5 days ago:

Hubble Space Telescope

NASA placed the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above the earth's atmosphere
in April of 1990. It suffered from mixed feelings towards its launch and use and from several technical difficulties as well as budget problems. Also the main mirror on it had been ground incorrectly compromising the telescope’s capabilities.
Although being doubted, the Hubble Space Telescope pulled through eventually and made some very important discoveries. The Hubble brought us a whole decade of discoveries. Between the years 1990 and 2000, some of our questions of our solar system became a little more clear to us and some of them were answered. One of the discoveries from the HST includes the age of the universe. The HST was able to determine the age of the universe at between thirteen and fourteen billion years old. WOAH! It also discovered “dark energy”. Dark energy was found to accelerate the universe expansion rate. The HST also made the first direct measurement of the chemical makeup of an extra solar planets atmosphere. It also tracked down the home of quasars. It found that quasars are found in the centers of galaxies. The HST also determined that planetary nebulas are all different. No two of them are alike. These are just a small few of the discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope. Along with many other discoveries thanks to the HST, our solar system started becoming more understood.
NASA determined that the HST end date would be in 2014. After encountering several problems and difficulties, the HST pulled through for us in the end, changing the knowledge of the universe and affecting NASA in a great way.

40 days ago:

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40 days ago:

The subject of lengthening the school year or day has been a controversial subject for awhile. Some people think that it will improve test scores and overall grades. However, many people disagree. I’m one of those who disagrees because we already dedicate most of our time to school including homework and projects. Additionally, some kids just don’t care how they perform, and money is too big of a problem in our nation at the moment.
Students already spend seven hours a day in school Monday through Friday. On top of that we get homework assignments and projects. Some students play sports which requires extra time after school for practices and games. Some students have jobs in order to supplement their family or personal needs. We already have enough on our plates. Most students already don’t get enough sleep every night due to their busy schedules. We don’t get enough free time or time with family, and that’s crucial time for us. We need more time to relax not more time to work. Too much and we can become overly stressed causing health problems and a variety of other problems.
Another area of concern is that some students just don’t care about how well they do in school. Their test scores will not change because they’re in school longer. When a student is disengaged about school, they usually aren’t going to change. Only the students who care are the ones that will succeed. More time in school gives the students who don’t care more time to fool around. Don’t punish the kids who try just because there are those who do not care. Changing the minds of those who don’t care is almost impossible. Adding more time will probably just make them angrier, and in return we will have more drop outs. After all, it’s a lot easier to not try than it is to try. Some kids will just keep that attitude, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
As everyone knows, our economy right now isn’t the best. We need to be focusing on that. Our President does not seem to be helping the situation so we might as well try. Making the school days/year longer requires a lot of extra money. It requires money that we do not have. We need to be utilizing the money we do have in a productive manner. Lengthening school time isn’t a necessary thing. We already go longer than required each day. It won’t necessarily help test scores or student performance; so, why risk the money?
Lengthening school doesn’t guarantee any better student performances or anything else. It gives us less free and social time. The kids that don’t care about their education aren’t going to change no matter how much we try. Our country doesn’t have the money to spend on it. Basically, there is no point in lengthening school.

765 days ago:

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