PSAT/NMSQT Essays

Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” What this means to me is that everyone has the potential to do anything they want; however, if they do not have the confidence and the drive to go for their dreams, they will not accomplish anything. As a second-semester sophomore in high school, it may seem that I have plenty of time to decide what I want to do with my life, but that is not exactly the case. With the SAT test coming up in about a year and college

It’s an honor to be considered as a candidate for the Flagler Palm Coast High School chapter of the National Honor Society. Though I would benefit tremendously from being a member, I believe that this chapter would benefit from my participation, too. I believe the four pillars of the National Honor Society can be found in me: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Through setting and reaching holistic goals, I have discovered my strengths and weaknesses as well as a passions, and I’ve experienced

The role of each person is clearly defined in the Division of Purchasing. Once hierarchy determines its keys employee each, roles and tasks are assigned to group units. According to Mintzberg (as cited in Boldman & Deal, 2013), there are several options that may be used to group people in units, “Functional groups based on knowledge or skill, units created on the basis of time, as by shift, groups established around customers or clients, groupings around place or geography, grouping by process”

As a direct result of public mistrust and a concern about the fairness of standardize testing, a bill was introduced known as H.R.4949 “Educational Testing Act of 1979”. This legislation was put forth and went into effect in both California and New York. The bill was introduced by Rep.Ted Weiss (D-NY), with the support of Rep.Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) and Rep.George Miller (D-CA). According to Wicklund (1980) the bill was created to address the fairness of college and university admission test by:

Teachers can no longer teach what they feel is necessary for students to learn in the specified class, but rather teachers teach for the tests. Student life has been changed to focus on passing. To pass the EOC, to pass the ACT, the SAT, the GED, PSAT, NMSQT, GRE and the list continues. In Robinson’s Ted Talk he emphasizes the role of teachers, stating that, “Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. Teaching, properly conceived, is not a delivery system. What great teachers do is mentor