Denny | 
02 27th, 2010| 
Feb
27
margret asked:
how much school would i need to become a Certified Nursing Assistant i know its not a major carrer to set as my goal but i just finished HS and im kinda in a hurry to help my family out with income. I also know i can use my nursing skills to become something elese in the medical field down the road. Thanks for reading my question =]
how much school would i need to become a Certified Nursing Assistant i know its not a major carrer to set as my goal but i just finished HS and im kinda in a hurry to help my family out with income. I also know i can use my nursing skills to become something elese in the medical field down the road. Thanks for reading my question =]
Also how much money would i need to spend on school/
Benjamin
Feb
27
annie asked:
John Dewey
The philosopher we decided to research was John Dewey. We chose him for many reasons, one of them being because he was concerned with ethics. We knew that ethics is important in our daily life, so it was something that would be good to find out about. Since he was a pragmatist and an instrumentalist, he had a practical approach to philosophy, and that was interesting to us. John Dewey created things that are still used today.
John Dewey was a pragmatist who founded a doctrine called Instrumentalism. Instrumentalism is a philosophy that is very practical because it doesn’t consider anything that cannot be observed or can have a practical use. Pragmatism is the philosophy that attempts to simplify problems. The main idea of pragmatism is that the meaning of truth is something that is accepted by one or more groups of people and it satisfies a need. It became important in the U.S. during the early 1900’s.Ethics is the study of values, customs, and answers questions such as “What do we do?” or “How should I live?” He was very influential in education and ethics. The word ethics came from the Greek word ethos which means the character and morals of a group of people. It covers research of ideas like good and evil, right and wrong, and responsibility. Ethics involves relating the desirable to the desired. It attempts to help us understand which ways of life are worth following and which are wrong.
As mentioned before Dewey’s doctrine is called instrumentalism. Dewey believed that knowledge was needed to control the environment to improve the quality of the human way of life. You can control the environment through your actions and your thoughts.
Ethics affects our life in many ways whether we realize it or not. Without ethics our world could be a complete war zone. Without ethics people wouldn’t know right from wrong. People would have morals that were not concerned with their best interests, and would not understand the consequences of their actions. Ethics is what helps us live responsibly. Pragmatism also affects our lives, it helps us approach questions in a practical way. Without Pragmatism, it would be hard for us to accept the facts of life.
John Dewey was born on October 20th, 1849 in Burlington, Vermont. He came from a middle class family. He was a very inquisitive boy, which led him to go to college. In 1879, he graduated from the University of Vermont. He worked for three years as a high school teacher in Oil City, but soon decided that he would rather teach his own way than the way he had to teach at the high school in. He decided to borrow some money and go to graduate school and study philosophy. John Dewey received his Ph.D. from the School of Arts Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in 1884. In 1894, Dewey joined the staff at the University of Chicago. It was there that he started expressing his beliefs on ethics and pragmatism. He also started the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago to test out his educational theories. “Learning by doing” was the concept of the school. During that period of time, Dewey worked on a few books, one of them being “The School and Society” which was published in 1899. 5 years after that book was published, Dewey decided to leave his teaching post at the University of Chicago and move to the east coast. For the next 48 years, John Dewey continued to write books about his ethical and educational philosophies. He was also the professor of philosophy at both Colombia University and the Teacher’s College University. John Dewey was known as the father of functional psychology. Throughout his whole life, John Dewey made contributions to the philosophical world.
One of the things Dewey is most known for is his role in progressive education and his part in ethics. In his book “Experience and Education”, Dewey gives an overview of his approach to teaching and education while he discusses the relationship between experience and learning. He believed that children needed to learn interactive, physical, and emotional skills before they do any serious intellectual activity. Dewey wrote what he thought about morals and truth in his book “The Quest for Certainty”. Dewey believed that each group of people had their own morals. He thought that if one group of people convinced others that their morals were true, that the moral would become a truth. Dewey’s strongest point of view was that knowledge is not something that can be transferred by word of mouth but must be found out for ones self by experimenting.
