Grades do not Reflect Intelligence As young adults we have been tested many times over the years‚ whether it be by a parent‚ friend or life itself however‚ the most common of tests we receive are from school. Growing up we were taught to believe that A meant smart and F meant dumb. Time and time again this caused distress in students who were very smart but declared dumb by the education system. Contrary‚ students who were receiving higher marks are not necessarily the most intelligent. Eventually
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How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel Having a comfortable conversation with family is a good way to be a harmonious family. Have you ever tried to communicate with your family? In the article‚ "How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel"‚ the author‚ James Frey is having a conversation with his family and therapist because he has a problem with drugs. The reason why they called a therapist is that James’ parents want to figure out what is happening to James and are trying to help him. Some
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How Do You Feel About Your Life? Eminem connects to the quote “Open your eyes‚ look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living” especially when he drops out of school‚ rapped about killing his wife‚ and when he flipped off the audience. Eminem didn’t like the life he was living so he decided to drop out of high school. As Brennan states‚ when Eminem had failed ninth grade‚ he dropped out of high school (Brennan 1). This summary is related to the main quote because when Eminem looked back
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Have you ever had one of your annoying siblings put on music that you dislike? Did you tell them that their music will lessen your ability to work? Did you know that you were wrong? Music‚ whether it be liked or disliked‚ does not actually disturb your concentration unless you let it. The only music that is proven true to negatively affect your ability to work is music with lyrics. Music with lyrics is an inconvenience with short term memory potential making it quite a bit harder to memorize a phrase
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What might you say is your most noteworthy ability or expertise? How have you created and exhibited that ability or expertise? My most noteworthy ability or aptitudes would need to be great relational abilities. Since I have a tendency to speak with my educators if something isn’t right or I have a concern about anything. Additionally‚ I jump at the chance to speak with my companions. I converse with them ordinary or so which is good thing to do. I think having great relational abilities can enable
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Gym grades affecting your grade point average is a very debated topic. I believe that is should be graded and here’s why. Imagine having to do all the work to get a good grade in gym‚ and then finding out its not even being graded. You would probably not see a need to try anymore. That means no more effort‚ no more showing up in uniforms‚ and then eventually simply skipping it entirely. Two decades ago‚ 42 percent of public school children attended gym classes daily. Today‚ gym has
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Argue For Your Grade Dear students of first year college English‚ also known here at El Camino as English 1A‚ it is time to learn how to argue in your work. Not just any arguments though‚ you must learn to place logical‚ ethical‚ and sometimes even emotional points in your papers. The most important technique to learn at this time in your education would be the use of logos in your essays. Logos is logic based arguments in written word or media and can seriously help you in supporting your claims
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Do the voting systems for the House of Representatives and the Senate accurately reflect the will of the people? Introduction The purpose of an electoral system is to translate the will of the electorate‚ as expressed through the ballot box into members of a legislative body. Australia is one of the oldest continuous democracies in the world‚ the Commonwealth of Australia was created in 1901 when the former British colonies‚ now the six states agreed to federate. The Australian colonies had
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thought and has change the way I used to look at the world. Now I can illustrate that people can define in three different thinkers. As I observed people from my work place and my school‚ I have three persons who would be perfect example for my three grade thinkers. The first person I would like to begin with is one of my coworker. Her name is Nicole. As I was working with her for almost one year‚ she seems nice and thoughtful assistant manager that everyone would like to have. However‚ she has one
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The Current Undergraduate The article‚ “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your University‚ but What Your University Can Do For You”‚ written by the University of California Los Angeles Student WebZine‚ claims that universities are no longer providing education for students‚ but rather running a business. Colleges have turned into a profit seeking institution‚ making decisions based on financial concerns. The article claims that students are customers and education is a purchase. Webzine scolds the students
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