...assignments, like essays, projects and tests, will be given back to students within a week of them being turned in. Graded homework will be placed on the daily assignment desk, so that students can put it in their backpacks before they are hung up for the day. The larger essays, tests, and projects will be given back on an individual basis, near the end of the day in case of any questions. Materials: Most materials will be placed on the assignment table for students to pick up as they enter the door. Any materials that are not left out mean that they are important enough to be passed out. Papers like rubrics and big project assignments would be personally passed out. That way I inform students how important this assignment is, and enforce that I handed this particular paper out to everyone in class. Any other materials that students might want, like highlighters, markers, colored paper, ect, will be passed out by designated...
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...his inner city school. Jamal and his friends pass the time shooting hoops and making fun of the reclusive man watching them through the window of the apartment above the court. One day, Jamal’s friends dare him to break into the man’s apartment. Afraid of not being liked by his friends, Jamal accepts the dare. After being caught by the man, Jamal leaves the apartment, forgetting to take his backpack with him. When he goes back to retrieve the backpack, an unlikely friendship begins to form. The man, William Forrester, soon starts helping Jamal with his writing. Jamal hides this from his friends. The film demonstrates that we often change our behavior in order to try to fit in, even though the behavior might not be a bad thing. Shortly after befriending Forrester, Jamal’s principal invites Jamal’s mother for a meeting at the school, she has no idea what to expect, fearing Jamal may be in some sort of trouble. She is surprised to learn that Jamal’s above average standardized test scores do not reflect his grades in school. When Jamal is offered a full scholarship to a prestigious high school, he is faced with the choice of leaving the school where he feels comfortable and the opportunity for a better education at the new school. Forrester helps Jamal make the decision telling him, “There is a question with your life and that is what do you want to do with your life, and that’s a question your present school can’t answer.” When Jamal chooses to attend the school, he must...
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...Technology: Assistance or Hindrance I picked my 11 year old from the first day of 6th grade. When I was going through his backpack to sign all the papers that was sent home, I noticed an IPAD in it. I know my son does not have an IPAD, so I asked him about it. He told me the IPAD was issued to him by his teacher for all of his e-textbooks. What happened to lugging around a backpack full of huge textbooks? From smart boards, IPADs, wireless internet, and many other high tech gadgets that our public schools have, technology has changed dramatically since I graduated in May of 1998. I believe the exponential growth in technology in education is causing our students to be more distracted during class, causing school budgets to be overwhelmed, and it is causing students to loose traditional skills. First, technology in education is causing our students to be more distracted in class. Technology creates a need to multitask. Studies have shown that multitasking when learning something new or working on a project distracts from complete learning. (Study Dog, 2012) When students are using their cellphones, IPADs, or laptops in class, are they actually using them for note taking, researching topics, or other educational activities? According to a report conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education indicates that students taking laptops to classrooms might appear to be taking notes, but actually were doing activities unrelated to class work such as sending emails or using the...
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...brilliant young African-American high school student and basketball player, and William Forrester; an author who became reclusive after the death of his alcoholic brother and also his parents. Forrester is an award winning author who wrote only one book four decades ago before the incident that made him start living a reclusive life. On the other hand, Wallace is a high school student whom after getting high scores on his test and also his brilliance on the court gets noticed by an elite Manhattan prep school; Mailor-Callow who offers him a scholarship to study at their school and also play basketball. Wallace has a bad first encounter with Forrester after a challenge by his friends go wrong and he leaves Forrester’s apartment in a hurry out of fear and ends up forgetting his backpack in the apartment. His backpack is later returned to him and he sees that Forrester had put comments and reviewed his write-ups. Wallace decides to go to Forrester’s apartment to apologize and also to ask Forrester to review his works. Initially, Forrester is reluctant to help out the young writer but changes his mind after he tells Wallace to write an essay of five thousand words on “Why he should stay out of his house” and the latter actually writes it. The two quickly develop a bond which is easy because they both share a love for writing and Wallace associates the role of mentor, role model and friend to Forrester. Back in school, Wallace befriends a Caucasian girl named...
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...better at school is to establish a daily routine. A successful school day begins the morning before school. Actually, success begins the previous night. Homework should be completed, put in the correct notebook or folder, and packed to take to school. To find them easily the next morning, backpacks and anything else needed for school should be kept in the same place. Children do better in school when families eat dinner together. This time allows family members to discuss the day. Dinner is an excellent time to talk about worries or problems and think about possible solutions. Your child will benefit from open communication during this family ritual. The night before a school day provides more time to lay out clothes for the morning. Doing this helps avoid rushing to get dressed and eat breakfast before school. Parents especially need to be firm about going to bed and getting up on time. Older children should use alarm clocks and be held responsible for waking up and getting ready for the day. Share Information with Teachers and School Staff Teachers need to know that parents are interested in their child’s education. Parents should show this interest at the beginning of the school year. Become acquainted with your child’s teacher and other staff. Attend school events as much as possible. These activities provide opportunities to ask questions about teaching methods and what your child will be learning. A school’s web site will assist you keep track of specific school events...
