Education & Knowledge
If there is one thing worth committing to, it's your education. Whether it's doing well in school, reading a new book, or learning a language, taking the time to sharpen your noodle is the wisest investment you can make.
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Community Journal: Education & Knowledge
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GayleFitzmaurice Nov 24, 2020, 12:08 AM"Making this 30 day commitment to write this book in 30 days has been a start I need to take committing to it has given me mental clarity as to what my day-to-day activities need to be and it’s also widening my mind to the potentiality of creating this content can bring to my online business"View my Commitment -
Siyer13 Nov 23, 2020, 11:25 PM"I think this is for Sunday?! But success indeed, woke up early, had a brisk walk for exercise with my friend, hit the library, did my language work."View my Commitment -
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joshmrallen Nov 23, 2020, 11:00 PM"Thanks Ako! The result is amazing! The past 6 months have been astonishing. Thanks to you as well anithnat! I finished the whole section on recursion today (applied to less jobs, but 4 is an ok number for Monday before thanksgiving -- I don't think the recruiters are going to be working a lot this week). I'm posting this now so I can jump right into my Leetcode problem later tonight. "View my Commitment -
Britninja Nov 23, 2020, 10:26 PM"Day 6 of 43: -Duo: Spanisch 2 -Anki: Spanish, Engl, neu: GdI, Maths -:Evernote: check entries for anki - study: GdI Boolesche Algebra, Maths Modulare Arithmetik"View my Commitment -
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chloemayer Nov 23, 2020, 6:50 PM"I'm so excited about this! Just finished writing 4k words; wow!"View my Commitment -
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Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 5:01 PM"I have a far better concentration level today. Within an hour the assignment is nearly done! Only 2 more paintings left to write about."View my Commitment
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aumoore1995 Nov 23, 2020, 4:58 PM"Link to second: https://mailchi.mp/c9f2237d8811/your-powerhouse-push-december-6-2020 "View my Commitment -
Ellyys Nov 23, 2020, 4:27 PM"13 practices. Both in AE and personal. Struggled with both, but I feel even more insecure with the personal because it's hard for me to keep animation consistent. "View my Commitment -
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jjruescas Nov 23, 2020, 4:14 PM"Power Hour is solid. I need to refine my sleep schedule. Besides that, I plan to engineer my habits to lead me into flow (Pavlovian Conditioning)."View my Commitment -
cmcgr0781 Nov 23, 2020, 3:33 PM"(10:06-10:31am) 3 birds one stone. Bird 1- reading completed, bird 2- hourly steps, bird 3- stair climbing—-climbed 16 floors to penthouse, while listening to audio book and reading kindle app on iPad. One stone- one block of 25 minutes of time "View my Commitment -
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carmeny Nov 23, 2020, 2:57 PM"I completed my exercise today. I took a morning walk. My screen time was 2hr and 18 mins. 1hr and 28mins on social media "View my Commitment -
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davidpeterscr Nov 23, 2020, 2:40 PM"I know I’m heading off course a bit, but still reading about small business and entrepreneurship which is what I’m trying to learn about "View my Commitment -
davidpeterscr Nov 23, 2020, 2:39 PM"Rick Knelson recommended $100 startup , it explains a lot of how to begin without a lot of capital, the other I heard about on a podcast,"View my Commitment -
SamStraus Nov 23, 2020, 2:18 PM"35 minutes: push-ups and squats. 25 minutes: running."View my Commitment -
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davidpeterscr Nov 23, 2020, 2:05 PM"I am between two books right now (entrepreneurial leadership) e book and $100 startup book. About 30% done each book and have paused on “good to great” until these are done "View my Commitment -
bcueva Nov 23, 2020, 2:04 PM"I ran up and down the stairs in my dorm today for 15 minutes. I also spent 5 hours on my phone and 3 on social media."View my Commitment -
53-800 Nov 23, 2020, 1:54 PM"Finished my assignments early allowing me to study the next discussion board topic and prepare."View my Commitment
