“We honor our past because it shapes our future,” this is one of the many quotes that Otterbein University holds dearly. Otterbein University holds this value greatly. Otterbein gives equality to all students, faculty, and others since 1847. Before any women’s rights and the abolishment of slavery, Otterbein University allowed people of color and women to receive a fair and equal education. Otterbein University is a mid-sized college located in Westerville, Ohio.…
In this essay I will be comparing to sides of an argument pertaining to the expenses of universal healthcare in the United States. One written by a man named Greg Olear, and the other by an anonymous author. The first batch of arguments are for a universal healthcare system written by Greg Olear. His first argument says that this is in the Constitution, stating it is the job of the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court to, above all, uphold the charges set forth in the Constitution.…
This became a major issue due to the fact that in order for NAGPRA to apply, Native American tribal groups must be able to provide evidence that the remains discovered had been buried on what was once or currently. Thus in the eyes of the Native American community, to deny their claims of being the descendants of the Kennewick man equates to denying their religion and traditions. (Jones 2005 cited by Sayer 2010: 112). This is due to the fact that according to oral tradition and religious beliefs, their ancestors were placed there over 10,000 years ago however the Supreme Court did not rule oral tradition as viable evidence of that particular tribe inhabiting the region at that time (Herman 2015: 181). Thus while NAGPRA was created to settle…
In the novel, Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids, author, Alexandra Robbins, argues that it is not good for the students to be under an extreme amount of pressure in school and I certainly agree with this statement. Parents are often the ones who place an excessive amount of pressure on their children to succeed, even starting before they are born. This pressure that parents place on their children can lead to immoral behavior, such as cheating. The overachieving students may come across as perfect on the outside, but by having so much pressure placed on them to be perfect, they may get into a mindset where they focus too much on comparing their standardized test scores and GPAs with other students’, causing them to be left feeling…
It doesn’t matter what all of his drafts say, the final grade comes from the time limited paper. Murray uses a specific construction for this article. He starts by talking about how teachers are teaching writing. He gives examples of how they need to teach and how it will help when it all…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has raised controversy on whether the law support or damage the health insurance for all Americans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or commonly known as Obamacare is a federal law signed by President Barack Obama on 2010. According to the website Obama Care Facts this law “creates a mandate for large employers to provide insurance, the expansion of Medicaid, and the opening of Health Insurance Marketplaces to help subsidize private insurance.” Its main goal is to improve and provide affordable health care insurance for all Americans but due to the divide opinions about this law, congress has judge over 50 repeal attempts. As a last attempt to overthrow the law, the Republican Party from…
Dennis Baron an English professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign challenges the methods of the SAT assessment and criticizes the use of formulaic writing. In The College…
The author Robert Hernandez can be considered an authoritative source for my topic because he has written an academic article over College Latino students’ identity, and one specific example can be the influence of music. His article is creditable because it is an academic paper staff publication and research. It is a desertion submitted to a graduate school in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree doctor of education. Therefore, it has been reviewed by individuals with knowledge of this sort of topic. A bias that can arise is that it is in a college student perspective.…
Beads of sweat gather on nervous foreheads of young students. Their hands shake, lips tremble. Able to burst into tears in a matter of seconds. All over the world children of all ages are being forced to take complicated standardized tests. These tests cause extremely high levels of stress, they are unfair, and they waste large amounts of valuable class time Children who should be running outside in the sun, feeling the sun or cool rain on their face, are inside worrying about the test tomorrow.…
My heart pounded. My knees shook. I feared the other twenty students sitting around me could hear my heart leaping out of my chest as I read each question on the SAT. When I looked around the room, I realized they all had the same look of terror on their faces as I did. This test determined the rest of our futures; whether we’d get into the college of our dreams or not.…
Standardized Tests Argument Essay Picture a stressed kid doing a long test. Could standardized tests be changed so kids wouldn’t be nervous? What do you think? This brings me to what I will be talking about today, standardized tests. Some people believe that we should change the way kids take these tests, which others believe tests are fine the way they are and aren’t worth the hassle.…
However due to the flaws it contains, it is an ineffective way to see if this student is capable of being a top flight university. The norm-referenced structure of the SAT is the biggest factor to why the SAT shouldn’t be considered by college admissions. Instead a change to criterion-based exams should be made because students need to be tested on material that they already know. If the SAT continues to be structured as it has been, disadvantages will continue to be a part of a student’s educational career. Changes need to be done in order to give all the same chance of becoming successful.…
Debating has been an activity that is not widely known in high school due to a lack of popularity. Maybe it’s because no one can understand what the debaters are saying in their given amount of time. Everything is said so quickly in such a small amount of time (two minutes) that it is hard to understand the point. Spread, or speed-reading, is a style that is commonly used in high school debates around the country.…
"The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests” (Postrel 1). Even some of the wisest people have agreed that the SAT and other standardized tests are not valid indicators of a student's potential for success in college. In fact, they have said that standardized exams can be counterproductive for students trying to study to become better students in high school and improve their appeal to colleges. Colleges should not be allowed to use standardized exams as a main indicator of college readiness.…
Everyone has time to be healthy Freshman 15 is an expression used to describe an arbitrary amount of weight students put on in their first year of post secondary studies, usually due to unhealthy eating and poor exercise habits. Students say they struggle finding a balance between work, leisure, and maintaining healthy habits, leading to a lack of exercise, and poor nutrition. These complaints are clearly caused by a lack of intrinsic motivation and a growing status quo of complacency, rather than actual time constraints. Despite the vast number of home workouts that one can complete in under ten minutes, students will still excuse themselves from any form of physical activity, in favour of inactive alternatives. The problem is further pushed…