Argument against Standardized Tests Standardized testing is one of the most controversial and highly debated topics in the United States today. These tests are commonly used to measure the students’ academic achievements and act as yardstick for teachers’ effectiveness in academic delivery. A typical student sits for at least “112 compulsory standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade” (Layton). Proponents of standardized testing believe that the practice provides accurate
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The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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Not all tested vaccines make it when it comes to the rigorous regulations that are set for a vaccination to be approved. This information was concluded through research and trial. Each batch of vaccines are tested for safety‚ potency‚ and purity before being
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John Self English 101 Prof. DC 4/4/2014 Should We Have Homework Ok class don’t forget the homework that’s due next class. Homework. The word that almost every child hates along with what its connected to. Homework assignments refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Homework isn’t as well accomplished as people might think. Students or children should not have homework because it can cause depression. Teachers and parents rather have their
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movement that impacted society in a positive way. However‚ the true sole purpose of the poster was to make factory work more acceptable for women. The “We can do it!” poster was not illustrated to provide women with a positive image of what it was to be at work. Before World War II‚ women had to work outside the home as there was no men to do the hard jobs. The need for another income was already a fact of American life in the 19th Century. The poster just asked women to work for men something that
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we should vote in pursuit of a democratic ideal‚ and still others argue that we should vote out of respect for those who have defended our rights. As a consequentialist theory‚ utilitarianism is utterly unconcerned with these principle-oriented arguments. Utilitarians are concerned only with maximizing total social utility‚ or the overall well-being of society. Thus‚ utilitarians would assert
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The perspective of this specific quote could potentially be of a capitalist. It attacks the idea behind a welfare state‚ calling these societies “misguided”‚as well as wishing dependency be “eliminated”. From the source’s strong opposition against dependency‚ it shows their support for an economy with
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Consequently‚ vaccines not only protects you from indigenous‚ but also‚ external disease. A vaccination is an easy and simple step that will ensure the safety of a child or an adult’s life.
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really a good idea we could lose a whole bunch of money. The united states should stop the deportation of immigrants‚ especially those without criminal records‚ because it is dangerous‚ because it is inhumane‚ and because it is financially unreasonable. People deserve to live a good life‚ we deserve the right to have freedom. Freedom is really important and every human deserves. No one should be imprisoned and held hostage for something they didn’t do. Half of
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In Book 1 of Essay Concerning Human Understanding‚ Locke attacks the idea that humans are born having innate knowledge‚ more specifically certain principles and ideas. His argument against this claim is that knowledge and ideas cannot be present without prior experience. His main argument is in Chapter II of Book I in which he attacks the idea that principles are innate. In making his argument Locke was very strategric about his approach‚ he did so in a dialtec form in which he plays devil’s advocate
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