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lexiforringer Nov 23, 2020, 1:15 PM"RICH CLASSROOM CLIMATE: To have a rich classroom is to be filled with meaningful teaching, full of positivity and affirmations that encourage student growth and desire. You create this space as the teacher. As you are the leader of the classroom you stimulate what they environment is filled and motivated by. Creating a rich environment can be key in creating a space where students thrive and are aware that they are receiving nurturing and intentional things that help them. Creating an environment that is rich can help inspire students to be more self-sufficient, develop meaningful relationships, work in a team manner, and also create drive and perseverance. The climate of a classroom can be developed in minutes as students see what and how the teacher is presenting information and morals of the classroom. Students need to understand why they are learning information, what makes it important to them. You should build the gap between what they are learning and why it is useful. This factor can create the rich learning that they need to be successful in the pursuit of knowledge. You should include culturally diverse views of the topic and how it relates to what they know and their cultural views. You should be encouraging students to use their voice to further their understanding. Having meaningful conversations can help the student to see the depth of what they are learning. Often others ask questions that are discussing difficult topics but need to be addressed to fully grasp all cultural aspects of what they are learning. The students need to know that not only are they heard, but they are given answers to the valid questions that they have because their input in the classroom matters. Helping to motivate their voice can help them to set large goals for themselves. They gain confidence and understanding of their capabilities and begin setting goals that are large but achievable because they are given the stimulus that they need to pursue their wants. Students should also be grown by the feeling of safety in all aspects of learning. It has been shown time and time again that students cannot learn when their survival needs are not met, your classroom should be a place where they feel physically safe while also knowing that their feelings are validated and understood rather than criticized and looked down on. You should be encouraging positive rules and reinforcement. Students begin to understand who and what you believe based on how you conduct your classroom and the rules within the classroom so make them positive, relevant, and challenging. I enjoyed greatly how the text gave the example of the class jobs with a name change. They went from simply being a classroom task to being a functioning part that felt needed and was exciting. They must feel a sense of belonging and need. What I plan to use in my classroom is the activity that the text described which was asking students "what do you want to be when you grow up," and "how would they answer this question". This sparks character and personality traits rather than a job that you must fit between the lines to go into. I enjoy the thought process that this provokes and encourages. Students want to develop as humans rather than as a job title. I believe that helping students understand that they hold more than a job title can be useful in developing them as functional members of the community far before they have an occupation. "View my Commitment -
lexiforringer Nov 23, 2020, 12:39 PM"POSITIVITY: You as teacher are the source of motivation to the students. Teachers who create a limiting negative environment can be detrimental to student growth. You set the standard for what is expected in the classroom and by creating a positive and loving space the students know that they are welcomed and wanted. This section focusses on the importance of creating a positive space because often students who grow up in low income families are more likely to be under immense stress and strain being in situations of severe limitation and struggle. Both students from good home backgrounds and those that come from bad situations can be encouraged and driven by a positive force and environment that they are surrounded by. I was greatly impacted by the explanation of the differences of hope and optimism. Hope is student understanding that good things will happen and that they are able to happen whereas optimism is the understanding that you have a role in success and can build the good things that can come from hope. Students must be grown in these areas that often go without being taught from individuals at home. These two can be the difference between a student who is unaware of their abilities to a student who knows that they can help activate the good things that come from hard work towards goals. We should be giving affirmations and words of encouragement to build hope and recognize the hard work that students are putting in and the efforts being given to increase optimism. Positivity has to be modeled as I pointed out before, students must know what this environment looks like in action. They can take part in a service project or help around the school to see what good actions and spreading positivity can look like and the good that can come from it. They can become motivated by creating that safe welcoming space for themselves