...more practical things because, they need to learn the everyday tasks that are required as adults. When students graduate, most if not all do not know how to balance a checkbook, manage a bank account, or even know how to budget. They need to be taught how to resit the never ending urge to buy something they know they do not need. A money management class will teach them how to be responsible with their money and teach them the benefits of saving. If I had of learned these tools while in high school, I would most likely have a car and my license by mid summer. But because I lack in these traits I will have to save and wait until next march to drive. If they are taught these things they will not have to face the burden of feeling and being unprepared for life. By teaching them time management there would be fewer mistakes made. They would have the proper time to be able to process their thoughts, and write them down for them to be understood. There would be less errors because they are not rushing to get it done at the last minute. I know I myself have a huge problem with time management. I will go to class come home and think I have enough time to watch tv,and relax until it was time to do some homework. Then after find out its going to take all day to do my assignment. Sometimes it just never gets done...
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...Charles J. Sykes, “In a 1990 survey of college seniors, 42 percent couldn’t name the dates of the War Between the States within half a century” ( Sykes, 4). Why don’t our teachers care anymore about teaching about important events or even science? Many of them have said it is because they just are not useful facts. I would have to disagree. I believe that you should know the background of this country you live in. I think students need to be taught about our founding fathers. I fear for our future generations. The school systems are dumbing our students down and they are too worried about how the students are feeling than what they are learning. So the question we are all asking teachers along with the school system is, “Why are we allowing students to be dumbed down?” How are we going to elect a president in the future who never had a background in math, science, or most importantly, history? Our future generation does not know what we were taught when we were in school. Some public schools have even removed certain subjects because they are not necessary or the school cannot afford them. Can we put a price tag on education? I would hope not. I think principals and teachers need to step up a notch and really focus on the learning aspect of school and not just the social and psychological part of school. The first door I am going to look at is the duties and rights door. It is the schools duty and right to give their students the best education. Children are...
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...Choose one idea – and create a refined brainstorm list of 15-20 key words related to the topic. I will choose the topic Reusable Shopping bags. Condoms in Schools Safe sex Sexually transmitted diseases Abstinence till marriage Condoms Teen pregnancy is high Sexual Behavior Religious communities do not favor condom distribution in high schools. Risk avoidance Comprehensive sexuality education Youth National School Condom Availability Clearinghouse School Faculty – Nurses, Teachers, Counselors Government funds Tax Payers Choices for young ladies Cost-effective True Love Waits Parents' choice 2- Group ideas from refined brainstorm you want to use in outline 3- No Sex Education---------------Abstinence--------------Comprehensive sexuality education Government Funds Religious Groups Safe Sex Tax Payers Sex until marriage Risk Avoidance Inappropriate True Love Waits Choices for young ladies Parents' choice No cost School Faculty Sexually Transmitted Diseases 4- General Purpose: Persuasive Speech of Conviction – 5-9 minutes 5- Specific Purpose Statement: I want my audience to believe the only way to ensure every teen can prevent Sexually transmitted diseases...
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...Parker Orientation to Education Professor Lewis Philosophy Statement As I was growing up, I always wanted to pursue a profession in something that I could use my creative mind and hands for, such as art. It was my senior year of high school when I decided I wanted to pursue a career in education, specifically early childhood. Most of my family works in the field of education, so I believe that is why I have always had a passion for children and why I work well with them. I always knew how important educators were in our society, but it wasn’t until I started Jumpstart that I actually experienced this importance. With the combination of experience and this philosophy statement, I have begun to think about why I want teach, whom I want to teach, how and what I want to teach, and where I want to teach? These questions are important to answer for anyone who wants to be an educator because you have to passion and understanding why you want to be in the field of education. Children are the future leaders of this country; therefore, it is our job to supply them with the foundation and fundamentals to succeed in life. Education is very important in today’s society, and it all starts at a young age. Without the proper foundation and fundamentals, children will fall behind in school, which makes it is very hard for children to catch up as they move on to the next level and pursue their education. That is why it is important to have influential role models that instill the importance...
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...you’re you. There are many people that may share similarities to who you are, but no one can be exactly who you are. But why is that? It’s because you’re unique. Every moment, experience, mistake, and rollercoaster you’ve been on is what makes you who you are. Why? It’s because you made it this way. Your entire life is dictated on how you want to live it, how you’re influenced, and why you feel the way you do. You are self-taught how to be your own personal teacher. Some may think it’s selfish to say I am my own best teacher, but really is it? I don’t think so, and I’ll tell you why. My entire life, I have mostly had to fend for myself. I grew up poor, sometimes homeless, and even moreso clueless in what I needed to do. I was a kid growing up in a grown up world. I had responsibilities at the age of 10 that some people don’t even have at the age of 30. I had people who were depending on me to be so much more than just a child. At the age of 13, I had a job. I worked to help provide rent and food. I didn’t want to work, but I needed to. Life taught me at a very young age that there are things we want to do, and there are things we need to do. It’s never a good idea to mix the two ideals. On a professional level, I found out at a young age what it mean’t to be a hard-worker. I taught myself how to work, deal with others, and even tolerate doing things I didn’t want to do, but still set my mind to do it anyways. 9 Facts in this world: 1. You cannot put soap in your eyes. 2. You...
