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The high-stakes nature of the exam, combined with its inaccurately low evaluation of the performance of ELL students, unfairly punishes these students, who may be forced to repeat a grade or even barred from graduation. Many schools flunk students as a response to low standardized test scores (“Testing and Grade Retention”), and more than half of the states require high school students to pass an exit exam in order to graduate (“High school exit exams”). Obviously, few students, regardless of…

recommended nutritional needs. About ¾ of Americans’ diets are low in vegetables, fruits, dairy, and oils. More than half of the population meet or exceed the regulated amount of protein and grain recommendations, but do not meet the regulations of the subgroups. Most Americans surpass the recommended intake of saturated fat, sugar, and sodium (“Shifts to Healthy Guidelines”). Along with diets, Americans are gaining…

According to Burns (1978), a transactional style was often defined as autocratic leadership or ‘top down’. ‘Transactional’ leadership is passive and focuses around exchanges or rewards for compliance with leader’s requests. It often appeals to the follower’s self-interests to motivate their performance. Burns also advocated that ‘transformational’ leadership is characterized by vision, influence, personal relationships and creativity. It would appear that Carmichael et al., (2011) believe that…

“In 2012, 397,000 children were in foster care, a 30 percent decline from the 1999 peak of 567,000, and a number lower than any seen in the past 25 years. In 2014, the number had increased to 415,000” (“Foster Care” 1). Children in foster care are taken out of their homes because something is wrong with how they were living. These children need a good parent-child relationship. There are many studies on the correlation between parent-child relationships, and the outcome of a child. Lord of the…

Currently only 21% of Americans meet the physical activity guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This has become a major concern in today's society, as many of its effects are being seen. One of ten deaths worldwide result from insufficient physical activity (WHO). Physical activity is any type of movement that requires energy. Being physically active contributes to a person's overall fitness, which is a general state of health and wellbeing. Physical…

Conflict is a normal part of groups and it does not necessarily have to be negative. People and teams have their own way of dealing with conflict. There are two different conflict resolution approaches. These two approaches are people can care about themselves when…

Being in high school can be a tough place without a group to back you up. High school has changed into this social hierarchy that feeds off the kids with insecurities and kids that are different. In most schools the Jocks and the pretty, popular girls are in charge and they get a say in who goes to the parties they go to and where they hang out, most of high school is structured to fit their needs and wants. A kid without many friends, a loner, has trouble finding people he/she can relate to.…

Taylor Jenkins Professor Sikkema Writing 150 December 4th, 2014 What actually is a “hipster”? We all have been walking and seen somebody who could be considered a hipster in our eyes, with a flannel shirt, big glasses, skinny jeans, and usually an artistic feel to them, because that is how we have been told all our lives what hipsters were. Modern-day society has painted a picture in everyone’s heads on what society should believe a hipster is, which is not always true for anything we are told.…

maintain social graces due to their background. Asian Nerds. The Asian nerds are a group of high school students with a Pacific Islander/Asian background. They spend most of their time being studious and are deemed as lacking social skills in the normal high school setting. Cool Asians. This group of high school students also has a Pacific Islander/Asian background. They are more sociable and blend in better with their settings. They are deemed cool by both their appearances and social status…

Minorities vs. Majority The average person in the United States spends nearly half of their spare time watching television, listening to radio, reading newspaper and magazines, or surfing the web. Television is the primary source of news and entertainment for the average American. Some viewers even think that social conditions and stereotypes shown on television are real (Mass Media and American Politics). Minorities are overall depicted as uneducated and criminals, while whites are portray as…