...This case scenario is about Charlie, a 5th-grade special education student with a learning disability with no history of behavior problems. He received a three-day suspension for theft and on the same day received an additional ten-day suspension for threatening his teacher. This essay explains what should happen when a student with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is disciplined for breaking school code of conduct. Within a matter of minutes, Charlie’s situation went from relatively minor, meaning not much action needed to be taken by the school, to a more significant issue. Due to his status as a special education student, the school is required to ensure Charlie continues to receive a free appropriate public education. Had Charlie not been given an additional suspension for acting out he would have served his three days and the issue may have been over. His school would not have to provide him with educational services if they did not provide educational services to general education students disciplined for the same infraction (34 CFR §300.530(d)(3), 2004). Furthermore, no additional meetings or assessments would be necessary. However, because his suspensions totaled more than ten days, several...
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...Plagiarism is defined as: the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person: the act of plagiarizing something (Merriam-Webster.com). Many schools consider plagiarism to be their number one reported violation of the Honor Code. Plagiarism just doesn’t refer to the written word. Plagiarism can happen anytime you borrow from the original source and do not give proper credit. Music, images, videos, even tweets can be effected by plagiarism. Students can even plagiarize themselves. In May 2012, Turnitin.com conducted a survey called The Plagiarism Spectrum. They interviewed close to 900 educators and asked them to rank the 10 most common types of plagiarism they saw in their classrooms. The ten most common...
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...examples of what is considered plagiarism. In the Academic Dishonesty Statement, the acts of plagiarism, cheating and collusion are the schools main focus and examples. The school does mention some penalties, but their main focus is on the examples of plagiarism then the act itself. The phrase,“Collin College community is expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity,” gives a vague explanation of what the college expects from the faculty and students who are at Collin, but nothing else.The tone of Collin’s statement may be lukewarm and pluck at the morality strings of the student, but it still doesn’t make a student or faculty member contemplate plagiarizing or fear Collin College’s “disciplinary penalties”(Collin College Academic Dishonesty Statement)....
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...Zero Tolerance This essay will discuss the contemporary educational issue of Zero Tolerance Policies and how personal beliefs and values may conflict with legal and societal expectations. The first item for discussion will be the “Tweety Bird Key-chain-case.” Next, this paper will look at the action legislators that have taken in response to the threat of violence in educational institutions, which lead to the creation and implementation of Zero Tolerance policies. Lastly, the ambiguity and unfairness of these policies when administrators and districts enforce punishment will be examined. One example of how zero tolerance policies have caused nightmares for schools, parents, and students is the Tweety Bird Key-chain-case. The case involved a Cobb County, Georgia sixth-grader who was suspended for 10 days when school officials ruled that a chain on her Tweety Bird wallet violated the weapons policy. A group of lawmakers filed a bill reminding local boards they can take into account whether students intended to harm someone when deciding how to discipline them for bringing “weapons to school” (Salzer, J. 2002). In this case, there seems to have been an over reaction to what had taken place by the school officials. They failed the student by not using a combination of ethical moral judgment along with good old common sense. This sixth-grader had no intention of using the chain on her wallet to hurt another student, but school officials did not take that into account. ...
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...Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror POL 201 American National Government The recent War on Terror has caused quite a stir. Many patriotic Americans are now on guard even though the main character in the War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, has been caught and executed. Many other “terrorists” have been arrested and detained at a prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. This raises the question of whether they are being detained legally or not. One issue is the concept of habeus corpus. This essay will briefly outline the war on terror and demonstrate the concept of habeus corpus and what it means for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The War on Terror may have begun with the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in the countries of Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. At the time, it was uncertain who caused the attack or why it happened. “Two bombs with a single message: don't forget the world's superpower still has enemies, secret, violent and determined. America is ever a target, its embassies and installations abroad inviting symbols of its power See, say the bombers, despite your enormous wealth and strength, we can still inflict a great hurt” (McGreary, 1998). This message suggested that there was more terror on the horizon. The author remembers this well as he went to Kenya in 1998 and returned from his trip two days before the US Embassy was bombed there. Many Americans may have forgotten about these attacks when, three years later, the United States was attacked on its...
