... is all extremely important in order to not corrupt the young guardians. Proper musical training is also an important part of Plato's educational system that will instill courage and moderation in the guardians, but it also contains censorship. Plato hopes to introduce harmony and order into the lives of the young guardians through the proper use of music. He controls the content of music by eliminating "soft" music, and erratic harmonies, modes ... music sounds. After passing qualifying exams, the most proficient students will begin five years of study in philosophy and dialect. All the...

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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is incredibly relevant to the life of a college freshman. Prior to starting college, I believed that it would be a whole new world. This world would be one in which I could break away from everything I had known before, truly ... intellectual and seriously make me think about old situations from new perspectives. I feel that college has almost been entering a smaller cavern of the cave that I was in before. This realization has shown me that I need to register for higher level classes. In the search for a major, the road has not been as rocky as I believed it to ...

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... aims at the harmonious development of human personality. His scheme of education includes instructions for the training of body, mind & soul. The purpose was to produce the right type of individualities in the state. The importance of environment through successive stages, proceeding from simple to complex, giving to the child an opportunity to play an active role in the process of learning, the system of selection of candidates for the higher stages of education these are some of the doctrines of Plato which ... are involved in his scheme of education & by which the modern educators ha...

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... 't education be something else? What is the purpose of education then? All of the above questions I attempt to answer but feel most feeble to do so. In order to probe into the question we have to go deep down into the root of it "what is education? The traditional Chinese system put it as a means to produce state servants, while Plato thought its ultimate goal was to train ... breed various fields to studies, as to suit different interests and needs. I have noticed that what I have just written has slipped into the curse of Plato's ideal of education, in which the production of a philoso...

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... those who govern and those who are governed. Unfortunately, the answer to absence of dialogue is often violence. The recent event of the Iraqi war provides an excellent demonstration of this point. Thousands of people, the "oppressed", demonstrated their opinion against the war but the "oppressors" ignored them. The example used highlights the importance of the need to simultaneously educate the "oppressors" as well as the "oppressed". Plato wrote: "It is philosophy that offers a vantage point from ... which we can discern in all cases what is just for communities and for individuals, a...

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... he found in a newspaper ("hundred most important books of Western Civilization") where the professor told the reporter that those books were the very bases of his education. Frederick D. Wilhelmsen, however, in one of his essays entitled "Great Books: Enemies of Wisdom", argued that this study of great books "can prove to be ambiguous, even intellectually dangerous." Yet, Rodriguez read Plato's Republic at an age when a usual student would most ... probably read Lewis's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland". Rodriguez himself admits that he did not understand too much from his reading, but, ...

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... are tomorrow's workforce, and if only a small percentage of them are getting the necessary skills to be successful in life, the nation runs into a vicious cycle of prejudice, under-preparedness, and a lack of upward mobility for a large percentage of the population. The Problem Joseph Yeado, a researcher for the Education Trust, reports that according to the US Department of Education, in the past 3 years, more blacks and Hispanics have enrolled at ... extend time to graduation. These swirlers are not taken into account when graduation and success rates are measured. However, many of th...

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... felt sympathy for the plaintiffs because of the precedent with Plessy, the court felt "compelled" to rule in favor of the Board of Education (Brown). Although the decision was against the plaintiffs, Huxman attached a "Finding of Fact" to the judgment, it read: "Segregation of white and colored people in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn" (Dudley 39). Despite the judgment from the court of Kansas, it would ... not hinder the NAACP's movement ... ...

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... but somehow overcame that feeling since we didn't have that much time left with the project. Arriving there we got to approach our teacher Fernando Salinas, which is in charge of the Go-Center, and easily got to work on the project. He set up appointments with classes all around campus, which was a ... most to motivate their children to go to college, to be somebody. That just might be enough for a majority of students. They don't want to end up like there parents. A majority of the students we questioned said that their parents are their motivation. Because everyday they implement "Ganas...

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... classes are a lot easier to access because you can just get online easy. They think it would be easier to just open up a laptop and log in instead of getting up early in the morning and going to a 6.5 hour school day and be tired when done. Just because you get tired does not mean that you should just not go to school ... . College classes are a great way to mature in life. They may not be easy but they will further your knowledge and help you get a great job that pays a lot of money in the future. Many people would lead you to believe that online classes are free. Yes there may be somet...

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... outfit, he remarks that "just because [she] look[s] eccentric" does not mean she should be proud. In fact, he thinks she should be ashamed since the Africans "are nothing but a bunch of raggedy spirituals and some grass huts." His ancestors mean nothing but ignorance to this man. His total submergence into American culture is further emphasized when he shows off ... his knowledge of the culture center of the United States, "New York standard curtain time." He has totally lost all individuality as a part of his American dream to become just like everybody else. In contrast Asagai knows a...

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... slavery and did not know when he was born. Douglass never knew his real age, which impacted his identity at a young age. "The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege" (Douglass 1). As a child, Douglass was confused about why he could not know his age. Because Douglass was a slave, he was ... he was young and he lived in Estancia for some period of time before being separated from his siblings. Baca later lived in and out of orphanages and detention centers. Baca remembered "the screams of my father and my drunken uncles, th...

