...Payton arrived home from her school soccer game, she rushed to finish all of the homework she was bombarded with, while not caring about how it turned out. She was shoving her dinner down her mouth as the sun started to set and it kept getting later in the night. She opened her math textbook and started studying for her substantial math test tomorrow which determines the majority of her grade. Now, it was eleven o'clock at night and pitch dark outside. Payton is delighted as she walks up to her bedroom and sees her bed and falls fast asleep after a long drooping day. It is now early in the morning, the bus comes in thirty minutes. Payton hears her mom calling for her to get out of bed, but she is struggling to wake up. Twenty more minutes pass by and her mom calls again and Payton is forced to wake herself up and jump out of bed. The sky is still black, just like it was before Payton went to sleep....
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...early hours (Roenneberg, 1038). The questions, then, arise: Should adolescents really get up early in the morning? Will getting up early ensure their body health and study efficiency? Although an overwhelming majority of people firmly believe that going to bed early and getting up early is of great benefit, research carried out by Dr. Paul Kelley from Oxford University indicated that getting up later is a healthier and simpler...
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...have been hoping for. With its power, Congress can eliminate the poor trends and the injustices the have plagues America's education system in the recent years. Children throughout this country do not have equal opportunities and if Congress fails to address the issue, it will come back and haunt them. Right now the graduation rate is at an all time low more and more students are dropping out of school. Racial Minorities make up 70% of the students who were arrested due to school related incidents. Why are students being punished by being taking out of the classroom that seems detrimental to their success in life. If the goal is to educate children for a young age, then punishments that keep them out of the classroom in the later years should be eliminated. That should be kept specifically for students who commit severe or extreme crimes , But how can we prevent students from being punished? The key is simple educate children from a young age. trials show that children that are talked to and read to are “ less likely to be arrested as teenagers”(Kristof,For Obama’s Second Team, Head Start Act). That is Pretty simple. Then the child will be less likely be punished...
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...they need. After barely making it out of bed, everyone has their own morning routine, like washing up, getting dressed, eating breakfast, or even doing last night’s homework. Then comes the race to make it to homeroom before the bell rings. Sadly, this is the daily morning routine of almost every teenager in America. This only gets worse when they have to spend their school day yawning and daydreaming about their comfy bed at home. Secondary schools should have a later starting...
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...02/23/2013 Improvements in Health and Nutrition for Schools Changes in schools reveal the analysis of kids getting unhealthy menus which causes them not to get enough nutrition. In today’s society schools as a general, most kids are not eating healthy. The school lunch menus have a lot of unhealthy items on them. Kids do not get enough nutrition eating what schools have for lunch. The best place to start out is at a young age where kids are getting the right nutrition. On menus at schools kids eat unhealthy items like pizza and tater tots. Some snack machines have unhealthy items in them too. I think there should be an improvement in the health and nutrition of kids. As stated by (Michelle, 2004), “snacking is a common feature of the diet of adolescents and promoting healthy snacks that may constitute a starting point in the fight against tooth decay and non-communicable disease later in life”. In school lunch programs fruits and vegetables are what kids can start out eating at their young age. I think most kids aren’t eating healthy because some parents can’t afford to feed them. For parents who can’t afford to feed their kids they are participating in the school’s government free lunch program, but the free lunch program still has a lot of unhealthy items on it. Here are some quotes stated by people and their opinions of the school program. As stated by (Domel, 1997), “a questionnaire was used to gather information about school adolescents’ dietary, their sources of nutrition...
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...05/06/2016 BSBWOR501 Manage Personal Work Priorities and Professional Development | | Short Answer Questions Question 1 - Build downtime into your schedule. When you plan your week, make it a point to schedule time with your family and friends, and activities that help you recharge. - Get moving. It's hard to make time for exercise when you have a jam-packed schedule, but it may ultimately help you get more done by boosting your energy level and ability to concentrate. - Remember that a little relaxation goes a long way. Don't assume that you need to make big changes to bring more balance to your life. Brooks recommends setting realistic goals, like leaving the office earlier 1 night per week. Question 2 - Organize & Prioritize Create a daily schedule and follow it. Identify the top three or four critical projects that need to be completed. Ensure your task list is manageable, adds value, and benefits your firm. - Stop Multitasking Guilty as charged! In the past I’ve been a master multitasker, or so I thought. I could answer a phone call, respond to an email, and dabble on a project simultaneously. I was satisfied that I could work on several projects at once. In reality, the quality of my work was compromised. Multitasking lowers IQ, lowers EQ (emotional intelligence), slows you down, increases stress levels, and causes mistakes. Master unitasking instead. - Avoid Distractions Did you know that focus is a fundamental quality of productive people...
