of school children attend, most of them now use English in school with their friends and teachers. ... Many citizens are bilingual and have very little trouble understanding a different language service in church. ...

• Word Count: 1580
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a teacher, I want to give my pupils this opportunity to learn creatively, as not only will it stimulate and produce creativity in their own minds to develop certain skills, but also it should help them enjoy learning about a subject they could have previously displayed little interest in. ... If a child is not enjoying the work then they may show little or no interest. ... When learning creatively, pupils often show more interest in a subject; they go home and ask friends and relatives more about the topic they are studying. ...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With this in mind, the students who decide not to follow that path have little to no knowledge on how to keep themselves from getting pregnant. ... But little do most students know, many of these teachings are false or taken out of context. ... I had to depend on the Internet, friends, and parents to relay the real information to me, which may not have been accurate. ...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

The perfect little school in the perfect little hamlet of the good old USA. ... I hope we are learning from each other that we need to start taking responsibility and taking care of each other as peers and friends, because when, and only when we start doing that, we start to help, heal and grow from the past, which is the most we can hope for. ...

• Word Count: 1583
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This group of people is generally one's parents, along with close family members or sometimes close friends of the family. ... A humorous recollection of myself at age 7: Having played co-ed soccer since the age of 4, I was accustomed to skinned knees and dirty jerseys from "roughing it up" with the little boys. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This group of people is generally one's parents, along with close family members or sometimes close friends of the family. ... A humorous recollection of myself at age 7: Having played co-ed soccer since the age of 4, I was accustomed to skinned knees and dirty jerseys from "roughing it up" with the little boys. ...

• Word Count: 1312
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In his article "About the Japanese Educational System," Hans Lee explains that in America, though curriculum could not compare to Japan, American students have time to vent, and spend time with their friends after class because there is less homework. ... In America, the teacher is seen as a specialist in his or her area, and is primarily responsible for the teaching of that subject and little else. ...

• Word Count: 1263
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"All students have the opportunity to learn with their peers, not because it's required by law but because it's right, "states Suzy Ruder in her article We Teach All. This positive attitude Suzy Ruder has is what makes her inclusion program successful. This is the perspective that everyone involve...

• Word Count: 1507
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This group of people is generally one's parents, along with close family members or sometimes close friends of the family. ... A humorous recollection of myself at age 7: Having played co-ed soccer since the age of 4, I was accustomed to skinned knees and dirty jerseys from "roughing it up" with the little boys. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Among these families, a majority are unemployed with little to no education. ... Abdon Patlan, 17, a high school junior struggling with grades once said, "I had low expectations for myself, I had family and friends, and they're dropping out and their life is not so good, people going to jail, people dying" (Rivera and Berkeley 7). ... Often Hispanic women and girls take on tedious jobs which require little education. ...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I've always wanted to become a teacher ever since I was a little girl. ... Growing up in Jersey City and attending public schools, I have had friends who had parents or guardians that did not care. ... The reason I would be keeping the folder is because if I asked students to use their own, they may have had some time to write down answers or little notes that could help them on the test. ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Standard 2: School Philosophy and School Organization What makes me a good fit for middle school is the fact that I do not work well with little children! ... Little children cannot get this deep whereas, older kids are often too 'cool' to participate in these activities. They may be more concerned with how stupid they look or what their friends will think. ...

• Word Count: 2071
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I remember meeting many of my friends in Mrs. ... Elizabeth School serves the purposes of the oppressors, "whose tranquility rests on how well people fit the world the oppressors have created, and how little they question it" (79). ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There is a hectic pace, generous class size, segregation by age, impersonality, low premium reflection, little attempt on relating what you learn, and modularization of the day. ... While on the other hand, women prefer small groups, support of friends in debates, personal teachers, and female teachers over male teachers. ...

• Word Count: 1529
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

If the student had little to no contact with their father from birth or a very young age, then the child does better (Predrag 2, Golobomk 151). ... The following student greatly expresses the significance his peers had on him: "Me and my friends were concerned about each other's success. ...

• Word Count: 1471
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Utopia States is a simply enhanced United States of America. The Utopia States is a utopia in which all Americans want to be a part of and live freely in with no racism and free of stereotypes. In this utopia, the government will be ruled by a democracy. This utopia does not tax people. No lifes...

• Word Count: 2194
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Mackie soon became what Washington described as "one of his strongest and most helpful friends" (26) and was there for him whenever he needed assistance with anything. ... By countless hours spent with General Armstrong and observing how he never once spoke of the white race in an ill manner, Washington soon learned the lesson that "great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred" (80). ...

• Word Count: 2105
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School