...Hannah Jones Foundations of Education Reflective Essay #1 The most important reason why I want to become an Elementary school teacher is because of the students. I have always loved being around young children. Especially once they start attending school. I love seeing how differently kids learn. I adore watching kids learn and get excited about learning new things. When I babysit this one boy, he is 7 years old, one of the first things he shows me when I walk in the door is his backpack filled with books, papers, tests, and the homework he wanted me to help him with. I thrive on watching this boy learn and grow. Knowing that school is fun and important to him makes me want to be a teacher someday, and it drives me to be the best teacher I can possibly be. The least important reason to me would be job autonomy and control. I really would not like to do the same thing, all day, every day. After a while, I would no longer enjoy doing that, and I would regret it. I plan on making my classroom fun and exciting for all of my students. I realize that a room full of young kids will be hard to control, but they are more fun than anyone else that I would rather deal with all day long. Some of the pros and cons of becoming a teacher are pretty drastic. Some of them I would not have been able to think of on my own if we had not gone over them in class. For example, one con of becoming a teacher is that with the economy the way it is, teaching jobs are very difficult to...
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...Week 7 Homework Steven James Borkowski Prepared and written for Professor Jennifer Johnson Sociology 315 – Marriage and Families DeVry University Week 7 Homework We are now into week 7, the final week before class finals. Our assignment for this week is to answer five questions from the eBook for this class. I will write the chapter the question is found in as well as the number pertaining to that question within the chapter in the event that there are multiple questions. Chapter 12: 1 Question – Page 416 Question 1 Page 416: Historian Eric Sager, commenting on the growing ranks of singles, points out, “It is often said that divorce today performs the function that death did in the past. The promise to live together for better or worse, so long as you both shall live, means something very different if you anticipate a married life of 60 years, as opposed to a married life of 25 years.” Do you agree or disagree with Sager? Is the goal of lifetime marriage realistic in today’s society? What role, if any, does an increase in life expectancy play in marital stability? Explain. Answer: I believe that the goal of a lifetime marriage is still very realistic in todays modern society. When you look at what a divorce could ultimately do, splitting up families, finances and the emotional and physical toll it can have, I highly doubt anyone would Week 7 Homework want that. Sadly, as times have changed, so has the way marriages have been torn apart. People tend...
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...himself to do homework while he goes out with his friends. Now we have the technology to make this wish come true. Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. A) Some of the reasons people give to justify cloning are medical purposes, reviving endangered or extinct species, reproducing deceased pet and finally cloning humans. B) Whatever the benefits of human cloning are, I believe that there are serious risks which could even endanger the life of human kind. Therefore human cloning should not be allowed. o There are several arguments against cloning A) One is “the health risks from mutation of genes” 1) An abnormal baby would be a nightmare come true. A particular worry is that the genes used from an adult to create a baby would continue to grow, so that on the day of birth, the genes would be as old as the adult. But many attempts at animal cloning produced disfigured monsters. For example this is a cloned calf which was born in this way and died after a while. This is a mouse with an ear on its back, created by scientists. 2) However, some abnormalities may appear long after the birth. Even if a few cloned babies are born apparently normal we will have to wait up to twenty years to be sure they are not going to have problems later – for example growing old too fast. B) There are also emotional and ethical risks 1) What happens when a woman clones herself and the clone grows up and finds...
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...Education”, Paulo Freire reviews the dominant and popular concept of education, the “banking” model of education. In this approach to education, students are only able to listen to the teacher and memorize what teacher says, including facts, formulas, disciplines, etc. They do what the teacher requires, without question. In this relationship, students and teachers are not equal. The teacher is the person who dominates the entire class and has absolute authority. The students are the audience – they cannot have their own opinions but recenive their teachers’ “narration.” It is not difficult to imagine the scene: students like bank accounts and teachers “deposit” knowledge in these accounts, whether the students are willing or not. This is how Freire describes the “banking” model of education. In the following paragraph, I’m going to further discuss “banking” education according to my partner Yang’s experience. In today’s China, the “banking” model of education is a phenomenon. One can observe it almost in every school, no matter what kind of school. They all operate in the same mode: teachers elaborate how to solve typical problems to their students and leave them a lot of homework, then check their homework and help them to correct their errors. Everything is proposed by the teacher, and students are discouraged from thinking critically or questioning about what teacher taught them. If a student puts forward a novel idea or has a question about the class, it may provoke the teacher...
