differences between low and high income areas in New York. The state that low income schools are in is truly dismal, schools are capped at a capacity of 900 students, yet 1,300 kid attend each day. Overcrowding is a massive problem and funding is incredibly low for these students. Due to a lack of space, 63 people are in one room attempting to teach and learn. The average spending per pupil is around $5,000. At one of the schools that Kozal visited, there was a ratio of 930 kids to one computer and approximately
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alliances of three teams each will compete on a twenty-seven by fifty-four foot field.” This is the only set of words that remains constant through every year of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Each year, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) generates a new game for tens of thousands of high school students to participate in. Every game is announced in January and teams across the world are allowed six weeks from the kickoff date to prototype, design, create, build, and
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I bought a lottery ticket and food for the next week, which at our grocery store, is expensive. The first thing I heard when I walked into my dump of a house was “DAD'S HOME!” My daughter and son came running from there rooms to me. Every time I almost fall on the floor. They had smiles that beamed with happiness, and I gave them a big bear hug back. “Oh… hi kids, how was school today?” They both said simultaneously, “Fine.” As I made hot dogs and mac and cheese
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to keep up with the team while at the same time, trying not to get in the way. Why was a high school student following a medical team, you are probably wondering? Well, I was selected to attend the Eve & Gene Black Summer Medical Career program this past summer. This program allows high school students the opportunity to shadow medical personnel at local hospitals. Five of us spent four awe inspiring weeks following medical personnel at White Memorial Medical Center. I can proudly say that I saw birth
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The are four seasons in the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The winter months in Great Britain are November, December, January and February. The winter months are cold. In Great Britain in winter it snows and rains. November, There 30 days in November. It is the first winter month in Britain. In November there is a great holiday in America - Thanksgiving Day. Families come together for the day. They decorate the houses with autumn's fruts and flowers and eat traditional American food:
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them related? Which are priorities? All my life I’ve created a list of goals to accomplish. Whether it would be for the next day, or the next week, I made an effort to complete those goals to the best of my abilities. As I grow closer to the adult age, I find myself creating goals that correlate to my future, and the relations between my goals for the rest of the school year and my life goals are intertwined. Looking back at my past goals, I realized how simple they were, with no real direction
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Community Outbreak Community Outbreak The outbreak of measles is at an all time high in 2011 with a confirmed 223 cases, up from 2008 with only a 140 confirmed cases (Iannelli, 2011). In 1989 with the last big measles out break the introduction of the MMR , measles outbreaks were scarce in the United States (Iannelli, 2011). The rise in outbreaks were linked back to foreign travel in the 2008 outbreaks (Iannelli, 2011). Another link in the rise in measles outbreak is the choice not to
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One day long ago (about a year) there was the most dreaded day ever, the first day of boot camp. Going into 6th grade at stem means you are required to go to boot camp and learn about what to do and where to go, horrifying, right? Let me set the scene, I was walking down the cold fluorescent hallway and I started to speed up and then I quickly turned the corner then bam i ran right into this really tall eighth grader luckily I wasn't carrying anything at the time so, I just kept on walking, Walking
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immediately begin our work day. I am always busy; mostly dealing with diagnostic analysis, along with prevention and treatment of different types of dental diseases. My staff and I see several patients by appointment and walk-in during a given day. To become a dentist, you must complete at least four years of college (receiving a bachelor's degree in science, and biology) and then complete at least four more years of post-graduate study at a dental college. Dental schools require a minimum of 2 years
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| Syllabus School of Business MGT/437 Version 4 Project Management | Copyright © 2009, 2006, 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course examines project management roles and environments, the project life cycle, and various techniques of work planning, control, and evaluation for project success. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two
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