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...Legality of Essay Writing Companies The internet opened the doors of communication throughout the world. One of the doors that opened for many people especially students is websites that can help them to write an essay. Writing essays, term papers, or any form of scholastic writings can be very hard for some people to write. The service of writing essays for people or giving them the option to purchase a paper that has already been written suddenly made it very easy to get the papers written. For a fee the student gets their paper puts their name on the paper and is able to submit the paper as theirs. The question comes up is this legal or is there a law against having a person do the assignment that was designated for another person. Presently it is not against the law for these websites to exist and offer the service they do in writing the papers. A website that is created by a person to offer a service for those who are interested in using the service is not against the law. This service is no different from any other service that is listed either on the internet or when a person walks into a store or office. When a person has a problem that is legal they go and find a person that is trained in that field. They go to a lawyer, and they hire his/her service by paying them a fee for their advice or services that the person needs. There are many different kinds of services available to the public and all that needs to be done is to pay for the service and they receive...
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...Punishment is a component of operant conditioning used to decrease the probability of a behavior or response by causing a change in the environment (Singer, B.F. 1970). This essay will discuss aspects of punishment such as methodology, effectiveness and its effects on behavior. It will review the effectiveness of punishment methodology by studying the variables such as age, gender, socio-economic status and exposure to crime. In the direct context of speeding, contemporary punishment includes ‘positive punishment’ whereby giving the offender a fine and ‘negative punishment’ by suspension of their license. This essay will also assess the effectiveness of punishment. Attempts to neutralize the issue of speeding include implementing warnings showing the severity and consequences of speeding. However, many young irresponsible drivers cannot relate to the seriousness by influence of their peers whom they value higher than authority figures of the law. Golias, J., Kanellaidis, G., & Zarifopoulos. K. (1995) shows that the major reason for speeding is the belief that speed limits are unreliable with a mean grade of 6.67 thus; this supports the idea that people do not perceive road authorities as an influential figure. At a younger age, influential figures are not ones that are necessarily responsible, but they appeal to them in anintrinsic way. In many cultures, speeding is acceptable; growing with this idea leads many drivers to have a habit of speeding (Blincoe, K.M., Jones, A...
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...Hill 1 Candace Hill Professor Jacobs Compostion and Rhetoric October 17, 2014 Academic Cheating: Many essays have been written about the consequences of cheating, whether college level o at high school. People who cheat on tests, essays, o assignments find themselves facing repercussions such as failure, suspension, expulsion, and lack of credibility. If a person cheats once, they most likely will do it again in the future. What may be the case of academic cheating? Factors such as stress, procrastination, and lack of study skills ay led to cheating. When It comes to cheating in school, the phrase “everyone’s doing it” is no far from the truth (Cisek, 1999; Jensen, Arnett, Feldman, and Cauffman, 2002). Although cheating behavior in educational settings is not new, research shows a rise over the past 30 years (McCabe, 2001;Schab, 1991). In McCab and colleagues, national study of high school students, 74% of the students reported cheating on test in the past year, and 59% reported some form of plagiarism (McCab and Katz, 2009.pp 378-399). Many institutions of higher education have adopted academic honesty policies, instituted academic integrity completion courses. Students think they don’t have to cite information they find on the interne because it I public knowledge. (Rimer 2003). Many students overlook what they actually produce and what they cut and paste due to it being so easy to do on the internet. (Howard and Davies, 2009). A study of academic dishonesty...
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...The Bolivar Default Decision: Travesty or Turning Point? I believe that the case essay is correct to stand behind President DiNardo’s decision to default on a large portion of foreign debt, mainly because the president’s reason to do so is clear: He cannot afford a slowdown of the nation’s economic recovery. On page 168, Ellet paraphrases the case essay’s arguments and numbers 3 and 5 make it clear that the president had no other choice. The third point was that “A suspension of interest payments on foreign debt made the measures [that started a small economic recovery] possible” (Ellet, 2007). If we flip this around, we can assume that without the extra money, the economic recovery would not be possible. The fifth argument follows the third in that it tells us that the “funding can be maintained from the unpaid debt (Ellet, 2007). The case essay used 3 broad factors for its criteria: Economic, political, and social advantages and disadvantages. I think these criteria cover all of the potential effects that the country might encounter from a bond default. The case study’s main qualification is that the money saved from the bond default be used for productive projects that are aligned with the country’s recovery efforts. The author makes a note of this in each of his paragraphs where he discusses the economic, political, and social factors. I think this is the most important theme of the case study; defaulting on the debt will turn out to be the wrong decision if the...
