...As Macleod explains of the Hallway Hangers, in “Ain’t No Making It”, rejecting or failing to espouse the dominant ideology of upward mobility through education engenders negative social reproduction, which in some cases prescribes that one would be fated to become a future blue collar worker, much like one’s parents and peers. However, MacLeod also highlights the paradoxical discrepancy in the less than favorable outcomes of another group whose members do adhere to the dominant achievement ideology, The Brothers. MacLeod explains that, “If the Hallway Hangers [group of white boys] show that opting out of the contest is not a viable option, the Brothers [group of black boys] show that dutifully playing by the rules hardly guarantees success...
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...When the boy is debating whether to choose the life of the boat or the life of the books, his father articulates to him, “I am not telling you to do anything, only asking you” (Macleod 18). The boy is not required by his father to choose one over the other. Although his father gives the boy his opinion on the best choice, he is by no means coercing his son to choose the books. The choice is ultimately still the son’s. Contrariwise, the final line of Warren Pryor states, “aching with empty strength and throttled rage” (Nowlan 16). The reason that Warren Pryor is aching with throttled rage is because he is resentful of his parents for forcing him to obtain a white-collar job, instead of letting him choose to work on the farm. His parents never asked him what he wanted to do in life; they blindly made sacrifices to enable him to leave the farm, which, in their opinion, was relieving him. However Warren Pryor does not want to become a banker in the city, but his parents gave him no...
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...Living Together Before Marriage The candles are lit, the wine is chilled, and the ring has been bought, as the nervous boyfriend gets on one knee as asks the question, “Will you marry me.” In a time not so long ago, this is how couples began to plan for their life together. In today’s society, the question for couples is not, “Will you marry me?” but “Do you think we should live together?” Even though living together is more common and a socially acceptable thing to do, my position is that couples should not live together before they get married because there is no formal commitment, women and men have different views on living together, and it can have negative effects on a person and marriage. Couples need to consider these issues before they decide to live together. “I take you to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, form this day forward until death do us part.” These wedding vows are serious, legal, and hold deep meaning for couples getting married whereas couples who decide to live together do not share in this commitment. There are many reason couples choose to live together before getting married. These reasons include: getting to know each other before marriage, economically cheaper, and they want to spend more time together. According to Jennifer Roback Morse, “Unfortunately, cohabitation is correlated with greater likelihood...
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...The Loon Study Questions 1. What is the relationship between Vanessa and Piquette, and how does this relationship change? Vanessa's feelings towards Piquette change from discomfort to curiosity to embarrassment. 2. How are the Metis represented in the story? “if that half-breed youngster comes along to Diamond Lake, I'm not going” (188) Vanessa's images of Natives are drawn solely from literature, and these representations are only superficially positive. When Piquette doesn't reveal nature's secrets, Vanessa concludes “as an Indian, Piquette was a dead loss” (191) 3. What do the loons symbolize? “My dad says we should listen and try to remember how they sound, because in a few more years when more cottages are built at Diamond Lake and more people come in, the loons will go away” (190-91). Years later when Vanessa visits the lake, after the deaths of her father and Piquette, she realizes that the loons are no longer there. The loons become associated with death and loss, and while symbolic of Piquette, they are also an allegory of Canadian history. 4. What does Vanessa mean by the last sentence of the story? When Vanessa encounters Piquette as a young woman, she recognizes in Piquette what she hears in the loons' cries—“self-pity” (192) and “terrifying hope” (193); when Vanessa learns of Piquette's death soon after, she responds with silence. Vanessa's personal loss—of her father and of Piquette—is connected through the symbol of the loons...
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...In this essay will be explained which physical and psychological needs are crucial for three years old children. We will also discuss how these needs could be met in a childcare setting. In the first paragraph will be expounded the definition of physical needs, including exercise, rest, diet and safety of a three years old child. Then it will be explained how carers could provide different kind of exercises for gross and fine motor skills and also prepare well ventilation classrooms to have a space for a rest and access to fresh air where they could do some activities or play. The second paragraph will be defined and identified specific psychological needs. Above all we will try to put stressed on explaining emotional and social needs of the three years old child and how this can be met in a childcare setting, especially focus on transition and cooperation between carer and a key person. At least we will bring closer a current legislation relating to children’s health and safety based on Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and briefly summarizes all statements. “The best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves” (C. JoyBell C., 2010) .This quotation is especially important in the term of children’s physical health and it is crucial to understand their development. According to Montessori...
