1. High School writing essays followed a plain rubric while entering the college level the rubric is transformed to another level of expectations through writing. High school was easy because you were expected to answer the question and support your answer compared to the transition to college where you are expected to answer the question, support and expand your answer into a professional matter. I also notice that as high students we are used to developing simple sentences but now we are expected
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of-speech-general/ Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) A school could suspend a pupil for giving a student government nomination speech full of “elaborate, graphic, and explicit sexual metaphor.” What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source. A school could suspend a pupil for giving a student government nomination speech full of sexual innuendo and metaphor. “The First Amendment does not [require] school officials…to permit a vulgar
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authored the website, when the website was created, when it was last updated, who the website was intended for, what types of resources the website offers, and the sites overall value to the reader. The website www.ushistory.org is a very informative website that tells about the people and events of the American Revolution. The website
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Working with the Yuma High principal, we found a venue for the event and planned the date and time. I created flyers and visited the other high school principals in our district to share about the event and enlist them to post the flyers. I contacted the GM engineers mentoring for the Gila Monsters FRC about asking the team to work with
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“What is Plagiarism” is an article written by Peter Moore to enlighten individuals about plagiarism. “What is Plagiarism” is a very brief article; however, the article is informative. In the article, one will learn about the three grades of plagiarism, which are: Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C. The article suggest Grade A is considered the worst form of plagiarism. According to Moore, “Grade A plagiarism occurs where an individual makes a premediated and systematic attempt to pass of the work of one
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the New Jersey Education Association is to advance and protect the rights, benefits, and interests of members, and promote a quality system of public education for all students. The Vice president Wendell Steinhauer, a high school mathematics teacher in Riverside public schools was the guest speaker at this workshop. His main points consisted with the benefits of NJEA, his experience as a teacher for many years, what the interview process is like, and ways to be professional at any work environment
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for 15-24 years olds. This article describes an epidemiology study comparing concussion rates among United States collegiate athletes as well as high school athletes. This study consisted of 100 high school level athletes from 9 different schools, as well as athletes from 180 Colleges. Data from two different Injury surveillance Systems (one from high school sports and one from US college sports) were collected. These systems presented the data to help calculate rates, describe recurring themes, and
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me. Being able to see who runs this institution and the different policies they are trying to implement to better the school was really informative. I also loved hearing the voices of my fellow students. There were a lot of questions that I didn’t even think about, but were important to be asked and answered. It made me really think about how I should be involved with the school I am attending and especially the knowledge I should have about who is running it. I had no idea there were even certain
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and creditors lobbied for high taxes and against paper money. They were successful. These procreditor polices underminded farmers' finances. The legislation, including foreclosure laws, were extremely taxing to farmers and caused many to go into great debt. Many farmers were dragged to court where they faced high legal fees and threats of imprisonment because of their debt. In 1786, farmers in Massachusetts attended extralegal meetings where they protested against high taxes and aggressive eastern
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Sue Kebold’s “My Son was A Columbine Shooter” speech centers around her son’s declining mental health which led him to commit a mass murder at his high school and end his own life. Her speech was compelling and potent touching on the importance of acknowledging the suffering of our loved ones, providing factual and statistical information about suicide, her insight on her son’s murder-suicide, and the revelation of her own mental health issues making herself relatable and not immune to mental disorders
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the education board continues to pay such high cost, while the clear answers eludes them. In 2010, when poor education was only thought to be affected by poor neighborhoods, drugs, and family issues, Davis Guggenheim provided evidence on the errors of the education system in his latest movie "waiting for superman". In the documentary, Davis explores the historical and liability of the education process, in which a student might not attend a good school regardless of his or her grades. The documentary
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August 11th, 2013. Just like most days of the week, attending the American Museum of Natural History on May 1st, 2013 at 5pm one can experience a great deal of people. Moms with their four-year old daughters and various groups of teenagers in high school working on assignments roamed around the well-known museum. Not only are New Yorkers are seen at this wonderful museum, but also many tourists speaking their native tongue are found staring at great artwork. The exhibits in the museum attract many
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She went to Purdue and became interested in the heart after her father had open heart surgery. Though she said that Purdue was very challenging and informative she thought the best way she learned was actual work experience. Carolyn also spoke about what it takes to become a nurse. Not only does it take constant studying and straight A’s but also common sense and critical thinking are very crucial. The hardest part of nursing school and the experience in the hospital, in her opinion, was the terminology. Often times doctors and nurse
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1998, computers have been ever present in my life, even as a young child my parents gave me an old computer to experiment with on my own. I have developed my skills and interest thru several years of Project Lead the Way Engineering classes in High School and am applying to Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development in College Station as a transfer student into the Technology Management Program. This program seems a great fit for me as I enjoy working with computers and solving
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In Margaret Talbot’s essay “Best in Class,” Talbot uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to expose the competitive and cut-throat fight to be named Valedictorian in today’s schools. Talbot highlights the troublesome nature of naming a Valedictorian by recalling an interview with a seasoned principal. Talbot references a quote from the teacher of a contender for the Valedictorian title where he states Kylie Barker is “in a pressure cooker” and that she is “about to burst,” effectively using a metaphor
