...On Becoming a Writer 1 On Becoming a Writer English Composition April 27, 2013 On Becoming a Writer 3 The main idea of the essay is the fact that the author always had the desire to be a writer but he was faced with the difficult of writing during his time at school, his English classes were very hard and confused. The others points I found on this essay is: * The author faced and thought that only the rich people could write and that being a writer as professional did not have a good future, but even that he had begun to think about being a writer. So in his third year at college things changed for him. * When his class assigned to Mr. Fleagle, he was waiting another sad and dull year because the Mr. Fleagle was recognized as a person with no inspiration, no glare, his way of dressing or even his physical characteristics made the students in the city do not have a good conception of Mr. Fleagle. * Another important point that the author cites in his essay is he was not disappointed for a long time, because he expected an antipathetic professor. Also he cites the teacher wanted his students to like Macbeth, but the teacher didn’t know how to influence the students’ whit that passion he had for Macbeth. The author makes a citation which one the teacher always used in the classroom and is very interesting “do not you see”, the author claims it as his teacher was placed in front of students in a tone of mild surprise ignorance of them. ...
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...American Education: Not Worthy of an “A” In the height of the economic recession circa 2008, the CEO of a McDonald’s supplier experienced difficulty finding competent workers for the modern factory jobs. The position entailed basic communication skills, literacy, and the ability to solve a problem. These traits were lacking in the recent high school graduates of Oklahoma public schools. In rapidly evolving and fast-paced financial markets, a quality education has become the foundation for success, and the education being offered by U.S. schools proves to be a faulty base for structure. In Amanda Ripley's The Smartest Kids in the World, Ripley demonstrates the American education system's need for rigor by providing personal narratives...
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...father who grew up in poverty, I lost my father to H.I.V. and my mother and I overcame various obstacles throughout my life, including living with domestic violence, sexual abuse, unstable housing and other trials that made it difficult to look forward to a positive future. As a child, I was never sure where to turn to for inspiration and I struggled to meet expectations in school. Subsequently, I was diagnosed with a learning disability in reading and writing, and it became increasingly hard for me to believe in myself, without many personal successes to draw from. But even in the arid desert some flowers still survive, and through the encouragement of my grandparents and reading teacher, I pressed on, and by late elementary school I was able to overcome these challenges begin feeling my first life successes through school. I felt a great sense of accomplishment and pride through my achievements in school, and it seemed to be the only variable in my life that I could control. So I thrust my energies into achieving in education and ended up becoming the first on one side of my family to graduate from high school, (graduating early in just three years), and one of the first on both...
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...concept of the ‘Big Society’ failed to catch the public’s imagination? The concept of the ‘Big Society’ was developed as the flagship policy of the Conservative Party as part of the 2010 election campaign, an initiative designed to transfer powers from local government to the people of the community. The Big Society encompasses everything from free schools and libraries, to supporting local sports groups and repairing vandalised or damaged public property. Despite being championed as “the most important and radical part of the coalition government’s agenda” (Bishop & Green, 2011:30), the response from the British public has been underwhelming to say the least. Indeed, in its first year, a mere 24 free schools (schools funded by the government, but ran by parents, teachers, companies, religious groups or voluntary groups) were approved and opened. Furthermore, an Ipsos MORI poll (2010a) found that 60% of the public felt that the government was responsible for improving public services and public areas, and that they shouldn’t be calling on the public to do so. Various reasons exist for the Big Society failing to capture the public’s imagination; quite simply, many people just do not understand what exactly the Big Society is. Considering the current economic climate, it is also safe to say that most people do not care about what the Big Society is, as they have more pressing issues such as feeding their families and affording their energy bill to deal with. Similarly...
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...Grading Systems - SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION Tweet students grades teachers learning ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search All U.S. Universities Bottom of Form ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form SCHOOL Thomas R. Guskey HIGHER EDUCATION Howard R. Pollio SCHOOL Few issues have created more controversy among educators than those associated with grading and reporting student learning. Despite the many debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among those who teach at the same grade level within the same school. In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of teachers. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students' performance are converted into grades or marks that summarize students' accomplishments. Although some educators distinguish between grades and marks, most consider these terms synonymous. Both imply a set of symbols, words, or numbers that are used to designate different levels of achievement or performance. They might be letter grades such as A...
