...Why Change Something So Good? Why is suspension bad? Are schools not doing all they can do for disobedient children? Do we really need to change the way we handle these kids entirely? Throughout school’s history, suspension has been there as a convenient and familiar way to handle naughty children. Even today it still is the best way to handle a hurting and disobeying child. Although non-suspensions can be good for some kids, schools should continue to suspend, because, kids that are kept in school could do even more damage, isolation is a better way to for the kid to handle his/her problems, and keeps the other kids safe and teaches them discipline. If kids are kept in school more damage could be done to the school. 73% of parents who have had their kids suspended is happy that they are confined and away from peers. Most students that get into suspension get it while doing wrong with peers. Keep them away from the others and they can’t do as much damage. Although some people feel that suspension just feeds the fire in the student, do we really need some perceived as delinquents running around with the better kids in the school? Think about this, the rate of students that get suspended each year is about 20% since we have been suspending them from the school it has gone down by 1.27% each year. On that pace in 8 years the...
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...oblige schools to do make-up classes after a row of class suspensions last week • A big part of Luzon has been flooded due to southwest monsoon caused by typhoon Falcon last week. The bad weather condition affects schools, colleges and universities in metro manila and in different parts of Luzon that suspends classes for 3 consecutive days. It is to ensure the safety and security of the students. In return, the students will have to compensate all the suspensions with make-up classes to complete the 201 calendar year imposed by DepEd. School division superintendents will be the one to decide what type of make-up classes will they implement. It’s either make-up classes that will fall during weekends, or by simply extending the class hours during weekdays. These make-up classes are effective for both public and private schools. • It is interesting because I can relate to the topic. As a college student, I am personally involved and concerned with the issue and it has a direct effect on me. • I don’t have any negative reaction on this issue since It’s caused by natural calamities and no one wants it to happen, so make-up classes is a good alternative. I think same goes for college students like us. It’s just right to have make-up classes because we’re paying a big amount of money and we will just get nothing in return? So those 3 days is a huge loss for us and we need to take them back through these make-up classes. My other concern is the late declaration of class suspension last...
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...You mainly see dress codes at school. Dress codes in the educational environment are possibly the strictest set of rules. You’ll notice that the dress codes at school get stricter as the students get older. The fact that dress code is highly enforced causes great controversy in society. There are many issues that dress codes cause, and they all mainly affect the females. The main reason that dress codes should be banned all together is because it is shaming girls and their bodies more than it is protecting the educational environment. Dress codes have been around for centuries. Back in the day, it was frowned upon for a woman to show any skin. Dress codes are different throughout the country. Some countries dress codes still remain as strict as they did many centuries ago. For example, according to a library source I found, “The Islamic dress code emphasizes modesty. Men are mandated to cover their bodies from the knees to the navel. Women are required to wear clothes that are not too tight or transparent and to cover all parts of their body except the hands and face. The primary objective of the dress code is to prevent women from becoming the object of enticement or desire.”(Khan 207) In America, women didn’t need to cover their face, but they were covered from neck to toe. Luckily, the dress code has evolved since then, but it feels like lately school systems are trying to make women go back to dressing as they did centuries ago. School systems are not the only issue...
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...What are some of the principal reasons why Project management has become such a popular tool in recent years? Project Management has become a very essential and popular business tool in recent years. Every successful project must have a person in charge to keep the project organized. Project management includes areas in integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communications management, risk management, and procurement management. Also, The Project Manager deals with standards and regulations of the project, project environment, management skills and interpersonal skills. A project manager must have strong leadership skills. All of these are key ingredients for project organization because without it, a project may not flow efficiently or financially. What do you see as the primary challenge when introducing project management philosophy to most organizations? Why is it difficult to shift to a project based approach in many companies? The primary challenge when introducing the project management philosophy to most organizations is, some companies do not operate with one person organizing or being in control of a project. There may be instances when several people want to take charge. Some individuals do not take kindly to the thought of answering to one person. If companies operate without a project-based approach it can be difficult to organize and structure any projects or the company for...
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...into our prisons rather than our schools. By showing kids that it is more important to be tough on crime than it is for a proper education is wrong. If these practices continue you can expect to see higher drop-out rates and larger prison populations. Education should be the U.S.’s top priority and we should take pride in the greatest education system in the world. Education provides students not with just knowledge but ethics, character development and self-esteem which are important skills for the workplace and in life. That is why it is imperative that we change our education system to a higher standard and emphasize quality education for all in the U.S. to provide a better future for all students. The U.S. is currently putting less into schools and education while putting more into prisons and defense. States are choosing to increase spending on prisons while the funding for education is constantly decreasing. “In 33 of 50 states, corrections- related costs made up a larger proportion of the general fund than in the previous fiscal year, while spending on K-12 and higher education decreased” ( Hawkins). The U.S. is silently making a decision to keep people incarcerated while caring less about a proper education. What they don’t understand is that a proper education is the key to keeping kids and adults out of prison. We need to work together to put education first in the U.S. so we can reduce our ridiculous incarceration rates. Current school policies of zero tolerance and...
