All data contained in this essay is not completely true.
“Car crash kills 6 people.” This is a natural heading from a local newspaper after a group of teenagers obtain their license. I have heard that you are planning on changing the law that you have to have your high school diploma in order to get your license. I think that the legislative should peruse the new idea and make it a law. There are countless reasons that it should become a law. One, the streets would become safer, two the maturity level is higher when you graduated than when you begin high school, and lastly it motivates teenagers to earn their high school diploma. I think that it is a one of a kind idea, to have teenagers wait till they till they earn their high school diploma to be able to drive.
First off, if the law is changed than the streets will be a lot safer. When you turn sixteen teens have the privilege of earning their license. When teens turn sixteen they are so excited to acquire their license they don’t care how fast they go or any of the other laws for driving that are commonly abused. If you make students wait till they earn their high school they are more likely to be careful, thus the streets will be safer. 80 percent of crashes occur with drivers that have earned their license in the last 6 months. My sister got killed in a crash 3 months after she got her license. When teenagers grow up, their maturity level increases, causing a variety of good consequences.
Secondly, teens are more mature after high school than they are before high school. Experts say that when teens are at the age of 16 they are not mature enough to handle the stress and control of driving. Those teenagers that wait until high school have an 89.56 percent chance of surviving till they are 60. Maturity in the dictionary means you are fully developed and are in perfect condition. If the legislative changes the law, teens will be more mature and they will be more careful. I think that the legislative should make young adults wait till they acquire their high school diploma.
Last but not least, it will give students a beneficial reason to work hard and earn their diploma. If teens can have a good reason to obtain a high school diploma than they will work harder and get exponential grades in high school. Dr. Johnson states that, “If young adult have a good motivation, they are more likely to reach their goals in life.” 90 percent of teens will get their high school diploma if they have some kind of reward to motivate them to reach it. In the past if somebody wants me to work for something, I will get it done a lot faster if I have some kind of reward, or in this scenario you are able to get you high school diploma. Some people might say in controversy that it would make parents have to drive them to school, but if the parents make the kids walk or ride the bus then it won’t cause an issue.
In conclusion, as you can see, there are a lot of reasons why you should make teens wait to drive till they earn their high school diploma. The streets will be a lot safer, teenagers are more mature when they graduate than when they turn 16, and it will give students at high school a good reason, similar to a reward, to get their high school diploma. You should definitely change the law. So what do you think?
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Persuasive Essay
I can't figure out how to keep the paragraphs, sorry.
Pounds of textbooks, binders, and other meaningless school supplies strain down against his shoulders; salty sweat builds up under the black straps of his backpack. He is on his way home to begin his “piles” of homework that has accumulated through his normal school schedule. Fairfield Jr. High is on a regular 7 period Jr. High schedule. The regular schedule consists of 7 periods in a day, the same every day. It has been proposed that Fairfield Jr. High transfer over to the block schedule. The block schedule consists of A/B days, four different classes each day, each day having 90 minute periods. I think that it would be beneficial for Fairfield Jr. High to change over to the block schedule. There are many benefits by changing; first, the block schedule gives students and teachers in the classroom more time for the lesson, second it will decrease the amount of homework given daily, and finally it allows there to be more time to complete homework.
The block schedule has the effect of giving students less homework each night. Theoretically, since a block schedule only has 4 class periods a day, the result would be less homework each night, compared to 7 class periods a day; where it is possible to have 7 periods of homework in one night. Four class periods would assist in remembering what homework has been assigned during school because only four class periods have to be remember instead of seven. In a world where a countless number of students are engaged in a variety of extra-curricular activities, Jr. High students don't have that much time to do their Biology notebook, Web Work, reading, current events, term projects, math, band practice, term writing assignments, and a “bunch” of other assignments that are assigned for home. I think that I speak for all the students when I say that less homework each night is a good thing.
A block schedule can also allow more time to complete daily homework for example, if a class is taken every other day; then the students have the extra day, given in a block schedule, to go into the teacher's classroom and ask questions on problems not understood which could be very beneficial. My sister, who is currently on the block schedule in high school, says that it is very helpful to have classes every other day as it allows her more time to ask her teacher questions. More time for homework also allows for more time to work harder and do a better job. In a study from Dave Vawter, a high school teacher, it was found that a variety of schools around the country have switched to block schedule and after two years they asked the teacher and students if they liked it the response to the switch from the teachers and students was quite favorable. This is an important reason to me why Fairfield Jr. High should switch to the block schedule.