for others around them. Also the awareness of what the students are grateful for can help in realizing all that you have that makes you happy. Showing gratitude is a great way to build awareness of positive contributions to your life creating a thankful approach that is happy and humble. The goal is to create a consistent and constant happiness that motivates all other aspects of life as they are driven by the pursuit of happiness for themselves. We as educators need to create a place of encouragement and positivity as the students know that not only are they loved but they make us and others around them happy because of all of the things that they contribute just by being themselves. Students can become motivated by the energy that is given to them, when a joyful experience is given they want to grow and continue that and project it to those around them changing their mindset to one of happiness. "View my Commitment
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lexiforringer Nov 23, 2020, 12:12 PM"ACHIEVEMENT: The achievement mindset focusses on our role as educators in motivating our students. Many students lack motivation or drive even at an older age in school. It can be easy and more desirable to throw in the towel and label this child as simply unmotivated and expect little to nothing from them. As the text said these educators could be labeled "stuck," they are unwilling and unable to see the potential that could be right in front of them. Often students who are unmotivated have not been presented with an intriguing or interesting approach to teaching that makes them want to grow their skills or further their understanding. When we see students that are lacking in drive we should attempt another approach or consult with previous teachers to see if the performance in the classroom was similar in the beginning of their time with the student. We can consult to see what changed or what methods worked to crack the shell of the unmotivated child. This would only be helpful if that teacher also took the time to see what made the child feel encouraged and inspired. When students are told that they have the ability to grow what they know and become more knowledgeable they are more likely to succeed than those who believe that knowledge cannot be grown it stays constant. Their mindset fuels growth and allows for progress to be made in ways unimaginable. A great strategy to help students become more motivated and efficient is by setting "SMART" goals. These goals are large and take hard work to achieve. It has been used and proven time and time again that when you write something down you are more likely to do it. When I was a student we would write down goals for the year. These could be as small as to read at a higher level or to score above a certain number on our yearly testing. There is a famous quote that goes somewhere along the lines of "If you believe you can or if you believe you can't, you're right". I am not sure who the quote is by but the first step to believing that you can is writing it down and working until it is met, then starting again with something else. When we say that a goal is met, this should be mastery of the skill or completion. If we simply measured off of doing it one time the skill would not be fully achieved, students should be able to produce the results time and time again to show that they have full understanding of the goal that they have set. Feedback can be very helpful in a student. Often they are unable to see progress towards their goals and can become defeated or discouraged when they are not seeing results. They should work to self reflect to determine progress and also receive feedback from the teacher and peers to continue growing and learning to gain mastery in the area. Help students grow in motivation and grit by staying consistent yet not overpowering to the point where they are burnt out. The students should want the goal and sometimes may simply need a refresher on why they are working towards the goal. It is important for you to push the student and encourage them in what they are doing even when they aren't able to see why anymore. I will definitely be using the strategy to set large goals for themselves. I believe that depending on the age will depend on how often and how large these goals are that they are setting. For younger students I would make goals less long term and more short term so that they stay engaged and grow motivation when they are able to achieve these goals. Students need to see that this works before they can fully commit to a large task that may take a while to see mastery in results. I will use the method of them writing it down. It helps to write the goal and see it to continue working for it. "View my Commitment
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ejosie Nov 23, 2020, 11:31 AM"Dictation chapter 3, grammar video (verbs, subjugation) and quiz"View my Commitment -