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... amazing math teachers. These teachers taught me very important lessons about life. They were all great teachers who genuinely cared about their students learning and being healthy, outside, and inside of the school. In high school, I was going through a rough time. My parents divorcing, my sister leaving to go to college, my hospitalization, etc. so it was hard focusing on school when ... , if not all these teachers knew there was something wrong with me. I genuinely liked going to their class because I knew they didn't just care about their paychecks at the end of the week. They cared a...

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... and experienced it themselves (OSEC). Another example could be this; how different a psychology class will be if a student spent a year getting to know a variety of different people and different cultural backgrounds. Two of the three highest rated outcomes of the gap year is that "it provided me with additional skills and knowledge that contributed to my career or academic major" and "it ... . When do we reach adulthood? It might be much later than we traditionally think." (Bennet, 2006) It is proven than brain maturity extends way beyond teen years, the brain doesn't fully mature until...

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... economic activities in society. Robin Barrow writes in Giving Teaching Back to Teachers, "A view will not die, although it has been killed more than it knows, is that the solution to the problem of establishing a worthwhile curriculum lies in seeking out content that is useful or relevant." (Gingell) Does everything need to be relevant to teach students? No, relevance can be ... brings them happiness, but we cannot use happiness as a means of judging the progress made in higher education. The way to judge the performance of higher education is to rate it according to its academic succes...

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... parents are old-fashioned. So they want her to just stay home and not talk to any guys. They want her to live like the traditional Hispanic old- fashion girls by cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the responsibilities of the children and attending her husband and father. But Maria wants to attend college to become an actress, yet her father says she's studying to ... his nose and to clean his own butt. Victor faced also racism in school when the teacher told all the Mexicans and African Americans students to sit in the back of the classroom. Ramon refused to sit in back and as a resu...

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... value alone had a great impact on civil rights for African Americans. It motivated civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King who decided to deliver a prayer on the anniversary of the Brown decision. Also, Randolph (civil rights activist) sponsored several youth marches which called for integration in schools in 1957 to 1958. A month after Marshall made his statement ... to interrogate in the south. After several long months of heavy resistance from southern senators and representatives, they passed the Civil Rights of 1964. After the passing the southerners lost the fight agains...

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... , quiz dates, and chapters that are involved immediately upon receiving their syllabus at the beginning of each semester; this provides the students with a convenient reference. The importance of this reference is the students have quick access to information; otherwise, they would frantically search through all of the accumulated handouts that they had received throughout the semester. As a result, they will save time. They should also jot down ... all project and essay due dates and work on them prior to the eve of the due date. By doing this, the students have ample time to complete a...

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... to care deeply for what they are doing because having a phenomenal teacher who will make sure that the students are getting the most out of their education is key in determining whether the student is learning or not. There are many students across America who are not learning to their ... does not even bother trying with the student anymore. Instead, he only makes suggestions to the student which does not seem to be effective either. The problem with all of this is that if a majority of the teachers are like the ones described above then this means that the future generation of young pe...

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... Server or Fail." Eggers explains the benefits of volunteer work. He mentions what in my opinion is the key of the success of doing volunteer work. Eggers says, "Volunteering is by nature transformative". As results, the constancy of volunteer work has the power to convert reluctant participants to the job once they keep helping who ... build their character. Working with people who is passed for as such difficult time will help them to create a different view of the society and also they will acquired a compassion for people who is suffering. In my life, since I started to work in that NG...

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... to many students nationwide, especially those who learn a little slower than other[Web12]. Through the years the results of the NCLB Act came back that children in the United States a 50/50 chance of learning and succeeding, however, soon those chances began to dwindle and the success of our children hung in the balance [Moe14]. Now, America as great nation is struggling to educate its future leaders ... does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state [OBr13]. However, the plans of the Administration back fired. According to Bland, the first f...

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... out college, Rose implies that he and his friend john were not interested in the atmosphere of Loyola University, whether it was the people or the social groups on campus, they stayed isolated and critical of the students who enjoyed being involved in school activities. Comparing the work he was given in college to the work he did in high school, he knew that he was going to ... a very uninterested attitude and did not do much to take steps to closer achieving my goal. Similar to how Rose started college, making jokes at the students who were socially involved, not really wanting to be ...

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... how to say a basic greeting; "Hello, my name is...What is your name?" After all of the children repeated this greeting to each other in front of the class, I moved on to the next section. I split the class into three groups at random; I handed out pictures of the Berlin Wall explaining a brief history and background. Their task was to draw and color their own graffiti onto ... as "list 5 cities in Germany" and "list 5 different German foods" and "what colors are included in the German flag". The groups moved around to each station every 30 minutes and in the last half hour of the aftern...

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... involved, curriculum must be hands on and child directed, appropriate assessment and documentation must be conducted in order to further the curriculum and the learning in the classroom. A classroom designed for the highest level of engagement and effectiveness is one in which the children are a part of the designing, one that is neat and well organized for optimal learning, and one in which children and families feel comfortable ... any materials they desire or need during the day. I believe that the classroom culture is defined and designed at the beginning of the year by both the tea...

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... issue for children who may already be struggling. Children struggle with learning for many different reasons but "with the current emphasis on standardized tests at the state level, the instructional practices of the classroom teacher may not be aligned with best practices as recommended by the National Research Council (1999) and Zemelman, Daniels, and Hyde (1998) and, consequently, may be turning certain ... need to learn more skills from a teacher other than how to pass a test. "Minority students, or other traditionally underserved populations of students, may respond negatively to t...

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