Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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For generations‚ parents have pushed children to get good grades. Many of my classmates are given cash‚ iPods‚ and even cars as rewards for good grades. This obsession with grades comes from the belief that school success means more opportunities for higher paying jobs and a better life. Since grades are indicators of school success‚ good grades are seen as essential. But can grades in high school predict future success? While good grades may indicate the mastery of content‚ what they really demonstrate
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Sixty days into the “First Hundred Days” of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency‚ he updates the nation on the progress they have made‚ and what is in store for the future. May‚ 7th‚ 1933 he uses the fireside chat as a platform to push forward proposed bills that Congress had yet to act upon and encourage his nation to stand behind him. The first opportunity he speaks of is employing jobless young men‚ which will be later be known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Roosevelt intended for
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loud‚ it could be heard in china. The town were very grateful for these two young boys‚ well‚ for the most part at least. Dan and Phil’s first day at school was quite interesting! They woke up‚ very excited for a new place‚ a new building. They got ready‚ put on their matching t- shirts and hopped into their parents flying car and made their way to school. At first‚ all of the children stared at the two like they were straight from a story book. The two boys walked by everyone slowly‚ And hiding his
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It takes neighbors and friends to emotionally survive a natural disaster. Neighbors can be their first to console you and help you find your family. For example in ¨The Seventh Man¨ by Haruki Murakami his short story he speaks of how the natural disaster scarred the main character emotionally and how after telling his story he was finally relieved and realized his friend wasn’t mad. Or how soldiers bond together like a family in ¨The Moral Logic of Survival Guilt¨ by Nancy Sherman an editorial‚ about
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various applications for employment. Hoping for a fresh challenge‚ she inquires about positions for cleaning offices and homes‚ warehouse and nursing home work‚ manufacturing‚ and a general helper position. Within two days of seeking a job‚ Ehrenreich is offered and accepts the first two opportunities that are
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I awoke to the slamming of the front door‚ remembering that it was Sunday‚ my dad’s favorite day of the year‚ the first day of hunting season. I jump out of bed and stumble down the stairs waking everybody else in the house up. Looking out the window I see my dad pull away in his big red pickup truck with the sleeve of his orange hunting jacket hanging out the window. Hoping he brings home dinner‚ I start to make myself breakfast‚ I make my dad’s favorite; eggs with crispy bacon. As I’m cooking breakfast
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three grades of thinking are. He believes that most people are grade three thinkers. Grade three thinkers tend to feel‚ and not to think. Golding gives an example of his teacher Mr. Houghton‚ who would always talk about “good life‚ sexless‚ and free of duty”‚ while “his neck would turn of itself” if a girl passed by the window. “Mr. Houghton thought with his neck.” A grade-two thinker is someone who can detect contradictions—someone who is critical but does not produce fresh ideas. While grade one
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Haley was so nervous‚ it was her first day in Kinder. She was this pretty little girl with fluffy brown hair and amazing big brown eyes; yet‚ she had always been an insecure girl. She constantly thought to herself‚ “what will other children think of me? What if I do not make friends? What if no one likes me?” as she looked for her classroom this was all she could think of. Then she saw the sign on a door that said “Kinder” with a blue butterfly. As she entered‚ every head in the room turned towards
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storing‚ filing and retrieval of data. This Online Grade inquiry with subject evaluation and SMS notification is a process whereby a department head input the grades of the students who are enrolled to the said department and evaluates what subjects should they be taking after they passed their current enrolled subject for them to take their proceeding subject to the next semester after the input of data to the system. The system sends also the grades to the students via SMS every end of the trinal
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