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...Nutrition education is a major environmental influence on the behaviors, physical and mental growth of in a child’s life. Before a child starts school, during the baby years, the food habits can have a major impact on choices that are made later on in life. For example, starting a baby on vegetables first rather then fruits, will lead the child to make a better nutritional choice when they approach the salad bar in first grade. “Studies support that good nutrition contributes to improving the wellbeing of children and their potential learning ability, thus contributing to better school performance.” (Rodrigo). Children are getting morbidly obese, and their behavior has changed for the worse. If the children are learning healthy eating habits with encouragement to make healthy eating choices, then obesity and chronic disease will decrease. These children can have the reduce impact of chronic diseases in adulthood. Eating healthy will help reduce stress and may even avoid smoking if they have encouragement on staying active. “Nutrition education is a key element to promoting lifelong healthy eating and exercise behaviors and should start from the early stages of life.” (Rodrigo). If health educators and teachers have a good sense of direction on teaching children about nutrition, then it is likely that these issues will improve. School should have a mandatory nutrition – based education in their curriculum, especially the younger students because they must learn about what they...
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...路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。 - Qu Yuan (340-278 BC) This dissertation would not have been possible unless so many persons contributed to it. The first person I should give my gratitude is Prof. dr. Cong Lixin in Beijing Normal University. It is she who recommanded me to my promoter - Prof. dr. Martin Valcke. Based on the cooperation contact between the two universities, I have the opportunity to start my journey in Ghent University. The fantasty journey started from Year 2007 gudided by the Prof. dr. Martin Valcke. I am heartily thankful to my promoter Prof. dr. Martin Valcke and my co-promotor Prof. dr. Annemie Desoete, whose encouragement, supervision and support from the preliminary to the concluding level enabled me to carry on the research project. My deepest gratitude is to Prof. dr. Martin Valcke. I am not a smart student who always give him so much revision work. It is extremely fortunate for me to have a promoter who is characterized by energy, enthusiasm and patience. Some excellent ideas will arise from his brain sometimes which make us think his synaptic connection in his brain is very strong. His face is always full of real warmth on the research. His cheerful spirits and bubble laughter infect me and encourage me to get through the difficulties. And, he generously supported me to get access to the schools and gave...
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...doing research studies.) The present chapter introduces and describes these procedures, but only in the most modest manner. The chapter’s goal is to serve as a brief refresher to the case study method. As a refresher, the chapter does not fully cover all the options or nuances that you might encounter when customizing your own case study (refer to Yin, 2009a, to obtain a full rendition of the entire method). Besides discussing case study design, data collection, and analysis, the refresher addresses several key features of case study research. First, an abbreviated definition of a “case study” will help identify the circumstances when you might choose to use the case study method instead of (or as a complement to) some other research method. Second, other features cover the choices you are likely to encounter in doing your own case study. Thus, the refresher discusses the •• definition of the “case” in case study research, •• benefits of developing a theoretical perspective in conjunction with your design and analysis tasks, •• importance of triangulating among data sources, •• desired vigor in entertaining rival explanations during data collection, and •• challenge of generalizing from case studies. AUTHOR’S NOTE: This chapter was written expressly for this book but draws from three previous summaries of the case study method (Yin, 2006, 2009b, and 2011a). 3 4 PART I. STARTING...
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...concerning recreation, health, education and more. The question is whether to start with financial education as part of school program or postpone it for a later stage in life. To being with, being able to understand the value of money, the way the economic system works and interpret financial news and its implications is a virtue. Without this virtue, an individual, and even a young one, might suffer, to some extent. For an example, a child who doesn’t understand the concept of money might find it more difficult to except choosing only one present out of more possible ones. In addition, many adults are lacking financial analysis capabilities. Quite often, the reason can be a shaky basis or insecurity when it comes to financial terms and concepts. Starting from an early age, building a strong background, can very likely prevent such a situation. However, financial education necessarily involves quantifying and setting prices and value for services and goods. It can be easily turn young people into cynical and cold-hearted human beings. Furthermore, a tendency to self-concentration and egoism might rise when one start measuring everything from a profit making perspective. In conclusion, financial education has both pros and cons. In my opinion, the advantages are stronger than the disadvantages, making financial education an advisable component of school program. The disadvantages should be thought of as a certain price that young people have to pay due to the characteristics...
