What Americans keep ignoring about Finland’s school success The USA’s school system needs to be improved‚ and they can look up to Finland. Finland is always one of those lands who has the highest scores in PISA tests‚ and that means that there is something all other countries can learn from Finland. In Finland’s school they don’t exhaust the pupils through several hours‚ but they assign the pupils less homework and teach them through creative play. We can also take notice of the fact that they don’t
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Can you keep a secret? By. Kasey Driggers Where am I? What am I? Who am I? How did I get here? I am asking myself all these questions as I am lost in my own thoughts. I don’t know how I got in the place I am now. What has gone on in my mind to make me disobey my mother like I have. Running into different arms of different boys each time she turns around. Am I just seeking attention or is it love that I want to find? This is all so questionable when someone grows up in
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Case 2-1 – Starbucks Keeps it Brewing in Asia 1. There are several barriers facing Starbucks as they try to “teach” people to change their consumption habits from tea to coffee. The most obvious being that tea is the most common drink in China. The Chinese view tea to be both medicinal and beneficial‚ whereas coffee does not have the same value to the Chinese. In addition to this‚ one has to take into consideration the vast area of China; it would be very difficult to get coffee to the more rural
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Diana and David are high school seniors. They have been dating since their sophomore year. David and Diana have been sexually active for almost five months‚ and without using protection. None of them came across practicing safe sex or learned what sex education class had taught them. Diana thought that getting pregnant at such an early age would never happen to her. Besides everyone is doing this now days she thought to her self. “If I ever get pregnant I will just get rid of it easy as that‚ and
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Can you keep a secret? *** Okay. First of all‚ my penmanship is worst than a kid’s hand writing. So I just had this type written. Don’t get me wrong‚ I’m not too idle to not write this down. I actually tried writing this down‚ but I couldn’t read it myself either. So I thought resolving to typing would be more legible. :D *** The thing about lying is that you have to do it to protect
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Delegate Power‚ or Keep It Close? Samantha Parks is the owner and CEO of Sparks‚ a small New York agency that develops advertising‚ promotions‚ and marketing materials for high-fashion firms. Parks has tended to keep a tight rein on her business‚ overseeing most projects from start to finish. However‚ as the firm has grown‚ she has found it necessary to more and more decisions to her associates. She’s recently been approached by a hair styling chain that wants a comprehensive redefinition of its
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Do clean lakes really exist? By Yujia‚ Luo (Group 1) September‚ 2014 Introduction A main purpose of wastewater and sludge treatment is to remove phosphorus (P). It seems to be reasonable because excess phosphorus entering the aquatic systems can result in algal blooms. People have been taking much effort to explore simple‚ economic and high effective methods to remove phosphorus. Concentration of nitrogen (N) is another important element to assess the quality of freshwater. As the same with phosphorus
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It’s funny how a picture or image of someone naked can be considered obscene‚ perverted‚ or inappropriate‚ but the minute its labeled appropriately as art or adult content of some kind‚ everyone wants to see it. Hugh Marston Hefner‚ is well known for his publishing of Playboy Magazine. His erotic depictions of women‚ interviews with notable public figures‚ editorials‚ and cartoons brought the way people thought about sex back down to earth and greatly accelerated progressive thought. He was not just
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Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company‚ 29 Dec. 2011. Web. 16 Mar. 2017. In this essay‚ Partanen discusses how successful schools have been in Finland. The schools assign little to no homework and emphasize outdoor play‚ which has led to consistently high test scores. While education has drastically changed in Finland‚ many Americans are not open-minded to the ideas of their: no standardized testing besides one at the end of high school‚ no tuition
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Should the schools give more homework‚ less homework or keep the same amount? Almost every school gives students homework each day. Some teachers decide to give a lot‚ but some teachers don’t. It depends on what level and which grade students are in. Most teachers and parents think schools giving homework is needed but giving too much homework is also a pressure for students. Schools should balance the amount of homework and stop giving too much homework that students can’t even finish in 2-3 hours
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