... wake up at 5 in the morning, go to school all day and work, and after that when you think its over and you have a break you have homework and projects to do. That extra work pisses me off so why not retaliate on the teachers who drop all that crap on you. There aren't very many ... day basis. But as Malcolm x once said if you want something you must attain it "by any means necessary". Maybe my acts will lead to the abolishment of homework which will help countless future generations, but odds are I"ll just fail the class. If you feel the same way as me when your teacher ask you to ... g...

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... and devices they may have out. Tonight's class however, is the same as any other class period as you can scan across the room and see every student doing their own thing. Some are doing homework for other classes, and some are on their phones texting, the teacher is either unaware or does not care. Why is it that this teacher seems to ... into the computer lab to start on the current week's homework. Everyone does the same thing as current periods, log into the computer and start the homework and like most in the class I finish the homework while he is still talking about something that...

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... understanding is because there isn't enough time for each class. Maybe it's the teachers that aren't teaching right. Students may not understand what they're doing, and won't tell the teacher. So the teacher will continue on with the lesson. "Keeping students in school longer, giving them a better shot ... athlete and a performer. I already get out of school late because of practices! When I get home its about 7:00, so I have to eat, do homework and shower before I can go to bed. I want to be able to spend time with my family! "Some parents noted that students in school longer ... may ...

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... , he would likely give you an after school detention. Unless you are doing well in the class, the teacher may give you a warning or two, telling you to be quiet and face forward. Obtaining more knowledge, needs doing more homework, learning in school are just letting you know how to do these questions ... . But homework is different, it can help you remember how to do those questions and how to use it in daily ... For example, practice makes your work perfect and the more you practice, the better your grades are. If you are lazy and do not do your homework, you will get bad grades in you...

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... any reason at all. The three main reasons why students don't do well in school are, not doing homework/class work, they don't study enough, and there peers. Kids these days don't make time to do anything, especially there homework and class work. They don't take the time wisely to do any of it anymore. A ... back, if a student didn't do their work, the student would get into trouble. Now days everything is different. The students don't get into trouble when there homework or class work isn't done. I don't think that's fair at all. But who am I to say. Students only do the work that they...

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... responsibility for your own actions. The hate that grows from within for all those times you received phone calls and had "better things to do," than doing your homework. I understand, I felt these feelings of the mind shutting off. I've felt the embarrassment of being singled out by a teacher in class, and ... , where your cheeks turn rosy and the brow upon your head consumes with perspiration and drips like a leaky faucet. All because you didn't do your homework. I must admit, the first two years of high school were hell for me. They were two of the most difficult years I have gone th...

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... their mistakes so next time they can get a better grade. I also think they need success so they know that they can do it and so they know that they are doing well in school.  The sixth design principle is collaboration and competition. This design principle means that kids should learn individually but they should also work in groups so they can ... fourth one is the responsibility of learning. This one is on their because the teachers want us to be responsible with our homework and want us to be responsible about doing our homework. The fifth one is service and compassion. This one is...

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... confused and end up not understanding the subject your professor is discussing. The professor could be explaining the homework assignment to you, and if you are not focused you will not know what you are supposed to be doing for homework. Always do the assigned homework given to you. If you do not understand how to do the assigned work, then ask your teacher ... how to do it before you step out of the classroom. It's better to ask and make sure you know the assignment, then to not understand it and end up doing the work wrong ... need to do double the work. If you do it right the first...

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... to deal with the consequences that the teacher has in store for you, because you didn't do the right thing or you weren't responsible enough to remember about your homework. In addition if you have a responsibility to do a school project and you put it off, you will most likely get a lower grade on the project you ... done because you were rushed and didn't do the job you were expected to do or you didn't do the job everyone knows you are capable of doing. One thing that is very important and you have to be very responsible with is being able to wake up on time to be able to make it ... ...

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... look foolish, but not knowing the answer to a question does. This is especially a smart idea if you don't understand the homework. If you get homework and take it home without knowing what to do, then how will you do it, and not doing your homework is not a very good idea, So like I said before if you don't get what your teacher is saying, ask ... before. Just start writing before the due date, and get it over with, so you won't have to worry about it, and that leads to a better grade and finer essay. Doing things at the last minute will put pressure on you, which will result in nervous...

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... to strive for it. People are given the chance to learn and succeed with an education, but many of them take it for granted. I know that going to school and doing homework is hard and stressful. Not only because of the workload, but because I don't have the strive or the motivation to start or finish it. Many people in this world are ... a couch potato. I believe that everyone is smart; people just fail due to the fact that they are lazy and cannot get anything done. Having the will and determination to do homework and study hard pays off at the end. In high school, I started off with lo...

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... the tests. This really ticked me off because some kids just can't perform well at taking tests. I mean, I was a total geek in this class. I read every assignment, looked forward to doing the homework, and even studied because I enjoyed this class so much. Still, every time I got back a test, the grade was always "just passing". I started thinking after seeing how no progress was ... slow, he is going to get a poor grade for not finishing half the test? Or does that mean if Johny participates all the time and he completes all of his homework but he "freaks out" on tests failing them, tha...

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... five year-old to drive, she is seen as being unequal because she is allowing her sixteen year-old to do so. What the mother is doing is not equal but fair. It is fair because the five year-old is obviously too young to drive. When the five year-old turns sixteen, ... That is fair. Things and situations should be based on the merits of the situation. It will not mean equal treatment for everyone but by doing what the mother is doing, she is being fair to both her children. Fair treatment should be based on treating each person accordingly. Another example would be that two ... students b...

