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Students go into school with the expectation that a 4-year degree is what is needed in order to succeed in our life. Something that can be forgotten is that education can come through multiple avenues. Through both informal and formal educational experience I have found that I’ve learned more pertaining to my personal and professional growth, through the Informal route and will illustrate how the work experiences I’ve had has provided me a foundation for the continuation and completion of my…

I grew up in a small church, where my mom was a Sunday school teacher and my dad was the Assistant Pastor. They also were involved in the youth a lot. Growing up, I can remember driving down the road on our way to church and seeing kids that knew or my mom knew and we would ask them if they wanted to go to church with us. Next thing you knew, we have like 5-6 local kids going to church with us. I can remember when we use to ask them where they lived so we could make sure that it was alright with…

One of the most prevalent differences between cultures seems to be how the youth are educated. Concerning the kinds of material taught, the methods used to produce learning, and the relationship between students and teachers, education varies extensively from culture to culture. After reading Abubakari Lunna’s life story regarding his drumming education, it is evident that the way people present themselves has a lot to do with how we develop relationships with others. While I have heard of…

Should We Stop Child Labour? (Opinion Paper) How would you feel if you ever had to see your 7 year old brother or sister going to work instead of school? In today’s society teenagers or kids usually whine about how much work they did around the house when in reality they only did a bit. They usually don’t think about the kids that are forced in to labouring for many different purposes and cant whine about it because they won’t get there pay or they would get beaten. Have you ever thought why…

CCSS, its transition into school and how it’s affected the lives of students and teachers. This reform on education might have hindered the system…

a role-model. A successful teacher also includes all their students in school activities, and events that will happen throughout the year. The teacher has to create a positive community in the school to enhance the school as a community. It will be very difficult to connect with high school students, because they are in a critical time of their life, where they are a rebel against any adult, they are trying to balance; school, family, relationships, sports, their identity, and the identity…

The Development of Public Schools in the 19th Century Horace Mann once said, “It may be an easy thing to make a Republic; but it is a very laborious thing to make Republicans.”(Nasaw 40). At the beginning of the 19th century, the United States was far from the ideal model of a developed government. George Washington had completed his first two terms in 1797, as the first president. Leading into the 1800s, there were many issues that needed to be fixed before the U.S. could properly be called…

is important infomation that must be taught to kids. Teaching our youth about Sex Ed through preventative programs in school is essential of before adulthood. The debate over when sexual education has always been debated. The debate about when to teach your child is where the debate always begins. It is essential that children begin learning about o sexual education in primary school; this is so they are begin to conceptualize and understand the biological and physical differences of male and…

41% of them are LEP, limited english proficiency. Another 5% are identified special education students. (L. Busceme, personal communication, January 20, 2015). Being in kindergarten means that many of these students have not attended school prior to this school year. Therefore, many more students that may qualify for special education services may have not yet been identified. This poses a problem for the teacher as she may not be aware that some students need modifications or extra…

Mockingbird by Harper Lee. They are both teachers of a sort, with their own specific styles that do nothing but clash with each other. They also both have a lasting effect on the main character, Scout, and shape her views on the difference of going to school and learning. To start off, Miss Caroline has a very strict style of teaching that comes partly from the fact that she is actually a teacher. But, really it is more to do with the fact that she has just started teaching and is still trying…