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...One more reason why I think dodgeball should be banned is because it is an elimination game I don’t think that it is fair to other people who aren’t active or athletic. And when you play dodgeball you aren’t getting any exercise you are just standing there doing nothing and PE (Physical Education) you “ OW! That hurt!!!” “Sorry I didn’t see you there.” Did you know that school principals at Elkton, Maryland have banned dodgeball? They just banned it recently. The reason why they banned is because it was inappropriate and it doesn't teach values like teamwork. They also banned it because kids got bullied and mistreated. It also got removed from PE (physical education) curriculum. That’s why I think it should be banned. My first...
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...out like a new trend. Some of half of everybody you know seemed to try it or is currently doing it right now. So, the question is should gay marriage be legalized? I believe not just because it is not how our parents were taught and how we were taught about how marriage is supposed to me. Including also most people these days tend to date the same sex just because there previous relationships didn’t turn out right like how they wanted it to, either they were cheated on a lot and left with broken hearts or just they believed they was not attractive enough due to self-esteem issues. So, people tend to turn gay because of this, they believe that they will find a more faithful relationship and believe its love when there just trying to heal a broken heart they have. Also in this day of age our kids are continuously being exposed to many bad influences while growing up. So, why do we need to have our kids witnessing this? That it is okay to date and marry the same sex when in the bible it’s a sin. It says in Leviticus 18:22 that ‘You shall not lie with a male as with a women, it is and abomination.” It also says in verse 24 and 25 Leviticus that “Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean.” “And the land became unclean so that I punished its iniquity, and the land.” Just in these few lines in the bible tells us that loving the same gender is a crime and will be punished for committing this...
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...this film she faces the evil super villain, H-Man, a psychotic ex-politician who firmly believes that the world needs to be cleansed using atomic bombs. Angel saves America from nuclear destruction by a mad politician. Time interviewed director Hugh Alexander. Hugh, you are well known on the arts circuit so why a superhero blockbuster? Well, I’ve always, secretly, wanted to direct a superhero film and I saw an opportunity so I took it. For me it’s...
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... Learning English English language Learning is widely spread over different parts of the world. It is taught as a foreign language in many countries. In many others, it is not only considered as a part of their culture, but it is also used as a second language. These are called the Commonwealth of the English language speaking countries. The English language learners are often seen as the best judges of their own needs and wants because they know what they can and cannot do with it, and what language skills are more essential. Even large numbers of them face problems and expensive access to the necessary materials; they prefer to surf through the internet or read books and special magazines dealing with the subject. Throughout the years, the English language curriculum has been regularly updated and revised, based on the behavior of the learners. For those who want to do further studies in English, there are two main specific tests in the language: TOFEL (Test of English as a foreign language), and TOESL (Test of English as a second language). They are elaborated to control and test the efficiency of the English language use and training, and recognition of the knowledge acquired before. Adapted from Forum magazine ...
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...Just write about why you are applying to TFA. Why do you want to spend two years teaching low-income students in urban or rural communities? What life experiences have led you to apply? Teach for America Essay help request Sorry for the long post! Okay, so I have rough drafts of both my essays for teach for America done! I have to revise them like tonight because the application is due Friday. But if you have a moment, look them over and let my know what you think. Ideas on how to trim them down to five hundred words would be very helpful. the first is a letter of intent, the second an essay about my greatest accomplishment in the past four years. ESSAY #1 I hope to join Teach for America for what seems like a simple reason: I want to teach. Specifically, I want to teach middle school social studies or history. What thrills me about teaching is the constant challenge of finding better ways to motivate students and make learning relevant to their lives. I want to teach middle school because it is a challenging age. Middle school students are trying to figure out their roles in the world and are facing many pressures from peers, society, and their parents to conform in different ways. I want to be a supportive mentor for children at that difficult point in their lives. I want middle school to be a pleasant experience instead of the bad memory it is for many people. This is much the same thing that motivates me to teach history: I hated history classes when I was in middle school...
