...Education Failing By May 7, 2013 Strayer University ECON 405 P Provide a brief overview / synopsis of the issue. The article suggest that the system is designed to fail from the start There are many factors that are failing our education system in America. The article explains some of the factors that are causing this problem. The main two topics that the article list as the problem are through the teachers union and the government. It also lays the blame for our education system failing on the students themselves for not taking a initiative, to the parents just passing the buck to the schools to educate their children and to the curriculum that is being taught. The government has the no child left behind act which to me seems that it just pushes a child through. It looks good in theory but it has not worked yet and it has been in effect for almost thirteen years now. The blame seems to be passed around like a hot potato, nobody wants to take the responsibility. They just want to blame each other for the mistakes. These are not even new problems that we are facing this problem has been going on for years and years. The statistics are there “the proficiency of math and reading among 8th graders” The math part broken down by a few states is Alabama 18%, Mississippi 14%, New Jersey 40%, Connecticut 35%, New York 30%, Arizona 26% and California 24% and for the reading side the states scored between...
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...random eighty first year students from all programs in Global City Innovative College and have asked these students the reasons why some of the learning areas got so much difficulty. The factors that may affect the learning of the students may involve the whole institution and the kind of environment they are into. Some of these are stated in this research and explained that may benefitted by both student and teacher. Indeed, the research is focused on factors affecting students on getting poor academic performance which leads to failing of their grades. Data and Information are clearly showed to enumerate the said factors in this research. Significance of the study The results of this research study categorically benefited from many sectors of the educational institutions by providing information on the performance of the students in terms of failing in their academic areas. The research is contributed by the reasons affecting failing grades of First year random students in all programs at Global City Innovative College....
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...It has been argued that your gender can be the reason you're failing your class. It's true how someone's gender can affect them so greatly? This has been occurring throughout history and still is happening today. But in order to approve upon this subject and help people become more prepared for life we have to look at the past, present, and what content or knowledge the opposite gender and your gender are missing. In the past your gender had a lot to do with how much education you received and what you were taught. For example, in Colonial times in America boys learned based on their wealth/social status. Poor boys usually only went to school until they were of working age (8-10) however the rich ones would most likely...
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...Failing the exams Cause and Effect Essay We all experience heartaches. It can be about love, family, shattered dreams, or anything that brought you desolation and disappointment. But as students, one of the unhappiest moment in our lives that brings great heartache not only to ourselves but also to our parents would be receiving a failing mark or flunking the test. Failing in any aspects of life is inevitable because nobody is perfect. Failing in the exams is a different thing. It is avoidable. Students fail in the test because of some certain reasons. Some of the causes of failing an exam are lack of interest in the subject or topic, mental incapability, lack of focus due to stress and personal problems, confusing and difficult subject due to poor teaching techniques, and the top cause which is the most eminent reason, being lazy or procrastinating. Students usually fail the test because they did not study and prepare for it instead they prioritize other unnecessary things such as surfing the net, watching movies, hanging out with friends, or sometimes, they are too lazy to study because they are too confident that they will pass even if they do not study. As a good student, we should learn how to prioritize the things we have to do. Time management and being focus is the key. You should put your heart into it or else there are particular consequences and punishment parallel to all of your actions that will be given by your parents such as grounding you. Failing the exams...
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...Failing School Systems: Are Students to Blame? The United States educational system is failing. This topic is in the news repeatedly. Failing schools are a problem that must be fixed. However, it cannot be fixed until we figure out its real cause. Many people put the blame on the government, school officials, and teachers. Critics such as Geoffrey Canada, the founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, say that the problem lies within the public schools. He states, “Public schools are bad, privately managed charter schools are good” (Ravitch 1). This may be a true statement but there must also be an underlying cause for low school performance. Nobody ever thinks the students may have something to do with this problem. The students are the ones who are taking the tests, paying attention in class and completing the homework. Nevertheless, from another view it may not always be the child’s fault. Maybe other factors contribute to this. Some students want to succeed but they do not always have the necessary resources to do so. These reasons are student’s determination, financial limitations, family support, insufficient housing, and poor nutrition. Some students do want to succeed in life however successful needs to be defined in order to figure out criteria for success. According to Merriam-Webster, success is an “a degree of succeeding” and “a favorable or desired outcome”. In other words, success is having a series of goals set in order to achieve a bigger goal or accomplishment...
