Pros and Cons of Four Day School Week Pro: Saving Money and Saving Jobs * Shortening the school week can address budget deficits and save teachers who would have to be laid off otherwise. In the case of Peach County‚ Georgia‚ the district either needed to shorten the school week or cut 39 teachers from the workforce in the 2009 to 2010 school year‚ according to Fox News. Shaving a day from the school week saves money without sacrificing teaching talent. This approach makes sense if a district
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You never see anybody putting out a flag‚ but by Wednesday morning there they all are. Big flags‚ small flags‚ regular flag-size flags. A lot of home-owners here have those special angled flag-holders by their front door‚ the kind whose brace takes four Phillips screws. And thousands of those little hand-held flags-on-a-stick you normally see at parades – some yards have dozens all over as if they’d somehow sprouted overnight. Rural-road people attach the little flags to their mailboxes out by the
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Schools Should Have a Four Day School Week Some people say schools should have a four-day week for a variety of reasons. There are several good arguments for having a four-day week. One‚ is the students become more focused on school in a shorter amount of time. Another argument is that students have more time to rest their brain before going back to school. On the other hand‚ students can become more complacent about their school work if given more time. A counterpoint would be that students
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29 Sep. 2011 Illustrative Essay My Four-legged Best Friend Dogs are truly man’s best friend. In my case‚ woman’s best friend! My dog Precious is the most special dog. Since the first day I got her‚ I knew I struck gold. I couldn’t possibly ask for a better canine companion than her. Precious is so precious to me because she is intelligent‚ sweet‚ and adorable. What first caught my eye about her is that she is so smart. She communicates with me and my family on a regular basis. For example‚
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Postmodern Art of the Sixties and Seventies Before the 19th century‚ most artists made artwork that depicted scenes related to religion or mythology. Due to the popularization of the idea of the subconscious mind‚ many artists began exploring dreams‚ symbolism‚ and personal iconography as avenues for the depiction of their subjective experiences. The notion that art should depict the world realistically was challenged as several artists experimented with expressive use of
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1. The Supreme Court’s interpretation of the commerce clause was to favor national power over the economy. Any effort by the federal government to regulate commerce in such areas as fraud‚ the production of impure goods‚ the use of child labor‚ or the existence of dangerous working conditions or long hours was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 2. There are four views of federalism dual federalism‚ cooperative federalism‚ regulated federalism‚ and new federalism. Dual federalism is
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concept of ethical decision. Thus‚ there are four views of ethics in influencing a manager’s ethical decision for the best of the company that is the utilitarian view‚ rights view‚ theory of justice and lastly integrative social contracts theory. This essay will discuss on the four views of ethics and relate each of the views with a recent example. Discussion The first view is the utilitarian view of ethics. Most of the company will choose to use this view because it does not contradict with such business
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Week Four Discussion Question How does a government budget deficit affect the economy? Identify two periods in recent history in which the United States has run budget deficits. What were the reasons for the deficits during those time periods? A government budget deficit occurs when the governments expenses exceeds its revenues. Because of this spending the government has to find alternatives to finance this added expense through borrowing. A government deficit in the long-run can reduce savings
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Week Four Team Reflection 3.1 Qualitative research is the research of observation; this research is good for extracting feelings‚ emotions motivations‚ perceptions‚ self- described behavior‚ and consumer language. Whereas quantitative research deals with measurements‚ behavior‚ knowledge‚ opinions‚ and attitudes. Both are essential in their respective research. Qualitative research techniques consist of focus groups‚ rounded theory‚ action research‚ observation‚ and group interviews. The dangers
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WEEK 4 MORAL PHILOSOPHIES DEFINITION The field of moral philosophy involves systematizing‚ defending‚ and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. The term “morality” can be used either 1. descriptively to refer to a code of conduct put forward by a society or‚ a. some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or b. accepted by an individual for her own behavior or 2. normatively to refer to a code of conduct that‚ given specified conditions‚ would be put forward by
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