Should College Courses be Graded "Pass/Fail?” This morning my son and I sat for a nice breakfast out on our patio to listen to the birds and enjoy the fresh air. Zack is fourteen years old and just finished his freshman year in high school. I posed a question to him‚ “What motivates you to get a better grade than a C on your assignments and exams?” Zack explained his motivation comes from trying to achieve an A because that’s the best and he tries hard to get the best grade. I then asked
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Is school trying to make us fail or what? That word. That one word which makes most students procrastinate. That one word which teachers are constantly throwing around at the end of every lesson. The word? Homework. It may be considered helpful and profound to some people but what is it that makes homework so unappealing and harmful? Maybe it’s the length of time you consume out of your free time or the thought of doing even more work after a tiresome day at school. Many students are
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takes her back to when her older brother‚ who was ten at the time‚ was trying to finish a report on birds that was due the next day but had had over three months to work on. Her brother sat in the kitchen table crying‚ surrounded by the unopened books‚ desperately worried about not having enough time to get it done. Her father sat down beside him and said “Bird by bird‚ buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” Anne Lamott keeps‚ this one-inch picture frame on her desk to remind herself of a piece of herself
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about their education when a bell rung when Bill told her where he attended college. “BETTY: Have you read it? BILL: Yeah‚ I read it in college. BETTY: Where was college? BILL: I went to Oral Roberts University. (bell) BETTY: Where was college? BILL: I was lying‚ I never really went to college. I just like to party (bell) BETTY: Where was college? BILL: Harvard.” Bill said he wanted to Oral Roberts
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PEOPLE GO OUT TO BUY THINGS‚ TO KEEP THE GREAT US ECONOMY GOING. THE POLITICIANS SCARE PEOPLE INTO STOCKPILING FOR THE Y2K BUG‚ THE POTENTIAL CHEMICAL ATTACKS FROM BIO-TERRORISTS SO PEOPLE RUN OUT TO BUY DUCT TAPE AND PLASTIC AND SEAL UP THEIR HOUSES. THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH FEAR IN THE US THAT IS EXPLOITED BY THE MEDIA AND THE POLITICIANS. GET A GUN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF. YOUR NEIGHBOR MOST LIKELY HAS ONE. AT THIS POINT MICHAEL MOORE FAILS TO PERSUADE ME. IT FELT LIKE HE IS MANIPULATING
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commentary‚ "Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail" you show the importance of failure and imperfection. You explained how a student looked forward to the possibility of failure. You feel it is important to inform not only students but parents of those students and other teachers that failure is a necessary part to personal growth and development. You say how finding imperfection in college applications is similar to finding a needle in a haystack. You also explain to us that you get the most excited
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By Roldens Paulynice As most of us know‚ most people go to college with the hope of giving themselves the foundation that they need to be successful in life or the skill that they need to find a good job. Every year‚ more than one hundred thousand students attend college‚ but many of them often fail or drop out within less than three years. For example‚ “Only thirty three percent of the freshmen who enter the University of Massachusetts‚ Boston graduate within six years‚ less than forty one percent
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THREE REASONS WHY CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS FAIL In partial fulfillment of the required competencies for English grammar 101 By Jasmine Hargrove Mrs. Moore Monday/Wednesday December 1 2008 Three reasons Clinton junior college students fail Thesis: This report will discuss the three reasons that Clinton Junior College Students fail. Introduction: I. Not Completing Assigned Work A. Not Completing Class work B. Not Completing Home Work II. Not Paying Attention
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Angel B. Pérez in the article‚ “Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail” argues that perfection doesn’t exist therefore students who apply for colleges should respond with the truth of who they are. Pérez supports his suggestion by describing what colleges actually expect in college application. In fact admission officers are digging deeper to find out who the students really are on the outside of school rather than the student with trophies‚ medals and good grades. The authors purpose is to persuade
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History Homework - Vietnam Why did the USA fail in Vietnam? America failed in the Vietnam War for various reasons; the people of Vietnam liked the communists of North Vietnam. The Americans bombed and killed the Vietnamese. The people of Vietnam hated the Americans in the end. The Americans tried to bomb the Vietnamese into submission and failed. Also when they were in open warfare America was successful‚ but when it turned into a guerrilla war America failed‚ that’s why America used napalm‚
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