The controversy of whether the Elgin or Parthenon Marbles should be kept in Britain‚ or returned to Greece‚ has been a frenzied dispute since the early 1800’s. Lord Elgin originally took possession of the Marbles to either salvage them from being further destroyed‚ or he bought them and re-sold them to the British Museum. Whether Lord Elgin‚ ambassador to the then ruling Ottoman empire‚ had the authority to handle the Marbles presents great confusion‚ “[a]s to whether Elgin had legal authority to
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spends nearly 88 million dollars a year on standardized testing(Martinez)‚ and Florida has a $245 million dollar contract with NCS Pearson to administer their Comprehensive test(Vu). Nearly half “of all the school districts in the United states have reduced their time spent on science‚ the arts‚ and social studies” by close to 150 minutes a week in favour of the topics more heavily tested on standardized tests‚ like reading and math(Ravitch). Standardized testing is not a new topic when it comes to controversy
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In the United States the test-taking industry is a multibillion dollar practice. In the 1960’s testing companies began to exert a strong influence over education. Their salesmen convinced many school districts that multiple-choice achievement tests were the best way to rate student performance. They also persuaded the federal government that these tests were the best way to measure the progress of students in special programs like Chapter 1. In the 1980’s several major reports concluded that many
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Some people such as Herbert J. Walberg believe that standardized testing is a benefit and that people should not complain about it. That even though it may stress students out and there are tons of other people who work harder than them‚ the outcome is what is most important. Walberg believes that students shouldn’t stress out since American teenagers only spend about half the total study time that Asian students do‚ and that the real world is much more demanding. However‚ there are some students
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Rogerian essay As each generation passes and new discoveries are being made‚ some inventions or ideas are being redefined. [← Consider adding the term “and” in between “passes” and “new”. This would complete the introductory phrase “As each generation passes and new discoveries are being made”.] Our lives have always been better than the ones of our ancestors and most of the time we learned to not make the same mistakes or to follow the same ideas that are no longer valid in today’s day and age
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The challenge this week was related to the good ol’ standardized testing. This year I was assigned to test the group of students that are placed in the class of newcomers‚ as in having been in the school for 2 months or less. Oh my! These students have never participated in a standardized test‚ so it was not only their first experience on a multi-hour test‚ but also at the same time it was my first experience testing brand new students in the school. Challenges went from bubbling all the answers
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High School to NBA: Good or Bad? Mel Plantenga College Composition P.4/5 March 6‚ 2013 Some of the greatest stars in the NBA were drafted straight out of high school. Lebron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ and Dwight Howard are just a few examples. Even though‚ as of 2006‚ the NBA eligibility rule states that a player entering the NBA draft must be at least nineteen years old and a year removed from high school‚ it is still a huge debate in the sports world of whether or not this rule is the right choice
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Govt-2306-316 Review Paper 3 Taxation System in Texas Ad Valorem property tax is defined by Texas Politics Today as “a tax assessed according to value‚ such as the tax on real property and personal property”. The textbook further adds “most local government in Texas primarily tax real property”. Encyclopedia Britannica of Economic provides another view of Ad Valorem tax‚ as it is defined as “any tax imposed on the basis of the monetary value of the taxed item‚ physical units such as gallons‚ pounds
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12th June‚ 2013 Does the high level of Carbon Dioxide (C02) possibly harm the Earth’s planetary biosphere‚ or has it already done so; in fact‚ many worldwide scientists have protested that the Earth is at its ‘tipping point’ but no efforts have been adapted to save the biosphere? A support of this controversial topic; congressional meeting and testimony‚ is from one of the top U.S. climate scientists‚ James Hansen to Former Vice President Al Gore‚ with an emphasis on the cause of C02. Beyond
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Introduction A testament to the United States’ unprecedented prosperity in the Roaring Twenties‚ jazz’s growing popularity sparked a grave controversy‚ with many viewing the appeal of jazz as either an annoyance or a threat. Should the testament to the United States’ prosperity in the Roaring Twenties about jazz’s growing popularity be viewed as an annoyance or threat? Jazz’s growing popularity in the United States in a time known as the Roaring Twenties‚ was a dramatic turning point in the American
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