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...| Hero Does Not Fit | Does James Wolfe Deserve the Title ‘Hero of Quebec’ | | Zachary Bliss | 12/6/2012 | Dr. Daryl White HI2600 | The battle of the Plains of Abraham was a turning point in the Seven Years War once the British defeated the French at Quebec they never relinquished hold of the city. It did not signal the end to the fighting but it gave the British the upper hand. The French army commanded by Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm was much larger than the British force commanded by Major-General James Wolfe. Montcalm had the help of François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, the governor of Trois-Riviere and when Great Britain declared war on France he commanded the advanced guard of Montcalm’s forces. While Wolfe is heralded as a hero in Britain he does not deserve the title ‘Hero of Quebec’. There is no doubt that James Wolfe was a tremendous leader. He certainly has the history to prove it. He was not however, the best tactician. He had joined the army at the age of fifteen and he was a Lieutenant Colonel and commanding his own regiment by the age of twenty-three. Francis Parkman describes Wolfe as “ardent, headlong, void of fear, often rash, almost fanatical in military duty, and reckless of life when the glory of England of his own was at stake”. He contains the qualities necessary to lead an army and did so quite effectively. His army stood triumphant at the end of the fighting but the British did not really win the battle; the French lost it....
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... it would leave a resounding effect on his life, besides the initial hurt of having something taken from him. He would have to find a way to replace the object, and if it was something that he used to stay healthy, being without it could cause poor health effects. People are subconsciously aware of the difference one missing object would make on the homeless man’s life and that is why they walk past the bag rather than view it as a “finders-keepers” situation. But people are not consciously aware of the damage illegally downloading something off the internet is to the people they are taking from because millions of dollars are made off that song or movie, so what’s the big deal with one person taking it? Is it ethical to illegally download media off the internet? Intention When downloading illegally from the internet, whether it be a movie, song, book, or any other form of media, the downloader is essentially stealing from the author or creator of the object being stolen. The stolen object is intangible, and therefore cannot become a heart beating beneath the floorboards. Those downloading illegally who are aware that it is illegal (let’s refer to them as person A) will have adrenaline run through them similar to someone running out of a big brand store with a t-shirt in their purse; they will feel complete indifference, or any range of emotions in between. Tose downloading illegally who are not aware that the process is illegal(call them person B) will feel complete indifference...
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...On November 18, 1978, Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple cult, ordered all his followers living in his Jonestown compound to drink poisoned grape-flavored punch in order to commit mass suicide. On that day, 912 people (including 276 children) died in what has become known as the Jonestown Massacre. How could one person convince over 900 others to commit suicide? Well, Jim Jones had been planning to carry out this "revolutionary act" of mass suicide for quite some time. To ensure full compliance, Jones had staged practice runs, called "White Nights," in which he would order everyone to drink what he told them was poisoned punch. After everyone had stood around for about 45 minutes or so, he would then tell them that this had been a loyalty test. The Dots in Pac-Man When the Pac-Man video game was released in 1980, it quickly became an international sensation. As kids and adults alike moved the pie-shaped Pac-Man character around the screen, they tried to eat up lots of dots without themselves getting eaten by ghosts. But how many dots were they trying to eat? It turns out that each level of Pac-Man had the exact same number of dots -- 240. Lincoln Logs Created by Frank Lloyd Wright's Son Lincoln Logs is a classic children's toy that has been played by millions of children for decades. The toy usually comes in a box or cylinder and includes both brown "logs" and green slats for roofs, which children use to build their own frontier house or fort. Despite playing...
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...its customers (Silk 2006). In this sense, it means that marketing has a major role in the setting of a company’s strategic direction. Amazon.com is one of the worlds largest online shopping websites. Initially beginning as an online bookstore it now offers the world one of the fastest and easiest ways of shopping on the internet. With the growing success of the online bookstore, Amazon.com has diversified into a wide range of product lines and services which consist of general merchandise, groceries, electronic products and much more. Technology is a major part of this company and its success. Constant developments have created Amazon Inc. biggest strength of being the ‘largest online retail store’. It has been said that “Amazon.com has made it very simple for customers to purchase items with a simple click of the mouse” (Zagkakis 2014). Amazon is loved by all those around the world as it provides an engaging, simple and easy-to-use website. It has been proved that even those customers who are usually uncomfortable with the process of buying items off the internet have been able to easier navigate its webpage as it provides instructions for a first-time visitor (Singer 1998). Amazon’s online retail format enables it to enhance its customer’s satisfaction by offering us a broader selection and a greater and easier access to information upon which we are greatly searching for. Due to its large size, Amazon Inc. is able to offer products from a wide range of categories through...
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...MBAC 6101 Summer 2016 MBAD CED 6101 Business and Community Development II Capitalist development creates winners and losers, both socially and geographically. The fundamental process of capitalism is the transfer of wealth created by particular people in particular places into the hands of other people in other places. Communities that are unable to Jorge Sousa, Ph.D Contact sousa@ualberta.ca capture the wealth that they create tend to decline. Sustainable economies require rooting wealth within communities. Businesses are the organizations in a society that create wealth. They can be used to exploit a region and extract a community’s wealth or they can be used to ground wealth in a community. The course will explore the relationship between business and the community. At the outcome students will have an appreciation for the challenges and issues community-based business surrounding institutions as well as an understanding of how those challenges are currently being met by existing community businesses. Learning Activities The classroom will follow a seminar model. This means that we are all responsible for the success of the classroom discussion. As well as focussing on set readings, the class will use case studies for shaping the seminar discussions. Being prepared for class is essential for productive discussion. While class activity may focus on the readings, the readings will...
