Using the F word is not profanity if the word is failure. Mary Sherry’s article has given a very valid method for improving grades. The article is an effective in getting across the positives in a fail. Sherry states that the threat of flunking should be a positive teaching tool. It will make students realize the importance of education, it will help students with low academic standards, and it will help the student in the future. As stated in the article threatening to flunk a student will make…
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Name: Michael Meehan Date: 4/18/15 Teacher Name: Bridget Somerville School Name: CAVA Graded Assignment Literary Analysis Final Draft Type your name, the date, your teacher’s name, and your school name at the top of this page. Type or paste your draft into this document. Be sure that your draft is double-spaced and in 12 point Times New Roman font. Save the file as: ENG304B_Honors_Project_Assignment_Name_FirstInitial_LastName.doc Example: ENG304B_ Honors_Project_Essay_M_Smith.doc (200 points)…
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Sherry tells about the faults of schools’ education system. Sherry first introduces herself as a teacher who teaches adults. She discovers that most of her students are regretful about their high school career and wish that they could have fulfilled more than whatever was just thrown to them. A lot of them feel that they just passed their courses without learning anything such as basic skills. They feel like no one was there to guide them through their high school years, which eventually lead them…
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some point in their life. Failure can be defined as the state or condition of not meeting an intended objective. It may also be viewed as the opposite of success. Failures can range from failing a test, failing a class, or even failing and flunking out of high school or college. Failure can also be viewed differently by people. One person’s failure may be another person’s success. Failure, in some cases, can lead to loss of sleep due to being worried about a big test, a presentation or even a job interview…
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your high school diploma. With a high school diploma under your name it means, you have the basic knowledge and set of skills to maintain a job. What happens when a young adult gets their diploma without knowing the basic skills they need? Or when they apply for a job and the employers find out they can't read or write to a full extent? With that being said, i agree with Mary Sherry’s thesis, that passing kids without meeting the standards just put them at a bigger disadvantage. Flunking students…
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Unfortunately these disasters are found any and everywhere from schools and movie theatres, from parks to public events such as marathons. By no means do I agree that anyone has the right to go out and murder strangers they have never met because they are angry but if we delve into the lives of the deranged psychopaths that commit these crimes, I believe it would evoke a wakeup call to our American media and how society is portrayed. Columbine High School was a center for educational excellence where the young…
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Mahi Gada Ms. Cancian English III H 27 September 2016 The Catcher in the Rye = Coming of Age? The Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger is about the main character, Holden getting expelled from yet another school. Holden got kicked out of Pencey Prep, since he was failing every class except english. He’s terrified of telling his parents this news, so he decides to spend a couple days in New York City before his parents expect him home for winter break. During this weekend, he encounters many people…
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failure, it then motivated that student to work harder, thus obtaining straight A’s. Mary Sherry’s argument within “In Praise of the F Word” concludes that the “F word” needed to be used more often. As Sherry stated, “We must review the threat of flunking and see it as it really is--a positive teaching tool.” Making notice of failure will…
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I evolved not only as a person but as a student as well. Each paragraph in this essay is pretty much like little chapters of the book of my life. I want to thank everyone on the ACCESS staff for everything they have done to help me achieve my high school diploma. I am highly looking forward to college in the fall and further expanding my knowledge and education. Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart thank you. Growing up as a child was a mixture of good and bad times. I come from a family that…
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prospective parent, a school needs to present all the facts about itself, so as the parent may make the choice that is best for their child. Thirty years ago, when I was in school. There was no concern about scores, diversity, etc. You just went to your local elementary, middle and high school. Today parents are much more informed and curious about where their child is going to go. To some parents, it is quite important to have their children attend a culturally diverse school. “There is a richness…
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