Reading Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

President Bush and his administration must have felt the need to make changes in the educational system in America., a factor that propelled them to initiate the No Child Left Behind Act. However, they may have been right; their strategies on how to come up with a whole idea somehow proved flawed. What they did not perceive at that moment was that they needed to raise the standards of the schools. Nonetheless, going about it at the expense of a well-rounded education was not the right way of approach. It is an appreciation for President Obama together with Arne Duncan, Secretary of ...

Reading Literature and Writing Argument is a book which was written by Missy James and Allan Merckel. It is a very resourceful text which gives a lot of information to the readers regarding different issues in the society. N this text, the authors use a combination of words and images to help deliver their message to their target audience. As a reader, I would like to commend them for blending visual images with their writings. It helps to create a sense of reality and makes the whole text interesting and lively to follow (Stuart, H., 2004).
In this article, I would like to discuss ...

The article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", by Nicholas Carr, argues that although the Internet has become an avenue for dissemination of information as well as source of myriads of data, it has slowly affected how man processes information. Especially when it comes to reading, the Internet has slowly rewired man's brain to enjoy surfing and scanning online sources such as books, newspapers, and magazines, among others, instead of savoring each word or sentence and focus on the message at hand. Carr cites examples such as Scott Karp who claims he refrained from reading books even though he was a ...

Importance of Reading

Reading may be defined as a complex process of cognitive use of senses like touch and sight on symbols used in representing information to decrypt the encrypted information by the symbols to have meaningful data from the symbols.

Reading is a vital part of learning since it helps in classroom communication enhancing the process of knowledge acquirement in the classroom. Through reading, a learner is able to enhance understanding of already written information in books aiding greatly in the learning process.

The process of reading can be broadly divided into four categories. The first category is scanning and skimming. These two reading ...

" A great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to answer great fundamental questions, demands the most active reading of which you are capable " (Adler 269). These are Adler’s statement in his book, How to Mark a book while stressing on being active while reading a book by writing between the lines. There has been an argument that Adler’s proposition of how to mark a book is irrelevant due to the introduction of new forms of educational media. I completely agree with Adler’s proposition of marking up a book because it helps the reader to understand ...

1301 ENGL

Argumentative Essay

Traditional methods of education, with schools emphasizing reading and writing and a balance of technology and real books, ensure that individual personality and societal relations will not be lost. Technology alone has the ability to take away our human relationships and our sense of self. Yet, technology is necessary in order for humans to continue to grow. Schools, real books and a balance of technology will ensure that modern students socialize, obtain experience with life, and retain the necessary skills of reading and writing. The Disciples belief in the traditional method of education is absolutely the correct ...

DEFINING EDUCATION

Education can be defined in many ways. It has the following context: personal, social, psychological, economic, philosophical, political and educational. From the view point of educationists, education is a lifelong process: from birth to death. Every activity that leads to betterment of an individual or a society is part of education. Education is a broader concept that includes the concepts like knowledge, learning, training, instruction, teaching etc.
Reading can be said to be the most important means of education because the material the reader accesses can perhaps be the authentic source. Researchers in the field of education and learning have explored ...

Education in general and particularly higher education is a matter of concern for everyone in the society. While teachers, educationists, scholars, students and researchers are part of the system of education, parents, politicians and the society as a whole are also stakeholders directly or indirectly. Elementary and high-school education is of a general nature and form a base for higher education. It is higher education that shapes the careers and professions of young aspirants. Higher education gives a direction to life and serves as a transition from adolescence to adulthood. It prepares the youth for earning money. The idea that college education is the preparation ...

Learning is a language based activity, and therefore it calls for a high level of proficiency in vocabulary. It is therefore imperative for students to have an understanding of the words that their teachers or instructors use, otherwise there will be no communication taking place. There are different variations of vocabulary and terminologies used to understand it better. A student, for instance, can engage in contextual analysis in an attempt to decipher the meaning of a word based on the context in which it is found. Expressive vocabulary is more complex since it calls for the speaker to identify a particular meaning for a ...

One of the problems which beset many governments today is corruption. With the era of globalization, countries are finding ways on how to eradicate corruption in order to be globally competitive. Investors will definitely not invest in countries whose governments are known to be corrupt. The question that bugs us now is whether corruption can be eradicated or at least be prevented. This essay hopes to argue that corruption can be prevented and can be removed.
Corruption figures worldwide are horrendous. According to the Tax Justice Network, almost $30 trillion have been embezzled in the last 15 years ...

