...What’s wrong with school systems today? What is wrong with the school systems these days? In the book Friday Night Lights it says “It’s just a part of our lives. It’s just something that you’re involved in. it’s just like going to church or something like that.” Is it talking about the presents of drugs? Is it talking about all the alcohol that is consumed by high school students? Or is it the fact that they spend all of their time chasing after someone? Nope, it’s talking about sports. Sports in most public high school allow most kids to just slid by with their grades. I asked my boss at work once, how his school treated sports players. He answered “well I played both football and baseball so I didn’t have to do crap in school they just let my slid by with the easiest class.” He also added that “even if you were failing a class if you were valuable to the team the coach would call your teacher and tell her to give you a D for right now so you could play.” If you ask me that is kind of messed up like in the section of the book They Say I Say, by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. The authors state “what happened to personal responsibility” this it talking about why do people take responsibility for their own actions and that is so true. If you do this then what are you teaching these kids? Are you teaching them to work hard for their grades or are you teaching them to just be good in one category in their lives? If you think you are actually going to go pro here are so...
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.... Bullying is a major problem in schools today. Many states have made laws designed to protect students from being bullied and enabling them to punish students who are guilty of bullying their peers. Different schools have implemented different anti-bullying programs in order to stop bullying within their schools. There is a great deal of debate as to which of these programs are effective and which are ineffective and how to truly measure effectiveness. The Steps to Respect Bully Intervention program and the Safe School Ambassador Program are among the many programs that schools currently use to address the bullying epidemic. Steps to Respect Bully Intervention Program is a school-based bully prevention program developed for grades 3-6. The goal of the program is to decrease school bullying problems by increasing staff awareness and responsiveness, fostering socially responsible beliefs, and teaching social-emotional skills to counter bullying and promote healthy relationships. The program aims to promote skills associated with general social competence. The program consists of 3 main components. The first component is a school-wide program guide which provides an overview of the curriculum content, the goals of the program, the research foundations behind the program, and a blueprint for developing school-wide policy and procedure. The second component of the program is staff training which focuses on effective discipline policies, improved monitoring of students...
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...educational system. During the twentieth century public schools for white and colored children were segregated but “equal”. In 1954, the Supreme Court held one of the biggest cases known as Brown vs. The Board of Education. This case proved that segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court made one of the biggest decisions that became known in the twentieth century to remove the Separate But Equal law that...
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...SYSTEM Greece was known for its ancient cultures, Greek gods & goddesses, mythology, religious beliefs, classical and historical architectures, and significantly their primitive style of education. Without a doubt, the ancient Greeks influenced our world today because of their wide knowledge in different fields of study like Mathematics, Literature and Astronomy. The Ancient Athenians was considered as the brightest intellectual people because they introduced us some major accomplishments. These accomplishments consist of the introduction of Democracy, Sports, Architecture, Drama, and Philosophy. Through their wide contribution of learning, Education played an important role in our modern society today. Although Education was considered as one of the most important achievement that we can attain, our modern Education system was different from the early ancient times in Greece in many ways. In Ancient Athens, only the boys were allowed to attend school and at least received an elementary education. Pottery shards called ostraka, bearing the names of individuals to be exiled from the city, attest to basic literacy among Athenian citizens. They were taught gymnastics and physical fitness in wrestling school called palaistra for their preparation for war. Music was also a part of their education which consisted of lyric poetry and lyre playing. Music was included in both poetry and dance, with a strong emphasis on performance. Many boys would serve as chorus members in...
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...September 4th, 1957 Dear diary today 9 black students arrived at school, 8 of them arrived together and 1 stupid girl i beleive named Elizabeth arrived by herself, as she walked towards the school a whole lot of people formed a mob and started yelling verbal abuse towards her. as all the students got to school the national guard was waiting there to try and prevent them coming into school, it worked the 9 students were turned around and sent home. I wonder why our principal and vice principal would even agree to let them set foot on this place let alone go to school here. To me i think they deserve everything they get. If i had my way the blacks would still be our slaves. im just glad that the jim crow laws are keeping us from using the same...
