Gifted education

I agree that students are judged to be either book smart or street smart because my experience in Pattonsburg High School confirms it. In my small school of merely 75 high school students, students are considered either book smart or street smart, and like it states in the book, the two groups tend to not get along very well. I think that society believes that in order for a person to become successful in the world they must be book smart; however, I believe that some students are challenging…

two or more races. Of these students, 41% of them are LEP, limited english proficiency. Another 5% are identified special education students. (L. Busceme, personal communication, January 20, 2015). Being in kindergarten means that many of these students have not attended school prior to this school year. Therefore, many more students that may qualify for special education services may have not yet been identified. This poses a problem for the teacher as she may not be aware that some…

My life goals are to complete my Graduate Program in School Psychology; this would lead me to fulfill my second goal, which is to become an independent individual who can be economically self-supporting and self-sufficient doing something that I enjoy and, in the meantime, helping the young generation. My third goal is to have a family of my own with a husband who is caring and devoted to his family. My first goal, at this time, is the most important one for me because this one can lead to…

me for not embracing my studies, I will point out that there was a strong emphasis spent on preparing students for the workforce as the first priority, then a secondary focus on a small percentage of student, who were expected to pursue a higher education and prepare them for college. I can honestly say that my kids have had to write more papers by the time they were in middle school than I had ever had to write my entire twelve years of school. The only significant paper that I can remember…

Success defines the American dream, living comfortably- providing for my parents living as care free as a dog with a wealthy owner. Success is not necessarily a need but a want, and it’s imperative that I obtain it. My entire family tree is based on the basis of success and I plan not to stray away from what my family has accomplished. Morehouse is another great chapter in my book gearing me towards my degree. Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy is the cause of my success; SACA’s structure…

Growing up I never really had a problem when it came to learning. It did not matter what the subject was, I always found a way to learn it. You know at that time of my life, caring about ‘how’ I learned was of no care to me just as long as I received no less than high B as my grade. I recently taken a self-assessment to see what my primary learning style is and the results were unsurprising. At 30% auditory, 35% visual, and 35% for tactile, the self-assessment reveals that I am a…

In CSS101 I began the process of venturing through my mind and I discovered far more about myself than I knew prior, I learned how to exercise my learning style in terms of skill development throughout the course of everyday learning. Learning across the lifespan has created a way for me to understand things in order to gain a deeper knowledge as I take the time necessary to explore a subject. Learning new ways to inform myself through acknowledging and understanding the best order to process…

QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT Since I stepped on the land of United States last December, I have been in the College of San Mateo for two semesters. Along with my studying here, I have had a deeper understanding of the qualities of a successful community college student. Unlike the courses in my high school in China where all the students are concentrated in a same class and taught by the same teachers, the courses in community college here are more flexible because the…

In the last 20 years tuition rates have increased for private and public universities. Tuition for private universities has risen 179%, in state tuition has increased 296% and out of state tuition has increased 226%. On average,tuition has risen 233% since 1995.Tuition in general is expensive, but why make out of state tuition even higher when only 40% of America is college educated?(Kelly, Andrew: “The Neglected..”) Out of state tuition makes going to college harder for many student because…

eaching or training? Methods or madness? Helpful or harmful? These are all questions one may ask themselves about the Texas standardized testing system. Despite the fact you need to know if the student understands the material being taught throughout the year standardized testing is not accurate for the broad spectrum of students. For someone who had no prior knowledge of what standardized testing is, I would inform them that it as a test that is giving to a group of people who are all supposed…