These have tended to cast further doubt on the notion of the "burden of acting white." A detailed survey of students in Shaker Heights, Ohio, by Harvard economist Ronald Ferguson (2001) has been especially influential. He found no evidence of an oppositional culture among the black students. Similar proportions of black and white students reported that there was a social penalty for academic striving in this successful and long-integrated school system. Another study of eight schools in North Carolina confirmed that there was some social penalty for high achievement for both races, but in only one of the schools were there reports of a strong racial element to this stigmatization (Tyson, and Castellino 2005).
Today we worry more about high-impact strikes to the head than about repetitive blows of moderate intensity. We think the only players who suffer brain injuries during collisions are the ones who later look dazed, or who can't keep their balance, or who suffer from slurred speech and vision. There are about 1 million high-school football players in any given year in the United States. There are also a lot of reported concussions, and probably about as many that go unreported because fans, coaches, and parents don't want a star athlete pulled from a game. But among the supposedly injury-free remainder, the Purdue researchers believe tens of thousands of athletes routinely suffer serious brain injuries from high-impact collisions intrinsic to the game.
Dementia in Elderly There are many kinds of dementia ranging from mild symptoms to severe (Alzheimer’s) and is a disease of the brain. Dementia is usually a disease of the elderly although it can affect younger people, the onset can start in the mid sixties but most often starts in the 70 to 80 year old age range, growing old does not necessarily mean that a person is going to develop dementia, in fact most older people never suffer from this illness. The question is often asked ‘ is this disease hereditary? ’ the answer is, ‘it has not been proved’. Vascular dementia is the most common form of dementia and is caused by poor circulation of blood in the brain, there are several types of vascular dementia but most common is multi-infarct
Depression is often misinterpreted in residual schizophrenic, one who no longer suffers from hallucinations, but has no will to live (Mental Health America, 2011). More risk factors and controversy of the disease also include the tendency and concept of suicide to schizophrenics. Ten percent of schizophrenics that attempt to commit suicide every year are successful, while forty percent will try to harm themselves (National Mental Health Institute, 2007). Most people will assume schizophrenia is a violently paranoid disease causing the implication that all schizophrenics are violent, this is not true. The majority of schizophrenics prefer to be left alone and not
Only a few hundred families around the world carry certain genes that guarantee the development of Alzheimer’s. if you have a family history of the disease, it is more likely that you carry another common gene like ApoE (Apolipoprotein E), which raises your risk, but does not ensure that you will get it. A genetic test for ApoE is available, but experts don’t recommend it because it does not definitively predict Alzheimer’s or give you a clear indication of how great your risk
Traditional students are weak in reading and writing due to the “No Child Left Behind Act” implemented in 2001. Students were passed on to higher grades, not knowing the basics. The adult students were held back grades until they learned what was needed to continue. Traditional students are taught in schools how to use computers and the internet. Computers are now being introduced in kindergarten classes.
(Correct Answer; 620) These results show that the majority of people (9) thought that 620 was the correct answer, whilst 3 people thought it was 375, nobody thought that there were 115 people diagnosed which shows that there is already awareness about this disorder. Our Aim for the end of the campaign is to increase the general knowledge about the amount of people diagnosed with Anorexia. On average, what age range do you think Anorexia normally occurs between? (Correct Answer; 16-17) These results show that 8 out of 12 people believed that Anorexia occurs mainly occurs between 14 to 15 year olds. 0 out of 12 thought that it was 12 to 13 year olds, which is bad because it means that they were unaware that Anorexia can strike at such a young age.
There was no difference on the SAT-9 in mathematics. Although TFA teachers appeared to improve when they became certified in their second or third year, few of them stayed in the district. On average, over the years studied, 69% of TFA teachers had left by the end of their second year of teaching, and 88% had left by the end of their third
The effects of NCLB affected everyone, whether you were at the top of your class or toward the bottom. To those of us who experienced the affects if NCLB first hand, it seemed like the students who put in the least amount of effort got rewarded the same things that the students putting in hours of work got. I asked my good friend Casey Collins, who attends University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, if she felt that NCLB was affective she said, “In all seriousness it was passed to help those who were behind get back on their feet, but it never took into account why all of these students were doing poorly in the first place. It's not effective in the fact that these kids are now moving forward but still don’t have the knowledge to do so. It also holds back the kids who work hard to succeed.” Many of the people I asked agreed in some way with Casey.
1.1 Dementia is a term used to describe a broad range of between 100-150 diseases which affect the brain. Some of the conditions are better than others, while some show more symptoms then others. You can get symptoms of the disease to slow its progress; however dementia is not currently reversible. There are many types of dementia such as; Alzheimer’s- which is the most common type of dementia. Lewy body dementia Picks disease Multi-infarct Dementia Huntington’s Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease 1.2 The brain consists of three main sections: the hindbrain, the midbrain and the forebrain.