The following paper highlights the role of words or language in the life of the major character Liesel. The introduction shows that general background of the paper and the overall setting of the novel. Zusak integrates his voice in the novel as he use Liesel to show the difference that word make in the lives of individuals. The paper also compares the way that Hitler uses words to manipulate the German people against how Liesel uses language to ease the burden of the characters she interacts with. In addition, there are the influential factors that play an integral role ...

The assigned readings offer a good material for analyzing and criticizing the points made by the authors. The Empire of Innocence is an article written by Patricia Nelson Limerick, a leading American historian of the American West. The second text is written by Richard Rodrigues, an American writer of Spanish origin, who offers a story of his intellectual development and following it increasing conflict with his parents. In this essay I will critically approach both texts and point out the main issues raised there. My writing choice of critical essay is influenced by the texts given for the assignment but it is ...

The development of Information and Communication Technology brought a huge love to social networks, that began to play an extremely important role in every – day life. With every new day over 100 people become a new members of popular websites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Google. Most of the active Internet users have at least one account on various websites, that were created for the purpose of communication with friends and acquaintances.
Social network is a structure, that includes a lot of people, united according to their interests, preferences, etc. Modern Internet provides us with all possible tools that ...

Essay Outline

Introduction: Over a period of time online education has gained significant popularity due to various advantages offered by online education over physical classroom.
Thesis Statement: experts claim that online education is ineffective in providing efficient learning and healthy learning environment, however, there are strong evidences that confirm online education provides efficient learning and various other benefits.

Discussion:

Opponents claim that online education is low in quality
Online education is flexible and accommodate various leaning styles that help in delivering effective learning.
Online education provides opportunity to explore and encourage extra rehearsal time that ensure efficient learning.
Online courses ...

The US at one time was considered as the education leader of the world. In fact, the nation was regarded as a pioneer in making higher education for the masses. Even today, if education expenditure is to be considered, America out-spends most other nations that constitute the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Statistics presented by the OECD in 2013 show that America spent over $10000 per student at the elementary and high school levels. With the additional costs of vocational training or college education for each student, the total amount went up to $15000 per student. In comparison, ...

The average student in the American education system goes through thirteen years of education. Four of the thirteen years are spent in high school where the student ought to learn essential skills to apply thereafter. When a student joins high school, they are expected to know basic reading skills and writing skills. However, not every student acquires such learning. Also, the high school education system fails to prepare the students for life after school. For this reason, various discussion and debates have been held across the state (Stuart, 45).
With a focus on the objective of the American curriculum, the ...

We Live in a Multimodal World

In an ever more polluted world, carbon tax is becoming an increasingly important topic in environmental policy. Using multimodality as a teaching method eases the learning process of complex subjects, such as carbon tax. Arguing that the video “How Does Carbon Pricing Work?” is a great example of a multimodal communication tool, which teachers should use in an economics classroom. Today’s highly digital world demands that teachers apply multiple modalities, such as videos, to explain traditional concepts and appeal to the twenty-first century mind. Straightforward while backing the multimodal approach in classrooms, Takayoshi and Selfe offer five key points supporting courses ...

In an effort to improve the education of American schoolchildren from kindergarten through 12th grade, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were released by the Council of Chief State Schools Officers and the National Governors Association in 2010 (Applebee, 2013); 43 of 50 states adopted them by 2013 (Conley, 2014). Attempts at voluntary national standards began with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 and over the next six years, a project in English language arts lost its funding after two weeks in 1992 and standards for history were voted down by the Senate in 1995. The ...

Introduction

An individual first begins forming her self-identity based on the characteristics of her immediate family. She has nothing else to refer to except what she knows; that is her immediate family’s ethnic identity, religious/spiritual identity, and socioeconomic identity. As she begins to interact with the world outside her immediate family, the individual begins to notice discrepancies between the identities of her immediate family and those outside of it. An individual can choose to explore and assimilate outside identities, but she remains tied to her first impressions of identity. Margaret Walker’s “Lineage,” Robin D.G. Kelley’s “The People ...

