Penmanship

Synopsis Professor Cindy D’On Jones seeked to find out how different approaches to teaching kindergarten students various writing skills affected how they acquired those skills. Instead of the usual one independent variable experiment, two different teaching styles were compared independently of each other to the controlled, “normal” teaching style. Ultimately, the researchers found that the differing teaching styles did not affect the improvement of students’ scores on the foundational writing…

With the technological advances in today’s day and age, it has become so much easier to gather information about others, especially people you don't know. In just the click of a button one can find out a stranger’s family details, hometown, friends, and lately, even birthdays. The spread of social media has permitted easy access to a wide range of individuals, who you may be surprised even use social networking sites such as Twitter. It’s like everyone’s been given freedom to roam even the…

There have been a few educational challenges that I had to overcome. Considering the fact that I was not born in this country puts me at a disadvantage from someone who was born here. English was not my 1st language, Spanish was, growing up in the Dominican Republic most of my life until the age of seven. Learning English was a challenge that I overcame with hard work and repetitive studying of words that are now primitive to me. Another educational challenge was not having a parental…

One thing that Mark , Richard and Malcolm had in common were their thoughts of education, but they had different backgrounds. Their past was hard and they thought that education was not worth it and a waste of time. Some of them were influenced by drug and gangs or they were driven apart from their family. Education/learning had a great effect in their lives . Richard Rodriguez was part of a Mexican family, that struggled with money. His mother had instructed him not to write in his books so…

As the Civil Rights movement progressed throughout the 1960s, racial tensions within American communities were in a perpetual state of hostility. Inevitably, commentary on the protests and riots sweep through every possible medium from news articles to high esteemed works of art. Two notable works include Larry River’s Black Revue (1970), and Andy Warhol’s Birmingham Race (1964). Larry River’s composition features three black men from chronological historical events. However, Birmingham Race…

As a child, he claims that he came to school unable to read or write, the teachers made it as a goal for the 3-5year olds to know how to read and have good “penmanship.” Now, when he looks at schools, he says that “schools are little more than prisons” because teachers aren’t doing their jobs of teaching the students because all they are focused on is having them pass the upcoming quizzes. Not many students today…

America has long-touted itself as “the land of opportunity” for people of different colors and origins, but some writers and scholars believe there are forces at work threatening to destroy the multi-cultural essence of its rich history. In an excerpt from the book Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life, David Treuer explores the power of language as a means to ensure Native American cultural survival. In the film Crash, Paul Haggis presents stories of racial intolerance through…

It’s hard to think that a little girl would be able to kill someone, let alone multiple people. And yet there are little girls who have done this. Meet, Mary Flora Bell, born in 1957 into a the slums of Scotswood. A young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with misery, pain and disappointment. Meet, Rhoda Penmark, born to Christine and Kenneth Penmark. Rhoda a young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with opportunities, love and glory. These two girls seem completely…

The Agony of So-Called Civilization “Kill the Indian and save the man (Boxer).” According to a popular Indian boarding school principal in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the objective for civilization in Indian boarding schools and, in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” was to basically train students to become someone they were not. When students entered into these schools, instructors practically tried to obliterate all knowledge from the students’ preceding culture. This was possible…

On September 24, 2017, I attended a performance of Twelfth Night, which was presented by the Wichita Shake Sphere Company and was performed in Wichita Scottish Rite. Twelfth Night was directed by Kevin Sower. Stage Manager was Amanda Denning and the costumes were designed by Jane Tanner. The play lasted for about two hours. And for me the two hours went by so fast, that I didn’t even realize it. They reason behind it could be because the play was very alluring and interesting! “Twelfth…