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...hide frustration at times. He picks up on the stress and is put on the defensive while he is in his own rush to get ready and out the door. My frustration always came from a very practical standpoint. This young man is 18 years old, why can he not wake up to the six alarms he has set? He used to do such a good job at getting himself up, what happened? I would compare him to myself as a teenager. I didn’t have anyone to make sure I got out of bed and to school on time, I was responsible for myself. I knew it wasn’t right to compare two people, everybody is different. I then started thinking about the situations. What things in his life are different than mine at the time? There are many, but one that really stood out. I started school at 8:30 a.m. His school starts an hour earlier. I only did a little research at the time, and it showed that teenagers, in general, require more sleep. I also talked to a few of my son’s friends and their parents. Krista Carden, a senior at Moberly High School, stated that she has to get up at 5:00 a.m. to start getting ready for school. This doesn’t leave much time for sleep after working at a convenience store in the evening or doing homework. Cindy Jenkins, the mother of a senior and sophomore, lives in the country and expresses concern about the busses, as well as her teenage drivers, being on winter roads before the...
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...School isn’t so easy and can be really tiring … shouldn’t we students deserve late days at least every Friday? A late day is a day when school starts later, at about 9:00 in the morning. Starting school later in the day will help students achieve better test scores, have less sleepy faces during class, and improve their academic performance. Sleep is important to have, and it keeps you not as grumpy in the morning… wouldn’t you want to have a late day on Friday if it means you can get more sleep? Getting more sleep means that us students would be more energized for school, and we wouldn’t be half asleep in class! I have had some personal experience with getting up in the morning and it’s not too pretty! I always want to go back to sleep and...
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...Welfare working for or against Single Mothers When I think of the word Welfare system, nothing but bad memories comes to mind. I remember when I had to wait in line for free government cheese, butter and peanut butter. Being on Welfare goes hand and hand with poverty in my mind. Living in the projects in Brooklyn, New York and the environment that surrounded me still has an effect on me today. This type of violent environment made my outlook on life dim and I had total disregard for life in my earlier years. I desired to have my dad present, but he went his own way in the 80’s about the same time when crack hit the streets of New York; my dad became a statistic to the crack game. My mother had to move us out of the city and away from our father. My mother thought moving us upstate would help us see a different life. Well yes it did, it showed me how a single mother has to work two jobs to get off of welfare. She was still driving about two hours one way to get to work and never was home to help her kids with their homework; or even to attend any of the sports games. I guess the worst part of it is when I was writing this I would use words like “is” instead of “was” for past tense like I still have very strong feelings today about poverty, welfare and single mothers because I know how it affected my family and me. In the United States there is a very big social problem with the Welfare System. First I will be going over the major legislation reform in the Welfare System...
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...the paper is focused on the plan for the re-do. After analyzing the original negotiation I realized what I did wrong and based on that I prepared a plan which indicated how I should have behaved and how to negotiate next time if something like that would happened again. Introduction Life is like a field trip where we learn little by little every single day of this journey. There are many ways of how we are finding more things about our friends, family, coworkers, and even about ourselves. One of the many ways of how we learn, which is probably not the most pleasant way is by learning from our mistakes. Most of the time conflicts are mistakes that we make, because we don’t know how to negotiate successfully. Negotiation is a technique by which individuals resolve differences, conflicts, and arguments. It is a method by which people reach an agreement without causing a conflict. The main reason of negotiation is to reach a compromise while avoiding future arguments and problems with communication. Unfortunately, arguments are an unavoidable part of our life journey that is why we need to work on our negotiation skills so we can avoid conflicts and bad consequences that come with them. Everyone has different opinions and it does not mean that yours is better than mine or vice versa, they are just diverse. As well as unalike opinions people have different needs which sometimes generate conflicts among individuals. Some arguments can be minor, inconsequential, or insignificant...
