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In the early 19th century, before schools even had schedules for classes teachers were expected to know a little about each subject. The late 1800’s brought along a new type of schedule called the Carnegie Unit and this became the standard for most schools. This new schedule consisted of 50 minute classes the were taught by a teacher who only taught one subject. Other attempts were made to either replace this new schedule or modify it. One of the modifications to the Carnegie Unit was extended…

In this article on teaching strategies Andrew Miller, an education consultant and online educator, informs the readers how to “empower” students to be “self-directed learners,” thus not suffer from learned helplessness. The article gives some specific ideas on how to discourage learned helplessness. Some of these ideas are to encourage students to look every where for information and answers, teachers can use questions to encourage students to think, instead of having the typical questions that…

idea to be a benefit. Socialized medicine is when the government takes over all health care facility, hires doctors, and pays for care and medicine that is given. Many countries have converted to this style of practice, such as Britain, Spain and Finland. This kind of health care can be beneficial, but it also can do more harm than good. The cause of socialized medicine would be a negative effect on Americans because it would causes taxes to increase, low standards…

government had a reported earnings of $50 billion off of student loan interests. There is no clear idea of where this money has been spent, but it should absolutely be invested into the educations of future students. Countries such as Germany and Finland are tuition free and support education in their perspective countries. America on the other hand, has a high dollar amount associated with education. Politicians, law makers, and our government as a whole can take notes on beneficial free…

George Orwell, in his immensely popular allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), satirizes the political situation in pre-war Europe; especially the communist regime of the Soviet Union, whose dictator was Joseph Stalin. Alluding to the biblical story of The Ten Commandments, whose inscriptions were the law of God; the animals, once they take charge of the farm, they write their own commandments (the Seven Commandments), which are laws they should respect. The most striking one at the beginning…

1. Where were the three European fronts in the war? The three fronts in the European war were the Westerns, the Balkans and the Russians (eastern). 2. Briefly describe what happened on each of these three fronts. On the western front they were struggling with putting up a good defense but with their strategy of using attrition they became more successful. They still had many casualties because the enemies were using deep trenches, barbed-wire everywhere, land mines and huge amount of machine…

In the 2006 Mother’s Day edition of the Washington Post, journalist, Jody Heyman, takes an aggressive stance on the treatment of working parents, primarily mothers. In her article, “We Can Afford to Give Parents a Break,” Heyman addresses the issues of guaranteed long-term paid maternity leave, paid leave to care for sick children, and the myths surrounding the effects of such benefits. Heyman uses the appeals of ethos, logos and pathos to encourage support for her causes. Heyman establishes…

to how unequally wealth is distributed. The most unequal societies fall higher on the scale, while conversely the more equal societies find status on the lower end. Post-taxes, America ranks .37 on the Gini Index (Smeeding 2005). For comparison, Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands all fall below .26 on the scale (Smeeding 2005). While not severe, the effects of such distributions reflect on the respective societies. For America, three components elevate this coefficient: race, gender, and…

chemistry ,or lesions in the brain. Based on a study made by Dr. Simone Shamay-Tsoory, a professor from the University of Haifa in Israel, and his colleagues concluded that violent behavior originates from damage to the frontal lobe. Also, a study in Finland discovered that genes are associated with violent crimes. People would assume that Dick and Perry are responsible for their heinous crimes, however, due to mental disorders, social influences, and their emotional states, they are not…

On May 30,2013, there was a Munk debate on Economic Inequality. The one-hour 23mins economic inequality debate with the motion: Be it resolved, tax the rich(more) was hosted by Munk Debates in Toronto, conversed on how societies or advanced countries should respond to the growth of economic inequality including the question of if the rich should be tax more. Arguing for the motion was New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner, Paul Krugman and the former Prime Minister of Greece George…