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... what got to me in high school were the lab writings. I vividly remember having to write three lab reports in one weekend. I was so close to giving up and not doing them, because I had no idea and no creativity on now to write them. Nevertheless, one of my teachers, Mr. Palacios, tutored me on lab writings and their format. Writing had ... I know that we were going to do a lot of reading on our own time from that book. One article from the book that was long and had to read for homework is called Sponsors of literacy by Deborah Brandt. The article talked a lot about sponsors and how they...

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... junior year, I was completely checked out. Looking back, this was definitely a major turning point of my education. From there on out my grades went down drastically. I would rarely finish my homework and never went to a full week of school. There was never a week that I wouldn't skip multiple classes or just not go to school at all some days. I went from being ... an advanced honor roll student, to someone that barely passed classes. I had a math class junior year that I was still doing homework for on the last day of my senior year. I was what you could call, the procrastination queen...

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... other classmates to give them important information on a course that they do not like to attend. However, people make mistakes so misinformation on test dates and homework assignments can lead to work handed in late, doing the wrong assignment, and, perhaps most detrimental, not showing up for a test. Many teachers give a syllabus at the beginning of the semester, but most classes fall ... a regular basis to make note of such changes, a syllabus is useless and even dangerous as it can lead to unhanded-in assignments and unstudied-for tests. Late, incorrect, or unfinished homework assign...

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... of coffee begins to wear off. A year ago studying wasn't important to me. A year ago I would have been in bed by 12, after skimming over my notes, skipping half my homework, and choosing sleep over work. Now I sit, looking forward to my 3 hours of sleep before waking up at 8 to study more, and I am satisfied. I am happy to be learning. I write ... didn't work for everyone, but it helped me tremendously. I never stop working, never stop trying. Its 8 am; I have class in 3 hours. I am not distraught; my piles of homework do not dishearten me. I do my work, and I enjoy doing it. I understa...

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... Newt Gingrich, for example, announced a while back that under current law students could not pray in the schools cafeteria. Also, teachers believing this outlandish myth have sometimes refused to accept homework with religious content. Some schools mistakenly support some segments of the religious community when they permit (unconstitutional) state-sponsored prayer, such as allowing coaches to pray with their teams, as ... is perhaps the most precious of all American liberties--called by many our First freedom." (clinton 20-22) "The Constitution protects expression by students of their ...

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... do well in the class. The second thing is to work outside of the classroom. The things that you need to do out of the classroom include: homework, projects, papers, and studying. Usually, the homework and studying is rather easy and only takes a few minutes to finish. You will receive more than one night to complete papers and projects and you should ... work on them a little at a time. When you do this, the finished item is better than if you waited until the last minute doing a rushed job. The third thing ... ...

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... the elementary during their study halls to help the first thru sixth grade students read, as well as any other thing their teacher thinks is necessary. Along with doing this twice a week, I volunteered to tutor after school for someone who needed a little extra help. I was assigned a boy in the sixth grade who ... was a little slow in math and required help doing his homework. He needed someone to explain to him one on one the things he needed to learn. I gave him easy ways to remember things and also taught him ... things he hadn't yet learned so when he was taught them, he already had...

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... it for "cheating" when I clearly wasn't. In anger, I talked back to her which made the situation even worse for myself. I got into a lot of trouble for something I wasn't doing to begin with. I was getting myself into more trouble not only with the school administration but with other students. As I was growing up, girls were never fond of me. I grew ... getting picked on until one day I made a friend that made my life a whole lot easier. Towards the end of elementary school I made a friend that was just like me and liked doing things like playing football, basketball and dirt biking. S...

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... preserved and not affected by the Internet, I think that the Internet has revolutionized education drastically. Some argues that Internet has not done much to revolutionize education because what we are doing in schools now has not changed much since the Internet was created. Although we use the Internet as a tool to aid teaching, the bulk of education is still done in ... the traditional way: in classroom settings, with a teacher that physically interacts with his or her students. As we see in schools nowadays, although resources and homework can be given through online portals or plat...

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In my junior year I became a tutor for elementary school students in Salvation Army's After School Program and worked four days a week after school. I really enjoyed doing the job because I could help the children with their homework and was able to earn enough money for my own expenses. The challenge to me was that I had to have a bible lesson for the children every Friday ... make the teaching lessons more efficient and interesting. I had to prepare everything for the story before Friday. That was where I started to take things seriously and started being mature. By doing this job, I learne...

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... low, and I did not even care. After I graduated in 1997 with a Psychology B.A. and lost touch with my old friends and old ways, I have realized that I should have spent more time doing some soul searching and thinking what it was that I wanted to do with my life. I liked Psychology but what I really wanted to do was work with children more closely. I had ... , numbers etc. And at the High School I counseled the teenaged mothers, took care of their kids while they went to school and after the school day I tutored them with their homework. After being out of school for a while, I started t...

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... life was tremendous. He seemed to be willing to go any length to make sure that his students succeed. Mr.Chanler used Machiavelli's advice, "the ends justify the means," by doing anything in his power to instill knowledge into students. He turned Machiavelli's intriguing principles, generosity, fear, and appearances, into modern day perspectives. "Generosity used in such a manner as to give ... anything, and it soon turned into not turning in assignments at all. Every morning during second period, Mr.Chanler would walk into the classroom and expect for all of our homework to be on his d...

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