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...feel comparable to the people who live in poverty due to their unfortunate circumstances. In the eight paragraph The Economist used, perhaps the utmost humane, basic, and hardest hitting use of pathos is the statement, ““Poor” is a four letter word”. This puts all readers on the same level to show compassion and the motivation to support and heal the poor. The personal stories that the Economist use are emotional and present a strong argument that Americans living in poverty need support. The emotionally charged word choice and language allows that reader to understand the situation. Various words used are “lost”, “severe”, and “minimum wage” (par 2,3). The Economist further uses pathos with the inclusion of, “… still paying off a $2,100 loan…” because, people are beginning to take out loans that they cannot pay back due to the failing economy not providing well-paying jobs. College readers may connect with this family because, people have loans that are a burden affecting their lives. Majority of the pathos appeal shares logos appeal, because the statements are rational and it is safe to assume that due to the failing economy these circumstances are only further escalated. Secondly, the facts and data show logos-based appeal, because it explains that due to the economy, people who are poor are unable to find consistent work. There are numerous facts the Economist presents that allows the reader to understand what the situation is for people who live in poverty. Furthermore...
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...opportunity to understand better the material being studied. What does the research say about peer tutoring? In reviews of peer tutoring programs, researchers found: * When students participated in the role of reading tutor, improvements in reading achievement occurred * When tutors were explicitly trained in the tutoring process, they were far more effective and the students they were tutoring experienced significant gains in achievement * Most of the students benefited from peer tutoring in some way, but same-age tutors were as effective as cross-age tutors (Burnish, Fuchs & Fuchs, 2005; Topping, 2008) Some benefits of peer tutoring for students include higher academic achievement, improved relationships with peers, improved personal and social development as well as increased motivation. In turn, the teacher benefits from this model of instruction by an increased opportunity to individualize instruction, increased facilitation of inclusion/mainstreaming, and opportunities to reduce inappropriate behaviors (Topping, 2008). There is an old saying: “To teach is to learn twice.” Peer tutoring is a beneficial way for students...
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...controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Capitalism reproduces itself and keeps the exploited working class from rising up and overthrowing a system designed to exploit and alienate them not through the brutality of totalitarianism but rather by institutional naturalization (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature) (WordNet3.0) of the process via religion, the legal system, the educational system, and the government. Throughout Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo social class and their economic struggle is a huge factor in how their life plays out. Lisbeth Salander essentially represents the working class proletariat. Though she works for a security company as one of their best personal detectives she has been categorized as socially incompetent from the age of 12 when she murdered her father, and has required a guardian since. By alienating the working class it only serves to highlight their struggle to gain power. However, a crucial element that Stieg Larsson integrates into his novel is the mental strength of his Goth punked-out cyber genius. Like many of the working class girls in the novel, Salander is exposed to sexual violence when she is raped by her new guardian in order to receive money. However her mental strength, bordering on psychopathic, enables her to seek revenge on...
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...Personal Responsibility GEN/200 Personal Responsibility “The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that even though 12.5 million Americans are searching for work, there are 3.5 million jobs that remain unfilled, largely due to a lack of skilled workers” (Umehira, 2012, p. 2). Seeking higher education is the responsibility of any student; it is the individual’s accountability to maintain their resiliency to live up to the monumental tasks of achieves academic success. College students must take full control of their educational needs to achieve personal success. “A 1998 survey identified 90 percent of the American population were concerned about the decline of the moral values across the nation” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 14). The price of this success comes with the responsibility of not compromising their personal moral and ethical responsibilities to themselves and to the institution. It is a large undertaking process to manage these learning objectives while understanding personal responsibilities to earn an educational degree. “Ethical decision belongs to the individual to make the choice to do the right or wrong” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 13). Ethical and moral responsibilities are integrated standards, which defines a person’s role to maintain ones integrity. However, if a student violates these standards and rules and regulations of unbecoming a scholar student, within the universities policies. Then the student could face expulsion or may receive sanctions, due to the circumstances...
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...getting farther. Technology, which began from a simple device, now becomes a high speed and multi – tasking one. This is the only way in which they cope with their various demands of their customers, clients and furthermore they do not have to waste their time in doing their business works. Universities and colleges, secondary and elementary schools play a vital role in shaping student’s mental, emotional and social aspect. Quezon-Roxas High School is one of the institutions in Marinduque which provides educational services in the secondary level. Since Quezon-Roxas High School has been using the manual process, the enrolment personnel as well as the guidance counselors’ encountered problems regarding the records of the enrolled students from 1st year to 4th year, since their records are stored in the file cabinet, it is hard for them to search or to fund the students’ records. It is time consuming because they have to look for a certain record among the others files in the storage. In updating the records of the students, they need to check the existing records. The developed system Student Information System for Quezon-Roxas High School will be a great help for the academe to easily manage faculty and students record. These records will be stored in a database. Only the authorized persons can access the system. The users have their limitations to access a particular content of the system. Review of Related Literature and Studies Related Literature Information system...
