Yet Another Graduation Requirement?
Daniel Thrash

Current Requirements for Graduation:
Today’s high school students are required to do and achieve more than ever before in order to receive their high school diploma. Originally students simply had to earn an established number of credits over four years in order to graduate. Then different state legislatures began to require students to pass either “End-of-Course” exams or state exams in addition to earning a certain number of credits. At first the required “end-of-course” or state exams needed to graduate were just math and reading, and the tests were written at an eighth-grade level. But now, in this era of high-stakes testing, students are sometimes required to take and pass up to five different subject exams, often written at an eleventh grade level. Given how many hoops students have to jump through just to walk across the stage in a cap-and-gown, it seems ludicrous to suggest yet another graduation requirement, but that is precisely what I am advocating. In addition to all the academic requirements placed upon a student, I propose that students also be required to complete a set number of volunteer or service hours during the course of their high school career.

Reasons Why Requiring Service Hours for High School Graduates is a Good Idea:
There are many good reasons for why requiring service-hours from every American high school student is a good idea for the future. First of all, by requiring service hours, schools can break the bubble of unreality that often surrounds students in high school. High school is so often criticized as not being directly related to the “real world”; service hours would bring students into direct contact with reality! High school students today are also accused of extreme apathy, not caring or being invested in any activities whatsoever. Requiring students to step out of their indifferent disinterest would cause students to begin to feel passionate about their world and their influence in it. Requiring service hours would also be a good move for high school’s reputation among the community. Instead of being a place where students go and hide all day, high schools would be active, vibrant contributors to the good of the community as a whole. Teachers could integrate service projects into their curriculum making the question so often heard in classrooms (“Why do we have to learn this?”) irrelevant. Right now, many high schools are filled with clubs that require service hours, so making service hours a school-wide requirement would take all these separate efforts and make them into one powerful, unified effort to improve the community. Think of how much more good work could be done!

Reasons Why Opposing a High School Service Hour Requirement is a Bad Idea:
Now I know many people out there are opposed to any new graduation requirements, so let me dismiss any objections to this so-called “unnecessary burden.” Some selfish people don’t want this additional requirement simply because they don’t want people to help or serve other people! Don’t they see that students who are required to serve others as a volunteer will become more kind and considerate people in their real life? People who oppose this requirement don’t understand that if we don’t start making service-hours a requirement that in the future, charities will run out of volunteers and stop serving those in need—possibly resulting in a rise in our nation’s crime rate! It is vital that we keep this from happening by making students learn to serve others now while they are still young and impressionable. I would also ask people who oppose a service-hour requirement for graduation to realize that doing service hours also increases a student’s GPA over time!

The Logical Decision:
In short, there are no real downfalls to requiring service hours as a graduation requirement. All it will require is a willingness from school administrators to keep track of all the hours students serve and to make connections between the high school and various service organizations outside the school that will be beneficial to both students and the community at large. We all know that changing the way schools currently work is a big challenge, but it’s not one that we can’t tackle successfully if we use all our energy to make both our schools and the outside world a better place!

What type of evidence does the author use to support his argument that students should be required to complete service hours in order to graduate?
A) The author does not provide any reasons to support his claims.
B) The author primarily argues from the perspective of a parent.
C) The author presents rational and logical reasons to support his argument.
D) The author cites statistics and charts to support his points.

Answer:

D is the answer

Explanation:

The correct answer is D) both A and C.

Some literary elements Stutler uses in "Young Lions, Young Ladies," that makes it a descriptive essay are sensory details, interesting adjectives, figurative language, and vivid verbs.

We are referring to the short story written by Shea Stutler "Young Lions, Young Ladies." This is a story about love at a young age, about the romance between teenagers and what happens to them through a series of challenges in the story. The main location is a skating rink where teenagers express their feelings such as the fear of rejection and the pain of being ridiculed. In the story. Some literary elements Stutler uses that makes it a descriptive essay are sensory details, interesting adjectives, figurative language, and vivid verbs.

