...battle in education at an alarming rate of 2500 students per day and the only thing they can come up with as a solution is a Charter School. It’s been ten years since President Bush signed into law “No Child Left Behind”, but the law has done nothing to bring our children up to par when it comes to academic excellence. When will we stop blaming the teachers and their unions for the problems that our children face on a daily basis? Our politicians need to stop blowing smoke and make it happen because our government spends about $200 billion dollars a year to rescue our poverty stricken communities to accommodate worthlessness in the individuals who dropped the education ball and have taken up other means of support. Education versus Charter Schools is a topic that many parents and grandparents hear on a daily basis if they follow the news or has children in the public school system. It’s becoming harder and harder to determine the effectiveness of our public schools systems, because so many youth dropout before they can become eligible to graduate and receive their diplomas. There is a real war going on and it starts with our kids, they are the real victims of our failing school system. Public education was born in America in 1840 and was created to keep American people literate so they could read the bible and stay Biblically Literate (C.Bonastia,2012). In the beginning public education was a good thing known as Common Schools that were supported by the community, thus giving...
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...reshape the higher education funding system. The current system in place bases college funding on the amount of students attending the college. The new system Governor Kasich is trying to put in place would have funding be completely reliant on the colleges graduation rate, or “performance”. The system has been up for debate for years. This performance-based system has been attempted before inside the United States with minimal success. There is about a 350 million dollar budget that needs to be dispersed fairly throughout the state, and Governor Kasich strongly believes that funding based on performance provides enough incentives for colleges and students to strive for success. Kasich devised a committee of the higher education leaders of Ohio. The governor appointed E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio Sate University, to lead the charge to redesign the college funding system in Ohio. Roderick J. McDavis, the president of Ohio University, completely supports the new system in his article “Higher Education Funding: Getting the Complete Picture”. The title contradicts the article itself because McDavis gives far from “the complete picture”. The performance-based system put in place by Ohio representatives needs some adjusting before there could be any level of success. The performance-based system was designed so it would help acquire funding for all schools and McDavis explains in his article that the new performance-based funding system will benefit every single college...
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...September 2011. “More High Schools Implement iPad Programs” US News. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/09/07/more-high-schools-implement-ipad-programs In quick summary, more than 600 schools have begun replacing textbooks with iPads now that apple has E-Books. Thousands of education books, lectures and more are now available to Apple’s Itunes store, the article also states California did a trail run with using iPads in classrooms and the result was students outperformed students that used textbooks. Using technology in the classroom is going to benefit the students because this generation enjoys technology, I think it will be easier for students to learn this way. Lytle, Ryan. 24 May 2011. “5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom”. US news. Retrieved from: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/05/24/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom A lot of social media is starting to be accepted in the classroom. YouTube has become extremely popular because professors can send lecture videos to students to watch when they are not in class. Twitter, on the other hand is a source one professor is using to communicate to students in a unique way. The professor lets his students know if class is cancelled, or he can put out a text link for students to read if it helps them in a assignment. Twitter is gaining more and more popular everything and when teachers begin to communicate with their students through here for educational...
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...With so many different job options available to pursue in the land of opportunity called America, I never really knew what I wanted to be. At a young age, I knew that school was the key to college and being successful, but it never helped me discover what I really wanted to with my life. It wasn’t until my dad took in a long time friend of his to stay with us for a while that I knew what I wanted to pursue in the future. My dad’s friend, Marcelo, was an architect who worked for Westfield, which I instantly recognized as the designers of the mall I would always go to on the weekends. He gave me a tour of his office, and I was intrigued by the complex programs he used and the 3Dimensional models he had created of malls Westfield planned to build. I fell in love with the innovation and creativity that was involved with architecture and knew I wanted to be an engineer or architect in the future. However, there is a distinct difference between the two that I saw. Engineering is solving a problem by modifying an existing product or creating a new product never seen before, while Architecture is creating different versions of the same basic design. I wanted to create something never seen before so I leaned towards engineering. Therefore, I decided to take an introduction to engineering course my Freshman year of high school. The class taught me the basics about programs such as 2DCad, Solidworks, and Archicad giving me a stellar background in some programs engineers use or are familiar with...
