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questions about me. Eventually, she was convinced that I had ADHD. However, she said that she did not have the capacity to officially diagnose me. I have always done exceptionally well in school,but I do have trouble focusing in class, especially during tests. Therefore, I would not be shocked if I am eventually diagnosed with ADHD. This diagnosis would not be shocking especially because my mother…

could prepare for the Ontario Secondary Literacy Test but after that, I quit since I had a lot of exams/tests coming up after that. When I grow up I want to become a Mental Health Guidance Counselor since I like helping others out and nobody’s alone since I am going through depression recently since my uncle/older brother past away recently. My things to do are reading books, watching my favorite tv show…

of educational material. The premise behind No Child Left Behind was that schools could improve their performance by setting standards and measurable goals. In order to measure progress of students and schools, standardized tests were implemented. While standardized tests can refer to both multiple…

however, the idea is to drug test applicants, random recipients occasionally, and recipients whom are suspected…

a drop in standardized test scores. Pennsylvania has not adopted the common core standards and states that Pennsylvania has seen a decline in standardized test scores since the rigor has increased. “The number of Pennsylvania Students who scored proficient or advanced on state standardized tests in 2014-2015 has fallen precipitously compared with previous years,” (McCory, 2015). Although Pennsylvania has seen a decline in scores, legislatures agree that standardized tests need to follow the…

Many American tax paying citizens believe that the recipients of welfare should be drug tested so they know where their tax dollars are going to be spent. Welfare is defined as the government giving people in need financial support so they can live their everyday life. SNAP is an acronym for the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” which helps low-income families and individuals buy the food they need to provide for themselves and their family. This money gets loaded onto what is called…

Vocabulary Test “Admonish the interlopers who vehemently despair over their plight of…” blasphemy. This confusing, jumbled sentence represents the vocabulary units as a whole , this school year. Although we, students, may understand these words now, their significance in this course is not as understood. Out of the 140 words we have learned this year, there were less than five on the AP exam: “choleric, vicarious, urbane, etc.” and probably just 10 in any form of work relating to this class…

Today, results in higher education is based on the bell curve, where students compete against each another in a rat race to get to the top of the bell curve in order to score good results. The existence of the bell curve means that students can work very hard and still lose to their peers. This competitive education system is detrimental as it discourages students who does worse than their peers. This causes some to turn into unethical ways to achieve good results and also become more selfish…

understanding and so, effort is more important than intelligence. I strongly support the point that grades don’t always indicate either intelligence or effort. A student’s grades are based on passion or skill and some students become flustered under test or exam conditions; consequently many geniuses used to get unsatisfactory grades. Intelligence has been defined in countless ways including one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning,…

Many of us are familiar with the term “Math Anxiety” because we often hear it among students that fear the subject Mathematics. The formal definition of math anxiety as defined by Tobias (1993) is a feeling of nervousness or worriedness that creates tension, therefore preventing someone, usually a student in a college-community setting, to manipulate numbers and solve mathematical problems without panic, paralysis, and mental disorganization. Math anxiety is acknowledged by psychologists around…