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...Christiana Uzoho English 101 (1109) Professor Long Word count ( ) May 5, 2014 Essay 3 The Important of Prayer in every School Whenever I remember prayer, what come to my mind is how merciful our God is to everyone in this world, no matter the kind of sin we commit the Lord forgives, and also bless us. It is so painful that the children of God have been denied the opportunity to pray, worships, and serve their God in the public schools. Nobody remember again that something make us to be in existence as human beings today. Prayer in school is to shape good citizens by leaving a moral life, despite the kind of religion you are into there should be a way you serve your master, the creator of our existence. The reason we need prayer in school, immorality of the youths, and prayer can abolish the immoral life of our youths today. The reason we need pray in school is serve our God, to make him our Lord and personal savoir. Despite the kind region we find ourselves, it shouldn’t be hinders for us to pray. Prayers in school bring success to students, teachers, and the institution itself because people will them as serious students, school where a person goes for success. The reputation of the school will be prayer is the key. It prevents us from getting into troubles. Been a successful student involves having God as the leader of everything one do, for instance, in my first year in college my parents advised me that in everything I do in life, and in all my education let God be...
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...meet God today. Let me hear your voices say, Happy Sabbath! (Wait for congregation to say Happy Sabbath) Worship Leader 3: Alright! I can say that we all are glad and ready to meet God today. Let’s also shake the hands of our seatmates and greet them happy Sabbath. (Shake the hands of co-Worship Leaders and greet them) Worship Leader 1: Welcome to our Sabbath school program. It’s always great to start this day with a big smile on our faces, right? (create eye contact with co-Worship Leaders) Worship Leader 2: Ofcourse! There’s no reason for us to be sad because God is with us today. Worship Leader 3: Yes! We were able to set aside our other tasks and duties and we can all have that peace of mind because it’s Sabbath. Worship Leader 2: Here’s a quote that we can ponder on today. This reminds us how to use our senses properly. It goes like this, “God has given us eyes not to insult but to look beyond situations, lips not to criticize but to speak for the truth, hands not to punish sinners but to give a helping hand and ears not to be insensitive but to hear voice in pain.” Worship Leader 1: Thank you so much for that quote. That means everything has its own purpose. We should be very, very careful in using it well. Worship Leader 3: For our announcements, the first is become a Sabbath school class member. Just approach any of our Sabbath school teachers or the church secretary for more information. And if you’re willing, we’re inviting you to be a Sabbath school teacher....
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...time between 1790 and 1890 and regards many different issues that helped shaped education to mold it into what education is today. In the time period that this video focuses on the only places that were required to build schools were large towns, if you did not live in a large town then your options were private schools which cost money unlike the schools in the towns. There were certain schools in the years between 1790 and 1890, such as the Dame School and The New England Primer and Grammar School that were concentrated on in the Common School video. Although the Dame School was treated as a school it was actually what today would be considered a daycare. Parents that sent their youngest child to the Dame School...
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...Children Tamiko Henry Emilie Babcox English 090 September 4, 2012 Children today are harder to parent than they were years ago. Many children have the “me” syndrome. They are born to many young mothers who have little experience in raising a child. Many of the children today go through problems in transition, have babies early, and drop out of school. In the Bible you hear, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Children today have problems transitioning from something familiar to the unknown. They all start off in daycare or preschool learning the basics of school life. They learn to interact with other children, how to count and say the ABC’s. In early education, children learn to bond with their teachers. Half of a day they are there with someone who cares for them as their parents. Once the time comes for the child to move on, it takes time for the child to transition from one place to another. Take my children for example; all of my children have attended the same preschool. When the time came for them to enter school, I had to have the director from the daycare go to the school with us to assure the children that they would be fine. Children take time to adapt to new environments and to build a relationship with teachers and peers. Second, many children are having babies at early ages and do not understand the circumstances of their actions. Children are taught to protect themselves and to value life. At...
