Fairfax County

Female minors between the ages of 12 and 17 years old within the Northern area of Virginia, which consists of Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford County that are victimized and unlawfully criminalized for domestic minor sex trafficking. While current stereotypes often depict the victims of human trafficking as being escorts, prostitutes, and etc. most victims are innocent young girls who are seduced or kidnapped from their homes and home countries and…

To implement the qualitative methodology in the investigation of the current topic, a sample population of five teachers will be selected randomly from F.H. elementary school in Fairfax County, Virginia Public School System. F.H. Elementary school is 41% white, 26% Hispanic, 24% Asian, and 4% black. As of June of 2015, F.H Elementary school was comprised of 514 students in the general education body, 140 students in elementary advanced academics-levels II & III, and 116 students in special…

George Washington was known for being the first, richest and most popular president of the United States, to people he was a very essential man and also one of the most remarkable leaders called the Father of the County. He was one of the greatest forefathers, he did not only served as president, but also as one of the greatest generals in the history of America. His main goal was to protect the country and to expand it. George liked to live his life very occupied and busy, he was truly proud to…

Biographical information about the author (for my knowledge only, but very helpful): Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish poet and playwright authored works of literary merit such as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was one of the greatest wits of the 20th century because of his intelligence, flamboyancy, and humor. Unfortunately, the Victorian social prejudices surmounted him, when the father of a young man Wilde was…

In developing my lesson, I was hyper-aware of the consequence of assuming what students may and may not know. I graduated and do a lot of my work in Fairfax County Schools; however, Prince William County schools and Osbourn Park High School run their English education quite differently. I think this explains my concern over checking with Mrs. Hakes what students may or may not have been exposed to in previous years. In her notes, Mrs. Hakes later remarks how well my lesson was planned, with deep…

later time will be very costly, have a huge negative impact on parents, and ruin after school activities. Changing school start times to a later time will be super expensive. First of all, most counties will have to spend an insane amount of money to push school start times back. For example, “Fairfax County is spending $5 million to push back school start times by nearly an hour this school year,” which is a crazy amount of money for one hour. Secondly, another reason it is super…

Jennifer Allard (2003), a high school calculus teacher from Fairfax County, Virginia, wanted to determine “Will direct instruction in cooperative learning and meaningful group work result in an increase in students’ desire to be part of trusting collaborative groups?” Allard (2003) had a former group four girls in AP calculus that studied together and became a bonded group inside and outside of the classroom. She noticed that the girls’ achievement in the course was increasing. The girls…

When thinking about safety, we might attribute safety to an environment that is free of risk and hazards. College and university campuses are safer than other zones in America (Students For Concealed Carry 642). However, the atmosphere that campuses are known for can change with the induction of guns into school. Carrying concealed weapons hold a risk to not only the students, but to the professors as well. To keep our campus setting free of the peril, we must not allow guns to enter the grounds…

(The Boston Herald “Healy pushes schools…”) With that happening soon that could be a major turning point in the fight against teen substance abuse. Finally, giving parents tips or tools to help see if there kid abuses substances. A mother in Fairfax County was worried her son was using drugs, she placed a wiretap on his phone to find out that he was. (Squires Sally “Detecting teen substance abuse….”) It is something like that will help us end the epidemic of teen substance abuse. All of these…

the nephew of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He was one of the youngest military leaders to be promoted as fast as he was. He had the knowledge and drive to push himself further than most in the Calvary. Born on November 19th 1835, in Fairfax County, Virginia into a 4th generation military family. This might have put a little bit of pressure on what type of career he would soon…