Monthly Archives: April 2009

Mother Says Bullies Drove Her Son To Suicide

Carl Hoover, age 11, of Boston  is dead.  Carl was found by his mother Sirdeanerhanging by an extension cord from the third floor landing in his family’s home on Northampton Avenue.  Sirdeaner claims that her son committed suicide after another …

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Ethical Issues for Teachers

Two ethical issues that are increasing issues are academic integrity and teachers putting sexual advances on students. A student that is involved in academic misconduct, an act that improperly affects the evaluation of a student’s academic achievement, is not following …

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Ritzer & McDonaldization

According to Ritzer irrationality of rationality is that “rational systems are unreasonable systems. By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity, the human reason, of the people who work within or are served by them.” Bad comes with

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School Choice/Educational Reform

Key American educational issues in the Center for Education Reform include charter connection, school choice, the curriculum and grading schools. One educational issue I can relate to is school choice, which means a parent should be able to chose the

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Museums, Alternative Choice During A Financial Crisis

Museums are a great alternative for families and one of the most affordable things to do with the financial status of the country. Prices vary from twelve dollars for adults to even eight dollars for kids. Some of the most

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Death of the Family Pet

My mom got our cat Bandit 17 years ago when she was a kitten. She was a Christmas present from my dad to my mom when we were living in Los Angeles, California. She was a half Calico and half …

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The Octomom’s Team Turns on her

Nadya Suleman has been in the newspaper, on T.V., and radio lately. She is notoriously nicknamed the “Octamom”, since recently giving birth to octuplets. Initially the media celebrated the delivery of the eight newborns. However when it was discovered that …

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SGA Islands of Adventure

Last Friday, April 3rd was UCF’s Islands of Adventure night sponsored by SGA. This is the 6th year SGA has sponsored this event. UCF distributed 12,000 tickets throughout the campuses. The park stays open from 4pm on Friday April 3rd …

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Wild Weather in North Dakota

Now North Dakota may not be involved in the local or national news headlines for most of the year; however, North Dakota did make news headlines for the last couple of weeks due to the wild weather going on. This …

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President Obama and New Media

 The USA Todayreported that last week President Obama answered questions about the budget at a meeting done online. The online building talked about wage benefits for welders, bricklayers and other construction workers. President Obama also talked about social security giving …

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