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...TaShauna Graham 11/20/12 Issues in Sexuality Through Film Transgender Within the School As the years go by the world seems to be doing more studies on issues dealing with sexuality. Of course over the years people have tried to hide who they are or who they believe themselves to be just to please their family and friends. Some also keep everything a secret because they’re confused themselves. The internal struggle created more problems than what everyone else had to say because everyone would think that they’re either gay, bisexual, or lesbian and they didn’t feel comfortable with either category. Most people didn’t know that there was a thing called Transgender until lately and now it seems to make them feel a whole lot better and calm the battles that they had inside. With everything going on how do we as a community help alleviate the stress that they may be going through? How can we allow their transition to become smoother? How can we make them feel as if they are still loved and that they are okay? What are the schools doing to include them? For this paper I watched Different for Girls, Paris is Burning and I read an article entitled Creating Inclusion: Transgender Students on Campus. In the documentary Paris is Burning the interviewed many people and they explained how they felt ‘in the world’, ‘on the streets’, and at home as opposed to when they’re all together in the house (“House of Chanel”). They all said that when they’re all together, dressing...
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...Money, coercion, and power - the three things that rule the world's second largest nation with 1.1 billion people. Corruption in India runs so deep within the society that it can no longer be considered simply a problem with the society but instead a way of life that there is no escaping. This problem has grown to such a magnitude that the corruption is affecting the fundamental establishments of democracy. As Ben Doherty, a reporter for Guardian Australia and twice a Walkley award winner for his foreign reporting, states, “[India] instead of being of the people, for the people, by the people, has become a government of the corrupt, for the corrupt, by the corrupt.” The sad truth is that India, although once prided as the world’s largest democracy, can no longer retain that title as it has transformed into an oligarchy where the power lies in the hands of the rich and the corrupt. While a democracy must be driven by the people, it is not necessarily a good form of government. The definition of a democracy, according to Sean Connolly in his book Democracy, is a “government where the people have the power and… [that] works to benefit these people” (3). Essentially, he is saying that the government in a democracy is “of the people” and “by the people” so that the people have the power, and “for the people” so that the government actually works for the people and not for its own selfish interests. In addition, Connolly supports the definition that Winston Churchill put forth calling...
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...their personal bathroom to smoke and hang out, just the two of us. Turns out, she wanted to be nosy. She started going through the teacher’s desk and papers. I admit I took a cool looking pen from his desk. We were laughing and playing around. Megan opened a file cabinet drawer and pulled out an envelope, full of money. The band had been having car washes and other fundraisers to raise money. I felt a lump in my throat. I knew what was happening, and I couldn’t stop it. She put the envelope in her shirt and ran back to the bathroom. I had no idea how much was in it, and a part of me did not want to know. Locking the door behind us, Megan reached in the envelope and pulled a small amount out and shoved it in my hand and said, “Here, now, do not say a word and no one will ever know it was us.” I had such an uneasy feeling, about all of it. The bell rang and we went to our lockers and then to lunch. With the money (which was only $120, but back then was like having $1,000 when you’re that young) in my sock the intercom came on and was telling us to all head to the gym. The whole school was in there. The principal announced the very thing I was dreading, “Someone has robbed the band room.” I sank so low I thought I was going to go through the floor. They were searching lockers and persons when we got to our classrooms. With $120 in my sock, they never thought to look there; I wait my turn to be searched. Another student asked, “How much was taken?” The answer? “$2,500.” I felt...
