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    be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the needs of their child…

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    No Schools in Canada should be privatized Majority of the schools in Canada are public, but there is a portion of schools that are private. An advantage to private schools is that the class sizes are smaller (cisontario.ca), but there are a lot more disadvantages to private school than there are advantages. There are many good private schools, but there are also a lot more unacceptable ones. Not only will this affect the student’s education, but the family will also be wasting their earnings,…

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    because it could not be applied to imagination. Just as there are internal factors that contribute to the value of knowledge, external factors play a greater role. These external factors are present in the environment in which the individual is in. In schools, there are teachers who present knowledge with bias to their students. As a result, they have already diminished the value of knowledge, which is then diminished by the students, which then erases the importance of that knowledge. It is the…

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    Foucauldian Analysis

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    This Asian youth study has defined the neoliberal objectification of Chinese education through the PRC within the context of a Foucauldian and Marxists analytical perspective. Woronov’s (2004, 2009) analysis of the Chinese educational system defines the overt changes in PRC policies towards a more privatized and neoliberal vision of education for young people in China. In this perspective, Foucault defines the “power” of the government to defined on the conduct of governmental activities that…

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    Prior to high school, my middle school recommended that I attend “Grant High School”, which was looked down upon by my parents due to its reputation. Grant High School only has a 78% graduation rate. My father had been planning on surprising me with an opportunity of a lifetime and began planning since I was in 7th grade. I left my friends and current life behind to move to a place called Oak Park to attend Oak Park High School, which is ranked in the top 100 public schools in the nation and a…

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    America, the invention of maps made humans no longer see the world merely through our own eyes (with countless limitations); instead, with suddenly broadened horizons, we began to see the earth as a whole. The Reformation allowed people to establish a new world view (especially spiritual wise) that is not based on the Church’s instructions for the first time. Moreover, Galileo’s use of the telescope unprecedentedly broke human’s earth-bound nature, giving the means to humans to see the world…

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    Are schools in England socially just? There are many different types of schools that exist, such as private schooling, payment by result schools, comprehensive/grammar schools, public schools and others. Many of these types of schools’ policies are socially unjustified. Education gives us all access to qualification in England. However there are still some people that get more than others, how is this fair? This could because of many things such as, girls have higher educational attainment than…

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    both public and private schools, but it is unknown about which one is more beneficial for these students. At private schools specifically for disabled students, there is a different curriculum that is considered a “more specialized environment” that claims to further the disabled student 's education. While this can be beneficial, public schools include disabled students in regular classrooms, giving them the opportunity to gain more knowledge and become more educated. Schools in Florida have…

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    the decision to immerse the child in public schools or private schools requires careful calibration. There are many factors to be considered while choosing the stream of education and this task can often be stress-inducing. Public schools are run by local bodies and provincial government while private schools are funded and managed by private associations, charities and missionaries. While there may be many similarities at the core of both types of schools, there are multiple differences between…

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    however, also a digital divide within NSW between many State and Independent schools. The interviewee explained that most State schools she has taught at did not have access to IPad’s compared to the Independent school she is currently at. She stated that the state schools near Campbelltown did not have any IPad’s at all whereas North Sydney State school’s had iPad’s and laptops. There is no funding for the use of technology at these schools, the difference in the access to technology can be…

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