General Certificate of Secondary Education

or university. However, there have been challenges in determining a standard to which this system could be used in order fast-track ones degree, yet still maintain the quality of information. After reading the article Is workplace learning higher education? By Bruce Spencer and Jennifer Kelly, it should be noted that the more this PLAR program is discussed, more questions appear than solutions. So, the effectiveness of this program is…

Jessica Brumbach Professor Petit-Frere Rough Draft Informative Essay 9/25/14 American Education: How smart are we? Have you ever wondered what rank the U.S gets in education compared to other countries? Well, being one of the top countries in the world with our economy, military, and trade, we end up ranking a measly overall score of 14. Pearson PLC, a popular learning company, calculated this by testing math, reading, and science in 15 year old students. What’s the difference between…

Imagine a school with students that are prevented from learning because the lack of resources. In the article, “Fremont High School” Jonathan Kozol states that at this high school was not the greatest environment to be educated in. The article states many examples of why the school was not the best. He writes this article to address the problems within the high school and hopes to see them solved. The School of Arts and Enterprise is the school that I attend for 3 years in Pomona, CA. This…

Final Reflection For my major I have chosen Elementary Education, I believe that this major will be the best fit for me because of my passion for working with kids. Next fall, I plan on enrolling at Mayland Community College and hope to earn my associate’s degree and then I am going to transfer to a four- year university to earn my bachelor’s degree. The top three colleges I am considering for transfer are East Tennessee State University, Appalachian State University, and Mars Hill University.…

Making sure that schools are sanctuaries for teaching and learning and free of crime and violence. This research shows patterns have demonstrated an unfaltering general cut in wrongdoing and roughness in schools over recent years, the present level of wrongdoing and viciousness in our schools is unsatisfactory. The difficulties that schools face in creating and looking after sheltered, positive atmospheres for learning…

Boarding Schools (6-8 pgs) Although they weren’t referred to as Boarding Schools, the practice of sending children to other families or schools, so that they can learn together, is a long standing tradition. Today you can find records of this tradition in classical and modern day literature. Some of the most well-known books include Harry Potter, The Catcher and the Rye, and The Series of Unfortunate Events. If you were to journey to the UK, you would find that the tradition of sending boys away…

Graduating high school and entering college is a monumental step coming from a family where no one has ever been to college. Financial aid was one of the assets I would use to help pay for my first semester of college. It seemed like an easy process until I actually went through it. Getting the runaround from a financial aid office advisors, almost getting dropped from all my classes, and holds were put on my account. It was really a bunch of bullshit and I almost said fuck school. The…

hard to them to help me through this process. I have a dual responsibility: first, I must go through this process while I explain to my parents everything and secondly getting into college and graduate so my family can set up a new standard for education in my family. I feel grateful to be the one who is experiencing all of this: first because despite the great responsibilities, being the first one is a satisfaction that no one can take away from me and an opportunity to my…

students who wish to successfully graduate. Students drop out of college because they cannot afford it financially, are not prepared academically and do not know how to be independent. In today’s competitive work force, students need the most education and training possible to be successful. Understanding the dropout rates help the students and the university begin to address the problem. When the problem is addressed and viewed from all sides, collaborations and partnerships…

researching the topic, I’ve search up on a material that proves that there is a way to make things better for everyone. People are just giving up their goals because the things they want to study for are either too expensive or leave to get the right education. They need to know that they shouldn’t give up and there are many ways for them to have a chance if they just tried. There are people who have struggled a lot with all the terrible things going on, but they always had hope and found ways…