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chose not to ask. As a student, I have let myself down, but in knowing this I am making the choice to change. I would like to work on being a better listener because I find that as one of my hardest challenges. Although I have many things I want to improve I know that I will master anything I keep trying to make strides in. Being a student in this High School, I feel as though I am a different student who is learning more efficiently. It’s hard knowing exactly the kind of student I am at the…

Philosophy of Teaching in a Culturally Diverse Classroom The United States is often referred to as the land of opportunity. People from all over the world have immigrated and continue to immigrate to this country seeking opportunity. An important part of American opportunity is the right to a free public education. Our public schools continue to become increasingly more culturally diverse. Diversity presents both challenges and opportunities for classroom teachers. In this paper, I examine what…

stressful to college students because for some people it is the first time in their lives that they are expected to think for themselves. All throughout high school teachers told everyone what to do, how to do it, how to do it right and when to do it. College does not do that at all and it is hard to change to that lifestyle. It is different to not have a teacher right beside helping, to remind things, and to actually sit down and help when they are needed. As a college student, students are…

In the three school districts examined for this case study, graduation rates also rose significantly in the years following the implementation of NLCB. In the 2001-2002 school year, students in the Philadelphia City School district graduated at a rate of 52 percent. The graduating class of 2013 in Philadelphia had a graduation rate of 64 percent by conservative measures, and even a rate as high as 70.1 percent according to other measures. This represents at least a 12 point jump in the years…

research will be if a student and teacher’s race similarity would increase the student's success rate. The underlying concepts that are in this topic are students have difficulty learning from teachers who are of different ethnic backgrounds, placing ethnically different teachers in non-diverse areas (such as teach for America) does not really help students, and teachers have predisposition of students who are ethnically different. Research to this topic will be important to give students of all…

learn and realise how privilege operates (Lampert et al 2015). By having an understanding of how privilege operates teachers will hopefully be able to prevent and re-issue how they nominate and think about circumstances involving themselves and their students. Privilege is not something than a teacher can completely stop in a classroom (Lampert et al. 2015) privilege is deep rooted in society. It is important…

Middle Childhood (Competency vs. Inferiority) Erikson’s middle childhood stage includes children entering school age, from ages six to eleven years old. These children are learning to adjust to many new social and academic demands, and when children succeed in these areas, they feel a sense of pride, fulfillment, and competency. However, if they fail in either of these areas, they can experience feelings of inferiority. As children are placed in an academic and social setting, they begin to…

In 2004, a fifth grade student was pushed from behind by another fifth grade student while in the boy's locker room at the middle school where he attended school. The incident caused him to hit his head and abdomen on a nearby locker and bench and to sustain personal injuries resulting in an emergency splenectomy. The student’s mother alleged that her son's injuries were the result of negligent supervision. A summary judgment was handed down dismissing the complaint and the mother appealed.…

degree, I just did not know what to major in. I knew being a student athlete would be difficult, I just did not realize how difficult it really is. My entire high school career I heard how stressful, time consuming, and expensive college was but I did not realize how true that was until I got on campus. However, I was able to adjust after the first week of being in class and being in practice. I quickly discovered that being a college student and athlete comes with a lot of pressure. Pressures…

Nearly all myths and stories, share similar characteristics in the plot. These similarities and the different stages of adventure are identified to be called the “Hero’s Journey.” In the “Odyssey” translated by Robert Fagle, we as readers come upon a character named Odysseus, who experiences the events contained in the “Hero’s Journey.” Odysseus was forced to convert from a peaceful life to the devastating scenes of death in the Trojan War. Although I am only a mere 14 years old, I too have…