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With American students falling behind in the world standings of academics, it is time that we review other options of grading and teaching in our educations system if we are going to reestablish ourselves in the world market of education. There is a new concept regarding the grading system known as , Grades out and Badges in, and I believe it would be a sufficient change to assist the level of learning for our students and our rankings in the world education. Grades out and Badges in is the…

“The Tyranny of Choice” is written by Barry Schwartz. The author argued that having too many choices will only cause negative effect and decrease in well-being. He compared modern universities with shopping mall because they both have many choices for the “customers”. He said these variety of choices appeared because Americans like to have more choice to exercise their freedom of choice. However, from the evidence he provided, it shows that people are experiencing decrease of well-being when…

Which college are you attending? What degree are you going to be majoring in? What do you mean you're not going to college? These are questions all high school students are asked constantly. American society focuses on college like it’s a plague. “If you choose to attend a college, spectacular! If you don’t, you’re destroying your life.” That is how people today think of going to college. Personally, I will be attending college as the career I want to pursue requires a college education. That…

Study is the most important task that everyone has to attend for long life lived. Nowadays, education system always goes with the same process for a long time that at least to should finish K-12 and then go to higher education. And the higher educated people have more opportunity to have a better life. However, so many people have succeeded in a different education way on their own. Some just finished high school, some quitted school in college. In the end, they still got what they want for…

In the world, there are varying perspectives about whether understudies should pay for college or not. A few people presume that education is an essential right, which should therefore be given freely, while others think the student would need to repay the school. Various well-to-do countries around the world offer free public college. On the other hand, the United States requires the student to pay for their college education. It would be exceptionally profitable in the United States to not…

5.4 Implications for Practice Although student neighbourhoods can be a positive and attractive feature of the urban landscape, they have also been associated with disruption and a deterioration in the living conditions for the settled population. These characteristics appear to intensify as the overall proportional population of students increases, suggesting that universities and other local stakeholders need at least to be aware of potential adverse consequences of increasing provision higher…

“I think labeling someone’s intelligence with a letter grade isn’t a sign of ability,” stated Katie Kacvinsky(“Best”). Some people say schools should use letter grades because it motivates us to get honorable grades and to keep the tradition. However, it is not as effective since it does not reflect on students’ learning. Therefore, like pennies, even though letter grades are our tradition, since it is not reflective, schools shouldn’t keep on using it. According to an education expert Alfie…

Marry Sherry ‘s“ In Praise of the F Word,” and Carl Singleton’s “What our Education System Needs is More F’,” are both addressing the same problem of giving F grade for those students who should be failed in order to improve education and get rids of disqualified passing students. The writers interestingly are both instructor and teacher who concern about this topic. Although the main purpose of both texts is concentrate mostly on the need of giving F grade and they both have some of the same…

One huge subject that has been talked about for many years is whether or not letter grades are failing students. Some people believe that letter grades are good for students while others believe they are hurting students. Some may believe grades are a good way to keep students motivated to do well, while others believe letter grades are misleading to one’s success. In her article, Are Letter Grades Failing students published by Neatoday.org, Cindy Long, argues that letter grades are failing…

The Open 17.2 Crossfit has taken the fitness world by storm. Not only because its popular, but also because it has changed the meaning of fitness. Crossfit was formally established in 2000 it was founded by Greg Glassman a teenage gymnast. Per (Burt, 2013) “The Godfather Greg Glassman”, Glassman grew up in Woodland Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles in San Fernando Valley. At the Glassman household, education trumped everything. Glassman father was a rocket scientist at Hughes Aircrafts and an…