Essays on Education Page 158

An Unknown Girl is about Moniza Alvi’s attempt to find her place in a country to which she does belong to but which she cannot call her own. The poems starts with a description of the setting: it is an evening in a market place where neon signs are the main source of lightening. As…

According to my personal experience, based on the fact I saw, I think, single-sex schools are inferior to traditional coeducation schools. Even though I used to think that traditional coeducation is better, and it is able to provide opportunities for girls and boys to communicate and exchange ideas. I argue that teaching students separately is…

In 1985, Braj Kachru coined the term “World Englishes,” which was praised for its contribution to understanding the various forms of English that have emerged since the colonization of different cultures by the British Raj. Pennycock’s statement that “Braj Kachru’s development of the term World Englishes exemplifies the diverse position” (quoted in Mair 2003) highlights…

Charles Baxter’s The Disappeared offers a deep insight on literary analysis. Going through his diction, the line that stands out most is “What he first noticed about Detroit and therefore America was the smell” (109). Smell can be pleasant, acrid or outright unpleasant. This word is used in the paragraph to depict the characteristics of…

Course Description In designing this course, the main priority was to enhance the students’ critical reading skills needed to trigger the writing of a correctly documented argumentative paper. As such it is vital that students prepare the assigned reading passages prior attending class. The course will also take the students through the journey of developing…

After accounting for race and students with disabilities status, School A (with uniforms) had significantly better attendance and somewhat fewer minor behavior infractions, but trended lower in standardized math scores and more intermediate and major behavioral infractions than School B (without uniforms). These findings failed to demonstrate an unambiguous advantage of school uniforms, consistent with…

Introduction Through an overwhelming exposure perpetuated through large scale use in mass media, literature, advertisement and other aspects of popular culture, the Egyptian variant of Arabic, commonly referred to as Misra, is presently one of the most widely recognized variants of what is understood as Standard Arabic, a derivation of Classical Arabic. Although it is…

The alarm loudly buzzed off at exactly 5:00 in the morning. Though my head ached because of lack of sleep from the previous night, my feet searches where my bedroom slippers are. Finding them, I quickly arrange the bedcover and folded my blanket. Eyes half-open, I slowly made my way to the kitchen and filled…

               The following is a post on South Korean conglomeration, the business conglomerates is the main focus of these posts; they are credited with spearheading south Korea’s capital Industrialization in the past few decades. They encourage gender inequalities in the offices.               The post looks at the social and cultural construction of gender in the…

 The objective of a Fulbright grant is to enable qualified Filipinos to pursue their graduate studies in their fields of interest in the United States and develop leaders who can contribute to promoting better understanding between the Philippines and the United States. Applications are accepted from faculty and staff of Philippine universities and professionals from…