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...Research Proposal Rhondalyn J. Cornett Grand Canyon University TCH-587 October 1, 2014 Abstract In this action research project the researcher talked to several teachers discussing the concerns they had in education. Most teachers cited discipline in the schools as the concern they most worry about in their classrooms. I researched several articles where schools have implemented School Wide Positives Behaviors intervention Supports (SPBIS) were put into place schools showed a decrease in discipline and an increase in academic achievement. In this action cycle we implemented the first intervention to see what significant data could be reviewed. Steps in Action Research Educators use action research just about every day they are working with students. The educator could be teaching a lesson or looking a class discipline you are using action research without realizing it. The steps in action research are: Identification of the problem area, Collection and organization of data, Interpretation of data, the action based on the data, and finally reflection (Ferrance, 2000). The first step in action research is to identify the problem. If there is a discipline problem in the classroom, the first question may be why? What is causing the inappropriate behavior? Is the problem something that the educator can help solve? When choosing where to begin in your research the educator will need to ask himself several questions. The questions should higher-order in nature. The questions...
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...College Writing 15 September 2011 The thing that motivates me most would be doing hard work in class knowing I’m working hard towards my career goal of becoming an early childhood major. It motivates me to get up in the morning and not take classes off because in the real world you just can’t wake up and decide you don’t feel like working today. Bills have to be paid so as an adult you have to have the right mind set every day and get yourself to work even on the days you really don’t feel like it. Just like with the Tinker Toy experiment every one of the three students had different feed back towards them, but they motivated themselves even through the negative, neutral, and positive. That’s why the motivation for me is doing hard work at the best of my ability in everything I do so at the end of the day I can say, “good job Brandon you did it.” So far in my short college time, I believe I’ve been working the hardest I can be and my motivation feeling towards my goal hasn’t felt any stronger. Also, I believe my family has played a very important role in this stride towards my goal. My mother and father have always pushed me to do my best and now with them not here it’s rubbed off onto me to my everyday normal functions. I want to stress that they have pushed me to do my best but not to the point where they were always telling me to get my work done and just cramming school down my throat because then that’s when you have fights or arguments and you want to avoid those...
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...amend the opening of classes. The existing school calendar which spans from June to March is often disrupted as destructive typhoons plague the region during the rainy season that’s why our lawmakers decided to move the opening of classes from September through May to avoid numerous class suspensions and serve to protect the students during strong typhoons. The Department of Education said that it is open to the proposal by some sectors, including lawmakers to move the opening of classes but they want to ensure the comfort of the students in school and stresses the need for a comprehensive study. While the Department of Education is open on the proposal, some did not welcome this idea. An initial survey on the matter conducted way back in 2009. On the respondents, 66 percent were against the move while 34 percent were in favor. [1] Also, another ground for rejecting the proposal is the traditions celebrated during summer and being not conducive in learning because of hot weather during March. The delay in suspension of classes is one of the reasons why our lawmakers and other sectors in the community urge to move the classes from June to September. Unexpected suspension of classes is hard on the part of students because they have to deal with floods, lack of transportations and diseases. Numerous class suspensions also cause irregularity of school days due to rains and floods, horrendous difficulties to and from school and danger to life from open drains and excavations...
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...dispensation in South African post 1994, the education sector of South Africa has taken a major shift away from the apartheid education system. Many teachers start off teaching learners through formal learning and when learners’ battle or struggle, corporal punishment is used by teachers. Children should be treated as children not as adults. Mkhize (2000) maintains that “primary learning for young children in school comes not through direct teaching, but with social and intellectual interactions both with the teachers and the children’s social allies”. For example, during the times when I was still in primary school, the grade 6 teacher conducted direct teaching to learners and if they fail to understand, corporal punishment was an order of the day One major noticeable shift was that of banning or abolishing corporal punishment in schools. According to chapter 2 of Act no: 84 of 1996 South African School’s act, in the subsection that speaks to “prohibition of corporal punishment in school clause 10.1 stipulates clearly that “no person may administer corporal punishment at school to a learner”. Clause 10.2 further state that “any person who...
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...Sex and Sexuality: Having the Conversation with Our Children Tyra M. Robinson Professor Stacy Hurley Sociology 101 September 11, 2012 Sex and Sexuality: Having the Conversation with Our Children In many countries talking about sex is treated as taboo. (Macionis, 2009, p. 192) Parents are not talking to their children about it. They just tell them not to have it until they are married, and a child’s extent of conversation about sex is asking, “Where do babies come from?” during adolescence. But is this really enough? Is the lack of knowledge on the topic ruining the social outlook on sex and sexuality in our Society? Not talking to our children about sex and sexuality at home leaves them to learn about it from outside sources such as, school, peers and media. Through these sources they might learn how to put on a condom and birth control, sexual diseases, pregnancy and abortion. What about their sexuality? Gender, incest, homosexuality and other sexual issues like rape and molestation? As much as some of these topics may frighten us as parents to talk about with our children, the harsh reality is, they need to know. They should know that sexuality is about more than just having sex. That sexuality is a theme found almost everywhere, and it is an important part of how we think about ourselves, as well as how others think about us (Macionis, 2009, p. 192). As parents we should let them know that sex can be pleasurable, but it can also be very confusing and frightening...
