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occupation. Even though schooling was opened to girls, the concern continued to create a male teaching force. “This, in turn, was to secure the best possible level of instruction to educate the leading men of the next generation” (124). The Chief Superintendent stated the allowance for hiring one female teacher in every mixed school and raising the number in accordance to the proportion of female students. There was an interesting argument made by R.A. Pyne who was the new Minister…

The United States Naval Academy established in October 10, 1845 known as the second oldest out of the five service academies. The purpose of the United States Naval Academy is to educate future officers that will soon in four years commission into the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps. More than 4,000 men and women representing every state and other foreign countries making up the Brigade of Midshipmen learn from both civilian and military instructors in both academic and…

D.C. for a school and housing to be built for twelve deaf and six blind students. In 1857, Kendall convinced Congress to incorporate what was then known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. The first superintendent was to be Edward Miner Gallaudet, the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet who founded the first school for the Deaf in the United States. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the authorization of the institution to grant college degrees.…

students are realizing how important it is and how fulfilling it can be to give back to the community. Most students don’t think about volunteering and what they can gain from it which is why I think this should be implemented. The Port Washington superintendent Geoffrey N. Gordon said, “Everything today is about what kids get, toys and computers, and in school it’s important to teach what students can give.” The object of traditional schools is to provide students with valuable and enriching…

The Stanford Prison Experiment which was conducted by Phillip Zimbardo was a very crucial experiment and changed the whole study of psychology that the world now knows today. This experiment continues to be one of the most notorious and well known psychology experiments that has ever been organized. It took place in the basement of Stanford college in 1971. Zimbardo took students at the school and told them to play the roles of prisoner and guards. This experiment was supposed to be a six week…

Throughout history there have been scholars and philosophers who spent their days discussing ideas and talking intellectually about their environment and people around them. As time goes on, the meeting of the minds takes place inside of buildings, rooms, convening in groups and education becomes the forefront of conversation. Education is a very important topic to explore and expand new horizons among the masses. Education was a matter of concern to the new state government. Americans knew…

To my delight and surprise, I was informed recently of the opportunity to apply for a Space Academy Scholarship. A top priority of mine upon hearing about the program was to pick up an application. This could be a once in a lifetime adventure. For a few years now, a long-term goal of mine is to one day pursue a STEM career in the military. This interest sparked when I learned that being in the military would give me the freedom to travel while giving back to my country. As an aspiring leader and…

teach in Calgary. The teaching position is yours if you want it. You will have to come here to Calgary to have an interview with the superintendent.” After days of critical thinking she thought and thought if she should go to the West. She finally came to a point where she decided she should go. Jonathan, Elizabeth’s brother had passed the word onto the superintendent, Mr. Higgins, that, Elizabeth was willing to take the job. Elizabeth spent days packing for her long trip to the west. In a…

plagiarism policy. The district’s policy is listed in the student handbook and states that students found guilty of plagiarism must receive a failing grade plus repeat the course. The honor classes teachers recommended this rule and the principal and superintendent approved it…

finally gain some recognition. They were asking me questions left and right and I was hitting the answer button while getting every answer right. Finally, we were at the end and the superintendent asked the last question to be the Math Bowl Champion, Everybody sat in the audience quiet as the dark as the superintendent asked “What's the square root of 0.” The competitor didn’t know, he was clueless. He tried to answer the question but “AANNNNN” he was wrong. They passed the question to me and I…