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...\\Eng 115 The author of the essay “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” is Suki Kim. In the essay, Kim wants to explain her struggles. The essay discusses the struggles she had as a child being in the 7th grade and moving from South Korea to Queens, NY. She went from being rich to being poor basically overnight. Her world as she knew it was changed in an instant. Her father went from being a billionaire to having nothing. Her main purpose is to describe what she faced while trying to adapt to different beliefs and cultures. Kim talks about her life going to a new school where everyone spoke English. She noticed that even Korean American kids avoided her. She had not realized there was much diversity within an immigrant group. There was definitely a separation between the groups. Being a teenager, she was “already rooted in Korean ways and language”. Her soul was not quite American although on paper that is what she was considered. She would rather use her Hello Kitty backpack instead of one that had pictures of the Menudo boys who were popular in the 80’s. She was upset that her parents would not allow her to pierce her ears. Most girls her age had their pierced. It sounds like she struggled to fit in and still keep her Korean culture Her lifestyle changed tremendously. She went from having a chauffer to taking public transportation. She had to get used to being called an Asian when she had only heard that term in school in South Korea. She no longer...
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...think that her life story is for everyone of all ages. Because of her tone, I felt she was composed about the situation. I feel that she seemed to adjust very well in her new environment. For the first time Kim had to do her own laundry and take public transportation to school. After her father loses his shipping company, mining business and hotels, things started to fall apart. The author, Suki Kim is being described in this essay. This is her life story. The most important change in her life came when she started middle school; her father went bankrupt and lost everything that mattered to the family. Because bankruptcy was punishable by a jail term, she was then moved from her hilltop mansion with an orchard, pond and peacocks to Queens New York. Suki had difficulty adjusting to the American culture. At age 13, instead of being driven by a chauffeur she took public transportation to school for the first time. She never had homework without a tutor helping her, or having to do her own laundry. Unlike Korean schools, students were taught to bow to teachers. Kim quickly realized that things were much different at her current school in New York. Kim had stated that she preferred her Hello Kitty backpack to the ones with pictures of the Menudo boys and cried for weeks because her parents would not allow her to get her ear...
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...Keith is walking by a road coming from school and he feels weird and uncomfortable because everybody thats in cars that are passing him are staring at him very oddly. Keith sees a homeless kid that looks like in his 20’s and he’s holding a sign saying “I'm homeless, need shelter, and food.” Keith was thinking about giving him food and a place to live, keith went home and went into his closet and found his big box from his puppet show when he was 7, and then went into his kitchen and grabbed a few sausage burritos that he had left from last night dinner and put them in...
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...1. The essay is supposed to be about an experience that has changed the way I learn The shrill ringing of the school bell sounds, releasing my classmates and I from our first day of kindergarten. As I step outside the front doors, I see the long line of buses, which seems to infinitely extend into the distance. "Four," I said to myself, "Find bus number four." After walking for what felt like an eternity, I finally came to my bus. I managed to draw a final breath of the heavy emission-polluted air as I looked up at the threatening yellow vehicle, which towered over me. "I hate this," I thought. "I don't like this school. I don't like these kids, and I don't like my teacher. I just want to go home." But unfortunately, I couldn't. My first time riding a bus also happened to be the day that we moved into our new house. That wasn't home to me. Not yet at least. As I shyly made my way down the aisle, careful not to make eye contact with any of the other students, I searched for an open seat. I settled on one in the center of the bus, distancing myself from the rest of the children. I sat down and swung my backpack around to my side, letting it rest on the outside of the seat in an attempt to prevent anyone from sitting beside me. The bus began to move and my stomach started to turn. As the school drifted off into the distance, I found myself wishing that I were still standing outside of that building which I so recently disliked. I occupied myself by continually rocking...
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...different beliefs and cultures. Kim talks about her life going to a new school where everyone spoke English. She noticed that even Korean American kids avoided her. She had not realized there was much diversity within an immigrant group. There was definitely a separation between the groups. Being a teenager, she was “already rooted in Korean ways and language”. Her soul was not quite American although on paper that is what she was considered. She would rather use her Hello Kitty backpack instead of one that had pictures of the Menudo boys who were popular in the 80’s. She was upset that her parents would not allow her to pierce her ears. Most girls her age had their pierced. It sounds like she struggled to fit in and still keep her Korean culture Her lifestyle changed tremendously. She went from having a chauffer to taking public transportation. She had to get used to being called an Asian when she had only heard that term in school in South Korea. She no longer had a maid. She had to take her clothes to a Laundromat to wash them. In South Korea, she had a governess helping her with her homework. She now had to do homework by herself. The purpose is to describe what her journey was like coming to America and how her life transformed. The genre is a personal story of her life. She wanted to explain what she went through relocating to the United States. The essay is a narrative. The audience is other Koreans...
