studies state, “that revenues from cannabis excise taxes might range from $2.2 to $6.4 billion per year.” That tax estimate is from 1994 and does not even include other taxes, such as sin tax or sales tax, meaning the current value is probably much higher. Estimates show legal cannabis could become a $45 to $100 billion market, according to economist Stephen Easton in 2010 (Bradford). These profits would be very beneficial to the United States as the economy has been slowly degrading. On top of…
(10) This act emphasises Ireland’s strict laws of control and regulation regarding cannabis and other various drugs. The act outlines the following set laws. Any individual found with cannabis or a controlled drug on their possession, may be found guilty of a criminal offence. Depending on the quantity of the drug…
a Gallup survey was taken to see how many Americans had tried marijuana. The survey revealed that one in five adults have tried marijuana at least once in their lifetime, while almost ten percent of American adults claim to partake regularly in the act of smoking marijuana (Cooke…
6). ♣ 13% of American Indian students received undergraduate degrees in education from a MSI (p. 6). • What can we learn from MSIs about cultivating student success? o To reach the degree attainment goals advanced by the Obama Administration, we will need to graduate far more students (p. 18) o Institutions of higher learning must be prepared to support and educate students who are diverse, not only with respect to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic…
graduates that are getting out of school to attend college and they are looking for a way to pay for school. Since Alan W. Purdy created Financial aid for college students it has worked wonders for them. Purdy created financial aid in 1965 during the higher education act. Purdy was the first chairman over the whole thing. During these days, students were poor and accepting everything that they could get from the…
expected to improve at the same rate as in Primary Education, resulting in pressure being put on those who may have struggled at higher levels. Due to the faith in the validity of the 11+ exam, there were few instances of transferring between schools should a child be recognised as misplaced, an occurrence that Sociologist A.H. Halsey (1965) claimed happened to one quarter or pupils. (Cited from Ward & Eden,…
you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out about those test scores. I choose Lakeland Community College. It was the fall of two-thousand and…
In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…
lifetime ahead of me filled with the aforementioned made me confident I was making the right career choice. Soon I joined the UIL category of accounting after being introduced to it by an accounting course and realized that I wanted to pursue an education and career in this specific field. Becoming a part of UIL not only taught me advanced components of accounting, but required me to practice vigorously and learn how to work well under pressure as the tests are timed and competition is…
five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their post-secondary counterparts in writing and English education through interviews with instructors from secondary teachers up to post-secondary professors. The results of this study, the common statements of English/writing educators over a diversity of backgrounds, as well as possible explanations for…