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tzaman Nov 23, 2020, 9:17 AM"As I said earlier, I am going to work on and focus on bringing more gratitude into my life. I think it’ll be a best idea to actually have these gratitude sentences or phrases written here on stickK."View my Commitment -
tzaman Nov 23, 2020, 9:16 AM"A busy day interspersed with five minutes break for Anki is the best idea that I’ve had in a bit. No matter what, I will continue working towards this end every single day."View my Commitment -
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nickhodgetts Nov 23, 2020, 8:14 AM"New delivery in Bristol starting next week. Also interviewed CD at Dudley as part of Case Study. Working well with Lisa and boss is happy."View my Commitment -
KrokodileDandy Nov 23, 2020, 6:42 AM"Read chapter 24: "Concentrate on your strenghts""View my Commitment
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mackendy Nov 23, 2020, 5:27 AM"Successful 21st& 22nd just forgot to mark it down"View my Commitment -
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Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 4:03 AM"I chose the last one!!! Finally I can begin writing the essay!"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 3:55 AM"I am excited, because I only have one more painting to choose!"View my Commitment
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elzhu99 Nov 23, 2020, 3:10 AM"Exercise 11.22 Pull up bar exercise band training? 30min"View my Commitment -
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seyithanahmet Nov 23, 2020, 2:46 AM"7 gunde toplam toplam 5000 kelime yazildi. Hafta ici duzenlenen girisimcilik haftasi etkinligi ve pazar gunu bilgisayar kullanmama kurali sebebiyle 2000 kelime eksik yazildi. Bu hafta ici telafi edilmeye calisilacak."View my Commitment -
seyithanahmet Nov 23, 2020, 2:45 AM"7 gunde toplam toplam 5000 kelime yazildi. Hafta ici duzenlenen girisimcilik haftasi etkinligi ve pazar gunu bilgisayar kullanmama kurali sebebiyle 2000 kelime eksik yazildi. Bu hafta ici telafi edilmeye calisilacak."View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 2:40 AM"I now only have 2 more paintings to choose! After that, the meat of the assignment will be easy I believe (less decision making). I believe I may be able to finish this before bed, just as I had hoped. Thank goodness this app forced me to make my due date later than the end of today, because I will be working past midnight."View my Commitment
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bcueva Nov 23, 2020, 2:19 AM"I went on a run around campus today. I spent 6 hours on my phone and 3 hours on social media."View my Commitment -
Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 1:44 AM"I chose Lee Krasner's "Combat" (1965) for the next painting about emphasizing the whole over parts. My mental block seems to be dissapearing finally--thank goodness. 4 more left to choose, and then I can begin writing my essay!"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 23, 2020, 1:34 AM"After 6 hours of struggling immensely to think and stay on task, I have chosen the painting I will analyze for demonstrating emphasis through contrast. I chose Sunrise by Claude Monet. Unfortunately I have to choose 5 more still, and I do not know if I have the mental capacity to so this today, despite the fact that in theory this should only take an hour or two if I had not been so hopelessly distracted. :("View my Commitment
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Srijangyawali Nov 23, 2020, 1:21 AM"yesterday was better than the days before, but it's not near to perfect. I did good during the morning but got bored easily and went for launch at 8 when i planned it for 9. That was not even the real problem, I should have returned with in half and hour but I spent more than hour and half doing nothing. during the day I was doing great apart of the fact that I was not able to control myself from checking my phone between the times. Then I went on to take a bath later on the afternoon and that took a lot of time which need to be improved. Later on evening I was studying until I was disrupted by mum and Sriya. After I took my dinner I took inorganic class and covered my remaining lectures until 10:45 but the bad part was I was awake till 12 watching deadpool and searching for my online course. THIS is the real problem and I am going to work on it today!!!! Report day 1, Nov. 23 2020"View my Commitment -
