Arming Teachers and Faculty in Public Schools Introduction to the Issue Around the United States, the safety of students in the public school system is becoming unsure. School shootings are occurring at an alarmingly rising rate, and each day, the lives of students are further at risk. After recent incidents, school districts were faced with one question concerning the safety of school-goers: How can school shootings be prevented? This question posed a solution of using a concealed-carry method…
Summer… a word that brings a smile to every child’s face. It is time for certain school districts to think about changing the traditional school year and having a year-round school calendar. Three hundred years ago, schools were created with the thought that students needed to have the summer off with the busy farming season. The United States is no longer an agricultural society and needs to rethink the school year. The students today are competing with other countries and the children are not…
Animal Intelligence Kelse K. Moore Dog intelligence Most dogs are abdoned at a young age due to the mother being abdoned also or the owner not wanting it. a dogs intelligence is about the same as a 2 year old child. A dog can learn (160-250) words and signals. Border Collie, Poodle, German Shepherd, Belgian breeds (Malinois, Terv etc.), the Schnauzer-Pinscher breeds including Doberman, Aussie Shepherd are some of the most…
Being a young girl that only knew the life of a catholic private school, a change of pace can surely jumble up your brain. For many, many years you are taught a certain way, certain beliefs, but all of a sudden, the way of learning fiercely changes. Considering I grew up with learning the beliefs of being catholic in school, I didn’t learn much about other religions or other ways of school life other than a catholic private school, until I journeyed off to public school. The transition of…
Allowed to keep Pit Bulls Imagine if someone said that you were too violent to be around even though you never hurt a fly. Welcome to the daily life of America’s most misjudged dog, the pit bull. Pit bulls have a bad reputation because of the types of people who own them and how they are raised. Even though pit bull attack rates are much higher than other breeds does not mean banning them is the answer. A dog is never born mean, the attitude of the dog depends on their owner. So banning pit…
Third grade was probably one of my toughest years as a child learning in school. I always felt like I was behind and not as great as the other kids, because I was very slow when it came to obtaining certain skills. One of the skills that I struggled with the most was reading. Now first off I could read, I could sound out the words with usually not that much trouble. Although when it came to question time, I was doomed. I just couldn’t put the words together and figure out what they meant, what…
Maria Montessori is a strong believer in and an advocate for freedom in the classroom. She found it of utmost importance to maintain and nourish each child’s unique aptitude towards learning. Her theory is that the teacher must study the child individually noting his or her talents and weaknesses before acting as a guide to their specific endeavors. She strongly denounced a dictatorship-style classroom. One point she makes that I find intriguing is that “prizes and punishments are . . . the…
Senior Research Paper In life you’re faced with all kinds of decisions that could change your life for good. Going out of high school to college is a decision that could change your life forever. You want to go a college that is going to prepare you for the professional world and the university that is going to fit you best. Which university is going to make you the best adult you can be. I am comparing Vanderbilt University and Oklahoma State University. Some of the things that can persuade my…
1. Introduction This introduction presents on how winery tourism is important in Niagara- specifically the development of winery tourism in Niagara and how its market is growing. Multiple studies have been conducted by several experts. For instance, Northwood conduct a visitor survey as a primary research. For secondary research, she conducts interviews from winery staff and representatives, reports and statistics. Her aim is to explore whether wine tourism is a sustainable form of rural…
Benedict Anderson the author of Imagined Communities identifies a nation as an imagined political community that is limited and sovereign, as well. The political community consists of a sect of people who feel as if they are united based on a common ground. The people of a nation feel united and identify themselves as an “us” and people outside of the nation would be considered as a “them”. The limitation in the imagined community is the boarders of the nation, no nation can be considered as…