Answer:

This symbolizes Russia and its ideology.

Explanation:

The Forest that is near Salem is feared by the inhabitants of Salem. It was perceived  as distasteful and was avoided by most people. For them, the dark forest spells danger, something evil, and sinful. They had to avoid getting under its power or else they would lose their lives.

Answer: B

Explanation: the answer is “b” because you should be polite. And being quiet will make your guests wonder what you said, so they will be quiet.

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The best way to grab the attention of the listeners is to Pause, look around, and say something quiet.

Impromptu speech is a speech that a person delivers without any preparation. Yet the speaker has vast knowledge of the topic. It can either be formal or informal.

If the speaker feels that the audience is lacking attention, the most effective way to get attention is to initiate a pause and then start speaking in a low voice.

This will make the audience more attentive towards what you said. Making your voice loud or getting back to your seat might look rude or impolite.

Therefore the correct option is B.

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Answer:

secret

Explanation:

Answer:

If you've done this one yet if you could email me it that would be really helpful  thank you so much I don't understand much on how to do it

Answer:

A and c

Explanation:

Macbeth's degradation obeys two important factors. Ambition being the most significant of the tragic hero's flaws forces him to do what is needed to do to fulfill the fate that the three witches have indicated. The thirst for power makes him lead a life of corruption. However, in the course of the play we are also able to see a hesitant honorable man who doubts whether killing Duncan. This internal conflict is mitigated by the encouragement of his no less ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth. But for her intervention, Macbeth might not have been able to take action.

Answer:

A: Lady Macbeth's counsel

C:Ambition

Explanation:

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Answer: A private school

Explanation:

Answer: D. A private school.

Explanation: A private school is an institution that is funded wholly by private organizations and payment of tuition. They are not funded by the state. They are also known as independent schools.

Answer:

to brainstorm initial ideas for a topic

Explanation:

Cul•ture

the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

"Caribbean culture"

synonyms: civilization, society, way of life, lifestyle;

The answer would be

B. Skateboarders.

A cultural group is a group of people who share certain cultural attributes such as language, dress, and traditions. For example, Native Americans, French, Chinese, and Maasai people are all examples of cultural groups.

A cultural group refers to a collection of people who share certain learned behaviors, beliefs, values, symbols, and social norms. This may include language, dress, traditions, and other cultural aspects. An example of a cultural group could be Native Americans, because they have unique languages, traditions, and beliefs that distinguish them from other cultural groups. Other examples could include the French, Chinese, or Maasai people, each of which has distinct cultural practices and norms.

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Answer:

At the pre-school, they teach children to speak politely, walk slowly, and act fairly.

Explanation:

Parallelism is when phrases in a sentence have identical grammatical structure.

Three verbs speak, walk, and act are respectively modified by the adverbs politely, slowly, and fairly.  This is correct parallel structure.  

The other sentences use adverbs, adjectives, and even a prepositional phrase to modify verbs. Since the grammatical form of these modifiers is different, the sentences do not contain parallel structure.

The sentence with correct parallel structure is 'At the pre-school, they teach children to speak politely, walk slowly, and act fairly.' It uses adverbs consistently to describe the actions, aligning with parallel structure guidelines.

The sentence that contains correct parallel structure is 'At the pre-school, they teach children to speak politely, walk slowly, and act fairly.' This sentence demonstrates parallel structure because it uses adverbs (politely, slowly, fairly) to describe the verbs consistently, aligning with the guidelines that components such as adverbs should be balanced with similar forms to maintain symmetry in the sentence.

To fix faulty parallelism, as in the first example provided, one might revise the sentence by ensuring that verbs, nouns, phrases, or clauses that appear in a series or are linked together are presented in the same grammatical or structural form. For instance, this can involve making sure that a list of actions all use the same verb form, such as infinitives or gerunds, or matching the tense and aspects of verbs.

