died. There have been debates going on that discuss if the legal drinking age should be lowered or should it stay the same. I believe that the drinking age should not be lowered and leave it as it is because there will be more accidents on the road, academic failure, and teenagers can get harmful effects on their health. The first reason for not lowering the age of drinking to 18 is that there will be more car accidents on road. When more people drive under the age of 21, then more car crashes…
Native American students are extremely underrepresented in postsecondary educational systems nationwide. There are many personality traits, psychological and social factors influencing this divide. This paper identifies various psycho-social influences in attempts to help Native students better prepare as well as strengthen key traits in order to successfully complete postsecondary education. The academic difficulties and non-persistence of Native Americans in college have been well documented…
There is a growing tendency that most of bullying accidents happen in school. According to the DHHS, “1 in 3 U.S students have been bullied at school. In addition, more types of bullying like teasing, purposeful isolation, rumor-spreading and physical incident begin to take place in school” (in Bullying statistics 2014). Even though bullying is so common in school, bullying must be banned because it not only has negative effects on victims, but also gives disadvantages to bullies and schools.…
When instructing Emergent Bilinguals, we talked about how challenging academic work that promotes deep disciplinary knowledge and encourage higher level thinking is the key to success. Having these emerging bilinguals practice complex thinking, helps them learn deeper about the information and encode the details they are taught. Social justice refers to recognizing and acting upon the potential we have for making positive changes, something teachers do every day. One way teachers can be…
Change School Start Times Nearly all high schools start between seven and eight o’clock in the morning leaving students exhausted during the school day. Because of recent studies a growing number of school districts have or are considering delaying their start time. High school students often fall asleep later and wake up later. Most school start times are opposite to that. A major reason teens do not enjoy school is because they are required to rise up to an hour in advance of the start…
because, parents don't want their kids taking it, it is a waste of time, and causes too much stress on students and teachers. Parents don't trust the people who have access to the SBAC scores.Additionally kids spend an average of the day taking a test. As well as, stress is building up on them and impacting their self-esteem. The standardized tests are well known for testing a child's level of academic abilities but, I trust my teachers opinion on making test, not the computer, maybe pen and…
determine whether a student will proceed to the next grade level, retain them to their current level, or determines their possibility of graduating. Standardized testing should be abolished due to the negative impacts it has placed on the social/cultural aspect of schools, teachers and students. First of all, standardized testing should be terminated due to the negative effect it has on schools. A school will stay in business if students are passing these tests, however if the students do not…
1) Persona -The Princess portrays a popular high school student who only socialize within the same level as her. Claire wears pink to show how girly she is and to show her princess status. -The Brain demonstrates a nerdy and harmless guy who have the best grades. Brian also is a member of different kinds of academic clubs which makes them call him a geek. -The Basket Case shows a quiet girl who 's socially awkward. On the first part, she didn’t say much besides a squeak, sits away, and hides…
bilingual proficiency, academic achievement through two languages, and cultural pluralism for their language majority and minority students (Hadi-Tabassum, 2006). Given that Spanish is the minority language used most frequently in bilingual programs in the United States, this section will use Spanish to exemplify the minority language. A similar process would hold for other minority languages relative to English in the United States. Because Spanish-speaking and English-Speaking students’ needs…
college applications and academics. Foremost, extracurricular activity involvement regulates body growth and functionality. One of the ways this is accomplished is through physical…