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lives there. Women were expected to live there with slaves; supervising them. Even with inadequate education and training on managing plantations and agricultural businesses, they were expected and ordered by their husbands to do so. This is evident by high mortality rates experienced by the plantation mistresses and their children while in those plantations. According to Clinton, they led constrained lives; secluded away from family, friends, parties and exclusive free will to do, live and talk as desired
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Does the youth of the United States of America have an obligation to the Civil Services? This Informative article will present you with the history, pros, and cons for Mandatory Civil service. First off will be the history of the topic, followed by the support, thirdly will be the opposition, and finally the conclusion. Civil services have helped this country in many ways. The first of witch that comes to mind is that of president Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR established the Youth Works Administration
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about in my paper support early education, specifically, high quality early education. Some of the more interesting and informative publications came from a few different sources. One of the most interesting publications I read was from the Center for the Study of Social Policy. That publication basically set the framework for state policymakers to think about the policy decisions that create opportunities for young children to experience high quality education. Another article was written by the Clearinghouse
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Throughout my high school career, I realized how enlightening and informative it was to be a leader. I continually put myself in these leadership positions starting in tenth grade where I took a chance and became project leader of a small engineering group. It was my first experience with engineering and with entrepreneurship (aside from my childhood days of futilely selling chocolate at a school bake sale). I was initially naïve when it came to the leadership position; I did not truly know how to
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September 2014 Essay #1 Throughout elementary school I skated by without doing hardly any writing assignments. I would tell the teacher that I had already turned it in, and they would just say “ok”. The few times I actually did my writing assignments, I didn’t try at all. If each paragraph was required to be ten sentences long, I would make them about five. I would do just enough to pass the assignment but not enough to get a good grade. When I got to middle school, I started to consistently do my writing
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to your counselor. This information is vital to completing recommendations and secondary school reports accurately and with sufficient detail. Sometimes a small comment from this profile can spark an idea that leads to a much improved and unique letter. Take as much space as you need and please, please, please, type. Where are you thinking about applying college? Why have you decided to apply to these schools? How could post-secondary education benefit you? Are you the first in your family
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and responsibilities in education and training Introduction I will always remember my early/later schooldays with a sense of fondness. My first primary school teacher’s name was Mrs Willis, (if you have watched the Harry Potter movies, think of Dolores Umbridge and add spectacles). Being born in the 1970’s, and attending secondary/high school in the 1980’s my education was mainly the traditional style of schooling. The information was mainly delivered by a teacher stood in front of the class, writing
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vital part of high school education for generations. Incidentally, career-technical education is also a fiercely debated topic among the education community. Sarah Butrymowicz is a data editor for a news website focused on education called The Hechinger Report. Butrymowicz wrote an article titled, Push for Career-Technical Education Meets Parents Resistance, which delves deeper into the issue of career-technical education. Specifically, the publication discusses the opposition school districts are
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visual site, where you will find movies and animated illustrations on cell processes, parasites, penicillin and more. cell.de Online-Service for Cell Biology includes digital media in internet quality and further information for university and high school on cellular and molecular biology. The IWF - Institute for Scientific Film, Göttingen (Germany) prepares educational media about cellular and molecular biology didactically and technically for different media
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causing them to work multiple jobs at a time just to make ends meet. They are in situations where there options are very slim and they may not be able to get to the fortune 500 company that will allow them to do very little work and get paid very high wages. Not where they get taxed on their income like the middle and lower class does. In saying that lower class individuals have very little time to be weak and unmotivated due to the fact they are constantly trying to come out of the rut they were
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sometimes it’s not easy and if I try to reasoning about domestic violence, it’s going to be more hard because for some people domestic violence is still a taboo I need to reach them by images of the consequences of violence perhaps informative videos and Use the high statistics we have in all the country. Domestic violence is a problem that affects all of us in different ways. It’s not easy to prove this and make people understand this either. It doesn’t matter that this is a global problem they
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In the book “The New Jim Crow: mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander’s puts a spotlight directly on what perhaps is one of our greatest national shame’s: the phenomenal rates of incarceration for the people of color in the United States. This is a fact that our nation has been hesitant to face. She powerfully makes the argument that the incarceration industry in the 21st century has become to the resemblance of what Jim Crow segregation was to the 20th century- a
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Review of Abbot Howard “Abbie” Hoffman’s Steal this Book Abbot Howard “Abbie” Hoffman, a political and social activist as well as the Co-founder of the Youth International Party (“Yippies”). Typically a trouble-maker, a jokester, and a rebel in high school, carried over as he began the Yippie movement, a series of protests and events targeting United States government. The introduction began with Abbie’s impression about his book, claiming it serves as “a manual for survival in the prison that is
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Faran Hoosain English Topic | Food | Focus | Types | Purpose | Inform | Audience | High school kids | Tone | Informative | Food is a substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body to function. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients for a healthy life, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and or absorbed by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain
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used within a selected organisation (Duffryn High School). The guide should use a specified job role as an example and describe the recruitment documentation and the main employability, personal and communication skills required when applying for the specified job role. Task 1 (P1) Introduction
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