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The theory of Functionalism vs. Class conflict theories of Education: An Introduction
There is a great ongoing debate over the education system in the USA. With the increasing role of the charter schools’ role in the education field, it becomes vital to have good analysis about how successful they are educating the students. As a result of ongoing progress in the contemporary student achievement test and data, it is now possible to analyze student learning in charter schools in comparison to the traditional public schools the students would otherwise have attended.
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There are a number of benefits to implementing a year-round school calendar, particularly through high school. For younger children, the importance of having a year-round calendar comes in their retention of knowledge. A three-month summer break is devastating for most children in terms of recall; teachers must spend most of the beginning of the next year reviewing the information that students were supposed to have learned previously. This wastes time, and puts students whose families did not review any academic concepts with them over the summer at a distinct disadvantage (Scholastic.com). The more this gap widens between children who have reviewed material and ...

Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words

In Art Speigelman’s graphic novel Maus I and II we get many actions illustrated in pictures instead of words. The novel portrays his father holocaust survival story and relationship with Vladeks. The comic book style pages show a powerful message through symbolism and the mimics. The novel begins with generalizing the Jews, the Polish, and the Germans with different animal characters. The Jews as mice, the Germans as cats, and the Polish as pigs. His novel depicts cat and mouse gaming struggles. The Jews were suffering, when were closed in this circle being sent into concentrations camps by the ...

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Sex education is currently a hot topic in the United States of America. This controversial debate is centered on the issue that who should educate pupils about sex-related topics. These topics include relationships, sexual intercourse, contraceptive methods, sexually transmissible diseases (such as AIDS), pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. As far as my opinion is concerned, I believe that sex education must be left up to the parents or adult siblings and schools or teachers should not have the responsibility of providing information to students concerning the sex-related issues.
In my opinion, school is a ...

Literature

Thesis Statement
Thomas Jefferson’s Query XIV Laws is quite different from Phyllis Wheatley’s Poems, in that, while both of them targeted slavery and its abolishment, Jefferson’s views are expressed by a person from the outside, while Phyllis’ views are personal. While Jefferson makes comparisons to show that slavery in America was not as bad, Phyllis makes a direct appeal to abolish slavery.
President of the United States, President Barak Obama, in one of his speeches said that he thought the need of the hour for all Americans, black or white, was to shun their differences and ...

This essay discusses the short story “Sonny’s Blues” – a story of two brothers – Sonny, the principal character, and his (unnamed) brother who narrates the story. As a short story, this one is actually quite long, running to some 27 pages (122-148) in the version sourced from the website of the Southwest Career and Technical Academy (SWCTA). Most critics consider James Baldwin as one of America’s great writers and cite “Sonny’s Blues” as a straightforward account of two brothers, endeavouring to live a right and proper life in an era and environment rich in a climate characterized by “hatred and oppression” (Zimmerman, ...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history is ...

Abstract

Gun control is one of the most important political issues of our time. It has been shown time and time again from unbiased studies that the correlation between gun ownership per capita causes homicide rates by guns to increase. The issue is muddled though because of the powerful gun lobby and a media that lacks in its journalistic coverage on the issue. These factors combine to bring The United States to it’s current political stalemate on the issue.
Since the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced ...

The two leading and opposite views on the effect of the technology revolution on the human mind are from Nicholas Carr and Steven Johnson. While the former claims that the internet has a very dysfunctional effect on human cognition, the latter believes that the evolution of more complex games and technologies has enriched the average human mind. This essay takes a look at both the schools of thought and draws conclusions from the respective arguments made.
Nicholas Carr starts his essay with the observation that his own book reading and long article writing habits have suffered immensely due to lack ...

Introduction

The issue of whether health care for all is a “right” and therefore should be provided free by social services, or whether it really should be considered as a personal responsibility, has recently been the subject of much heated debate. This essay discusses some of the views expressed and opinions offered, and illustrates why perhaps the answer is not as clear cut as proponents of either argument would have us believe. However, the following paragraphs will show that in fact it is really a personal responsibility, even though there should nonetheless – in a democratic society like ours – be a safety net providing basic care ...

Since the advent of the Internet, its use and influence on people has expanded exponentially. Like any emerging technology, the Internet has its detractors, who claim that it is having detrimental effects on the way people think. Though the arguments of detractors are serious, it is equally if not more important to examine the ways that the Internet has a positive impact on the way people think. A positive look at how the Internet has changed the way people think requires considering historical arguments about technology’s effects, examining definitions of intelligence, the availability of information, how the brain is ...

