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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education is extremely life altering. My first day of elementary school my parents told me to be different‚ and be the change our black community desperately needs. From that day forward‚ I vowed to have a successful future‚ and defy the statistics. My entire life I have been categorized and put into a bubble filled with assumption. My destiny has been predetermined by those who wish to see not only me‚ but my entire race fail. Going into elementary school I was not able to fully grasp the concept of racism
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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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Elementary School and Middle School: The Differences and Similarities What is it like to transition from elementary to middle school? That is a question many kids ask each year. Having experienced both‚ I can tell you that there are plenty of similarities as well as some very big differences between the two types of schools. Elementary schools and middle schools have many traits in common. Typically‚ both are open five days a week for a set number of hours each day. Students sit at
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The bullying doesn’t end after elementary school. It continues into middle school‚ high school and sometimes beyond that. In today’s world the internet is making it easier for the attackers to terrorize their victims. These attacks take form as negative posts on social media sites‚ attacks in chat rooms and much more. What makes cyber bullying worse is it allow the attacker to remain anonymous. This makes it difficult to track down who behind the attacks. Bullying can cause mental harm to the victims
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On 4/22/2016 at approximately 1025 hours‚ I arrived at Glenn Elementary School to perform a routine patrol of the building. After entering the main entrance area I was advised by staff of a student walking out of Teacher Cheryl Westberry’s art class and attempting to leave the building. A few moments later the student was located the main entrance stairwell attempting to leave the school. The student was identified by staff as being Coreyon Williams (190169228). Secretary Judy Marsh was able to block
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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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Classroom Observation One My first observation was a special day mild to moderate class in an elementary school Mrs. G is the teacher; she has been teaching for seven years. She has a Masters with her Special Education Credentials. She is trilingual she knows English‚ Spanish and Sign Language. The classroom ratio is one adult to three children she can have up to twelve children at a time every child in her class needs to have an IEP for special needs in order to be placed there. At
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GUIDANCE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS Career planning is a process which helps someone to make a well informed realistic decision (WIRD) about a career. It is a step by step process to help make a transition and can help to measure the progress made (route map) by first establishing which way is forward. Step One: Engagement / Motivation. The first step is the most crucial one. There could be a number of reasons why someone is not engaging‚ such as fear or attitude. A person first of all needs
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