Essays on Education Page 325

Self-directed learning allows individuals to control the process of their learning. One may be given a general goal and a timeframe; however, one has control of how the goal is accomplished. Moving on, lifelong learning can arise outside of educational institutions as it is focused on individual development. Lifelong learning allows one to tackle their…

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it” (Albert Einstein). Mike Rose in “Blue Collar Brilliance” discusses the topic of education and how they correlate with intelligence. There is a general belief in society that attending college is the only way of obtaining intelligence. While education and intelligence…

This paper discusses the waves of Italian immigrants that came to the United States in 1820-1880 and 1880-1920, and asks if being from a different region in Italy resulted in different treatment from American citizens. (10+ pages; 8 sources; MLA citation style) Introduction Italians are one of the largest groups of immigrants to come to…

One’s mindsets play a big part of the cause and effect of our reactions and actions ttowards our success. Christopher Connor, an emotional intelligence speaker and author of The First Step Toward Success Is Defining Ssuccess For Yourself, demonstrates why success should only be ones opinionated definition. On From Mindset: The New Psychology of Success…

Two of the largest groups were the Italians and the Jews. Upon coming to America, both groups lived very similar and also very different lives at the same time. This paper will explore the common ground between the two groups, as well as the differences in their experiences. Jews and Italians both fled their countries…

Staring out into the dead parking lot from our stuffy, cramp portable, was a daily routine practiced amongst students in my high school Japanese class. By the beginning of my second year, our teacher had given up on teaching us and actually studying Japanese became a self-taught concept at school. In an environment that totally…

In this essay, I will talk about why and why not school uniforms is a good thing. Teenagers spend about 6 hours every day sitting on their desks and doing schoolwork. Some schools also require school uniforms. Some people think this should not be required because it does not allow students self-expression and are not…

“Climate Change Denial.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Nov. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_denial, Accessed 27 Nov. 2018. This article summarizes the denial of climate change and the pitfalls of those who argue for it. It compiles dozens of different sources in order to illustrate climate change skeptics’ beliefs and where they fail. A wide variety of specifics are…

The target of my study is to find out if programs, such as the 21st Century’s After School Programs truly help students who are low performers increase their GPA’s, versus their low performing peers who do not attend one of these programs. All participants of this study attend a very small school and have access…

In this paper, I will be sharing ideas and opinions on the role of males in education. For years, society has defined what is the appropriate occupation for each gender. Education has always been a field that is dominated by women. Even though the profession has grown to be more diverse there are many men whom…