All jokes aside the fastest way to get your GED is to register and take the test. Pending your preparation and educational level you may or may not be able to just past the GED exam cold turkey. Some people are great test takes like myself. I studied for 1 week and I passed the praxis exam on the first try. Praxis is an exam that people pursuing a teacher certification, have to pass and score based on their states standards. Anyhow back to get your ged, fast. There are some
Rules about GED Test
Applicant are not permitted to test more than three times in a single calendar year. That means that you can only take the GED test 3 times in one year, however an appeal for retesting can be made. You do need to be familiarize yourself with the specific rules of the center that you are testing at.
Register for GED Test
Remember that the key to passing the GED exam is preparation. Truthfully the fastest way to get your GED is to prepare, register and take the test! If you haven’t prepared in the least bit you are in for a surprise. I would honestly say if focused and atleast 1 hour today is spent on studying then in about a week a person could be ready to successfully pass the GED examination. There are over 30 million people in the US who haven’t graduate from high school. Over 90% of colleges and universities accept students with GED. The test can be taken in 3 different languages English, Spanish and French. There are also neccessary accommodations available for those who need them. Include but not limited to disabilities,and conditions that require accommodatons. However I advise you to specify your disability when you register for the test. Good Luck!
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Preschool age is a good age to get your kids interested in writing and reading. By starting early you can lay strong learning foundations at a young age. Whatever you are teaching the kids, use a step by step approach. Don’t expect them to run before they start walking. Let me give you an example to clarify what I am saying here – let’s say you want to teach them alphabets. Don’t start with alphabets. First concentrate on developing their fine motor skills. Get them to draw simple lines, circles, zig zag lines, tracing etc. Do this for a few weeks and then slowly move to alphabets and numbers.
When they are writing, concentrate on their pencil grip as well and make sure they get that right. It will take a long time for the kids to develop a proper grip – just keep correcting them and in time they will get it.
Preschool worksheets can be quite helpful to teach the kids various new things – from alphabets to numbers to language development. Don’t hand over the worksheets and expect them to complete the task. Sit with them, help them and participate in the activity as much as you can. It will also make the activity a fun exercise. Plus this way you can also monitor their progress.
Do not over do the activity though. Spend only a limited amount of time each day. It is important that kids enjoy the exercise otherwise they will soon start hating the entire learning process – and this is not good news. If your children have older siblings then you can get them to do their activity when the older ones are doing their school work.
Do not stick to a rigid scheduled – going with the flow usually works for me. Some days they might not want to do any writing – and that is okay. May be do some painting or reading on these days. See how you child is on that day and adjust your teaching scheduled accordingly.
Shakespeare famously opens his “Sonnet 18” with the question, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and then proceeds to do exactly that. Aside from establishing rhythmic continuity and rhyme scheme, this may not seem like the best use of the reader’s time – especially considering that sonnets have such limited real estate to begin with. As we read on, however, we discover that the poem, which pretends to be dedicated to a mysterious “thee,” actually ends up being mostly about itself (and more specifically, how great it is). The last two lines go so far as to promise “thee” fame and immortality in that “thou art lucky enough to be in mine poeme.” (Roughly speaking.) At school, we’re taught that writing ANYTHING along the lines of, “In this essay, I will…” is a terrible no-no, so how does Shakespeare get away with it?
If you’re a high-schooler, referring to yourself is considered bad writing, but if you do it professionally, it’s suddenly called “artistic self-reference.” (Or bad writing, depending on how you do it.) Whenever artists draw attention to the artistic process, we the audience remember that what we’re experiencing is completely constructed. Hence the great irony of “reality” television, where people take turns yacking directly at You, the Viewer, thereby acknowledging not just the cameras pointed in their faces, but also the camera crew, editing team, broadcasting network, corporate bigwigs, and television set involved in relaying the message to your home. This is probably why self-reference is discouraged in our essays: it kinda takes the *oomph* out of an argument to point out that, at some level, it’s nothing short of a complete mental fabrication. (But don’t take my word for it.)
Nevertheless, “Sonnet 18” is only one of countless examples of Shakespeare’s delight for the technique. In fact, he relies quite heavily on it in his plays, which is interesting considering that it completely interrupts an audience’s ability to suspend its disbelief. “Hamlet” has received considerable attention from scholars for its repeated use of self-reference, such as the scene of the play within the play, or the fact that the play’s lead actor has to play Hamlet playing another, crazier kind of Hamlet. Some of the lines are even considered to be references to the Globe Theatre itself, where the play would originally have been produced.