Lastly, block schedules give not only just students, but teachers also, more time in class to accomplish or teach the things that need to be taught or accomplished. Consider a 45 min. class that has just have been given an assignment 5 min. before class ends. In a natural response, students vigorously try to complete the assignment when a problem is reached that they have no idea what to do on it. A student is about to go and ask the teacher for help when the bell rings, leaving the student still without an answer to the question. Robert Lyn Canady, a professor at the University of Virginia said:
"It is hard to fit a hands-on activity into a 45 min class period. With longer class periods it gives students more time for hands on activities and to ask questions to fully understand the assignment”.
In the study by Dave Vawter, a similar result of changing to block schedule was a decrease in the amount of “fails”. It makes sense that the amount of fails decreased as the students who didn't have enough time to understand the assignment didn't do it resulting in a zero for the assignment. With more time in each class period it would give teachers more time to teach a specific concept, or the class can have enough time to do in class projects, thereby decreasing the amount of “fails”.
It is said that teachers would have to undergo training in order to handle the longer classes. Even if teachers might have to go through training, I don't think that there would be much change to teaching a longer class period; one of the things that they could do is combine a two day lesson into one. It is also said that 7th graders aren't mature to handle 90 min classes, but in elementary students have gone a whole day in one class, causing their attention span to lengthen through their years in elementary school. Having a class everyday would allow a student to have more consistent exposure to a subject and allow them to come up with better questions to ask the teacher, thus helping them to gain a higher level of understanding.
I believe that it would be in Fairfield Jr. High's best interest to switch to the block schedule. The block schedule allows less homework each night, which is always a good thing; more time to complete that homework, and last but not least, the teachers would have more time to teach the lesson and allow students to have more time to participate in their class. So what are you going to do about this, I am definitely for the block schedule. I look forward to that day when Fairfield Jr. High will be on the block schedule.
Pounds of textbooks, binders, and other meaningless school supplies strain down against his shoulders; salty sweat builds up under the black straps of his backpack. He is on his way home to begin his “piles” of homework that has accumulated through his normal school schedule. Fairfield Jr. High is on a regular 7 period Jr. High schedule. The regular schedule consists of 7 periods in a day, the same every day. It has been proposed that Fairfield Jr. High transfer over to the block schedule. The block schedule consists of A/B days, four different classes each day, each day having 90 minute periods. I think that it would be beneficial for Fairfield Jr. High to change over to the block schedule. There are many benefits by changing; first, the block schedule gives students and teachers in the classroom more time for the lesson, second it will decrease the amount of homework given daily, and finally it allows there to be more time to complete homework.
The block schedule has the effect of giving students less homework each night. Theoretically, since a block schedule only has 4 class periods a day, the result would be less homework each night, compared to 7 class periods a day; where it is possible to have 7 periods of homework in one night. Four class periods would assist in remembering what homework has been assigned during school because only four class periods have to be remember instead of seven. In a world where a countless number of students are engaged in a variety of extra-curricular activities, Jr. High students don't have that much time to do their Biology notebook, Web Work, reading, current events, term projects, math, band practice, term writing assignments, and a “bunch” of other assignments that are assigned for home. I think that I speak for all the students when I say that less homework each night is a good thing.
A block schedule can also allow more time to complete daily homework for example, if a class is taken every other day; then the students have the extra day, given in a block schedule, to go into the teacher's classroom and ask questions on problems not understood which could be very beneficial. My sister, who is currently on the block schedule in high school, says that it is very helpful to have classes every other day as it allows her more time to ask her teacher questions. More time for homework also allows for more time to work harder and do a better job. In a study from Dave Vawter, a high school teacher, it was found that a variety of schools around the country have switched to block schedule and after two years they asked the teacher and students if they liked it the response to the switch from the teachers and students was quite favorable. This is an important reason to me why Fairfield Jr. High should switch to the block schedule.
Lastly, block schedules give not only just students, but teachers also, more time in class to accomplish or teach the things that need to be taught or accomplished. Consider a 45 min. class that has just have been given an assignment 5 min. before class ends. In a natural response, students vigorously try to complete the assignment when a problem is reached that they have no idea what to do on it. A student is about to go and ask the teacher for help when the bell rings, leaving the student still without an answer to the question. Robert Lyn Canady, a professor at the University of Virginia said:
"It is hard to fit a hands-on activity into a 45 min class period. With longer class periods it gives students more time for hands on activities and to ask questions to fully understand the assignment”.
