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importance of global competency and why it should taught especially in schools. The study was conducted by the partnership for 21 st century skills in the United States where voters were asked to give their opinion on what skills they considered to be important and needed to be developed. The research was conducted in the United States and its purpose was to assess the importance of global competency compared to other skills taught in schools. My role in the research was to conduct the survey and tally the

Experienced International Attorney Juan Carlos Benitez A native of Puerto Rico, Juan Carlos Benitez earned his bachelor of arts in judicial systems from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in Santurce and a juris doctor from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law in Hato Rey. He is an active member of the Puerto Rico Bar and is licensed to practice before a number of United States courts including the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and the Supreme Court of the US. Juan Carlos Benitez

International Women's Day International Women's Day is a day that is celebrating the social, and achievements that struggle for equality also for the political rights of women that have to fight to have the rights to vote. The women were going to struggle for the equality that belongs to no single person or anyone to have an organization to be achieving the human rights. In 1910 Clara Zetkin started the holiday called International Women's Day to celebrate the rights for women so they can have

Booker Taliaferro Washington was born to a slave on April 5, 1856. His life had slight promise early on. In Franklin County, Virginia, as in most states previous to the Civil War, when you were a child to a slave, you became a slave. His mother worked as a cook for plantation owner James Burroughs. His father was an unknown white man, probably from a nearby plantation. He and his mother lived in a one-room log cabin with a large fireplace. Their small home also served as a kitchen. When Booker

George Washington was the father of the United States of America. He created our country from the beginning. Not only was he a great leader, but he was also a great commander. He helped us win the Revolutionary War, which gave our country independence. We finally became free, and that’s the greatest thing in America. The fact that he motivated regular people to fight a huge army is amazing. In 1732, George Washington was born on his father's plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father

Booker T. Washington and Education Throughout the life of Booker T. Washington expressed in his autobiography, Up From Slavery, one element has remained the same through his influences, education, public speaking, and teaching of others. This is the fact that one cannot succeed solely on a “book” education, but must accompany this with that of an “industrial” education as well. He believed that with this type of education, the black man could provide necessary services not only for himself, but

Booker T. Washington “Up From Slavery'; inspired readers across the nation. People of this time had realized that they could no longer expect support from the federal government, in their struggle for dignity and opportunity in the south, so many blacks concluded that self-reliance, self-help, and racial solidarity were their last best hopes. So, people saw Booker T. Washington as their champion and adopted his autobiography, up from slavery.      In Franklin County

teacher reads his/her own book to model. New Zealand teachers/researchers Parr and Maguiness suggest that teachers should engage students with texts through student-led conferences instead of modeling reading (Parr & Maguiness 2005). Former secondary school teacher and current Director of Reading at the University of La Verne in California, Janice Pilgreen believes that teacher encouragement in the form of discussions and sharing to be as

It wasn’t long into the school year when my third grade teacher realized that I hardly knew how to read. She would watch as I flipped through the pages of a book, imitating the act of reading. I had adapted my behavior to make it through class without notice, but had not yet figured out how to pass her reading comprehension quizzes. After gently questioning me about it, she sent me to the school counselors to get tested for learning disabilities. As she suspected, the tests came back with multiple