decline in standardized test scores is but the most recent indicator that American education is in trouble. One reason for the crisis is that present mandatory-attendance laws force many to attend school who have no wish to be there. Such children have little desire to learn and are so antagonistic to school that neither they nor more highly motivated students receive the quality education that is the birthright of every American. The solution to this problem is simple: Abolish compulsory-attendance
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good works. Implying that you don’t go to heaven because you just believe you have to work hard to get into heaven by saying “I deserve to go to heaven not this man who hardly shows up on sunday”. That is why catholics work in the community more than other religions such as Lutheran’s‚ Baptist’s‚ Methodist’s and so on and so forth. Some
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In my opinion chocolate chip cookies are the best cookies out there. I mean you can’t go wrong with them. Its just chocolate‚ more chocolate‚ and love all baked into one. If you don’t like chocolate chip cookies then you need to go to the hospital and get checked out for craziness. There is no other cookie like it. They are one of a kind delicious. Do you like chocolate chip cookies as much as I do? If I had a chance to change anything about chocolate chip cookies I would change nothing. Because
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The video I watched at http:edcorner.stanford.edu/ was an interview with the co-founder of Nest‚ Matt Rodgers‚ called‚ “Tackle Projects Others Don’t Want.” I was intrigued by some of the messages and the advice that was shared by Rodgers in his interview. It seemed as though he was pushing the idea that if you believe you can do something and give your all to it you can accomplish it. One of the first things he stated that stood out to me is that‚ “when someone gives you a really hard problem‚ just
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“I am African by accident‚ not by birth. So while soul‚ heart‚ and the bent mind are African‚ my skin barely begs to differ and is resolutely white”(Fuller‚ 2001‚ Readers Guide). These are the words of a white settler who matured and found her identity on the dark continent. During the twentieth century‚ much of Africa was colonized by colonial powers‚ as a result‚ the land endured intense warfare and eventually the crucible of decolonization‚ or the freeing of a colony from dominance. From a
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Pilger’s documentary movie you can’t see because of war he showed in it. It is not a new report about war cruel or lies in mass-media‚ it is a scream in a silent society about extent of our information blindness. It is a movie you can’t see‚ you don’t want to see‚ but you must see. “The war you don’t see” shows us a huge difference between what we expect from mass-media and what we really get. And we always get a lie. How big and how powerful this lie depends on the situation. And of course of social
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Each American president has had to deal with controversial issues and sometimes scandals during their administration terms in office. How they address‚ or avert the issue impacts the perception to their leadership capability for our republic. Their policies are sculpted often by public opinion and historical context. President William Clinton is no exception and his handling of the “Don’t ask‚ Don’t tell” controversy indicates that his policies‚ openly excluded gay and bisexual people from military
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Many people do not want to go to school these days. Reasons can be from waking in the morning to eating the food in the cafeteria. Its not that people do not like school and wish it would not be mandatory‚ it’s really the things we need to do in school. Waking up around 7:00 AM every weekday is very hard. It usually means that everyone would be sleeping in his first period class‚ or he will be half-asleep the rest of the day. If you wake up that early‚ you may not eat. Not eating is very bad because
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August of 2015 and I no friends‚ no hope‚ and I had been out of school for six months. I only had a month left of the summer to decide if I wanted to go back to school.The decision was very difficult because I had to work‚I had been badly bullied at my old school‚ and I had chronic mental illness that was holding me back. For most people they would’ve stayed a drop out but I decided to persevere. Despite my fears I went to a new school with only two weeks left of the summer. Every day I would
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first came to this school‚ I had some difficulties and I felt left out. But the fun events that ASB planned‚ helped me find new friends‚ and I was always enjoying myself. I want to help others and make sure the new students have someone they can come to when they are lost‚ and or feel left out. ASB helped me‚ when I first came into the school‚ so I want to return the favor‚ by learning to be a good leader and being more useful for the students at Medea Creek. By joining ASB‚ I want to become a part
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