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...been taking? Why are most of the top athletes in the world risking their health just to get those big contracts that everyone in professional sports want? The first introduction to performance enhancing drugs was in the 1930’s, by a group of German scientists, where they created a form of testosterone. Now people use the drugs to help them become bigger, faster, and stronger. This then would lead to them either getting caught or getting the big contracts that Alex Rodriguez has, which neither A-Rod or any or the other athletes deserve to get. The use of steroids is putting a influence on the rest of the athletes and especially young athletes in high school. This is why the use of steroids has forever changed the face of professional sports, making it a world fueled by drug contacts instead of natural skill and talent. The introduction of steroids to the world was in the 1930’s, by a group of German scientists, trying to create a synthetic form of testosterone for men that weren’t able to produce enough hormones for growth, development, and the men who could not function correctly sexually (Anabolic). The scientists later decided to give the testosterone to the Soviet army, to become more powerful. This then led to the German Olympic coaches injecting most of their athletes with the testosterone to enhance their performances. Female athletes that they injected told people that they did not know what they were being injected with. People began to wonder why women...
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...which I was a part of. It was a really hard topic for me to discuss for some time, because it made me sick to think about what I had been a part of every time it came up in conversation. Some of the conversations I had in my final days at Rice before the suspension went into effect were the hardest I have ever had. Having to personally inform my parents, friends and masters of my inappropriate behavior was difficult beyond belief. It was hard to tell my friends that I would be departing from Rice, and even harder to inform them of the reason why. I went into each confession knowing there would be great disappointment in me coming from the other end, but I just prayed they wouldn’t view me differently going forward. I am fortunate enough to have parents and masters who forgave me for my mistakes, but my lack of discipline on that night cost me some friendships that I may never get back. I cannot blame those whose image of me has changed because of that night; rather, I must accept it as a consequence of my own...
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...Sex and Sexuality: Having the Conversation with Our Children Tyra M. Robinson Professor Stacy Hurley Sociology 101 July 23, 2012 Sex and Sexuality: Having the Conversation with Our Children In many countries talking about sex is treated as taboo. (Macionis, 2009, p. 192) Parents are not talk to their children about it. They just tell them not to have it until they are married, and a child’s extent of conversation about sex is asking, “Where do babies come from?” during adolescence. But is this really enough? Is the lack of knowledge on the topic ruining the social outlook on sex and sexuality in our Society? Not talking to our children about sex and sexuality at home leaves them to learn about it from outside sources such as, school, peers and media. Through these sources they might learn how to put on a condom and birth control, sexual diseases, pregnancy and abortion. But what about their sexuality, gender, incest, homosexuality and other sexual issues like rape and molestation? As much as some of these topics may frighten us as parents to talk about with our children, the harsh reality is, they need to know. They should know that sexuality is about more than just having sex. That sexuality is a theme found almost everywhere, and it is an important part of how we think about ourselves, as well as how other think about us (Macionis, 2009, p. 192). Let them know that sex can be pleasurable, but it can also be very confusing and frightening, and this is okay...
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...My mother was a victim of domestic violence. As a child there is certain experiences that are unforgettable. That day felt like it was yesterday. When I was young, about 4 or 5, I can remember my father striking my mom in the kitchen, across her face. At the time I remember her lying on the kitchen floor crying. Being so young, I didn’t really know what was going on. I can remember the police coming to the house but my dad wasn’t there. That experience was something I could never forget. Its something that I know was hard for my mother. Growing up my mother never really had to pay for her situation by relying on my father to do things for her. Writer Starmer said, “At least 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence.” The effects of children experiencing domestic violence can really affect them in the long run. It doesn’t only affect the parents, but it can have a lasting impact on the child as well. The child is forced to only grow up with one parent, and not having two parents in a child’s life can cause the child to have behavior issues in school. Sara Jarmen said, “Witnessing domestic violence can have a devastating effect on children’s development.” This statement is very true. Children who grow up experiencing domestic violence can grow up having behavior issues throughout their...
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...Attrition: More Complicated Than You Think Why are there so many college athletes transferring? In the past decade, attrition within athletic departments across the country have skyrocketed. But why? What factors make an athlete want to transfer to a different school? Wouldn’t most of us be content with receiving free school for playing a sport? College football writer Mike Hlas asks “aren't transfers and dismissals simply part of college football”? In reality, it’s not as simple as it sounds. There are many different reasons why college athletes feel the need for a change in scenery. The first and most common reason for athlete school swapping is the unhappiness of playing time. For the Iowa Hawkeye’s football team, most true freshman...
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