To convince the selection committee to invest in your education when applying for a scholarship, highlight your academic achievements, showcase your leadership and extracurricular involvement, and explain your future goals.

When writing an essay for a scholarship application, it is important to share aspects of your experience that may not be captured in other parts of the application. To convince the selection committee to invest in your education, you should focus on three important ideas:

By addressing these important ideas in your essay, you will present a compelling argument for why you are a worthy scholarship recipient.

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D Clinging. it has more serious tone

Answer:

D: clinging

Explanation:

D. is the proper word for this sentence.

Answer:

it would most likely be How So

Explanation:

because they could say How So does Person A think about  Person B

Answer:

The sentence that uses a modifier correctly is sentence C.

Explanation:

A, B, and D contain misplaced modifiers that make the sentences sound odd. In A, the PP "at summer camp" in final position in the sentence makes it look as if the video was about polar bears which were spending some time at a summer camp. Then, the PP after the participle phrase in B modifies the noun "the dog", so the sentence is understood as if the one with the bathrobe was the dog. Finally, in D, the position of the participle phrase also makes the sentence sound odd. It seems as if the the people saw fires in the air, flying over the forest. Yet, what the sentence logically means is that these people must have been the ones flying over the forest, not the fires. Therefore, the participle phrase should be placed in initial position in the sentence to fix the error.

The process of studying your subject from many angles is called cubing.

The correct answer is Cubing

Explanation:

The term "cubing" refers to a strategy used in educational contexts in which students are asked to analyze or consider a subject, topic or situation from different angles or perspectives. This strategy is called cubing, considering cubes have multiple sides and in "cubing" a subject is studied from different perspectives, indeed in most cases cubing involves six different perspectives of angles in the same way a cube has six different sides. Also, this technique is relevant allows students and in general people to be aware of all the elements that are part of a situation or subject. Considering this, it can be concluded the process of studying your subject from many angles refers to the concept of "Cubing".

Answer:

ok

Explanation:

It was a Black ware Pot

Coiling is the name of the technique developed by Maria and Julian Martinez for producing pots without a potter's wheel

Coiling is the name of the method developed by Maria and Julian for producing pots. This technique is usually used to shape clay in vessels and it been in existence for thousands of years.

This technique is widely used in New Mexico, Africa, Greece, and china.  With the use of this method, it is easy and very possible to produce thicker-walled vessels.

To create pottery, it is a process that requires many steps and lots of skills and patience. However, there are six different processes that will take in producing pot.

The six distinct steps include:

Maria Montoya Martinez was a Native American artist, she produced pottery that is known worldwide. Martinez as a little child learned traditional pottery styles from her aunt.

She learned the techniques at the age of eleven by watching her aunt, her father’s relative and grandmother whenever they work on their pottery in the 1890s.

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Answer:

Light: Dark completes the analogy.

Answer:

light: dark

Explanation:

Grade Point

Answer: Sample Response: Press the play button to start the video. I play a musical instrument in the school band. The catcher made a great play at home base. Will you try out for a part in the school play?

Explanation: This is the sample response

I will play her for a fool.

The above sentence is an example of an idiom.

This sentence means that I would take advantage of another person

An idiom is a term or sentence whose meaning is different from the literal interpretation of the sentence.

Other sentences that use a different meaning of the word play are:

I would play the recording when she arrives

I play the piano every Saturday

I like to play with children

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Answer:

I think it's D.)

Explanation:

This is because indirect characterization is how the author shows a character's personality through their actions, not just telling the readers about them. D.) justifies this because D.) is the only one that doesn't just plainly tell the readers; one would have to deduce from the sentence what her aunt's personality is.

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Answer:

an eleven

Explanation:

because i dont wanna die. i wanna live life. and be happy.

Answer:

I would tell my family and friends that I love them.

And I would also be panicking and maybe I would be filling my mouth up with food.

Since I have a dog, i would probably grab her and kiss her everywhere lol.

