DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Jigme Singye ‚ Rattu School of Social Science‚ Sherubtse College‚ Kanglung‚ Bhutan jpyangchen@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper intends to study the demographic and socio-economic factors associated with the academic performance of students in Sherubtse College. Pri- mary data was collected through a structured ques- tionnaire through multi-sampling procedures and sec- ondary data obtained from exam cell for the
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Modern Footsteps What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day‚ by Pearl Cleage‚ is a novel about Ava Johnson’s personal battles dealing with what life has dealt her; being a successful black woman‚ with HIV. Ava’s life is transformed when she discovers that her glitzy Atlanta lifestyle can no longer continue. She is forces to close her hair salon because of the fear of the public towards her. Her plan was vague‚ to stop for the summer at her sister’s‚ and then find a new life in California. Deciding
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in the United States shall‚ on the basis of sex‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” There is no question that Title IX served justice for female athletes playing varsity level sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In fact‚ there has been a nearly five times increase from 31‚ 852 intercollegiate women varsity athletes in 1971 (the year
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Prayer in Public Schools Since the beginning of America our prodigious country has always been a religious one. In fact‚ the main reason our ancestors came across the sea to this new unknown world was for religious freedom. Schools had prayer and studied the Bible extensively. Teachers taught their pupil’s morals from the Holy Bible and daily prayer added a sense of comfort‚ clarity‚ and unity to the classroom. Now‚ 200 years later‚ religion is being attacked from every corner. This is especially
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What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like? In a luminous top-floor workshop closed to the public at the American Museum of Natural History in New York‚ artists work with scientists to re-create scenes from lost or vanishing worlds. This is the birthing room for the museum’s elaborate dioramas‚ such as the brace of Northwest Indians who air-paddle their canoe through a fluorescent entrance hallway‚ or the 94-foot blue whale that swoops down from the duplex ceiling of the Ocean Life Hall‚ or the herd
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What Should A Public Place Be Like? A public place usually refers to a place open to all members in the community. Public places have been existing in our society for a long time. In the article “The New Oases”‚ a new public place in modern world is introduced. It is a wonderful place for students and faculty in MIT. The new public place is quite open and flexible‚ inspiring new ideas and boosting communication. The definition and characteristics of a public place varies with time. In today’s world
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Does Percy seem like an ADHD child? People are often wondering if they have ADHD. In the story Percy thinks that he has ADHD because when he looks at a word in english the letters go everywhere. I think Percy is not an ADHD child because he pays attention and he is not impulsivi. First‚ ADHD is a medical condition that affects how well someone can sit still‚ focus‚ and pays attention. Some people that say that they have ADHD claim the they have trouble paying attention or stay focus on a task
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Jennifer Whitcroft WMS 487-01 Essay 3‚ Option 2 Pearl Cleage’s novel‚ What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day gives a glimpse into the life of Ava Johnson‚ a recently diagnosed‚ HIV positive‚ middle-aged woman. Ava begins the novel as a single woman in transition from a fast paced‚ close-minded life in Atlanta‚ to a more open-minded‚ life of opportunity in San Francisco. The transition brings her to her hometown of Idlewild‚ Michigan to stay with her sister for the summer. Ava’s transition
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The biggest factor that divided me from my classmates in high school was my family’s socioeconomic status. I come from a divorced family and both of my parents are remarried. My dad owns his own business‚ so he tends to have a large income. My mom is a sales manager at Aflac. In this job‚ she gets commission off of her sales and her team’s sales. My mother is a very good saleswoman‚ so she tends to do pretty well financially. I first noticed this in middle school. I had the newest phone most of the
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you wonder to yourself what the fuck is wrong with you… I just feel like I am so out of it and I have no idea what to do to get back into the swing of things. I’m one of those people who never tells anyone how she feels… she just keeps it inside because she feel sit will only it help her‚ but it never does. But the problem is… is that that is the only way she knows how to deal with things… so she keeps doing it over and over again… it is great for the moment… you feel like you just put it away and
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