Standardized testing is the scourge that plagues the classroom and renders immobile the wheels of thought in a quagmire of ineffectual batteries of questions unintentionally fashioned to inaccurately assess a student ’s mastery of subject material. I intend to research the validity of standardized tests in school. The standardized tests can include the Stanford 9‚ PSAT‚ SAT‚ CRCT‚ etc. I chose this topic because I feel that educators and political leaders place an undue amount of importance on
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Running head: PERCEPTIONS PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENT OF LGBT Rob Harris Rasmussen College Author Note This Annotated Bibliography is being submitted on March 19‚ 2010 for Michele Howerton-Vargas’s G324/Enc3311 Advanced Composition course at Rasmussen College. PERCEPTION Perception and Treatment of LGBT When our children and our youth comes to terms with their sexuality and identifies themselves as being a lesbian‚ or gay‚ bisexual or perhaps a transgender human
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In June of 1977‚ at the Camp Scott Girl Scout camp near Locust Grove‚ Oklahoma‚ three young girls that had been staying in the secluded Kiowa tent were sexually molested and murdered. It is believed that this tragedy happened somewhere between 2:00 and 4:00 AM‚ it is believed that someone had come onto the camp grounds when they then proceeded to sexually molest and murder the three young girls that were sleeping in tent number seven. At 6:00 AM a camp counselor discovered the dead bodies on the
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The Exploration of ethics and the institutionalized mental health patient past and present in literature. Michele Tussey University of Washington Medical and Ethical Issues in Literature and Culture THLTH 325 Nicole Blair‚ PhD; Denise Drevdahl‚ RN‚ PhD May 03‚ 2011 Ethics and the institutionalized mental health patient past and present. The purpose of this paper is to explore the topic of the institutionalized mental health patient and whether he or she are still treated the same way ethically
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Michele Wills January 23‚ 2012 Final Draft Religion versus Relationship You love your children. You don’t force them to spend scheduled time paying homage to you. You wouldn’t require them to go through another family member to ask you for what they need. Basing your love for them on things they brought you‚ or their actions would be silly. Every day this is what many reduce the love of the Heavenly Father to. Daily‚
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Is Sugar the New Tobacco? Americans consume around 100 pounds of sugar per year. The daily consumption of sugar has increased worldwide by 46% in the last 30 years (“Sugar”). The Netflix film “Sugar Coated” shows what people have been ignoring over the years about sugar. "As obesity‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease rates skyrocket and doctors treat the first generation of children suffering from fatty liver disease‚ the sugar industry is under siege‚” (“Sugar”). This means that more diseases are
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Beauty can be defined in many ways. Ethnicity shouldn’t be an obstacle that keeps someone out of the range of beauty. For example‚ the narrative of “Senior Picture Day” by Michele Serros‚ she had been mocked about her Indian nose and in “Brownies” by ZZ Packer‚ the narrative compared their hairs with the white girls from Troop 909‚ which as commercial hair. People develop negative body image as a result of European beauty standards and the effect that having only one beauty standard has on non- white
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Two teens in black leather coats waited with their vehicles near the west entrance of Columbine High School. The teens‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold ‚ headed toward the school. Armed with four guns‚ several knives and dozens of home-made explosives‚ they launched their assault‚ injuring several students and killing two before entering the building. The school shooting that took place on April 20‚ 1999‚ was evidently a very devastating and emotional day‚ but what many fail to comprehend is what
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Pro Death PenaltyBy‚ Valon MelaThe death penalty should be kept as a punishment in our court systems. It should be kept because it helps crime rates drop‚ helps give closure‚ serves justice‚ and more. Even though it gives a great outcome to the system there are people who argue against it. People against say that capital punishment is not rite‚ innocent people get killed‚ and its cruel and unusual punishment; yet none of those facts are proven‚ in fact‚ there is prove against them. Ultimately the
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Some Trade Groups Are More Than Support Groups In The Cannabis Industry Cannabis industry events are no longer just attended by farmers and stoners‚ there are now ITs‚ biologist‚ chemist‚ and other professionals. Marijuana-themed events range from educational to just for fun‚ but when you can combine the two that when you knock it out of the park and one such event for professionals in the industry is The Washington State Summit hosted by The Cannabis Alliance on January 6th‚ a day filled event
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