Education & Reference - 31 January 2007

I've been working for about 6-months for a state-funded educational organization. I've read government-funded research reports that have stated that this type of educational program is totally worthless. Yet, teachers and staff just keep plugging away as though everything was just fine. I'm thinking of taking the story to the media, but if the government already knows this type of program doesn't work, why would they care to hear about my particular program?

2007-01-31 08:09:33 · 3 answers · asked by holacarinados 4 in Teaching

i want to be a doctor and i heard latin helps for that and SATs but i think itd be good to know spanish because americas second language is spanish

2007-01-31 08:08:09 · 19 answers · asked by trey 3 in Primary & Secondary Education

Being a true Brit, i was just wandering if anyone, British or American, knows what a "Homecoming Queen" or "Homecoming King" is. I see them loads in films like 'Mean Girls' and 'Its a Girl-Boy thing', and its really annoying me! What are they??

2007-01-31 08:07:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trivia

At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

2007-01-31 08:07:40 · 13 answers · asked by Fuzzy Donna 2 in Trivia

2007-01-31 08:04:36 · 25 answers · asked by selvin 2 in Trivia

2007-01-31 08:04:26 · 5 answers · asked by lil_blonde_chick09 1 in Words & Wordplay

I think it was a line from one of his many plays- it said something like "Hasty marriage seldom doth last." Or it was something- a warning about not getting married too quickly.

What was that quote, and from which play was it taken?

2007-01-31 08:02:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Quotations

I need some topics to write about, for outsourcing jobs to foreign countries

2007-01-31 08:01:51 · 6 answers · asked by precoiushowey 1 in Homework Help

I'm studying spanish and it would help me to help other people studying it (preferrably at gcse). let me know if you want a hand.

2007-01-31 07:58:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

I am taking a philosophy course and one of my assignments is to write a position paper but I'm not really sure what that is. Does anyone know? Does it have to be written in the same way as an essay, with an introduction, 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion?

2007-01-31 07:58:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

I thought matter makes up everything. My science teacher says that there are some things that aren't made up of matter. What are some of these things? I'm not sure I get what my teacher is trying to say. Some examples/websites explaining would be helpful. Thanks!

2007-01-31 07:57:40 · 4 answers · asked by Alice 3 in Homework Help

I thought matter makes up everything. My science teacher says that there are some things that aren't made up of matter. What are some of these things? I'm not sure I get what my teacher is trying to say. Some examples/websites explaining would be helpful. Thanks!

2007-01-31 07:55:50 · 3 answers · asked by Alice 3 in Other - Education

2007-01-31 07:55:47 · 6 answers · asked by magicalpowersofcolors 1 in Teaching

1.) What was the first U.S. goverment building to be constructed?
2.) What was the first motion picture to recieve a copyright?
3.) What was the first lady's last name before she married the future first president?
4.)What was the first boat to cross the Panama Canal?
5.)Alphabetically which nation is the first in the United Nations?

2007-01-31 07:55:07 · 4 answers · asked by ☮ 2 in Homework Help

2007-01-31 07:53:55 · 1 answers · asked by tayebeh_gd_2006 1 in Teaching

I thought matter makes up everything. My science teacher says that there are some things that aren't made up of matter. What are some of these things? I'm not sure I get what my teacher is trying to say. Some examples/websites explaining would be helpful. Thanks!

2007-01-31 07:51:12 · 4 answers · asked by Alice 3 in Teaching

i just need to know why and how...

2007-01-31 07:46:08 · 5 answers · asked by empty[BuS]seat 1 in Homework Help

This is the sentence ....

Later he suffered a dramatic downfall and was sent to prison after being convicted of the offence of "gross indecency,"

but what is ''gross indecency''?

thanx ppl

2007-01-31 07:45:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

please help me i need to know for my geography homework!!!

2007-01-31 07:45:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

My limerick book's intro tells me that 'everyone know's the old chestnut "There was a young girl from Peru ..." etc but it only gives the first two lines. I don't know the rest and am intrigued!

2007-01-31 07:42:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

A - 78
B - 1,482
C - 39
D - 1,521

2007-01-31 07:41:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

is there any way around this?

2007-01-31 07:39:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2007-01-31 07:38:43 · 1 answers · asked by wild_eep 6 in Trivia

in the space write a form of the word in parentheses. the form of the word in parentheses may be correct...

The minister chose a reading from the New Testament to ____ his parishioners. (edify)

Unlike her grandmother, Rosa preferred to arrange the knickknacks over her fireplace______, with a tall vase on one side and several short candleholders on the other. (asymmetrical)

The pottery bowl was pure white exept for several deep _____ of grey-green around the top. (striate)

Having moved several times in the last ten years, the LeFays have managed to keep the accumulation of their furnishings ______. (spare)

Some readers like the _____ of Aesop's fables; each one has a moral lesson. (didactic)

People who are chronic liars often find themselves in ______, unable to remember what they told to whom. (imbroglio)

2007-01-31 07:33:38 · 3 answers · asked by Amy D 2 in Homework Help

1. decribtion of ozone layer issue

2.what caused this to be a problem

3.what are the effects?

4. what can people do to resolve the problem and help protect themselves?

2007-01-31 07:32:33 · 4 answers · asked by BLiNGiN! 2 in Homework Help

Lately i've been starting to really start to look around at colleges. ideally, i want to go to an ivy type school, but unfortunately a sub par frosh year will most likely keep me from that. eventually i want to be a doctor, so i'm more concerned with my med school over first 4 year school. if i were to go to...say rutgers, would it be unrealistic to try and go to an IVY league med school?

2007-01-31 07:32:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2007-01-31 07:30:23 · 2 answers · asked by Michelle P 1 in Other - Education

Need help people! i am teaching hotel/tourism related modules.a student asked me "why do hotel rooms keep a bible?" i really could not figure out why? i do have valid clues in my head, but dont know the EXACT reason! please help if u know.many thanks!

2007-01-31 07:30:21 · 12 answers · asked by onyx74 1 in Teaching

be aware of childs right

2007-01-31 07:29:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

2007-01-31 07:25:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education