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...Bullying Research question- Why do people in high school bully each other? Outline I. Introduction- thesis II. What is Bullying? a. Definition of Bullying b. Who is affected? III. Effects of Bullying a. Extreme stress b. Poor Academic Performance c. Suicide d. Drug use IV. How to stop Bullying a. Parents Involvement V. Conclusion Bullying is when someone or a group of people with more power repeatedly and intentionally causes hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. In school, this has become a common problem causing many parents to be concern as to the affects of this with their children. Children that are bullied by other school mates are often times depress have poor grades in school and socially not as involve as other kids in school activities or activities at home. This leaves a major and pressing question, why do children in high school bully each other? Bullying is the use of force to abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical power. It can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target". Bullying can occur in any context in which human beings...
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...known for their sick antics and personalities against people they find weak. These people can hurt you verbally, physically and emotionally they won’t stop. Bullying is sick and wrong, and it needs to be stopped. However according to Amanda Lenhart bullying is most common among the young. About one-third of teenagers pulled in 2006 reported being a victim of this form of intimidation. About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have also been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities. For example, receiving threatening messages or having embarrassing pictures posted without permission are forms of harassment. One in six teens (15%) told us someone had forwarded or posted communications they assumed were private (Lenhart). About (13%) of teens stated that someone had spread a rumor about them online (Lenhart). Cyber bullying although less physical than traditional forms of bulling can have more devastating and longer lasting effects. Educators definitely need to understand how powerful and dangerous this new type of bullying has become as it has greatly impacted the classroom. In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire studies found that out of every 17 students or 6 percent of kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online. In March of 2006, statistics showed that 75 to 80 percent of 12 to 14 year olds had been cyber bullied (phoenix). Furthermore, 70 percent of kids under 18 have received...
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...Narrative of Adolescence Years Abstract This paper is a narrative of my adolescent years from twelve to eighteen. I label these years of awkwardness and pain off a hit show from the early nineties called, “The Growing Pains.” Similar to the characters in the show I struggled creating a personal identity and had difficulty blending in with societal norms. As a result I suffered from much insecurity, false conceptions of beauty, and depression. Up until writing this paper I felt these ideologies and feelings were better left in the past. However, I now understand these experiences shape my current beliefs and will affect my identity as a counselor. Therefore I must address these experiences and deal with them emotionally. As I relive these moments I will correlate my development with the research of the following theorist: Piaget, Erikson, and Seltzer. By showing correlation of my development with their theories I will prove many of experiences as an adolescence were typical of an American teenager. Looking into the mirror I was frustrated. Why isn’t my hair pretty? Other girls wear their hair straight. Why did mine always have to be braided? Why couldn’t I have a relaxer to smooth out my curls? I shook my head in frustration and began to look for the hot comb. On my first day of middle school I was going to look pretty like everyone else. I was going to have my hair straight and laid to the side. My mother usually kept the hot comb under the kitchen sink...
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...to graduate school. Being successful in our education consists of hard work, a little luck, and now, more importantly than ever, being able to pass exams. Tests are one of the only ways to see how well we understand a subject and in many instances, can either make you or break you. Testing, however, should be based on the individual, where differences in the way students learn should be taken into account. As of several years ago, however, our education system has moved away from this individual approach, and has adopted a broad and general way to measure success: standardized testing. We have all taken standardized tests at point in our lives, be it the FCAT or the SAT which had a huge influence on which colleges we were accepted to. There is no argument that standardized testing does have its advantages, such as allowing schools and states to compare their education systems to one another, however, standardized testing being implemented as a major factor in our education has overall had a negative impact on education. The use of standardized testing in deciding whether a student passes or fails is simply wrong. Standardized testing should not be implemented into our school systems because it has been shown to be very bias and unfair towards certain groups of students, has not been shown to correlate with an increase in learning, and has narrowed the curriculum into a more drill-like curriculum, all which have hurt not only education as a whole, but every student who has been...
