...Children need to go outside for many reasons such as, restoring mental energy, stress relief, and improved concentration. This is why I should be able to go outside. Going outside helps restore mental fatigue. The tired feeling many students get near the end of the day is not physical fatigue, it is mental fatigue. “One study found that people's mental energy bounced back even when they just looked at pictures of nature. (Pictures of city scenes had no such effect)”(Business Insider). Being outside will restore the mental energy that has run out during the day. It will help bounce back the energy that has been lost and make us feel better. “Studies show that children who spend time in natural outdoor environments have a reduction in attention fatigue and children diagnosed with ADHD show a reduction in related symptoms” (NYSDEC). Not only does it instantly restore the mental energy lost, but it allows us to continue to be up in...
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... De Guzman, Laurence Nepomuceno, Jeremy LOCAL AUTHORS Advantages of Going to a Shopping Mall Author: Juan (not indicated) http://shoppingwithjuan.com/advantages-shopping-mall.html All under one roof and special offer is the idea that jumps to mind when you think of a shopping mall. Today, shopping malls are the trend and if you ask people the benefits that they enjoyed going to a mall, they will give so many of them. However, today, shopping is funnier than ever before. You can eat as you shop and you can get the widest variety of services and products in a mall. If you would like a big experience, the mall is the way to go. You can give your children the best experience, the mall is the way to go. You can give your children the best experience by taking them along. Shopping malls also have financial benefits. For example, you can save on the expense of going from one place to another looking for different products. Whomever the genius was who came up with the idea of all under one roof, he really had convenience in mind. Why burn fuel driving all over town while you can just buy everything at one place? The mall is also very social place...
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...Year round school Last August, I was having the time of of my life with all my friends playing some backyard football. When suddenly a school ad came on the radio and we began to talk about school coming up.This gave me chills especially because I did not know anything about the upcoming school year.Weeks later, sure enough it was the first week of my junior year and the most dreaded words a high schooler wants to hear is “pop quiz” or “test” and like I thought it was on what we knew from last year. As I was taking the quiz I could remember nothing but summer fun. As we got our quizzes back I realized I had failed. And as I thought we were going to review last year for the first couple weeks I was wrong we jumped right into this year's curriculum...
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...What is your favorite time of year? Why? My favorite time of the year is naturally the time when I have the most fun. To me, that time of the year falls during the December holidays, or rather, it starts during the last term of school. It may sound strange of me to include the period of examinations. But I like the way teachers leave us, students, by ourselves to do our own revision. There is hardly any homework to be done but there is a lot of studying to take up our time. Finally, when the examinations are over, we can all heave a joyful sigh of relief and look forward to the seemingly eternal holidays stretching out before us. Just before school breaks up for the holidays, there are a host of post-examination activities, among which is mass dancing in the school hall. This is something I enjoy very much as I get to dance to the newest pop music with all my friends. The opportunity to “break-free” from serious activities of school and to sing and dance there is a truly welcome event. The last day of school comes and goes and the holidays start. The first thing I do is to go to the library and borrow as many books as possible to fill my holidays. I simply love reading book after book without having to worry about putting aside time for schoolwork. I make it a habit to read books of a particular author each holiday. Within the second week of the holidays my birthday arrives, I enjoy helping my mother prepare my favorite food for my birthday. I do not have big birthday...
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...about growing up during racial times in the 1930s in Alabama (Southern part of the United States). It covers three year where the main characters undergo many changes. Scout Finch lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus in the fictitious town of Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a small, everybody knows everybody kind of town, and every family has its own social status depending on which part of town they’re from, who their parents are, and how long their family have lived there. Atticus raises his children by himself, due to having losing his wife, with the help of neighbors and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout and Jem almost automatically understand the difficulties and conspiracies of their neighborhood and town. The only neighbor who puzzles them is the mysterious Arthur Radley, AKA Boo Radley, who never comes outside. When Dill, a neighbor's nephew, starts spending summers in Maycomb, the three children begin on a quest where they are determined to lure Arthur outside. Scout who is known as a tom boy who would rather hang out with boys rather than girls and is known to solve her problems with fighting. She tries to understand a world that tells her to behave like a lady, a brother who criticizes her for acting like a girl, and a father who accepts her just as she is. Scout hates school, gaining her most valuable education from experience and from her father. About half way through the book Scout and Jem discover that their father is going to represent a...
