...Throughout times of hardships, achieving one’s dream calls upon the need for friendship and hope. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men uses the setting of the Great Depression of America in 1929 to convey the importance of dreams to keep oneself from falling into despair. The novel embodies the notion of friendships and emphasizes the importance of developing and maintaining strong relationships as a barrier to the oppressive and hostile world. To do this, Steinbeck utilizes a range of symbolic characters and explores the flawed nature of the American dream. By reinstating the power of relationships, exploring key characters of society through revolving around contextual influence, Steinbeck conveys the value of friendship, importance of dreams and attitudes to freedom The importance of human relationships, dreams and freedom is epitomized in the opening chapter where Steinbeck constructs` a strongly idealistic atmosphere as a location to introduce his two key characters. The land is described with poetic imagery of “golden foothill slopes” where “sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool”. This description lends contextual evidence of the Californian landscape and lives up to the naming of Soledad, which is a translation to loneliness, a large aspect during the Great Depression. The unspoilt scenery of purity and perfection is “beaten hard by tramps” when man decides to enter. This setting is particularly poignant as it foreshadows...
Words: 937 - Pages: 4
...each one. Trust; The infant is dependent on the parents for sustenance and comfort and an example of how to support it is by meeting the needs of the child by providing reliability, care, and affection. Autonomy; the child develops the sense of personal control of his physical skills and a sense of independence. We can support those needs by allowing the child to explore his limits and abilities and encouraging him. Initiative; the child develops a sense of initiative and feels secure his ability make decisions and lead. We can support this by encouraging his efforts and give them opportunities to explore their personal skills through initiating...
Words: 748 - Pages: 3
...way a university suppose to be. The university help us learn how to conduct our self, and work in a community. We learn principals, and values for our future. The student code of conduct teach us how to learn how to treat others and appreciate our community, and it teach us standards, how to be trustworthy, and high ethic values, and also to keep our word. We also learn how to be responsible, and set standards. Basically it help us learn how to proceed in school. What did you learn about the behaviors considered important for an ethical learner or student in the University of Phoenix learning community? The conditions I have learned is create knowledge through living both a contributor and a learner. Also to make a commitment of my time and money in order to explore an new identity and growth. I learned how to explore new ideas and be a ethical student but also identify things that is ethical and unethical. The academic integrity teach us the importance of a college degree, core values to be more effective in the work force. It also teach us time management. We also learn how to stay on the right path, too not cheat and stay effective in school. Why are the Student Code of Conduct and Student Code of Academic Integrity important to you and the University of Phoenix learning community? There are many advantages of having diversity in a collaborating learning environment. We meet new people,...
Words: 408 - Pages: 2
...The importance of science education for children Published 03/11/2008 Science Communication 17 Comments Tags: Science Education One of the features of wordpress is a list of what web searches have led people to your blog (or at least hits anyway) and they themselves can be fascinating glimpses into what people are interested in or what information on (mostly Tyrannosaurus and Jurassic Park). A recent one was the title of this post and it is a very interesting question (precisely it was “what is the importance of teaching science to children?”). Apart from the fundamental answer (well, everyone should know a bit about biology, chemistry and physics, much as they should know a bit about history, geography, art and maths) it is a good question. What does science bring to the table? It’s hard to put in specific terms, but science as a concept (as opposed to just learning facts and theories, or heating stuff in test tubes) has some nice ideas to offer that would be useful for many people to learn and would be useful throughout their lives. Concepts such as logical deductions and inference, parsimony, and not accepting arguments (or dismissals) based on authority but from evidence, and scepticism would all be handy. Teaching someone how to appraise and evaluate conflicting evidence and any bias in that evidence would be useful ‘life skills’ for pretty much everyone. Let’s face it, it ultimately comes down to trying to spot patterns, work out reasons for them, and to spot errors...
Words: 4695 - Pages: 19
...Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” and “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” both explore what it means to be acknowledged as valuable. Even though both stories are told from different perspectives they both bring up the question what makes something special. In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings an old man is discovered by a couple and seen as an angel while in “The grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” the boy in the story hands over a grasshopper to the girl but it turns out to be a special bell cricket. The motives in these stories are different but both explore how if we give something meaning it can become important to others as well. At first impression the family in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” sees the man as “as a fallen body with mute stupor” until they are told otherwise (405). They call and ask a neighbor who shares with them “he's an angel coming for the child but he's so old the rain knocked him down” without question they take her word for it (406). While “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” narrator doesn’t see the boys affection for the girl until he learns that he meant to give her the bell cricket. Without the meaning given to these objects they wouldn’t be seen as valuable to other people....