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...Eskom keeps dropping the lightb’a’llb “electricity was the most important new technology of the 20th Century. It changed the world profoundly, and entyirely for the better. It is now the backbone of every economy” – @ Liberty, 2014 Die aangehaalde gedeelte uit die @Liberty se artikel oor Eskom en sy huidige situasie lig uit hoe belangrik elektrisiteit geword het in die wêreld en hoekom dit so belangrik is vir die ekonomie van ‘n land. Daarom is dit belangrik dat ons Eskom se huidige probleem situasie ontleed om vas te stel wat die probleem na vore gebring het en waste besluite gelei het tot die krisis. In my ondersoek het ek gekyk na verskillende bronne wat handel oor die Eskom probleem en het ek verskeie sieninge identifiseer wat groot verskille toon in die manier waardeur hulle veronderstel die situasie benader moet word en hanteer moet word. Dit is immers belangrik dat al die menings in ag geneem word om so die groter prentjie akkuraat te kan sien. Daar is geen twyfel dat die elektrisiteit probleem in Suid Afrika ʼn rede vir kommer is nie, en in die laaste paar jaar is Eskom onder die kollig oor hoekom die probleem gelos is om so te vergroot. Die Suid Afrikaanse burgers is bekommerd in hoe die situasie ons verder sal affekteer, besighede verloor profeit en dit het groot effek op die ekonomiese stand van die land, die onsekerheid oor more is iets wat twyfel sit in Eskom en hulle vermoë om die land se vraag na elektrisiteit te kan bevredig. Kundiges van die gebied het al alternatiewe...
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...Why some say the American Education System is failing, Why some say it’s not Liz Sanders As Jeff Daniels’ character in The Newsroom put it, we’re 7th in Literacy, 27th in Math, and 22nd in Science (The Newsroom, 2012). America used to be an educated country; now we just base our opinions on what we get from social media, and the people around us. In this piece, I’m going to look at why some people think the American Education System is failing, and why some people think it’s not. What does it mean to fail? A bad grade in one of your classes? Falling behind, and not being able to catch up? Here, we’re going to look at the problem surrounding the failing American Education System. In an article from Foreign Affairs magazine, it’s stated...
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...The U. S. Congress is failing the American people Politics have always been a topic of debate and expression of strong personal belief. To hear the discussions of relevance lately would to be of the budgets and how Congress is failing to make decision that the American public deems right and at least acceptable for even those who opposed the outcome for whatever reason they felt justified. To have a statement of Congress failing the American people brings to life the question that is the American people failing Congress and their constitutional rights? The Atlantic.com published a reading with the heading "Congress is failing" with Major Garrett being quoted as saying "If Republicans and Democrats can't solve their latest stalemate, disaster victims will go without federal relief." The statement is referring to the Disaster Relief Fund that was projected to run out of money within a week of this article. Hurricane Irene left thousands in shambles and the victims were turning to the U.S. Government for help and more at the disaster relief fund the government controls and distributes. Mr. Garrett claims that "Everyone is to blame" in Congress and goes on to point out how each department plays upon another and without a cohesive group it is deemed to fail and very quickly. The personal opinion of Mr. Garrett is the debate is no longer about what is right for the fund but the parties involved solely. If Congress is failing then why do we have Congress? Some have...
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...Homelessness is a major social issue facing our society today. Homelessness among United States Veterans in particular is at epidemic levels for those returning to civilian life. Given the Iraq and Afghanistan tours and number of soldiers returning from multiple tours in “hell”, it is little wonder the number of homeless vets has more than doubled in the past two years. (Zoroya, 2014) Serious measures need to be taken to save our “fallen soldiers” from the depressing life on the streets of America. But in order to do this we must first understand the life of homeless vets to determine why conventional attempts at solving this problem just don’t work. Our society needs to take ownership in working with State and Federal Government to implement successful solutions which produce positive results in eliminating homelessness among our veterans. The number of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans who are homeless or risk losing the roof over their heads is increasing as more of these soldiers return home from active duty. At the end of September, 2014, 531 of these vets were living on the streets of Connceticut. (Zoroya, 2014) These numbers are actually much higher because it only represents the number staying in shelters or those receiving federal temporary housing vouchers to pay rent as noted in Department of Veterans’ Affairs reports. (Zoroya, 2014). There were more than 62,600 homeless veterans in the United States according to data from January 2014 report released by...
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...University Sta. Maria. However, for the past few years, slashing, and transferring to other schools became major problems of students because of their failing grades are increasing in number. A failing grade is defined as a grade lower than the passing grade of mark in an examination, class, or course of study. It is the rate of students' weakness apart from a passing grade is proof of how low an IQ level of a student is. When they hear the term failing grade, oftentimes, they would think that it is because a student is not studying well, or is not that good academically. With this circumstance comes slashing or being removed from the course a student is taking. In other cases, failing grades of students may also give negative image on the university or school itself. Based on the other researchers, there are two kinds of impact of having failing grade. The first one is the negative action which can lead to negative result. This could result in the student's frustration in his or her life. The student may be discouraged because of this. The positive outcome could mark the student to grow more, to study harder and to become a better student. The student may be inspired with this outcome. According to the PSU School manual, the grades 1.00 to 3.00 are passing, the grade of 4.00 is conditional, while 5.00 is considered as a failing grade. The university requires that the students' academic performance be...
