Prostitution is commonly characterized as a “victimless crime,” especially by those who believe it ought to be legalized. Opponents of legalization counter that prostitution is not victimless: it is harmful to those who do it, and it is often forced on a person by economic need if not by an abusive pimp. To many, however, the characterization of prostitution as victimless remains convincing. Why is this? One reason is that most prostitution appears to be voluntary. Another reason is that not everyone who does this work is obviously harmed by it. In this book I consider whether prostitution laws might be justified nonetheless, and I conclude that they might be.
Teachers struggle every day to bring quality instruction to their students. Beset by lists of content standards and accompanying ''high-stakes'' accountability tests, many educators sense that both teaching and learning have been redirected in ways that are potentially impoverishing for those who teach and those who learn. Educators need a model that acknowledges the centrality of standards but also ensures that students truly understand content and can apply it in meaningful ways...
This book is loaded, from cover to cover, with focused practice exercises that will keep your Grade 5 students' language skills sharp and expanding. As an added benefit, the items are presented in a variety of standardized testing formats, such as those used in the SAT-9, OLSAT, and TAAS tests.
This book is loaded, from cover to cover, with focused practice exercises that will keep your Grade 3 students' language skills sharp and expanding. As an added benefit, the items are presented in a variety of standardized testing formats, such as those used in the SAT-9, OLSAT, and TAAS tests.
Some people seem to be naturally ‘good spellers’ ; many find spelling difficult. This book will be helpful to those who are frequently uncertain how to spell a word, for it has been written with their difficulties in mind. The book deals with ten basic spelling rules and these are the key to many thousands of words in the language; the book also picks out those words which are commonly misspelt in the work of examination candidates.
