’The three-day weekend by law.’ Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And...higher test scores? New research suggests‚ perhaps that the four-day school week not only doesn’t hurt student achievement‚ but seems to help! The four-day school week has some appeal when budgets are tight‚ especially in rural districts where students and teachers may travel a long way to get to school. In America schools in 17 states have four-day
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A Longer Life In today’s society people are living longer‚ healthier lives as compared to the yester years. Now the average lifespan of the everyday American has risen almost 30 years since the 1920’s and continues to rise due to the built up immunities to old diseases‚ widespread education causing more doctors to be in the office‚ technological advances leading to the medical advances we are constantly using today and tomorrow‚ the media output of disease breakouts‚ and the personal knowledge
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Students success can be guaranteed by modifying the length of school periods‚ hence making school hours longer. This will allow students to actually learn the material expected‚ and it will also allow students to have a better comprehension of the material. This will improve student overall grades‚ and guarantee the admission to a good university. Many students would agree that this would improve students understanding of material‚ however‚ many would not approve of this change because of the pressure
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‘The constitution is no longer fit for purpose’ A constitution is a set of rules that seeks to establish the duties‚ powers and functions of the various institutions of government. The constitution creates limited government so the government is checked and restrained therefore providing protection for the individual and their rights. the UK constitution is uncodified‚ which means that it is not all written down in one document therefore entrenched creating a higher law like that of America; it
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Extract 5 Chapter 6-How does Achebe convey loss of cultural identity as a result of colonialism here. No Longer at ease is a novel written in the 1960s by Chinua Achebe originating in Nigeria and it tells a story of an intelligent‚ idealistic man called Obi Okonkwo. Throughout the novel‚ we discover many of his struggles with his split cultural heritage and beliefs as a result of colonialism in Nigeria. Because of this‚ he faces many challenges in his life making him segregated from the rest of
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Bureaucracy is No Longer Appropriate Today Introduction Bureaucracy‚ first proposed by Weber‚ was once considered as the best form of administration‚ coordination and control (Stazyk and Goerdel 2011). It was generally adopted by many large social organizations and gradually became their mode of administration (Adler 1999). During the initial period of bureaucracy‚ it made great contribution to the proper organizing of large social or corporate system through specialization of roles‚ standardization
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A Subjective View of Staff Your Church for Spiritual Growth The title of the first chapter of this book is No Longer the Lone Ranger. I remember watching the Lone Ranger on television when I was younger with my father. The Lone Ranger was a fictional cowboy that alone fought the bad people and rid towns of illegal activity. Traditionally‚ the pastor in many cases was the solo leader of the church. He had mountains of responsibilities during those times‚ but he was able to handle most of the
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forty and fifty years of age. Nowadays many people live to the ripe old age of seventy-seven years or more. Obviously‚ the rapid development of science‚ as well as the improvements in our daily and working life has played a large part in producing longer life spans. There have been many developments in the medical field. New medicines and antibiotics have been produced to treat and prevent diseases. Due to the availability of the flu shot‚ people do not die from influenza anymore. Technological
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For Labor Day weekend my family always does something special. Last year we visited my aunt in California and then this year we went up to the mountains and camp out for the weekend. When we first got up there we had to turn on the water and the power for the cabin and the trailer. After we did that we got everything unloaded and ready for the weekend. We got the heat going and the beds ready while we cleaned and setup the trailer for the stay. After about an hour we went to bed. The next morning
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The reason why women live longer than men is all in the genes Scientists are finally beginning to understand one of life’s enduring mysteries - why women live‚ on average‚ longer than men. The new research describes how mutations to the DNA of the mitochondria can account for differences in the life expectancy of males and females. Mitochondria‚ which exist in almost all animal cells‚ are vital for life because they convert our food into the energy that powers the body. Dr Damian Dowling
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