"Your mind is so much more open to new languages at an earlier age. It would make so much sense to add foreign language in to elementary schools. My sister took an optional class when she was in 5th grade, but it was an hour long once a week so she…"
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Keely Ward commented on Kaity Drahos's blog post Foreign Language: High School or Elementary School?
JohnPaulus V Arcangel commented on Kaity Drahos's blog post Foreign Language: High School or Elementary School?"Oh language should definitely start in elementary school. Early elementary too, heck as early as possible is best. I learned tagalog because my parents spoke it a ton, and before I went to school I was very fluent in it. And to this day I can…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Patrick Witt's blog post Online Assignments Vs. Physical Assignments"I hate online assignments. I feel like it's so much easier to forget things when they're online. In my chemistry class, all graded assignments are through a website called Lon-Capa. I hate it so much. I find myself remembering last minute…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Patrick Norman's blog post False Sense of Security?"Although I hate the IDs, I understand why we have them. However, it makes me so angry that they are SO strict about wearing them, but we can clearly see that they don't really check. How hard would it be for someone to put a card on a lanyard?…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Darby Douglas's blog post The Significance of Tan Skin...What is it?"This honestly drives me insane. The need to be so tan is so unnecessary. Yeah, I might be a little bitter because I know I'll never be tan. But let's be honest, being pale shouldn't be anything to embarrassed of. I hate hearing…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Jessi Jorgensen's blog post Restaurants: for food or trophies?"Just going to throw it out there that I wouldn't necessarily combine the South with hunting. Animal heads have been used as decoration for as long as I can remember. They don't ever really bother me. I don't automatically assume they…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Alanna Krivanek's blog post Video Games or Outdoor Games?"I used to play outside every single day! My whole coldisac would all play together. Now, I occasionally see a few kids walking over.. then going into a house. It's so sad because I used to have so much fun and now all kids are doing is…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Halle Gitelson's blog post Summer Jobs"I think teens should definitely have summer jobs, but the problem is, so do most other teens. Finding a job in the summer has been nearly impossible for me. With all the college kids and high school kids looking at the same time, there's not…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Carly Mckay's blog post Hello, Youtube! Welcome to Fremd."YouTube is so helpful in school! I use it all the time in Preschool Lab to show videos of activities or other kids videos and before it was accessible, it was such a pain. I understand some kids will use it innappropriately, but for now I'm…"
Kaity Drahos commented on megan majewski's blog post Air That Dirty Laundry."I think reality tv is basically making us dumber. I'm not saying I don't watch all these shows, I definitely do, but when we do we suddenly see people doing things and saying things that we wouldn't expect. We sit around waiting for…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Lauren Olson's blog post P-R-O-M"I totally agree that prom is insane. But, now that I've been there I totally understand why. I had so much fun and I can't wait for next year. With all that being said, it was SO much stress leading up to it, it was hard to handle. I was…"
Kaity Drahos commented on Ben Luke's blog post College, Man"I'm with Deena, I've been told since I was little that I was born to be a teacher. However, I was also born to be a Hawkeye. But, don't be so quick to be jealous. I've wanted to go to the University of Iowa ever since I could…"
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Halle Gitelson commented on Kaity Drahos's blog post Foreign Language: High School or Elementary School?"language should totally be started in elementrey school! they say that is easier to learn when youre youn ger so why not? its someting that will take you far in life and everyone should have that under their belt for the future!"
Katie Hughes commented on Kaity Drahos's blog post Foreign Language: High School or Elementary School?"I definitely believe that language should be started as soon as possible. I have been in choir sine kindergarten and most of the songs I have sang were in a different language because it was easier for us little kids to sing in a different language…"
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Foreign Language: High School or Elementary School?
I'm sure we've all heard how in other countries, language classes start in elementary school. As I got to know my foreign exchange student, I found out that she has been studying english for 9 years. So my question is, why do we not start learning foreign languages in school until 7th grade?
According to Diane Bales at http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-6.html, learning a language is easier before the…
ContinuePosted on May 22, 2011 at 10:57pm — 8 Comments
Spring Break Danger
We've all seen the news, we've all heard the stories, but does it really affect us? Each year, we look forward to spring break, counting down the days to when we get to leave behind the "burbs" and go to some warm location. I'm not saying I'm any different, but I can say I worry about the things that happen on spring break.
We all are familiar with situations like the Natalee Holloway case. A high school senior went on a trip to Aruba, and disappeared. Am I the only one this…
ContinuePosted on March 17, 2011 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments
"16 & pregnant": helping or hurting?
On June 11th, 2010 the hit series "16 & pregnant" aired on MTV. From this date on, the view of teenage pregnancy has been glorified greatly. While I personally have nothing against the girls on the show, I feel that this series shows rare situations. The majority of the couples in this show are strongly supported, financially and emotionally, by their parents. In real situations, are a 16-year-old's parents really going to be over the moon that she is having a baby? I would assume not.…
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Procrastination At Its Best
All students come across points in their lives where procrastination seems like a good idea. Throughout the years, it just gets worse. We go into elementary school bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to do whatever. But, as the years progress, we get lazier and lazier. It seems like a good plan to push it off until the day before. Especially when it comes to studying, students think that if they do it ahead of time, they'll forget everything. Don't get me wrong, I do this all the time… Continue
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What's up fellow ningers?! :D Happy New Year! Somehow I ended up on the Ning this morning. Don't know if Mr.Anderson and Mr.McCusker remember our American Studies class from 09-10. Great times. It doesn't seem like this Ning has continued on over the years. What happened?See More
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I'm not usually someone who writes a lot , not publicly anyway but I do love to express my self through art, usually visual art but most of the time the art I make is influenced by something . In this case it's a song a written by one of my favorite musicians as a response to the feeling of horror and disbelief as he watched the Twin Towers in New York go from icons to ruins on 9/11/01. The song is sad,…See More
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