... mode of learning. In another national poll in December 2007, conducted for Excelsior College, 45 percent of the 1,004 adults surveyed believed an online class carries the same value as a traditional-classroom class, and 43 percent of 1,545 chief executives and small-business owners agreed that a degree earned by distance learning is as credible' as one from a traditional campus-based program. Mr. Zogby said ... that differing attitudes in two polls within a year show that ... the gap was closing "and he said that wasn't as surprising as it might seem. As with changing perceptions about...

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... start for nearly a century after it was released. This provided time for the book to become so strongly ingrained in our society that it became a part of American history, custom, and tradition. It gave an image of colonial America that truly exposed the hardships that the colonists faced. The arguments for the banning of the book were never strong enough to be supported anyway. I found it interesting ... that one parent condemned the book for use of 4-letter words, even though it ... doesn't use bad language. Why would a parent push for the removal of a book from a school library if sh...

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... ; a 15 year old girl, a 19 year old boy, and a 39 year old woman. I asked what they thought about reading and writing, they are useful to them, and why or why not, and is it important, why or why not. Both teenagers agreed that reading and writing was just something you learned in school, and has carried on with them as they continue ... be like without our knowledge to read and write and said adapting to a world where literacy didn't exist would not only be unimaginable but a place I wouldn't even want to experience. The 39 year old I interviewed, however, said a lot more about how lite...

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In Plato's work "The Simile of the Cave", Socrates talks about such themes as ignorance of men, and enlightenment. You can compare this to everyday life, but I think he was talking about politics. He says " Society will never be governed either by the uneducated, who have no knowledge of the truth the intellectuals will take no practical action of their own accord, fancying themselves to be out of this world in some earthly paradise." He believes that the current people who are living and running society, are blinded by their idea of what is right, and have no will to change their views. It's ...

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... in? Miss Moore tries to teach Sylivia but in return Sylvia resents her and deliberately tries not to learn. Sylvia does not want "to give her that satisfaction (Bambara)." Sylvia always considered herself and her cousin as "the only ones just right (Bambara)" in the ... neighborhood, and when an educated woman, Miss Moore, moves into the neighborhood, Sylvia feels threatened. The visit to the toy store opens Sylvia's eyes to another part of society that ... she did not know existed. She believed her area of town to be perfectly comfortable and hated when Miss Moore called it a slum. Sh...

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... that needs to be disregarded. Stories of good moral character must be the basis of education of the children. The young mind of children can capture teachings of older people for the rest of their life, because these are the teachings they are exposed in their early age. Children of the state should be exposed to stories praising honesty, loyalty, self-control, moderation of desires, and ... disparage any form of self- indulgence. With these teachings, they will adopt and grow up with a good moral character ready to protect the people of the state and to harm enemies for the seek of the...

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... to believe something which may or may not be true with little to no evidence, which can be simply known as brain washing. In the Dennis Bock Novel, The Ash Garden, Protagonist Emiko is experienced with many examples of indoctrination throughout her young stages of life. Emiko is groomed to believe that ... the same ones who had caused the impact of the nuclear bomb is all she knew. "That these people were not in possession of the cure for what they had done to us never occurred to me". (Bock, 2001, Pg.39). Emiko justifies her beliefs of the Americans when she feels that the cure to the...

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... time learning a foreign language such as English because at a young age it is easier to learn a new language, so they should start learning English for three years in high school. Therefore, the three main advantages of studying a foreign language are communicating with foreigners, working with future career and using for further education. First of all, students use English for communication. ... Students have to use English to communicate with foreigners because the English language is an international language. If students speak English fluently, it will help them to contact other pe...

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Discuss your perspective on the role assessment plays in developing effective instruction. What type(s) of assessment do you find most useful? When teachers analyze the results of students assessments, teachers should be able to identify those areas of knowledge and skills that students mastered and those that need more work. If only a few students ... disaggregate (pull apart) your results to see whether, for example, boys performed better than girls, only students who had previous experience (e.g., computers in the home) did well, and so forth. As higher educators plan and implement strate...

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... under funding education was substandard. Even though they were living in the school they spent very little time in the classroom. Many of the teachers were very cruel people and they were not nice to their pupils. Even the schools textbooks were outdated and pretty much garbage. Even though they might have been in grade 10,11,12 their level of education was still only at grade ... . Students were extremely malnourished and starved. Their food was substandard and there was little variety. When the students were eating pork and beans the teachers would be eating extremely elaborate meals. ...

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... get a job to earn more money or to pursue a career. Roman women could only be midwives, priestesses, doctors, or hairdressers. American women have just about any profession open to them. The women of Rome couldn't vote, but women in America can. Women today can also be elected to any political office, giving them more power to influence ... the country. Women in Rome spun and wove their clothing by hand while women in America usually buy their machine-made clothing at stores. This allows American women to have more free time since they aren't spending so much of their time making their ...

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... of academic sophistication that is expected of a young scholar in the Academy is considerable; the work required to deserve the appelation "higher education" and "educated person" is enormous, the diligence and rigor is intimidating. So, the temptation to plagiarize creeps into the panicked brain of the insecure student. The internet offers many such students the encouragment they need to slip over that line, from hopeful young student to unethical half-stepper ... , cynical poseur, illegitimate faker. The young faker may succeed in passing off a web essay as his/her own once ... ...

