The Grading System is Bad by Kok Hiew Lam of AL2 Students who get A’s‚ couldn’t apply the knowledge and yet‚ ’on paper’ still look more educated than the student who earned failing grades and even if the student could apply the knowledge. Generally speaking‚ grades do not accurately indicate how much a student has learned in a class. Assessments too should be based on real world application of the knowledge
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Thousands of people are affected by the abuse of drugs each day. Very few people know the dangers of taking drugs. Many of the abusers are in their teens. They are addicted and can not stop. Why would people take drugs in the first place? Some people feel pressured into drugs because of their surroundings. Their fellow peers push the person into choices that they might not be ready for. This is known as peer pressure. The other reason to do drugs is because the popular people do it. Teenagers think
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Extraordinarily Bad Everyone in this world has the power to make a difference and what each individual chooses to do with this power can impact and change the world. Adolf Hitler used this power and did‚ in fact‚ change the world‚ but in a negative way that hurt and killed many innocent people. There is a long story behind Hitler’s cruelty‚ series of events the lead to his rise in power and events leading to his fall in power. Adolf Hitler was the son of Klara and Alois Hitler and was born the 20th
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Bad Cafeteria Food Terrell D. Winters Professor Jeffrey Kersh ENG 215 September 12‚ 2013 The Problem There is a problem with the public school food system nutrition and it is promoting childhood obesity. The growing problem for childhood obesity is steadily climbing at a rapid rate with the help of poor nutrition from food served from public school cafeterias. The quality of school meals has been hotly debated for years because of that no one has stepped in to help this problem. If I was
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IS PLASTIC BAD FOR THE ENVIRINMENT? A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural. Whether you are aware of it or not‚ plastics play an important part in your life. Plastics’ versatility allow it to be used in everything from car
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Nixon : A Bad President? Nixon revisionism was probably inevitable‚ and no doubt will continue stronger than ever in the wake of its subject’s death on April 22. The old caricatures--Nixon as villainous schemer‚ mad bomber‚ domestic underachiever-- were bound to collapse‚ because they were built more on Nixon’s personality than on his record. A more recent crowd‚ however‚ at a further remove from his presidency‚ is reconsidering that record. Look beyond Watergate‚ they say‚ and you find a blemished
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really harmful to everything? There are many reasons why they are very dangerous. Reasons like the damage they cause‚ the lives they take‚ and the money it takes to repair things. These are many reasons why tornadoes are dangerous. When you’re in a bad storm‚ there may be a weather warning about tornadoes in your area. Has there ever been a time when you could sit down and think of what a tornado can really do? Tornadoes are one of the most deadly types of weather known to man. Tornadoes are very
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Bad Feminist Feminist: A person who believes in the social‚ political and economic equality of the sexes. “Feminism” is a complex noun that is perceived in hundreds of ways‚ some positive and some negative. Roxane Gay’s novel‚ Bad Feminist‚ expresses that feminism is a movement that needs to be guided and lead by confidence in one’s values and beliefs‚ teamwork and support‚ and recognition that equality should be universal. The fight for feminism needs to be driven and lead by those with the passion
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At its core a family is a system of reproducing and keeping offspring safe and preparing them for the world so as to keep the species alive. It can be considered the same as a pride of lions or a pack of wolves. They have a structured hierarchy and consist of at least one parent figure and one child. Because of our increased intelligence the interactions between each member of a family differ from family to family. These relationships are what separate us from animals‚ although this separation
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YouTube: Good or Bad? Some people believe that nothing good can come from YouTube‚ due to the fact that there are so many people using the site and many uploaded videos are left uncensored. YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley‚ Steve Chen‚ and Jawed Karim (crunchbase). YouTube is the leader in online video sharing. In November 2006‚ YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. The first YouTube video was entitled Me at the zoo‚ and shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo
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