I believe that that Nelly made a big mistake by donating the $1 million to "Me To We" because she obtained that money for a short performance in Libya. In the first place, she was paid $1 million for performing a quick 45 minute musical act in Libya for Qaddafi. I find it as a big scam since she got the $1 million from a poor country which is undertaking struggles (Libya), and then giving it to "Me To We". My opinion is that she gave the money to a very popular organization so that Nelly Futado could be very popular herself.
Basically Muammar El. Qaddafi rented a hotel with a party room and hired a private musical act which was Nelly Furtado. She was getting paid $1 million for a 45 minute musical act. Now in "Me To We 2011", Nelly confirmed that she was going to donate that money to Kenya for an all girls school. She said "The girls in Kenya really inspired me", maybe they did, but maybe she could be making that up so she would be well known across the world as a caring person. All in all, I think she is doing a good thing, but not the right thing.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Sunday, 18 September 2011
How is This a Public School System
The article "How is this a public school system" talks about the difference of rich and poor schools. Public schools full of rich kids raise more money from parents than public schools full of poor kids. The difference of money raised is phenomenal compared to a wealthy school to a poor public school, around $500 to even $1000 per student! If a school like Rosedale is inherently better than Malvern, then what kind of public-education system is that? That's basically saying that one school is 5 times better than another and people don't say anything about it. Obviously, the school board has to do something about the major differences in schools.
The school boards main recommendation is banning parental donations to public schools. Plan B would be pooling all parental donations and distributing them evenly, but that's a lot to ask. The most marginalized 20% of schools raise less than 1/3 of the funds that the least marginalized 20% of schools raise. The top 10 fundraisers in the TDSB brought in $515 per student and got an average of 8.75 out of 10 rating, while the bottom 10 fundraisers brought in $17 per student , and averaged a 5.3 rating. Great teachers are priceless, and donations are mostly worthless without them.
After reading the article, the best way to fix this all this is to give more to the poorer schools and give less to the rich schools. In other words, the school board should pay more attention to the poorer schools to the point where they reach the level of becoming successful, where as they pay more attention to the better schools which I find pointless. If they continuously work with the developing schools, then they can eventually reach the level of the richer schools. With this "Plan C" there would be a time where all schools in the TDSB could be at equal levels.
"It's annoying that the provincial regulations seem deliberately designed to encourage the bending and novel interpretation of rules governing extra fees and fundraising." She finds it annoying, but honestly I find it stupid. Why?, well it's like saying "We are opening the best ice cream shop ever!", when no one could afford the cheapest of the ice creams. Officially, the provincial curriculum should be available to all students without a single extra dime being paid. If the school board would follow that rule, which there not then all students should be able to participate in all school activities. In all, the school board needs some work to make it so that every single student should be treated the same.
The school boards main recommendation is banning parental donations to public schools. Plan B would be pooling all parental donations and distributing them evenly, but that's a lot to ask. The most marginalized 20% of schools raise less than 1/3 of the funds that the least marginalized 20% of schools raise. The top 10 fundraisers in the TDSB brought in $515 per student and got an average of 8.75 out of 10 rating, while the bottom 10 fundraisers brought in $17 per student , and averaged a 5.3 rating. Great teachers are priceless, and donations are mostly worthless without them.
After reading the article, the best way to fix this all this is to give more to the poorer schools and give less to the rich schools. In other words, the school board should pay more attention to the poorer schools to the point where they reach the level of becoming successful, where as they pay more attention to the better schools which I find pointless. If they continuously work with the developing schools, then they can eventually reach the level of the richer schools. With this "Plan C" there would be a time where all schools in the TDSB could be at equal levels.
"It's annoying that the provincial regulations seem deliberately designed to encourage the bending and novel interpretation of rules governing extra fees and fundraising." She finds it annoying, but honestly I find it stupid. Why?, well it's like saying "We are opening the best ice cream shop ever!", when no one could afford the cheapest of the ice creams. Officially, the provincial curriculum should be available to all students without a single extra dime being paid. If the school board would follow that rule, which there not then all students should be able to participate in all school activities. In all, the school board needs some work to make it so that every single student should be treated the same.
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Students Give E-leaning A Grade Of Incomplete
E-learning is an easier way to learn in elementary, high school, university and any other students who are older, but is not necessarily better as a teacher would in the front of the class. I think it could benefit students that are in grade 7 and 8+, but not for students who are in a lower grade. It would help people who are mature enough to use the technology to a point where they are focused enough to learn while a teacher is not in the class. Students who use e-learning should not use it to often because they wouldn't be learning as much as they would if a teacher was in the front of the class teaching the students. E-learning is an easier way to learn ,but students would get more knowledge if a real teacher was teaching them in the front of the class.
Studies show that about half of the students in school would skip their courses if there was more online resources. I would totally agree with those students because what is the point of going to class when I could just do all the work at the comfort of my own home. Some other students prefer e-learning because they wouldn't be shy at participating since they do all their work on there own computer. My final conclusion is that there should be more classes with an actual teacher, teaching in front so students like myself could learn more in class.
Studies show that about half of the students in school would skip their courses if there was more online resources. I would totally agree with those students because what is the point of going to class when I could just do all the work at the comfort of my own home. Some other students prefer e-learning because they wouldn't be shy at participating since they do all their work on there own computer. My final conclusion is that there should be more classes with an actual teacher, teaching in front so students like myself could learn more in class.
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