The short story I that I want to analyze is written by Hunter S.Thompson and published on ESPN.com (Thompson, "ESPN.com: Page 2: Fear & Loathing in America"). The source from University of the People’s library is “The Magical Presidency of George W. Bush” by Dan Dervin (Dervin, 2009 #3). Thompson opens the story by combining a fictional and nonfictional account of the death tolls after the attacks on 9/11 and some of the most horrible tragedies in U.S.A’s history (e.g. Pearl Harbor). Furthermore, he emphasizes on the fact that the destruction was not caused by the traditional weaponry, and sarcastically points out to the suspiciously well-executed and easily completed attacks (Thompson, para.1-5).…
Bush who passed the Act “No Child left Behind,” with the purpose of improving America’s academic achievement. Base on Bush’s act all children were and are required to take tests to evaluate their success during the school year ensuring the budget for the next year. The reality in this days is that professor and staff are so concerned about how to prepare the students in order to obtain good grades and money for the school that they are leaving behind important contents and current topics that may affect the American society making them…
Pretend we are still in the early 2000s. Could you have ever imagined the day where Donald Trump, a businessman and television personality, would be in the running for the 2016 Presidential Nomination? If you did not, you are probably thinking how did he get as far as to become the Republican Party nominee. Was it just for laughs at the beginning or are people voting for him because they actually do believe he can “make America great again”? Could there be one soul reason as to why people are voting for him? Many people think that it is because of the economy that Trump is getting votes. Author, Jennifer Rubin wrote an article on her blog, The Right Turn, for The Post, “Trump’s Entire Economic Narrative is a Hooey” where she elaborates her opinion on whether or not the economy collapsing is one the main reasons Trump is getting votes. Rubin…
In the classroom we have to deal with my cultural difference that will play out within the confines of this learning space with students. Sometimes those factors can affect whether a child is doing well in school. In the documentary A Class Divided and the article White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack, a clear picture is painted of what prejudice and privilege really are.…
Everyday the schools become more diverse and the children need to be able to live…
Being a millennial baby, I think that the election of President Barack Obama has had the greatest impact on the millennial generation, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009; everyone knew that everything would change. With President Obama being the first African America President, it gave some people a dosage of confidence, so to speak. I remember my father telling me that President Obama was elected. Even then, I thought to myself, I could do anything I wanted and be anything I wanted. That wasn’t quite the case because of one little problem: racism. Racism has been there ever since I can remember, just because of someone’s skin tone. Even at my school, I feel different because I am the only Indian in my class. The majority are Caucasians.…
North Dakota is currently in one of the biggest debates over a Native American team mascot.…
The United States educational system is preforming poorly compared to the rest of the world: America is ranked 17th in educational performance, 25th in Math, 17th in Science, and 14th in Reading skills. Disabled, minority, and underprivileged children are lacking the adequate resources to succeed in our school system. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was a revised version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (EASA) proposed by former President George Bush in 2001. The intent was to reform the educational system so American’s schools could have the opportunity to thrive domestically and internationally, grant children equality of opportunity, and boost students K-12 level of understanding in core subjects, such as science, technology, and math. This initiative sought to improve our lagging educational system in the U.S to inch closer to higher achieving educational standards, such as the United Kingdom. However, No Child Left Act is hindering children’s chance of a “healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start, and a moral start in life,” by amplifying undesired pressure on students through standardized testing, increasing federal jurisdiction within schools, and minimizing the roles of additional core subjects, such as social studies and foreign languages. This…
In a study done at MSU, almost 20 years ago, researchers found that as many as 50% of the items on the nationally standardized achievement test may cover topics that students would not cover in the classroom. Often, when the results return teachers and advisors spend more time punishing students and not enough time helping them improve their scores. In January 2008 George W. Bush signed the new act “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” that will use test results to punish schools who cannot overcome long-standing poverty, racism, and neglect. This act serves to ensure that all children receive the same education and that all children progress equally with academics. Thus, the Alabama High School Graduation Exam should not be required of students because often teachers do not teach the mastery of skills necessary to successfully pass the…
Trump believes we should stay on a local level when it comes to education. Clinton supports Common Core and No Child Left Behind programs. Donald Trump says “Common Core. We’re going to bring education and we’re going to bring the parents and get the parents involved and the people locally involved. He believes it is a ridiculous program set up by bureaucrats in Washington that are collecting a paycheck. Donald Trump also talks about how we are rated twenty-eight in the world and how we spend more money than any other country and yet we are still rated twenty- eight having world countries beating us (www.cbsnews.com) Trump believes that Common Core is no good and we should be focused on a local level to get better results. Clinton is a big advocate of Common Core she believes that it gives students a core learning to achieve across our country no matter, how poor the family is, that they wouldn’t be any divisions in education. She believes that everyone will be looking at what is being learned and how they will achieve it. Clinton has said that common core will help to understand what organizes the whole education system. She is also a supporter of every individual being on the same learning path that is given in the Common Core layout. These choices could affect our education in the future either could be a positive…
Aaron Churchill of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute claims, “Outside of standardized test results, no objective method exists for policymakers to identify either poor-performing schools needing intervention or high-performing schools deserving rewards,” (1). Critics have a valid point, considering standardized tests are the only current initiative towards finding out how well a school is doing as a whole. However, what opponents do not take into account is all of the factors that affect how a student handles, takes, and scores on these exams. A few of these factors include, but are not limited to, family, location, ethnicity, and mental disabilities. The tests in current times seem to be more about the scores and less about individual…
Another example, of the effects of hate crimes have on students, is the number of students who drop out or are home schooled. According to, Tanemura Morelli and Spencer (2000), 45 percent of students who drop-out, do because of racism and bullying. In addition, the students reported that they either feared for their safety or were embarrassed…
Students all over the nation are experiencing delays to learning. Whether children are poor or in low class families, have low school funding, are being discriminated against because of their standardized test scores, or are being tracked throughout their entire school career, they are not getting the best education they possibly can. A lot of schools are having difficulty with the No Child Left Behind law because it forces students who have learning disabilities and English as a second language students to take standardized tests. Not only is this not fair to the learning disabled students and students who don’t primarily speak English, but this will also drop school’s test scores. In order for all students to get the best school experience…
onald trump is the President-elect of the United States and is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 45th President of America on January 20, 2017. Before he takes office of 45th President of America, He has announced his economic plan which is called Trumponomics. A lot of people were shocked by this Trumponomics as Trumponomics is a symbol of Americanism. Donald Trump is aiming to put America first in every aspect in this Trumponomics. This essay outlines the impact of Trumponomics on the global economy in the next four years and evaluation whether the impact is positive or negative.…
Racial discrimination undoubtedly appears in the education system in AmericaAmerica’s education system, as Gordon, Piana and Keleher (2000) points out that the public schools in America failed to provide the same quality education for the blacks compared to the whites. In minority schools where African American and Latino are concentratedthere is a concentration of African-Americans and Latinos, there are limited resources and professionally trained teachers for students., Tthis phenomenon conveys that resources are unevenly distributed among schools as a result of racism. Besides resources and quality of teachers, there is a higher rate of suspension and expulsion for black people, as suggested in the search by Applied Research Center for Expose Racism and Advance School Excellence, suspension and expulsion rate is three times higher for African AmericanAfrican-Americans, with the rate of 56% compared to 18% of general school population. This may be due to the unfairness in treating the treatment of black people in the case of zero-tolerance policies such as the Gun-Free School Act (GFSA) enacted in 1994. It is important to note that schools expel African AmericanAfrican-American students…