Prompt: While cognitive intelligence is fairly stable, and probably set by a young age, the apparent key to success is instead the so-called soft skills which can improve with instruction. Yet schools tend to focus on learning facts, despite evidence that mastery of these facts does not correlate with long-term success in life. This piece further introduces the information that biggest root cause of the achievement gap is stress. In lecture we discussed theories of intelligence and, earlier in the semester, the importance of secure attachment. In your essay please form a cohesive narrative in which you discuss the different ways in which stress interferes with learning that results in long-term success and how childhood attachment can affect learning in turn. You should make sure to include a discussion of what part of intelligence is best exemplified by “soft skills” and why this affects an individual’s level of intelligence as measured by an intelligence test.

is there a story?

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  plan: i will begin with a quotation about the importance of unity in a community. then, i will state my claim that an activity will unite our school by creating a shared vision, purpose, and direction. in the body, i will use three main points that describe the different avenues the students can take: through a variety of clubs, through a special event, or through an awareness week. i will provide evidence about other towns that have unity activities and the kinds of events that they include. pictures will illustrate my three main points in action. for the ending, i will restate the main idea in a new way and pose a question to keep the audience thinking. 

c) problem and solution

in the 1890s, southern states enacted a new form of black codes, called “jim crow” laws. these laws made it illegal for blacks and whites to share public facilities. this meant that blacks and whites had to use separate schools, hospitals, libraries, restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, and drinking fountains.

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