Although in modern days the ability to write or being able to write has decreased in the sense that technology has taken over the book and pen. It is still being able to write that is important, being able to write with meaning that is...
On March 29, 2014, Michael Thomsen published an article entitled “Gamifying the classroom is a bad idea” which talks about how educational video games are more harmful than they are helpful. The article discussed the issue of video games’ simplification of students’ cognitive performance because...
On average about 25% of Americans experience acute insomnia compared to 65. 6% of college students. According to research a multitude of physical, psychological, and behavioral issues can explain why college students have a larger chance of developing insomnia compared to the average American. College...
This study is on the use of marijuana among college students in correlation with the growing marijuana trend as the substance becomes more widely legal over time. To conduct this study, a 7-question survey was filled out by 61 respondents across various North Carolina universities....
Growing up in Bell Gardens, an urban neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles, I was surrounded by many different cultures. In my neighborhood during the twenty-first century, the streets were bright and filled with music, colorful surroundings and laughing children during the day, and...
Introduction “The conversation concerning sexuality and appropriate sexual behaviour for teens and young adults is not a recent one. When a young person goes through puberty, many questions and curiosities arise surrounding their changing bodies and emotions. Michener (1938), an early researcher interested in school-based...
Collaboration is a complex intervention with multiple components. Public education and humans service professionals share a similar concern for social, mental, and academic problems confronting children and families. Both public schools and human services are being challenged to rethink and redesign their efforts to educate...
Twenty-one weeks into 2018, our country witnessed twenty-three school shootings where a person was either hurt or killed. That total is out to be more than one school shooting a week. Unfortunately, our minds have become conditioned to hearing about school shootings that as a...
Around 130,000 university students drop out each year. The reasons to leave the race are many, but also to resist and reach the goal. It is estimated that 30% of university students leave their career unfinished. These percentages are double that in the rest of...
Introduction The transition from high school to university plays a role in the future of a student’s academic career. According to Carol Mutch (2015) the step includes moving from being a dependent learner to independent learner, from studying in a learning environment with timetables used...
Whether we are conscious of it or not, we all engage with business every day of our lives. Form small transactions in a store to working in a professional environment, the numerous ways that business interact with and shape our lives are fascinating to me....
After eleven years of post-soviet education, I had to adjust to a new paradigm of learning. For the very first time, I was introduced to self-education and independent research, principles which lie at the heart of western thought but were not encouraged by my teachers...
Introduction The normative school calendar has been in use for over 100 years in Canada. Although some rural schools operate on alternative schedules, the common schedule has been largely unchanged for the past century. Some school districts in rural communities have implemented modified calendars, and...
Introduction The United Nation Committee on World Food Security defines food security as a state of having access to all time safe and sufficient dietary to enable people to lead an active and healthy life. This organization has reported that there have been significant impacts...
One of the greatest journeys of your life has just begun. So while you’re taking it all in, allow a fourth-year undergrad to take a trip down memory lane with you.University is a big transition that interferes with every aspect of your life: your relationships,...
Children’s schooling has become the new topic in Australia, pushing aside housing affordability at many household dining and BBQ throughout the nation. Providing a world-leading education for each student is vital to ensure that Australia could be a fair and equitable society. Australia features a...
Academic Writing for a student is said to be the best way to communicate their ideas, views and thoughts about a subject in particular to a faculty or to anaudience if it’s a researcher who is presenting his paperwork. Academic Writing consists of certain features...
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American movie composed, created, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy as youngsters from various high school groups who spend a Saturday in detention with their assistant...
The specific issue that I am interested in focusing on is low income families and poverty in schools. I chose these topics because I believe that the issue is that only some kids in schools have access to new and up-to-date books, but not all...