Kay’s experience in this class was challenging and different in so many ways. She love it because growing up she always hated english classes and never had good grades in them because, all her past classes did the same thing. What she hated most was the test where you were ask to state your opinion about something and got a bad grade for her opinion. She was taught that the other side is never wrong, they just have a different point of view. Asking her to state her opinion and telling her that her opinion on that topic is wrong is something that make absolutely no sense. She like that this class was about the students growing to love writing and see it in a whole new light. The class makes writing fun honestly it’s some she will do from now on (after she gets better at it). The class discussions and little group talked were the best. It was really great how she felt apart of the class during every lecture. She enjoy the debates, she felt in control of her writing. Over all, this class help her communicate better, with others and most importantly herself. For her this class help her open up more writing, now she keeps a little book that she write down her thought which is a great coping mechanism for stress.
The film, Where to Invade Next, was the best film ever. She didn’t really agree with everything in it but it was a great source of information for her. She loved how the class was so involved in the film, and how they were all able to contribute to a great conversation. She enjoy how professor of this class were a part of the class and not just a professor but like one of the student, and the students all felt like they could get the help they needed from him at anytime. Being in this class made her feel like she was part of a whole new family, she felt safe to voice her opinion and ask question, and she wasn’t force to agree with anyone.
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This Blog Post is about the before and after process of my Research Paper and below is a link to my research paper, Reflection Writing, and my process reflection.
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With education being the key to success in modern society it is very important that every child gets the best education available to them despite their family income. School vouchers are the best solution to education set back because it give parents the chance to choose the best education for their child. Parental Choice, and Safe Educational Environment is what school vouchers is all about. Parental Choice, some parents feel the need to give their child the best education that they the parents never had. School vouchers give low-income parents the chance to choose a better school for their kids, and sometimes their only option is Charter School. “The School Choice Journey” Stewart and Wolf (2014. Pg 236) The School Choice Journey differentiates itself from other work on school choice, which is often more concerned with its politics or impact on student achievement. Other studies by Wolf (who is lead evaluator of the OSP) and his colleagues have found that the vouchers had no effect on test scores but a large positive effect on high school graduation and parent satisfaction. (Holland. Pg 205) Safe Educational Environment, There’s no guarantee that students who has been given school vouchers to go to a better school would get the best of education, but it’s safe for there parents of those kids to know and feel that their child is in a better place getting the help they need. School vouchers program helps property sales, “School Vouchers and Home Prices” A naive assessment of these facts might confuse correlation with causation, indicating that voucher programs reduce property values and income levels. However, the fundamental driver of this correlation is relatively obvious. Historically, the tuition voucher program was developed so that relatively rural areas were not burdened by the cost of operating a local public school”. ( Cannon, Danielsen, and Harrison Pg 8 ) In conclusion School vouchers help parents take their child away from poorly funded public school to a better school where they can get a safer and better education, and a place where more money is being spend on education. While every parents wants their child to have the best education there is despite their financial income, school vouchers is not the solution. There has been a lot of debate concerning vouchers programs which give taxpaying families the choice to choose where their tax money go. Using these tax money is a violation of the constitution, therefore school vouchers should not be a thing.
School vouchers effects high-income community, “Community Attachments and Voting for school vouchers” Mathew J. Burbank and Daniel Levin, University of Utah, Theorizing that those owned homes in good school districts would see vouchers as threats to their property value as access to education would no longer be as closely tied to residential location, they found that homeowners in school districts with above-average housing price premiums were less likely to vote for vouchers than homeowners with below-average premiums (Brunner, Sonstelie, and Thayer, 2001:531) (Burbank, and Levin, 1170). All vouchers program doing is taking public school money and bettering private school instead of using that money to help make local public schools better. Most parents who applied for education voucher has their kids in an excellent public school. Vouchers harm public schools systems. In conclusion, “Do We Want to Risk the Consequences” People who favor vouchers claims that they will improve education. But if we try vouchers and these people are wrong, the results could be disastrous. ( Shanker Pg 1 ). Even though vouchers programs shows some important values, it is still a little too much to entirely trust it. Instead taxpayers money should go to improving our public schools system making it safer and better for everyone, especially those kids who need the extra help. Kadiatu Sillah
