Shawnee Mission School District

Soren stood alone in the center of a room, shifting his weight back and forth. He sniffs the air, and the smell like generated the memories he tried to exile to the back of his mind, the part he wants to forget. He remembered the many days and nights being in this building and even wandering around this room while he recovered from his injury. Soren wore a tan vest and white pants as he continued to wait. He looked around the room that is just too well-ordered as everything in it had a place.…

On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, I spent the day at Media Elementary School in the Rose Tree Media School District assisting 4th-grade teacher Mrs. Williamson. Mrs. Williamson is a teacher with 23 years of experience and she spent most her career with Media Elementary School. The school day for the students begins at 9:00 am and ends at 3:30 pm. I was supposed to report at 8:45 am as the teacher began preparing for the class few minutes before the students entered the classroom. I reached there at…

For an example on ala.org page 2 paragraph 1 “Students in public schools, therefore, do have rights under the First Amendment”This statement proves that Students in public schools have first amendment rights secondly in ala.org page 2 paragraph 1 a quote states “the court ordered a public school to allow students to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War”The supreme court of the US ordered a public school to protest the vietnam war by wearing black armbands which is a first amendment…

Twenty thousand. Twenty thousand lives. Twenty thousand lives have been claimed by the Syrian civil war since the Arab Spring in 2011. More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced from their homes and families. The consequences of this civil war have been devastating with upwards of 3 million people being affected by the ongoing conflicts in this regions. Of those affected people are those who welcome these Syrian refugees into their country. The surrounding countries of Turkey, Jordan, Iraq,…

Community Health Practicum Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing Ms. Parks September 23, 2016 The process The windshield assessment was obtained near the community of Dulles High School on September 20, 2016. This paper will include a survey of the community’s boundaries, housing, environment, schools, stores, parks and recreation, people, health and social services, protective services, and a summary of the community’s strengths and weaknesses. Boundaries The neighborhood in…

Court case victory removing religion from the public school system has had a directly observable effect on the breakdown of necessary teachings of ethics, morals and values at a very impressionable development period, which is leading to increased acts of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence and disrespect for authority. The void created from the removal of religious teachings in public schools has exploded into school age tragedy and dysfunction. Introduction ~…

Among the many arguments for intelligent design, Behe’s argument of irreduciblecomplexityisbyfaroneofthemostfascinatingones. Whilemany may consider Darwin’s theory of evolution to be the catch-all argument that irrefutably demolishes any and all argument for intelligent design, Behe manages not only to propose a design theory compatible with it, but also to use it to further empower his argument. Ultimately, Behe’s irreducible complexity argument lacks the support needed to differentiate itself…

Evolution is taught within elementary schools and in high school biology classes, but religion is not taught in the classroom setting. The concept of teaching evolution and religion in schools has been brought to the courtroom a numerous amount of times. Epperson vs. Arkansas in 1968 was one of the first cases to go to court. Epperson argued that by not teaching religion…

the possibility of creationism being taught in public schools as an alternative/or alongside evolution. Instead of using the Bible solely for spiritual purposes, many of those who follow it believe that it should be honored as a legitimate science. However, since creationism is unable to be scientifically tested and undergo the same extensive fire that evolution has for centuries, it should not be taught as a science course in public schools. The Bible has been said to date back as far as 3000…

The Impact of Death on Belief in Intelligent Design vs. Evolution Evolution claims that through the process of natural selection, the best genetic traits are passed to offspring. The theory of intelligent design states that life can only be explained if there is an intelligent being leading the process. As demonstrated in Jessica L. Tracey’s paper, “Death and Science: The Existential Underpinnings of Belief in Intelligent Design and Discomfort with Evolution,” many turn to intelligent design in…