...The questions I had were many, where is this money going? Why are we not using this colossal amounts of money for better causes? Without getting off topic, $815 billion can make immense changes in many aspects of American lives, such as in the American public school system, health insurance cost, etc. This money is going to individuals and corporations that are already rich. How? To begin, military waste, fraud, and incompetence alone is using $224 billion a year (Doob, 2013, p.126). I personally can testify that the military wastes so much money due to lack of budget managements. As a second job I nanny for a family, where the dad is a Major in...
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...day we start school, it is drilled into our brain that college is the only way to have a good future, but that may not be the case at all. One might be tempted to point to the many successful people out there without a college degree such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg, but ordinary people can also achieve success without a college degree. At least, that’s what Charles Murray, Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill, and Mike Rose argue in their essays titled “Are Too Many People Going to College?”, “Should Everyone Go to College?”, and “Blue-Collar Brilliance”. These authors believe that that college promotes social inequality, that college is not a requirement for a good job, and that college is not...
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...The four taxes proposed are as follows: a sales tax on food, a tax on families with school-age children, a sales tax on jewelry, and a property tax on vacation homes. Each of these four taxes will be analyzed based on the benefits principle and the principle of horizontal equity and then classified each tax as progressive, proportional, or regressive. We will use this information to determine which tax is best suited to finance public education. The benefits principle states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government service. Jewelry is a luxury, therefore it is not a good that everyone needs. It is most commonly purchased by the wealthy and middle class. If a sales tax on jewelry is going to be used to fund public education, a public service, the benefits principle cannot be applied to this tax. Because a majority of middle and upper class citizens send their children to private school rather than public school, they are not receiving the government benefit of paying this tax on jewelry. If however, the purchasers of jewelry do send their children to public school, this tax would be supported by the benefits principle for said group of people. Vacation homes are again another luxury enjoyed by the middle and upper class. If a property tax on these homes is instilled in order to provide funding for public education, it cannot be justified by the benefits principle. Those who own vacation homes are more likely to have...
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...CASA revealed some shocking facts about drugs in schools. “The survey revealed that at least once a week on their school grounds, 9% of middle school students (more than 1 million) see illegal drugs used, sold, students high and/or students drunk. At least weekly, 17% of all high and middle school students (4.4 million) personally see classmates high on drugs at school” (...America’s Schools Are Infested With Drugs). These are just a few examples of problems that would be solved with middle school drug testing. “Mandatory drug testing in public middle schools is a relatively new issue for the law. Introduced during the late 1980s and expanding over the decade, the practice of analyzing student urine...
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...for School There has been a lot of controversy about students' sleep times. On one hand people believe that students should be going to school later. But, on the other hand people say that having their child go to school earlier or at the same time would be a better option. Many schools also took the matter into their own hands, for example, schools have made students go to school later than normal. Some other schools have done the opposite, and made students go to school earlier than normal. Alot of people think that some schools should let students go to school later in the day. The benefits of this idea would be, students would have a better life in general. (3:3) Students would receive higher grades than before due to more focus and a release of sleep hormones.(3:2) Kids would be able to take in more knowledge of the subject and therefore would be a better student. Opponents to this idea would say that the students that had sports such as swimming, baseball, football, etc. would have less time to play these sports, or would have to play them in the dark. While this is true, the school could implement light so people could see. Another area of...
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...Thesis: Even though attending college has its benefits, grade school lacks the proper foundation for students entering those institutions. In elementary school the curriculum is simple; children are being taught the basics of education letters, number, shapes, colors etc. Teachers provide more creative learning techniques which gives the students an option to understand the lesson. It is not only the subject taught in the class but the schedule the student adapts to around class time. At a young age children are put on a schedule starting with getting up, going to school and returning home. School is the midpoint and the highlight of the child’s day; therefore each day is based around their hours of learning. Students starting middle school may not be as excited to start because they know what comes next. In this stage of education, students are being introduced to class periods, more teachers and different subjects. These young adults have to deal with more personalities and different teaching techniques. Classroom requirements are no longer flexible; academic standards are not as ease to pass. ....
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...Middle school is a necessary time in every student’s life because even though it can be filled with tough decisions, these formative years also help to build character. I believe that it is important to stick out your middle school years because you become an independent individual, a student truly learns the difference between right and wrong, and your experiences lead you in your life direction. During middle school the ongoing saying was, “I am telling you/giving you this and it is your responsibility to turn it in. Not your parents, yours.” This was constantly drilled into my head during these years, and I believe it helped me become ready to tackle my future head on. Middle school made me aware that I had to stick up for myself in difficult situations. My parents couldn’t always be there to bail me out or help me talk to a teacher. These responsibilities now fell on me and I believe that I grew up stronger because of it. I think it is important for every child to go through this pre-independent stage. This prepares them for being an adult where there isn’t always someone to assist you when you need it. Middle school forces you to grow up a bit, but it is for your own benefit....
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...can have. Right now our country is in higher failure with the economy finical. We are in disaster war with Middle East that cost major economy distractions to the counter. We have been in war since 9/11, after the terrier attack at the world center. Over 14 years of period we have gain noting but losing our military and going in debt economically. A recent report from the Congressional Research Service, which examines that the war in the Middle East costs the taxpayers nearly $1.7 trillion. That has been allocated through the Overseas Contingency Operations fund, including $73.3 billion. Since 2003 we have been allocated $817.8 billion for war in Iraq. For Afghanistan, we have spent $714.8 billion and for ISIS $6.2 billion has been allocated to fight the Islamic State....
