...Eric de Winter Ms. Hutton English 10R 17 February 2012 Someone Special Dear Mr. Feller, Imagine if your son was the captain of his travel soccer team. And at eight years of age you receive a letter from his doctor saying that they can’t do anything about his tumor and he has to get his leg amputated. Your son would no longer be able to play sports, he would be absolutely devastated. Every year hundreds of thousands of kids are born with some kind of disability. In the early 1960s, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, “saw how unjustly and unfairly people with disabilities were treated. She also saw that many children with special needs didn’t even have a place to play” (specialolympics.org). Soon, her vision became a reality. Eunice held a summer day camp for young people with intellectual disabilities in her own backyard. Her goal was to “learn what these children could do in sports and other activities and not dwell on what they could not do” (specialolympics.org). Her vision eventually turned into the global Special Olympics movement. The Special Olympics’ Athlete oath, “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt” (specialolympics.org). During the early 1960s, Eunice Kennedy Shriver noticed how unjustly people with disabilities were treated. These poor people were unable to participate in team sports let alone be able to contribute in individual sports all because they were born with a disability. However, thanks...
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...Proving that focusing on a new two-fold career does not have to take time from philanthropic pursuits, John Yeska is an avid Special Olympic volunteer. Having assisted the noted organization for years, Yeska finds great fulfillment in his volunteering and charitable activities. He has spent many hours attending, organizing, and helping this cause in both Michigan and Florida. The Special Olympics is the worlds largest sporting organization for people with intellectual disabilities. A global social movement that spans 170 countries, the Special Olympics has nearly 5 million athletes and participants. Started in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the program has grown immensely over the years, and is an annual success around the world. This success...
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...Special Olympics Washington offers an incredible opportunity for people with and without disabilities to grow. Creating leadership opportunities, developing the athletic skills of athletes across the board and bridging gaps between their organization and other organizations like ESPN that slowly caught on board to movement like this that aren’t simply about professional sports. What I have learned from my research is that Special Olympics truly does empower individuals and has strong connections to their success as individuals outside of sports. The need to promote and create Inclusive spaces for people with disabilities in Washington State is great. Specifically in Western Washington where the disability rate of Children 5-17 years old ranges...
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...Loretta Claiborne Crystal Cobb Ross PSY/300 April 16, 2012 Dr. Liz West Loretta Claiborne "Find an opportunity and seize it. Be the best you can be, and never let anyone doubt you” “Loretta Claiborne has run 26 marathons, lobbied Congress, won the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, and is a fourth degree black belt in karate” (McCallum, 2008) and motivational speaker; while this may sound like any average athlete, Loretta is anything but average. Loretta Claiborne was born with a severe case of mental retardation or for better terms intellectual disability. Intellectual disability is “a condition that includes below-average general intellectual function and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living” (A.D.A.M., 2011). Loretta was born legally blind in one eye and did not speak or walk until she reached the age of four. Although I could not find much in writing on her background, I learned from the movie of her life entitled The Loretta Claiborne Story, that she was able to overcome here adversity with the love and support of family and through hard work and determination of not wanting to be “different”. Loretta was a bit of a handle full in school she was often very angry. She would often get into fights with her fellow classmates who relentlessly taunted and teased her. One day her teachers let her out of class so that she would not meet up with her bullies and she told Loretta to “runaway and run fast” and Loretta did just that. As result Loretta...
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...later on became a restaurant. Said to offer a casual dining experience unlike any other where not only can you expect great food and drinks but also plenty of fun to go around. T.G.I. Friday’s marketed a casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere which targeted the middle income population which was a big majority when they first started out. They targeted their market with different types of promotions and programs such as:- Give Me More Stripes This program offers specials to customers that sign up and can redeem points that will be added into their card whenever they head on to T.G.I. Fridays and dine there. After collecting over a hundred or more points, one would receive a bonus or a special. This way customer would be lured in by the bonuses or specials with the mentality to earn more points every time they dine it so they would be offered the multiple opportunities for the specials BINGO Menu T.G.I. Friday’s has a large enough menu to put together this program. Basically, A BINGO Menu would consist of twelve different items on the T.G.I. Friday’s Menu, ranging from appetizers to entrées and finally a couple desserts. It can be any sixteen items on the menu and even after a few months or after a new menu comes out, they can remake a new BINGO card. The key rules that would be involved with this BINGO Menu would be: 1. Each person who comes in will be asked by the server if they would like to see and try out...