So why would an artist want to put flashing neon lights around the constructedness of his or her own work? One reason might be to pose a deeper philosophical question about art itself, such as in René Magritte’s illustration of a pipe labeled “this is not a pipe” (only fancier, and in French). Another reason might be the sake of irony, such as in Stephen Colbert’s portrait of himself standing next to a portrait of himself standing next to a portrait of himself. And yet a third reason might be to remind everyone of just how expertly a piece of art has been executed, such as in… well, just about everything Shakespeare ever did. Remember how the prologue of “Romeo and Juliet” basically summarizes the entire play? By stripping the lovers’ story of its suspense, Shakespeare focuses all of our attention away from the otherwise nail-biting plot twists and onto the skill of his writing. And frankly, anyone who goes down in history as THE Bard has pretty much earned that right.
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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is only one in a huge series of classic “dystopian” literature. (Think “utopia,” then think Third Reich.) What makes it stand out from novels like 1984 or Brave New World – aside from the iconic grizzled-old-man cover – is that you might have memories of reading it already in the fourth or fifth grade; in this sense, you could put The Giver in the same category as Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” a deceptively uncomplicated dystopian short story that many of us read in junior high school. Aside from the fact that this has probably done some serious damage to your formative years, the real shame here is that these stories are often considered so “easy” to read that they don’t merit revisiting in high school or college – you know, when you might actually understand them. To put these wrongs to right, let’s compare both stories for some literary I’ll-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours.
The world of The Giver centers on a strictly controlled society known as The Community. Its members live in a sort of self-imposed stasis, meaning that their population, behavior, speech, activities, and emotions are all regulated by a select group of elites known as The Elders. Just to be safe, though, humanity’s collective memories – which include pre-reform experiences of things like love, lust, hate, fear, fun, pleasure, envy… hell, even color – are all stockpiled into one guy known as “The Receiver of Memory,” who keeps everyone from having to make choices that could be dangerous. Let’s hope he never falls down the stairs or anything. On a more cryptic note, The Community keeps healthy by “releasing” all its sick children, old geezers, and misfits to the land known as “Elsewhere.” Remember when Mom told you that Socks went to a ranch where she could frolic in a field as big as the sky? Well the difference here is that when Mom said it, she wasn’t the one doing the killing.
On the plus side, living in The Community takes all the hassle out of job hunting, since everyone’s lot in life is… well, just that: each person is allotted a certain occupation at age eleven without question or complaint. That is, until young Jonas is selected to replace the ridiculously old man currently serving as The Receiver of Memory (who’s scheduled to make a little “day hike to Elsewhere” of his own); things run afoul when the transfer of the old man’s memories enables Jonas to feel things like love, pain, fear, and “holy crap! – where are you sending my sick adoptive kid brother?!” Having learned that “releasing” entails nothing more than a lethal injection and a short drop into a trash chute, Jonas decides to run away with little baby Gabriel, leaving the safety of The Community to experience the freedom of independence, self-direction, nature, and, oh yeah, starvation. The story ends with a malnourished Jonas and Gabriel sledding down a hill in the snow. Or dying – the book isn’t exactly clear on that. (What’s with ambiguous sled endings, anyway?)
At first glance, this couldn’t be more different from the beginning of “The Lottery,” which is set in small-town America where everything seems just average enough. We get a chance to meet the townspeople’s key families, like the Hutchinsons and Summerses, as the community gathers around the post office for some kind of annual lottery drawing. The adults chit-chat, the couples bicker, and the children do children-ey things as everyone waits for the latecomers to arrive and the drawing to get started. In the meantime, we learn all about the appearance and history of the lottery box from which lots are drawn. At long last, a representative from the Hutchinson family selects a marked slip of paper from the box, indicating that his entire family is to re-draw lots amongst themselves. What we don’t realize until the very end is that whichever family member receives the “winning” lot (in this case, Tess Hutchinson) is then stoned to death by the other townspeople – including her own family.
What makes “The Lottery” so much creepier than The Giver – aside from the whole children stoning parents / parents stoning children thing – is that while society in The Giver seems to operate by some kind of magic, society in “The Lottery” operates by good ol’ fashioned social conditioning, which we have no shortage of in the real world. Worse yet, while The Community at least pretends to be looking out for its own, the townspeople in “The Lottery” never give so much as a sorry-but-we’re-super-crowded excuse as to why the drawing is held or how it ever got started; people participate voluntarily and without the need for a reason. The fact that almost a third of the story describes the tradition and procedure of the lottery emphasizes how social ritual obscures all understanding of what’s really going on – for readers and lottery-goers alike. And while the particulars of this story may sound a little far-fetched, keep in mind that Jackson published this story in 1948 – just as the world was still coming to grips with the full tragedy of the Holocaust. Still seem implausible?
