Essays on Education Page 15

Simon Benlow’s “Have It Your Way: Consumerism Invades Education”: A Summary Students are being seen as consumers when it comes to their education and the university they choose. Benlow argues that companies are buying access to student’s brains. The phrase “Have it Your Way” is used to describe how the universities keep the students happy…

Watching TV can be good or bad for you depending on how much you watch per day. If you watch a certain amount of TV it couldn’t hurt to watch some TV as long as its not too much TV. TV can get you distracted and can have bad influences on kids if they think…

Ellen, a 25-year-old teacher in her third year of teaching, is actively engaged in extracurricular activities. She does this to impress the principal and for her personal enjoyment. Despite spending long hours away from home, she believes it is justified because her boyfriend, who is a lawyer, also has a demanding schedule. In addition to…

Gang Prevention with a Proven Program The G.R.E.A.T program is a model of gang prevention programming that has been shown effective in a five year research study through the U.S. Department of Justice. Though not fool proof, the program can boast modest positive effects on risk factors associated with gang involvement. The risk factors include…

Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka attributed a heavy impact on society as a whole. The shocking verdict immediately began to revise the typical way of life. Some viewed the result of the trial as their key to contentment while others rebelled against it vigorously. The case brought a phrase most at that…

“E ola mau ka olelo Hawai’i” (long live the language of Hawai’i) serves as the motto for Punanaleo and Kulakaiapuni Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools in Hawaii. The program’s growth and success mirror similar achievements in other countries, where native languages that were once endangered have been revitalized. Like these languages, the Native Hawaiian Language faced…

               In this digital era, world around us is changing at breath taking pace. Technology is advancing remarkably, today’s technology getting out dated tomorrow. Fantasies of science fiction or movies are a reality of today’s world. Mobiles and internet has become integral part of life which could not have been thought of few decades back….

China and India are both developing countries, which have a long history. Furthermore, they all have large population. Today, both of them are attempting to improve the education system. However, according to the situation of each country, there are both differences and similarities in aspects of school years, high schools and the scoring system. In…

Reaction: studying in the slow lane After I read Anna Mitchell article “studying in the slow lane” the idea of “slow schools” is kind of similar to me as Sidney Harris article “What True Education should do”. In Harris article he describe the mean of true education that instead of stuffing information or knowledge try…

Employee code of ethics is an important policy statement for the teaching professionals. It guides the employees by describing the generally acceptable conduct at work in relation to how employees in the school district and especially teachers should relate to the students, as well as how the teachers should interact with the general public and…