on that experience to set new targets and benchmarks to achieve in order to improve the performance of the YMCA. Mrs. Palmer-Korn, however, had other duties as well. These duties required her to travel 50 percent of her time. Even tough, on the surface, it may have looked as if Mrs. Palmer-Korn had great concern for production; on the ground, however, it failed. Because Mrs. Palmer-Korn was only present 50 percent of the time at the Scarborough YMCA, proper monitoring and adjusting to her new…
most, however, is my eleventh grade art teacher, Mr. Palmer. Art became a hobby of mine over the fall break of my sophomore year; starting with learning to draw cartoons from reference pictures, I worked my way up to being able to freehand my favorite characters without looking at a picture. Many times, I tried to draw in different styles and mediums, but not until I took Mr. Palmer’s class did I truly experience the enormous art world. Mr. Palmer taught me about new artists, trying new styles,…
I am in the position of supporting the requirement for learning cursive in school. I may be biased because as a child, in early grades such as first and second, I was taught both printing and cursive. I remember my second grade teacher allowed us to choose between printing and cursive to finish standard writing assignments; though when sending us home with assignments specifically designed for learning cursive, we were required to complete those in cursive. My experience with using cursive…
thought process before making your final decision. San Jose, California offers a wide variety of activities around the city, as well as extra classes from the school. There are many attractions in California, one being a museum around the campus. “Palmer Museum of Chiropractic History.”…
The Red Scare and Palmer Raids Between November 1919 and January 1920, at the height of the first Red Scare, the American Justice Department arrested thousands of people without warrants and federal authorities deported many arrested immigrants. Some of the prisoners were beaten and mistreated while in captivity. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer determined that the “Reds” were a threat to America. Though not well defined, the term “Reds” generally meant those on the far political left,…
Should public school students be taught how to write in cursive as a requires part ot the curriculum? I think so, cursive is used throught life, why would you not want to know it. Medical brain scans show that writing in cursive helps with fine motor-skill developement and stimulates both the left and right parts of the brain. Learning cursive helps make the brain stronger. Those are my three reason why I think cursive should be taught as a required part of the curriculum.…
How many of today’s students know how to read and write in cursive? Currently, many American public schools no longer require their students to learn how to write in cursive. The reason for this is because many administrators believe taking the time to teach cursive detracts from more important skills such as mathematics or reading comprehension. However, there are multiple reasons why this skill is still valuable for today’s students. For example, knowing cursive allows people to read…
“Bonsai!” Go ahead, rush to the comment section with your hate-filled rants, it won’t bother me one bit, because this is my list and not yours. Now, for those who have decided to take the time tohear me out, this folks, is the single greatest form artistic representation of 2017. While Twin Peaks: The Return is a prescribed continuation of the TV series that ended over 25 years ago, The Return does not conform to any previous modes of television, including its prior two seasons. With that being…
Teachers should teach cursive writing because, compared to print cursive has a smooth flow and it takes less time to write for some people. A good thing about cursive is students with dyslexia therapy cursive can be instrumental in helping with the students read and write. Writing cursive is not just for the fact that it’s faster but also for the fact that its beautiful compare to print and it’s not just plain. Cursive is a beautiful way of writing words. At least 41 states don’t require cursive…
On September 21, 2007, the court case Palmer v. Waxahachie I.S.D. took place because a student by the name of Palmer wore a t-shirt with the words “San Diego” on it to school. The administrators at school informed the student that he was in violation of the school dress code, which states that t-shirts with printed messages were not allowed. As a result, the student called his parents to bring him a different shirt. When they arrived, they had another t-shirt, but this time the message…