Immersion or Bilingual Education: Is One Superior? The Problem Nationwide, about 3.5 million public school students do not know English well enough to succeed in a regular classroom. In the early twentieth century, such children would have been expected to learn English without much spe...

In Paulo Freire's essay "The Banking Concept of Education," he stresses the importance of problem-posing education rather than banking education. Problem-posing education is a structure of teaching and learning, where both teachers and students learn from each other through interactio...

The epic journey of mr.antonio It all started back when I was a little tike, very long ago when myself, Antonio Vincent Lewington was a mere child. Over the years I have developed from a carefree bottle guzzling toddler to a free thinking...

Since entering this journey of reading and writing, I find myself in an empty world of language. My lack of experience in reading and writing has caused me great fear in many of my English classes. It is the only vulnerable area in my otherwise indomitable academic shield. I don't really enjoy ...

Self-esteem refers to one's feelings of high or low self-worth. It is the global evaluative dimension of the self. For example, adolescents feel good about themselves. Self-concept is all out thoughts and feelings about ourselves. It is the specific evaluations of the self, such ...

I will never forget my first experience with "academic dishonesty." It was my junior year of high school and my chemistry teacher was not too adequate, to say the least. He gave his lectures in inhuman speeds and still expected us to understand every pearl of wisdom that came out of his mouth! Go...

Empahsizing Achievement In all schools alike, there is an emphasis placed on student leadership, success, and achievement. Children are repeatedly told from elementary school through college, that with hard work and dedication anything is possible and they have the potential for greatness. This no...

Commercialism in School: Corporate America is running our schools For years now, we have been subject to commercials at home and on the Internet. For the most part, we just ignore them. All of the commercials and advertisements are nothing more than a minor annoyance. We see them so often we do...

The editorial "No Child Left Behind," which appeared in the January 24th, 2005 Edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, clearly brings up important issues that need to be addressed with the current No Child Left Behind law before shifting gears to other areas of students coupled ...

In her book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Maya Angelou describes one sunny afternoon when a couple from Little Rock visited her family's small store operated by her Uncle Willy who is physically disabled. Angelou was startled to realize that for the only time in her life she was witnessing he...