Like many great philosophers, John Dewey had various influences. Dewey was greatly inspired by the English biologist Charles Darwin. From reading Darwin’s works, he got the idea that a human being is like a very complicated organism that needs to function within its environment. He found that successful functioning requires the organism to adapt itself to the existing environment or to transform the environment itself. Dewey used these ideas on numerous occasions when he explained his views on education and ethics. Dewey was also a teacher for a number of years, so that influenced him to explore new methods of teaching. He had first-hand experience of what best helped students to learn and what the best learning environment would be. With these influences, John Dewey was able to create a unique philosophy that is still in use today.
John Dewey believed that arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. This statement means that you should always have a goal in life, one after another. We agree with this statement because we think that you should always have goals. You should always examine your life to see if it is going in the right direction. If your life is not going in the right direction set a goal that will help you solve the problem, and try to make your life better. If you strive to achieve that goal, then it will be achieved.
John Dewey, one of the founders of Instrumentalism, died on June 1, 1952 after 92 years of sharing his beliefs on pragmatism and ethics with the world. He wrote many books revolving around pragmatism. He founded a school for young children and he made contributions to the philosophical world. Dewey accomplished many things that inspired other philosophers that came after him. He was a well respected man in his time and his philosophy greatly influences life today on a daily basis. Goal setting as practiced today on a is an example of that. His support and study of the philosophy of the arts may be one of the reasons why there is art in schools today.
we are only in seventh grade can you believe that we hve to write on him
Jasmine
John Dewey
The philosopher we decided to research was John Dewey. We chose him for many reasons, one of them being because he was concerned with ethics. We knew that ethics is important in our daily life, so it was something that would be good to find out about. Since he was a pragmatist and an instrumentalist, he had a practical approach to philosophy, and that was interesting to us. John Dewey created things that are still used today.
John Dewey was a pragmatist who founded a doctrine called Instrumentalism. Instrumentalism is a philosophy that is very practical because it doesn’t consider anything that cannot be observed or can have a practical use. Pragmatism is the philosophy that attempts to simplify problems. The main idea of pragmatism is that the meaning of truth is something that is accepted by one or more groups of people and it satisfies a need. It became important in the U.S. during the early 1900’s.Ethics is the study of values, customs, and answers questions such as “What do we do?” or “How should I live?” He was very influential in education and ethics. The word ethics came from the Greek word ethos which means the character and morals of a group of people. It covers research of ideas like good and evil, right and wrong, and responsibility. Ethics involves relating the desirable to the desired. It attempts to help us understand which ways of life are worth following and which are wrong.
As mentioned before Dewey’s doctrine is called instrumentalism. Dewey believed that knowledge was needed to control the environment to improve the quality of the human way of life. You can control the environment through your actions and your thoughts.
Ethics affects our life in many ways whether we realize it or not. Without ethics our world could be a complete war zone. Without ethics people wouldn’t know right from wrong. People would have morals that were not concerned with their best interests, and would not understand the consequences of their actions. Ethics is what helps us live responsibly. Pragmatism also affects our lives, it helps us approach questions in a practical way. Without Pragmatism, it would be hard for us to accept the facts of life.
John Dewey was born on October 20th, 1849 in Burlington, Vermont. He came from a middle class family. He was a very inquisitive boy, which led him to go to college. In 1879, he graduated from the University of Vermont. He worked for three years as a high school teacher in Oil City, but soon decided that he would rather teach his own way than the way he had to teach at the high school in. He decided to borrow some money and go to graduate school and study philosophy. John Dewey received his Ph.D. from the School of Arts Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in 1884. In 1894, Dewey joined the staff at the University of Chicago. It was there that he started expressing his beliefs on ethics and pragmatism. He also started the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago to test out his educational theories. “Learning by doing” was the concept of the school. During that period of time, Dewey worked on a few books, one of them being “The School and Society” which was published in 1899. 5 years after that book was published, Dewey decided to leave his teaching post at the University of Chicago and move to the east coast. For the next 48 years, John Dewey continued to write books about his ethical and educational philosophies. He was also the professor of philosophy at both Colombia University and the Teacher’s College University. John Dewey was known as the father of functional psychology. Throughout his whole life, John Dewey made contributions to the philosophical world.
