...parents have options when it comes to how their child receives an education. The most prominent options are private schools and public schools. Charter schools and online schools are a part of public schooling ("Home Schooling | Ohio Department of Education", 2014). However, there is another option- home schooling. Home schooling entails a parent being the teacher and teaching their child. There is an estimated 2.2 million children who are being home schooled (Ray, 2014). There are many reasons why parents prefer to home school their children; whether it be for religious reasons, the unhappiness with their local school district or because they are afraid for their child's safety. While both types of education have core courses and distractions in common, they differ on how things are being paid for and how students socially interact. In traditional schools and home schools across the country, students are required to learn the core subjects like math and science, but they differ in how the core materials are presented to their respective students. It has been my experience, both as a student and as a parent, that lessons taught in school are limited to the number hours in a school day and by how much help a student needs. In contrast, parents who are teaching their children in a home school environment can do schoolwork wherever and whenever they can; even a trip to the grocery store can be turned into a math lesson, allowing the child to learn at his or her own pace...
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...Some people find it difficult to understand both sides of a controversial topic because they do not consider other perspectives. It is important that a person knows the background of any issue. Body piercings are decorative jewelry on ones body. Body piercings are more than just poking a needle through the skin. It is for a persons self image and/or satisfaction. Defending both sides of this matter will be presented. The general arguments about body piercings are the risks, how a person can be perceived, and why people think the way they do about piercings. A person usually does not give much thought to all the factors that go into getting a piercing. A main concern in getting a piercing is infection. It is said by reports from the 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in 2006 that bacterial infections are hardly serious, but between 10-20% of piercings follow in some type of bacterial infection. An additional risk in getting a body piercing is the possible result of permanently scarred, damaged skin tissue either from infection or simply tearing the piercing out of its place, as stated from WebMD.com. Look at the other side of this argument; if a piercing is properly cared for and well maintained, the chance of damaged skin tissue or infection is decreased immensely. If a person is extra cautious with a piercing and let it heal without any interference, there will be no problems for the piercing to heal properly, as stated from Irene...
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...6) A group of students have been asked to produce a short film to encourage more school leavers to apply for science degree courses at university instead of art-based course a) Using your knowledge of psychological research into persuasion and attitude change, identify some factors which the film maker may take into account (4 marks) The Elaboration Likelihood model (ELM) shows some of the factors which the filmmaker may take into account. This model suggests that the film maker should either choose to adopt a control route (which includes a high elaboration message) or a peripheral route (includes a low elaboration message). In order for the film maker to decide which route to choose, they should consider the motivation and ability of the audience. This will be because the control group will be most useful when the motivation and ability of the group are high. The motivation of the audience will be higher when the message has the most personal relevance. This route will also be most effective if the ability of the group is higher as they are more likely to have greater understanding of the message. The peripheral message would be more useful if the motivation levels of the audience are low as there are likely to be distractions as the person may have limited personal relevance to the message. In addition this would be useful if the ability of the audience is low as they are likely to not fully comprehend the message and therefore would be more likely to not pay attention to...
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...Walter Benjamin (1936) The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ________________________________________ Source: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; Transcribed: by Andy Blunden 1998; proofed and corrected Feb. 2005. ________________________________________ “Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action upon things was insignificant in comparison with ours. But the amazing growth of our techniques, the adaptability and precision they have attained, the ideas and habits they are creating, make it a certainty that profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of the Beautiful. In all the arts there is a physical component which can no longer be considered or treated as it used to be, which cannot remain unaffected by our modern knowledge and power. For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor time has been what it was from time immemorial. We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing \change in our very notion of art.” Paul Valéry, Pièces sur L’Art, 1931 Le Conquete de l’ubiquite Preface When Marx undertook his critique of the capitalistic mode of production, this mode was in its infancy. Marx directed his efforts in such a way as to give them prognostic value. He went back to the basic conditions underlying capitalistic...
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...*NONFICTION Reviews & Products: EAT That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating & Get More Done in Less Time (Book) 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction & Get the Right Things Done (Book) GETTING Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Book) People: ALLEN, David TRACY, Brian BREGMAN, Peter Abstract: The article reviews several books including "Eat That Frog!," by Brian Tracy, "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman and "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity," by David Allen. Full Text Word Count: 1876 ISSN: 1547-9102 Accession Number: 90484185 Database: Academic Search Complete Time Management Tricks and Techniques Courtney Ward-Reichard is a shareholder with Nilan Johnson Lewis in Minneapolis. Her practice focuses on the defense of corporate clients in complex employment, commercial, and products liability litigation. While technology has revolutionized the practice of law and our personal lives, it can also lead to a state of almost constant distraction. Whether we are avoiding a difficult brief to check email or a favorite news feed -- or maybe just to play one more turn in Words With Friends -- it can be harder than ever to get our work done. There is no shortage of tricks and techniques to overcome these common distractions. We have surveyed a few of them in this article. Embrace one that speaks to you, or adopt ideas from a few. Figure out how to become more efficient with...
