One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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I’m about to do a research paper on The University of Oklahoma‚ in this essay I’m going to Alumni‚ and any other interesting facts about OU. I’m going to explain everything to you in the next few paragraphs. My college I’m doing my research paper on is University Of Oklahoma. The University Of Oklahoma is located at the address of 660 Parrington Oval‚ Norman‚ Ok 73019 and was founded in 1890. You might want to know how many students go to this university and also how many graduate‚
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audience’s attention‚ you must state why they should care about this topic. HOW does your topic relate or connect to the audience? Credibility Statement: Not only have I spend nearly almost 20 hours researching information on immigration for this essay but I have lived nearly all of my life with an illegal immigrant. Why so many immigrants from Mexico. Today‚ I will tell you about why we get a lot of Mexicans crossing the border for better paying jobs‚ Escaping violence and better education. First
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Radio Astronomy Essay In the 1930s a huge discovery was made; one that has led to many subsequent discoveries about the world beyond Earth. This discovery was radio astronomy‚ the study of celestial objects at radio frequencies. Radio and optical astronomy are two different ways to study stars‚ planets and moons in the universe; but the most useful would have to be radio astronomy. Despite this‚ there are some who do argue that optical astronomy is the more useful of the two. Radio waves are a form
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Kaitlynn Reynolds BSC1005 M-W 1-2:15 Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women of all shapes and sizes. Breast cancer is a personal topic to me because my great-grandmother on my mothers side had it and had her breast removed and just recently I found out that my grandmother on my fathers side has been diagnosed with breast cancer and that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. Many women today don’t know the health risks‚ causes‚ and treatments to breast cancer
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Think back to when you were just starting to learn how to read. It was very hard wasn’t it? How hard would it be if you couldn’t hear anything for a year during that time? It would be very hard to learn‚ even if you regained back most of your hearing the next year. But‚ there is a way to get over these problems and live a pretty normal life. Speech therapy has a huge effect on a child’s life. Speech therapy helps children get over the problems they endured from having to struggle with speech. But
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Kimberly Koenig Mrs. Judge; MYP English 5‚ Period 6 20 March 2014 Word Count: 1‚019 William Golding’s Lord of the Flies William Golding‚ born on September 19‚ 1922 in England‚ had a traumatic childhood due to the pressure put upon him by his parents‚ who urged him to study natural sciences. However‚ he changed to English literature due to his passion for it. His writing career escalated after his experiences in World War II. William’s personality changed dramatically after his enrollment
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“There are no unwanted children. Just unfound families.” (National Adoption Center). Adoption was rare and is now common. There are three forms of adoption‚ and many different ways to go about adopting. In this essay I am going to tell you about what adoption is‚ the history of adoption‚ the reasons of adoption‚ the process‚ and the outcome of adoption. Adoption is a good thing that has saved many kids around the world‚ but we have not saved all of them. Would you ever consider adoption? What is
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This research essay is about what puppy mills are and what they do‚ what a dog knows in its mind‚ and what it’s like when you first meet a dog and what it’s like for the dog when they first meet you. Puppy Mills are a large dog breeding facility where profit is cared more about than the puppy’s health. Puppy Mills are horrific‚ and they sell the dogs to unsuspecting families; the facility only cares about increasing their profit‚ and not about the dog’s health. According to “DoSomething.org‚” after
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Informative Essay Topic: Cancer INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: More than 1/2 million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of 1/2 of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. So‚ what cancer is cancer? How to prevent cancer growth? What are the different types of treatment for cancer? BODY I. Cancer is a condition
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