for bettering education. In the article‚ “I gave my students iPads - then wished I could take them back” Launa Hall discusses with regret how her classroom switched to one-to-one tablet initiative which placed an iPad into each student’s hands. She talked about how the students missed out on communicating with peers as well as other fun activities such as building legos during a rainy day. Launa concludes that while the iPads did improve education in some areas‚ it also hurt education in
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Genary Gomez Mr. Scheiner English Period #4 11/21/13 Argumentative Essay on Common Core “Without Common Core we (America) are not where we want or need to be.” The New York Times reported this in August‚ 2013. Currently‚ every state sets its own curriculum for its schools. The result is that the United States ranks “25th in math‚ 17th in science‚ and 14th in
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Topic: The Benefits of Being Bilingual Specific purpose statement: To inform my audience about some benefits of being bilingual Central Idea: There are a lot of benefits that a person can get just by being bilingual‚ focusing on the three main areas that are more beneficial. Organizing pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Get attention- To gain the attention of the audience I intend to ask the question‚ “Haven’t you all wanted to know what people are saying when they are speaking in a different
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Argumentative Essay In recent years‚ laptop computers have been playing a ubiquitous role in society. Generally speaking‚ there are more and more people carrying them along in restaurant‚ airport lounges and bookstores. On the other hand‚ laptops are also an important component in the educational process. As a matter of fact‚ they do offer an array of advantages‚ while some people think using laptops in the classroom is a learning impediment and a distraction. Although some people suggest that laptops
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“A life is not important except the impact it has on other lives.”(Robinson). If you have an impact on people’s lives‚ why make it a negative one. Judging people for their skin color‚ academic status‚ or anything like that is extremely disrespectful. Most of the time‚ people see right through the good qualities‚ and just focus on the bad ones. Diversity is everywhere‚ and it is constantly looked down on. The prejudices and stereotypes that come with it make that obvious‚ but when you think about
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Ten proven benefits of Being Bilingual” by Meredith Nudo‚ she discusses the many benefits of being bilingual or multilingual. Although‚
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Quadasia West-Lee English 132 Prof C Johnson Argumentative Essay Healing Power of Music Music Therapy is an established health care profession which uses evidence based music interventions for physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ social‚ and spiritual rehabilitation. Several unique approaches are used to reach individually set goals of many different types of patients as well as healthy individuals. Music Therapy can be helpful in many situations including alleviating pain‚ counteracting depression
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The concept of incarceration started to emerge in the United States as a form of control over minorities. This began shortly after the end of slavery and targeted freed slaves to provide free labor during prison. This system of large scale prisons continued to gain popularity after the large spike in drug use around the 1960’s and 1970’s. The problems we have today with mass incarceration is due to our deteriorating criminal justice system which originally provided rehabilitation programs and
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disability in elementary and secondary education programs‚ and more than 10 percent involve allegations of discrimination against students with ADHD. “On this 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act‚ I am pleased to honor Congress’ promise with guidance clarifying the rights of students with ADHD in our nation’s schools‚” said Catherine E. Lhamon‚ assistant secretary for civil rights. “The Department will continue to work with the education community to ensure that students with ADHD
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There was time when the cats where called dogs. it may Sound and it may be a fabricated story. So many people do not believe in such stories but there are still many people who believe in such stories‚ they believe it taken for granted. Whether you choose to believe it depends on your beliefs. Nowadays ability to distinguish between right and wrong is a rare talent since it involves putting your mental faculties into action. Never Believe anything without thorough reasoning. Being a Cogent argument
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