Essays on Education Page 161

1) What is FedEx’s “Common Language” of Quality? Is it Important for a company to establish a “Common Language“ of Quality? If so, Why? FedEx common language of quality is People –Service-Profit (PSP). It articulates that when people are placed firs, service and profit follow. Another would be its QIP program which also articulates that…

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…

The origin of rock and roll comes from many roots that date back in the nineteenth century. African-American slaves brought by the early American Celtics during the 17th and 18th century in America brought along with them their native African music which was later influenced by the music of their masters. With the passing of…

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…

It was my freshmen year of high school in gym class when I saw another student geting picked on because he was wearing a pair of sketcher shoes. Other students in the class were countiuley picking on him because of his shoes and were also saying other rude things about him and the other things…

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 Assessment Reform Group (2002) identifies ten principles to guide classroom practice in assessment for learning . Choose five of particular relevance to your practice and evaluate them in relation to the pupil experience in your school. Assessment for learning (AFL) is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their…

The Vernonia School District v. Acton case took place in 1995 at the Rehnquist Court at Vernonia High School in Oregon. This case was decided on Monday, June 26, 1995. In a town named Vernonia, Oregon, the local public schools faced a major problem regarding the drug use of students while participating in high school…