Some Thoughts Concerning Education

The difficulty concerning brainstorming solutions for our universities results from tackling our problems with Western solutions. Western solutions tend to not solve the problems by the root, it only remedies the effects or trims the leaves of the problem. Western Ideology concerning health is to mainly administer medicine to treat illnesses, instead of promoting preventive measures in patients lives…

of this phase. Even though this period occurred over five decades after the Declaration of Independence had been adopted (Wood 4). The generations of Americans that followed were amazed by the brilliance the revolutionaries had exhibited in their thoughts, politics, and achievements. The Second Golden Age is an ongoing era especially since Americans have developed a habit of seeking wisdom from the words and decisions of past leaders. However, Lincoln was categorical in stating that it was…

Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo When the word “education” is observed, depending on the person, a wide array of thoughts will enter the mind. Someone may yield thoughts pertaining to anything from disgust to stress to pure anguish. These thought processes, however, are in regards to the first world youth mindset. When people in a poverty stricken place like The Democratic Republic of Congo hear the word “education”, the result is slightly more reassuring in the context of future…

heritage they had different ways of life. They had many differences that made them bitter rivals battling for dominance of the western world. Athens and Sparta are different because of the way they value education, how they treat women, and the way families are structured. The Athenian people valued education amongst their citizens and fought not only with their bodies but also with their minds. In the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC we see the Athenian brain power come to life within their…

challenges occur in school libraries. Most of these battles are fought at the school board level, but on occasions, some do make it to the supreme court. In one of the most famous court cases, in 1982, the Supreme Court ruled in the Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico. The case however has been regarded as one of the most important decisions concerning the First Amendment rights and school libraries. With this, the Supreme Court set strict parameters under…

integral part of school systems across the nation, as many subjects require some sort of assessment to gauge a student’s comprehension of the material. Many times standardized tests are used as tools to determine whether students make it to the next grade level, receive credit, or if they are to be accepted to another program/school, for example college and graduate programs. Even though it is common for students to experience some sort of testing, many people have reexamined the integral…

disadvantages harming the country receiving immigrants overtake those beneficiary factors. (claim) “Immigration is the moving away of people from one’s own country to another country, in search of better standards of living, education or to escape…

influenced the thinking of many individuals concerning the New World. Through his letters he provides a path for others to view the New World and has an impact on their beliefs. Columbus’s letters shape both the ideas that the people have of the natives of the New World and the ideas of riches, prosperity and beauty that is associated with the land. One work that clearly demonstrates how influential Columbus’s letters were, was his own work, “Letter Concerning the First Voyage.” In his work he…

Some people believed that a cultural bond is the essential root to their happiness. The time spent with family carried lessons for them to fundamentally grow. Sometimes family experiences presented educational lessons that different perspectives. However, the way people valued their family`s role in education could determine the quality of how they wished to learn. Richard Rodriguez`s priority of education separated him from the cultural ties he had with his family, which negatively impacted his…

ideas and thoughts today, there have been countless other philosophers who have impacted the way people think. Of the hundreds of thousands of philosophers who have come and gone during the course of the world, the two that sparked my interest were Saint Thomas Aquinas and John Locke. These two philosophers contributed so much to the study when they were alive, and even continue to enrich the study of philosophy today. They are two very distinct, different people with varying thoughts and views…