...A lot of schools today follow the same yearly calendar but there is another system of education some schools have chosen to participate in. School should be in session year-round because it will be beneficial to students. There is a contrast in views when it comes down to year-round schools, but the argumentation for them to be more commonly used is because they increase academic learning, keep children productive, and keep students and teachers focused. In contempt of what others think, academic learning will greatly increase. Year-round school will help students become scholarly and intellectual but the opposition begs to disagree. The opposition has provided in Kimberly Demucha Kalil’s article, “The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School” she...
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...Honors English 18 April 2017 YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLING: IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION In the article, “Should American Schools Go Year Round?” Sindhu Nair suggests the current academic calendar is past its time: This schedule was established when the United States was still a largely agrarian nation. At that time, this system was implemented because children were often needed to work in the fields during the summer. Since those reasons no longer make sense in this modern world, many people are advocating a shift away from this ‘antiquated’ nine month school year in favor of year round education. Used in most American schools, the current school calendar, designed in the late 1800’s, no longer meets the...
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...Year Round School There are 3,181 schools in the US that have changed to being year round. Year-round school started getting popular in the 1970’s when people decided the traditional school year was outdated. What is “Summer School”? Should schools be in session year round.” “students were given the summer off because they needed to help out on their families' farms.’’(Summer). Some people think year-round schools would be better because it has more breaks instead of a long summer break. Although some people think year-round school helps avoid burnout and saves money, year-round school shouldn’t become the norm because it ruins summer and is too hard to find childcare. Critics claim that year-round school messes with activities.It messes with...
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...Is year-round school a good fit for students? Before making a decision, the pros and cons of this educational system need to be reviewed. Students who go to a year-round school go to class the same number of days as kids on a conventional school plan. What’s the difference? A year-round school timetable is spread out more evenly throughout the year. “The traditional calendar is divided into nine months of instruction and three of vacation during the summer. Year-round calendars break these long instructional/ vacation blocks into a pattern of sixty days of instruction followed by twenty days of vacation.” (CA Dept of Education). Students who receive more frequent breaks don't receive a customary ten to twelve-week summer break. Removing any kind of long break from school can enhance a child’s educational accomplishment. Long summers are known for "summer slide," or the decay of cerebral abilities and loss of information throughout the longer break. Summer-slide is different across grade levels, subject matter and family income, according to the National Summer Learning Association. However, it still affects all children in some way. If a student does not have a long break, it helps prevent summer learning loss. Summer learning loss is a significant issue for children. All children – rich or poor - experience a slide in math over the summer. The slide is different for everyone. Despite the fact that it may appear fun, an extended summer break can frequently prompt weariness...
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...Year-Round Education One of the big issues today in the United States seems to be school reform; everyone seems to agree that we need to improve our nation’s schools. There have been several solutions suggested, such as: reforming curriculum, implementing national tests, and improving the quality of teachers. One specific solution may be to change the school calendar from the traditional school session of nine months, to a year-round term. Supposedly, this new calendar better facilitates learning. Year-round education has the potential to bring economy, accountability, and educational efficiency to the schools. While Year-Round schooling can save money, the impact on academic achievement is uncertain (Graves, McMullen and Rouse). This type of school system impacts students, teachers, parents and the community in both positive and negative ways. The traditional school calendar has been in effect for more than a century. Students have relied on a 180-day school year with a long summer vacation. Originally, the school calendar was organized so that children would have the summer off to help their parents work on the farm. Although most communities no longer depend heavily on agriculture and children no longer carry on the responsibilities they once did, our society continues to follow the traditional school calendar. The debate surrounding YRE (Year-Round Education) generally focuses on five broad categories: professional staffing and development, administrative...
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...Converting to year round school schedule will only do more harm than good, family vacations, businesses, and jobs will be disrupted and changed. Traditional school schedule is very common, almost all schools use it. Traditional school schedule have been used for the longest time now, no one seems to have a problem with it. Even though year round schedule will pay more for school staff and companies that are built for school purposes, the extra money going to the school staff will cause the school to not get new equipment and gear. Also businesses such as an ice cream stores count on summer to thrive and make bank. Take it from me, my family runs Cold Stone and we make most of our money during the summer. Year round school is like a thief...
