driving test was the day I would find out if all the effort and time I had put into driving was worth it or not. The day before my driving test was one of the worst and darkest days of my life because I was extremely nervous and worried about the judgment day, which was the next day. My brothers and sisters teased me about failing the road test. We went through all the instructions and all other details that there was to know. I usually sleep late, but on the day before my driving test I slept unusually
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require a drug test as part of a pre-employment screening policy. Of the companies that do this, it’s usually the only test they will take. The pre-employment drug test seems to be the easiest for companies to use, while the employees don’t have to worry about it again. Most companies that have a drug testing policy will use random drug tests. Although they have these drug testing policies, only a small number actually give the tests. Out of the companies that conduct random drug tests, their frequency
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where as within the America in general or state level; government plays a role. You take the government out and give the controls back to educators, odds are schools will perform. I think his speech will help me support the claim that teaching to a test is doing more harm to the
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it is bad. There is proof that states testing has negative effects on students and teachers. With this comes the limit of education on students, and the teachers having a very strict guideline to teach. This shows how these tests do not live up to their full potential. Tests are proved to be biased towards higher classes of citizens in society. It is shown that low-income participants do worse, as well as students raised in poverty. Testing also shows to be narrow on curriculum, leaving little to
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Higher education is increasing as the years increase and the importance of grade standardization has increased. The emphasis on GPA, SAT, ACT and other standardized test have been placed on high scale of a students’ future success. Is this nonsense? Some professors feel that these standardizations are the best alternatives as it sets an equal scale for everyone of all ethnicities, genders, and races. Others argue that each individual cannot be grouped in the same category because of their differences
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Standardized tests is a measurement of a student’s educational ability. It is used to determine the current averages and recognize high and low performers. The test informs teachers on how a student performed on the test and what treatment they need to improve or to be more challenged. Standardized testing is stressful and takes too much time for students. So much time and preparation is put into doing this one test. This time could be put into learning what we need in the standards and for what
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The educational system is one of the primary factor that differentiates which path should female and male students go. It is also one of the many reasons why girls are discouraged to study math and science. Moreover, it is a place that injects false interpretations of how boys are supposed to be in power. In the readings, the writers exposed the differences of female and male students are being treated in the classroom, in outdoor activities and professional studies to show how social factors affect
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It is possible to determine the identity of an unknown element and ion though a flame test and emission spectra. I think unknown 1 is a sodium ion or Na+ because they both produced a bright orange color and looks the closest. I think unknown 2 is strontium ion or Sr2+ because they produced a dark red flame. The unknown for the emission spectra I think was mercury because looking at the real spectra sheet of elements, mercury was the closest in terms of matching the lines of the light spectra. These
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In high school many students experience a lot of good and bad things in whatever they do daily. Whether they choose to do it or not is another thing on themselves but, do they really understand the wrong or correct in what they’re actually doing? I believe Lord Of The Flies should be read in high school to teach classmates that their is good and evil in this world and that book can describe the horror in how people's actions or emotions change the face of a person. Do you ever ask yourself, is
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I will be arguing why standardized tests should be removed from school systems. I have strong opinions and experience within this topic, so I believe I will be able to argue it well. I want to prove that these tests are not a good way to measure the knowledge and capabilities that a student possesses. I have chosen this topic because I struggle at taking tests. I know how much pressure is put on an individual to test his or her knowledge based on one test score. This has led to getting myself
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