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Hailey commented on the post, ISO Adoff and Raccoon Violence
HI grace! This poem was very heartbreaking, but at the same time very hopeful. When you said “I both know it was for the best and I cried a great deal about it”, it made me think of the bittersweet cycle of life and death in our world. Thank you for sharing this, I hope to read more from you.
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Hailey commented on the post, Which Witch?
Hi Mariah, I think that witch hunting is a very interesting topic. When you said “One of the biggest “witch hunts” that isn’t directly about the practice of witchcraft is the era of containment led by Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s”. This is a topic that no one pays much attention to anymore, but it in fact has gone on in modern society and shoul…Read More
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My source from EBSCO was a comparison of academic and athletic statistics from a division one school. I found it interesting, because 33% of students at DI schools feel as though they are perceived as less smart
Read MoreMy source from EBSCO was a comparison of academic and athletic statistics from a division one school. I found it interesting, because 33% of students at DI schools feel as though they are perceived as less smart than their...
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Hailey,
Wow, this is such an interesting topic. I find it very upsetting that some people view athletes as not being intelligent, as I believe that most sports require a lot of work and intelligent training in order for someone to be successful. Also, all successful athletes have a drive to be the best, which can also be applied to school work.
I think it would also be interesting to compare men’s and women’s academic performances. I found an article that relates to this topic: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/why-girls-get-better-grades-than-boys-do/380318/ . It is titled “Why Girls Tend To Get Better Grades Than Boys Do.” It talks about how, all around the world and at all ages, girls on average are found to get better grades than boys do, even in math and sciences, areas in which people expect boys to excel in. They also present reasons as to why this is the case. I hope it is helpful, and I can’t wait to read more of what you write.
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Hailey commented on the post, Taking Back Our Privacy
Mariah, I really liked this article! It reminded me of when we read 1984, because government privacy was a very prominent theme in that book. “. At this point in time, the United States has no legal regulations on the buying and selling of personal data” I think that this brings an even larger issue that our society has to deal with. Keep up the…Read More
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Hailey commented on the post, High School
Eden, thank you so much for writing this. When you said “It was hard to move from Middle School to High School” I totally related to this. Keep up the good writing!
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Hailey, I really enjoyed reading about your articles. I can’t wait to see what your final essay looks like. I have never read anything that talks about these topics, so this is all new information to me. I find it really interesting that athletes think that their peers look at them as not as smart as others. Hopefully, we can change this mentality.