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...candidates. In the end, based on the criteria used by the company, we’ll decide which two candidates (out of four) we would decide to hire for SG Cowen. 1. Hiring Process & Evaluation The hiring process for a new class of associates begins in fall and consists of internal and external hiring. 1. Internal Recruitment: a. Those employed as analysts and promoted to first-year associates at the end of their third year (without business school education), or b. Those starting out as interns in the summer and then being offered full time employment after graduation 2. External Recruitment: The hiring strategy focused on “core business schools”. However, Chip Rae, the director of recruiting at SG Cowen, has a different strategy when choosing the “core business school” comparing with what SG Cowen was doing in the past: Instead of going only to the top 10 business schools and getting people from the middle of the class, SG Cowen started looking for the next 15 business schools in the top 25 and getting people from the top of the class. Steps: 1st. Company presentations at schools: The aim is to educate the students about the company, to create awareness and to inform them...
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...positioning, branding, packaging and distribution strategy to introduce their new alcoholic beverage product in the refreshment market. Situation Analysis • Objectives: • • Vincor’s objective is to have at least a 3-year lifespan in the market, since this would be considered ‘successful’ in the refreshment industry. Unsuccessful products were pulled from the shelves within their first year. 1 • • Background: In 2004, Vincor was the world’s eighth largest producer and distributor of wine and wine-related products. In Canada, Vincor was the market leader with 21% market share. The refreshment category was an important part of Vincor’s business in Canada, and was driven primarily by its Vex and Grower’s Cider brands, each of which sold nearly one million cases in 2005.1 In 2004, refreshments were a $230 million dollar industry in Canada. However, the refreshment category within the alcoholic beverage industry shrank by 6% year over year. Each province has one buyer and one primary source for distribution. The monopsonistic nature of the distribution channel added pressure to the launch of a new brand. The industry is extremely dynamic and trendy market, so new brands and brand extensions were launched every year. Being in a highly competitive industry and with customers willing to try out new brands, the company needs to be...
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...managing the program of the facility, and who will be the architecture to construct the facility. We will also demonstrate the pros and cons of each of the focus areas. The budget for the softball fields as well as the multi-purpose fields are as follows. For general construction costs, $500,000 will be allocated to finish the projects construction. Some specific costs will be the purchasing of the soccer and lacrosse goals that can be added and removed from the field which will be $2,000. Another specific cost will be the fencing around the softball fields which will be around $1,000. Costs for keeping up the inventory of the concession stands will be around $12,000 per year. The costs to keep the inventory stocked for the sports-wear store inside the softball fields will be around $50,000, selling things such as T-Shirts and Hoodies, along with many other types of sports apparel. The cost of utilities will be around $180,000 per year. Some specific utility costs are electric which will be about 150,000 per year and water, which will be around $25,000 per year. General maintenance costs will be about $100,000. Some things that will need up-keep are the replacing of the light bulbs for the field lights which will run at about $3,000 to replace them when needed. General custodial supplies will be about $6,000 and the equipment maintenance will round out at about $2,500. Insurance for the fields in case of things like fire or...
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...officer? 2. What are all the requirements for this job? 3. What are the pros and cons that come with this job? 4. What is a typical day in the facility for you? 5. Have you had any scenarios where your ethical thinking skills such as dealing with a disrespectful coworker/inmate occurred? How did you handle it? 6. Why did you choose the criminal justice degree instead of a political science degree? 7. Would you recommend this job to someone else? 8. What advice would be you give to someone that wanted to pursue this career or any other criminal justice oriented career? 9. Do you plan to keep this career or do you want to pursue something else in the criminal justice field? Notes from Interview 1. Learning new things such as how the jail systems work and how important a detention officer’s job really is 2. Requirements: must be 21 years of age, undergo an extensive background check, U.S. citizen, high school diploma, college education not required but could be extremely helpful 3. Pros: the knowledge of the jail/court system, good benefits and pay, job security Cons: long training, dangerous, work holidays, and odd shifts 4. Go in briefing room where the LT comes in and let them know about what was going on the shift before them and things they need to do or watch for. LT calls out duty assignments, go to assigned areas where they begin supervisory rounds. Feed twice a day during day shift and one time at night during night shift....
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...officer? 2. What are all the requirements for this job? 3. What are the pros and cons that come with this job? 4. What is a typical day in the facility for you? 5. Have you had any scenarios where your ethical thinking skills such as dealing with a disrespectful coworker/inmate occurred? How did you handle it? 6. Why did you choose the criminal justice degree instead of a political science degree? 7. Would you recommend this job to someone else? 8. What advice would be you give to someone that wanted to pursue this career or any other criminal justice oriented career? 9. Do you plan to keep this career or do you want to pursue something else in the criminal justice field? Notes from Interview 1. Learning new things such as how the jail systems work and how important a detention officer’s job really is 2. Requirements: must be 21 years of age, undergo an extensive background check, U.S. citizen, high school diploma, college education not required but could be extremely helpful 3. Pros: the knowledge of the jail/court system, good benefits and pay, job security Cons: long training, dangerous, work holidays, and odd shifts 4. Go in briefing room where the LT comes in and let them know about what was going on the shift before them and things they need to do or watch for. LT calls out duty assignments, go to assigned areas where they begin supervisory rounds. Feed twice a day during day shift and one time at night during night shift....
