What if I told you there was an educational system with no private schools‚ children aren’t seperated by intellegence‚ there is no mandatory grading until 8th grade‚ and the children don’t have to take a test until they are 16: and that’s the only test they take. This educational system exists in Finland‚ and it is the best educational system in the world. There is a method to Finland’s maddness though‚ and that method has two key parts: their dedication to having the best teachers and their investment
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Education has always had a central role in Vietnam culture and society. It is seen as the avenue of advancement and families routinely sacrifice much to ensure their offspring get the required education. As a country with over 86 million people and with more than 60% under the age of 35 (Source: General Department of Statistics of Vietnam‚ 2009)‚ Vietnam’s education needs for this young population are huge. The government also pays a lot of attention to its education system. Currently‚ education
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Which does more harm in the world‚ cynical self-interest or blind idealism? The Quiet American by Graham Greene explores this question. It is set in Vietnam‚ mostly in Saigon‚ before the French left. Its main characters are an English reporter named Thomas Fowler‚ an American spy called Alden Pyle‚ and a Vietnamese woman of Chinese descent‚ Phuong. Cynical Fowler is a drug addict‚ an opium smoker. Phuong probably got him addicted. He seems to have been a life-long philanderer‚ who finally destroyed
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ideology survey‚ I scored an 82 on idealism‚ which are the first ten questions and I scored a 39 on relativism‚ which are questions 11 to 20. I believe the result means that I am an absolutists. An absolutists is an individual who thinks that anything can be acquired as long as how it was attained it was in a rightful manner (Forsyth‚ 1980). One of the question in this weeks’ forum is if I agree or disagree with what the survey stated about me being an idealism. I agree with what the survey told
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United States’ Public Education System In the United States‚ by the age of five or younger‚ children begin their long journey in the education system. The typical student completes kindergarten through twelfth grade‚ and is then expected to continue on their education in college that can range anywhere from two to eight years. The total amount that a “typical” student will spend in the public education system throughout their life can be anywhere from 12-22 years. Since education takes up many years
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educational system has undergone a few demographic and budget changes. The state which was mostly comprised of whites has now become a racially diverse state. Language has also changes as people of Mexican and Asian descent have settled in the state. The Center for Public Education concludes that‚ “our youngest populations are the most diverse; forty-seven percent of children younger than five belong to a racial or ethnic minority group.” With that being said the California educational system does not
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don’t agree with some of my friends here‚ that there are disadvantages with co-education. It totally depends on the "INDIVIDUAL" how he/she takes the things and here "Attitude and Behavior" also plays very crucial role. If they have mutual understanding they can’t go with wrong things right. Co-education refers to a mixed schooling system‚ where boys and girls learn together under one single roof. A co-education school system mitigates any impartation and difference between girls and boys. They play
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going backwards. Dear Editor‚ I selected this topic from your newspaper heading. ‘Prime Minister Julia Gillard’ set an ambitious goal for Australian education to be ranked as a top-five country in reading‚ mathematics and science by 2025. But according to the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Report‚ in 2000‚ Australia’s education system was ranked number two in the world for reading and mathematics and ranked three for science. Today‚ we’re number eight for science‚ number ten for
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The Singapore education system has been noted for the high stress of participating students. The education system‚ with its unique characteristics and unique needs‚ had led to the establishment of the streaming system in 1984. The implementation of streaming was to cater to the needs of each student according to his or her academic ability. Streaming sought to prevent the occasion where academically inclined students become insufficiently challenged with the educational curriculum and weaker students
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Do you have a creative as a four-year-old kid? Do you express your creativity often? There might be few of us who would answer‚ “Yes” to these questions. If you are one of them then keep it up. But most of us would say a big “No” looking at the deprivation of creativity in our day today lives. Lack of creative expression creates a life lacking in meaning and fulfillment. Some of us are so creatively dead that we feel this skill is essential only for artists‚ writers and musicians and not for everyone
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