Chapter Summary: In The Norton Field Guild

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, why this book written by Mark Twain should be on the banned books list in schools and why it is too mature for it’s students. This book is full of situations that honesty students are not able to handle, leaving inappropriate impressions about racism and how to treat people and is going to cause teenagers and young adults to repeat the language and personalities seen in this, to other groups of this century that are fitting now

Being trapped I can 't-do this I can 't-do anything This is stupid I’m stupid. Everything is stupid, I quit i witnessed this moment when I had to do English homework. I feel like I don’t want to do my homework but I have to do an assignment or even just the idea of homework, often even before the work comes out of my backpack. Kids have probably never liked homework, so that’s not new, but thanks to our fast-paced, immediate gratification culture, kids today think that learning and everything else that’s mildly challenging and not fun, shouldn’t be. The resilience and perseverance they show when playing video games or looking for the perfect outfit is unavailable to them when it comes to schoolwork. They think that learning should be like

As a school community, we promote heritage and culture in our school through assemblies and educational presentations to preserve our culture. A huge celebration that takes place is National day where the triad of parent, school and community come together to celebrate our country.

Success and Prosperity, two words that define the American Dream that every U.S Citizen would like to achieve. But, is this Dream alive and available for everyone? In the article “Hillbilly Elegy”, and the book Scratch Beginnings both discuss how the American Dream could be accomplishable for certain people. Many do believe that it is possible for anyone to reach this dream because there is a variety of government programs that are willing to help the low income families or individuals who need an extra push. There are also multiple citizens that need help but do not qualify for certain programs based on their families income. In both cases, working hard and focusing on a specific goal will help attain this dream. It is said, the American Dream is only a possibility for those who are

In recent years testing has been a huge component of public education in the United States. Students take year long classes and then are forced to take long exams based on what they have learned. The problem with this is that many of these classes don’t provide students with the tools that they need to function outside the classroom. It is true that some of these classes are necessary and need to be taught, however, this is not the case for all of them. Standardized testing needs to be re-evaluated and replaced with more beneficial ways of teaching students information. If more schools offered classes that taught students important skills like how to budget or made the material more interesting students would be more engaged and would be

1. In The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, the author, looks back upon many of his precious memories. As a college professor, he find that various actions the students take relate to his past. For example, criticism helps. Pausch states that as a young boy, he had a football coach who was involved in the game in college and therefore liked to be tough on the boys. When Randy was kept late after practice one day, another coach pointed out that “When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore that means they’ve given up on you” (Pausch 37). Pausch reminds the reader that “You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love and care about you, and want to make you

Home is where it is said children grow and learn, it is a place where they find love, comfort, and care. It’s also a place where children feel safe. According to research home environment during children’s first three years can lead to poorer language development by age three. Later behavior problems, aggression, anxiety and depression, impaired cognitive development at age three. In the long-term effects the child may just stop school right after receiving a high school diploma and teen parenthood. The home environment can even affect a child’s brain development. A study has been done on young children with the results “ children have identified distinctive patterns of brain activity associated

In the community college that I attend, there are students that have to put in effort in order to be successful, and even that is not enough. Students should be treated equally and be given equal rights that other students might have. It is understandable that students with lower income can have higher priority, but it will affect other students just as bad. Following rules in classes should be enforced more strictly towards students. If students are not taking classes serious, they will not try in classes. Some suggestions are to give students equal priority to everyone in registering, parking space, and classroom procedures.

Before this class I had honestly never realized how essential it was to keep my reader interested. This skill of engagement will help me throughout writing assignments at Westminster and into my future career. Keeping an engaged audience can benefit me when trying to present a new idea to my boss and/or coworkers because they are likely to be more accepting and understanding of my idea or product. When I am older and far into my career I will have to remember that I learned the communication/writing skill of engagement in the Dual Credit class I took at Southern Boone High

I personally feel that my learning is going very well and I am very happy with the skills that I am obtaining. I personally enjoy the reading reflections because it allows us to make it personal and even question the text book. I also like how our projects

The chapters with weather were interesting, because I had never thought of the multiple meanings of rain, let alone know how many countless meanings rain could represent. The chapter about the seasons was not actually surprising since I had a basic understanding that spring is birth, winter is death, fall is old age, and summer is youth. The seasons also have multiple meanings, which I thought was interesting since they are considerably long amounts of time and a great deal can happen in a short amount of time, so it was feasible how abundant the symbols for a single there are.

The teacher of the kindergarten class I help out with has very many different ways of classroom management. Before I start talking about how my teacher manages the classroom, I first want to talk about a substitute from another kindergarten class. She was a substitute for three days, but what I found interesting was she was able to get all the children to pay attention to her and behave properly. I’m sure the children were intimidated by her even I felt a little intimated myself. She was able to get even the most energetic child to control themselves. For example the students were in the library and a few of the students were not paying attention and talking to each other while she was giving a lesson. So she stopped whatever she was doing and said please stop and starred at them for like a minute until they sat nice and quiet. The whole time we were in the library no one said a word unless the substitute teacher allowed them. I think the reason she was successful in behaving the children was because she was intimidating and the students knew she was not the person that was lenient and the students knew they wouldn’t be able to get away with it.

Self - directed, intrinsically motivated, active learners seek knowledge. They’re ways of learning are intentional, purposeful. This paper will explore the aspects of a self - directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner. There are areas of personal strengths and weaknesses when one is a self - motivated and engaged student. That will be expound upon as well. I will share my strategies for personal growth, explain how I will implement each one and share how I will evaluate my successes or hold myself accountable for not succeeding.

The methods and approaches of instruction and learning that UoPeople uses are intended to promote self-directed, intrinsically motivated and active learning by students. For this reason every student is supposed to be familiar with these methods and approaches.