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    What is Anti-Intellectualism? According to Dictionary.com, Anti-Intellectualism is defined as being hostile toward intellectuals and the modern academic, artistic, social, religious worlds as well as other theories that are associated with them. Although Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize, it is now almost fifty-fives out of date. Not to mention the ideas within the book are seen as suggesting a type of self-defensive justification rather than an

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    Spring Awakening, written by Frank Wedekind and adapted into a musical by Steven Slater and Duncan Sheik, follows the troubles and turmoil of German school children in the 19th century. These children are around 13 to 15 years old, so they are beginning to go through puberty and are experiencing a sexual awakening. Due to the society around them, they know nothing about their own bodies or sexuality. This leads to some major problems such as unwanted pregnancy, abortion, and rape. Though there are

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    vThe Problems With Schooling Schools were made to teach students but after graduating from school student are left with information that is taught to them in a bland way. Because of the bland teaching styles from strict school standards the information is forgotten. Having students read a book and lecturing to students does not engage them it only makes for less participation and failure. It makes the students not want to go to school, but if a change in the school system was to happen students

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    MY PHILOSOPHY OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT I am focused on making my classroom a protected and testing environment and captivating my understudies through the educational module and additionally getting to know them and associating with them one-on-one. I accept that addressing the needs of my understudies is an exceptionally significant piece of my classroom. I need them to be agreeable with alternate understudies, and additionally me, additionally me that there can be genuine dialogs and communications

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    not involved or motivated to provide their students with an education then the education will not happen. Parents have the right to make sure that their child is properly educated and have a right to know what is happening within their child’s school day. The parent has rights to voice opinions over their child’s education as well. Secretary Paige said, “There is no more powerful advocate for children than a parent armed with information and options”. As educators it is our job to communicate

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    respect, I am unable to express my opinion on some topics within the school. Often times it is hard to remember. For example, a teacher might have to teach evolution when they believe in creation. One would have to stay neutral and teach and understand both creation and evolution in order for the students to be well rounded and exposed to every aspect. I find that to be the biggest struggle for myself as an educator. 3. How have schools used labels to define and control minority groups? In the classroom

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    The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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    beginning of what we may call "modern education" took place by the end of the nineteenth century in the then Ottoman provinces of Hijaz and al-Ahsa. In the 1920s a there were some private schools which they began offering non-religious subjects in some of the larger towns. In 1951, a network of secondary schools was set up beginning. Saudi Arabia established the Ministry of Education in 1954 and Prince Fahd Bin AbdulAziz was its first minister. In 1964, it has been established public education for

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    that since it is novel based program, these grades do not follow any basal reader or reading series type of textbooks. The students are the ones who select the books they plan to read during the school year. To select these book, the students complete an interest inventory at the beginning of the school year; then, Mrs. Valencia and the Literature teacher, Mrs. Jacob plan together the activities that they will deliver; however, the students are guided through the process of their book selection and

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    concern, “the percentage of Blacks age 25 and older with a high school diploma or more was 72 percent in the 2000 census, compared to 85.5 percent for Whites” (“Blacks: Education Issues"). Two major issues that are keeping African Americans from success are Special Education Programs and teacher tenures, these systems need to be replaced for African Americans to get a better education. Almost every elementary, middle and high school in the U.S has a program known as the Special Education Program

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    students of the school systems. It hinders students learning abilities by teachers use Google as a personal teacher or becoming complacent as their teaching years go on. The teacher is let go for horrible reasons or is kept on staff due to the long process of firing a teacher for significant reasons. The only way to solve these problems is to get rid of the tenuring process altogether. Tenuring Teachers is a horrible tool to have; it creates more problems than it solves. School systems get stuck

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