Did you know that it takes about 1 hour for 3 people to scrape gum in 1 classroom? Well, there are 3 reasons this gum policy: costly gum removal, parents complain about gum on their children’s shoes, clothes, and hair and the parents are not happy about the cleaning bills. There was a questionnaire given to one class in grades 5-8 and 3 of the questions were: how often do you chew gum at school, how do you discard your used gum, and why do you think students put gum under chairs and desks? Do I agree with this ban? No, I don’t agree with this policy because there was never a time when gum was allowed at school so the ban is based on guesswork. The guesswork was that if gum was allowed, kids would put it on desks and chairs.
The way we started to investigate this problem was to distribute a type of census to one class in every grade, from 5th grade to 8th grade. One of the queries was “How do you discard your used gum?” The options were: in the trash, on a chair, on a desk, on someone else, in a textbook, or in a napkin. In 5th grade 84% said in the trash, 5% said on a...
In the introduction, the author has done a good job engaging the audience with emotions, and painting a vivid scene of the seals being slaughtered. This essay does a good job of acknowledging the other point of views. This essay also has a good, clear sense of structure. The author has a strong thesis statement, that gave a clear indication of what the following paragraphs are about.
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
Many students who are enrolled in FFA are already heading in the right direction to a bright future. FFA has many career benefits within the program. Any of the career development events (CDE’s) have something that will tie to a career in agriculture or to a career of other sorts. According to the National FFA Organization, “FFA members embrace concepts taught in agricultural science classrooms nationwide, build valuable skills through hands-on experiential learning and each year demonstrate their proficiency in competitions based on real-world agricultural skills”(“Statistics”). There are so many careers that tie into FFA, and many of them have to do with agriculture. Not every career that has to do with agriculture is about farming. There are so many different aspects of the agriculture industry that many people never think twice about. Most people are not interested in agriculture because they think it is just about farming or
In America, knives, forks, and spoons are necessary tools people have in order to function properly everyday. Without cutlery, people would continue to eat with their dirty, bacteria covered hands, slurping and licking their way through their meals. People would drink bowls of hot soup, maul steak like a feral dog stealing his first bone in weeks, and scoop large chunks of ice cream with frostbitten fingers. Like most individuals in the world, I never put too much thought into how important a spoon was until I needed it. I especially did not care where my family’s flatware came from or how they were created, as long as it was in the cabinet when I wanted to grab a quick bite to eat. Unfortunately, no one cares about a spoon, a fork, or
While both black and white people fought over segregation versus desegregation, black people defended their freedom and civil rights while white people focused on isolating black people and treating them as under classed.
Every day, more and more attempts of banning books and taking away the rights of our First Amendment get violated. The challenging of a book is the attempt to remove or restrict materials, and the banning is the removal of these materials. I believe that books should not be banned for these reasons.
What makes a good person good? According to WikiHow, "We should learn to define our own morals ourselves. One of the simplest ways to do so is to love others, and treat them as you would like to be treated. Try to think of others before yourself. Even doing small things daily will greatly enrich and improve your life, and the lives of others around you." This quote shows us what we need to do in order to be what society thinks as, “good". In order to be a good person, you have to do good and moral things in your society consistently. However people might think that by doing one good thing once in a while will automatically make you a “good person”, but in reality it doesn’t.
Why do you think gum should be chewed in school ? Reasons why i think gum should be chewed in class is because it can help students in class. Gum can improve student's memory and help them concentrate more.Why gum should be allowed to chew in school/classes.
The definition of grit is simple; it means being passionate about long term goals, and showing stamina to pursue them, but should students in public schools have a class dedicated to a grit-focused curriculum? This has become a major topic of discussion among teachers and mentors. Angela Duckworth, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, claims grit is not a fixed quality but one that can be developed. Many disagree with her statement. Grit is something everyone all have within themselves, but some just do not utilize this characteristic as often or as well as others. Grit is a puzzling concept. Duckworth has had an obsession with grit for over a decade. Her obsession started when she visited West Point,
Smack, smack, POP! “Put that gum away!” the teacher screamed. That is not what should be happening in schools. In many schools you will get a detention or get in big trouble for chewing gum in class but isn’t it ironic that colleges allow gum when your elementary, middle, and high schools don’t allow it? Gum is supposed to be helpful and should be allowed in schools because it helps you with your memory, it’s good for helping you pay attention, and it improves your test performance/scores.
One reason why gum should be allowed in school is that it can help students mentally. Studies has shown that chewing gum can combat stress and anxiety because they could reduce stress hormones. Also, it helps students to be more alerted and they also have swifter reaction time. These traits can benefit students when students have to take standardized tests such as the horrendous, nefarious SAT and the daunting, deadly PSSA. So, in order for better performing students
In the world stereotypes and racism are scattered around and hurt many people. Some of the stereotypes people place with Indians deal with storytelling and magic, in which most of those ideas are wrong. Alexie states “Everybody thinks we have magical, spiritual powers” (Alexie), but they really don’t have any of the magical powers people claim they have. Storytelling is also a topic subject to criticism. Storytellers “read” from memories, experiences, and stories that were passed down from generations. Storytelling was also not just about amusing other people, but earning what the storyteller wanted. If they didn’t stand by the fire they wouldn’t eat. Storytelling is actually a job to Native Americans not a spiritual or magical thing. (Big Think)
Chewing gum is a practice with roots that can be traced back thousands of years ago when people chewed on
Politics is one of the most debated topics in the country today. With the wide variety of values present in America, it is bound to be a difficult topic to discuss. I’ve grown up in a family of democrats with religiously republican grandparents. Considering myself an Independent leaning democratic, I can usually calmly talk politics with my family. This year’s election has made any conversation surrounding politics toxic to my family and creates a large argument of one side or the other and no in between.
Rachel NisbetMAC 143 Critical Process PaperThe great thing about our society is that everyone thinks about culture differently, thereis a place for all types of media, interests, and cultures. Things that are popular to me might notbe popular to someone else. Culture values and ideals are spread throughout mass media tolarge populations through songs, television shows, newspapers, the internet, and other mediaoutlets. I would argue that the media products presented at the bottom half of the Skyscrapermodel give our society cultural value. To me the products at the top of the skyscraper givemore of a cultural value than the products at the bottom, but the products at the bottom arestill an important part of our culture. Just because they are