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Andrew got a job and his own apartment, he is happy because now he can eat whatever he wants without his parents telling him what to do. Andrew did not care about healthy food so for months now he has been eating fast food for all of his meals without much exercise because of his work. He is starting to noticed a 20 pound weight gain so he tries to find time to exercise a little but sadly cannot. Another three years pass and Andrew did not change his eating habits at all and gained 86 pounds…

THE IMPACT OF USING MOTHER TONGUE IN A SCHOOL WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE COULD BE IDENTIFIED These are the related literature and studies utilized by the researcher in this research. The main reason why humans existed is through language. It unites us all individuals into one from all the different worldviews. It is the bridge that connects us present from our past and to our future. Through language the future would know and appreciate everything that we live for today. It outlines humanity. It…

A., & Griffin, D. (2011). Can the Epstein Model of Parental Involvement Work in a High-Minority, High-Poverty Elementary School? A Case Study. Professional School Counseling, Cummins, S. (2014). Reading About Real Scientists. Educational Leadership, 72(4), 68-72. Fink, S., & Silverman, M. (2014). Principals as Instructional Leaders. Education Digest, 80(4), 22-26. 15(2), 77-87. Jacobson, R., Snyder, J. W., & Saultz, A. (2014)…

In Spain, linguistically and culturally diverse children are thaught using an immersion methodology and with some special programs where they learn the official language of the country with the help of specialised teachers; so they do not learn in their mother tongue. Is this methodology the most apropiate one? As I see it, Spain provides an appropiate education for this students for many reasons: first of all, they are integrated in the rest of the class, so children are more open-minded with…

Educators in the field of teaching English as a New Language (ENL) have a unique position in the school environment because of what they are tasked with. All teachers have the responsibility to provide their students with an education and to help them become functional and productive members of society. What makes being an ENL teacher unique and challenging is that they have the responsibility of trying to simultaneously teach English Language Learners (ELL’s) about the same society and culture…

Before embarking on a missionary journey to the Hellenized Jews in Syria and Celicia, Paul asked his companion and assistant, Timothy, the son of a Jewish-Christian mother and Greek father, to be circumcised (Acts 16). On a separate occasion, before visiting the church in Jerusalem, "not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek" (Galatians 2: 3). Was Paul contradicting himself? Of course not! True to character, Paul had shrewdly put his first…

The sky is a Carolina blue. The clouds look like wisps that have been painted with a paintbrush. The temperature is 68 degrees. The sun is partially blocked by the clouds but is slowly starting to show its full self. The pond ripples as a little kid skips a rock into it. The kid is wearing a Duke blue shirt and navy blue jeans. The water is a dirt brown and camo green color. The dirt swirls under the water like a tornado. There are long lime green plants coming out of the water on the right…

For a boat that is almost 30 miles per hour. That is very fast for a ship that big of a size. While the Titanic came closer to the iceberg the captain was trying to slow down the ship by stopping the propellers and reversing the rotation of them. (Cummins 1) The ship was going so fast it couldn’t slow down enough to steer away from the iceberg. If the captain wasn’t going that fast, the man who was steering the ship could have steered away and had a pretty good chance of avoiding the…

Physician Manipulation of Reimbursement Rules for Patients Between a Rock and a Hard Place Matthew Wynia, Deborah Cummins, Jonathan Van Geest, Ira Wilson American Medical Association Synopsis and Summary A study was done to determine at what rate physicians manipulate the rules of reimbursement in order for patients to receive services for which they may not otherwise be granted under utilization review rules though the physician may find the service necessary. The…

Found in the workings of Richard Ruiz’s “Orientations of language planning, specific focus is placed on the shortcomings and strengths of language as a problem, right and resources in approaches to language planning” (Ruiz, 1984, p.15). Ruiz states that although there may be problems with a resource orientated approach to language, it could help to reshape attitudes about language and various language groups (1984). In essence, the placement of language as a resource can assist in the…