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..."Banning Junk Food Isn't the Answer to Curbing Obesity." USA TODAY 13 Aug. 2007. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. According to the article, “Banning junk food isn’t the answer to curbing obesity,” in USA TODAY, banning junk food on school campus isn’t what needs to be done. The article states that in fact a ban of junk food in school will only escalate the problem even more than actually decreasing it. The magazine states, “studies show that when placed in environments that outlaw "bad" foods, children develop obsessions with these forbidden foods and then binge on them.” (USA TODAY) Meaning that if a ban was placed into action that kids would actually go out of their way to eat a lot of junk food at one time before or after school hours. So to ban junk food from school’s would not be the answer to decreasing the obesity in the youth today. USA Today suggests that instead of just banning junk food, “We should be showing students that any food can be enjoyed in moderation.”(USA TODAY) Now the magazine does show that there are some school districts that have changed the food selections for the better. Such as taking white rice and replacing it with brown, or buying whole grain breads, using multigrain pasta, and placing a variety of fruits and vegetables to purchase. Some districts have even implemented programs that promote a certain vegetable and fruit sold in certain months with the addition of encouraged physical activity. Other suggestions were made as well...
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...they would clean the house and on Sundays they would go to church. I’m pretty sure every parent has said something about their childhood to their children as a lesson for the child to learn. Child behavior today is worse than it was 20 years ago or back in the day. One reason supporting my opinion statement is new technology and social media. I feel like the new technologies today are devastating the new generation of children. 76% of students say that they use social media 2 hours a day (Hatch 26). In 1996, 70% of parents purchased educational software for children (NAEYC 3). All of the different computers and social medias today weren’t even thought of back in the day....
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...almost 20 percent of kids were overweight. Many schools today are not giving kids enough fruits and vegetables in their lunches which is where a lot of them get their nutrition from. On top of that these schools are offering the kids to buy junk food which is causing many of them to become obese. The U.S. government should change lunches in schools so that they have a more variety of fruits and vegetables and their lunches contain more nutrition. Schools today are allowing kids to buy junk food and many of them choose that instead of eating fruits and vegetables which gives them the...
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...This year has had a big impact on me for a variety of reasons. School being one of the reasons, but also everything that has been happening in society and the world today. Today’s generation and our society today has changed drastically from what it used to be years ago. Our kids today are being affected by our world the most, because a lot of what happens, happens to our kids, or in the schools the kids go to. This year, 2018, there has been 22 school shootings since January, and tons of bullying complaints, or incidents with children killing themselves. Violence and hate has always been around, but in our world today, it has gotten much worse. Us kids and teens in school, have to suffer the bullying and violence of school shootings, and...
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...to pay for private school education, in this July 5, 2007 speech. Obama's remarks included a number of controversial proposals, including immediate, across-the-board pay raises for teachers, and redesign of standardized tests to support learning, not punishment of teachers. While Obama proposed to fix the many substantial problems of the No Child Left behind Act, he also slammed its shortcomings, and remarked, don't tell us that the only way to teach a child is to spend too much of the year preparing him to fill in a few bubbles on a standardized test. Over the last few years, I've been traveling to different schools and meeting with all kinds of educators to hear about what's working, what's not, what makes the difference when it comes to educating children today. I've gained a lot of valuable insight from these visits, but one I'll always remember is my trip to Dodge Elementary School in my hometown of Chicago. I was talking to one of the young teachers there about the challenges they faced, and she mentioned what she called the "These Kids Syndrome". The willingness of society to find a million excuses for why "these kids" can't learn. It's the idea that "these kids come from tough backgrounds" or that "these kids are too far behind." And after a while, "these kids" become somebody else's problem. Then she said to me, "When I hear that term, it drives me nuts. They're not 'these kids.' They're our kids. Our kids are why all of you are in this room today. Our kids are why...
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...Since the 1950’s anxiety has skyrocketed for teenagers. A study by The Atlantic says that about 8 percent of students today suffer from some type of anxiety disorder. This is a major issue that needs to be solved in able to have all students perform at their highest potential; teenagers should not have to worry about their anxiety. Anxiety has been affecting students for the past decades. Today more students are experiencing more home and family issues and it has not been helping when schools throughout the years have been more challenging. The Atlantic states, “Schools are more challenging, the stakes are higher, and pressure is alive and well.” Today in schools there is a lot more information because of the upswing in technology. Students become more stressed because of the high-performance expectations today in schools and sports today. Students stress over getting the right grade, especially in high school when students are competing to be in a top-tier college or university. The number of tests such as the ACT and the SAT causes stress in students, even more with students toggling with sports, extracurricular activities, or family...
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