Words: 492 - Pages: 2
...Through the exploration of a pair of texts composed in different contexts one can observe the significance of the ability of texts with varied form and context to still present and reflect similar values. A Room of One’s Own (hereafter AROO), a polemic, by Virginia Woolf and the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (hereafter WAVW) by Edward Albee both address gender inequality and truth and illusion even though their contexts and form starkly contrast. An analysis of similar themes will provide a greater understanding of meanings and perceptions of the texts. AROO, written in the post-war period of the late 1920s, was composed in a time of great social change due to the destruction and turmoil of the War. Modernist writing highlights the absence of, and search for, meaning and features experiments with new forms. Loss and absence lie at the heart of Woolf’s art, resulting from the experience of loss as an adolescent – her half sister, father, brother and mother. Her refusal to give one single view of anything, offering instead multiple, often conflicting views which the reader has to balance and bring together is another modernist trait. In contrast, WAVW was written in a far more conservative context, and although Albee does challenge societal roles, he does it in a more blatant way. Written during a time of Cold War tension, where fear and instability was disguised beneath the facade of the Great American Dream, Albee is still able to paint a dystopian image of the stereotyped...
Words: 2190 - Pages: 9
...zz Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service 1. Teaching Objectives A. To illustrate the importance of having a tightly-integrated, highly-differentiated value proposition that is carefully aligned with a well-conceptualized target market. B. To explore the managerial challenges that accompany rapid growth and to reinforce the idea that in order to sustain value, a company must constantly reevaluates its value proposition, competitive positioning, and market strategy. C. To illustrate the difficulties associated with customer relationship management in the context of a diverse customer base. D. To highlight the idea that there is no single definition of great service. Instead, different customers may define service in different, often conflicting, ways. E. To illustrate the importance of measuring the correct drivers of customer satisfaction. 2. Discussion Questions A. What factors accounted for the extraordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990s? What was so compelling about the Starbucks value proposition? What brand image did Starbucks develop during this period? B. Why have Starbucks’customer satisfaction scores declined? Has the company’s service declined, or is it simply measuring satisfaction the wrong way? C. How does the Starbucks of 2002 differ from the Starbucks of 1992? D. Describe the ideal Starbucks customer from a profitability standpoint. What would it take to ensure that this customer is highly satisfied...
Words: 620 - Pages: 3
...construct an impressive example of multiple core values of quality, inclusiveness, and connectivity. These core values nourishes 21st century to build necessary sustainable prosperity. It represents the federal Morrill Act of 1862 in a written forms of global society and a model of university community collaboration, sustainable to research intensive university education in general, to broad range of societal organization. The State of Michigan established the Agriculture College in 1855, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania form of farmer's high school institution recognized today as Michigan State University. Both state's land grant institution became part of the land grant system federal Morrill Act of 1862. The Michigan State University has been successfully adhering and organized educational tradition in values drive behavior. The vision of more widely public able to explore, understand, and apply the scientific concepts of 19th century. A general idea of quality seems uncertain to different qualities such as institution commitment to developing to its education research programs and highly humanities disciplines, and generating an environment of critical thinking, continue intellectual research beyond the present constant. In the 21st century the land grant university have proven their ability to quality educational experience. Progression of quality does not means abandoning the intellectual and academic rigor. The idea of inclusiveness in the 19th century has move...
Words: 512 - Pages: 3
...An idealist is one who on, on noticing that a rose smells better than acabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing. Mencken H. L.On Ideals and Idealism The educational approach of this philosophy is of a holistic nature. In which self-realization and character development is strongly supported. The idealist feelsthat with the growth of a fine moral character as well as personal reflection,wisdom is gained. The holistic approach is supported instead of a specializedconcentration on a specific targeted area. By combining experiences gainedthrough critical thinking and dealing with broader topics, the idealist creates anenvironment in which a learner can rationalize information across curriculum.Idealism as a philosophy had its greatest impact during the nineteenth century.Its influence in today’s world is less important than it has been in the past..Idealism is the conclusion that the universe is expression of intelligence and will,that the enduring substance of the world is the nature of the mind, that thematerial is explained by the mental. Idealism as a philosophy stands in contrastwith all those systems of thought that center in nature (naturalism) or in man(humanism)." According to idealism "to be" means to be experienced by aperson. Idealism holds that the order of the world is due to the manifestation inspace and time of an eternal and spiritual reality. As to knowledge, idealismholds that knowledge is man thinking the thoughts and purposes of this eternaland spiritual...
Words: 3449 - Pages: 14
... Abstract Children’s freedom to play outdoors and have no limitations is somewhat controversial in this day in age. There are numerous views whether outdoor play is actually beneficial or not, when it comes to discussing children’s learning and development. In recent government documents such as The Early Years Foundation Stage (2012), references are made about outdoor play and its importance for children regardless of the weather. Potentially, there is an adventure to be made every day when a child takes the classroom outside, and no where offers more potential. Allowing parents and practitioners to learn about the advantages of risk taking but also explore the big wide world can help children gain a better insight and knowledge of world they live in. The outdoor area changes with the seasons therefore presented with more spontaneous challenges resulting in developing the children holistically. This research study is small scale and intends to focus on the importance of outdoor play for young children but also investigate what knowledge and understanding both parents and practitioners have on the chosen subject. The case study will be carried out within a day nursery setting. The researcher intended to gain a wider understanding of the chosen topic – outdoor play, and the views of this within the setting but also see how the setting responds to the Government framework The Eely Years Foundation Stage when it...
