Alternative medicine

Homeschooling a child is the best education that can be given to them. Home education is where parents teach their children at home and have the option of using one curriculum or a combination of several curriculums. Whichever curriculum best fits the family’s schedule and the child’s learning style. It can be very personalized for each child’s needs, whether it is a strength or a weakness. When someone hears that a family is homeschooling, many thoughts begin to run through their head.…

would benefit greatly from an alternative education program. Currently the Belton High School offers a credit recovery class, where students who are struggling can take or retake courses online. While the credit recovery program has shown to benefit some, its impact is not adequate. An alternative education program would be necessary for all K-12 students in the Belton School District. Alternative education is more than just sitting a student behind a computer. Alternative education gives…

Through education one acquires knowledge on how to better themselves. The ability to think critically and solve problems are direct results of a population full of educated people. It can also be said that education teaches discipline. The greatest awards in life are derived not from instant gratification but from sustained efforts. For example, a high school graduate may one day tell a story about how he stayed up all night his junior year studying for a math test. The outcome of his dedication…

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America is a volunteer-based intervention organization that has assisted the youth population by changing their perspectives and giving the youth the opportunity to reach their full potential. The organization’s procedure is pairing a child with a mentor which results in building a strong relationship with unrestricted potential. Mentors go through background checks and necessary training to be able to volunteer as a big brother or a big sister. In the present paper,…

There are many convieneces to solar power, but of course nothing is perfect. It is more convienet for the consumer because they will not have to purchase things to run their house or car, they could just have the solar pannels themselves and be independent. The one and major inconveience of solar power is what do you do on a cloudy day? Or if one place does not get a lot of sun how can it run? Advantages: Solar energy is a renewable resource that is environmentally friendly. Unlike fossil…

to produce Electricity. “People started using wind power centuries ago with windmills, which pumped water, ground grain, and did other work” (Hunter, 2011). In other words, the wind’s turbine uses the wind to generate electricity. Advantages of Alternative Energy Sources: • The main advantage of renewable sources of energy is that they are inexhaustible. This makes them sustainable and reliable now and in the future. Secondly, there are considered to be clean energy, hence using them do not lead…

A wind farm or wind power is another form of alternative energy sources just like solar, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric energy sources. Why there is an alternative energy sources like wind power, for two reasons. First reason, if we continue to use fossil fuel, the planet may be in danger and may cause carbon dioxide emissions. The carbon dioxide is increasing the planet’s temperature, which in turn will destroy us and our entire ecosystem. The second reason is we need to find energy…

The problems associated with the use of fossil fuels as the worlds primary source of energy will have to be addressed sometime during my life time. Fossil fuels are not only very limited, the impact that this energy source is having on the environment will force the entire world to change our way of life. The primary byproduct of the use of oil is CO2, this release of CO2 into the atmosphere is causing what we know as global warming. As the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere increases heat that…

Recently, I ventured into town to have coffee at a local café. As I drove through the beautiful back roads, cascaded with homesteads and cattle farms, I noticed a field of solar panels sprawled across acres of land with sheep grazing underneath. I observed an elderly farmer walking through the field with a bucket in one hand and a walking stick in the other. He stopped and looked up at the panels then began to rattle the bucket. The sheep raised their cud chewing heads and begin to trot over to…

For some families homeschooling seems like a great option. For parents it seems like you wouldn 't have to worry as much since your child would be at home and in front of you. Children think that it would be easier and more relaxed than regular school. Both think that you will come out of it with the same amount of knowledge and skills as you would get from a regular school experience. These, however, are common misconceptions. What these families do not realize is that homeschooling is…