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kafrost001 Nov 22, 2020, 10:57 PM"A. The Engagement Mindset B. I think it is the teacher’s job to keep students engaged. Some strategies to keep student’s engaged are creating lesson that relate the their lives, challenge them, make them curious etc.. I think home life can affect students ability to remain focused, because they carry what is going on at home with them. For students that live in poverty this could mean worrying about money, whether they are going to eat that day etc.. Learning with compliance means you’re follow a command and learning as a choice is just your own decision to learn. C. The book mentioned making lesson/content more relevant while giving them some control over their learning. Some ways to relieve stress is by playing music, getting students to move, allowing for cooperation etc.. I learned the process of keeping students engaged which involves exciting the students to learn, making learning relevant, and incorporating hooks and questions that peak their curiosity. D. Keeping students engaged in a mathematics classroom is typically hard unless you have students that enjoy math and want to learn it. I’d love for students to buy into a math lesson, but a lot of math in middle school is foundational and it builds. It very hard to create lessons with hooks and investigative questions until they have reached a certain point. "View my Commitment -
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ThatBoyOverThere Nov 22, 2020, 9:20 PM"Bagged up some leaves for 20 mins today. "View my Commitment -
Britninja Nov 22, 2020, 9:13 PM"Duolingo: Spanish 3 Lectures Anki: new Spanish Vok, Math, Grundlagen Informatik Evernote: Compared some Solutions, Looked at tasks Study: Math and Grundlagen Informatik Exercises"View my Commitment -
joshmrallen Nov 22, 2020, 8:47 PM"Thanks Ako. I definitely need more practice. This last one took me another few hours and I had to eventually look at the solution -_- I think I need to write out the general steps for problem solving. I keep on tackling these problems without referring to them. Maybe a background on my desktop lol"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 7:46 PM"I chose a couple that may work as well as had a food break."View my Commitment
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aumoore1995 Nov 22, 2020, 7:02 PM"November 29th email scheduled. Link to campaign: https://mailchi.mp/928442c471d9/your-powerhouse-push-november-29th-2020"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 6:21 PM"I am having difficulty with this next task. I do not know where to start. There are so many artworks to choose from. Perhaps I will look on Pinterest. I have a board with famous artworks."View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 5:44 PM"I'm going to take a break and begin this at 1pm. I will make sure to have all the artworks picked out by 2pm."View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 5:44 PM"Ok, so I need to select a famous artwork for each of these aspects of emphasis: Emphasis through Focal Point: Shapes Emphasis through Focal Point: Contrast Emphasis through Focal Point: Isolation Emphasis: Placement Emphasis: One Element Emphasis: Emphasizing The Whole Over The Parts"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 5:42 PM"I FINISHED! :D Now I need to reread the instructions for what exactly the assignment is because I'm still confused."View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 4:58 PM"I watched two videos! There are maaany more to go though. I can do it if I watch them all consecutively."View my Commitment
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carmeny Nov 22, 2020, 4:20 PM"I completed my exercise today. I took a morning walk. My screen time was 3 hrs and 24mins. 1 hr I was on a video call. 31 mins on social media"View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 4:11 PM"Alright, in a mere 20 minutes I have managed to read the instructions. Let's move on to the YouTube videos my professor wanted us to watch. I'll try and finish those by 1pm."View my Commitment
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Shadowset Nov 22, 2020, 3:49 PM"Alright, so the first step is reading the instructions. I can't seem to concentrate on them. They feel like alphabeti soup to me. But I'm going to try and read them by 12pm--that's within 70 minutes. Wish me luck!"View my Commitment
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SamStraus Nov 22, 2020, 3:11 PM"35 minutes: push-ups and squats. 25 minutes: running."View my Commitment -
lisa_esthi Nov 22, 2020, 1:59 PM"모든 순간이 목숨걸고 하는 것이란 말을 들었다. 태어나는 순간부터 계속 죽음을 향해가니까. 때문에 무얼 하더라도 목숨걸고 해야한다는 요지였다. 내가 죽음을 앞둔 순간을 떠올려보면, 조금의 낭비도 할 수 없다. "View my Commitment
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lisa_esthi Nov 22, 2020, 1:54 PM"기타로 노래 만들고 녹음했다. 여러가지 생각이 들었는데, 내게 아직도 오염된 생각들이 있다는 걸 알았다. 나는 이제 어떤 것을 계승하거나, 혹은 앞지르거나 이런 생각에 더 이상 관심두고 싶지 않다. 성공같은 것도 생각하고 싶지 않다. 그저 그냥 소리의 세계에 푹 빠지고 싶다. 그리고 계속 멈추지 않고 앨범을 만들고 싶다. 이제 충분히 회복했으니까. 너무 많은 생각들, 가치 기준들, 이렇게 하면 더 잘 보일까 멋있게 들릴까 같은건 생각하고 싶지도 않다. 계산도 지겹다. 다른 누군가를 위한 노래를 만들고, 나를 위한 노래를 만들고 그냥 그러고 싶다. 의지하고 싶던 사람들의 굳건해보이던 생각이나 가치관도 그저 허물어지는 순간에 불과하다는 걸 알게 됐다. 그런 것에 기대는 게 얼마나 헛된 것인지도 이제는 안다. 허무주의가 아니라, 생각의 속성이 그런 것이니까. 완전무결함, 완벽함. 그런 것은 없다. 의지하고 인정받고 싶을 때는, 내 속이 어떤 상태인지 먼저 봤어야 했는데.. "View my Commitment
