When Americans think of year-round schooling‚ they immediately relate it to no summer vacation‚ which is the reason why most students and parents are negative towards the idea. Americans do not realize the advantages that year-round schooling offers. The definition of year-round schooling are schools that operate year-round‚ but have not increase the number of days students attend school (5). The decision to make a nine month calendar to a year-round school calendar is beneficial to parents and their
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So I spent the day with the school nurse at one of the Shen elementary schools. I really enjoyed my day I mostly observed what she was doing other then looking at a few swollen throats and helping with the multiple nose bleeds that came into the office. I think my expectations of what a school nurse did were meet‚ but there were definitely more kids in her office then I imagined there would be‚ although she said it was a slow day. She did things like giving out ice packs and putting Band-Aids on
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On Monday‚ March 13th‚ I observed one of the six 2nd grade classes at John F. Kennedy Magnet School in Port Chester‚ New York. There were twenty-three students in this class‚ ten girls and thirteen boys. 96% of the students were Hispanic‚ ten of them were English Language Learners‚ and six of them had IEPs. The classroom’s educational team consisted of Ms. B. the general education teacher‚ Ms. P. the special education teacher‚ Ms. I the teaching assistant‚ and Ms. G. the teacher aide. The second-grade
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Observation Analysis Student Name Date: There seems to be a continuum of intelligence testing that goes on the one extreme of the Stanford-Binet intelligence test (IQ) to the information processing theories to Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence and ending with Gardner’s multiple intelligences (Bee & Boyd‚ 2010). The standard IQ test only measures the intellectual and academic dimensions of intelligence and Gardner’s multiple intelligences proposes eight separate domains of intelligence
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Sullivan‚ BritneySullivan‚ Pg.1 Professor WeatherlySept.12‚ 2014 English 102 Essay #1 Through the eyes of a nine-teen year old teen in 1962 From the short story A&P‚ written by John Updike in 1962. Through Updike’s words‚ we visualize an ordinary day in the life of a 19 year old named Sammy. Who goes through difficulties on a daily basis‚ but finally gets up the nerve to challenge authority‚ (Lengel‚ his manager)‚ as well as himself. In this discussion‚ I reveal the many strifes Sammy
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By the time a horse is 2 years old it has reached its full height and approximately 90% of its full body weight. Even though growth has slowed the nutritional requirements of a 2 year old is much higher than a mature adult horse at maintenance. In addition‚ many two-year-olds may enter training‚ thereby adding the nutrients needed for work on top of the nutrients still needed for growth. Two year olds that are not in training can receive similar rations to yearlings. This is shown in figure 7. If
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At 8 months‚ has it states on the website‚ “Amelia is able to find a hidden object‚ as long as you don’t wait too long or distract her in the middle of the search. Amelia really likes this hiding game and shows by her interest that she wants it repeated. However‚ if you hide the object in the same place repeatedly‚ and then change the hiding place‚ Amelia has a strong tendency to look in the old hiding place‚ and then get confused about where the object is‚ or forget about it” (My Virtual Child‚ 2014)
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Thirteen year olds should be out with friends‚ fretting over who you’re going to the mall with‚ what color nail polish you plan on using‚ and who you are going to sit by at lunch tomorrow. Not how do I grow up and become an aunt in 9 months. I was not the 13 year old who could worry about her nails‚ friends‚ and lunch anymore. I was the 13 year old who had to face the harsh reality of growing up and deal with society. The phrase‚ "Your sister is pregnant"‚ played over and over again in my head‚ as
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1. Analysis Lucy is 9 months old. Through observing Lucy I was able observe her cognitive development and notice that she is on track for her age. I first noticed how she used her infant language. She communicated by crying and cooing which most children that age do at this age. Crying at first is reflexive but then becomes intentional. “The process of communication begins when babies begin to learn that crying can act as a signal that brings relief from whatever is bothering them because it motivates
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What were twelve year olds doing 20 years ago to communicate? They either called each other on the house phone or wrote each other letters. They also would go over to each other’s house to hang out or go to get a soda and an ice cream. Cell phones have changed all that. Twelve year olds should not have cell phones. Could cell phones be to blame for twelve year olds laziness? Due to the amount of time spent on their phones playing games‚ social media‚ and texting twelve year olds have become extremely
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