Boarding school

John Locke, a British philosopher, shed light on various critical political matters that had an influence on the education framework and the scope of the childhood education. Through his book Some Thoughts Concerning Education, he expresses important ideas that relate to the new ways of perceiving the childhood education, and to a large extent, the way education relates to the political views (Locke 2). A paradigm of a shift towards childhood, children, and education is explicitly expressed by…

Who could be the most influential person in your life? People learn from their birth to death and in this process teacher is a most essential and influential person. Also, not only teacher teaches general subjects such as English, Science, and Math, but also guides students’ behavior and moral values by being an example to students. Sometimes teacher becomes a mentor for students and direct, helps, and gives great advice. Therefore, students learn academic skills and as well as social skills…

The Obstacles of Becoming Elite The elite within society are a small group of people who have access to many benefits that those ranked lower than them don’t have access to. This gives those at the top privilege, but this privilege is maintained by the institutions within society. Karen Ho introduces the idea of “smartness”, and how this label defines who is elite within society. She presents it as something that is created in order to maintain this eliteness. Joseph Stiglitz talks about how…

The first time I met Ally was in the lunchroom. Naive sixth graders don’t know where to sit; they just plop their bodies with the first people they see so that’s exactly what I did with her during the first week of middle school. Through the course of the three years in middle school, I’ve definitely had my ups and downs with her- numerous times we’ve fought and forgave, and although she left KIS last year, I still keep in touch with her over Skype and Snapchat. It’s been four years since my…

of staff. It seems like more of a cool summer camp than an educational program one should trust to educate their child since it mainly focuses on creative interests of children, rather than preparation to the professional workforce (Sadbury Valley Schools,…

his walked out before he was born. As he was growing up he had to defend himself a lot and take on the role of the “man of the house”. He was picked on for being smart, so he taught himself different forms of martial arts over the years. After high school he went to Stanford, to study up on the different degrees of science. Where he met Victor and showed him almost…

that “I can say the benefit in ward schools is the interaction with their fellow students. I would not say that ward school helped many graduates to succeed or proceed to higher education, no!” He went on to say that. For the majority Tanzanians, it is difficult to attain quality education because of poverty. Parents have no ability to pay the cost of education in good schools. Probably, the government needs to rethink how to improve infrastructure in the ward schools where the majority of poor…

time only for 38 weeks a year this is only for 2 years until the child reaches the age to start school. The parents are not expected to pay for these 15 hours however if they require extra they will be charged. This entitlement was brought forward by the government because the every child matters agenda, is it so that every child, no matter their background is given the best chance for when they start school, this is so that every child has equal opportunities. However it is not compulsory in…

“Throwing Down The Gauntlet On My Life” I’m a junior at Presbyterian Pan American School. I was born in Brownsville, Texas, but since my parents are Mexican nationals, I grew up in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. In 2013, my parents told me to “pack your bags” you are going to Kingsville, Texas. I came to Texas three years ago to attend Presbyterian Pan American School (PPAS), a senior private boarding school in Kingsville, Texas, on an academic scholarship. Talking about different aspects…

filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Arizona that stated that Native American children do not receive the same education as other American students. According to their lawsuit, their elementary school is understaffed with unqualified teachers who only teach English and math. The school refuses to cooperate and include tribal community leaders in these children’s education. For the fifty percent of students with special…