The author's central idea in the given text is the author is considering the reasons for the failed French revolution and wondering if the French should copy America.

The Estates General in 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution, a time of profound political and social change in France, which culminated in the establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799.

While terms like liberty and fraternity resurfaced in subsequent uprisings, notably the 1917 Russian Revolution, and served as inspiration for movements for the abolition of slavery and universal suffrage, many of its concepts are now regarded as essential foundations of liberal democracy.

Even today, French politics are dominated by the institutions and principles it founded. The Estates General were called in May 1789 as a result of severe social unrest, and in June they became the National Assembly.

Therefore option D is correct.

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Final answer:

Alexis de Tocqueville's central idea in his work 'Democracy in America' focuses on studying the American democratic system to gain insights into how democracy functions and can be applied in other countries, particularly contrasting it with the French experience.

Explanation:

The question asks to identify the author's central idea in a text related to democracy, American political life, and the comparison of democracy in America with other countries, specifically France. Given the background information, which highlights Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy, his concerns about the negative consequences of democracy such as the tyranny of the majority, and his reflection on democratic principles and self-government as elemental to American political life, the correct answer is (C) The author is studying America for insights into how a democratic government works and how it might work elsewhere. Tocqueville's work, Democracy in America, delves deeply into the structure of American democracy, its benefits, and its challenges, seeking to understand the principles that underlie successful democratic governance. His perspective as a French aristocrat and historian, contrasting the American and French experiences with democracy, supports the idea that his central interest was in exploring how democratic systems could be effectively implemented and sustained in different contexts.

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc, performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.[1] Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.

a play for theater, radio, or television.

b. philadelphia ; its known as the city of brotherly love, my grandma told me about this when i was younger

Answer:

Philadelphia

Explanation:

Founded by William Penn, Penn named the city Philadelphia, which is Greek for brotherly love (from philos, "love" or "friendship", and adelphos, "brother"). As a Quaker, Penn had experienced religious persecution and wanted his colony to be a place where anyone could worship freely.

Answer:

C) The struggle between society's expectations and personal beliefs

Explanation:

adverbial phrase is your answer

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We wrote in our journals for twenty minutes each day.

Answer:

adverbial phrase

In our journals cannot be a clause because it does not contain a subject and  a verb.

It is a prepositional phrase because it contains a preposition, in, an object of the preposition, journals,  and a word that modifies the object, our.

In our journals is prepositional phrase that acts as an adverb because it is modifying a verb, wrote. It is answering the question "Where?"

A prepositional phrase that acts as an adverb is an adverbial phrase.

Answer:

C Information organized according to physical location in space

Explanation:

Spatial organization deals with space (that's why it's called spatial)... as in 3D.

It's in the real world, something you can touch and manipulate.

We would be talking for example of the spatial organization of a room, meaning where the furniture is, what are the dimensions of room, and so on.

That can be applied to any thing that is physical, concrete, and how it's organized in the real world.

Spatial organization is an arrangement of information based on physical location in space, useful in providing a visual map for the audience.

Spatial organization refers to the way information is arranged according to the physical location or positioning in space. It is a method often used when describing settings or arranging information based on location. For instance, if writing an essay about regional cooking styles in Italy, you might organize your content based on the geographical location of each style – northern, central, and southern.

Another example of spatial organization would be in speeches, where the spatial speech pattern organizes information so that main points are oriented to different physical locations that can exist independently. This approach helps the audience visualize the arrangement of components within a physical context. For instance, giving a tour of a facility might involve directing listeners from the entrance to various departments in the order they are encountered.

Instructions on organizing content often suggest using logical arrangements, such as chronological, alphabetical, cause and effect, or spatial orders. Spatial order may describe movement from top to bottom, left to right, near to far, and so on, depending on the nature of the subject being described or explained.

