For this assignment I observed a 2 year old girl who is currently being seen for both physical and speech therapy. For the sake of confidentiality I will be referring to her as Diana. On a daily basis we have circle time in the morning in the classroom. During circle time we sang the roll song where. each child jumped up and down when their name was called, and although Diana was very attentive throughout the song when everyone else’s name was being called, she just sat there and turned her head
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to understand and identify with a diverse range of students. My experiences of being a first-generation college student with English as a second language present the main ideals that are the backbone of my educational philosophy. As an academic advisor my primary mission is to help students navigate successfully through their academic careers while exploring their educational and career options. My immediate responsibility is to prepare students to be self-sufficient and life-long learners. My obligation
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The most recently built dormitory at Georgia State University is Piedmont Central, where over 1,500 students live the in the heart of Atlanta, whether they live 30 minutes away from home or hours away from home. Piedmont Central has 11 floors where each floor is equipped with a study room, special activity room (play, movie, fitness, chat), gather room, and laundry room. I’ve been living at Piedmont Central for the past month, and because it was easily accessible, I decided to observe the “gather”
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Before they even head off to college, first time college students will have heard about the dreaded Freshman 15. The Freshman 15 is the idea that by the end of their first year of college, first time college freshman will have gained 15 pounds. However, research has found that the average increase of weight for the freshman population ranges between 2.4 to 4.6 pounds (Smith-Jackson and Reel 14). Nevertheless, this is still a significant amount of weight gain for anyone and it could foreshadow a pattern
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effective strategies, along with orientation programs and continued academic support, for improving student success at the higher education (university) level. Although it is impossible to tie advising practices directly to retention, good advising can result in many positive outcomes that are also associated with high retention rates, such as effective career and academic planning, overall student satisfaction, familiarity with campus resources and support services, and interaction with staff outside
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state of the world, known as The United States of America. The university is famous World Wide for its great education standard, hence having a great reputation. As the reputation is great, the responsibility upon it is also great, that is to provide students the best bunch of information, making them able to catch up in the competitive world outside. No doubt the Cleveland State University is not less than any great universities in terms of its learning and education segment but still the essay stated
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which ultimately adds time to the route’s completion. The potential route is streamlined so the only bus stop on campus is Tate Student Center. In addition, the bus will stop in front of the Lakeside Apartment complex instead of driving through it, speeding up the route while not reducing service to residents. Considering that the on-campus bus stop is centrally located, students will no longer have to make a 10-minute walk in the dark to the Myers Hall stop. Night route service, in general will not be
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could relate this with me because when I come home, the first thing my parents ask me is lets have a family night and I would always respond with the same, I have a lot of homework. If schools were to stop giving homework, I could have, so as other students have fun and spend more time with the family. So this is why I say that homework separates the family to not have time with each other. Which means that there no family dinners, family nights, family movie, and
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To me one of the biggest tortures in my American experience is grading, it seemed more beneficial than the material itself. Without the grade you could not pass, but you didn’t have to remember then material. Of course it was important to have an understanding of the class you were in, however it was only important as long as you wanted a good grade. This topic is important to me because of my brother and myself. As an older brother who has been through k-12 grade I understand the hardships of grading
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besides homework.” Actress Lily Tomlin is correct. When students get home after a six-hour school day they are often overwhelmed with outrageous amounts of homework. This extra and sometimes unnecessary burden adds only anxiety to the average student leaving them a slave to their homework. This is a problem that can be alleviated with time and patience. Students are not happy with their current homework loads. Sixty-one percent of students in a recent survey concluded that they had to drop out of
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