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...Anonymous Evaluation Paper Red Lobster Evaluation Red Lobster is a restaurant that is notorious for claiming they provide excellent seafood. Their promise is to provide tasty seafood while also providing people with a wonderful dining experience. Here is Red Lobster’s story taken straight from their website, “Here at Red Lobster we’re passionate about serving our guests great seafood. It’s why we go the extra mile to bring you the best dining experience possible. Our fishermen take pride in catching only the highest quality seafood, and the freshest fish. Our grill master’s expertly perfect flavors, cooking seafood and steak over a wood fire grill. And our servers pull out all the stops to make every dining experience feel extra special. It’s our passion. It’s our pride. Because at Red Lobster, we Sea Food Differently.” For me, I was anxious to see if the Red Lobster restaurant made me feel like I was having a real, oceanic experience. It is hard to have great seafood when comparing it to fresh, straight out of the ocean, seafood. Like many restaurants, Red Lobster has claimed it provides a comforting atmosphere, tasty seafood, and excellent service; however, I believe Red Lobster actually upholds its overall promise to its guests. Immediately after walking into Red Lobster, I felt as if I was walking into a restaurant striving for that “right off the coast,” appeal. I could sense that Red Lobster was trying its hardest to appeal to every guest that entered through...
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...Shay is a very independent person. She doesn’t like to listen to society. Shay likes to break rules. I like her and I wish to be confident like her. “Tally there’s nothing out there, like you said. Nothing and no one to bust us. “ page 47 Everybody wants to be pretty and once they turn sixteen they can. Shay is one of the only people who don’t want to become pretty. Shay runs away a week before her birthday. Tally stayed behind but now they won’t let her become pretty. Tally has to break her promise and go find Shay because she might be in danger. - Conformity as and individuality as bad\ - tightly controlled inhabitants - unjust laws - limited or complete lack of individual freedom 4. Shay and Tally live in Uglyville. Tally is going to Pretty...
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...Loyalty: have frequent customers cards offering a free cup of coffee after paying for 10 cups. Keep an excel file of customer information including all the information that grandpa knows about each customer. Offer free coffee for customer birthdays. Post pictures on a bulletin board so that customers feel special. c) Remaining competitive: should have a lot to do with customer loyalty since initially we won't have the money to invest in top of the line equipment or technology. Constantly visiting area coffee shops see what the competition is offering. Holding focus groups to get feedback from the community. Starbucks Rumor Some of this may be relevant to other parts of the business but I posted it here for now since it relates to employees. - Address employee concerns o Identify examples where other cafes have survived despite the opening of a nearby Starbucks o Provide ongoing employee training to develop great people skills, teach employees about coffees and nutrition to make them experts. o Offer a free meal to employees for every shift of at least four hours and encourage them to try different things so they better know the menu. Give all employees taste of specials for familiarization/recommendation purposes. o Hire employees who are...
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...1. The specials and the standards need to separate for the following reasons: a. They are not the exactly same process. The process for special carpets adds more steps than the standards carpets. So it is not convenient to use the same line. b. The setup time is too long. It costs as much as hours to changeover from the standard products to the special products. It costs money and requires storage space, and some of it will probably go to waste. c. The hurry order. There is third order called hurry order. When it happens, the process need to stop for rush special due, and the standard and special products will be delay to get to customers. If there are two lines, the special order’s influence will be down. The standard products and the special products can run in one line. 2. The JIT philosophy is that getting the right quantity of goods at the right place at the right time. It’s based on the simplicity and emphasis on quality. But in the Katz Carpeting company, the inventories of the carpets were high. They produced a lot what they already had , yet not enough of what was needed. They can’t get the right quantity of goods. 3. The following is the steps to implement the JIT system. First, they should make quality improvements. Their quality was becoming a problem, with customers frequently returning carpets for rips or incorrect dyed colors. They need to solve these problems, because the quality is pervasive and all the JIT objectives are dependent on quality improvement...
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...Carolina at Pembroke Question 2 As a teacher who has worked with students of varying abilities for the last 15 years, I have worked with students with special needs quite often. This activity provided me with the opportunity to reflect on my level of interest in working with special education. The majority of my responses were in the 5 – 7 point range, but two responses fell into the area of agree and disagree (4). The first response where I had a 4 was number 5 “I know that special education has good job availability and offers various opportunities.” In an effort to improve my rating in this area, I can research different career opportunities in special education through the Internet and by contacting local organizations that work with children with special needs. Another strategy I can use to improve my rating in this area is to contact the local chapter of the Special Olympics to discover opportunities to work as a volunteer. The second area where my rating was not as high was number 10, “I have worked or volunteered with students with disabilities before and found it to be extremely rewarding. I think my rating here was low because, on occasion I have been frustrated with myself for not knowing how to meet their needs. To improve my rating in this area, I would like to work more closely with a special education teacher to learn more strategies that will be successful in meeting the needs of the students. Another strategy that could decrease the lack of frustration...
