I have selected Elementary Education as my chosen field of study while attending college. This choice was greatly dependent on my love for children and education. As an elementary school child‚ my favorite pastime was playing “school.” This passion for education has never left me. I received the opportunity to be a teacher’s assistant during my senior year. This program allows me to spend a period in an elementary classroom‚ assisting the teacher for an hour each day. This experience has given
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a huge mountain that lay ahead of us to climb. But my‚ what a wonderful year it has been. A year of challenges met‚ mountains climbed and summits conquered! To our young Ladies and Gentlemen seated in front of us tonight listening to our elementary school graduation speech - we are immeasurably proud of each and everyone of you. There were those of you who seemed to have wings and you just soared over the obstacles and challenges that crossed your path. It is a wonderful gift and one that never
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Language arts are one of the most crucial parts of education for an elementary aged child. In learning language skills‚ a child will be able to communicate with the world around them. Language arts is a very broad term. Many people will hear that and think it only refers to reading‚ but there are many other parts that encompass language arts. Listening- Listening is most usually the first component of language arts development. From birth‚ children will benefit and learn from just listening to
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of Physical Education in Elementary Schools Meagan Stanley 101 October 14‚ 2012 The benefits of Physical Education in Elementary Schools There are numerous benefits of physical education in elementary schools which have been listed by the advocates of physical education‚ scholars and researchers. Over the years‚ different research studies have been undertaken which have reviewed the benefits and relevance of physical education and sport (PE) in elementary schools. Based on the reviews and
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I embrace that learn and process information differently than most kids‚ but my dyslexia is often falsely considered a disability that cripples my potential to do well and how intelligent I am. In elementary school‚ more specifically third grade‚ in many instances I misspelled simple words and I frequently mixed up my “b’s” and “d’s”. I would spell words phonetically‚ so words like “said” would be spelled like “sed‚” and words like “bed” would frequently be spelled like “deb”. Not to mention how
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There is a large variety of reasons I decided to go into elementary education. However‚ my enjoyment working with children and my want to help others were at the forefront of my decision. I love the energy and enthusiasm in young students and love to help them learn. Teaching allows me to make a positive impact on the lives of a huge number of students. My own life has been substantially impacted by caring teachers and I want to have that influence on others. I thinking teaching is exactly where
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Stage fright It was back in elementary school in Vietnam when I first realized that I enjoyed performing in front of an audience. Everyone gathered outside at the school’s field to honor the teacher. I walked out with my quartet singing group to perform a children song relating to respecting teachers. Being an elementary student and performing within a group made it comfortable for me to perform confidently in front of the whole school. However‚ In the beginning of spring when I
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freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life. But today‚ that freedom is under attack. Private groups and public authorities everywhere are working to remove both books and periodicals from sale‚ to exclude certain books from public schools‚ to censor and silence magazines and newspapers‚ and to limit controversial books and periodicals to the general public. The suppression of reading materials is suppression of creative thought. Books and periodicals are not the only things being
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Elementary school was an‚ emotional 6 years for me. Being only in my years of 5-10‚ it would probably be hard to believe that it was during those years when I did my most growing up-- maturity wise. It wasn’t due to one incident in my life that changed me into a different person. It was more a matter of events that made me gradually see myself in a new way. When I was younger‚ I never knew how to think for myself; I was that kid that followed blindly and did whatever everyone else did. I remember
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teachers focus more on testing than the information needed throughout life‚ and it judges kids on skills instead of knowledge. Standardized testing causes kids to have high anxiety. In the Midwestern states‚ a study was conducted using three elementary schools. The study was on the anxiety that mandated tests cause on children and teachers. One of the scales used to measure anxiety was the Children’s Tests Anxiety Scale‚ also known as CTAS‚ which assess children’s physiological and disengagement behaviors
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