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... that could not be replicated. Understanding of these accomplishments could only be reached by looking back and studying the works of antiquity. The great dome designed by Brunelleschi in Florence is an example of this desire to surpass the accomplishments of the past. This would have never have been built if Ptolemy's Geometry had not been reintroduced into academia ... by people such as Tuscanelli and Hermes Trismegistus. The development of Perspective, one of the most influential constructs to come from the Renaissance, was of most importance to Brunelleschi when he undertook the ... a...

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... GCSE's, there are too many subjects and too much pressure on students to do well in the exams, which makes life stressful. For some students the subjects are just too difficult and they do not pass many (or any at all) of the ones they take. This is unfair on the less able students who have to leave school already judged as a failure to then ... of a student, who wants to leave schools at 16, taking any science subjects (compulsory at GCSE) when they are never going to use them in their jobs? It seems wrong therefore to make all students take the same exams when they have different need...

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EDUCATOR THAT INFLUENCED ME THE MOST I believe every teacher I have had has influenced me in some way that is why students look up to their teachers. Each teacher has an influence on their students whether it's ... teacher does not have an effect on each child. Teachers influence us by teaching us many things like manners, patience, and making the right decisions. The teacher that definitely influenced me the most was my coach in high school. Mr. Martinez my coach influenced me by teaching me discipline, motivation, dedication, sportsmanship, responsibility and how to be ... competitive. He ...

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... schools would have to reform themselves to meet student's needs, because if students could leave on a whim, schools would suddenly have to prove their worth because kids grow up in an oppressive society, it's predictable that when they leave the controlled world of childhood, they vote for politicians who promise security instead of freedom. Kids learn early on that even ... for yourself in school, you get bad grades, and that's why we don't notice the government stripping away our rights. When our minds are impressionable, we learn that freedom means taking orders. Government officials...

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... has caused social repercussions, particularly because every single child in the whole world is different, they think differently, they act differently, and have different capacities and abilities. It does not make sense to test everyone the same and to expect everyone to do the same. A student is not a number nor a grade. For example the SAT exam will not tell you anything about other important ... blood racing through their body, when they are fully alive. Contrastingly, "anesthetic" is when they shut this sense off. In the current educational system they are getting the children by anes...

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Teaching in diverse classrooms can be difficult. I think teachers need to understand that every student has their own background, beliefs, and customs. Therefore, each student learns differently because each student is an individual. Stereotypes should be stripped away so each student has an equal opportunity to succeed. When the teacher is more aware of each student and their personality then the curriculum and ... can better teach their students the topic. Since children are more impressionable during youth it is better to teach them right from wrong early, to hopefully counteract what the...

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... of ellegence and class, and as Twain put it, "He was well born, and that's worth as much in a man as it is in a horse." On the other end of citezenship was the un-schooled, un-privilaged, and poor slaves and servents. Their upbringing was focused less on impressing people with their intelligense, and more on survival, tolerance, and hard work. Their speech ... Huckleberry Finn. He was raised by his abusive alcoholic father, learning the ways of solitude in nature and survival on the river. Later in his childhood though, he was taken in by a caring, upper class woman who nurtures him li...

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... a lot to talk about it. Everybody says that school is dull, not interesting, but we alwas forget the power that we take from it, the power to rule our own life in our own way, the power to move forward when it seems imposile, but the most important thing is the power of discovering ourselves. Everybody says that school is rough, I say it is fun. It ... we meet our first loves, it is a whole world of our own, were we learn not only about equations and formulas but also about the bigger picture. About life, about the world we live in and people that live in it. At school we are exposed to...

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... 10th with adults, age 25-34, with an Associate's degree or higher (39%). However, we are ranked 2nd with adults, age 35-64, that have an Associate's degree or higher (39%). American test scores are just as low. The United States ranks 17th in Math, 21st in science, and 17th in reading out of the 34 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. China, ... Singapore, Japan, Korea, and Liechtenstein are the top 5 ranks respectively (Ryan). In Jean Twenge's novel Generation Me she states that in today's education system, "There ... with an Associate's degree or h...

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... better out understands and hear other point of views on the poem. The poem is about a boy who lived his life poorly and is now about thirty years older and looking back. Robert Hayden grew up in Texas, around the 1960's. Robert is reiterating to the reader how his life was when he was a young kid. The life style he had was of a poor families life ... . He wished he could have the things the surrounding children had around him, and usually questioned why he didn't. The speakers father had a great role in why the family had the kind of life style they did. it was not done purposely but he ...

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... child how to become a successful human being then you will not be successful. If you are treated as an animal (as those in the book) you will become a human but only to know what the rights and wrongs are for an animal. The human being is a species that needs to be cared for their entire child hood. There are only a group of people that ... I would recommend this book to, and that is those who don't understand the amount of importance that there is in raising your young with the proper manners. If you treat your kids as though they have no importance in the world and don't teach them ri...

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... more often. Also now with school uniforms, parents have to purchase two sets of clothing one for school and another for after school and weekends. So even if the initial purchase is cheaper, the overall cost is not. Another reason against uniforms is that they will not reduce violence in schools. If a school was only to implement uniforms and do nothing else, then there ... against uniforms used for security based on speculation. For example, gangs can choose allowed colors or accessories for their gang symbols. I would say the only reason for schools to have uniforms is make a visually...

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... welcomed. If students were made to wear uniforms this would prevent gang colors from being worn. This would also help to stop gang related fights in schools. Theft in schools would also decrease. Students would all be wearing the same clothing so there would be nothing for students to be tempted to steal to gain better clothing. Teachers and administrators would have a burden ... would no longer be responsible for determining whether shorts and skirts are too short. Students would be fitted and measured for their uniforms. This would keep them from being ordered in the wrong sizes. Unif...

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