The Equalizer

Technology and Education A YouTube video flashes onto the board from a projector. A bright blue light bathes the walls of a dimly lit classroom. Heads nod as students take this opportunity to sleep, and yet, some use it as an opportunity to learn. Technology has radically changed the way teachers and administrators structure classes, but has that change been for the better? School boards have been advocating and pushing for more technology in classrooms, yet consistently buy technology…

This lesson was very fun and engaging for all students, but after using it there are a couple things I would change to improve the inclusiveness of the lesson. The first thing I would add if I were to do this lesson again would be to have an exemplar that I have constructed on Lego Builder to show the class. The reason I did not make an exemplar was due to time constraints, this created time delays for some students who had difficulty visualizing what they were making. When this happened I…

“elegance” as a distraction from the accruement of intellect and understanding, which invariably leads to ignorance of their inferiority (therefore making them culpable in it) (Wollstonecraft 368). As for education, it is often called ‘the great equalizer’ for good reason, if women were afforded an education equal in rigor and substance to men in her time period, I suspect that equality akin to the levels enjoyed currently would have been achieved much…

Janet Napolitano once said, “Public Schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society-the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of them selves in adult hood.” This belief still stays true today, as public schools prepare students for the next step in life. The first public school system was founded 1635, in Boston, after realizing teaching students to read and write at home and in church was insufficient. Attending a public high…

When the philosopher ascends from the cave and sees the light, he understands things for what they really are. Plato argues that in doing this creates a responsibility to return to the cave and educate the people who remain there. Why, having left the cave and being introduced to the true forms of beauty, truth and good, does the philosopher return to the cave to educate who remain there? The philosopher needs to have some motivation that drives him to return to the cave for education. This is a…

world that seems to always be pitted against each other, Morrie recognized the things that would bring people together. This man shared these thoughts with the people around him, people like Mitch Albom. Mitch once said “Maybe death is the great equalizer,…

Intellectual Property Rights: Music and Movie Piracy With an ever-increasing consumer need for instantaneous media access accompanied with the escalation of the social acceptance of "casual" piracy, it is no secret that file sharing, legal or illegal, is on the rise. For most folks in their twenties today, they may not be aware of a world without piracy. In fact, they may not even be aware that certain kinds of file sharing is illegal and punishable by law. To understand why file sharing is so…

Before the 1940’s, women in the workplace was uncommon and frowned upon; women were to be housewives and specifically designated to the home, until the start of WWII. Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon has forever shaped and changed the role of women in society. During WWII Rosie represented the women that helped in shipyards while the men of the country were out fighting in the war; this still being a time where it’s uncommon for a woman to even be in the workplace. This has given society a…

To Kill A Mockingbird: The Nature of Racism and Prejudice Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird tells of an all too common story in the past; a story of a racist, prejudiced court case seen from a child’s point of view. Many characters in this story teach and mature the main character, Scout, into the young woman she is at the end of the book. Dolphus Raymond, in his short talk with Scout, teaches her about the nature of people and racism. Bob Ewell, by accusing Tom Robinson, a Black man, of rape,…

In this paper, I will explain my perspective on the unique relationship between death and sin according to the biblical tradition. The paper will deal exclusively with death as it pertains to humankind. In presenting my understanding of the unique relationship between death and sin, I will share my personal experience with death, define death, explain why humankind dies, distinguish physical and spiritual death, and show the relationship between human sin and death. Until about three years ago,…