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...Women had it difficult in the late 1800’s and early 1900s. Men and women had different treatments towards each other first of all women were not noticeable during elections. They couldn’t vote until the 1920s. Women also could not have professional jobs, and most importantly, women could not get the same education as men because most colleges would not accept them. This truly made women completely dependent on men. Nor only that “In the 1920's the world experienced several revolutions in areas such as music and new scientific discoveries.” (Chee, 2012) As a woman myself, it is hard to imagine a time when women not have been allowed to vote, work or go to college. One of the biggest reasons the narrator selected this topic was to find out what these women did to make a difference, not only in their lives, but also in the lives of so many future generations. Women were not permitted to vote. “Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote” (Gillett, 2008) There were many women active in the movement of the 1920s, with the help of great leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Alice Blackwell, Carrie Catt, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Lucretia Mott, the 19th amendment was passed. The 19th amendment basically denied the right to vote based on sex that was the only way where women were allowed to participate in political elections. Other than becoming a housewife...
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...Equality of opportunity in the early years involves enabling all children to access education regardless of their cultural, religious and socioeconomic background. In the United Kingdom, equal opportunities are advanced by legislation such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Equality Act 2010 and the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). This essay will explore the commitment the United Kingdom has made to the UNCRC and the ways in which equal opportunities can be implemented in an early years setting in England. Equal opportunities can be broadly defined as how fairly individuals gain access to goods, services, jobs and opportunities (Haringey Council, 2005). In the United Kingdom, the Equality Act 2010 prohibits people being discriminated against on the basis of several protected characteristics. These protected characteristics include a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation (HM Government, 2014a). The Equality Act 2010 strives to reduce discrimination and disadvantage so that all people reach their full potential (HM Government, 2014a). In the United Kingdom, early years providers are bound by the Equality Act 2010 and the EYFS to uphold equal opportunities for children and employees (DoE, 2014a). The EYFS stipulates that schools implement an equal opportunities policy so that every child is included and supported (DoE,...
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...Chapter 5: Microteaching Tanja Gavrilović, Maja Ostojić, Dario Sambunjak, Michael Kirschfink, Thorsten Steiner, Veronika Strittmatter 1. Introduction Why microteaching? Medical teachers most often do not receive a special training in pedagogic techniques, as it is usually not considered necessary for their recruitment or for an efficient continued performance. Their ability to teach therefore largely depends on self training, either by trial and error while teaching or by observation of colleagues, who may or may not be helpful examples. Getting in front of students is a trying experience for a budding teacher. One may earnestly try to prepare him or herself: read books about teaching methods, attend lectures and take courses on didactics. Yet, in theory everything seems much simpler than in practice. The complexity of a teaching situation can be overwhelming. To deal effectively with it, teachers must not only have a good knowledge of the subject in hand, but also some communication skills such as ability to observe, supervise, lead a discussion and pose questions. Furthermore, a teacher should be aware of how students perceive him or her. This perception is sometimes quite different from the teacher's self-image. It is difficult to self assess one’s own abilities and we benefit from colleagues’ feed back to recognize our strength and identify areas for possible improvement. Evaluation of teaching by students is becoming a common practice, and a constructive feedback...
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...The history of invention in Canada has followed a long and noble path. Believe it or not, Canadian Inventors have designed, created and patented more than one million inventions, yet only few people can name more than one or two Canadian inventors or any Canadian accomplishments. Canadian author Roy Mayer states in his book Inventing Canada: "Our innovators have given novelty, variety, and colour to our lives with their great practical gifts, and the world would be an exceedingly boring and grey place without their vitality."(1, Mayer). Firstly, Dr. Frederick Banting revolutionized the medical industry by his co-invention of injectable insulin. Then, Alexander Graham Bell had the ingenious invention of a telephone. All into consideration these...
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...http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/16/making-happen-goodwin-martin-review Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew up the British Economy by Iain Martin – review The truth about the collapse of RBS makes shocking reading John Kampfner The Observer, Sunday 15 September 2013 Fred Goodwin: ‘He was obsessed with the executive car fleet. Each vehicle had to be a particular blue called Pantone 281.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Do not read this book if you have high blood pressure. The collapse of RBS; the multibillionpound bailout (courtesy of you and me), and the smug indifference of the guilty men is one of the parables of the ills of contemporary capitalism. Iain Martin tells it brilliantly, mixing furyinducing narrative with an acute eye for the broader conclusion. Of all the many tales about the global financial crash, I have not read a more compelling one. The star of the show, the pantomime villain, is Fred Goodwin, aka Fred the Shred (a nickname he apparently quite liked), a man who made up for his ignorance about the complexities of banking with hubris and bullying. His story (in a nutshell): modest home in Paisley (although not nearly as "salt of the earth" as he would have people believe), trains as accountant, moves into banking, takes over the Clydesdale, is head-hunted for RBS… and the rest is opprobrium. The bank's story (in a nutshell): formed shortly after the acts of union, expands into England to exploit the wealth from empire in the late 19th...
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