The Relationship of Thinking to SLA

Outline for Question #1 (Summarize and refute 3 arguments that indicate cognition as impeding SLA)

I. Introduction

a. Examples of Non-cognitive learning skills (motivation, self-efficacy, self-regulated learning, and others).
b. Debate of no cognition vs. cognition in SLA
c. Briefly introduce three arguments that oppose thinking

II. First argument: over-analysis
a. “When teaching in an EFL context, speaking practice is the quickest and most effective way to learn a language (Berlitz, as cited in Aubrey, 2009, pp. 35-36).
b. This means that second language learners learn faster when they just go ahead and speak, without thinking ...

Since the advent of the Internet, its use and influence on people has expanded at an exponential rate. Like any emerging technology, the Internet has its detractors, who claim that it is having detrimental effects on the way people think. Though the arguments of detractors are serious, it is just as important if not more so to examine the ways that the Internet has a positive impact on the way people think. A positive look at how the Internet has changed the way people think requires considering historical arguments about technology’s effects, examining definitions of intelligence, the availability of ...

Of all accomplished novels by H.G Wells, The Time Machine most resists a twenty-first century readers’ effort, to pardon Wells from the accusation of being an imperialist. Indeed, it is clear that imperialism is a vital element in H G Wells novels. Wells imbues his texts with colonial and occupation components that require separation between the future and the present and momentary pleasure, particularly those delights associated with the self-centered British conquerors exemplified by The Time Machine’s, The Time Traveler. Wells’ story from a post-modern eye represents an imperial Britain wallowing with forces of technology that it uses to conquer non-suspecting ...

Judith Butler wrote the article “The Values of Difficulty” as a response to the article “Language Crimes: A Lesson in How Not to Write, Courtesy of the Professoriate” written by Denis Dutton. Butler defends her position in her essay and states that academic writers need to use complex terminology in order to express themselves and to shape the meaning in the right way. She believes that there is a connection between the language and the meaning and that a term could be misunderstood if simple language would be used. I agree with Judith Butler because she proves her point ...

Among all kinds of art, maybe only music is able to put the listener into the world of certain period and make him or her not just aware the processes in the piece of music, but feel it and live in its atmosphere. Music is the strongest emotional impulse of life. Every man listens to the most favourite genre or genres. The classical music has the reputation as the highest point in the world of sounds. Though, this attitude puts classical music in a dramatically ignorant place (Sandow 2). In any case, this music is supposed to have not ...

In an effort to create more perfect societies, people have historically relied on conformity and rebellion as tools of human progress. Humans have for centuries been pre-occupied with questions on how to create the best society. The ultimate goal is utopia, a world that grants everybody freedom and happiness. Heroes are often called and expected to emerge when people slide towards a dark path. The reality of the trade offs involved in the creation of better societies are well presented in Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”. ...

There is truly nothing better than curling up in a cozy chair with a snack and a fantastic book. It is easy to get so caught up in parenting, marriage and work that personal time for book exploration is set aside never to be enjoyed. One of the best things for the human soul is to be fed by a nourishing and educationally delicious book. People don’t realize it but they have a set of criteria against which an author’s work can be measured. Ultimately, that criteria determines if it is worthy of time in that cozy chair. Kevin Trudeau’s book ...

There are many forms and styles of writing, ranging from creative writing to technical and academic writing. Despite the type of writing it, requires both talent and acquired skills. While some writers have inherent writing talents and others must put more effort in order to produce quality writing. However, talent alone is not enough; innate talent in writing must be combined with hard work to improve a writer’s skills. Practice is the key to improving one’s writing skills and the writer ought to pick lessons from the mistakes he or she makes in every piece of writing. The ...

Fundamentally, there are three domains or types of learning. These are the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective. The cognitive involves thinking, understanding, and knowing various aspects. On the other hand, affective concerns one’s emotions, interests, appreciation, attitudes, and feeling while the psychomotor involve motor skills. I am more of a cognitive learner as opposed affective or psychomotor.
The process of learning uses three type of learning i.e. auditory, visual, and kinesthetic I prefer visual learning. Visual learning helps me to retain information by seeing either graphs, charts or even reading. In nursing, there are many pictorial representations of processes, ...

Introduction

The recent technological innovation brought many changes in the society over the past century. The twentieth century is a period of technological change; almost everything is not permanent and constantly evolving in order to make the society a better place to live. In the earlier days, man has only known few methods of communication; however, in the modern era, man had already explored the universe bringing forth the latest gadgets to support their needs. In addition, the invention of the World Wide Web is in fact the most helpful tool to search for countless of online information from around the world. ...