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...Freedom Writers Self-concept is the entirety of one's beliefs and attitudes towards their personal existence. Many people, depending on life experience, feel they have superiority or are at a disadvantage because of the group they fall into. This is seen in the movie Freedom Writers, each and every student has their own perspective on their own self-concept. These students end up finding similarities between each other because they have some sort of connection but only find it once they learn and open up about their struggles. There are many concepts of the self that can be found throughout the entire film. Empathy is one of the major concepts of The Freedom Writers. Empathy is the ability to put yourself into another person’s experience and to completely understand the other’s thoughts, feelings and way of being. (P.78) An example of empathy is when Mrs. G reads the journals and can really put herself into their shoes and really understand their individual experiences. If Mrs. G didn’t have a strong sense of empathy for the students, she never would have been able to help them conquer their personal demons. Mrs. G used a strategy called identity management to connect with the students. Identity management is when communicators use certain strategies to influence the way others view them. (P.81) An example of this is when Mrs. G plays Tupac in an effort to relate to the kids in the class. She hopes to have them see that they may have something in common...
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...Proving not to be his best idea, Perry was described as suspicious and paranoid. Perry continued to question Capote as to why he was writing the book and to what was Capote going to gain from writing about them. Capote continued to try and get Perry to open up, failing everyday up until around three to four months into his intense interviewing. Perry began to trust Truman as a friend and was very close to him during the ticking, last five years of his life. Trusting Truman, Perry began to show interest in what he had developed so far, piece by piece Perry got to see this literary work from one interview at a time. Perry’s greatest objection was the title, the murder wasn’t committed “In Cold Blood”. Capote tied to explain to him that the title had a deeper and double meaning to it, but never shared it with Perry. Capote was with Perry and Dick so much he could tell when they both were lying. He would ask them both to explain a part of a story, and sentence after sentence when a detail was off Capote knew...
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...The Real Ebonics Debate What Should Teachers Do? By Lisa Delpit The "Ebonics Debate" has created much more heat than light for most of the country. For teachers trying to determine what implications there might be for classroom practice, enlightenment has been a completely non-existent commodity. I have been asked often enough recently, "What do you think about Ebonics? Are you for it or against it?" My answer must be neither. I can be neither for Ebonics or against Ebonics any more than I can be for or against air. It exists. It is the language spoken by many of our African-American children. It is the language they heard as their mothers nursed them and changed their diapers and played peek-a-boo with them. It is the language through which they first encountered love, nurturance and joy. On the other hand, most teachers of those African-American children who have been least well-served by educational systems believe that their students' life chances will be further hampered if they do not learn Standard English. In the stratified society in which we live, they are absolutely correct. While having access to the politically mandated language form will not, by any means, guarantee economic success (witness the growing numbers of unemployed African Americans holding doctorates), not having access will almost certainly guarantee failure. So what must teachers do? Should they spend their time relentlessly "correcting" their Ebonics-speaking children's language so that it might...
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...Culturally Responsive Teaching: Bridging the Gap Michael Warren University of Texas at El Paso Culturally Responsive Teaching: Bridging the Gap The changing demographics in classrooms are not often reflected in the pedagogies, curriculum and strategies used in represented grade levels and content areas by the education professionals that drive our education system. Recent research has considered the idea that culturally responsive or culturally pedagogical teaching may be the answer to closing the achievement gap created by the absence of cultural awareness. The concept of cultural awareness may be simply defined as an understanding and awareness of the diversity in the classroom (Villegas & Lucas, 2002); however, such a simplistic definition does not recognize the many dimensions involved in the pedagogy of culturally responsive teaching, which for students includes seeing germane links between subject matter and lessons and their experiences outside the context of the classroom and how those links influence what and how they learn. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the many facets that make up the term Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) and the impact and implications implementing such a broad concept may have on the education system. While the literature discusses several topics connected to CRT, I will confine this review to the following: (1) CRT Background/Definition (2) The methods of study, the participants involved and the significance...
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...investigate the use of pastiche in modern satire. As popular situation comedies fulfil the generic conventions of using multiple cameras, linear narratives, stand alone catchphrases and aspirational ideologies, the essay will deliberate whether post modernism is legitimate in television comedy. "As Hollywood agents worry about the demise of the town's lowing cash cow, the multi-camera, staged sitcom, here to save the day is Arrested Development, a farce of such blazing wit and originality, that it must surely usher in a new era in comedy." —Alison Powell, The Guardian (UK), March 12, 2005 Television situation comedy has always appealed to mass market audiences. From ‘The Brady Bunch’(1969 – 1974), which centred on a blended family, perhaps the best-known domestic comedy in US television history to ‘Cheers’(1982 – 1993), the show set in a bar in Boston. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a common environment such as a home or workplace. Sitcoms provide the audience with iconic moments in television history. The longitivity of this genre of programming allows the audiences to build up relationships with the characters, therefore becoming an active audience by engaging with Blumer and Katz (1974) uses and gratifications theory, as the familiarity allows the audience diversion, social interaction and provides personal identity. The characters also evoke, in the audience, a sense of empathy unlike any other type of television comedy as the viewer experiences the...
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