Answer:

A. Paul and Portia have visited several magnificent places in the American Southwest.

Explanation:

B is wrong: Place names should be capitalized: Grand Canyon National Park

C is wrong: Geographical locations should be capitalized: Colorado River.

D is wrong: “Mr.”, "Mrs.", and “Ms.” should be capitalized before a name: Mrs. Montale

The correct sentence with proper capitalization is 'A. Paul and Portia have visited several magnificent places in the American Southwest.'

The sentence that uses correct capitalization is: A. Paul and Portia have visited several magnificent places in the American Southwest. In this sentence, proper nouns like 'Paul' and 'Portia' are capitalized as well as 'American Southwest' because it is a geographic location. Sentence B incorrectly capitalizes 'National park' and 'State' when it should be 'National Park' and 'Arizona' without the 'State of'. Sentence C erroneously capitalizes 'The Canyon' and 'Colorado river' which should be lowercased for 'the canyon' and 'River' should be capitalized. Sentence D incorrectly capitalizes 'mrs.' which should be 'Mrs.' since it is a title and needs to be capitalized.

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A. By using words with negative connotations, such as brutal

The connotation of a word is not the literal meaning of the word itself, but rather what the word’s usage implies. For example, the use of the word “brutal” creates a tone that is more angry and harmful, while using the word “friendly” sets a happy tone.

The authors’ use of words such as “brutal” sets a very negative and harmful tone throughout the entire paragraph.

A. By using words with negative connotations, such as brutal

Answer:

D is the answer

Explanation: Pathogen. Pathogens are mostly microscopic, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi, thriving in various places such as air, dust, surfaces, soil, etc. Not all bacteria are pathogens, in fact most of them are harmless and only a few are pathogenic

"The correct etymology of the word pathogen is B. Latin patior “endure, undergo†+ genus “race, type, kindâ€.

To understand the etymology of the word ""pathogen,"" we can break it down into its component parts:

- The first part of the word, ""patho-,"" is derived from the Greek word ""pathos,"" which means ""suffering"" or ""disease."" This prefix is commonly used in medical terminology to denote something related to disease or suffering, such as in ""pathology,"" the study of diseases.

- The second part of the word, ""-gen,"" comes from the Greek word ""genes,"" which means ""born"" or ""of a given type."" In the context of scientific terms, ""-gen"" is often used to indicate something that produces or generates, such as in ""photogen,"" which refers to a substance that generates light.

However, the etymology provided in option B, which combines the Latin ""patior"" meaning ""endure, undergo"" and ""genus"" meaning ""race, type, kind,"" more closely aligns with the meaning of ""pathogen"" as a term. A pathogen is an agent that endures or undergoes the process of causing disease, and it affects organisms of a particular race, type, or kind.

The other options do not accurately reflect the meaning of ""pathogen"":

A. ""Patere"" meaning ""be open to, be accessible"" and ""generare"" meaning ""beget, generate"" do not convey the sense of causing disease.

 C. ""Pathos"" meaning ""suffering"" and ""genes"" meaning ""born, of a given type"" is close, but the use of Greek ""pathos"" is not combined with a Latin word in the actual etymology of ""pathogen.""

 D. ""Paeth"" from Old English meaning ""path"" and ""generare"" from Latin meaning ""beget, generate"" does not relate to the concept of disease causation.

 Therefore, the most likely etymology of the word ""pathogen"" is Latin ""patior"" meaning ""endure, undergo"" combined with ""genus"" meaning ""race, type, kind,"" indicating an entity that causes disease in a particular group of organisms."

Answer:

The best summary of Sir Kay's worldview in “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” is "He values fame, importance, and physical strength."

Explanation:

Sir Kay's believe in his physical strength and in his abilities to fight in order to conquer anything he'd like to have or accomplish, he is the foster brother of Arthur and was one of the Knights of the round table eventually, he was selfish, spoiled, and nasty but deep in he was not exactly a bad person, he was just quite vane.

Answer: D. He values fame, importance, and physical strength