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...Although it may not seem like a prevalent issue, cyberbullying is a fairly widespread problem. In a poll of high schoolers in the south 16% of boys had been cyberbullied and 25% of girls had been a victim of cyberbullying. (doc A) A big problem with cyberbullying is that anyone can make accounts online which often leaves the bully anonymous. In another poll in a british school 44% of people didn’t know who the perpetrator was. While free speech is a...
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...Writing an Essay: The College Way One of the many tasks expected of college students is to know how to write well organized and developed essays. Writing an essay is not simply going about a certain topic. There are particular rules a student must apply when writing in order to submit an acceptable essay, which if they are not met, the student may face strict consequences that could even lead to expulsion. Students will learn the different techniques of writing a professional essay, like the differences between quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing. In an essay, the student must use the correct types of citation required and know the importance of citing sources properly and the consequences of citing improperly. Many of the courses at the college level require students to write an essay at one point or another. In the process of writing these essays, students will often use quotations to reinforce the argument or position presented in the essay. Quotations must be worded exactly as extracted from its source, and credit must always be given where it’s due. However, sometimes students may use paraphrasing as another way to support an idea. Paraphrasing is basically taking the information from a chosen source and expressing it in one’s own words instead of just repeating it word by word. On another note, summarizing will also be used whilst writing an essay. Instead of including an entire article to back up one’s position, a student can summarize that article by stating the most...
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...basis. Especially, for individuals that have been out of school for years. Writing, can be taught just like anything else; with taking the time out of your day to practice. However, within the community of writing for academic purposes there are certain things that can be done that’s not intentionally. However, can also be done purposely. Sometimes, when students are at a crunch of time, will possibly do anything and everything to get that paper turn in on time to their professor; hoping that they could just slide-by without thinking the teacher will not notice. With what I just mentioned there is a term for that, and it is called academic plagiarism or plain and simple plagiarism. Plagiarism can be seen as a very severe and at sometimes can lead to suspension from your school or jobs. Plagiarism can also lead to certain fines as well. Plagiarism, basically is trying to take credit for someone else’s work and trying to cover it up as your work. The question that I ask my readers, how are you going to avoid academic plagiarism? First off, Plagiarism can be listed in the bible of academics, it’s a sin to cheat. While many people can say people who cheat can be seen as people who are lazy and willing to cheat the school system. In my opinion, sometimes it can someone who is just confused with writing. I could remember when I first started college, I was terrified with having to write a paragraph, yet alone an essay. However, I was very determined to learn how to write and...
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...Gonsoulin, S., Zablocki, M., & Leone, P. E. (2012). Safe Schools, Staff Development, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Teacher Education and Special Education,35(4), 309-319. doi:10.1177/0888406412453470 This article discusses the best practices in school staff development in an attempt to change school management and discipline practices. It explains that changing school culture and replacing it with systems that supports youth development and minimizing punitive, ineffective responses to behavior problems in challenging, but not impossible. Also, the article touches base on areas discussing: The importance of providing effective staff development, professional learning communities, the Denver plan: a model for three-tiered staff development,...
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...Test Essay: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Topic: "Academic Plagiarism" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Length: 3 pages | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Font: 12 pt Arial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Line spacing: double-spaced | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Margins: 1-inch | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Word count: minimum 275 words per page | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Citation: not necessary; if use any sources, NB:Please, follow MLA style | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Description: the essay should answer the following questions: 1) what is plagiarism; 2) what is your attitude towards plagiarism; 3) what are the penalties for plagiarism in US academic institutions; 4) how can plagiarism be avoided; 5) what tools exist to detect plagiarism and how do they work. You may also include something that you feel appropriate. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...
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...In his essay, “Fairy Stories”, J.R.R.Tolkien explains that authors, or sub-creators, must develop secondary worlds with infinite possibilities. Tolkien suggests an effective secondary world, must contain circumstances that are realistic in the sense of the secondary world’s laws, altering the reader’s belief system. Also, sub-creators, developing these secondary worlds, must continue sustaining the reader’s disbelief by developing curiosities, encouraging the reader’s exploration. An author utilizing Tolkien's secondary world is J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This novel traces Harry’s journey of discovering his magical abilities, through a world of wizards. In her novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's...
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