My best friend is graduating from Grad school with his Masters. What is the best gift i can give?

His graduation is on May 8th. I was wondering what would be the most beautiful gift I can give him? Should it be related to the degree that he got? He majored in Mass Media-Communications/Journalism..or something more from the heart?.

Any ideas on how to dress up as a super hero in regular clothes?

Our high school is having a spirit week, and tomorrow is super hero day…the thing is I don’t have any costumes. I only have regular t-shirts dressy shirts, jeans, skorts/skirts..etc, typical clothing. How can I dress as one using regular clothes?

I’m starting University next year…What should I use to take notes, do labs etc…?

I’m starting university next year…In HS, I used the binder that you could open up and add sheets and stuff like that. What should I use for University? I hear a scribbler is the best for my lectures. Should I two sets of notepads for my lectures and seminars (of the same course)? What should [...]

What is your opinion on schools fingerprinting children?

I have included some links on the subject for anyone who hasn’t heard anything about it.
I have not personally sourced the links but copied them (in no particular order) from a forum that was having a heated discussion this topic.
Anyway I would be very interested to hear what you think. Does this affect children’s [...]

How can I find A European Union funding support to run a school in the economically, educationally and socially disadvantaged areas in Northern Nigeria? I’m KURAMA by tribe & presently live in the UK as a Polish Citizen.I hold a PhD in Chem. Eng.

I plan to go in for a postgraduate programme in Pipeline Engineering in September this year at Cranfield University.My dream has always been to one day go back to the very village in Nigeria, where I was born, to help with education, but in the truest sense of it.
Countries mentioned in this Post: Nigeria, United [...]

Am I wasting my life?

I am working really hard on my GCSEs at school (really hard means REALLY hard) and I was just wondering, is there any point? Would it be better to work hard now, get a good education and relax later, or not try so hard, and go out and have fun more while I’m a teenager? [...]

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i have a friend that is a college drop out?what would your advice to him how could he cope with his problems it all start when he went to first college he fail so that discorage him he went to junior college he fail too they game him diablities test so he doesnt have a [...]

A school in south east London has sent home letters stating that football boots can no longer be worn at school in case they cause injury. Is this just health and safety gone mad or a serious health issue?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/10/31/a-school-in-south-east-london…
London
Cities mentioned in this Post: LondonCountries mentioned in this Post: United Kingdom

I’ll try again, but no with as long date this time because

I let it lapse too long before. Did you wear your tie the thin waty at School?
A) Did you rate it as cool?B) Did you get in trouble for it and did you alter it as soon as a Teachers back was turned?C) Did you feel you had to it like so to fit in [...]

Will this catch on?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7449484.stm

what makes a school a good school?

they are mostly subject to the same curriculum, so it has to lie in one of three factors: the teachers, the students or the area.
and by "good" i don’t necessarily mean "at the top of those daft league tables" but "a pleasant environment to learn effectively in", which ain’t the same thing.
i only went to [...]

What is your opinions of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)?

What is EMA?If your child wishes to stay on in school, college or learning provider after they reach 16, they could be eligible for Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).
EMA is a weekly payment of up to

Were calculators the death of school maths?

I know that we can’t un-invent the calculator, but should schools have allowed them in maths?
Does the ability to memorise times tables equal knowledge?

How long before maths become obselete?

Maths in schoolas has been getting progressively easier, and calculators are being invented that solve almost any question for you if you type it in right. How long before the human brain gets replaced by the calculator for all maths? I already know people that instinctively use a calculator for things like 2+3..!

escribe the typology by which we can examine how people respond to the economic and social demands made by society to compensate for failure

i am doing a essay on merton’s theory and have to do an ajoining essay on the above i have just spent two weeks researching and writing an essay for it which is wrong, because i read the sub essay question wrong and wrote about mertons theory instead. i would be grateful if anyone [...]

Did (or does) your school have a language lab?

… the school or schools you attend or have attended, that is.If you don’t know what a language lab is, then your school obviously doesn’t or didn’t have one. For you would remember.

Upbringing of Children

Do you think it would be a good idea to have a class in secondary schools about the healthy upbringing/raising of Children – for boys and girls? What I mean is one year where they have a weekly class about everything that involves raising children from all thinkable points of view. Starting with sexual [...]

Do you still remember the multiplication table?

I’ve just realized that I remember extremely little from what I had learned in the school. Not talking about Uni…
What’s the percentage of knowledge you preserved in your memory till now? 5,10, or more ?

Do you think it is ok for kids/students to use this site for their homework?

Surely they are just being lazy by getting somebody else to do the work for them!! Isnt it more important for them to do the research themselves? Are sites like this making it too easy for them and teaching them to be lazy?

I Need A Job But Don’t Like Shopwork. More Info Enclosed.

Im doing my last year at school – so it is very important to me. IIt is recomended that people still at school shouldn’t do more than 5 hours a week at work. I dont like shopwork (eg. My previous job in Tesco). What Else is available which wouldn’t be a complete waste of time?
Please [...]

Would you Object if Schools Searched your child`s belongings?

When i was at school, if anything went missing ect, we were all told to open up our lockers and satchels ect to find out whom did what.With Knife Crime so High and so many youngsters carrying knives, would you object if a teacher had a suspicion or was told that some-one is carrying ect?I [...]

Can anybody tell me what teachers teach english at Fulston Manor School?

Need to know what teachers teached english at fulston manor school, sittingbourne, kent between 1999-2003…..Can anybody help? Its been buggin me 4 ages…!

Are schools permitted, within H&S guidelines, to take pupils on school trips using the cars of parents and teaching staff?

My wife’s school often used to save the expensive coach costs by having parent vounteers fill their cars with kids (with appropriate car seats) and drive them to the nearby destination for a day out.
However, one governor has queried whether this brings with it too great risks for the school.
If you assume that all the [...]

Class act for the Christmas variety show?

Every year my school makes a variety show for Christmas. Each class is responsible for an "act" in the show. I’ve worked for many years and seem to be running out of original ideas. This year I have 20 students in my class with roughly an equal number of girls and boys. [...]

Is homework in school compulsory?

My daughter who is not 5 until October is in primary 1. She leaves home just before 9am to get the bus to school and does not get home until 4pm. She goes to bed at 8pm leaving just 4 hours to get food, do homework and have some free time and get ready for [...]

Would you look down on somebody for not gaining any recognised qualifications?

For example someone who may not have been to college or who lost sight of the fact that they might actually have to get off there bum oneday & work for what they want like rest of the Country.I have No GSCE’s &it would be interesting to know peoples views on this sort of thing.

The Sharon Academy

The Sharon Academy is an independent high school located in Sharon, Vermont sometimes abbreviated as TSA. It is part of the Coalition of Essential Schools. As of term 2006-2007, The Sharon Academy had 120 students enrolled in the middle and high school. The school was founded by Sharon resident Judy Moore. The school recently added [...]