Secondary orality

There are three main levels of school starting with Primary, than Secondary, and lastly Tertiary. In the U.S. there are five main levels of education. There is first Primary like in Argentina, than Middle, Secondary, Vocational, and lastly Tertiary. Primary Education starts off in first grade and goes to sixth grade for six years. When kids start off in first grade they are usually at the…

marriage at a young age and have children before they reach 15. One of Malala’s friends, who wanted to become a doctor, was forced into this situation. This is why Malala is donating the Nobel Peace Prize money to the Malala Fund. She wants to build secondary schools for girls in underprivileged places. She says “this is where I begin, but not where I will stop.” (Yousafzai). She speaks on others who have brought change such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, and also others who have…

Growing up, I lived in quite a few places as a result of my parents’ divorce. The neighborhood I lived most of my life, and still live in, is in New Market, Maryland. I live with my father on a tranquil golf course surrounded by large evergreens, close to a large lake known as Lake Linganore. I have always loved living here, especially when the wind would pick up and breeze through the trees and the crisp blades of the manicured grass. My favorite activity is to walk with my dog along the…

Each morning, many kids and teens alike look in their closet and carefully or carelessly pick out an outfit, with no restrictions placed on their self-expression through clothes. Some, however, have limited or no freedom in what they wear. School uniforms have always been considered a controversial issue. Teachers and faculty continue to support dress codes while many students resist the steady increase in uniforms that is occurring in schools today. Both sides of the argument are well…

Security cameras punctuate the perimeter of my school, a black fence separates the outside world from my secured campus, and police officers are staples of my everyday experience, and yet, they put me at ease. With the increased publicity and frequency of school shootings, such devices allow hundreds of schools like mine to promote their students’ senses of safety and their faculty’s sense of control about what goes on within the school. While many schools have adopted methods similar to those…

My childhood was quite ordinary as well as atypical. My childhood could be defined by the two words, ‘carefree’ and ‘dance’. I had started dancing at the age of 4, and took dance very seriously, taking as many as three classes per week, and participating in various competitions. While my classmates were busy taking classes outside of school going to math, English, and science tutors, I spent majority of my outside-school time dancing and preparing for upcoming competitions. At school, my…

Education has become an elusive process since it’s no longer possible to teach at a constant pace for every student. As a result, advanced placement (AP) courses have allowed for gifted high school students to participate at the collegiate level. However, with increasing amounts of AP courses and their incentives of earning college credit in high school has constructed a false sensation that students are benefiting greatly, when in reality, they’re causing massive amounts of stress for little…

The Education Manifesto Imagine yourself in an 11th-grade history class; the past two weeks you’ve been participating in hour long class discussions to obtain every last piece of information. Every night you read out of your $200 textbook, paying close attention to detail in order to obtain the most information possible. Your teacher informs you that in three days you’ll be having a full period test. You mark it down in your daily planner,” HISTORY TEST FRIDAY.” The night before you shuffle…

Student Loan Debt in America Millions of Americans are currently knee deep in student loan debt. The number of students leaving college with debt is at an all time high. With the average student taking six years to get their college degree and the price of college tuition being at an all time high it 's hard for students to plan the rest of their without factoring in all their debt. College has always been seen as one of the only ways to ensure a solid future, but when students are needing…

income unlike other children who are struggling. Title I has provided a program that gives disadvantaged children who have a low income the chance to improve their academics in order to become successful in life through the need of Elementary and Secondary Act, Obama’s issue of No Child Left Behind and Every Student Succeed Act. In the 1900’s education was not equal for African Americans and only whites. On the other hand, everything was created “Separate-but-Equal” law after the Plessy v.…