Essays on Education Page 418

Topic: Do colleges put too much stock into standardized test Many students have the desire to succeed when taking college entrance tests, but some students have been proven as bad test takers which means they understand the concepts but are not able to put them on paper. Colleges should not deny prospective students just because…

Portfolio Cover Letter 4/26/13 While revising Project Two for my portfolio, I made large global changes that helped my paper become more descriptive. Instead of referring to other students, I geared my revised project towards my own problems and the ways in which I can improve them. I tried to give more examples of my…

Rhetorical Analysis Plato, student to Socrates and Greek philosopher, affirms, “rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. ” Rhetoric, the art of persuasive and effective argument, is evident in every facet of argument, written work, and speech. Writers have tried since the beginning of written language to integrate beautiful rhetorical devices to…

The Good Immigrant Student: Analysis BY smallpox’s After I finished reading “The Good Immigrant Student” I was highly disappointed in how the parent’s acted in this memoir. The mistake I found in my opinion was, the parent’s moving the children to the suburbs of all middle class Americans. They did not explain to them or…

The process-essay written by Diane Cole “Don’t merely stand there” ( Cole 346-350 ) describes illustrations of how person when faced with an violative remark may talk to the individual who said the violative comment ( s ) . Overall this essay is really good written and the assorted illustrations of ways in which person…

According to the report, “Estimated Average Annual Salary of Teachers in Public Elementary and Secondary School,” by the U.S. Department of Education in 2011, the average starting salary for a teacher in Missouri is a measly $29,857 (1). The average salary for all teachers across the U.S. is $51,673 (“Estimated Average Annual” 1). Teachers are…

People learn. There is no debate about that. The challenge comes in determining how people learn, and what impacts their learning. This challenge has spawned a variety of theories. While many of these theories are rooted in some basic understandings about human behavior, there are some differences worth distinguishing. Constructivism, as a concept, has been…

When Harry Met Sally First impressions are not everything and in many cases our first impressions of someone are quite wrong. As humans we are rather quick at times dismiss someone and we never given them a second chance to prove our assumptions false. In the movie When Harry Met Sally, their first impressions of…

A Day Which Will Live in Infamy Franklin D. Roosevelt asked for a Joint Session of Congress in which only the most important issues are discussed which gives the American People an idea of the magnitude of the matter at hand; this establishes credibility or Ethos right off the bat. The speech’s audience is undoubtedly…

One of the greatest challenges a teacher faces today is a multicultural classroom. All aspects of each culture must be addressed and kept in mind when a teacher is designing their curriculum. Today’s classroom is more diverse in every sense, and a teacher must be prepared for any scenario he or she is faced with….