and in the visual‚ “Graduation Day”‚ both depict the common theme that people should embrace their culture and heritage. In “Nombres”‚ the theme can be seen when Julia’s mother states‚ “You know what (Julia’s) friend Shakespeare said‚ ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’‚” (Alvarez Pg. 1). This shows that Julia’s mother doesn’t want her to be ashamed of where she comes from‚ and that she should embrace her name. This theme is also evident in the visual‚” Graduation Day”. The fact that
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Why Standardized Testing Should Not Be A Graduation Requirement Standardized testing has been apart of American education since the mid1800s. U.S. students have slipped in performance from 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 31st place in 2009. Failure in the education system have been blamed on rising poverty levels‚ teacher quality‚ and increasingly on the pervasive use of standardized testing. Standardized testing should not be a graduation requirement because testing has not improved student achievement
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It was a cool spring day in 2008 and 4th grade had been going swell. I’d been sitting in class for last couple hours worrying about my vocab quiz‚ which always seemed to elude me. All the kids around me had giant smiles on their faces life was good for us. Today’s lunch was pizza and maybe a salad. After sitting at our desks we headed down stairs to eat at lunch and enjoy ourselves. The teachers around us seemed exacerbated‚ tired a partial look of sadness every once and a while‚ these emotions broke
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Hello fellow readers and welcome back!! As the title suggests‚ the first recipe I’ll be sharing is chocolate banana loaf cake with cream cheese glaze. My group and I were given the opportunity to name our creation ourselves‚ but with our limited capacity of imagination and creativity in our brain‚ we ended calling it what the loaf literally represents‚ chocolate banana loaf cake with cream cheese glaze. Do not be fooled by the overly simple name‚ we actually put in a lot of effort coming up with
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are‚ are elementary schools in the United States healthy concerning cognitive‚ social- emotional development‚ and physical development? The answer is both yes and no. Elementary schools are healthy regarding cognitive development in the United States. Elementary schools are neutral regarding social- emotional development. Elementary schools are healthy regarding physical development in the United States. Do high school students meet the same criteria? High school students and elementary students
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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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Eighth grade graduation is a small milestone in your life‚ but a milestone none the less. Last year I graduated with all of my friends that I’ve had from the very beginning. After graduation we had an after graduation party. We went bowling at Western Bowl in Amarillo‚ I learned that I’m not gonna become a professional bowler anytime soon! After bowling we went to IHOP at like 1:00 a.m.‚ because who doesn’t love breakfast food in the middle of the night? Imagine this‚ a group of eighth graders
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a job‚ or maybe just hung out with friends every day. However‚ this isn’t the reason that ASFA can feel like a Groundhog’s Day place of repetition. What can make ASFA feel static is also what makes ASFA great: the closeness of the students. In elementary school‚ the most
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As an elementary school teacher there is a great deal that I already know and believe to be true regarding how the use of standardized assessments facilitate and impede learning in elementary schools. Firstly‚ standardized assessments tests are constructed to measure how well students are performing when given a predetermined set of standards to meet. The type of standardized test used most in a school setting are aptitude tests and achievement tests. When utilized correctly standardized assessments
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Job Analysis for an Elementary Teacher In this paper we will examine how a job analysis which helps describe jobs and/or human attributes necessary to perform the tasks and Job Component Inventory (JCI) method are used for an elementary teacher; by shows what tools‚ responsibilities‚ communication and demands are required for this position(Spector‚ 2014). This will allow an individual to see how the reliability and validity of JCI works and how it describes the use of objects that will relate
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