Cursive in school. It is a fond memory that is shared with almost all generations learning to write the phrase “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog” in cursive. It brings me joy to read old letter between my great grandma and Grandpa‚ or read the beautiful penmanship of the side notes that my ancestors had written in our family bible. Sadly today’s generation may never get to share this memory or experience this sentimental feeling‚ because cursive is being taken out of today’s curriculum
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“Never‚ never be afraid to do what’s right‚ especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” This quote‚ expressed by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. illustrates the tremendous impact individuals have on transforming society. Although today we live in a world in which same sex couples can get married‚ ailing patients can purchase cannabis in some states‚ and an infertile couple can pay
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Social Science Vol. 2 No. 12; July 2011 Can Ethics Be Taught? Thomas G. Ryan‚ Ed.D. Associate Professor Nipissing University (Graduate Studies) Faculty of Education Ontario‚ Canada E-mail: thomasr@nipissingu.ca Jeremy Bisson‚ M.Ed. Assistant Professor Nipissing University Ontario‚ Canada Abstract For many years educational programs have dealt with ethics. However‚ can ethics be taught? Secondly‚ how should it be taught? The notion that ethics is a process of communication that gives
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Lecture Notes 1 MSc in Operational Research Operational Research Techniques II Lecture 6 GOAL PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION In many important real-world decision-making situations‚ it may not be feasible‚ or desirable to reduce all the goals of an organization into b. single objective. For example‚ instead of focusing only on optimizing profits‚ the organization may simultaneously be interested in maintaining a stable work force‚ increasing its share of market and limiting price increases. Goal
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Thomas 1 Cahlil Thomas Professor Massenburg English 131L-05 24 October 2013 Only Know What You Were Taught As an American college student‚ we can be very stereotypical and commonly conceptualize other cultures or countries. We like to assume every Mexican that we see is an illegal immigrant and cuts grass for a living‚ that the Asian in our class is usually the smartest‚ and that Germans have no sense of humor. International students are aware of how their peers view them‚ Rebekah Nathan
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1 LEARNING AND TEACHING THE "WHAT AND "HOW" DEVELOPING SKILLFUL THINKERS Adapted from the book Developing Minds; A Resource Book For Teaching Thinking‚ Arthur L. Costa It is often stated that schools over emphasize the logical/mathematical and verbal /linguistic intelligences. And it is often observed and discovered in the Pisa test; students are really working at low level skills. If we use Bloom ’s taxonomy as a guide we could say that students are involved in the knowledge and comprehension
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telescope‚ named after the great scientist who confirmed the big bang theory‚ was the solution to this and it has been in space for the more than 20 years it was supposed to live. Over the time‚ the telescope has sent home so much information that mankind has realized how little they knew about the universe. This paper covers the needs for the Hubble telescope in space‚ the impacts that it has had in physics and science and what eventually happens to the telescope when its time expires. Introduction
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In July 1982 Jose Rizal was exiled as prisoner in Dapitan. When he arrived in Dapitan‚ he found it to be a sleepy little town. He thought of ways and means to make it clean‚ beautiful‚ and modern. With the help of his friend‚ father Sanchez‚ he made a map of Mindanao in front of the church. The map was made up of stones‚ earth‚ and grass and it serves as adornment that makes the town plaza beautiful. He and Father Sanchez‚ together with the citizens‚ had erected a lamp post in every corner of Dapitan
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What Life’s Greatest Lessons Has Taught Me Have you ever sat down and actually thought about your life? Like really thought about it‚ the choices you have made‚ the mistakes‚ the things you have said both good and bad‚ and the attitudes you have had towards people. Well I personally never thought it was important. I was stubborn‚ so bull-headed. I never took any advice from anyone. It was my way‚ or the highway. I never thought I had to listen to what anyone told
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Jim Rohn was an amazing man. He was a motivational speaker‚ entrepreneur‚ and author‚ and he had a kind and easy way of talking and imparting his wisdom. But‚ if you never had an opportunity to attend one of his seminars or listen to one of his speeches‚ you can’t understand how powerful his advice was. I went through a few of the speeches by Jim Rohn and pulled out some bits of pure gold that could impact your life in a very positive way. The Psychology Of Wealth Speech: What Jim Rohn’s Mentor
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