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...represented in the nation’s public school system. Since No Child Left Behind, educators are now being accountable for providing the best education possible. Federal laws from the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) to Individual with Disability Education Act (IDEA) both specify that any and all students with disabilities are permitted to a free appropriate public education in spite of their skill level or the difficulty of the disability. If the nation’s educational system wants to get better, educators must believe that all children can learn regardless of their disability, ethnic race, or economic status. By federal guidelines, students with special needs are to be placed in the least restrictive environment. Since this is based on the individual, students may be place in a general education classroom or in a special education classroom that is more restrictive. This essay will discuss diagnosis/prescription/evaluation (DPE) and analyses of instruction for a teacher with a student with an intellectual disability. Teaching and instruction is the basic job function of the classroom teacher. The classroom environment is just as important as the instructional component of learning as well. Take for instance, would a child be more tantalized in a room that is full of bright colors, powerful words of encouragement, artwork created by peers and eye catching bulletin boards or a room that is monochromatic, no artwork, and dull bulletin boards that are old and dusty? Of...
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...Education, Discrimination, and Politics in a Special Needs World Education is an essential corner stone in our society. Education creates livelihood, piece of mind, a stable society, and well-rounded individuals. The unfortunate fact is that many of our children lack the proper education they need in order to become full functioning adults in today’s society. What are even worse are the children with special needs that get left behind. In order to address special needs students and others that fall behind in the education system, we need to define what special needs are, where they fit in society, and finally what the future holds for them. What do we consider as “special” in students? Special education is identified as “the education of children who deviate socially, mentally, or physically from the average to such an extent that they require major modifications of usual school practices.” (Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2005, p.1). We can go a step further and define “special needs” to a more specific group of people. According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997,”students with disabilities include those with mental retardation, hearing impairments, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities.” (Warger, 1999, p.1). There are laws in place by our government that allow special provisions for people with disabilities...
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...1. Parents will understand the developmental process of mental retardation. 2. Parents will be exposed to different intervention techniques for their child. 3. Open forum for questions at the end of lecture will help in the learning process. Child Darrin is a 16 year old 11th grader diagnosed with moderate mental retardation. He gets himself up for school each morning and dresses himself in the appropriate uniform required for school. Darrin has to make sure that his mother is aware that he must catch the bus by 630 am in order to make it to school on time. His mother is fully aware that this is the case but Darrin feels the need to remind her. Darrin is transported by a yellow bus that is also occupied by special needs students. The route is direct and strict rules are adhered to by the driver. There are no extra passengers or stops allowed on this route. The driver is not allowed to leave a student without proper notification. At school, Darrin is required to go to the school nurse for his daily medication. He is not responsible enough to carry this or dispense it himself. Darrin is border line schizophrenic in addition to his mental retardation diagnosis. He enters the school grounds and feels immediately at home. He smiles constantly and hugs the staff genuinely. His social boundaries are not too good but his teachers are working with him on this. His IEP states that Darrin is included in two regular education classes daily...
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...Origin of volleyball On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort. The first rules, written down by William G Morgan, called for a net 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) high, a 25×50 ft (7.6×15.2 m) court, and any number of players. A match was composed of nine innings with three serves for each team in each inning, and no limit to the number of ball contacts for each team before sending the ball to the opponents’ court. In case of a serving error, a second try was allowed. Hitting the ball into the net was considered a foul (with loss of the point or a side-out)—except in the case of the first-try serve. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball"). Volleyball...
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...How Sports Evolved Recreation Programming Professor Newton 05/10/2013 Whether you have engage in sports in your leisure time, watch as a spectator or played on a professional level sports are major source of entertainment in the world. The earliest historical account of sports date all the way backs to BC time. A sport is defined as an activity involving physical or mental exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another. The ten most popular sports in the world are Football/ Soccer, cricket, tennis, hockey, baseball, table tennis, volleyball, rugby, and golf. In the United States motor sports, pro- wrestling, and martial arts are also popular. Sports are usually governed by rules and regulations to ensure fair competition and ensure the adjudication of a winner though fairness was not always a common practice especially in the ancient world. The history of sport can teach us about the social changes with society. In ancient times it was not uncommon for humans to die during sport events. For at least seven hundred years entire villages participated in violent combat sports such as fencing and jousting. The Romans were especially known for this with the gladiatorial games and chariot racing. These types of sports would almost always leave an opponent seriously or fatally injured. In ancient Greece most sports took place during the funeral games during the Mycenaean period. Such games have been described in Greek mythology like the Iliad and Odyssey...
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