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...study. Despite their busy schedule, they manage to answer my questionnaire properly and relevantly. Because of them, I can think of more realization with the help of their own personal opinion and experiences. Also with their help my study would be relevant because it is based on their real-life experiences. I would also like to thank Ms. Jhazmyn Reyes, my English teacher, for making me do this study because of this experience doing a thesis, it would be a big help for me when I get to college and do another thesis a my requirement. Thank you, for the time you spend to teach me how I will do this step-by-step and for the patience and effort you have exerted every time I will ask questions. To my family, for supporting me in everything I do as long it is in favour of the Almighty God, for being my strength and inspiration, and for teaching me what is wrong from right. God blessed me with a good family so I can be a good person and be a responsible steward of God. ABSTRACT Most students’ performance is affected by family issues, peer pressure and the environment of their daily living. So I decided to have my topic “Fourth year students’ performance in relation to their family issues”. I choose the fourth year students as the respondents of my survey because I think their age is the right age when people have experienced hardships and hindrances that affects...
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...Homework Assignment – Week 1 Chapter 1 1- Why are financial markets important to the health of the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them to those who do, thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency. 2- When interest rates rise, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behavior? Businesses would cut investment spending because the cost of financing this spending is now higher, and consumers would be less likely to purchase a house or a car because the cost of financing their purchase is higher. 3- How can a change in interest rates affect the profitability of financial institutions? A change in interest rates affects the cost of acquiring funds for financial institution as well as changes the income on assets such as loans, both of which affect profits. In addition, changes in interest rates affect the price of assets such as stock and bonds that the financial institution owns that can lead to profits or losses. 4- Is everybody worse off when interest rates rise? No. People who borrow to purchase a house or a car are worse off because it costs them more to finance their purchase; however, savers benefit because they can earn higher interest rates on their savings. 5- What effect might a fall in stock prices have on business investment? The lower price for a firm’s shares means that it can raise a smaller amount of funds, and so investment in plant and equipment will fall. 6- What...
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...Homework Assignment – Week 1 Chapter 1 1- Why are financial markets important to the health of the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them to those who do, thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency. 2- When interest rates rise, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behavior? Businesses would cut investment spending because the cost of financing this spending is now higher, and consumers would be less likely to purchase a house or a car because the cost of financing their purchase is higher. 3- How can a change in interest rates affect the profitability of financial institutions? A change in interest rates affects the cost of acquiring funds for financial institution as well as changes the income on assets such as loans, both of which affect profits. In addition, changes in interest rates affect the price of assets such as stock and bonds that the financial institution owns that can lead to profits or losses. 4- Is everybody worse off when interest rates rise? No. People who borrow to purchase a house or a car are worse off because it costs them more to finance their purchase; however, savers benefit because they can earn higher interest rates on their savings. 5- What effect might a fall in stock prices have on business investment? The lower price for a firm’s shares means that it can raise a smaller amount of funds, and so investment in plant and equipment will fall. 6- What...
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...Final Project: Company Analysis Company: Starbucks Corporation Critical Thinking Question: Can Starbucks meet its projected ultimate growth? Bruce Harris BMGT 327-01 Organizational Theory and Behavior Dr. Susan Eisner Winter 2005 Semester Tuesday January 25, 2005 To: Professor S. Eisner From: Bruce Harris Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Re: Final Project (Option 2) – Company Analysis – Starbucks Corp. Introduction: Starbucks Corp. has had a substantial impact on the way Americans socialize, relax, reward themselves, and meet to conduct business. This effect and the efficiency with which it was accomplished reflect the high performance of the company. With annual revenue growth consistently topping 20%, it is quite clear that the company is doing something right. This memo will examine 3 concepts that have impacted the company’s high performance. It will then evaluate and discuss a critical question about the future performance of Starbucks. Relationship of topic to this course – 3 course terms relevant to company’s performance: 1. Employee involvement is characterized by decision-making power delegated to employees at all levels within a company. A high level of employee involvement is termed “empowerment,” and is present when employees are given the latitude to make decisions that affect them and their work. Studies have found that empowerment has a substantial positive impact on productivity and worker satisfaction. 2. Social Responsibility refers to the obligation...