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...facilities are dedicated and reserved for athletes only because athletes need an intense, focus driven environment, where they can train without distraction. George Mason University currently has no reserved athletic training facility. The Field House, where athletes train, is currently shared with the student population. If instead, the University used the Field House specifically for athletes, athletics as a whole and ultimately the University would benefit. Benefits of an Athlete Only Training Facility At NCAA Division-One institutions, athletic training facilities are tailored to provide an environment that induces and mandates athletes to improve physically. At the University of New Mexico, a school with a very strong athletic history, the head strength and conditioning coach, Mark Paulsen, says that weight training is directly correlated with performance. When athletes perform, a university receives public recognition and ultimately capital, something every college wants and needs. He also feels that private training facilities bring out the potential in athletes that regular weight rooms do not. These public gyms only limit and distract athletes. In sharing the weight room, problems have plagued trainers and athletes alike. Trainers have noted that having non-athletes in the weight room creates distractions and destroys equipment. Athletes on the other hand have timing and scheduling issues because of how crowded the weight room becomes during scheduled...
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...whether Anne Feldman’s article, “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” was effective, ineffective, or both. I came to the conclusion that she was effective. I believe I did an effective job at analyzing Feldman’s article by analyzing her sources she uses as evidence and breaking down how she uses a personal anecdote to use in order to use the rhetorical appeals to persuade her audience. At first when this paper was assigned to me I was terrified by the idea of starting it but as I moved along in the process it became apparent to me that writing is not a scary process. After struggling I became attached and writing became quite pleasant, but stressing none the less. The toughest part about this essay was definitely begging it and ending it. The easiest was writing the third body paragraph since it includes a personal experience. Since I am biased towards my grade I would reward my self with an A and although someone else might not think it is I wont go lower because part of my lifestyle is to never put my self down. In this essay I focused on capitalization. In the future I hope to improve on my grammar. I look forward to see my writing improve this year! STEAM vs. STEM “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” authored by Anne Feldman, an article whose purpose is to push the audience, those invested in the hard sciences and educators, to integrate the arts into the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and...
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...something not just coherent but entertaining, even moving. It’s no accident that when films are described, they’re often talked about as the possession of the director—Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, and the like”.(Goodykoontz/Jacobs). It’s the director’s job to make sure that everything in the movie goes exactly the way it should. He controls the way actors do things, whether they can improvise or not, down to overseeing the editing. He or she is the overall boss on the set. They interpret or take the screenwriters story and make it into a running film. The production designer for this film is Tom Meyer. “Production Designers are major heads of department on film crews, and are responsible for the entire Art Department. They play a crucial role in helping Directors to achieve the film's visual requirements, and in providing Producers with carefully calculated schedules which offer viable ways of making films within agreed budgets and...
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...does to our reading retention, access to information, speed of reading, new and struggling readers, perception of good work, lateral reading, and a person’s relationship with reading is important to come up with a solid conclusion. Why does knowing the effects matter? They are important for humanity, if they are negative people need to know how to prevent them; and if positive, then how to use them more for humanity’s benefit. While National Endowment for the Arts argues that people are reading full works less in their free time, and Nicholas Carr argues that the internet is making people lose the ability to read long articles, the effects of technology on reading are mostly positive because the ease of reading laterally is more accessible, helps struggling readers to learn, and promotes people to read more on the internet. To begin, Mathew Kirschenbaum argues “that reading is being both reimagined and re-engineered” (para 2). In his article “Reading is Changing” he critic’s points of a NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) research report. One of the points he argues against is that reading is only useful if it is comprehensive. He explains that well known people in the past were depicted with many books about them. If reading one book at a time is the correct way, then why is reading laterally (reading many sources at once) shown to be the...
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...healthier body. Like the circle of life, whatever is being achieve could return back to where we started. There are distractions around that could direct us back to the beginning. One easy steps on eliminating distraction are removing all the process, canned or chemically induced food that are stored in your apartment. Distraction such as those could be restock with new ingredient, which may helps with saving cost on groceries. We need to understand the reason on removing distraction and why it benefit us. Its doesn’t improve in our health so why do we keep it in the first place. Weight management is a method to indentify whether the patient is following the process of the diet. Reflect on how much the diet have changes the life of individual in both mentally and physically. With the elimination of distraction and constant weight management. The final phase of South beach diet is completed. Upon reaching the ideal weight and having a healthier body, reflecting on how much the diet have changes the life on many individuals and the reason on why we should continue with this diet. The three simple process of eliminating bad food, distraction and replacing it with healthy beneficial food can help more people in our world. Hopefully more individuals would understand that achieving good health isnt as hard we thought. “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth become useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.” - herophilus...
