We are going to examine the book Never going back by Gord Ferguson. He was sent to Smith Falls hospital at the age of 10 and was institutionalized until the age of 26. Gord Freguson has played a big role in advocacy for diabled people. The first concept I am going to discuss is institutions from week 5 unit 3 part 3. In the early 1800’s until institutions were closed a lot of disabled people were sent there. Gord Ferguson lived at the Rideau Regional centre in Smith Falls for 16 years. These people
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Extended School Year Some people are concerned about academic achievement in the twenty first century. For example‚ a proposed solution to this problem would be to extend the school year. Students in in United States only attend school 180 days while many other countries around the globe attend school in upwards of 240 days. Extending our school year would give more time for learning and covering material needed to be successful in life. As a parent‚ I believe we
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Imagine going to school all year and having 60 days in school and 20 days off after those 60 days of school. This would be going on all year long until 180 days of school are up. Year-round schooling should not be something that is allowed because there may not be time for vacations because of the year-round school schedules‚ Year-round schooling does not help kids academically‚ And lastly because year-round schooling does not benefit the students and makes them do worse on test. First off‚ year-round
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Obama gave a speech called “Back to School”. The speech was about the responsibility that you have as a young individual - responsibility you have for yourself‚ your teachers‚ parents‚ and your country. Obama mentions‚ among other things‚ that you have to attend school to find out what your good at‚ and what you want to make of your future. He says that without education your never going to get the job you want most. He says that what you make of your education is going to determine the future of
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Obama. The President of the United States of America‚ Barack Obama held this speech: Back to School on the 8th of September in 2009 at Wakerfield High School in Arlingtin‚ Virginia in context of the first day of school. He held this speech in order to discuss the importance and expectations of an education with the clear message of the responsibility you have to yourself followed by the sentence: “if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting in yourself‚ you’re quitting on your country”‚ which leaves
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Working While Going to School Many students in different countries choose to work while they study. They develop excellent abilities which help them to succeed easily in their academic objectives. The students that have a part time job could obtain more probabilities to have a better job. Therefore‚ working a part time and studying at the same time has many benefits for some students. The first advantageous of working while going to school or university is that students can earn enough
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Year Round School I. Introduction a. Attention Getter - Reviewing for weeks when a new year of school starts. You forget what you’ve learned the past year. b. Link- With year round school‚ you wouldn’t have that problem. c. Thesis Statement - II. Narration – a. Year round school‚ some of you may not know what it is or what its purpose is. Year round school was established in the 1800’s. The purpose of year round school is to have evenly distributed school days throughout the year for students
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hardships that were going to come with it. Nothing inspires success more than failure. I never quite understood what it felt like to fail until I received my first failing grade. I studied so hard for that test and I still failed. I was thinking about that failing grade for a couple day‚ and I just couldn’t quite get over it. When I saw the other people in my class had failed also‚ it didn’t seem to upset them. They
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I remember that towards the end of my senior year in high school‚ my parents suggested that I apply to a four-year college. They also offered to pay for the cost of going to college as long as I would go full-time and would start right after high school. They believed that I would be more prepared to challenge the real world by having a four-year college degree rather than just a high school diploma. Having a higher education made the difference in getting a good job with a decent salary. Unfortunately
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Apple Inc. A 30 year business strategy A response to Harvard Business School Case Study 9-708-480 Apple Inc.‚ 2008 Abstract Apple’s fundamental business model has not changed since it first began business in the late 1980’s. While being a leader in innovation‚ Apple has consistently produced proprietary hardware and software‚ eventually leading to a loss of market share in any particular market they have ventured into. Even though it has learned from some mistakes‚ Apple’s actions in the
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