Introduction

Learning in high schools and colleges is becoming continually dynamic, with an increased globalization of life before, in and after college becoming more and more salient. This means that there is an augmented educational interaction among people from different parts of the world, and this interaction is enhanced by effective communication, which in turn depends on the language. For this reason, the introduction of foreign language classes in high schools and colleges has become an area attracting societal attention. However, this practice raises varied opinions, with some feeling that the foreign language studies should be mandatorily introduced in these ...

Classic English Literature

Test of Faith in Young Goodman Brown
In the short story "Young Goodman Brown," the author Nathaniel Hawthorne makes use of mystery and suspense in order to grasp the readers’ attention. This story is apparently a parable, bursting as it is filled with symbolism of the obscurity within the hearts of common people. The predominant message that Hawthorne intends to deliver through the story is about the powerlessness of the human race, and in order to convey the same, the author has used numerous literary techniques in an entertaining manner to the readers. The story seem to be predominantly ...

One of the writers whose name is William Faulkner said: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” As he said, past is still going. His quote is similar to the history of art. Throughout art history, we learn and imagine about our past and how people used art to represent their lives on their period. One of the artworks that people used to represent their lives is vase. People used vase both, as art work and as household item. It was used to store water or wine in it or something else. As the time passes ...

Why The Novel “Lord of the Flies” should be taught in college

Civilization has long been under the control of rules and regulations that keep us civil and respectful toward one another. This is guided by laws and rules that were set in place to do exactly that keep people all civilized. When we live by these laws every day it is easy to forget that this is not our nature. Most people are not naturally civilized and you only truly see their colors when they are provoked. The “lord of the flies” is a fictional novel by author William Golding that is based in the middle of a war. It is centralized ...

"Anyone who makes a distinction between education and entertainment does not know the first thing about either one." - attributed to Marshal McLuhan (Felicia. 1)
Technology is a ubiquitous entity, existing and interacting within the daily lives of billions of people globally. Technology is constantly outdoing itself, with new versions of the latest gadget appearing every few months or less. The latest tablet or phone grabs the attention of the public sphere, enrapturing the masses with the latest capabilities and capacities of the hottest device. As a society we are constantly connected to our technology, as it touches most aspects of ...

Video games have become an integral part of our life, taking an important place of the leader among the many ways of the organization of youth recreation. It is especially important thus to understand their influence on people, especially kids. Virtual reality beckons with its limitless possibilities, and computer entertainment industry each year presents gamers more and more new games, from which it is simply impossible to refuse. However, about the dangers of computer games trumpeting all around - and particularly concerned about the issue of violence in video games and computer addiction of parents whose children spend all ...

Ashford University

Introduction and Thesis
There are a number of issues that haunt the education system in the United States, not least of all the role of the state. “Is it a self-evident axiom, that the State should require and compel the education up to a certain standard of every human being who is born its citizen?” (Mill, n.d). The First Amendment gives people the right to freedom, and this cannot be compromised at any cost. Mill, in this article discusses the role of the government in the field of education. The government, he says, can take an active role in education provided ...

Early Modern Fashion

The decorative art of France of the eighteenth century seems to command a lot of attention. The one big reason for this could be the objects that were there then, reward close scrutiny. Their studies by scholars have not only led to the formal appreciation of their former complexity, but also to how they shaped sporadic and social experiences. In her observation, Hellman juxtaposes the decorated interior of eighteenth-century France to the body and motion of a pretty woman. “The vignettes of Dangerous Liaisons suggest that the design of clothes and interiors worked in unison to create an elegant environment of ...

Candidates who wanted to enter Harvard University in the fall of 1869 had a fairly tough entrance exam. There were questions in Latin and Greek grammar; history and geography (focusing on knowledge of ancient Greek and Roma history); mathematics (including finding a cube root without a computer; trigonometry; algebra; and plane geometry) (“Harvard Exam”). If you wanted to gain admission to the university, you needed to show that you knew a lot about these areas; it is fair to say that the difficulty is somewhat similar to what students in Advanced Placement courses are expected to be able to do. However, the focus, ...

English

In this Writing Proficiency Elements (WPE), I did everything I can to follow correctly most, if not all, instructions in order to have a passing grade. I started with a lead-in sentence in my introduction about money and happiness. I only not presented a balanced perspective about the issue that “money doesn’t buy happiness,” but also agreed that “money does keep most of us happy as well.” I cited previous essays, articles or research findings and I also admitted that happiness is a complicated idea, concept and construct. I set an example on how such is the case. I then worked on ...