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...whether Gehry is an artist. It is important to know that Gehry has received much attention as an exceptional architectural artist. He personally attests that much of his inspiration comes from art. As Richard Serra highlights, Gehry has always collected contemporary art history and cunningly and playfully made it his own. So far, this is amongst the greatest achievements that have enhanced Ghery’s creativity. One of the artistic skills he possesses can be exhibited via the paintings; the paint seems like if it has just been applied. This is due to the fact the Gehry personally attests that he thinks much about painting and explores how this idea can be integrated in the structures he creates. This belief of integrating art ideas into his works could be a probably factor that has made him experiment with paint to produced the ‘unfinished’ buildings. Basically, building is a form of art and from any artistic architecture, it can be confirmed that the building’s structure tends to be more poetic than a complete building. This may be the reason why Gehry created the ‘unfinished’ buildings such as his house; it was simply an appreciation of the more profound art. As Joyce elaborates, Ghery’s work has always been a portrayal of art. This is because Gehry has been able to follow his vision for art from the 1960’s via a ‘formal experimentation’ in LA houses to the eminent artistic expression phase that is currently characterized by buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall as shown...
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...to avoid the scent of it. An additional step would be, is to throw all the cigarettes away. Smoking is established as a daily habit and in order to break this habit, one must distract himself/herself in a proper way. The activities in the pervious paragraph are an act of distraction as well, although, there are more specific ways to be distracted. One way to distract oneself is by making plans that will help keep him/her busy. For example, start the day by exercising or practicing yoga, this will help begin the day with a positive energy. After that, maybe go out for lunch with friends then hang out with family members or any other activity. The activity itself does not matter; the most important thing is to divert the mind to something other than smoking. A different distraction method is to have a hobby. For example, if the person is interested in art, they can focus on that hobby and start practicing it on a daily basis. Another way is to keep things in the mouth, like mints or gum. The final, but equally effective way is to light things up like candles, incase they get the urge to light a cigarette. These examples are a way of keeping the mind, hands, and body busy, which is necessary for distraction. The final step to quit smoking is very important, and that is for the person to remember and reward himself /herself. First, the person should always remember the reasons behind this decision and what triggered his/her smoking habits in the first place. A way to remember...
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...About one year ago a mentor said to me “If you want to pursue a career in the arts you'll need one thing, perseverance. This makes my job harder because it's something you can't teach.” Though today, tart is one of my main passions it did not begin that way. It started as a distraction Which turned into a hobby. Then after a slight downfall became a life goal. Firstly, In elementary school art was more about my lack of attention span and other talents than anything else.Way back in 4th grade my mom had to go to work extremely early. So I went to a before school program called Kids Klub. When my mom used drop me off I was always the first kid there . So every morning i came in sat down with some markers and started drawing while the leader relaxed.In exchange for me not causing trouble and being an “early bird” I got to pick from the newest markers.After an hour or so other kids would start to come in as it got closer to school time. With the brought their games, both physical and non. I in 4th grade used to play they quite a bit even though I was no good at them. By the time 5th grade rolled around though i usually just drew and talked to the instructors.This appreciation did not stop in the 5th grade though....
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...Visual arts classes are crucial to kindergarten through 12th grade students because they allow students a break from academic classes and offer them a period of creative freedom allowing them to relieve stress from school. Some kids simply don’t enjoy music or digital art classes, such as photography, because they typically do not have the opportunity to express themselves through their assignments. In many small town high schools, those classes are kids’ only options. Although music and digital arts are both arts classes, visual arts classes do not focus on competition or perfection, leading to less stress and more creative freedom for the students. As example of how art classes have affected students, Alvord ISD is a school that did not offer a visual arts class until the first semester of 2014. They had even planned to drop the class at the end of last school year due to the instructor’s resignation. Even though the instructor, Krissi Oden, was resigning, she understood the importance of art class in the lives of the Alvord ISD students. She contacted the school board to convince them to keep the class. To many people’s surprise, they kept the class but only offered two levels of it. There were quite a few...
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...their own test and align them with the standards of their state. The other factor limiting government interference was a limit on federally controlled curriculum. Allowing states to choose what standards are important for their students to know allowed states to personalize their standards in their individual states. With little government intervention, the states could explore individual testing methods that allowed more freedom in what was taught in the classroom. With the limitations on the federal government allowed some freedom in the states. According to Ametepee, Tchinsala, Agbeh (2014) “Under the NCLB, states are given the flexibility to design their own plans for educating students, perform a number of assessments in reading/language arts and mathematics for students, and hire highly qualified teachers for effective teaching.” (p. 113). The limitations allowed the federal government allowed the states to freely teach what each state chooses to teach. While guidelines have been put in place for the teachers, there was still freedom to choose the students they needed. While the federal government did not have input in making the test, the bill required that each state publish their test results. This would allow parents to see how their students are performing in their classes. Another aspect is that each state could compare their results with other states around them as well as establish national rankings throughout the United States. A goal of publishing the results is to...
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