Email becomes like a second language in college. Email in college is used to plan most of the day's activities and the phone only rings when parents make that once a week phone call to see if you are still alive. ... My college professors are usually nowhere to be found and long detailed emails to them about course work usually result in single phrase responses that tend to confuse me even more. ...
A few weeks earlier, I had sent her an email about how I had planned on potentially submitting a sample of my work for an internship. ... She looked on as I submitted my work via email. I don't think anyone will ever open that email; I could be wrong, but it doesn't matter. ...
Cyberbullying is getting more and more attention especially from social media. With the rise of cell phone technology and a general lack of accountability, cyberbullying is affecting a substantial number of people including: teens, children, and young adults. A good example of cyberbullying took pla...
The Body of Christopher Creed-Journal#1 Summary: As the story begins, we meet Torey Adams a kid from Steepleton. Torey begins telling about the two days Christopher Creed disappearance. It was Sunday and church had ended, but the reverend had asked every one to stay seated because the Creeds wo...
You can always ask for help when you are face to face with a teacher and you do not have to wait for a message or email back from your teacher. ... I used to get ads and emails all the time from different online class websites saying how I could sign up for free today and get a certain certificate or degree or something. I would then open the emails or ads only to find out I have to give them my personal information and my credit card number? ...
While it might take eight emails before you finally reach your target, you might have been able to reach them in three chains if you knew who they knew. Another problem with this data is that we can only control the variable of experiment with emails. While many people around the world are contacting others via through web mail, many people can not converse through emails. ...
Is access the real problem? Last week, during a presentation, the presenter said, "The internet should be given to everyone for free." This question then sparked a hot debate throughout the class. I feel the access to the internet is not a problem for our society. The issue is that many people...
Dear D_______, I am extremely excited to begin my last year at Franklin Regional. I am looking forward to the future but I will also miss the all great times I've had here. I think that this year will be very fun and enjoyable once I finish the college selection process. I can't wait to choose a co...
Ever since I was in sixth grade, I knew I wanted to be an educator. When people would ask what grade I wanted to teach, I would never know what to answer. I love children, no matter the age. Watching them problem solve and watching them find their own ways has always been interesting. From sixth gra...
Schools are usually run through electronic means: attendance and grades are entered in and processed through computers, events and calendars sent through email, and pay roll checking through programs designed to tabulate and process the funds of American teachers. ...
Criterion A: Presentation of the Issue Online schooling is not a brand new technology, but it is becoming more and more popular. It allows students to take classes, sometimes full courses, over the internet and not have to move anywhere (What is online). The internet is the IT system. All work is ...
I was never a natural born leader. High school offered the ideal platform to start building on leadership skills. You weren't expected to be totally perfect, but you still had the potential to impact lives. The first time around was easy. The opportunity to get involved with community service was ...
There comes a time in every person's life when they have to take a stand about something. Sometimes that person continues to stand with the same position, but other times they change their mind about how one does something. School is just a stepping stone to the rest of one's life. One may make mist...
Writing is a quintessential part of society today. Without the ability to write, we might be thrown back into the Stone Age and into dark times. It allows us to do several things that without writing wouldn't be possible. More or less so it opens the world up around us and allows technological advan...
I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. ...
The Growing Population of "Unschoolers" Our public school system has become a controversial issue. There are many options for schooling besides the public school system. Many parents do not agree with the public school system. Therefore, home schooling or "unschooling" has become quite popular...
Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as well as school districts, to understand the role of parents and the districts in the success of students. The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. The key research questions will focus on what pa...