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...Final Project: Company Analysis Company: Starbucks Corporation Critical Thinking Question: Can Starbucks meet its projected ultimate growth? Bruce Harris BMGT 327-01 Organizational Theory and Behavior Dr. Susan Eisner Winter 2005 Semester Tuesday January 25, 2005 To: Professor S. Eisner From: Bruce Harris Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Re: Final Project (Option 2) – Company Analysis – Starbucks Corp. Introduction: Starbucks Corp. has had a substantial impact on the way Americans socialize, relax, reward themselves, and meet to conduct business. This effect and the efficiency with which it was accomplished reflect the high performance of the company. With annual revenue growth consistently topping 20%, it is quite clear that the company is doing something right. This memo will examine 3 concepts that have impacted the company’s high performance. It will then evaluate and discuss a critical question about the future performance of Starbucks. Relationship of topic to this course – 3 course terms relevant to company’s performance: 1. Employee involvement is characterized by decision-making power delegated to employees at all levels within a company. A high level of employee involvement is termed “empowerment,” and is present when employees are given the latitude to make decisions that affect them and their work. Studies have found that empowerment has a substantial positive impact on productivity and worker satisfaction. 2. Social Responsibility refers to the obligation...
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...HUYNH PHUC HOANG SAMPLE ESSAY IELTS Writing Sample Essay IELTS Writing Some people think that in order to prevent illness and disease, governments should make efforts in reducing environmental pollution and housing problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? The prevention of illness and disease is a challenging problem for any community. Although many people may be skeptical about the effectiveness of an investment in improving the environment and providing more housing for the public, I believe that it is a good solution to the issue, as will now be discussed. On the one hand, ameliorating environmental contamination can hinder the spread of disease and illness. Today, people’s health is deteriorating due to the adverse effects of poor air quality, making us more vulnerable to viruses and health problems. A number of urban citizens suffer from lung cancer and throat cancer due to the dangerous level of exhaust emissions from traffic and industrial activities in many big cities such as Beijing and Hanoi. Therefore, improving the environment should be treated as the top priority among other concerns of the government. For example, an outright ban on the use of private vehicles can decrease the amount of harmful fumes released into the atmosphere, contributing to the clean-up of the environment. On the other hand, the provision of more accommodation for the public is also a highly effective measure to reduce health risks....
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...situations that seem different to us. They are forced to grow up and mature much faster and make life long decisions. "The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt." This quote is by Max Lerner. The things that kids go through to enter maturity can be complicated. Their task is to come across themselves, and grow into the mature person they will become. There are facing some difficult journeys filled with new things, difficult situations, confusion, and a loss of childhood innocence. The novel Bless Me, Ultima, written by Rudolfo Anaya, is about Antonio Marez, a young boy who has to make his way into maturity and in doing so he deals with some things that are not common for a boy his age. Antonio becomes emotionally mature from crying about deaths to staying tough when he sees the decease, intellectually mature by showing how intelligent he becomes and physically mature by changing in size and strength. For example, Antonio is the reason for many of his parent’s arguments that occur. They fight over what Antonio would be when he is older. This is not something usual for a seven years old kid. Most kids his age are spoiled by their parents and family and all they do is play with the other kids and just have fun. However, Antonio is stuck between two fires and he is thinking about what he wants to become, due to his parents arguments. Antonio’s mother wanted him to be extremely intelligent...
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