Standardized testing is a terrible thing that is forced on students. These tests are‚ no doubt‚ a big part of life‚ you have to take one if you want to even consider college. There are multiple reasons why this is not the best way to measure aptitude in students. These standardized tests do not account for factors such as poor test takers‚ the stress they cause‚ and external factors that may be affecting the student. Really smart students have the ability to fail standardized testing‚ simply because
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They say a real cowboy is the man taking care of his cattle and horses at 3 in the morning and in the freezing cold‚ before anything else. That saying pretty much says everything about my life. I may not be the kind of cowboy you expect‚ because I don’t have a horse. I do know how to lasso and I know my way around a cow just like a cowboy out west would. But the ways I’ve grown up doing have changed me into the man I am today. Since I was little I’ve been out around the cows. Some of my earliest
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The comparison of the two‚ prenatal screening and genetic testing is that they both can be tested while the baby is still in the womb. The contraction of the two is prenatal screening is also used by an ultrasound to view images of the fetus inside the mother’s wound. Genetic testing consists of a needle inserted through the mother’s abdomen and her uterus‚ into the amniotic sac collecting fluid from
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The hypothesis for the Oil Absorbency Lab was rejected. My hypothesis was that if a person puts a sponge in materials “crude oil”‚ then it will absorb the most amount of oil. The data collected from this experiment rejected the hypothesis because it stated that the sponge would absorb the most oil‚ but the sponge did not absorb more oil than the rag. The rag and sponge’s ranges were for the first trial was 53.0g‚ the second trial was 51.0g‚ and the third trial was 46.0g and the rag. The rag and
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An estate tax is a charge upon the decedent’s estate‚ regardless of how it is disbursed. Taxes imposed upon death provide incentive to transfer assets before death. This is because under the current tax laws it is cheaper. Although it is a unified system because the gift tax is tax exclusive which means you do not have to pay a tax on the tax it is less costly then on an estate tax which is tax inclusive. The best strategy is to utilize a taxpayers annual exclusion which is currently $10‚000
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the purpose of serving animals and animals to serve humans. One of the questions facing society today is whether animals should be used in scientific experimentation. For many centuries people have experimented on animals. There are two main reasons for doing this: first‚ to find out
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The Real Monster is Us Have you ever been in a situation where you are tired‚ but you need to stay awake? Many people in this situation usually grab a can of Monster or maybe a Red Bull to keep them going. However‚ many people-a good majority are parents- say there are "dangerous side effects from consuming too many energy drinks at one time’’ (Caffeine Informer). One study showed that between 2009 and 2011 there were 4854 calls to poison control centers involving energy drinks and 51% of these
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Animal Testing Essay Ellen DeGeneres said “ If you want to test cosmetics‚ why do it on some poor animal who hasn’t done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So‚ rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit’s eyes‚ they should throw it in Charles Manson’s eyes and ask him if it hurts”. Animal testing is the worst thing you can do to an animal. We use animals as pets‚ companions‚ and best friends. Animals are even used to test products such
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article Are Ghost Real‚ it states “ghost hunters use high tech scientific equipment such as infrared cameras‚ and sensitive microphones. Yet none of this equipment has ever shown to actually detect ghosts.” In many cases‚ some shows have admitted to be creating the sounds and to be faking the whole show! The information shown to us by the so called ghost detector devices are irrelevant because other reliable people aren’t there to certify that the ghost data from the devices are real.
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8. SOCIAL SCIENCE Code No. 087 Class-IX Summative Assessment- II March - 2012 Design of Question paper TIME : 3 Hrs 1. WEIGHTAGE TO FORM OF QUESTIONS Form of Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. M.C.Qs. Short Answer (S.A.) Long Answer (L.A.) Map Question Total 2. Marks of Each Question 1 3 5 4 Number of Questions 10 12 8 1 31 Total Marks 10 36 40 4 90 MM : 90 UNIT-WISE DIVISION OF QUESTIONS Unit No. (Subject) Marks No. of No. of No. of Map 1 mark 3 marks 5 marks Question Questions Questions Questions Total
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