It’s senior year September‚ the trees shed their leaves‚ the air clings to it’s indian summer humidity and students scrabble to take the ACTs and SATs. Some for the 4th or 5th or 6th time. While colleges use these exams to predict a student’s future level of success‚ the tests fail to assess the highschooler fairly. Standardized tests‚ by definition‚ are not‚ in fact‚ Standardized. To standardized a procedure is “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about
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government‚ at any level‚ can become oppressive of our rights. Therefore‚ we must be prepared to defend ourselves against its abuses‚ but the movement against 2nd Amendment rights is not just a threat to our capacity to defend ourselves physically against
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education is meant to develop and broaden student’s skills‚ which are often much more inclusive than a test could ever be. Despite this‚ standardized tests often cut down on the skills that are acquired and “measure only a portion of the goals of education” (Harris). Both the actual course material and skills and attributes gained from education are not included on the tests‚ exposing the flawed ways of the standardized testing that often determine the fates of students in their journey to higher education
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of the life insurance applicant. The measure that the life insurance company can take to safe guard against adverse selection which is limits on age in sum insured‚ a medical examination may be required‚ MAR maybe obtain if it appears that the proposer is trying to conceal and adverse feature or if there is some feature which requires classification. Insurance markets are imperfect and are often characterized by information problems that pose substantial challengers to life and health insurance
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limits to our freedom of speech‚ while others fight to defend it. Hentoff is one of those people who fight‚ via writing‚ to defend it. Hentoff’s position on Brown University’s expulsion of Douglas Hann is a reasonable one. He persuasively argues against the expulsion. Hentoff starts by describing the event that resulted in the expulsion. Then‚ he describes the expulsion itself. After that‚ Hentoff describes Vartan Gregorian’s role in the expulsion. He then goes on to describe the
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As a chief medical officer‚ I have a deep responsibility to protect the vulnerable and disadvantaged population against catastrophic diseases (motivation factor)‚ particularly when resources are limiting (Herzberg’s two-factor theory). With this in mind‚ four patients that would receive the vaccine are: the gay physician‚ the prostitute‚ the crippled boy and the 82-year old restaurant owner. I believe that addressing their dire needs would fulfill my responsibility and have a positive impact on overall
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animals and black people and white people‚ but at the end of the day none of them want to be treated in a harsh way. That is one thing everyone has in common. King establishes that it’s wrong to reach a good outcome using bad ways when he writes‚ “I have tried to make clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong‚ or perhaps even more so‚ to use moral means to preserve immoral ends" (King 175). King emphasizes that blacks deserve the
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Terrorist Attack on the Twin towers in New York City on September 11. The second largest group that is racially profiled are African American. Examples of this targeting are who authorities decide to pull over in traffic stops‚ this is referred to often as “driving while black or brown”. The theory of this states that if of African American decent you are more likely to be pulled over. Although "Driving While Black/Brown" traffic stops and searches are the form of racial profiling that has received
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ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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The fourth amendment is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure unless probable cause is present and in most cases‚ a warrant is issued. This amendment was included in the Declaration of Independence due to searches that the colonists were subjected to. The colonists did not want to pay the taxes being enforced by the King‚ so they began to smuggle goods into the United States via boat. The King of Britain obviously did not agree with this‚ so he sent British ships that could stop and
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