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...time you spend in school. Instead of having kids sitting in school for hours and hours a day I believe that short sweet and simple school days should take over. There is generally a lot of wasted time during the school day and everyone could receive benefits for shorter days. The teachers would have a lot more time on their hands to grade papers. With all their extra time they can devote more time to their students and any help they may require. The kids would benefit because no one wants to be in school hours on end. Kids would have more free time in their day. They would not need to stress over getting homework done on top of playing sports or any extracurricular activities that promote kids being healthy. They would also benefit because if they start to fall behind in school they can easily stay after class and get the help they need while not worrying about a ride home or missing the bus. Both teachers and kids alike would benefit from the sleep they receive from, not staying up all night trying to get homework done. The overall stress of going to school and having a thousand things running through your head would be eliminated. They both spend more time with family and friends. They have all this free time to get school work done could improve on people being social and stepping away from their cell phones for a change. Today’s school system only focuses on tests to grade how well kids are doing. You see one side of the story with tests. The schools should follow the...
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...detention in the school’s library. In the beginning, they all appear to be diverse. Clair, the princess, wears the title of the most popular and high-class of all other girls at school. Allison’s, the basket case, attire consists of what a bag lady would wear. Andrew, the jock, dresses like an athlete; he wears a letterman jacket and blue jeans. Brian, the brain, appearance looks like a typical nerd. John, the criminal, wears a trench coat and dresses like a stoner. As their day winds down, the five students begin to realize that they are not so diverse after all. John and Andrew, who seemed to be diametrically opposed, notice that they are comparable in many ways. Making their first appearance by arriving at the school for detention, John walks up wearing sunglasses, and it is cloudy outside. He almost gets hit by a car that is approaching, but he keeps walking as if he did not care. Andrew’s father pulls up in modern-day Ford Bronco during the period of time in which the movie took place. Before Andrew gets exits the truck, Andrew’s father lectures him about his reason for going to detention. He tells him he should not have gotten caught, and asks how a school will give a discipline case a scholarship. Andrews’s father tells Andrew about all of the uncanny things he did when he was in high school. Andrew felt as if he had something to prove to his father. John’s father mentally and physically abuses him. John’s father says things to put John down. He calls him stupid...
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...Cry". It’s about a young black woman who goes through some hard times during her times in high school. Her name is Melba Pattillo, and she was one of the Little Rock Nine. She had some tough times during her time at Little Rock Central High. When she was going to school, she had to face mean white kids, mean white parents, segregation, bullies, and sometimes she had trouble keeping hope for herself. Everyday, she had to face people calling her mean names, people spitting in her face, hitting her, and even trying to kill her. She had to be tough, and stay strong during this time or else she'd either get hurt or probably die. One of the only reasons she probably survived the school year, is because of her Grandma India. Grandma India...
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...2008-2009. Driving from the northwest suburbs of Chicago all the way to the tiptop of Maine. The reason I used to call this place home was because this is not the first time I have attended school here at University of Maine at Fort Kent. Being only 18 at the time and fresh out of high school I did not understand what it was truly like to be out on my own with no parental supervision and no day-by-day guidance. Now in 2013 going back to UMFK I had a different outlook on life. But as I finished packing my car with pretty much my entire life in it, I started to feel a sense of doubt about myself. I nudged away the initial thought and said my goodbyes to my parents and my two sisters. For about the first four to five hours on the road it was dark and this feeling kept creeping back into my mind. “Would I repeat what I did back in fall of 2008 and spring of 2009?” Thinking about all the things I did wrong back then with regards to taking advantage of many things I should not have. Drinking, partying, and playing video games ten plus hours a day just to name a few. The fall of 2008 was not as bad as the spring mostly due to soccer. Being on the men’s team at UMFK kept me in check for most of the first semester with actually having straight A’s for most of the semester. Until we made it to Nationals all the way out in Fresno, California. This was an opportunity of a lifetime getting to miss school for two weeks sounded like the best time ever at 18 years old. Now being 23 I wish I knew what...
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...Education in the late 1970’s Andrea R. Ferrari Professor Josephine Sarvis Dominican University April 19, 2016 Abstract This paper highlights key features of the development of education at Dominican University comparing 1970’s to today, focusing on how Dominican has been through changes such as name and diversity as well as the overall education during the latest 1970’s. This analysis is based off of an interview and has comparisons to today’s schooling system based off of historical events. Keywords: Education Education in the late 1970’s For my oral history interview I chose to interview my soon to be father in-law about his experience in the late 70’s. The reason I decided to interview him was because he had attended Dominican University back when it was Rosary College and I figured it would be great to see how different the school is now vs back then. During my interview I got to know a lot more about the person I was interviewing as well as their experience in school and the overall experience to education in the 70s’. Throughout this interview I’ve come to notice a couple of things that really stood out to me and one of those would the diversity of students in the 70’s was lacking, although segregation ended it was like there was still and unwritten form of one. Another thing that caught my attention was the advanced in technology from the 70’s to today, it may not seem like much but when compared to how that applies and effects the education systems it’s...