One of the things Dewey is most known for is his role in progressive education and his part in ethics. In his book “Experience and Education”, Dewey gives an overview of his approach to teaching and education while he discusses the relationship between experience and learning. He believed that children needed to learn interactive, physical, and emotional skills before they do any serious intellectual activity. Dewey wrote what he thought about morals and truth in his book “The Quest for Certainty”. Dewey believed that each group of people had their own morals. He thought that if one group of people convinced others that their morals were true, that the moral would become a truth. Dewey’s strongest point of view was that knowledge is not something that can be transferred by word of mouth but must be found out for ones self by experimenting.
Like many great philosophers, John Dewey had various influences. Dewey was greatly inspired by the English biologist Charles Darwin. From reading Darwin’s works, he got the idea that a human being is like a very complicated organism that needs to function within its environment. He found that successful functioning requires the organism to adapt itself to the existing environment or to transform the environment itself. Dewey used these ideas on numerous occasions when he explained his views on education and ethics. Dewey was also a teacher for a number of years, so that influenced him to explore new methods of teaching. He had first-hand experience of what best helped students to learn and what the best learning environment would be. With these influences, John Dewey was able to create a unique philosophy that is still in use today.
John Dewey believed that arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. This statement means that you should always have a goal in life, one after another. We agree with this statement because we think that you should always have goals. You should always examine your life to see if it is going in the right direction. If your life is not going in the right direction set a goal that will help you solve the problem, and try to make your life better. If you strive to achieve that goal, then it will be achieved.
John Dewey, one of the founders of Instrumentalism, died on June 1, 1952 after 92 years of sharing his beliefs on pragmatism and ethics with the world. He wrote many books revolving around pragmatism. He founded a school for young children and he made contributions to the philosophical world. Dewey accomplished many things that inspired other philosophers that came after him. He was a well respected man in his time and his philosophy greatly influences life today on a daily basis. Goal setting as practiced today on a is an example of that. His support and study of the philosophy of the arts may be one of the reasons why there is art in schools today.
we are only in seventh grade can you believe that we hve to write on him
Jasmine
Feb
25
InternetPosterChild asked:
I’ve accomplished every goal I’ve set for myself. Whatever it is, I have proven to myself and others that I can do it. The problem I see now is time. I am running out of it. If I went back to school to become an Opthamologist, would I be too old to use my new skills? It seems to me that people might be skeptical of using a newly licensed doctor who is over 50 years old. Anyone else out there do anything like this or know of anyone who has?
Ava
I’ve accomplished every goal I’ve set for myself. Whatever it is, I have proven to myself and others that I can do it. The problem I see now is time. I am running out of it. If I went back to school to become an Opthamologist, would I be too old to use my new skills? It seems to me that people might be skeptical of using a newly licensed doctor who is over 50 years old. Anyone else out there do anything like this or know of anyone who has?
Ava
Feb
25
Jim T asked:
This is copied and pasted directly of Obamas campaign website:
This is copied and pasted directly of Obamas campaign website:
Create a Civilian Assistance Corps (CAC): An Obama-Biden administration will set a goal of creating a national CAC of 25,000 personnel. This corps of civilian volunteers with special skill, sets (doctors, lawyers, engineers, city planners, agriculture specialists, police, etc.) would be organized to provide each federal agency with a pool of volunteer experts willing to deploy in times of need at home and abroad.
I was wondering if someone could further explain what this means.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/defense/
Also is this the Citizen military or whatever people call it, that Obama proposed. I
I heard he wanted to make a citizen military that is as strong as the military. I do not agree with this at all. This means normal citizens could easily overthrow the government.
The thing that scares me about it is that is there was a citizen force as strong as the military, the citizens could overthrow the government, thus throwing us into a civil war.
Lillian
Feb
25
diel_delorung asked:
Bruce Lee and Jesus both have something in common, they both set the bar for all to reach and surpass. it would be inconceivably selfish of them to declair no one to ever reach their level of enlightenment. Instead of worshipping Jesus as the unreachable goal, they should focus on becoming a Jesus-like being as to create great harmony in the world, then throughout the entire universe.
They both showed us what is possible and it was not just unique to them alone…If bruce Lee were still alive, he would definitely want to see people surpass his skills, this in turn would puch him even further.
What happens when you become successful in any goal you achieve, do you simply lay down your tools and move on to something else, or do you find a way to push it even further beyond?
