Berliner

The high-stakes nature of the exam, combined with its inaccurately low evaluation of the performance of ELL students, unfairly punishes these students, who may be forced to repeat a grade or even barred from graduation. Many schools flunk students as a response to low standardized test scores (“Testing and Grade Retention”), and more than half of the states require high school students to pass an exit exam in order to graduate (“High school exit exams”). Obviously, few students, regardless of…

“A guy goes nuts if he ain't go nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick” (Steinbeck 72-73). Loneliness has affected everyone at some point. Unfortunately, Loneliness worms it way into everyone's lives through isolation, discrimination, and prejudice. This sentiment was especially true during the 1930s, where the Great Depression had engulfed and ruptured the economy. Many people roamed the country looking to sustain…

The role for women during the period of the Bauhaus and the works of Marianne Brandt When thinking about the Bauhaus and all of its accomplishments and designs, it is rare that one thinks of a woman's work. Despite this most likely having something to do with Walter Gropius’s intentions, men's domination in the art world and history being written largely by men, there were many distinct successful works by women that have been overshadowed by the male counterpart. Marianne Brandt was one of…

In June of 1966, the outcome of the trial - Miranda v. Arizona declared that suspects must be informed of their specific legal rights when being placed under arrest, bringing about the creation of the Miranda Rights and forever altering all criminal arrests and law enforcement conduct. The Supreme Court’s decision in Miranda v. Arizona addressed four different cases involving custodial interrogations. These four cases included Miranda v. Arizona (the first case taken), Vignera v. New York,…

Campbell, a distinguished social scientist (Berliner and Nichols). Standardized testing is an exemplary illustration of this belief. It has been emphasized and glorified at the expense of students and their futures, and in turn, the future of America. In a world so focused on competition, it is important…

“A visionary, poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer,” that’s what Bertolt Brecht was known for. Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, better known as Bertolot Brecht, was born on February 10th, 1898 in Augsburg, Germany. Brecht was born to a Protestant mother and a Catholic father. While his father worked in a paper mill, his mother made sure that he learned that bible, something that would have a lifelong effect on his writing. The break out of World War I occurred when he was only 16, he became…

the transports would have to deliver not only food, but coal for heating. The bags of coal would be bulky and take up most of a plane’s space. As the airlift’s operation increased it exceeded General Smith’s capability. As a result, the duties of running the airlift were given to the Military Air Transport Service and a new commander Major General William H. Tunner. General Tunner had previously operated an aerial supply line during World War II that crossed the Himalayas, from India to China.…

During the mid-1940 's the United States and Russia were in superpower positions after World War II had ended and left Europe in a pile of rubble. Continuous tension between the United States and Russia led to the beginning of the Cold War. The conflict was simply constant disagreements of political, military, and economic morals and ideas. Russia and the United States both had a strong military but never had an actual war between each other. In 1947, the United States started the Marshall…

The classic way of studying history in high school and many college courses is by memorizing facts, regurgitating them, and throwing in a little analysis that was also memorized. However, history is more than just dates and facts. History is the why behind the facts and events. History is how people felt about the events, and whether they were expected or unexpected, and what the responses to those events were. And studying history is more than just textbooks. Classically, history relied on…

Finding ways to keep students interested and motivated in learning a second language can be challenging. Every language has certain aspects that are difficult for non-native speakers to understand. These can include anything from idiomatic expressions to body language. Therefore, using different medias like music, television, and film is a way to keep them interested in learning when it starts getting more difficult (Albiach, 2011). Film is widely used to teach second languages. It is mainly…