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I'm a 24 yr old Business major, who is now working in middle grades education. I graduated from Calif. State University - San Bernardino, and now I'm back living in Georgia where most of my family is. I love helping kids, and it's something that I find very

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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Should Election Day be a national holiday?: 2 of 20

The United States falls behind nearly all nations in voter turnout. This reason could be contributed greatly to the complacency of our citizens as a whole. We have grown accustomed to our lifestyles and comfortable in our bubbles. In November of 2008, nearly 57% of our voting age population voted in the presidential election...
Education > High School Humanities Why history education needs improvement: 2 of 20

Most teens graduate high school without being able to name a US Senator from their home state. Try asking an 18-year-old, fresh out of high school, why William Penn is a significant figure in US history. There are many reasons that most teens do not know basic level history, even as high school graduates. One of the reasons ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Should President Obama be given access to public school children with his lesson plan?: 2 of 3

Through all of this debate regarding President Obama's upcoming speech/pep talk to schoolchildren, I still have yet to hear a legitimate argument against it. It is not as if the President will be speaking to children about universal health care, Iraq, Afghanistan, or tax policy. He is going to tell the children to work hard,...