of learning by not encouraging analytical thinking (Sacks‚ 1999). There is a study that claims that there is “a statistical association between high scores on standardized tests and relatively shallow thinking” (Kohn‚ 2000). In the article‚ “What’s Wrong With Standardized Tests?” it states that shallow questions “encourages a narrowed curriculum‚ out dated methods of instruction… [and often results in] retention in grade and tracking.” Psychologists used to believe that students learned through learning
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Samantha Merlin October 14‚ 2012 IGE 120 MWF 11:45-12:50 Reading Response: Being Wrong: Chapter 5 by Kathryn Schultz At the beginning of chapter 5 “Our Minds‚ Part Two: Belief” Schultz informs us that Alan Greenspan testifies before congress on October 23‚ 2008 because of the financial crisis. The chapter then leads on to expand on the“Greenspan moments” which is basically when beliefs fail us. Belief in casual conversation is a conscious belief‚ such as morality‚ politics‚ ourselves or
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In this Socratic dialogue‚ Joe is representing Socrates‚ and Jane is representing the interlocutor. Jane believes that child labour is okay because of the nature of their living standards; however Joe believes it is wrong. Jane: Hello Joe‚ how are you today? Joe: I’m great Jane‚ how are you? Jane: Oh you know‚ just catching up with school work... Joe: Of course‚ grade twelve is pretty demanding. Jane: You bet it is! I see you are wearing the new school pants.. Joe: Yes indeed‚ I’m glad you’ve
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Uniforms are the Wrong Answer Some schools are beginning to consider making school uniforms mandatory for all students in every grade. However‚ I believe this is the wrong choice for our school‚ and uniforms should not be enforced. It is easy to see how school uniforms may be an effective form of bully prevention‚ making our school a safer learning environment for students and an easier place for educators to work. However‚ the negatives do outweigh the positives. School uniforms force children to
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of the chance to embrace human privileges and the experiences of life. How narcissistic and inconsiderate would that be? Babies not having a say in regards to their lives‚ remorselessly it is just snatched from them. I believe abortion is morally wrong because only God has power to give and take life. Despite the baby being in the womb‚ it is still considered a form of life. In Islam‚ having an abortion after 120 days of knowing us considered as murder. Many would agree with the notion that abortion
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Ben Adkins Mr. Steven Hahn 10th Grade Literature 10/18/2013 Child Soldiers: Morally sickening or justifiable? The stop of the practice of recruiting child soldiers would increase the standard of morals throughout the world. It is estimated that there are as many if not more than 300‚000 child soldiers around the world. Since 2001 and as of 2008‚ child soldiers have participated in 21 on-going or recent armed conflicts in almost every region of the world. Ranging from ages of 8 to 15‚ child
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According ethical conventionalism‚ what is moral correct is based on the values of that society. What is right is what the group approved of‚ and what is wrong is what the group condemns. It was defended by anthropologists; their defense was centered around four arguments. The arguments were sheer-diversity‚ group survival‚ group-authority and tolerance. Ruth Benedict was the primary proponent of ethical conventionalism. He said that we recognize that morality differs in every society‚ and is a convenient
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Right or Wrong? Kristina Waltmire SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility June 13‚ 2011 Dr. Eva M. Ananiewicz Ashford University Abstract This paper will give a look into the religious‚ social ethics‚ and rights of a gay couple wanting to get married. Gay marriage debates are very emotional and important to many people and there are many sides to every argument. Religious leaders want to state what the bible is saying and saying that same-sex marriage is wrong based on
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done‚ for pennies on a dollar. This amounts to million dollar savings and benefits for the company‚ but at what expense? This is a question that is being debated all over the country. Sweatshop; a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshop). Personally‚ I think that sweatshop labor is wrong‚ because people are being taken advantage of‚ even if they do not know it‚ or see it that way. If a company
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The Selection of our Future Danielle Locsin ‘Designer Babies’ and the selection of children is a new and emerging topic. I will be basing my paper on one source‚ Is Selection of Children Wrong by Dan W. Brock. Brock has divided the topic of selection into two parts: negative and positive selection. I will start by summarizing and analyzing Brock’s work by defining the difference between negative and positive selection and providing the expressive arguments for both. Then I will provide the five
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