... that we are running an education system where making a mistake is the worst thing you can do. Therefore, students become frightened to be wrong, so they don't think outside the box to answer creatively. She also makes a very valid point, "There aren't state test to judge creativity." Even research shows that IQ scores are up, but creativity is down ... ;hired college graduates with no academic background in education and quick-certified them with a three-year Transitional B certificate" (Brown 2). Programs such as this just fill necessary teaching spots with new, inadequate teachers that...

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... they were little. Everyone in this town pretty much thought and acted the same way. It was the typical suburban place. Yes, there were those who broke out of the box and refused to conform, but a vast majority of my school was typical. Our teachers taught us all how to think alike and we were sheltered from the world. I remember on ... appearing modest and conservative. Camara Laye addresses the awareness of boundaries between people and language. His story discusses the boundaries between the traditional customs he grew up with and the new customs that he has been exposed to. Also, his...

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... in fact are quite smart. It leaves no space for independent thinking and it does make you think in a straight line where you should be able to think outside the box. Bernadette Henderson-Horner believes that SAT is a needed exam. According to Bernadette the score that you receive on the SAT correlates to how the student does in school. In most ... school has its own curriculum that they teach and that is how the SAT should measure intelligence, not a standardized test. Someone in Wisconsin learned certain material than did a student in New York. "I just took the SAT and it had nothing t...

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... . For whatever reason they are used, they are not the be all and end all. They should not be thought of as such. Standardized tests are only one tool in a box of tools. Most people who want to go onto college are generally required to take a standardized test. Primary schools use standardized tests to assess scholastic achievement and to determine student ... result, he engineered a set of high scores (Moore 258). Moore goes on to explain that as a result of Crew's brilliance as an administrator he was offered a lucrative deal with the New York city school system (258). Not too bad. Even...

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Within the rigorous months of November through January, a significant number of undergraduate admission departments across the nation are overwhelmed with applications. On each application, the one box that has created much controversy is the applicant's ethnicity. If a minority race were checked, such as African American or Hispanic, Affirmative Action would greatly increase the applicant's chance of acceptance ... ideas, other students, given the opportunity to open their minds and understand other cultures, would be able to improve their well- beings. And it is from Affirmative Action tha...

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... by experimentation and that learning is rooted in questions raised by the learners. The theory teaches learners how to think and not what to think. It is thinking outside the box. Reconstructivism comes out of progressivism, only alleviating the heavy stress on focusing on the needs of the child. Spurred by the Great Depression, reconstructivism wanted ... order that would fulfill basic democratic ideals. Students under reconstructivism would be taught to analyze world events, controversial issues, and have a vision for a new and better tomorrow. Humanism is focused on enhancing the inn...

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