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and learn in school and do well on tests and quizzes. Grades are what set all students apart from each other. I believe grades are a tremendous motivational tool and can be used to "trick" students into learning. They sometimes can cause fear, and they can be "received" not earned due to unfair circumstances. Grades can be good, bad, and ugly. Grades can be a great motivator. Most of the time grades inspire me to do my best. Without grades I would have no reason to try in school. Grades trick

with the notion that school was my playground. A failing grade use to mean that I was having fun in a prison with bleak white walls. When I was written up and sent to the principal’s office I knew that I would get to go home. But the cheerfulness that I felt, up until the point that my parents arrived, quickly vanished when I saw the tears in my mother’s eyes each time. This scenario lasted for the better part of my elementary school days and followed me to my new school when I moved. My mother’s

deal with freedom of speech and expression of middle and high school aged young people. These articles shed light on what types of First Amendment issues the youth today are dealing with. In one article

makes this student different from another student who, at sixteen, drops out of school and gets a job, or a student who decides to wear a shirt that says "PRO-CHOICE" on it? While these students differ in many aspects such as education level, their opinion can equally be silenced under the first amendment. One of the most blatant abuses of the first amendment right to free speech is

should not feel required to participate in religious traditions to which they do not accede. Some will argue that as long as school prayer is optional, it does not violate anyone’s rights. However, Michael J. Davis, Centennial Teaching Professor of Law at The University of Kansas School of Law, presents an account of the Court’s decision in Lee v. Weisman, against a school district allowing religious volunteers to offer non-denominational prayers, in which the Court declared the unconstitutionality

people need to compete globally for jobs and one of the most important factors in getting a good paying job is education. However, even the best schools cannot overcome some of the obstacles placed in front of the students that walk through their doors. Poverty, chaotic home environments, discrepancies in exposure to technology, and lack of funding for schools all negatively impact the effort to educate children. In today’s economic environment even the wealthiest states and districts are having

the FCAT; I always thought of this test in an indifferent manner. Perhaps, this is a fair way to evaluate what the students learned as well as how the teachers are teaching. Being once a student of the public school system in Florida, I was never fond of the FCAT. During my younger school years teachers would make us practice, and practice, the test taking formation in preparation for the FCAT. In my experience the FCAT is not a bad standardize test. I do think that we should have a standardize

Marsden Dyson and Zack Canova 3/4/13 Adv. English 12 Mrs. Hornung Some people say that with dedication, persistence, and time people can accomplish any goal. Others say that people are limited in what they can accomplish and need to be realistic when setting goals. Shooting For the Stars Some people believe that dedication, persistence, and time people can accomplish any goal. Everyone should have goals when striving to achieve a specific task. Goal setting is used by top level athletes

The only thing that would change if I were to be teaching in a public school would obviously be and religion lessons as they are forbidden. Would I still have my beliefs and teach accordingly? Absolutely. Chapter 3 Q: Respond to question 8 on pg. 50. A: It will not be an easy job when I come across parents that have obvious

The author Wes Moore went off to military school where negative environmental influences were cut off and he was able to receive an education, which he himself considers a turning point in his life. His entire atmosphere and the dynamics of the schools he was accustomed to were altered. Although he attempted to run away several times, there was a point after speaking with his mother that he made