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DAB3586 Nov 22, 2020, 1:38 PM"Implementing the Graduation Mindset. The graduation mindset says, "Focus on what matters. Be an ally to help students graduate college and career ready." Poverty and dropouts are connected. While poverty can have a connection to dropout rates, schools are to blame as well. It is also well documented that schools in the United States are still segregated by income, social class, and race/ethnicity. We also talk about segregation in Board v. Board of Education, but we never talk about the truth where most of those cases were in the South. In 1974, the United States Supreme Court case Milliken v. Bradley, limited the power of federal courts to order integration across school district boundaries. That case made school desegregation very hard to achieve. In 2020 we still have public schools that are not desegregation. Most of these school are in poverty areas with the average house income is very low, and where graduation rates are low. Can high poverty schools have high graduation rates? yes, but is it likely no. One of the things that are being down is the pop-ups of charter schools. The problem with charter schools is that they have a lottery system, and some charter schools have a standardized test to get in them. So, while they have those schools being built in areas that need better schools, are they helping those students, or are they finding the students that are from low poverty backgrounds and accepting them because they scored high on an entrance exam. The schools received Title 1 funding, but are they helping out the students that need that attention. Strategies that can help out Poverty Schools achieve graduating their students are. Have high expectations. When you have students, who are living in poverty, compassion, and other things are important. But, it does students an injustice if you do not hold them to high expectations. Make students accountable for their mistakes. Having high expectations for your students makes them understand that as a teacher I expect the best from you. Expose students to places outside of the classroom. Going on field trips is a great way for students that may not be able to afford to go to a museum a great way to experience things outside the classroom. Next, build relationships with the parents. Parents can be your biggest ally. Having parents know as a teacher you want what is best for them, is a great way to succeed with a student. When I think of education, one of my fears is that we put a lot of emphasis on STEM. I do agree that those fields are important in society, but not all students will go into those fields. As someone that loves social science practically history and all aspects of it. I tell my students that history fields have more jobs than you think. You have a GIS (geographic information system, CIA, FBI, military intelligence. All of these fields' students have to learn about social sciences and history. With the CIA you may be in charge of a region in the Middle East. Your job will be to know the language, know the region, etc. That falls under social science specifically Middle Eastern history I say that all to say. All students will not be scientists, doctors. So, we need to find out the interest of our students earlier on. So that we can guide their learning and focus on whatever they want to be or learn after graduating. "View my Commitment -
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Lynn0514 Nov 22, 2020, 1:07 PM"I can actually say I'm not thinking or dwelling on getting high. I'm just taking it one step at a time."View my Commitment -
Lynn0514 Nov 22, 2020, 1:04 PM"Just waking up. Putting on my armor. Ready to begin my day."View my Commitment
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pablin992 Nov 22, 2020, 12:08 PM"Cravings have reduced. I think my reward circuitry is rewiring"View my Commitment -
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Genevincconnell Nov 22, 2020, 10:42 AM"For tommorow I will be finishing my resume, assignment 4 and working on some form posts for TAFE"View my Commitment
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Genevincconnell Nov 22, 2020, 10:40 AM"Assessment 4 tommorow now as Braden had work today"View my Commitment
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tzaman Nov 22, 2020, 9:35 AM"This week, I’m going to focus on gratitude as a skill to develop."View my Commitment -
tzaman Nov 22, 2020, 9:33 AM"I am so happy to have bumped into the idea of spending just two or three minutes of my time on an ongoing round-the-clock basis to master my Anki cards."View my Commitment -
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KrokodileDandy Nov 22, 2020, 6:32 AM"Read chapter 16: "Be your boss and your employee in one person""View my Commitment
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