Homeschooling

“The Language of Prejudice” by Gordon Allport is an informative description of the usage of judgments and stereotypes that people do not realize how often they use. The categories of these discriminations correlate to the discrimination that American pregnant and parenting teens receive. Unjust discrimination against pregnant and parenting teens has continued to rise, in education and religious settings. Pregnant and parenting teens are being discriminated against due to the fact of their age…

later married in January of 1836. The couple had seven children together; it was hard for her to manage being a wife and struggled to keep their marriage intact. In order to support the family, she started publishing short stories and started homeschooling their children, this is where most of the income came from. The family moved to Maine, Brunswick. Harriet’s husband encouraged her to pursue her career as a writer. Harriet’s career…

Child development is one of the most important jobs a person could have. Being a parent means one has the job of preparing the child for adulthood. Therefore, said parent is the child’s sole model of adulthood, while others are mere comparisons. The development process is foremost based off the parenting style the guardian practices. The way a parent acts and/or treats the child will affect the child’s world outlook and self-esteem. Everyone had a certain parenting technique that has brought…

Standardized test are used to measure student against student from everywhere in the country that is the same grade level as the student (Slavin, 2009). Standardized testing started in the United States in 1845 this was put into place by Horace Mann (Gale, 2015). Mann called for standardized testing of math, spelling and geography in the public education system (Gale, 2015). In the 1900’s the United States started the college entrance board exam (Gale, 2015). In 1983 the United States was called…

We are in control of how we look and how we can people to perceive us; or are we? As children, we were told that we were in control of how people see us and we make the image that we want people to see; This isn’t always the case for some of us. It is said that the judgements you make about yourself are solely based on you. In today’s generation, this is not the case; social construction and how people see you physically is what your own judgements are based because sadly we care more about how…

Sitting in a classroom setting keeping quiet for hours on a day. It torture for young minds. The short breaks in between doesn't help them much. Schools and education is a good idea, but not forced schooling. There is said to be a 75% of increase of homeschooling in the past 8 years. Home schooling is what we should encourage. Or at least a form of it. The school system we have now is based on grades and numbers. I know for an instance that after I finish a test I tend to forget everything in…

Through childhood and adolescence, society teaches and pressures citizens to conform to certain expectations to allow for a peaceful and flourishing society, and the vast majority of people give in and see the logical reasoning behind these expectations. However, some citizens, such as Justin Bourque of Moncton, New Brunsick, do not. Some examples of social deviance include illegal substance abuse, driving under the influence, or in the case of Bourque, three counts of first degree murder. When…

The first guideline is “Don’t overestimate what the audience knows.” What this essentially means is that a speaker should never just assume that the audience knows the topic well. The audience might never have heard about the topic before, so the speaker must be sure to either elaborate or simplify the topic to make it easier to understand from the perspective of a first-time listener. The second guideline is “Relate the subject directly to the audience.” In order to give a successful…

Acceptance, an important value in our society today, can be hard to find and gain from others and even more so from ourselves. It’s something almost everyone struggles with at least once in their life. I can remember sitting in gym class when teams were being picked praying, as hard as any second grader could, that I wouldn’t be picked last. Even back then, at seven years old, I wanted nothing more than acceptance and that continuous desire for it has followed me, even now. I’ve never been the…

The Mother of The American Red Cross Association Over time, the history of health care in America has changed exponentially as a result of the hard work and dedication of courageous and inspirational nurses. One nurse in particular that stands out from the rest is Clara Barton. She is most famously known as the founder of the American Red Cross and National First Aid Association. Barton was an exceptional nurse that sacrificed her own well-being for the sake of helping others in need. She was…