Language school

I am Magaskawee and am 13 years old. Just recently, the government has opened residential schools for the sake of “education.” Residential schools operate on a half-day system, in which we have to spend half the day in the actual classroom, and the other half at work. The theory behind this idea is we will acquire the vital and essential skills that are demanded to be able to earn a living as adults. We wake up to the deafening sound of the bell in the very early morning before sunrise, which…

morning before going to school, or before special events like weddings which leads to parents yelling... you know what happens! Whether it’s immediately after school or even when you’re supposed to do your homework, video games have become such an addiction that kids can’t get rid of. With video games being such a massive distraction for kids and teenagers, the question is asked; will this affect their school education and will they become academically challenged in school because of it? I will…

identity in society, one may select a forum where they are in direct contact with members of the black community and participate in related activities around their college. In another instance for a math course, one may volunteer at a local school to tutor high school students on homework. By directly involving a student in the community, it shows that there are a variety of different options for students to get involved, not matter what college course a student enrolls in. This allows the…

As a new psychologist in a school system my desire would be to reflect the School Psychologist awareness week to promote services to connect students to academic and social-emotional skills they need to develop secure and positive mental health skills. The school I work at serves many love SES and ESL families and money is not readily available. To achieve my goal, I would do the following activities to promote preventive and applicable mental health awareness activities. Thoughts going through…

Volunteers will be introduced to the curriculum at this time as well. A “review party” will be held at the beginning of the year to review students EOG scores from the following school year. Indentified students would then receive an invitation to attend an informational session to the Acceleration Academy. Once parents have agreed to allow their child to attend the academy and the parent volunteer hours the academy will start. Throughout the academy there will be a variety of parent nights to…

Plagiarism and Schools of Ethics Clement Omidiwura DeVry University January, 2015 Professor Gary Gentry Introduction Plagiarism can be defined as an act of using or meticulously imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author.” We unfortunately live in a society where it seems okay to cheat and or plagiarize on academic papers in school. People are now buying or…

rather than taking the initiative to delve into and attempt to fix them. This is one of the main causes of the downfall of the education system. As a result, it continues to be dysfunctional and negatively impact students nationwide. In “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto, “Don’t Send Your Kids to the Ivy League” by William Deresiewicz, and “The Essentials of a Good Education” by Diane Ravitch, each author gives their opinion on what problems the educational system faces, addresses the causes…

students do not do as well or as expected. Standardized tests are used to either determine if a child is able to proceed to the next course or to measure the student’s growth throughout the years. Standardized test also measures which teachers and schools are teaching their students better, which leaves a bad reputation for the school’s who are having low scores. The problem with standardized tests is that educators do not think about the disadvantages for students across the United States.…

my first observation assignment, I visited a high school in the Jackson County School District of Mississippi on February 2, 2017. The interpreter that I observed interprets for a female senior Deaf student as she moves through her daily class schedule. During my pre-visit interview with the interpreter, I learned that this student was born Deaf and has a Baha Cochlear Implant. The interpreter indicated that her assignment is not to act as a language model but to support the student in becoming…

Horace Mann and the Common School Horace Mann was a Massachusetts state senator during a time when many changes were taking place due to urbanization, industrialization and immigration. One change he saw was the division of society between the educated wealthy and the working lower class. Mann saw this division as a reason for the moral decay of society and the hatred between the two classes. The fact that the wealthy abandoned the common schools for private schools led to the demise of the…