Im not praising, just respect the skills and concepts of the two…whether real or mythical, they still positively influence us to push for greater insight…at least it should.
Chloe
Bruce Lee and Jesus both have something in common, they both set the bar for all to reach and surpass. it would be inconceivably selfish of them to declair no one to ever reach their level of enlightenment. Instead of worshipping Jesus as the unreachable goal, they should focus on becoming a Jesus-like being as to create great harmony in the world, then throughout the entire universe.
They both showed us what is possible and it was not just unique to them alone…If bruce Lee were still alive, he would definitely want to see people surpass his skills, this in turn would puch him even further.
What happens when you become successful in any goal you achieve, do you simply lay down your tools and move on to something else, or do you find a way to push it even further beyond?
Im not praising, just respect the skills and concepts of the two…whether real or mythical, they still positively influence us to push for greater insight…at least it should.
Chloe
Feb
24
griscel m asked:
I;m doing this personal mission statement for school. I think it needs improvement, but I don’t know what. Please help.
I;m doing this personal mission statement for school. I think it needs improvement, but I don’t know what. Please help.
My mission is to accomplish my goal of obtaining a rewarding career so that I can provide stability and set a valuable example to my family. I will do this by passing the RHIA certification exam and work for progressive employer that allows me to use my education, skills, talent, and values to achieve success.
Natalie
Feb
22
Zack asked:
ok now im out of school for a while and i set a goal for myself to get a skillcape and ive choosen cooking i have lvl 62 cooking and im trying to get 99 by this monday
Gabriella
ok now im out of school for a while and i set a goal for myself to get a skillcape and ive choosen cooking i have lvl 62 cooking and im trying to get 99 by this monday
Gabriella
Feb
22
Son of mary asked:
besides this reason …..
a person who has graduated college has demonstrated that they are hard workers who have the discipline to achieve long term goals. A college graduate also, in general, has a better skill set to offer. They have learned language skills(oral and written), mathematical skills, logic skills, and interpersonal skills that are typically more polished and advanced than someone who has just finished high school. There are of course exceptions to the rule for who would be better to hire.
besides this reason …..
a person who has graduated college has demonstrated that they are hard workers who have the discipline to achieve long term goals. A college graduate also, in general, has a better skill set to offer. They have learned language skills(oral and written), mathematical skills, logic skills, and interpersonal skills that are typically more polished and advanced than someone who has just finished high school. There are of course exceptions to the rule for who would be better to hire.
I need one more reason.. write it like that ^^^^^^ pls
Jackson
Feb
22
Leo T asked:
I have many goals and a strong desire to pursue them, e.g. waking up early, learning how to play an instrument, practicing my fiction writing, improving my programming skills, meeting new people, etc. Clearly, all of these are not doable, given the number of hours in the day (I’m a student and actually I have more ‘free’ hours than many people). But still – the gap between what I’d like to do and what I actually accomplish is too large – often I simply end up doing the bare minimum (I procrastinate a lot). How do I improve my self-discipline such that I can accomplish more of what I set out to do? This is a perennial question, but a lot of the self-help advice is either too simplistic or rubbish. Most of consists of: Well just set goals for yourself and do them. But that’s the crux of the problem. I’d like some strategies/heuristics/actions that work, even for those of us who are often disappointed with our will power. Anecdotes personal stories of your own especially help. Thanks
Gabrielle
I have many goals and a strong desire to pursue them, e.g. waking up early, learning how to play an instrument, practicing my fiction writing, improving my programming skills, meeting new people, etc. Clearly, all of these are not doable, given the number of hours in the day (I’m a student and actually I have more ‘free’ hours than many people). But still – the gap between what I’d like to do and what I actually accomplish is too large – often I simply end up doing the bare minimum (I procrastinate a lot). How do I improve my self-discipline such that I can accomplish more of what I set out to do? This is a perennial question, but a lot of the self-help advice is either too simplistic or rubbish. Most of consists of: Well just set goals for yourself and do them. But that’s the crux of the problem. I’d like some strategies/heuristics/actions that work, even for those of us who are often disappointed with our will power. Anecdotes personal stories of your own especially help. Thanks
Gabrielle