Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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Getting paid for chores? Trinity cooper Do you get paid for doing chores? If not seat down and talk to your parents like I did. If you’re a normal kid like me I bet you would love to get paid for the time you waste doing chores around the house that’s taking away time to hang out with your friends and to do your school work. I have three main reasons why kids should get paid for chores. My first main reason is getting paid for chores will make you want to do more than what you already do. Forinstance
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Teachers are found to be more at ease in using their own self-constructed assessments. Most science teachers rely much on traditional paper and pencil type of tests more than any other forms of non-traditional assessments (Marso and Pigge‚ 1988). Lawrence and Orton (1989) study found out that Science teachers give more emphasis to class discussion‚ attendance‚ behavior and projects instead of focusing their attention on the type of assessment most appropriate to enhance students learning. The issues
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Progress with Technology: Do More With Less David Powell Thomas Edison State College Advancements in collecting information‚ spending cost‚ and daily incoming data is ever growing. Moving forward in business needs can and will grow your company. As the world evolves in many aspects of life‚ the needs of a company’s evolution are also a part of those changes. We once rode in horse and buggies and using that horsepower‚ developed into a much faster more efficient way of travel. Stepping
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Why did the Whitechapel murders attract so much attention in 1888? There were many reasons on why the Whitechapel murders attracted so much attention in 1888. Some of the reasons were to do with the press and how they exaggerated the real story. Other reasons were to do with the industrial revolution and how it had an effect on the public. One of the reasons why the Whitechapel murders attracted so much attention was because of the fear of crime. I think this is true because back then in the
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Why is soccer so popular? Many people in the U.S. often ask: “why soccer is so boring? Some time they can’t even score!” In my person opinion‚ I do not think soccer is boring; in fact‚ it is really fun to play‚ soccer or football as it is known throughout the world‚ is the most popular sport in the world‚ and also requires a huge amount of skills. It creates fanatical fans‚ and throws the world’s biggest sporting tournament‚ the World Cup; The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event
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“I’m not really on any one side. I’m lost‚ torn. I want to do what’s right‚ but I don’t want to lose myself in the process. What if I lose everything? But you don’t have to worry too much Hermione; if and when I take a stand‚ I’ll be on your side. I just wish I didn’t have to stand against him.” Seeing her roll her eyes‚ Rose frowned. “He’s not as bad as you think. If Harry is the boy who lived‚ then he’s the boy who had no choice. Look at his father‚ his aunt. Can you tell me that they’re good role
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Shean Wong ENG 104 29 April 2013 Why teachers fail For ancient time‚ teachers have played an important role in society. Behind every successful person‚ there is a teacher. Nowadays‚ both parents are too busy earning money because of the high living expenses‚ so the teacher is expected to build a strong moral character and provide emotional support for the students. To achieve this‚ by the definition of John Lembo who is the author of “Why Teachers Fail‚” has four qualities: (1) “he can engage
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Test Essay When observing Chinese dynasties today‚ it is seen that all the dynasties combined have lasted around 4000 years‚ from the Xia to the Qing‚ but how did each individual dynasty truly last so long? There were three major factors that led to lengthy Chinese dynasties. First of all‚ the Chinese dynasties’ trade and its evolution led to the wealth of several Chinese dynasties‚ enabling longer rule. The political innovations and structures created and adapted by the Chinese were effective
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Why Teachers are Important Teachers are important because they educate the students by preparing them for a triumphant future. The number of human beings in the world is increasing every second of every day which is why it is not a surprise that teachers other than special education teachers hold about three point five million jobs (McKay‚ Dawn R.). As each child grows older‚ he/she needs to learn in order to survive; teachers are the ones to instill knowledge (DeRoy). Every single person needs
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