Think “utopia,” then think Third Reich.
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Why Black children don’t score exactly like White children on achievement tests in public schools. Perhaps their focus is on not being exactly like White children? I am sure a firestorm of protest will roll in now! But I don’t care. The so called achievement gap is closing in southern states. No so much in northern states. In the city where our national capital resides public education is a dismal failure.
Maybe Johnny can read as a result of a serious parent smacking him upside his head or applying a belt to his behind. The terrorist tactics of punishment serve to provide temporary benefits versus long term image damage. What part of pay attention do you not understand?
Let us let bk stand for black kid and wk stand for white kid. Already the political correct police will be coming to arrest the development of common sense in the treatment of our educational darlings.
What is the answer to these questions?
DO bk equal wk?
DO bk have same economic status as wk?
DO teachers have the same expectations for bk as wk?
Is an equal amount of money spent on bk versus wk?
DO the parents of bk care like the parents of wk?
Human nature will always win out bubba. Want a grade improvement on the kid’s report card? Have four parent teacher meetings wearing a suit while using standard English if you are Black! Have a power breakfast with your teacher if you are White. I don’t see a need for a federal, state, local busybody to be in charge of my child’s education. They need to remember that they are not paying for it.
The reason the kid can’t read fool is that he doesn’t have to and no one cares if he or she does. Do you really think a failing public school is going to give vouchers so a kid can get an education? Schools don’t pay for performance! That’s like welfare departments sterilizing mothers to prevent poverty. It doesn’t have to work just be something that can be done. And yes, they did do that.
Kids fearing their parents is a marvelous aid to educational goals. Fear is a wonderful motivator! Even God preferred to be feared than loved. If you don’t believe in GOD substitute parents. Can public education be the same in Washington DC as it is in Beverly Hills? I can hope so but I believe money will win out!
I am not against rap music the sound of my knuckles rapping on my son’s skull seem to provide motivation to hit the books and homework in the evenings.
You want to see the achievement gap overcome. Explain to your intellectually challenged brood the golden rule. He who has the gold make the rules.
The mystery of why Billy is asleep in class is solved? Poor Billy was struggling to raise his parents all by himself. He has to stay up late at night keeping tabs on them. It not easy to raise yourself without your parents help. Billy is doing the best he can. Especially since his parents are back on the job! We can’t have fathers acting like they are in charge of their children that’s welfare’s job! A Black man in charge is an oxymoron. Everyone knows that dads don’t deserve any respect. Just look at any TV show.
Why the hierarchy in education loves big multi-syllable words and no accountability ceases to amuse me when I get my tax bill. Not only can’t they teach my kid but they can’t tell in any meaningful way what they are going to do about it. I would hope by grade five 9 times 8 would have a definable answer not a dissertation on grouping. I want my kid not to have to take off his shoes to do math.
Then it dawned on me. The solution was simple! Have a public teacher in every home. This would reduce child care expenses, latch key kids and ensure that kid s were taught in stable environment a personal curriculum. This could lead to year round education and vacations without the children. It’s true that we might have to eat the cost of unused buses and school buildings. There would be the savings in not having to maintain them.
We need to close the schools for ten years and:
Build the plan on what to teach.
How to teach.
Where to teach.
Whom to teach.
How to remember what was taught?
In ten years the problem might have disappeared. Our kids education is too important to leave in the hands of the politicians, the school board, and the NEA. No child left behind in the clutches of public education sounds like a feasible justifiable act in bringing education into the 21st century. One teacher has a classroom of 3 and salary of $15,000. While an elderly teacher with a classroom of thirty kids make $160,000 and has spa Wednesdays courtesy of the parents. Quality education can’t be had on Mickey D wages.
I saw program on TV when babies aged two were reading at home because of dvd instruction. At age eight a GED might be possible even a college degree at eighteen. Science just may have the answer for us.
Ronald E. Newton retired IBM Networking Consultant
25+ years developing online business networks, promoting and establishing online classes for the GED and SAT preparation.
Resides: Greensboro, NC
Education: BS CNE CCNA MCP
Website: www.newtonclass.com
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