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...PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE COURSE: MANAGIIGING DIVERSITY SEMESTER: SUMMER, 2015 INSTRUCTOR: MOLLIE ANDRAE Q 1. Which dimensions of business case for diversity are the most persuasive? Why? No matter which definition you put on work diversity, most organization if not all are acknowledging the importance of making diversity a business consideration. “Our work place is changing and diversity is no longer the exception, it is the norm now. It is good for business and when we achieve unity in diversity, everyone wins”. (Lativin, D.). Changes in the workplace are the result of various shifts in U.S. demographics. Among these are the country’s racial and ethnic makeup. People of color have reached over 100 million, according the U.S. Census Bureau. The dimensions of business case for diversity may vary from organization to organization depending on their priorities but the case for business diversity is somewhat the same across the board. The demographic shift creating a new customer base and workforce is not the only reason to implement diversity initiatives within a company’s business strategy. Increased globalization, improved financial results and employee retention are all part of a growing business case for diversity. To me, one of the most persuasive case for diversity is winning the competition for talent. The United States is the most diverse country in the world and no wonder is so economically successful and world super power as compared to other developed nations...
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...Corporate Governance & Business Ethics Gun Control vs. Gun Violence The debate over gun control in the United States has been a topic of controversy over the years. In particular, the killing of twenty schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut. In December 2012 this mass shooting fueled a national discussion over gun laws. However, compromise legislation would have banned semiautomatic assault weapons and expanded background checks was defeated in the senate in 2013, despite extensive public support. Arguments for more restrictive gun laws http://gun.laws.com/gun-rights/gun-control-versus-gun-rights As society continues to diversify and human beings become more individualistic, we drift further apart from understanding each other. The gun control debate is not directly effected by this, but psychologically human beings fear what we don't understand. In a society with hundreds of cultures, differences and arguments can arise out of nothing. Words are one thing but the use of firearms is an entirely different topic. With less restrictive laws on purchasing and ownership a seemingly pointless feud could intensify into murder. Guns give a man power, with power inevitably comes abuse. There is a high rate of gun-related violence http://gun.laws.com/gun-rights/gun-control-versus-gun-rights The United States leads the world in gun violence and ownership. There is a direct correlation. This is perhaps the most obvious argument made in the gun control debate-guns...
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... For the attainment of the grade of Master of Engineering (M.Eng) at the SRH Hochschule Heidelberg School of Engineering and Architecture Heidelberg Presented by: Nagarjun Bagalore Srikanta Babu Residence: Bonhoefferstrasse 13, Zimmer no-910 69123, Heidelberg Matriculation number: 11006083 Mobile: +4917676256435 Email: bsnagarjun90@gmail.com First Reviewer: Mr. Benno Hoffmann Confirmed on: 23.07.2014 in Heidelberg TABLE OF CONTENT: |Sl no |Title |Page no | |1 |ABSTRACT |2 | |2 |INTRODUCTION |3 | |3 |VARIOUS MODELS PROPOSED BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT |3-4 | |4 | |4-5 | | |PROS AND CONS OF TOLL SYSTEM IN GERMANY | | |5 |CONCLUSION ...
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...Patenting the Gene Bioethics/Class Final Professor: Dr. Malcolm Hill Patenting the Gene Monsanto, a Fortune 500 company, developed a genetically modified canola seed that was Round-up resistant. In 2004, Monsanto Canada Inc. brought a civil suit against Percy Schmeiser and Schmeiser Enterprises Ltd. Monsanto claimed in their suit that Schmeiser had used its genetically modified canola seed in his fields in 1997-98 without paying a patented licensing fee. Schmeiser responded to this suit by saying that the seed had accidently contaminated his fields in 1997, and that due to this contamination, the crop seed that was saved and planted the next year was also contaminated because he was unable to distinguish between the contaminated seed and his own. However, the courts believed that it was his business to know that he was planting and growing this genetically modified seed and found for the plaintiff. They stated that the crops were indeed his; however, when using a product that achieves monetary gain, the user must pay to use it, even if it is only a small part of the product. Although he did not have to pay out for damages, he did have to be out a sizable amount in court fees and had to burn all seeds (Gibbons, 2012) In this paper, I will discuss the probable reasons as to why Monsanto believes there is an increase of crop production, how the government involves itself with matters such a patents on genetics, how farmers feel about growing genetically modified plants...
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