because of this the question‚ “ Should everyone get a trophy?” has arisen. Nowadays it seems as if people are being rewarded for the simplest things; it has gone on for so long that some people are running out of space because of the sheer amount of trophies that they are receiving. Although getting a trophy for doing nothing special seems great at first‚ it soon becomes apparent that this practice is unfair to those actually put effort into their work‚ because people should be rewarded according to the
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the PSLE has been ranked the top ten most pressing issues faced by Singaporeans. It is high time for us to engage in the debate‚ as education is becoming more and more important in determining the future of a child and the the nation as a whole. So‚ should we abolish PSLE? Pressure Let us examine the reasons why some people call for the removal of the exam. First‚ the national exam puts too much pressure on students and families. The present system uses the results of the exam to decide which secondary
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enjoys giving exams; the bright ones are under the stress of performing well every time‚ the average and weak ones are much stressed out to get through‚ How useful are examinations anyway? That we need to assess kids is unquestionable. That students should be able to express and explain what they have learnt is also indisputable. But does the current assessment system provide the necessary tools for learning‚ is the point in question. Often during exams children go through so much stress that many
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"I like the SAT‚ but I don’t love it. I wish I could find something that was a more fair and accurate measure" (Cloud‚ par.14). The ACT and SAT should not be used as a requirement for college admission. First off‚ there are a plethora of students that are not good test takers and will crack under pressure. Also‚ these tests are unreliable; there are other things like GPA that can measure a student’s performance. Finally‚ these tests are a disadvantage to foreign exchange students and students that
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I think school exams are adequate to measure student progress. I don’t like high-stakes testing because the participants are minors and the quicker you can get these students in a community college environment‚ the quicker they are able to mature and know why it’s important to work hard. I also don’t like them because they aren’t content exams‚ but instead are literacy tests‚ thus while most people are going to perform in accordance with the literacy test as to their abilities‚ the correlation is
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Sequence # 49 Should the Juvenile Court be Abolished? I. Introduction The purpose of this paper will be to examine the juvenile court system and whether or not abolishing it is the practical thing to do. To start off with‚ I will give a brief history of what the juvenile court system consist of and what it was designed to do. Next I will go into both sides of the debate to determine whether or not to abolish the juvenile court system. We will first take a look at the two concepts of the
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as a student I personally hate exams‚ but I am here to state the facts and not my opinions so here we go. It is impossible to test every aspect of a subject within the short exam time‚ if a student is lucky and what he studied for is tested‚ he will score higher. It is possible to study the tested subjects for the exam then forget everything and yet score high marks. sometimes the teacher might be going through an hard time at home and he/she might take is out on the children or proberly he/se
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SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED (AGAINST THE MOTION) Mr. Chairman‚ Panel of Judges‚ Invited Guests‚ Accurate Time Keeper. Co Debators‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I would like to speak against the motion before the house that’ Boarding schools should be abolished.’ Boarding schools‚ for some years now‚ have been given bad names because of fictitious stories and ideas. I would like to prove these untrue. My opponent tried in vain to give points on why boarding schools should be abolished. They
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Columbus Day Columbus Day is a national holiday that is celebrated all over the United States by several people‚ but should we even have this holiday? Should Columbus Day be abolished as a National Holiday? When you’re celebrating Columbus Day‚ do you know what you’re really celebrating? The people that celebrate Columbus Day think that Christopher Columbus was the founder of America. Is this really true‚ did Christopher Columbus really discover America? If you thought Christopher Columbus discovered
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The death penalty should be abolished. One of the worst ways of dying is the death penalty‚ so it should be abolished. Nobody has the right or the authority to determine the death of somebody‚ only God has given us the life‚ so he is the only one who can take it away. Furthermore‚ this cruel‚ inhuman and degrading punishment could never solve any problem‚ like the deep sadness of the victim´s family or even more‚ it could never give the victim´s life back. In addition‚ when somebody is sentenced
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