Posted in School and Schooling on Apr 27th, 2011 Comments Off on School & Schooling
The education system in United States is not a good system. There are many new teachers coming to school, and sometime they don’t have enough educational skills, and they don’t really care about their student. For instance, I have one student in an after school program told me that his daily teacher in school was […]
Posted in Extra Credit on Apr 27th, 2011 Comments Off on Language
It is amazing that at the age of two most children can say about a 100 words, but about six months later their capacity to speak not only doubles but triples to a vocabulary of 300 words. My godchild, Hannah, just turned two this month, and speaks English fluently, along with bits and pieces of […]
Posted in Extra Credit on Apr 26th, 2011 Comments Off on Experience with children
When I was in high school, I was a volunteer in an after school program, because I need to have 100 volunteer hours for a class. Therefore, when I went to the program, I was helping students to finish their homework and their needs. However, I didn’t think about myself as a teacher, because I […]
Posted in Extra Credit on Apr 25th, 2011 Comments Off on Volunteer Experience
Since I joined my sorority Kappa Phi Alpha, I participated in many volunteering experiences from Autism Speaks, soup kitchens, etc. But I have to say so far the most rewarding volunteering experience was working with children in an elementary school. During my senior year in high school I had an interesting class which was Community […]
Posted in Extra Credit on Apr 15th, 2011 Comments Off on Autism.
After watching the short clip on Autism during class, I was very compelled and interested in learning more about what this was about. It was word I was familiar with, but I wasn’t completely aware of it. I have learned that there are many symptoms that a child develops at the age of just three […]
Posted in Extra Credit on Apr 15th, 2011 Comments Off on My experience with children.
I have always wanted to pursue a career in the field of children and teaching. Children are my passion and I love to see children as they learn, grow and develop. All my life I had many encounters with children of all different ages. My first job actually was at a after school where I […]
Posted in School and Schooling on Apr 13th, 2011 Comments Off on shortcomings on school education
There are many shortcomings in problems in education these days. Both at home and in the school environment, there are aspects that should be improved in order to provide better educations for children. Both parents and teachers do not fully take on their responsibility for each individual child. Schooling does not just take place in […]
Posted in School and Schooling on Apr 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Shortcomings in the United States Education System
The education system in the United States may be regarded as one of the best in the world, but it is far from perfect. There is a plethora of shortcomings in the country’s elementary and secondary education. These shortcomings include, but are not limited to, inadequate education, low quality teachers, and mediocre teaching methods. Until […]
Posted in School and Schooling on Apr 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Shortcomings Found in the Education System
When it comes to the shortcomings of schooling where does one begin? I’m not sure if anyone heard of the school Beach Channel High School but from first hand I can tell you that education goes further than just looking at students as a group. They don’t fail to understand that just because they don’t […]
Posted in School and Schooling on Apr 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Education in America
In the world that we live in today we all recognize the importance of education. It can open the door to new opportunities that would not be possible without the knowledge that we learn in school. Today government programs and new laws try to implement change in the school system, but often times these changes […]
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