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“75 hours a week is my average during the summers. I can only work about 40 hours a week while in school. College debt has always lingered above my head, and working is the only way to prevent myself from going under. I’m thankful I was fortunate enough to have lots of previous work experience at 18. Yet even with working, I feel like it’s not enough.” The affordability of obtaining a post-secondary education has evolved throughout history. Colleges a decade ago were only meant to serve the…

make that much, so this tends to skew the average pay for the state negatively (Hood). Another idea is that if the cost of living and other adjustments were made to the average, North Carolina would rank higher on the list. Specifically, North Carolina would be ranked 33rd instead of 41st (Hood). This rank is not great, but definitely not awful, either. Another reason people are against raising teacher pay is because they have misconceptions about teachers. The first one is that teachers only…

University of California, Berkeley, a prestigious world’s leading institution which is renowned for the scope of publication and research, has become the dream of many passionate young people. What have brought me here is not just my academic performance in college, but also the cultural capital that was passed from my parents and the opportunities that the community and schools have provided to me. Emile Durkheim argues that education is “the image and reflection of society”(Durkheim).…

Assessment 4 Joel Sampson Bethune Cookman University Assessment 4 1. Define some of the uses for clinical assessment Some of the uses for clinical assessment are to help clients gain greater insight, to assist in treatment planning, and to assist in court decisions. 2. Distinguish between objective and projective testing and compare and contrast how each can be used in clinical assessment. Objective personality test assesses various aspects of personality. A projective test is designed to…

directions for each section • The test is criterion referenced. Limited English proficient students are required to take this assessment annually until they meet the exit criteria and are reclassified as non-limited English proficient. Student scores rank their ability…

The numerical value describes what the individual may possess as a skill or characteristic. Measurement can be referred to as how to use certain procedures in educational tests and assessments. Some examples of measurement are: raw scores, percentile ranks, derived scores, standard scores, and…

In the United States today, obesity has become an enormous problem in many children. Each year the number of young individuals overweight has increased dramatically. There are many effects of obesity like health issues, depression, eating disorders and death. Fast-food corporations even seem to be encouraging children to consume regular amounts of unhealthy foods by giving away toys with a purchase of a kids’ meal. Television, computers and video games, which are now considered to be a necessity…

For quantitative data, the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality was performed. For data that were not normally distributed median and interquartile range (expressed as 25th -75th percentiles) were calculated and Mann-Whitney test was used for comparison between independent groups while Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to compare related samples. Spearman's correlation was performed. For normally distributed data, values were expressed as mean and standard deviation and independent sample…

Chaika, Glori. (2009). Is Year-Round Schooling the Answer?. Education World. Retrieved December 1, 2016, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin137.shtml The article discusses the idea of year-round schooling and if it does indeed provide an answer to enhancing students learning in school. Just this year, more than two million students in about three thousand schools attend year-round schools. The article discusses the misconceptions of year-round schooling when parents,…

An education is one of the most beneficial things a person can get during their lifetime. Coeducation or co-ed does not only affect females in a negative way, but there are limitations for males as well. Boys are distracted by girls in the same classroom especially in middle and high school where the teens are bursting with hormones. Boys are sometimes put on a lower scale than girls because they are thought to be of lower intellect and do not get the right amount of respect they need to truly…