Professor Sabatino Mangini English 100 School Vouchers 29 April 2018 Effects of Vouchers Programs While every parent wants their child to have the best education there is despite their financial income, schools vouchers are not there best solution. Education today is very important to the government and for our youth and many cities across the country has accepted schools vouchers in an attempt to improve the education of children that comes from low-income families. School vouchers are great for education but it causes so much problems in society and should not be taking lightly. In where to invade next, Michael Moore talks about how good public schools were in Finland also with their good public schools, privates schools were not needed because everybody send their kids to those public schools. School vouchers are violation of constitution, where they’re taking taxpayer money from public schools and using it as vouchers for private schools leaving those public schools with no other option but to close their doors for good. School vouchers should be use to better public school not to make private schools better. I previously asked a friend what they knew about school vouchers violating the constitution and they told me this, “The constitution set up government, they says what the government can and cannot do” so using the Pennsylvania constitution as an example which states that taxpayer money that was raised for public schools education cannot be used to support religious schools,therefore lawmaker must acknowledge this while they are trying to create school vouchers. School vouchers effects high-income community, “Community Attachments and Voting for school vouchers” Matthew J. Burbank and Daniel Levin, (Brunner, Sonstelie, and Thayer, 2001:531) theorize that “those owned homes in good school districts would see vouchers as threats to their property value as access to education would no longer be as closely tied to residential location, they found that homeowners in school districts with above-average housing price premiums were less likely to vote for vouchers than homeowners with below-average premiums”. (Pg 1170). Most home-buyer tend to buy a home in a community where there are good schools and they feel their kids would be safe, these above-average homeowner made profits selling their home, but if the buyer realize that he or she’s family don’t have to live in an expensive community for their child to get a better and safer education the seller of these properties would have trouble selling their home. School vouchers are bad for real estate business but to some level and in some cities they actually do some good taking vermont’s school choice voucher system as an example, “School Vouchers and Home Prices” concluded that “Educational choice opportunities (in this case school vouchers) increase residential housing values in vermont. The voucher programs are more valuable (as measured by property values) when there are a larger number of alternative school choices available. The statement could be rearticulated accordingly: the absence of vouchers (and viable alternative schools where those vouchers can be used) depresses property values” (Cannon, Danielsen, and Harrison, Pg 14). Giving school vouchers to low-income families is great for the kids and their parents but bad for business and even more terrible for private schools, rich families buys expensive home in community with other rich people so their kids can be among their own kind, and they want their child to have everything that was pay for by the parents without it being distributed to less fortunate families. Most private schools runs on donations from rich families because of their top notch teachers and good grade-average kids and their high reputation , therefore taking in a kid from a low-average public school set their standard back and could be bad for investments and ruined their school reputation. School vouchers also have some ethnicity impacts, “Community Attachment and Voting for School Vouchers” “The impact of the ethnicity variables produced surprisingly strong effects. Higher percentages of latino and indian residents are, as expected with higher levels of voting for school vouchers after controlling for partisanship and other factors. More surprising is that change in the latino population is negatively associated with voting for vouchers even though higher proportions of latinos are positively associated with voting for school vouchers”(Levin Pg 1175). Some research on vouchers programs in louisiana and indiana has found that public school students that receive vouchers to attend private schools scored lower compared to students who did not attend private schools, Vouchers improves the competition between students and helps parents choose the education that they think is the right fit for their child, but it does not determined how well the student scores in these private schools. “How has the Louisiana Scholarship program affected students” “The test scores of students who used vouchers to enter a louisiana private school dropped significantly compared to their peers who remained in public schools. The researchers also found that the increased competition led to slightly improved test scores in surrounding public schools and decreased segregation overall in louisiana schools” (Prothero Pg 2). According to Matthew Mcknight “False Choice” article on how vouchers program might harm minority students, he stated that for decades, policy wonks, lawmakers, and educators have wrestled with the phenomenon of the achievement gap in U.S. schools. The answer to the essential question—why does such a racialized gap exist?—has proven elusive. Race itself, poverty, location, lack of stability at home, and bad teachers has each been the culprit du jour at one time or another. In Conclusion, “Vouchers: Do we want to risk the Consequences” “People who favor vouchers claims that they will improve education. But if those same people are wrong about everything, the results could be a great and massive disastrous” (Shanker Pg 1). Even though vouchers shows some quality and effort in giving low-income parents the right to choose where their child gets an education it is still not the best solution to the problem. Government funds and taxpayers money that are funded for public school use should be use to better public schools instead of it being used as vouchers for students to attend private schools. Works Cited Michael Moore “Where to Invade Next” 02, 12, 2016, http://wheretoinvadenext.com Shanker, Albert. “Do We Want to Risk the Consequences?”. New Republic. 11/16/92, Vol. 207 Issue 21, p2-2 1p. Academic Search Premier, url: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu. Burbamk, Mathew J, and Levin, Daniel. “Community Attachment and Voting for School Vouchers.” Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell). Dec2015, Vol. 96 Issue 5 p 1169-1177. 9p. 1 Chart. Academic Search Premier, doi: 10.1111/ssqu. 12225. Cannon, Susanne E, Danielsen, Bartley R, and Harrison, David M. “School Vouchers and Home Prices: Premiums in School Districts Lacking Public Schools. Journal of Housing Research. 2015, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-20. 20p. Academic Search Premier, url: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu. Prothero, Ariana. “How Has Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students?”. Education Week. 3/9/2016, Vol. 35 Issue 23, p5-5. 1/9p. Academic Search Premier, url: http/web.a.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu. Ulrich Boser, Meg Benner, and Erin Roth Posted on March 20, 2018, 10:03 am https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/03/20/446699/highly-negative-impacts-vouchers/ False Choice, By Matthew, Mcknight, April 15, 2011, How private Vouchers might harm minority students. https://newrepublic.com/article/86710/school-vouchers-education-republicans My first source is Where to Invade Next