In the study by Dave Vawter, a similar result of changing to block schedule was a decrease in the amount of “fails”. It makes sense that the amount of fails decreased as the students who didn't have enough time to understand the assignment didn't do it resulting in a zero for the assignment. With more time in each class period it would give teachers more time to teach a specific concept, or the class can have enough time to do in class projects, thereby decreasing the amount of “fails”.
It is said that teachers would have to undergo training in order to handle the longer classes. Even if teachers might have to go through training, I don't think that there would be much change to teaching a longer class period; one of the things that they could do is combine a two day lesson into one. It is also said that 7th graders aren't mature to handle 90 min classes, but in elementary students have gone a whole day in one class, causing their attention span to lengthen through their years in elementary school. Having a class everyday would allow a student to have more consistent exposure to a subject and allow them to come up with better questions to ask the teacher, thus helping them to gain a higher level of understanding.
I believe that it would be in Fairfield Jr. High's best interest to switch to the block schedule. The block schedule allows less homework each night, which is always a good thing; more time to complete that homework, and last but not least, the teachers would have more time to teach the lesson and allow students to have more time to participate in their class. So what are you going to do about this, I am definitely for the block schedule. I look forward to that day when Fairfield Jr. High will be on the block schedule.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
This is a timed persuasive essay
I didn't to too well on this one as you will see after reading.
Do you like choosing classes, instead of people saying you are going to take these classes and deal with it? I don’t think it would be fair to all the students if we discarded all the fun electives just because they cost money. Some of my firm reasons are that I like these electives and have enjoyed them through the years that I have taken them. Second, I think these classes’ help you learn in a fun way. And lastly, they don’t cost too much money. I don’t think that it is a good idea eliminating elective subjects. They are fun classes.
I have liked all the electives that I have taken. The electives are a good for not just learning but it is easier to interact with other people. There are some electives that I don’t like, but there are other kids that like those classes, it wouldn’t be fair if we just took out the ones I didn’t like. Maybe we could make the students pay a small fee to be in the class, which would help the funding and cost.
The electives that are at my school are important because they help me learn not just science or math; they teach you a variety of important skill. What if somebody wanted to be an artist when they grew up or a trumpet player; that could never happen if we threw away all the electives? I have learned so much in my band class and would never be able to perfect my talents in band if they were abolished from the schools classes.
The electives give me something to do besides solve endless math problems, or study about cells. Even though these classes take up a portion of the schools budget, they are fun and worthwhile. You can always find different ways of funding the classes, or you could even cut back on what you buy in the classes. There are always ways to help with finance.
DO NOT eliminate the electives; it is not a good idea. All the kids will hate you if you do, cut back in different areas to have enough money to fund all of the elective classes. I would never want to see the electives leave the class list. They all provide some way of learning that math, science, and other standard classes teach. Keep these things in mind as you decide whether to keep the classes of not, don’t focus on just the money, which has nothing to do with the next generation’s education.
Do you like choosing classes, instead of people saying you are going to take these classes and deal with it? I don’t think it would be fair to all the students if we discarded all the fun electives just because they cost money. Some of my firm reasons are that I like these electives and have enjoyed them through the years that I have taken them. Second, I think these classes’ help you learn in a fun way. And lastly, they don’t cost too much money. I don’t think that it is a good idea eliminating elective subjects. They are fun classes.
I have liked all the electives that I have taken. The electives are a good for not just learning but it is easier to interact with other people. There are some electives that I don’t like, but there are other kids that like those classes, it wouldn’t be fair if we just took out the ones I didn’t like. Maybe we could make the students pay a small fee to be in the class, which would help the funding and cost.
The electives that are at my school are important because they help me learn not just science or math; they teach you a variety of important skill. What if somebody wanted to be an artist when they grew up or a trumpet player; that could never happen if we threw away all the electives? I have learned so much in my band class and would never be able to perfect my talents in band if they were abolished from the schools classes.
The electives give me something to do besides solve endless math problems, or study about cells. Even though these classes take up a portion of the schools budget, they are fun and worthwhile. You can always find different ways of funding the classes, or you could even cut back on what you buy in the classes. There are always ways to help with finance.
DO NOT eliminate the electives; it is not a good idea. All the kids will hate you if you do, cut back in different areas to have enough money to fund all of the elective classes. I would never want to see the electives leave the class list. They all provide some way of learning that math, science, and other standard classes teach. Keep these things in mind as you decide whether to keep the classes of not, don’t focus on just the money, which has nothing to do with the next generation’s education.
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