Virtually Realistic? Many children have watched movies and read books in which the characters pass notes in class, but hardly any have passed notes themselves. Texting has replaced note-passing. Most children have taken written notes in their classes, but as college approaches, notebooks are traded for computers or tablets. Gone… Read More →
Evolving traditional education into virtual reality classes has many advantages; however, it also has many limitations overriding the benefits and therefore it will not replace traditional education in the foreseeable future. Firstly, virtual reality classes would result in children spending more time at home by themselves with a mask over… Read More →
The Future of Education: The Virtual Classroom For as long as formal education has existed, traditionally, students participate in an on-site session, in which a teacher provides lectures. Traditional education once required library visits, utilizing the Dewey Decimal System, and neatly printing ten page research papers by hand. Fortunately, what… Read More →
Cassandra sighed as she pulled into her parking spot. An empty grocery cart once again blocking her way. “Hi kitten!” She greeted her sister’s cat as she flicked on the light in their apartment. His high pitched meows meant he was hungry. She threw her obnoxiously big purse on the… Read More →
Nobody liked Julia Simmons, and nobody knew why. As far as I knew, she had never done anything bad. Instead, I believe it was her presence that annoyed the students at Russell Secondary. Julia was like a small gnat; she never bit anyone, but constantly annoyed with her buzzing. At… Read More →
Part 1 of the essay Dear Elaine, one letter began, the days seem to fly by. I can scarcely believe it three months since we last saw one another. The lady I am staying with speaks very little English. We have been having the funniest conversations in which I believe… Read More →
In the far northern corner of France, there exists what, for lack of a better term, I shall call a fishing village. In reality, this place consists only of several old-painted houses clinging like sea-shells to a cliff edge. Below them all, so stormy waves could almost clean her windows,… Read More →
