Prairie School

but it taught me to be more open to my parents with what is going on at school. It also taught me to stay away from drama. Jadyn, Kylie, and I were friends for a long time. They were enjoyable to be around, and I have lots of amazing memories with them. In the eighth grade, they started making foolish decisions. Jadyn started rumors about herself and what she did with her…

SS221 Class One/Lab 1a: Study Critique – Chocolate! (10 points) Read the Messerli (2012) study and answer questions 1-9 in class. You are encouraged (expected really) to use the Morling book to help you answer these questions. You should find all of the italicized terms below in the Morling book. 1. Describe Messerli’s theory at the beginning of his analysis. (theory pp. 9-13) Messerli’s theory is that flavonoids improve cognitive function, and flavonols reduce cognitive decline that…

for if each school relayed on state funding, somewhere someone is getting the short stick. There must be a balance of both. The question of who should be in control is a difficult one. It is in my opinion that teachers should be in control of education. Because they are the ones teaching it and inside the classroom itself it makes sense. By having a board of people who are not in any teaching position they do not know what is needed and not needed. There is a responsibility that schools and…

Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath analyzes six criteria that make an idea stick. Two of those are Emotional, which motivates the target audience to care about the Central Message (Heath, Volpe), and Stories, which motivates the target audience to take action on the central message (Heath, Volpe). In the text, “Pedagogy and political commitment: a comment” by Bell Hooks argues that college english teachers should educate for liberation to allow students to learn to think critically and…

UConn however is going against his statements by proving themselves capable of transforming our school through construction. Freire claims that the banking concept of education, a commonly used teaching technique, is built around students memorizing unimportant information. The concept strips them of their true intellectual curiosity and holds them…

As we’ve discussed heavily in class, as time goes on, new innovations are created in our history as people and cultures progress through the years. We’ve looked at objects and ideas that have seen advancements whether due to technology, or an advancement in thinking. This remains true when looking through forms of art and looking at Christian Schussele’s Men of Progress in 1862, and Edward Sorel’s People of Progress crafted in 1999. From a very basic visual perspective, there is a stark…

schoolwork and practicing a lot will help becoming a knowledgeable student, which will also result in achieving good grades on exams and etc. Next Duckworth estimates that “people who can set long-term goals and stick to them have a leg up on success in school and life” (14). For example in the article “How the Karate Kid Ruined the Modern World,” by David Wong gives a statistics “according to research by Gladwell.com, it takes about 10,000 hours to become an expert/Master at something” (114).…

Students worked through 5 questions relating to financial mathematics. The task was provided by the school, to ensure similarity between classes the exam could not be altered. This exam relates directly to the Year 10 content descriptor ACMNA229 (ACARA, 2017). Reading through the exam an overall comment would be to allow students to identify which questions…

In the article “The Digital Parent Trap” by Eliana Dockterman discusses the benefits of kids using technology in their early stage of life. Dockterman persuade parents to embrace young kids using technology with logos, ethos, and some meaningful sentences. Dockterman’s use logos the most thought her whole article to persuade her opponents with concrete data to support her clam and get them from reliable sources. The writer uses statistical data to support the advantages of children using tech.…

Growing up in a world full of wrong doing and evilness, we were taught the difference between right from wrong. We were also taught that no matter what we should always strive to be good people and treat others with respect no matter how they may treat us. Our actions that we make show whether or not we are good. Sometimes we may make some bad decisions along the way and some of us hold ourselves accountable worrying what others may think until we act in a way that still shows goodness in…