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There are many pros and cons of alternative energy and fossil fuels. There are many more pros of alternative energy. Pros of renewable energy is, it is available all over the world because there is sun and wind. There is no chance of renewable energy becoming depleted in the future. Renewable energy can boost economic growth and increase job opportunities ("Renewable Green Energy"). There are many pros of renewable energy but there are always cons too. There are also cons of renewable energy…

Individualism is a great factor that comes out of homeschooling. When children are homeschooled they often possess their own ideals and individuality. They are less likely to conform o 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…

to create clean energy and a green infrastructure as it can also benefit the american economy. He has also gone to state,"...we will double renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient." Although alternative energy is more pricy than traditional produced materials,renewable energy will aid in reducing pollution and help conserve fossil fuels which make up oil,coal,and natural gas. A form of alternate energy is Solar energy. Solar energy uses a…

History of Homeschooling in the United States The aspect of homeschooling is certainly not a new idea to American education because the first colonists homeschooled their children out of necessity (Wilhelm & Firmin, 2009). Homeschooling has grown in popularity and effectiveness over the past several decades (Moreau, 2012). The idea that homeschooling is only for young males has changed over the years to include all children under the age of eighteen; since everyone must enroll in school, the…

The 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…

Homeschooling is the education of children at home by their parents. Homeschooling has grown greatly since the early 2000s, so much so that 1,770,000 students are homeschooled in the United States today—which is 3.4% of the school-age population (HSLDA). The National Center for Education Statistics says that children who are homeschooled are 68% white, 15% Hispanic, 8% black, and 4% Asian or Pacific Islander. Also, 35.9% of families that homeschool have four to six kids, %25.3% have seven or…

Solar energy is one of the oldest forms of energy use as our early ancestors used heat from the sun to start fires to cook food are heated rocks to provide warmth through the night. These two scenarios are both examples of solar renewable energy. You may have noticed some of your neighbors with shinny panels on top of their roof. Well your neighbors are going green and trying to get away from non-renewable energy which hurts the environment by the pollution that comes from using oil or nuclear…

United States needs to use new alternative energy sources to to prevent the spending of millions more on foreign oil. Renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass provide alternative energy sources. Implementing alternative energy sources will decrease the dependency on oil which will save the country millions of dollars, while also creating many jobs. The U.S.’s dependence…

ALTERNATE ENERGY GENERATION REPORT: SOLAR, HYDROELECTRICITY, WIND The world is constantly revolving around energy, as the population of the earth grows; the demand for electricity significantly increases as well. As society has evolved, technology has also evolved, becoming more focused on luxurious electronic items while also emphasizing a "greener" earth in the form of alternate energy sources. While these alternate energy sources have some obvious benefits, there are also some significant…

Homeschool Policy Overview A family policy is a “policy that aims to protect, promote, and strengthen families by addressing one or more of the five explicit functions families perform: family formation, partner relationships, economic support, childrearing, and caregiving” (Bogenschneider, 2014, p. 57). In this paper, I will be discussing the homeschool policy. With the definition of family policy in mind, I will be talking about how the homeschool policy does protect, promote, and…