Independent film

1. Describe when and how applying for this executive director position became part of your life plan. Was it an unexpected development, a next logical step, or a long-held goal? Nancy Zito never planned to be a founder and executive director of a nonprofit. With over two decades of elementary and secondary teaching experience, Nancy Zito predicted she would remain a teacher. She possessed no interest in becoming even a principal of a K-12 school. That changed when she moved to Baton Rouge,…

On April 7th, my 10th grade honors English class was handed our final assignment. Our task was to find a topic, research it, write an essay, and present it. It sounded dreadful to many of us. Yes, we did have some class time to work on the 550 point assignment, but we had to do the majority of it at home. The essay was not due for over a month, so I had time come up with a topic. Initially, I thought it would be extremely difficult to choose something which I could devote multiple hours to,…

Kuwait and Continuing the Islamic Education System Introduction: Education systems were designed to prepare children to become successful adults in the world they were raised. Religion plays a huge role in Kuwait, but it does not play as large of a role in their education system. Apart from the traditional Quran classes that are offered, religion does not play a huge role in Kuwait 's education system. Religion plays vital roles in every individual 's micro system, but it also plays a role in…

The history of education is used to consider a passive recording for the history, but it can be interesting subject to learn because of his high discuss value to encourage critical thinking and broaden the horizon of knowledge. Also, the study of the history of education can possibly lead to significant reformation on the education system even if sometimes it can reproduce some unexpected consequences to people create the study. The learning of the history of education can encourage critical…

Looking at the picture of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, I can notice several things right away. The picture shows a cave that resembles a grave. People are living in the cave and there is an obvious contrast to the person and the world outside the cave. Life for those people in the cave looks dismal, pathetic and sad. It makes me have questions about them, like what happened? A small part of the picture shows a better situation. The allegory describes the people in the cave to be like…

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost After attending Mark Sheridan Academy for nine years, choosing a high school wasn’t easy. Freshmen year of high school was the year that I chose my less traveled road. Enrolling in Chicago Hope Academy, a private Christian school, wasn’t always the plan. Instead, I had hopes of getting into Muchin College Prep., which is a public school in Chicago. Although attending Chicago…

Introduction The vulnerable population is made up of several groups of residents in Baltimore. These groups consist of the elderly, homeless, disabled, and immigrants. While researching about Baltimore City it has become apparent the biggest barrier to resource retrieval by vulnerable populations is their understanding of available help. These barriers vary by group and include reduced visual and audible abilities, lack of education leading to illiteracy, language barriers, and lack of…

So·ci·o·ec·o·nom·ic sta·tus: “is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person 's work experience and of an individual 's or family 's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.” Socioeconomic status, or also known as socioeconomic class, is explored in Unit 3 of [Re]Writing Communities and Identities. It is explained that these categories of income and community reputation can have a variety of ranges. From upper class,…

Generally describe the clients served (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, other relevant social characteristics, etc.) BUILD (BROADER URBAN INVOVLEMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT) is a non-for profit organization that serves at risk youth in the Humboldt and West Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, Austin, and Logan square communities across Chicago, Illinois. The youth participant’s ages range from 7-18 years old. The ethnicity of the youth participants consist of mainly Hispanics, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans…

That is a good reason for why private schools are independent and raise their own money. Private schools have nice event for which they charge people to attend and that is how private schools get most of their money. Being independent from the government is a great advantage because all the money made goes straight to the school and not to any other places. C. “Providing good opportunities…