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...Literature search: Students' sleep problems and school management SHEU : nationally-recognised, since 1977, as the specialist provider of reliable local survey data for schools and colleges SHEU Literature search MORE LITERATURE SEARCHES Students' Sleep Problems SHEU has provided a literature search resource about young people, sleep problems and school management Thanks to Zotero and Jason Priem Last updated September 2012 - - - - - see also SHEU search "sleep" http://sheu.org.uk School management of students with a lack of sleep Type Journal Article Author Editorial Publication Education and Health Volume 30 Issue 3 Page 56 Date 2012 URL http://sheu.org.uk/x/eh303ed1.pdf Sleepless in America: School start times Type Journal Article Author Editorial Publication Education and Health Volume 30 Issue 3 Page 57 Date 2012 URL http://sheu.org.uk/sites/sheu.org.uk/files/imagepicker/1/eh303ed2.pdf Ready, willing, and able? Sleep hygiene education, motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia in an Australian high school setting Type Journal Article Author Neralie Cain Abstract Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia is well-regarded as an effective treatment for insomnia in adults. Previous studies also suggest that CBT-i can be successfully applied to adolescents experiencing insomnia and other sleep problems, which most commonly involve delayed sleep timing. The recommended...
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...Head Start began in 1965 to provide childcare and preschool education for low-income families (Administration for Children and Families [ACF], n.d.). Since its inception, the program has served more than 30 million children and their families (ACF, n.d.). Head Start and Early Head Start targets pregnant mothers and children up to age 5 (ACF, n.d.). This program has the characteristics as a family policy because of the intersection between this public service and the impact on the family system. Most Head Start programs include a family intervention to enhance the educational experience. The program also allows low-income families access to childcare, which is a large family cost, so that the parents or guardians may work and use their income for other family needs besides childcare and preschool education. This paper uses the Popple and Leighninger’s policy analysis model to review the Federal Head Start Program (Chapin, 2014). This model was selected because of the historical, social, and political contexts in which the Head Start program was developed as well as for...
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...The Recalcitrant Director at Byte Products, Inc.: Corporate legality versus corporate responsibility About the Company BYTES PRODUCTS, Inc. is an American based company involved in the production of electronic components incorporated in personal computers, mostly used for business and engineering applications. The company has three plants at different locations in the U.S.A, which totals a current sale of about $265 million and has a market share of approximately 32%, making them the leader in the industry. Summary Mr. James M. Elliot, the CEO and Chairman of the Board at Bytes Products, Inc, noticed that the company was beginning to face a number of crises. The existing three plants run on a 3–shift working schedule of 24hours a day and 7 days a week using up all possible production hours. It has now come to the attention of Mr. Elliot that even if the three existing plans are running at its maximum production level, there is still a high product demand percentage that is not being met. The company’s overall supply is unable to meet the demands of its customers which can cause a negative impact on the company’s by not being able to maintain its current market share. Therefore, because of this dilemma Mr. Elliott has returned to the drawing board in search of a solution to this problem. Mr. Elliott then made the decision to construct another manufacturing plant to produce sufficient product to meet the demands of the customers. In order for this new manufacturing plant...
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..._________________________________________________________________________ BSL: A Business School in Transition (A) – The Challenge Sitting at her desk and gazing at the gathering clouds over the lake in Zurich (Switzerland), Katrin Muff was tapping her elegant pen on the writing pad in front of her. The page was covered with four blocks of scribbled notes. She smiled with the realization that, without intending to produce a SWOTi analysis, she had in fact organized her views about the Swiss film production company she had been working with into the familiar four categories. She was still not entirely convinced that she had made the right decision a few minutes earlier on the phone, when she firmly announced to the Director of the film company that she had decided not to invest in his venture, and not to join him as a full Partner. It had been a difficult decision to make; since early childhood she had nurtured the fantasy of some day writing and directing films that would tell a dramatic story, maybe even influence lives. Working with the director of the Swiss film production company for the past eighteen months, she could not help but admit to herself that producing films in fact entailed running around to find and structure the financing, and endless arguments with distribution companies, and constantly making deals that did not stick. Even the glamour of participating in the annual rituals at the Cannes Film Festival somehow did not compensate for all the superficiality...
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..._________________________________________________________________________ BSL: A Business School in Transition (A) – The Challenge Sitting at her desk and gazing at the gathering clouds over the lake in Zurich (Switzerland), Katrin Muff was tapping her elegant pen on the writing pad in front of her. The page was covered with four blocks of scribbled notes. She smiled with the realization that, without intending to produce a SWOTi analysis, she had in fact organized her views about the Swiss film production company she had been working with into the familiar four categories. She was still not entirely convinced that she had made the right decision a few minutes earlier on the phone, when she firmly announced to the Director of the film company that she had decided not to invest in his venture, and not to join him as a full Partner. It had been a difficult decision to make; since early childhood she had nurtured the fantasy of some day writing and directing films that would tell a dramatic story, maybe even influence lives. Working with the director of the Swiss film production company for the past eighteen months, she could not help but admit to herself that producing films in fact entailed running around to find and structure the financing, and endless arguments with distribution companies, and constantly making deals that did not stick. Even the glamour of participating in the annual rituals at the Cannes Film Festival somehow did not compensate for all the superficiality...
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