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...Before I went to JCCC, I have been to Warrensburg, MO for studying for two years. Warrensburg is not a big city or place for all of the international students because there is no convenient transportation. This city cannot bring more convenience to people in their daily life. However, most people love it here because there are nice people. They are living here and cannot leave here. The local people always enjoy life and help the international students. In fact, before I went JCCC, I was a girl who knows nothing. I used to using my father’s money at America. I did not understand how difficult to making money. I have no gold, no hope and no future. I was thinking about go back to China with degree. I did not like here, U.S.A. I just have one dream, which is go back to my home. Since I have been know so body, that hurt me, but help me grow up. However, now I am moving to JCCC, because I want to move with my boyfriend. In fact, that is ex-boyfriend who cheated my more than two years tuition. That is why I choice JCCC. Before I was sad， but now I am good. And I went Ottawa, because I want using the fast way to find my gold. Personal philosophy I believe every thing is possible. I can do every thing by my self. I believe I will not dead, if I lose somebody. Just like a remark, I quoted from Nietzsche: “Was mich nicht unbringth, macht mich starker”(Kushner, 2006). This quoted let me know: if people hurt you, but did not kill you. Then we do not hate them, because they giving our...
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...People are abusing their homosexual counterparts any way they can. There are four main types of harassment; verbal abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and digital abuse. As I grew up I was told to ignore the mean things people said to me, told that I was perfect, that I was going to change the world one day. I was once told a small saying that I believe everyone is familiar with, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Looking back it made sense at the time, they’re only words...right? Wrong among almost 120 million Americans who label themselves as homosexuals (LGBT) 66% of them have been verbally abused, that’s 78 million Americans. 16% or 19 million have been physically abused. And 8% or 10 million have been brutally and physically assaulted. This has become a major issue causing life threatening situations for those that are at the receiving end of these attacks. Homosexual students enrolled in school and adults in the work place are no longer feeling safe in their environment. Causing the homosexual students to perform subpar, whether it be in the classroom or in the office. In some places being a homosexual is more acceptable to the...
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...Big Mouth and Ugly Girl The novel “Big Mouth and Ugly Girl” written by Joyce Carol Oates in 2002 is a story about two American high school students who get very involved in each other’s lives by an accidental incident. Ursula Riggs is a 16 year-old high school student at a school called Rocky River High in the US. She is not like any other teenage-girl, but is actually quite a tomboy. She is not very popular at her school, probably because she is a girl with a whole lot of attitude. Ursula is a very sporty girl and has always been the best player at her basketball team. When she is on the field, she is a warrior woman. She does not care about anything but her own success on the team and she will practice any method to win a game. When she is in this particular state of mind, she refers to herself as Ugly Girl. When she puts on this Ugly Girl-mask, it is because she is aware of her own sensitivity and tries to stay strong by putting the worst label on herself. If she is already aware of the fact that she is ugly and an outcast, how can anyone else hurt her by saying these things? Ursula Riggs began to develop a womanly body far too early and that probably caused her to quit her swimming team. She was not comfortable with her new body and started to put herself up against the rest of the girls on the team, while they still looked like girls their age were supposed to look like. This feeling of being an outsider is a character trait that later on is essential...
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...In many school systems across the United States, there are many different opinions on whether or not junk food should be banned. Some people favor the thought of junk food in school systems and feel as though kids should be able to eat what they want. Others believe that schools should provide students with healthier snacks and meals to eat. The true question is, how much is too much? There are certain school systems taking over meal plans and completely banning the food selection for kids to only health choices. Kids should be able to make choices for themselves and eat the food they want too eat. Having junk food in school systems has been known to bring up the percent of obesity in kids, but having junk food will give students freedom of choice, will help the vending contract revenue, and it will save money and complications in creating a new lunch program. Schools that allow students to eat what they want give’s the students dining options and also freedom of choice. Many school systems in America are strict enough already; they do not need to be even stricter and be told what to eat and what not to eat. When students can pick out their own food, it gives the student the feeling of personal responsibility. Margaret Johnson, an English and French teacher at West Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, explains, “ junk food should be sold in schools-along with other food. Students will buy anything that coast under a dollar, is profitable, flavorful,...
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