support for the exam‚ arguing that no viable alternative exists to ensure the fairness of selection. According to an online poll‚ the PSLE has been ranked the top ten most pressing issues faced by Singaporeans. It is high time for us to engage in the debate‚ as education is becoming more and more important in determining the future of a child and the the nation as a whole. So‚ should we abolish PSLE? Pressure Let us examine the reasons why some people call for the removal of the exam. First‚ the national
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Slavery: Has it really been abolished? A slave is a human being who is thought to be property of someone else and can be treated as such. Slavery was a big problem in the past‚ but it is still a big problem today. Most people don’t realize that slavery is still happening in America in different forms. Things like human trafficking and domestic servitude are still happening here‚ not just around the world. Slavery may have been abolished in some forms through the 13th amendment‚ but it has been fully
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teachers know better because they recognize the importance of homework in the success of students in school and outside of school. I completely disagree with the statement that homework should be abolished. School without homework is not an image I can fathom. There are many reasons why homework should not be abolished as it is greatly beneficial towards the student. Homework improves the stability of the student in school allowing them to spend their time wisely and not only focus on play. It allows
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Examinations‚ as we know it‚ have emerged to be the main theme of modern education in the ever-changing landscape of academia. In an education infrastructure that is as unpredictable as the clouds‚ it is somewhat ironic that the system of examinations as a means of judging a student’s ability has prevailed through the years. Every person‚ in their quest for knowledge‚ would inevitably encounter numerous modes of examinations through the course of their academic journey. As much importance has been
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I think school exams are adequate to measure student progress. I don’t like high-stakes testing because the participants are minors and the quicker you can get these students in a community college environment‚ the quicker they are able to mature and know why it’s important to work hard. I also don’t like them because they aren’t content exams‚ but instead are literacy tests‚ thus while most people are going to perform in accordance with the literacy test as to their abilities‚ the correlation is
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weekly basis‚ students lose their recess and end up sitting down watching the others play. Schools across the United States have taken away recess as a punishment for those who have misbehaved or haven’t finished their work. This punishment needs to abolished because according to the American Pediatric Association every student requires 15 - 20 minutes of outside time. Students who lose their recess are the ones who need it the most because recess provides a break for students so that they may refill
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examinations may be abolished. Should we agree with the suggestion? Well‚ at least this is something that we can discuss about. Well‚ I think it’s inappropriate to abolish the UPSR and PMR examination. There are so many things that will affect if the education ministry should abolish these two exams. As we all know‚ UPSR is a public exam that has to be taken for all the standard 6 students‚ before they proceed from primary school to the secondary school. While PMR is a public exam for a form 3
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the trophies may be causing more harm to the child than good. For example‚ children do not get rewarded for making an A on a test; however‚ they get rewarded for making an A as their final grade that goes on the permanent record. Not every child should receive an award‚ for it often leads to a sense of entitlement and forces him or her to develop a false sense of reality; overall‚ receiving an award fuels good competition. A child will develop a sense of entitlement if given a trophy. Someone
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crimes committed as juveniles since 1976. Juveniles should be given a more character developing and changing punishment. Juvenile’s brains are not fully developed yet‚ leaving spur of the moment choices and decisions that are sometimes punishable by death. Although some crimes are brutal enough to receive the death penalty‚ the system of punishment on teens should be evaluated and changed. An eye for an eye is an old guideline that should be left behind during the modern times people are currently
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The DACA program should be ended and Congress should develop a new law to address these immigrants. They are checked for any criminal history or threat to national security‚ and they must be students or have completed school or military service. If they pass this check up‚ they can avoid being deported‚ or sent home‚ for two years‚ and will be able to apply again. If the immigrants don’t pass the check up‚ they are not allowed to enter America. To be eligible‚ an illegal immigrant had to enter the
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