It was once said that “If the purpose of learning is to score well on a test‚ we’ve lost sight of the real reason for learning.” Students should not be required to take standardized tests. They stress out students and teachers‚ take up too much learning time‚ and they have no true purpose. It has been proven that 2.3% of time is used on testing every year for an average middle school. Usually main subjects like math‚ social studies‚ and science have more than one test. Taking only one test for each
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People often become a part of the discourse community‚ knowingly or unknowingly in their life. There are a lot of scenarios and examples of us becoming the part of the discoursed community. Specific organizations‚ particularly- cultural‚ social‚ regional or profession oriented organizations have their specific norms‚ values and ideas and may differ from the individual knowledge and familiarity and hence these scenarios becomes a discourse community for that individual. For me‚ the logos‚ pathos and
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Enrollment Service Managers Meeting Tier 1: Basic Information ADMISSIONS & RECORDS ADVISEMENT FINANCIAL AID RECRUITMENT VETERAN SERVICES The term “Veteran Student” is typically used as a loose and general term describing a student that has self-disclosed they served in the military‚ or is a veteran that is exercising their VA Education Benefits to pay for school. Although this may be true when pertaining to veteran students‚ it barely scratches the surface in defining the different types
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Final Persuasive Paper Imagine a country where a woman is depicted as only being used for sex and a as slave for their husband. Imagine a country in which women are denied an education. Imagine a country where women are sent to jail‚ beaten‚ and left to die a long painful death for disobeying an order. There happens to be a country in which all this is true. Women are being persecuted physically‚ psychologically‚ and sexually on a routine and daily basis. The government in Afghanistan is likely
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Amber 4 April 2012 The Double Edged Sword of African American Literature Throughout history‚ little by little our great country has progressed‚ from a nation that was barely getting on its own feat in the early 1800’s to legalizing the rights of every American citizen within the United States during the1960’s. But what about the African Americans? Anyone who is familiar with our American culture and History can tell you that African Americans have played a major role in our histories movements
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Students that get out of school later than everyone else have to risk waiting in these huge lines‚ most of the time the food gets there as the bell rings. I’ve experienced this tragedy and know that other students have as well. I had to wait for the freshman to get their food and I had no time to eat mine because the bell had just rung‚ and I wasn’t about to be late. So I was presented with a choice‚ I could either be late and take the tardy or scarf my food down while walking back to school. This
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wrong things like banning individuality through the use of school uniforms. Why shouldn’t students wear uniforms? Uniforms only make the students life more miserable. Uniforms limit a student’s individuality‚ it eliminates a crucial form of self-expression‚ and it indicates a lack of confidence in the student’s ability to make responsible choices. Like so many people‚ we want the best and happiest for the students. All schools should ban the usage of school uniforms. School uniforms limit a student’s
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Studying Abroad Studying abroad has many benefits and can open many doors and possibilities for those who take advantage of the opportunity. I want to have the chance as a college student to study abroad and experience a new culture and open my mind to new experiences and challenges. Although there may be some difficulties studying in a foreign country I believe the advantages are far greater. Studying abroad offers one the chance to learn a new culture by allowing a person to immerse
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teachers might disagree‚ having students eating in class will help students and teachers stay on task and not worry about lunch time. Staff should let us students eat during class because students will be more focused‚ awake‚ and excited to learn and participate in class. If student were able to eat during class then they would be able to concentrate on the objective they are learning instead of thinking about “what’s for lunch?” One of the many reasons students should be able to eat in class
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world; however‚ today our focus is to take a look at the discourse community of biology and analyze what components of language do they value more and the reasoning behind it. Before we learn more about the discourse community of biology‚ we need to know something about the discourse community. What is discourse community and who is in discourse community and are you part of discourse community. According to the article “Discourse Community”‚ by
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