beyond the classroom walls. Another reason why standardized tests pressures mentor‚ is because the test results are used to evaluate their effectiveness as an educator‚ which should not be the case. This is because standardized testing may be biased against certain groups or individuals. According to the studies of Harvard University graduate and independent researcher‚ Harold Berlak‚ standardized testing bring up racism‚ which contributes to the achievement gap between the minorities and the whites
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I also believe that my personal freedom or rights shall be fair and balanced rights before any courts. I believe the “National good‚” is when the government protects the nation and it’s citizens against any crisis. In order to achieve the overall goal of protecting “national security‚” there needs to be a balance. We as individuals deserve for our Constitutional Rights to be respected and the government needs to create more of a balance of power
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In the article titled " Hobby Lobby Ruling Much More than Abortion" discusses the supreme court ruling regarding abortion and birth control. The author expressed that family owned businesses have been ruled in court to opt out of the federal requirement to pay for birth control in health coverage for their workers. The family owned business did not feel it was fair to follow the recent mandate by President Obama regarding contraceptives. Hobby Lobby was targeted by social media for being unfair and
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The labeling fad of the 21st century came along with the health craze. Labels such as Organic‚ Gluten Free‚ and Local have been turned into marketing ploys. And genetically modified organisms have gotten their fair share of critics. Ranging from people raving about how they’re “saving third world countries” to how they’re “killing our world”. Mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is something that many are pushing for the government to make mandatory. However they have been
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this situation and could careless about what the poor people and families are going through. “ But‚ as i wrote recently‚ there are certain people- particularly those with large concentrations of melanin in their skin‚ and smaller concentrations of money in the bank- who are suffering more of that fuckery than their less-melanated‚ more-resoured counterparts” (Source 3:2).”Many rich countries argue that $100 billion a year is an unrealistic demand;”(Source 3:8). Both of these statements show that people
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be cherished by children in other countries. What would last us one meal would be all they get for a whole week! St Mary’s College donates to Caritas which helps the unfortunate in Papa New Guinea‚ Vietnam and Malaysia. For extra help you can give money‚ clothes‚ water and food to Vinnies‚ Lifeline‚ and Salvation Army etc. this helps build homes for the homeless‚ give food to the hungry‚ medical help to the sick‚ and clean water to the thirsty. All it takes is $5 to help make a difference in someone’s
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race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ nationality or on any other particular identity undermines the basic human rights and freedoms to which every person is entitled. Although there is no single‚ universally accepted definition of "racial profiling‚" we’re using the term to designate the practice of stopping and inspecting people who are passing through public places -- such as drivers on public highways or pedestrians in airports or urban areas -- where the reason for
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were to lose their baby due to an injury by another person‚ that person needs to pay compensation. Technically speaking this money belongs to the dead child who is to inherit it. Lastly‚ abortions are only allowed in a certain time frame. Whether this is the required forty days or one hundred twenty days this timeline needs to be followed otherwise a monetary penalty will be placed on the family involved. Unlike Judaism and Islam‚ Hinduism does not allow abortion unless the pregnancy could harm
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Are you against child abuse or not? According to authorities on child abuse‚ it’s very rare for people to report about child abuse when they see it like they use to in 1970-1990. Now a day’s people just leave it how it is as long as it’s not there child they really don’t worry about it. Abusing kids for unnecessary reasons and hitting them with objects that may bruise them badly isn’t the way of a parent teaching their kids manners at all. Especially taking your anger out on the child isn’t the way
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that the test is greatly flawed. The SAT was created on the notion of determining a student’s innate mental ability‚ to predict how well they would do in their freshmen year of college. Since‚ the test fails to do so‚ then there is no purpose for using the SAT as a factor in admitting
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