... engineering (the major that I choose first semester) was a lot more than I expected. I ended up failing Physics, Calculus and Chemistry! In addition to that, I was subject to separation from < > college. Well, now a decision really had to be made; it was time for me to make a choice. My parents told me to think about other colleges and to think about other things to do instead of college, but I knew that < > was right for me. They often suggested that I go to community college for a semester or two and make sure that I was doing something that I wanted to do. I had attended the community college in my area during my last year in high school to take some ext ...
... needs. The intellectual climate at a private school is more academically oriented than public schools. Private education provides students with a broader education that accepts diversity. Public education, however, does not have as much diversity due to strict public control that tries to avoid offending others. Private schools are considered to be more experimental because they try and accept new ideas faster. The American public generally seems to support private education, according to this position. The second position of chapter three favors public schools. This position feels that private schools are an unnecessary burden and expense to the public. ...
... shoving us back into the fighting line. Standardized testing is their choice of dictation. What do these tests prove? If a student does poorly on these tests,is she a failure? Standardized tests try to inequitably equate every student in America, how can one test justify every student’s wisdom? Life is a race against the clock. Just as a solider waits for his time to strike, the educational system is based solely on the amount of time in the classroom. Teachers don’t have time to teach. Students don’t have time to learn. Administrators don’t have time to solve problems. Just think of all the time squandered preparing for standardized tests, not to m ...
... John Milton wrote his famous Areopagitica to defend freedom of the press" (Tax 154). Last year alone, there were more instances of school censorship than any year since 1982 (Clark 171). The most challenged books deal with the following subjects: sex, feminism, teen rebelliousness, AIDS, homosexuality, the negative African-American experience, and non-Christian viewpoints. The overwhelming majority of book objections come from parents in the community who have no authority on what should be censored and what should not be censored (Clark 54). Deanna Duby, director of educational policy for the American Way, expects censorship to be on the rise in the future. (Solin ...
... every mathematical law that governs the universe. Thus, fractal geometry can be applied to a diverse palette of subjects in life, and science - the physical, the abstract, and the natural. We were all astounded by the sudden revelation that the output of a Very simple, two-line generating formula does not have to be a dry and cold abstraction. When the output was what is now called a fractal, no one called it artificial. Fractals suddenly broadened the realm in which understanding can be based on a plain physical basis. (McGuire, Foreword by Benoit Mandelbrot) A fractal is a geometric shape that is complex and detailed at every level of magnification, as well as se ...
