The No Child Left Behind Act has seen the spread of standardized testing and used for the wrong purposes. Schools have been pushed schools to use the standardized tests so learning‚ teacher and school quality can be measured and also determine sanctions based on scores. Not only are sanctions given‚ but also decide whether the student should go through school. The scores of children dictate if they should go to the next grade‚ stay in the same grade‚ or graduate. School systems use the tests as a
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I have to take away how i feel and base my opinion on my morals. I do not think it is humane to use the death penalty as a form of punishment. It goes against what i think of as being morally right. Killing someone to teach people that killing is wrong does not work‚ It’s hypocritical. In the article by Mary E. Williams she makes a very good point. “To this cycle of retributive vengeance there is no end. In the words of Mohandas Gandhi‚ "An eye for an eye makes the whole world
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rehabilitation programs available to child soldiers. Also‚ children of countries‚ who heavily participate in the recruitment of children‚ must live their lives in never-ending paranoia. Because of their paranoia‚ they are fearful of connecting with society. Some child veterans never get over this paranoia and are diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Due to child soldiers
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many governments in world allow abortions to a certain degree‚ millions of people have debated for years whether abortions are morally acceptable or not. It is in the opinion of this author that abortion‚ though a controversial topic is generally wrong and should not be allowed in the vast majority of cases. In the Evangelium Vitae‚ Pope John Paul II believes abortion is a very serious problem and should not be allowed. He states that people should not use euphemisms for abortion‚ but to call it
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Camping Trip Gone Wrong It was our first camping trip together as a family‚ and it was definitely not the fun filled experience we anticipated. After we got all the stuff loaded into the truck we were on our way to Baker Lake. It’s an hour and a half drive and we were planning on a two day stay‚ our plan was to arrive early‚ set up our tent and get settled. We would then familiarize ourselves with the area then go fishing. I couldn’t wait. It started to go wrong when we arrived
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shopping center near Putney Mountain. “They did a good job‚” she said‚ looking at her nails as went to the car. Getting into her car she noticed‚ the gas was low. I had better get some gas before my car stops‚ and I have to call Jim‚ she thought‚ driving down the street‚ until she spotted a station on the opposite corner and pulled into the first pump. Several people were standing around looking toward the cloud-covered mountain. “What’s wrong?” Betty asked the woman at the next pump.
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111 October 27‚ 2012 Assisted Suicide: A Right or a Wrong? Rapid and dramatic developments in medicine and technology have given us the power to save more lives than was ever possible in the past. Medicine has put at our disposal the means to cure or to reduce the suffering of people afflicted with diseases that were once fatal or painful. At the same time‚ however‚ medical technology has given us the power to sustain the lives (or‚ some would say‚ prolong the deaths) of patients whose physical
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Corporate Governance HIH; What Went Wrong? During 2000 at the Institute of Actuaries annual seminar on general insurance‚ two senior actuaries‚ Peter McCarthy and Geoff Trahair‚ presented a paper that rang alarm bells for HIH Insurance. Even though HIH was not mentioned in the paper [entitled “Lack of industry profitability and other stories”] the insurance industry was accused of under pricing policies‚ pressuring actuaries to reduce the projected level of outstanding claims liabilities and
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Six Myths of Product Development This topic details 6 common misconceptions of most product development managers: 1. High utilization of resources will improve performance. 2. Processing work in large batches improves the economics of the development process. 3. Our development plan is great; we just need to stick to it. 4. The sooner the project is started‚ the sooner it will be finished. 5. The more features we put into a product‚ the more customers will like it. 6
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Why pet cloning is wrong When cloning a pet‚ do we think about what it takes and what the consequences are? Some people don’t realize that they are spending thousands of dollars and there is a chance the clone will run away. Cloning is when the DNA of an animal is injected into the egg of a surrogate mother. Pets should not be cloned because there are many stray animals already‚ it’s expensive‚ and it can cause more grief. There are many stray animals already that need adopted and cared for.
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