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...Who should teach children about sex and sexuality? Children of these generations are having more access to all kinds of information including sex and sexuality than past generations. They can get sexual information from school, parents, friends, and even from Internet. Talking about sexuality is always been a hard topic that concerns mostly schools and parents. But who are the right teachers that should tell everything about sex and sexuality to the children? After asking me this question many times, I believe that parents should teach their own children because they are the role models to the children, give them the right information, and protect them. Schools still need to have sex education programs, but parents are the ones who are primarily responsible. I know in all schools, people are teaching about sex and sexuality to the children, and there is nothing wrong with that; they actually teach sexuality in schools because for many parents is just impossible to explain their own kids or sometimes they don’t seem to care. I believe parents should teach their children because they are the role models to those children. To me the house is the first school, and is the place where you grow and learn many things from your parents. In my opinion, it will be better for the kids to learn about this topic from their parents than strangers in the school. My parents never told me anything about sex; I learned from school, but I would it like them to teach me because they were...
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...The reason I chose social work as my first choice major is because I want to help people. Most people focus on the physical appearance of a person, but I want to focus on the mental aspect. Social work, or any other career of that kind, will help me do so. It also matters on what the school can teach you, and I believe that UT Austin is the place that can teach me all that I need to achieve. Since the summer before sophomore year, I have been researching the occupation I want to be in for the rest of my life. Social work is very interesting to me, and I have concluded that I want to be a school social worker, a child and family social worker, or a health and substance abuse social worker. The reasons why I want to become one of these of because I crave for the satisfaction of seeing someone's mind be healed of mental breakdowns or bad environments. I want to lead people into a better life. Of course, I am aware that there will be times when nothing can help a person, and I am also prepared for those times. I believe in being patient and kind for the person who needs help, and I am willing to be as understanding as needed. I am the type of person to not give up. Even if it is only one person, I will help people. This is why I want to become a social...
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...Males in Elementary School When I was younger, I did not notice or question that there were not that many male teachers in elementary school. I did not think too much of it. But as I considered a career in teaching, I wondered why our education classes had more females than males, if not completely without a male student wanting to teach in the elementary level. My own ideas and questions began to bother me: were men just scared of teaching such a young group of students? Did men think that they were too good to teach in elementary? What was their reason for not wanting to teach at elementary level? Were women just better candidates to teach at this level? I knew that there had to be specific reasons why the populations of men in elementary school have been and continue to be low. In fact, I had to think about my own biases as to why men were not teaching in elementary. When I started this research paper and read the various articles about why men choose not to teach, I found that more often than not, it was because of other people thinking that men were not the best candidates for teaching in elementary than men simply choosing not to work. Society’s ideas about men teaching in elementary, then, are the big reasons why men are not teaching in elementary school. Society’s thinking that male teachers are not real men, parents’ suspicion of male teachers, and society insistence to men that secondary school is a more acceptable area for men to teach are the main reasons that there...
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...neurologist’s office. Morrie: what did he say?, what do I have ?. Lou Gehrig’s disease. How did I get it?. Is it terminal?. Am I going to die?. He must be mistaken. I don’t have Lou Gehrig’s disease. I am a professor at Brandis, I love to dance. I cant have this disease. How will I continue to dance, how will I continue to teach. Shouldn’t the world stop don’t they know what is happening to me. Now what, do I wither up and disappear or do I make the best of my time left. I will not wither up and disappear. I will live my life to the fullest. If I can not walk I will use a cane. If I can not dance I will swim instead. When I can no longer dress or undress myself I will get help and I will teach my class even when I am suffering. I am not going to be afraid of dieing. I have been a teacher all my life and now I am going to teach my students the meaning of life and how to accept death and dieing. This disease may take my body away but it wont take my thoughts away and my memories. Why did I have grow up in a home with out love? We were poor. My father was so cold and uncaring. Did I do something to make him treat me this way? He couldn’t provide for us emotionally or financially. Why did I have to read the telegram about my mothers death. That should have been my fathers job. My father could not read English. I also had to lie to my brother and tell him that Eva his step mom was really his biological mother. Why would they make me lie like this and put this burden on me...
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...impact when a student reads a book that portrays violence than violent video games or movies. Rebecca Dawkins’s essay “Why Banning Books Isn’t Always Bad” discusses how many “concerned group of parents regularly pressure school boards to keep controversial classics out of the classroom” because of the violence and immoral values they portray for underage students. Books like “Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (about three young women who abuse drugs to escape the pressures of show business); The Godfather by Mario Puzo (about the Italian-American mafia); and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (about two real-life mass murderers)” are what should be kept out of high schools because those types of books for students who are exposed to the everyday dangers of drugs, gangs, and violence in schools make it seem okay in these books. Dawkins goes further on explaining how many high school teachers, including herself, agree with parents in the sense that these books are not age appropriate to be taught in a high school classroom especially in a setting where all of these issues are present everyday. I totally agree with Rebecca Dawkins that high school students would not relate to most characters in controversial books, teachers have no time to teach long controversial books, and books such as Capote’s and Puzo’s do present behavior that is immoral. First, I agree with Rebecca Dawkins that high school students would not relate to most characters in controversial books. Although...
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