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Loudoun County Case Study

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The loud hum of a plane gliding over the sky, the cracks and fissures in the roads, and the unavoidable force of urbanization takes tool in Ashburn. As more businesses and industries spotted this area as a place to base their companies, the population and overall environment is rapidly changing. There is no surprise that Ashburn is a great place to live, but many things about it can be improved. We as a community face many problems like unemployment and pollution, both of which has grown to be very problematic as more people started to move to this area. I think the most doable and necessary improvements are within our neighborhoods, our environment, and our school system. The current way communities are organized sets neighbors …show more content…

We as a community are all able to contribute to alleviating this problem. We pay a big amount of taxes, and it is reasonable to say that we can have a say in how to spend some of them. The community would be a much better place if the government, as well as some more fortunate individuals, are able to spend money on efforts to preserve our pristine environment. Many charities and organizations of people we could trust would spend this money appropriately, and it would be great if more people supported these groups. It would also be helpful if the government leaders can legislate stricter regulations in terms of infrastructure’s pollution limits. The Loudoun County region is quickly urbanizing, and it would be very beneficial if we can continue to grow without any damage to our climate. In practicality, many things can make sure of this. For instance, the local council could enforce that all construction and industrial processes are done by the most modern and eco-friendly technology.Some might argue that this would drive industries away, but I think that the businesses that would leave are not appropriate for our community to house anyway. Our community could also do with more parks and reserves in the area. Driving around the city, I see that lush, dense woods that house a great number of organisms are being cleared out for more offices and buildings. This is somewhat inevitable, but I think there should …show more content…

As a student in Trailside, I appreciate greatly the advanced technology we have access to, like an array of iPads and computers. However, I think that my education has been somewhat generalized and objectified by the Standards of Learning exams. Because of common core, students have been confined under the same destination-to pass their SOL examinations and their class. Because of common core, school scheduling have greatly decreased in the variety of courses offered. The standards of learning assumes a baseline knowledge that students should possess to “pass the class.” This standard could be useful to guide in lesson planning, but has taken up everything students learn entirely. For example, I am taking a high school level course this year, Algebra one. I came into the class over-prepared with knowledge I have learned over the summer. I was extremely upset to find out that students in this community only offers one level of the class, the base level that barely scrapes by the SOL standards and is designed purely for the student to pass it. A good representation of this would be that we spent an entire quarter in the class learning arithmetic and variable manipulations, something that was taught to us repeatedly in previous two years of math. This unit was likely implemented only because the SOLs listed it as a skill we need to possess. After reading the course description, I

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