Why adults are better learners than kids (So NO‚ you’re not too old) Kids are great! I was an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for several years in several countries‚ teaching mostly children‚ and I could see how quick they were at learning a second language. Of course‚ who of us doesn’t want to go back to our childhood‚ when things were simpler and the world was full of endless possibilities (which too many people claim it somehow isn’t any more…)? Along these lines‚ one of my favourite
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a lot is whether kids should be allowed to play travel sports or not. Many people think kids should not play travel sports because there are more risks to injuries than rec league. When kids play travel sports they have fun and learn new stuff‚ so why should people take away that privilege. Because people think rec sports are better for their kids they are wrong because there are many more pros than there are cons. Kids should play travel sports because they will set up kids for more success
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Many of the kids are struggling these days. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy Curtis is in a gang called Greasers who lives on the Eastside‚ and all they do is drink and smoke. Then there are Socs which are a group of rich‚ snobby kids who live on the West side and they also smoke and drink. In their society and in gangs‚ many underaged kids smoke and drink. In this society‚ underaged kids do the same. Also in the article‚” The Allure of Gangs” it talks about why
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rather than children. Your dog will never slam a door in your face or tell you they hate you. They can be potty trained in eight weeks. They don’t need clothes‚ a car‚ or a college education. In recent years‚ several discoveries about dogs make kids even less unique. It turns out that dogs are startlingly similar to human infants in several key areas‚ one of which is in the social domain. At around nine months‚ human infants go through a social revolution. They begin to understand what adults
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English 112 20 February 2013 If I were a poor black kid Gene Marks is a contributor to Forbes and the author of the article‚ “If I were a poor black kid.” In the beginning of his article he agrees with Mr. Obama and quotes the president’s statement‚ “This is the defining issue of our time…This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class‚ and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. Because what’s at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn
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Respected Head Mam‚ teachers and my friends‚I wish you a happy independence day. INDEPENDANCE DAY means a day when we had got freedom from not only our brute rulers but freedom from want from fulfillment of right needs... India was under the British rule for 3-4 centuries. It was in 1857 India started it’s independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle
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Young children are precious in their own right and they are the future of the nation. How children are treated and how the adults around them behave strongly influence both children’s ability to learn and the attitudes they develop about their own worth and the worth of others. To build a nation that is prosperous and socially united‚ families and early childhood educators need to support children’s early learning‚ be the best possible role models for them and encourage them to act in ways that are
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his own “Tough Kid” affects his decision making by creating bias against the defendant. He shouldn’t of been allowed to even serve on the case if a proper background check had been done. Anyone who has even been in a remotely similar situation to the case in the place of either side is forbidden to be a juror. Juror Three revealed in a deliberation about the case about his past saying‚ “You’re right. It’s the kids. The way they are—you know? They don’t listen. (Bitter) I’ve got a kid. When he was
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List of top 20 Websites for Kids in INDIA 1. Chandamama.com Chandamama.com is the website of India’s favorite children’s magazine and one of the best Indian websites for children in terms of content and interactivity. It is a multilingual site‚ with content available in seven languages including English‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Marathi‚ Sanskrit‚ Tamil and Telugu. The site has forums where registered users can post stories‚ jokes‚ riddles and poems that they have written as well as their own
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Should Every Kid Receive a Trophy? Years ago when I played Basketball I never got a trophy and that was pretty depressing and I never got influenced to work harder. When you give a kid a trophy for participating they will want to work harder so they can get a better bigger more achievable trophy. When they earn a trophy they love it because they received an award or it can possibly be their first trophy. Many people argue that 81% do not think that kids should have a trophy. That is because
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