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Dissection Choice: Know the Law

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If your student chooses to not dissect an animal and is given a hard time, explain to the teacher that you know the state policy. For example in Massachusetts the 2005 State Board of Education Policy gives anyone the right to refuse to cut up animals. In fact Massachusetts residents can mention the following policy:

“All public schools that offer dissection as a learning activity should, upon written request by a student’s parent or guardian, permit a student who chooses not to participate in dissection to demonstrate competency through an alternative method.” [2005 MA State Board of Education Policy]

Look up the policy where you live and have it ready to go to avoid being intimidated.

Dissection Choice

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Many students feel the stress of peer pressure and fear of repercussions by the teacher when not wanting to dissect animals in biology classes. These students find cutting up animals to be morally objectionable, yet feel forced to do so. In fact this moral dilemma can cause grades to go way down. Some people do not realize that even though each year, 10 million animals (including frogs, cats, and fetal pigs) are killed and then cut up in classrooms across the country, humane alternatives do exist. Studies have shown that students who use alternatives to dissection perform just as well as, if not better than students who cut up animals. In most states students have the right to refuse to dissect animals if they choose and most do not even realize it. The reality is your student does not have to dissect animals if they do not want to and it is the school’s responsibility to find alternatives for each student.

Weston Tutor

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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Weston tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Weston students attending Field School, Country School, Woodland School, Weston Middle School, Weston High School, Tremont School, Rivers School, Cambridge School of Weston, Gifford School and Meadowbrook School.

Check out our website serving the students of the Weston, MA area. www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com

Newton Harvest Fair – Children’s Cooperative Nursery School

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The Children’s Cooperative Nursery School in Newton, MA will be having their annual fall fundraiser on Sunday October 14th at the Newton Harvest Fair. This will be a silent auction taking place on the Newton Centre Green. When attending the auction, be sure to bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring that will be up for grabs. By participating, we hope to help three and four year old children and their families from the Newton area. This fundraiser ensures that the children of families needing financial support will be able to enjoy the important experience of preschool education. Money raised from the Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation and other items will help defray the tuition costs for families who are less able to pay.

Lincoln School PTO Pumpkinfest – Brookline MA

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When attending the Lincoln School’s Pumpkinfest in Brookline, MA this Sunday, make sure you look for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home silent auction donation. Whether it is writing, math, English, test preparation or study skills we have you covered. Our Brookline tutoring and test prep services and your auction bids will go a long way to help the children of Brookline. Please join us in making a difference. We hope that together we can make this year’s Pumpkinfest a resounding success.

Needham Tutor

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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Needham tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Needham students attending Broadmeadow School, Eliot School, Monsignor Haddad Middle School, Hillside School, High Rock School, Mitchell School, Newman School, Pollard Middle School, Needham High School, St. Joseph School, St. Sebastian’s School, and Walker School.

Check out our new web page link serving the students of the Needham, MA area. www.NeedhamTutor.com

Executive Function Tutor

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D. H. from Weston, MA asks, “What is executive function?”

This is a common question that we get asked a lot. As a child’s brain matures, they are able to perform higher level tasks. These high level tasks are referred to as executive function. Think of executive function as the role of a Chief Executive Officer in a company. She or he must analyze what the company needs to have done, develop a plan, identify the order these tasks must be done, make mid-course corrections as needed, and complete the job by the deadline. Someone with executive function problems may have difficulty doing any of the following:
Analyze a task
Plan how to address the task
Organize the steps needed to carry out the task
Develop timelines for completing the task
Adjust or shift these plans as needed
Compete the task in a timely way
Executive function issues in school can be devastating. If your child starts long term assignments at the last minute, loses papers, has loose papers everywhere, forgets to do homework, forgets to hand in completed homework, has difficulty with math word problems, has trouble starting and organizing English writing assignments, or studies for tests at the last minute then there may be executive function issues.

Y3K Tutor In Your Home helps many students with executive function learn how to become successful and attain high grades. Contact us if we can be of any assistance.

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Why Teenagers Are Fearless

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Often we are asked why teenagers tend to do things that we would consider dangerous to themselves without any fear. At the same time, most rational adults realize the consequences and would not do these same acts themselves. In fact many teenagers tend to not realize how unsafe their acts are such as dangerous skateboard and bicycle jumps, speeding in a car, riding in the back of a pickup truck, and etc. The reason is that the brains of adolescents are different than the brains of adults. As adolescents get older, maturation happens from the back to the front of the brain with the frontal lobe being the last part of the brain to mature. The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that controls judgment and insight. This means that adolescents are wired to be quick learners with limitations on their common sense and sense of danger. Unfortunately it is a lot easier to take risky chances when you are wired to be impulsive and confident.

Dover Tutor

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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Dover tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Dover students attending Chickering School, Pine Hill School, Dover-Sherborn Middle School, Dover-Sherborn High School and Charles River School.

Check out our new web page link serving the students of the Dover, MA area. www.DoverTutor.com

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