Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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Diana Manley Professor Ingram ENG 101 11/01/14 Are Grades Necessary? Are grades really necessary? Alfie Kohn attempts to persuade in his article called “From Degrading to De-grading” from Acting Out Culture‚ how he believes grades are ineffective‚‚ and should no longer exist‚ for many reasons. Kohn thinks grades are degrading and he provides examples and reasoning in support of why he thinks grades and de-grading (abolishing grades) is necessary. How does the mass of people think about this
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Trip to London Ketura Delisca Here I am sitting on the plane to London for the third time. I know‚ three is an awful lot of times considering how expensive tickets are nowadays. It’s just I haven’t been able to decide whether or not I am ready to leave everything behind. Everything ‚ as in my cute apartment‚ my adorable cat‚ and best of all my friends‚ the same friends who met me the first day of kindergarten; The same friends who helped me through thick and thin‚ from tying my shoes to making
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Student Name Teacher Name School System Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Achievement Test ~ Grade 4 Item Sampler Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What is the TCAP Achievement Test? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What are the questions testing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Who will be tested
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Unfortunately‚ many students could not maintain their top performance at their schools. According toOrganized Wisdom‚ more than 58% of college students fail to provide great performances at school. It’s mainly because of stress. But stress is not the only factor. there are more factors that can drop student’s performance. Those factors will be presented below. 1. Health Health is one important factor to be considered. No doubt that student’s health should be kept well in order to maintain performance
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FIELD STUDY 3 Technology in the Learning Environment THE SCHOOL’s Learning Resource Center Name of FS Student :_________________________________________ Course:___________________________________________________ Year and Section:________________ Resource Teacher: Signature _______________ Date ________________ Cooperating School Burgos Agro-Industrial School My Target At the end of this activity‚ you will be competent
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When asked about my most significant experience‚ I instantly know what experience has shaped my life the most. My church takes an annual trip to Guatemala City; my sister and mother attended the year before and pushed me to attend the next year. Medical clinics are set-up based on the recommendation of a church missionary who resides in Guatemala City. After reading the prompt‚ I was instantly swept back to that amazing‚ life changing experience that took place in a beautiful foreign land.
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Importance of Grades Grading and reporting are relatively recent phenomena in education. In fact‚ prior to 1850‚ grading and reporting were virtually unknown in schools in the United States. The teacher reported student’s learning progress orally to parents‚ usually during visits to students’ homes. As the number of students increased in the late 1800s‚ schools began to group students in grade levels according to their age‚ and new ideas about curriculum and teaching methods were tried
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Camping Trip Finally‚ the time was here. It was fall break‚ and I had nothing to do but sit around and enjoy life. This area was covered with dirt‚ and no matter how hard I tried‚ I would get filthy. I couldn’t wait to get home to take a nice shower. It was a nice place to sit around and clear my mind. In the middle of September‚ my mother and I would go to the store to buy tons of food for hunting trip. At last‚ after being at the store for hours‚ we would be on our way to meet
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responsibilities of the leader: • Responsible for the welfare of the children • Responsible to the Camp Director • Responsible for all of pre-camp planning • Responsible for discipline • Responsible for organisation • Supervision of all on camping trip • Responsible for maintaining cleanliness • Responsible for camp clean-up • Responsible for medical matters 2) Equipment and supply list: Shelter • Tent • Ground cloth/tarp • Axe or hammer • Mat for tent entrance Bedding • Sleeping bag
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