Learning Essays

In many instances, students cringe when the words “reading” and “school” are said concurrently. Fear immediately arises in most children at the sound of their teacher’s announcement that they will be reading a book in class. There are two main reasons why children dread a reading assignment: knowing that they …

Issues of dieting, fat, and slenderness are hot topics in our culture. Bordo addresses them from a postmodern, but historical, feminist perspective. In this essay, she attempts to explain the appeal of slenderness in our society; and also, how the ideology of normal our society holds can be mentally and …

And The Problem-posing Method? Paulo Freire, a well-renowned leader in literacy studies as well as an advocate of progressive teaching, is against the education system he classifies as the “banking concept of education”. Instead, he supports the idea that education should be a collaborative process in which teachers and students …

When attending a college or university, students can either decide if they would like to live on or off campus. This decision all depends on how far the college or university is located from home. This is a major decision the student must make. Living on campus is a different …

Skills that are required in our day to day activities to derive, analyze, evaluate and use information are currently known as Information Literacy. As the realm of information expands and increases, so does the proficiency of our skills. Information literacy is obsolete. Everyday something new turns up and previous methods …

The first time I ever made a mediocre grade on a test changed my life forever. Before this pathetic test grade I would study for shorter periods of time and slack off more in class. My grades were much lower and my conduct was usually satisfactory. This event was most …

Abstract For the purposes of this observation the child observed will be referred to as Jake. The differences in time spent with Jake by students of the University of Alaska Southeast student housing community were observed and recorded for this study. Jake was observed for increments of two hours daily …

At the window – bored, daydreaming, attracted to something Paraphrase: Stanza 1 – The boy weeps because a snowman stands alone outside and is about to suffer through a harsh night. Stanza 2 – The snowman does not want to go inside and melt, but he feels thankful for the …

‘Every school has two curricula. One is the open curriculum, which we are already familiar with. The other curriculum, the hidden one, often has the greatest impact on an adolescent boy or girl. It is the hidden curriculum that molds self-esteem, aids or hinders confident social development, that helps make …

In the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Conner a hard lesson is learned through the character of a grandmother to a murdered family that pleads to the killer for her life. The grandmother is described by the killer at the end of the story …