American anthropologist Edward Bellamy went to a Jewish community center in Venice, California to observe the life of elderly Jewish immigrants who survived through the holocaust. In his book titled Looking Backward, Bellamy recorded various events that occurred in the community. She wrote her own commentaries about these people through the “lens of an outsider.” Analyzing social interactions inside of the community, Bellamy realized how these people confront and overcome the poverty, invisibility, and society’s segregation together in the community. By continuously carrying and modifying their original Jewish traditions, their people have established their own unique culture apart from ...

Introduction

It is natural for human beings to want to perform better and even outsmart their fellows in their society. Each day, people strive to make the best out of life by identifying ways through which they can shape their future. This is mostly done by comparing what was previously done and how one can outsmart such actions. This rolls down to competition, which has been described as part of the human DNA by Catherine G. Latterell in her book ‘remix’. Despite the negatives that have been associated with competition, Catherine takes a different thought towards the topic with case studies ...

Introduction

The journey to find out what is meant by the term “literature” is a long journey that is never ending and if the journey is competed the answer does not usually satisfy. Most definitions that have been attempted have in most occasion failed and they also change as time go. As a matter of fact, the only thing that can be said to be certain about literature is that its definition is dynamic. Concepts of what literature are changes with time as well. What, at one period, can be looked at as ordinary, at another period it might be considered to ...

Plagiarism can be loosely defined to imply to the deliberate act or instance of using, reproducing or closely imitating literary works, published thoughts or ideas, in print or otherwise, of other authors without their express or implied authorization or knowledge and passing the same off as your own. It includes the deliberate and intentional exact copying of someone’s work knowing that the same is inappropriate; mistaking another person’s legitimate work for common knowledge; unintentionally forgetting to cite someone’s work whenever used or referred; and intentionally or unintentionally citing someone’s work in a manner that is misleading. ...

For more than a decade, the debate over how to measure American children’s progress in school has raged in the media, among teachers, parents, politicians, and researchers. American educators try to assess the success of teachers’ methods and students’ work through a variety of methods, including standardized testing. They compare students not only to others throughout the nation, but attempt to relate the results to how students all over the world are doing. Since 2002 when President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law, for “the first time in U.S. history, NCLB made federal ...

In the recent past, the education sector has witnessed intensive modification and transformations. The core aim of these changes is to help the sector meet the integrity standards essential in modern dynamic economic demands. The writing by Henry Newman, “The idea of a university” has proved to be of decisive importance in explaining the intellectual manifesto for catholic university both in America and in other parts of the world. The book guides students on how to develop intellectual and rational arguments by explaining to them the significance of responding thoughtfully to arguments and observing excellence in presenting and defending their ...

This article compares two articles, Matt Richtel’s “Hooked on Gadgets and Paying a Mental Price” and Nicholas Carr “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” These articles provide critical information regarding the use of internet and its effects on individuals and the American society in general. Technology has a very strong appeal and educative power but its uncontrolled use also has its shortcomings.
Carr begins by acknowledging the fact that internet provides a lot of information which is an advantage to people willing to learn. This aspect according to Carr is a progression from the few texts that were available in the 1970s and ...

Education is one of the core contributions toward an individual's path for a thriving future. We all know how imperative school is for ourselves and for the younger generations as we all take what we learn to progress as individuals and as a nation. Ironically, despite the awareness on the importance of possessing a good education, we still face a number of flaws in our society's education system that could put a hindrance on a bright future for students. With lack of attention to this subject, our education system is bound to diminish. Such is the dilemma and great concern of Michael Moore, a flourishing American ...

Revelation is a term of multiple interpretations according to the context within which it is used. As far as literary readings are concerned, revelation is a situation drawing readers’ attention and appealing greatly to them, since it is this moment of a story’s plot when tension reaches its peak. It is the moment when the readers witness a truth that had been underlying the lines up to then, having only prepared them for an ‘apocalypses’ through indirect hints, thus leading them to experience in a way the feeling of sharing the hero’s ‘catharsis’. Following Marcus Tullio Cicero’s words that books are ...

The verses narrated Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem as contained in chapter 21 verses 1 to 7 . At the start, it could be vividly depicted that Jesus was travelling from some undisclosed destination and were about to enter the place known then as Bethphage. This particular place was described to be strategically located at the Mount of Olives. Upon entry, Jesus was stated to have commanded two of his disciplines to locate a donkey, known by him to be tied and aptly described with a colt. One was actually moved by the revelation since, as foretold, even before the event occurred ...