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...Greg Mortenson achieved great success in a region of the world that lacked the resources and man power that he indeed could supply. However, his means of attaining his "volunteer status" shed some light on idea that Greg Mortenson was just in it for the money. Although he did in fact build schools in the Middle East, his lies and embellishment take away from his success. What seemed like a routine mountain climb of K-2 would change Greg Mortenson's life forever. In his biography, Mortenson begins with describing his motives for climbing the treacherous mountain range. His sister, Christa, suffered from an epileptic seizure and then died ten months later due to complications. To commemorate his sisters brave struggle, he deceived to climb K-2 and place her necklace...
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...Sleep Later More than 80% of schools start prior to 8:30 A.M., which robs teens of vital sleep (“Should School Start Later”). Medical research found that teenagers have biologically different sleep and wake patterns. It will improve attendance and enrollment rates, reduce sleeping in class, and less student-reported depression (“Sage Journals”). One of the most common side effects of lack of sleep is hallucinations (“Independent”). I believe schools should start later because it gives students a chance to catch up on missed sleep they used staying up all night finishing homework. Studies show that starting school later, even by a half an hour, has major health and academic benefits. A too-early start to the school day can deprive kids of much-needed sleep. Studies also show that well-rested teens get better grades, have higher standardized test scores, and miss fewer days of school. They also have fewer health problems, such as: depression, mood changes, and being...
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...myself, rely on technology a lot. Whether it is with school related, work related, or just personal use. With technology advancing everyday, we can virtually do anything with cell phones or computers. By knowing that there is an alternative and much easier way of doing a task, individuals become accustomed to keep using the source(s) for the easy way out. Not only is it a much easier way, but people lose many other factors and the main purpose by not doing it first hand. Younger generations are the ones that are being affected by the technology the most. In most schools around the world, technology is now being fitted into the school's curriculum in order to lead the students into a successful path. However, it is only giving the students an easier way to find the answers without them actually learning and comprehending what the main lesson(s) or purpose is. For example, when a student is writing a research paper, all he or she has to do is go on a computer, type in a couple of words, and the research is done. Instantly a student can have information and answers without doing any actual research themselves. Technology is not only giving the answers directly to the student but it is putting them down for failure in the outside world when they face the challenge of not being able to rely back to the computer or phone. The teachers rely on technology just as much as the students do, causing not only harm to students but the entire school. Due to the technology advancing rapidly and taking...
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...State and Federal Aid Mark Grand Canyon University Public School Finance EDA - 535 Edward Longin March 17, 2014 State and Federal Aid If your child were in harms way at school would you send them to school? With the most recent cuts in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD) this is exactly what is happening here in the NWABSD. With the elimination of full day kindergarten and the class sizes in the elementary reaching an astonishing 30 plus students per class, the students within NWABSD are most definitely being put in harms way each day they attend school. At the Middle and high school level we are losing the alternative learning program that has helped eliminate high school dropouts and brought up our graduation rate by ten percent over the last ten years. Here at NWABSD we are not looking to regress! We need more funding and we need it now. In the enclosed text you will find a proposal from NWABSD on how more funding can be generated in our district and keep NWABSD students striving in the future. The money shall be allocated equitably throughout the district. In the state of Alaska state and federal aid combine for around eighty percent of the funding each district receives. The rest of the funding comes from local contribution, special revenue, and other. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law in December of 1971. Part of this act protects all native lands from paying property taxes. That is where the local...
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...fall, teachers regularly spend up to six weeks going over the same lessons their students had been taught the precious school year because of a phenomenon known as the “summer slide.” How kids spend their time outside of school is critically important to their success. It is a societal issue and something that is important to address, community-to-community and parent-to-parent,” said Ron Fairchlid, (2006). Executive Director of the Center for Learning at John Hopkins University). Summer Slide is a name given to the face that student who does not keep up with their level of academic skills over the summer loses them. This situation is usually found in low-income areas. This loss of memory is usually done to the lack of mental stimulation. Since this is a known problem, there are various ways to limit of even preventing this from happening to the students. Summer slide occurs for more than one reason, but the main one is lack of access to books, magazines, or newspapers in the home. In some cases there are no libraries or clubs in the immediate community. Then, there is the lack of education the parents have, most have no higher education themselves and therefore, are unable to persuade the children they need education, so there is a lack of motivation. There is a way of preventing this and for the middle or higher classes it is already being done, but for the lower class help is needed to defeat the problem. It is going to take more than just family to help these children;...
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...firmly believe that going to bed early and getting up early is of great benefit, research carried out by Dr. Paul Kelley from Oxford University indicated that getting up later is a healthier and simpler...
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...uses pathos and logos effectively, by supporting her thoughts with reliable sources to discuss the controversy of whether or not homework is beneficial and necessary. Homework is often a negative word in our culture. Research shows that there is actually no benefit, yet, students continue to spend hours on homework each night: Elementary school students get no academic benefit from homework -- except reading and some basic skills practice -- and yet schools require more than ever. High school students studying until dawn probably are wasting their time...
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