Alternative education

more efficient through reuse: similar to how planes are to be refuelled after a flight to be flown again, instead of building a new plane after every flight (The Verge, June 6th 2016). This waste on resources is more than enough reason to consider alternative systems, however continuing to use this expendable system will lead to drastic effects on space debris. According to NASA’s article on orbital space debris, there are currently more than 500,000 pieces of debris the size of marbles orbiting…

article claims that The American dream is still alive just unrecognized. Studies show that most Americans are actually living this dream and don’t even realize it. Their studies showed that sizable majorities report owning a home, receiving a good education, finding a career and giving their children better lives than they themselves had. If that isn’t the American dream, I do not know what is. It may sound like an average life but that is the definition of success in my opinion. In fact, there…

Target Population: Our initial campaign will target middle class residents living in Lagos, Nigeria. We chose Lagos as it is Nigeria’s largest city with a population of over 21 million people (Rosenthal) and is home to several existing solar companies that provide PAYG solar energy options. Additionally, the Lagos government also has shown interest in solar and implemented a project in 2014 to use solar to power public institutions (Lagos Solar Project.). Lagos residents also suffer from lack of…

Washington, D.C. Laws & Details Formal Education requirements outlines 500 hours of clinic plus 1,500 hours of apprenticeship training for acupuncturists( Acupuncture Society of Washington, D.C.,2014)Each state has different licensing requirements (Acufinder, 2014);New Zealand schools are similar…

Essential Oils Have More Benefits than Modern Western Medicine Suppose modern western medicine was only used for severe illnesses like: heart disease, COPD, renal failure, multiple sclerosis, or cancer; would there be less sickness in the world if everyone used essential oils as the Ancient Greeks did to heal their bodies? Woodson Merrell, MD, director of integrative medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City; claims : “Patients like essential oils because they’re a remedy that…

Western medicine is evidence-based and a branch of science. Theoretical frameworks of Chinese medicine tend to be less credible than evidences used in Western medicine since the latter are more accessible to general patients under the common science education. Patients would find Western medicine safer and more believable as there are solid evidences rationalizing Western medicine. An example is the nature of therapeutics used: Chinese medicine uses a wide array of therapeutics including shed…

to do it pretty much on your own. In many cases, it is difficult for a child or teenager to solve things on their own with little or no help. A child, as well as many teenagers, still need that push to succeed as well as guidance in their education to help them understand what can be expected on assignments as well as overall school work. In order to succeed in the many demands of home schooling, you have to be able to self-teach and learn from yourself. In public school settings, you have…

society than public schooled children are. Homeschooled students have a free space to be themselves and be as opinionated as wished to be without being judged. Homeschooled students are not distracted by what to wear or the people there, only their education or in other words “when you homeschool a child, his life isn’t dictated by trends; it’s dictated by the values that you instill.” (Richards-Gustafson). Learning is a bigger factor of homeschooling than people think. Many students learn in…

banking concept of education is a way of teaching embraced by some teachers. It focuses on making students memorize and repeat the information without understanding. Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and philosopher, strongly opposes the idea of banking education in his paper “The banking concept of education”. Freire believes that banking education should be abandoned in its entirety and replaced by “problem posing education”. Personally, I’ve experienced both types of education. I believe…

The way we teach and the way we learn has long been debated and researched. From the development of the IQ test and of SATs our focus has been on assessing intelligence, but it raises the question of what intelligence actually is and what methods of teaching best develop and extend a child’s learning. Subjects cannot truly be taught in isolation, they need to blend and merge as pupils question and connect ideas and thoughts together. Neither can they be taught effectively within the confines of…