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...lower waged workers. This book shows how getting by in America for some is difficult and how important an education really is. Having experienced some of the same pains that the author went through in my early adulthood, I could feel what the author was going through in writing this book. I like the way that she used pathos to persuade her audience in “feeling” what she was going through. The way the book flowed from one location to another and low paying jobs to a bit higher paying low waged jobs was very well organized. The references and research she uses to convey her points are well placed and factual. She is seen as a credible source of information due to the fact that she uses personal experience and statistics from credible sources. When I first moved away from home, I too had a job that barely made ends meet. It was a hard learning experience. The main problem with having a low income job was the stress. I was always worried about how I was going to pay my rent, eat, and find time to look for another job that paid more. My way out of this situation was education. I enrolled in the local university and started school. At first, it was harder then I could have imagined. Working full time, going to school and trying to ensure that everything was paid for was a challenge. Health benefits were another topic that Barbara touched on. Most of the lower...
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...Iperstoria: Undermining Traditional Black Stereotypes in “The Fresh Prince of Bell Air.” Iperstoria. Sedgwick, (2015). ABC: 7 Reasons we love the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 25 Years Later. ABC Greene II, (2014). US Intellectual History Blog: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and 1990’s Cultural Dialogue. Nelson, (1998). Cultural Diversity in US Media. State University of New York Press, Albany. Dinezs, Humez, (2003). Gender Race and Class in Media a Text Reader. Sage Publications. Coleman (1998). African American Viewrs and the Black Situational Comedy. Garland Publishing. ABA Market Research Department. (2012). Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice. American Bar Association American Political Attitudes and Participation. (2008). American Government. Mills, (2009). The Sitcom. Edinburgh University...
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...of disciplines 1. The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience: a lack of proper parental and school discipline * the controlled behaviour resulting from such training: he was able to maintain discipline among his men * activity that provides mental or physical training: the tariqa offered spiritual discipline * a system of rules of conduct: he doesn’t have to submit to normal disciplines 2. A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education: sociology is a fairly new discipline * train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience: many parents have been afraid to discipline their children * punish or rebuke formally for an offence: a member of staff was to be disciplined by management * (discipline oneself to do something) train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way: every month discipline yourself to go through the file School discipline School discipline is the system of rules, punishments, and behavioural strategies appropriate to the regulation of children or adolescences and the maintenance of order in schools. Its aim is to control the students' actions and behaviour. An obedient student is in compliance with the school rules and codes of conduct. These rules may, for example, define the expected standards of clothing, timekeeping, social conduct, and work ethic. The term discipline...
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...The Future of Gaming Devry University Eng 135 Today computers are an integral part of everyday life in America. There's hardly anywhere you can go without seeing a computer in use. It has simplified the hard task of everyday life and left more free time. Many people spend that free time playing video games. Video games are a good way of stress relief, a way to get away from the realities of everyday life and into a virtual world. Some will say that video games have lead to kids being more obese because they don't get outside and play. They say that video games contribute to violence, because acts in games are reenacted by individuals. Video games have also lead to addiction like those from drugs and alcohol. Games have done more to benefit society, than harm it. Video game simulations are used in many fields from the military, education, medical, and the science field. What was once just a break from tedious task on the job has now turned into a billion-dollar industry that doesn't have any signs of slowing down. Some of the negatives of gaming are now being overshadowed by the overwhelming positives. With introduction of the Nintendo Wii we now have interactive video game system that requires users to interact with the game. Gamers no longer sit back and play games but now they are required to interact with them. With games becoming a more integral part of everyday life, the real potential and benefits are now becoming realized. Games are being put...
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...Education: A Case Study of the Public Schools in the Abesim Circuit of the Sunyani Municipality Samuel Tieku Gyansah Lecturer, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Gabriel Esilfie Lecturer, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Agnes Atta Tutor, Methodist Primary School, Abesim, Ghana Abstract: This study is a case study that reveals that teacher absenteeism in the Abesim circuit was as a result of most teachers commuting long distances to their respective schools. Some of the teachers who were on the Distance Education programmes often left for their Study Centres in Sunyani, Kumasi, Accra, Cape Coast on Fridays thereby absenting themselves from school. A sample size of 50 was used for the study and the main sampling techniques was the simple random and purposive sampling methods. The circuit is made up of ten public basic schools in 3villages. The main tools for gathering data were questionnaires, interviews and observations. The statistical tool used in the analysis of the data included percentages derived from frequencies and these were presented in tables. Conclusions drawn were that teacher absenteeism in the Abesim circuit led to the teachers’ inability to complete syllabi, there were poor examination results and also excessive pressure on substitute teachers, etc. Some of the recommendations made are: school authorities should use regular attendance to school as one of the basis for promoting teachers...
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