Michael Moore Feb 2016 Where to Invade Next This source give me little information on what my topic is really about, but it give me examples that relates to my argument. Education is very important in every country, and every family wants their child to have the best education there is. Education is expensive but it doesn't have to be, and that's why I think that the American Government should eliminate school Vouchers system throughout the states. This source talks about Education and good public schools but it is not a great source for my paper, but I think that the information from this source will help my argument in some way. My Second source is Do we want to Risk the Consequences? Shanker, Albert. “Do We Want to Risk the Consequences?”. New Republic. 11/16/92, Vol. 207 Issue 21, p2-2 1p. Academic Search Premier, url: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu. This source talks about the consequences and the risk with school vouchers. This article focuses on School Vouchers and how it will affect our community and our public schools systems. People who favor Vouchers claim that it improve education, and I think it does but it is not the best way to go. I can use the information from this article to back why I think School Vouchers are not the best solution educational problems. My third source is School Vouchers and Home Prices. Cannon, Susanne E, Danielsen, Bartley R, and Harrison, David M. “School Vouchers and Home Prices: Premiums in School Districts Lacking Public Schools. Journal of Housing Research. 2015, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-20. 20p. Academic Search Premier, url: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu. This source talks about how numerous school districts are lacking traditional public schools. The article focuses on residential property values in areas with vouchers as compared to those with assigned schools. The text focuses on both positive and negative of vouchers on home values. This source will help support my claim and disagree with my claim, which is what I really need. My fourth source is Community Attachment and Voting for School Vouchers. Burbamk, Matthew J, and Levin, Daniel. “Community Attachment and Voting for School Vouchers.” Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell). Dec2015, Vol. 96 Issue 5 p 1169-1177. 9p. 1 Chart. Academic Search Premier, doi: 10.1111/ssqu. 12225. This source focuses on analysis of public support for school voucher programs has focused on economic self-interest and has paid little attention to the role of community. They test community attachment model using data from a 2007 Utah referendum on school vouchers combined with demographic data. This article will help give my article more credibility, because it talks about a specific state. My fifth source is The Highly Negative Impacts of Vouchers Ulrich Boser, Meg Benner, and Erin Roth Posted on March 20, 2018, 10:03 am https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/03/20/446699/highly-negative-impacts-vouchers/ How bad are school vouchers for students? Most people including me, thinks it is the good for low-income family, but after some careful research, I realized that it has a lot of negative impact. According to this source the use of school vouchers—which provide families with public dollars to spend on private schools—is equivalent to missing out on more than one-third of a year of classroom learning. In other words, this analysis found that the overall effect of the D.C. voucher program on students is the same as missing 68 days of school. My sixth source is False Choice False Choice, By Matthew, Mcknight, April 15, 2011, How private Vouchers might harm minority students. https://newrepublic.com/article/86710/school-vouchers-education-republicans This source talks about how the voucher system affect minority students. This article talks about Race itself, poverty, location, lack of stability at home, and bad teachers has each been the culprit du jour at one time or another. This article will help my paper by giving me more evidence to support my claim. This blog post is an argument of Where to Invade Next. It is a documentary film by Michael Moore. And here is a link to my blog post #9. Where To Invade Next
The film Where to Invade Next is a documentary directed by Michael Moore. Summary In the documentary, Where to Invade next, Michael Moore talks about him visiting the pentagon and getting the go ahead to “invade” a series of countries. During the documentary Moore confronts some of the most important issues we’re are facing in America and find solutions in some of the least expected places. From education, Cafeteria food to sex ed, Moore looks at how Italian employers value their workers. Through his travels, we learn just how different America is from the rest of the world, and how American employers values money and power. Moore focuses on two very important things in his film, Women’s Empowerment and People (meaning workers) Power in society. Rhetorical Analysis
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) is a short story told entirely in dialogue. It is about a conversation between two lovers in a bar waiting for a train. The woman started to talk about a hill in the distanced that she claims looks like a white elephant, and that sparks an argument between the couple. Their conversation got a lot tense from there on. Write a 200-word argument that responds to these questions: Does she stay in her relationship with the man? I think the thought of staying or leaving is difficult because she's in love with him. She wants to be happy and staying with him was her way of staying happy. Even though she tries to change the conversation about her having an abortion, with talking about the writing on the wall and the hills she claims looks like white elephants, the man still kept presuming her that having an abortion was the best thing to do. He convinces her that they would be so happy if she did the operation. He also told that it was an easy one, and that he would marry her either way but still emphasize on the fact of getting rid of the pregnancy. So I think she does stay in that relationship because she has been convinced that she would be happier with him, and that their happiness was all that matter. Write a 200-word narrative that illustrates a response to this question: When have you made a important choice to stay in a relationship or leave a relationship -- OR -- stay or leave a difficult situation? I encourage you to write a scene that shows the moment. Consider using dialogue.
In What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang) writes about a time her family lied to her grandmother. Lulu Wang talk about how lies can be good depending on the situation, lying is a horrible choice but sometimes it is the right thing to do. Lulu Wang also talks about how hard it got for her. Write a 200-word argument that responds to this question: Did you agree with the family's choice to deceive Wang's grandmother? |
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