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...Examples to show why current legislation and regulations need to be followed: Legislation and regulations are necessary in the scientific environment as it ensures workers and employees are safe and any they know how to properly ensure that whatever work they’re doing is also safe for them and the people around them. Examples of when legislation and regulations aren’t followed: 1. An international chemical firm has been fined over £100,000 when workers were put at risk 3 times at a factory in Cheshire. These incidents occurred many months after each other at the Winnington Lane site, all the incidents were found to be causes of unfollowed legislation and regulation when the site was investigated. a. The first incident was in a Tata Chemicals Europe Ltd plant in Northwich where an employee suffered burns to his right foot which required 18 months of treatment. The first incident occurred when the worker was trying to reach a pump to restart it and his foot went through a missing grating which caused his foot to be exposed to toxic liquids which were at roughly 95oC. b. The next incident occurred 6 months later when high levels of CO2 was released into the plant because employees hadn’t been given sufficient training which led to the leak which put them at risk. c. The final incident on 21st November was when an employee fell through part of a gantry which chemicals had corroded, he escaped with minor injuries. When an inspector went to the factory,...
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...Marijuana in the U.S.: A Failing Prohibition Recently two of the fifty states passed state laws allowing the recreational use of marijuana. Not only do the new marijuana laws conflict with the national law that marijuana is illegal but the new laws have put in question how states are able to pass laws that directly conflict with national laws. Although each state has the right to govern and create laws never before have any states directly disobeyed national law with the passing of state legislation. Prior to the new laws passed by Colorado and Washington 18 states and the District of Colombia had already passed laws allowing the use of medicinal marijuana. The District of Colombia and the other 18 states have acquired incredible amounts of tax dollars due to the medicinal marijuana causing many people to question whether the national government should continue with the prohibition over marijuana. Not only will the national government receive tremendous amounts of tax dollars, the government spends too much money fighting marijuana use and marijuana is also safer than other legal substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs. Therefore marijuana should not be illegal in the United States. Although government expenses are high, and the predicted tax benefits are tremendous many people are still very strong supporters of the prohibition of marijuana. Even with government regulated substances such as tobacco and alcohol killing large amounts of people each year the...
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...Last semester was agonizing to me for math. I for one admit that math is not my strong suit and this was spoken about in the beginning. I really was seeking out majors that didn’t have math or not as much math in them. I know that math is essential to anything in life. I had a fear of math and have taken some in the past; failed and passed them the next go around. Failing was never a part of my plan. I take full responsibility for it. However, I feel that I was not really given much help from my Professor. I emailed and set up times with him and we never really had a conversation because for a while we played phone tag. I emailed him and let him know I was completely lost in his class as well. I saw early on that I was going to fail the class...
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...Consequences of Failing to Provide Full Disclosure There is a wide range of potential outcomes for failing to provide full disclosure in accounting. At the very least, failing to provide full disclosure is unethical, especially if the intention is to mislead about the true nature of business operations. A company could seriously damage its relationship with creditors, investors, regulators, and other third parties if they are found to be willfully withholding important information. In some cases, this could lead to a lawsuit if it resulted in damages to the third party. For example, if a company withheld information from it’s creditors and then defaulted on a loan, the creditor could likely sue for damages. Public companies are sued on a regular basis for failing to disclose relevant information to investors. On the other end of the spectrum, failing to provide full disclosure could be a criminal act under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Executives who failing to disclose information could be criminally liable if this was done with the intention of defrauding investors. This is a relatively new penalty that was implemented after many major corporate scandals, such as Enron and Tyco, among others. Although it takes an extreme disregard for the full disclosure principle to reach criminal penalties, it ensures that executives at publically traded companies are held to a high standard of financial reporting and honesty. Statement of Cash Flows The statement of cash flows is essential...
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...A failing Welfare System Some people will say that welfare is a hand out; others will argue and say that the program is a life raft. But there are always two sides to a story. On one hand, we have people who need the assistance, and on the other there are individuals that find ways to manipulate and basically pilfering from the system. Certainly, the welfare system is in place to help individuals and families who are in need. So, should there be a massive overhaul of the entire system? Speaking from a bystander viewpoint; there should be some form of revision within the program because some departments may need more adjusting than others; merely excluding millions from the program is not the solution. Although, this may seem to be a viable...
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