Words: 1857 - Pages: 8
...Diagrams The affinity diagram is a tool for organizing a large number of ideas, opinions, and facts relating to a broad problem or subject area. In developing a vision statement, for example, senior management might conduct a brainstorming session to develop a list of ideas to incorporate into the vision. This list might include low product maintenance satisfied employees courteous order entry low price quick delivery growth in shareholder value teamwork responsive technical support personal employee growth low production costs innovative product features high return on investment constant technology innovation high quality motivated employees unique products small, lightweight designs Once a large number of ideas have been generated, they can be grouped according to their “affinity” or relationship to each other. An affinity diagram for the preceding list is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Affinity Diagram for MicroTech Interrelationship Digraph An interrelationship digraph identifies and explores causal relationships among related concepts or ideas. It shows that every idea can be logically linked with more than one other idea at a time, and allows for “lateral thinking” rather than “linear thinking.” This technique is often used after the affinity diagram had clarified issues and problems. Figure 2 shows an example of how the key strategic factors for MicroTech relate to one another. The elements having the most net outward-pointing arrows (number out minus...
Words: 1174 - Pages: 5
...ID Key Values Category Importance Why Personal Growth 5 I believe personal growth goes in hand in hand with education. I need further education in order to improve on my growth as an individual. Money 8 Money ranks high only because I see it as important to support the family that I plan to have with my girlfriend. Relationships 10 The relationships that I have, specifically with my girlfriend and her daughter matter to me the most because they both provide me with the motivation to actually achieve and try. Education 6 Education is important, it’s the reason I am taking classes at ITT, it will give me the necessary skills for future use. Community 4 The community that you grow in is important as well because it helps you decide what path you’re going to end taking in the future Play 3 Play ranks low only because I know that I can get carried away and lose track of what I am supposed to do. Family 9 I care about my family a lot, they always give me support but only when it involves me being in school. They are always there no matter what regardless of how bad I act. Spirituality 2 Spirituality is not as important because at the end it all, it’s the personal growth that really helps and improves. Health 7 My health is important to because it allows me to interact with my family and girlfriend. Work 1 Work ranked last because I see it as something that I have to do. The category that describes me the best is giving. When it comes to my significant other I am...
Words: 1393 - Pages: 6
...influence, nursing education, practice and research. (Johnson & Webber, 2005) Although theorists have been the essence of sense-making in nursing, I believe all of us as nurses can, and should, be actively involved in the sense-making process. It is reasonable to think that each of us chose nursing because of some key beliefs or values that we possessed. These values and beliefs ultimately guide us in formulating our own definition of nursing and what we believe to be its primary goal. Many of the beliefs and values that we embrace are notably evident throughout the many nursing theories presented in the literature. That does not mean that we as nurses today cannot think outside of the boundaries of these theories. As Johnson & Webber (2005) writes, ‘…you may discover that you have a unique view of nursing…then perhaps you are being called to contribute…to the profession.’ (Johnson & Webber, 2005, pg. x) This paper will focus on my own personal view of nursing and the associated queries related to that philosophy. I will explore and relate my beliefs and values and why I believe they are important. I will also consider the idea of whether or not my philosophy of nursing affects the way I practice nursing. Does my philosophy of nursing reflect the standards put forth by the regulatory body for nursing in my jurisdiction? What exactly is my definition of the...
Words: 2422 - Pages: 10
...where women were different than they are today, it explores life through marriage, feminism, and education with the protagonist in a form of a modernist female teacher, seeking to liberalize minds at the significant end of a traditional era. The story began with the introduction of the protagonist, Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a fresh novice professor with a socially progressive mindset hailing from the state of California, who takes up a job in the art history department at what we could call a snobbish girls college; Wellesley in the fall of year 1953. Disregarding warnings from her boyfriend Paul (John Slattery) that this job’s environment was unsuitable for her element of thoughts; Katherine was enthusiastic at the prospect of educating the classrooms to some of the most brilliant and brightest women in her country. Her first impression of Wellesley was however dampened by the first day of class, being humiliated by her smug students who demonstrated their impressive knowledge of the text syllabus in front of her supervisor. Katherine determined to not be shaken by their, and chose to stray from the syllabus to regain the upper hand; an idea which was opposed by the college president. Katherine challenged the girl’s ideas of what constituted art is defined, and exposed them to modern era artists which would go against the school board approval. Katherine dared the girls to think for themselves, and explore the world outside of their traditional bound views...
Words: 1697 - Pages: 7
...academia. The scholars and students I met while working there shared with me their passion for law and its philosophical foundations; they inspired me every day by their brilliance and their dedication; they encouraged and advised me in pursuing graduate studies. The Crépeau Centre is not only a place where I learned about law; it’s a place where I learned about myself. During my first summer as a research assistant, I worked on a project of a bilingual law dictionary on property law, and had to conduct research on the Roman law of property, a complex field in which I had no prior knowledge. Despite this – after long and arduous hours of work – I successfully completed my assignment. This first experience in research made me learn all the importance of adaptability, creativity and rigor in academia. In retrospect, although I am not currently conducting research in the field of private law, I realize that my time at the Crépeau Centre is really what ignited my passion for legal...
Words: 1076 - Pages: 5