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...The Last Revolt of Mayport Middle It’s August 15 2016 at Mayport Middle School. The first day of school. But this isn’t a normal day. There is going to be a revolt. Students come armed with duct tape and and the odds data led against teachers. There are around 800 students at Mayport Middle and only 40 teachers. It is extremely possible that if only 300 students decide they don’t like school anymore they could take it over. It’s 0930 in Ms Fernandez Class. A kid named Jacob Green has asked to go out on a hall pass and Ms fernandez permits it. He walks down the hall to the main office. There is no secretary there to stop him from going to the intercom. He puts in the number and makes an announcement. “Students of Mayport Middle, It is time we throw out a his anarchy of a school and revolt against the teachers, We have endured countless amounts of Math Homework and Essays to write, And we have had enough!”. After he got off hundreds of kids ran out of class and barricaded doors and kicked out teachers. Some kids pulled fire alarms and flooded the bathrooms trying to cause as much mayhem as possible MsMcray (The Principal) has just walked in the door when all this happened and demanded order in the school. immediately fire trucks and cops...
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...succeed and those who fail. In the setting of a college, much akin to Chattahoochee Technical College, success or failure can mean the difference between an upward trajectory in a career path, or a minimum wage position at the local “hole in the wall” restaurant. According to collegeatlas.org, “70% of Americans will study at a 4-year college, but less than 2/3 of them will graduate with a degree.” (Beckstead) This means that for every 3 students in a college, at least one will likely drop out, either due to personal reasons, or due to failing grades. Therefore, this essay will present to you a few discrepancies between a pair of example students, who we shall name “Alex” and “Frank,” as a way of demonstrating the differences between an “A” student and an “F” student....
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...Product Review Essay Advantage of Technical Colleges Students and family’s today struggle when it comes to the financial requirements and proper fit as these relate to higher education. Many families have begun to plan for their children’s future education as early as from birth. While planning ahead is always best, the cost of higher education continues to increase which tends to still leave these families struggling to provide advanced education for their children. The expense of four year colleges has placed the option of attending these institutes out of reach for most students even where advanced financial planning was in place. More and more high school graduates are exploring the option of technical schools for continued education. Technical colleges offer lower costs, smaller class sizes and more access to professors making them more appealing to transitioning students. Technical colleges provide a great economic option for young men and women that choose to continue their education beyond high school. The majority of technical schools offer a variety of degree and certificate programs which can be completed in two years or less. These programs equip the students with the ability to obtain an education or training in a short period of time providing them the opportunity for employment in their field of study. Students are able to obtain these skills in less time and for a fraction of what a four year college degree costs. Technical schools offer financial...
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...Garrett Winters Professor VanCuren ENG 111 22 March 2016 Becoming a Collegiate Millionaire Some people never gain effective study habits during their years of early education. This means they may struggle through their first couple semesters of college. Students should figure out how to study the best possible way; many people cannot create a quality essay at four in the morning with the music blasting out loud and the television glaring right into their eyes when the lights are out. Although poor study habits may cause lots of students to struggle, a student may become connected by joining music groups, clubs, or sports teams that will help us make more friends while balancing our lives. So, students should get involved, it’s healthy and helps them discover things about themselves. School does not have to be just about schoolwork. It is good to find an activity that the school offers that is enjoyable, and join it if the schedule allows. Yet, some people have a harder time adjusting to school than other people and may feel that success is impossible. However, students can be successful in many ways, such as being on time for class, keeping an assignment notebook, and managing their time wisely. For students to be successful, they become punctual. To do so, they prepare the night before, such as ironing their garments the night before class; this will save them at least five to ten minutes in the morning, and they may use that time to read the newspaper or take...
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...Reflective Essay #1 The most important reason why I want to become an Elementary school teacher is because of the students. I have always loved being around young children. Especially once they start attending school. I love seeing how differently kids learn. I adore watching kids learn and get excited about learning new things. When I babysit this one boy, he is 7 years old, one of the first things he shows me when I walk in the door is his backpack filled with books, papers, tests, and the homework he wanted me to help him with. I thrive on watching this boy learn and grow. Knowing that school is fun and important to him makes me want to be a teacher someday, and it drives me to be the best teacher I can possibly be. The least important reason to me would be job autonomy and control. I really would not like to do the same thing, all day, every day. After a while, I would no longer enjoy doing that, and I would regret it. I plan on making my classroom fun and exciting for all of my students. I realize that a room full of young kids will be hard to control, but they are more fun than anyone else that I would rather deal with all day long. Some of the pros and cons of becoming a teacher are pretty drastic. Some of them I would not have been able to think of on my own if we had not gone over them in class. For example, one con of becoming a teacher is that with the economy the way it is, teaching jobs are very difficult to find and maintain. Schools downsize their...
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