Mickel Hernandez Journalism Mr. H****** 5/30/14 The Flaws of Educational Testing The earliest record of standardized testing comes from china‚ where hopefuls for government jobs had to fill out examinations testing their knowledge of Confucian Philosophy and poetry.by World War 1‚ standardized testing was slandered practice: aptitude quizzes called Army Mental test were conducted to assign to U.S. servicemen jobs during the war effort. Grading was at first done manually‚ an arduous task
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By: Anonymous Plot Flaws in The Great Gatsby: The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ was a novel that epitomizes the time in our history known as the roaring twenties. It was a time of great extravagances and frolicsome attitudes. The novel also revealed the darker side of this time with its underlying themes of greed and betrayal on the part of many of the characters. The novel as a whole seems to be a very well thought out piece of literature with little or no flaws. However‚ if studied a
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Flaws of the education system according to Holt Everyone has their own opinions on beliefs about school. Many say school is the only way for children to go‚ and many are against it. John Holt wrote an inspiring story called "School Is Bad for Children" that has an outlook on all aspects of school and why it’s not for children. He elaborates on all points to argue the fact that children shouldn’t have to make life harder by going to school. Holt indicates certain points‚ but ones that stick out
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The Flaws and Effects of Prison In the book‚ A place to Stand‚ by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ Baca writes about prison and how being incarcerated can have impact on a person and their family. With the most beautiful‚ strong and poetic language‚ Baca tells us the story of all the people who faces difficult times in order to find their place in the world. Baca always felt like he had no place to stand in society because‚ all of his life he was put down by his family and friends. From the age of five Baca
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the Flies theme is an attempt to prove the flaws of society is due to the flaws of human nature‚ not the defects of any form of government. When looking at Vlad the impaler and his monarchy I think Golding’s idea is True‚ If given the right environment and freedom humans seem to let the flaws in their nature out. Being stubborn‚ power hungry‚ and vengeful are flaws in nature that appear once a person has the right environment and freedom‚ and these flaws can lead to the demise of leaders‚ empires
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After the Battle of New Orleans‚ Andrew Jackson (“Old Hickory”) first became publicly recognized as a war hero and an Indian fighter. Very few people‚ if any‚ probably predicted he would one day become the president of the United States; but he did! In the election of 1828‚ Jackson campaigned as an authentic man of the people and was elected president by a landslide. During the campaign‚ Jacksonians created a new political party—the Democrats‚ the first modern one created‚ that supported Jackson
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story of Othello is a traditional tragedy with a main character‚ whose tragic flaw lead’s us to his death. In Othello‚ it teaches us life lessons to avoid these tragedies. As the play develops‚ the situations worsen‚ and we are shown a story of a powerful man who falls from grace. Othello’s tragic flaws lie with his irritable character traits. Throughout the play‚ we get a sense of these traits in full mode. His most irritable trait is his pride. By being overly prideful‚ Othello often jumps
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Fatal Flaw In the film Les Miserables‚ Jean Valjean is a hero because he often sacrifices himself in order to be fair and to protect his loved ones. Valjean‚ a reformed convict‚ sacrifices himself and gives up his freedom after a long period of his life time hiding from Javert‚ because he would never let an injustice occur. Javert an inspector from the French police‚ has been trying to prove that Jean Valjean is a convict ever since the day he saw Valjean helped a man who was about to
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innocent‚ one of the first questions they will ask is what about my rights. Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States of America or the Bill of Rights‚ is it written that a person is innocent until proven guilty. There have been people on death row and some that have already been put to death even though they were innocent. Our justice system has changed and improved over the years. There is now DNA testing that has been used to overturn some of the convictions of innocent people that are incarcerated
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The Flaws of the Socratic Method In Plato’s Republic‚ as well as in most of his other works‚ the philosopher writes dialogues between the character of his mentor‚ Socrates‚ and various figures meant to illustrate contradictory positions. He carefully scripts the engagements in a form of discussion now called the Socratic Method‚ where Socrates critiques the positions of the other characters in order to find flaws in inaccurate arguments. Although this method is prevalent even today‚ I will make
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