Monday, April 22, 2013
I am here, as a high school student, to deliver a response to an essay written by Suzy Lee Weiss called To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me in The Wall Street Journal. The main point that Ms. Weiss is trying to make in her editorial is that colleges are hypocritical because they tell students that they should “be themselves,” while in truth they only accept certain students who are of a high level of academic level and who have done extraordinary things while in High School. I personally disagree with her, as I think that when it comes down to it, it is essentially the students fault for not succeeding and not the schools’ fault for not accepting them. I think that the mentality that Ms. Weiss has is what failed her, and not what the colleges told her.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
For as long as there have been schools, teachers have given homework to students for them to complete out of class. However, it is clear that homework, especially when teachers give it in excess, is unnecessary for the students. Recent studies performed by experts at Penn State University as well as the Curry School of Education have pointed to the fact that more homework does not correlate with better grades. In fact, some studies showed that homework is useless because of all the stress it puts on the young students that it is given to.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Social networking is really making us less social. Being social and connected has become dangerous for both mind and body, because people are becoming less and less likely to go out of their way to create social situations where they …
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
As a student with a learning disability, confidence has always been half the battle. It has proven time and time again to be the difference between success and failure. I’ve seen my fair share of both. Most times, this confidence …
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
12th grader Tim Bartolini has developed a self-awareness pertaining to his own individual learning styles, which has allowed him to identify areas of academic strengths and those in needs of further development so he can succeed in college. Accordingly, he …
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Yesterday I was alerted to an op-ed piece in the New York Times by one of my college friends who wrote that it directly aligned with our own academic experiences during our undergraduate years. She stated that I should take …
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
A recent study examining the potency of self-affirmation in addressing the gender gap has shown some startling results that could be easily applied in any classroom. Women are often outperformed by men on test scores in many of the hard …
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This intriguing video was a project of Dr. Michael Wesch and a working group at Kansas State University. It is a compelling message about the educational experiences of contemporary students.
From the website:
“… the basic idea is to …
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I was diagnosed with ADHD and Dyscalculia when I was about six. I’ve always had what felt like a million thoughts bouncing around in my mind, and when I was younger, I had so much trouble organizing my thoughts that …
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Growing up with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder can often be a challenge because I sometimes do not understand things as easily as other people do. I am hoping to get a job at Petco, once I turn eighteen, but I …
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Monday, December 13, 2010
A recent article in the New York Times made mention of a few interesting points about teacher quality. The article reported on a multi-million dollar study funded by the Gates Foundation to determine how accurate students’ impressions of teacher quality …
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The journey that I took to learn how to write was not a normal one. It took me years of trial and error with different teachers and finally a move to a different school before I could ever learn to …
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
“My Life With LD is a short film that depicts the constant struggle for children and teens with learning disabilities. The film encourages viewers to look at life through the eyes of people with learning disabilities and to help people …
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