Curricula

For centuries, censorship has been a prevailing issue in American society. Whether it be through propaganda—relentlessly altering the public’s view, or by banning books from schools in hopes of shielding America’s youth from reality; we have wrestled with what is socially acceptable to be publicizing and discussing, and what is far too taboo. The Catcher in the Rye, an American classic is one of the most notoriously challenged books in our education system for its explicit language and sexual…

MOST VALUABLE POSSESSED As society has continued to develop, education has become a stepping stone to furthering an individual’s future. Noting the changes in the technological landscape, Coursera is a company that is fostering the evolution of computerized expansion and society’s yearning to do things faster, more efficiently and for a lesser price. It is no surprise that the technological aspects of Coursera’s platform acts as a huge resource for the company, particularly regarding their…

According to Donovan (1998), not all undergraduate curricula require aspiring teachers to take a course in sexuality, or HIV/AIDS prevention (p. 191). Often, if teachers of sexual education programs receive training, it is “on the rudiments of the physiology of sexual education” (Gursimsek, 2010, p. 82) .…

Russian Mafia: Soviet Crime in United States of America The Russian Mafia were a popular crime syndicate even posing as the greatest threat to the U.S. national security during the mid-1990s. With over 6,000 different groups around the globe, their activities are flown under the radar and limited action has been done to aware United States citizens. The Russian Mafia are commonly know as “Bratva” and still remain a trouble to America and it is important to understand their origins, the…

Public vs Private Complete silence, only the sound of biting nails, tapping pencils, and shivering legs fills the room. The moment is now, everything that you have worked for is important now! This is the act test, a test that decides your future. How has your education prepared you? Growing up in a private middle school, and now attending a public high school I have open eyes of on the subject public school system vs. the private school system controversy. The public school system promotes…

The topics of the three researches focus on language politicizing, Baltics nations struggle with language identity is major theme, which runs through the readings. The conflict is attributed to political, social and cultural reasons. Kangro & James focused on their research on the inevitable changes, which occurred in Latvia and influenced thee Latvian system. The authors elaborated on the research through identifying the development stages. The stages featured the adoption of the education…

The Near Death Experiences Link to Spiritualism Many accounts of near death experiences have been made throughout history. This accounts have made many people reevaluate their lives. I have always thought that was a connection between spirituality and near death experiences but do these truly have a connection Many people have converted new found spiritualism after their traumatic event but is there a connection between spirituality of near death experiences. Do these experiences help or hurt…

On the day of the event, I became hesitant in my choice of attending the lecture. I knew what the lecture was scheduled to be about, but I questioned if I would be welcomed to participate, even with it being open to the public. The atmosphere on campus inspired me. Every couple of feet, the NC State emblem is built into the sidewalk with white bricks on a maroon background. Seeing the different ethnicities of students as I walked to the Talley Student Union was different from what I had become…

Nigeria like every other society is made up of individuals with and without one form of disabilities or the other. Those with disabilities ranges from average physical, sociopsychological and mental behaviours and as a result cannot properly benefit from the regular educational program. Hence, educating students with disabilities in Nigeria comes with some enormous challenges. Thus, this paper takes a look at the challenges confronting education of students with disabilities. The paper first…

The Protestant Reformation was the splitting of Western Catholic Christianity in the 16th century. Corruption started to become evident in the Catholic Church and reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin set out to change the church. Once Luther had seen this major corruption, he started to travel through Europe proclaiming his beliefs and criticizing the papacy. Pope Leo X and Charles V worked together to punish Luther but the Germanic states helped to hide Luther. Protestantism quickly…