must consider: high-context (HC) vs. low-context (LC) cultures and pragmatic vs. academic approach to learning. The article focuses mostly on the difficulties of SLIFE digressing from the interdependence trait of HC cultures with a pragmatic orientation into achieving academic success in the US classroom‚ which depicts an LC or individualistic culture where learning is based on logic‚ abstract reasoning‚ and decontextualization. In order for high-context SLIFE to prosper in schools‚ the article discusses
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An example of an organization that I’m familiar with that I believe fits the characteristics for a bureaucracy‚ are most high school administration structures. For example the high school that I went to had many different departments and each department reported to the department above theirs. Within the administration structure at my former high school our teachers reported to the department head for their subject‚ then each department head reported to the director for each of those divisions (math
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standardized written test. Before we even arrive to our senior of high school‚ we have been subjected to at least 10 standardized test a year. Even in kindergarten‚ students are prepare for exams. Standardized testing First off‚ there is a looming racial bias towards minorities in standardized testing. In New York City‚ there are specialized high schools where admission is solely based on a standardized test‚ the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Statistics from 2011 show that out of the 12
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either in school or outside of school‚ taught me the importance of leadership. I believe that I am a leader because I stand for what I believe is right‚ and if I succeed at doing something I am more than willing to help another person reach that same goal. when i am lead by another person‚ be it a teacher or a mentor‚ I look into the characteristics that they have that made them the great leaders they are and implement it to myself. One of the ways I have shown leadership during high school is through
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High school is an ever-changing process. As I think back to my last three years of High School things like clothes‚ language‚ and even hairstyles have transformed. If in three years so much can change imagine‚ how much things have changed since our parents were in school. From "bell-bottoms" to "baggy jeans"‚ from "groovy" to "slammin"‚ and from the infamous "pompadour" to the now popular "buzz cut". If these things are so different‚ I wonder how much other things have changed? One of the biggest
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Succeed in School Being a high school student with a fair amount of experience and observation in the field of achieving good grades with minimal effort‚ I should like to bestow upon current and future high school students some advice that may lead to their success. Before doing so‚ I would like to make clear that I do not necessarily endorse these methods. It is just observed that the application of these methods is shown to have worked with some of the most highly ranked high school students‚
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Fear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in St.thomas . I had traveled a long distance from dominica in order to join my father‚ who had been here for a long time ‚ hoping America would help my future. My father decided that I would be better off going to school here‚ so I enrolled in the local high school in my new town. I was afraid how I would do. I didn’t know anybody in my classes. On the first day‚ I went to my second period class after I had missed my first. I was
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April 20‚ 1999‚ two high school students by the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carefully and maliciously planned a massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They killed fifteen people‚ one being a teacher‚ and left twenty-three in need of hospitalization before finally turning their guns on themselves. This event influenced Elliot Aronson to write his book‚ Nobody Left To Hate‚ in hopes to educate people on why such travesties occur within our schools‚ andmost importantlywhat
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results showed that I had hiatal hernia and a stomach ulcer‚ the culprits behind the awful pain I had been experiencing after taking in solid or liquid food. At the hospital‚ my doctor shared his similar experience and recovery‚ which forced him out of school for two years. My mother’s expression confirmed her support for my recovery at home. Although I found the situation complex‚ I decided to stay home and not risk academic failure during my recovery. Looking at the situation at hand‚ I established
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continued one after other until the entire school year felt like a huge let down. There is no year that I despise more than my junior high year‚ and that is quite a claim considering how awful middle school was for my fellow students and me. How could one school year be so incredibly bad? My eighth grade school year was the biggest disappointment of my life due to my insecurities‚ my actions‚ and my overall immaturity. Any kid that grows up with a public school education knows how hard going to a
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