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Journal Articles on Classroom Management
Journal Articles on Classroom Management Cameron T. MAT 521-Maintaining an Effective Learning Climate Martin Lewis June 3, 2003 Journal Articles on Classroom Management Article #1: The article "Behavior Management: Making it Work in Middle and Secondary Schools" by Kathryn M. Obenchain and Shannon S. Taylor discuss some tips and techniques for handling behavior issues in the classroom in an effective manner. From reading this article I was shocked to learn that a big factor in
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Bulimia
BULIMIA "It starts off with me thinking about the food that I deny myself when I am dieting. This soon changes into a strong desire to eat. First of all it is a relief and a comfort to eat, and I feel quite high. But then I can't stop and I binge. I eat frantically until I am absolutely full. Afterwards I feel so guilty and angry with myself." (qtd. In Maloney and Kranz 6)
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The McDonaldization in Health Care
According to George Ritzer, bureaucracy completely dehumanized the social institutions in America. He sees the bureaucracy as having four components: efficiency, predictability, control and quantification. He terms this dehumanization of an institution as “McDonaldization”. One of the most prevalent examples in modern society is the health care institution. In the past, health care was more simplistic in nature. House calls were not unheard of, and doctors knew all of their patients and their families
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper
Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consist of traditional ideas and especially their attached values. The basis of all human artifacts, behaviors, and beliefs is the groups’ specific value system. Values as “conceptions of the derisible” represent the core of any
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Audience Comprehension
The rapid spread of sexual-related issues such as teenage pregnancy and sexual-transmitted diseases have increased the urgency of implementing preventive methods such as sex education. It is important not to delay providing information to young people. Although one must consider the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of young people, effective sex education must start before teenagers have developed established patterns of behavior. The problem arises: How to talk about sex issues to teenagers? Scenario: The
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Leadership
When in a leadership role I don’t like to consider myself as a boss, but a mentor. I don’t want my employees to see me as a boss but as a guide for further learning and success. Today’s managers are not leaders, they are people in charge and nothing more. They don’t necessarily have the skills to lead, don’t get me wrong they may be a very good manager. However, they are only managing and
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Bullying
Bullying is an act that everyone has experience and done to others in one stage of their lives. Bullying is the act in which a group of people or a person is causing harm by threatening, verbally harassing, or physically assaulting another person. There are many types of bullying. Bullying has many effects on a person. The person being bullied could suffer from emotion and behaviour problems. This would lead to depression, loneliness, and low
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The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket
The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket Written by Yasunari Kawabata “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” is very philosophical, using a lot of euphemisms and symbols suggested in its economic writing. A visual piece of literary work "The Grasshopper and The Cricket". Rich in content yet concise in expression, Yasunari Kawabata leads us into a whole new culture in which we have never experienced before. At first glance, it seems simple enough, until you realize
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Feminism - Origins of Feminism
Demands by women for equality with men have been a continual theme in Western Society for at least the last 200 years. As early as 1777, women have been fighting for their rights. One such activist was Abigail Adams. She wrote to her husband john, then sitting in the Continental Congress, and warned him not to put such unlimited powers in the hands of the husbands. She went on to threaten that if particular care
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1993 Dbq
The New England colonies and the Chesapeake region were both populated mostly of English origin but by the 1700’s the regions had grown into two distinct societies. The differences in the development between the New England colonies and the Chesapeake region were due by three crucial points. The three points are politics, immigration, and reason why to live in the groups. Immigration was a big cause of the matter because immigrants to the New England
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Enders Game
Leader In Enders Game, there is a character that really stands out as a leader. This person constantly uses leadership throughout the whole novel. He is Ender Wiggin, and his leadership can be broken down to three main qualities. The first is COURAGE. In the very start of the book Ender shows immense courage by standing up against Stilson, and his group of friends. Ender is outnumbered and is much younger than the bullies that
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Two Kinds
Two Kinds “Two Kinds” is truly an amazing work; it captivates readers with by telling a story of a young girl trying to find herself. Amy Tan does a phenomenal job, not only by portraying a very real mother-daughter relationship, but at showing how much a young girl can change. Jing-Mei evolves throughout the story in a way that many people can relate to; crushed hopes, obeying your parents even if it means doing something
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Kyle Maynard
Kyle Maynard is a former high school wrestler from Georgia. Kyle struggled early in his career, his first season failing to even win a single match. By the time that Kyle graduated from high school he was a dominant force in the 103 pound weight division. The reason that Kyle's story is so interesting is that he was born with deformed arms and legs. His arms ending in nubs just above the elbow, and his
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Respodent Letter
Dear editor (the student newspaper): I am writing this letter in response to the article I just read from the school newspaper. This article talked about the safety issues of bottled water and some standard regulations which I did not know about before. I always assumed that bottled water I bought from the store was perfectly safe until I read this article. This article mentioned some sample bottles had been contaminated and possibly could cause
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Huffman Trucking Project Paper
Team B Huffman Trucking Project Paper Project Overview Huffman Trucking is a large organization that provides transportation of goods and services to its customers. In order to better serve these customers and to compete and stay at a high level above other suppliers, Huffman Trucking management enlisted the assistance of Team B to upgrade their companies systems to be able to create, maintain, and report on a database, which tracks the servicing of Huffman
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Movie Review of Remember the Titans
Movie Review of Remember the Titans Remember the Titans is based on the true story of the T. C. Williams High School football team as well as their challenge to accept integration on and off the football field. It is a good movie that has a moving plot, a historical setting, and an excellent cast of characters. In the previous years, T. C. Williams High School football was under the leadership of head coach, Bill
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American Indians
American Indians I. Origins of American Indians All human societies have versions of their own origins, and the American Indians are no different. Stories of natural or supernatural creation in the Americas or emergence from another world exist among all Indian tribes and, like the biblical narrative in Genesis, are regarded as matters of faith. Apart from them, and not competing with them, is what is known from the evidence of science and scholarship. Since
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Enemy-People V. Civil Action
After reading the story “An Enemy of the People” by Henrik Ibsen and watching the movie “A Civil Action” similarities began to appear, especially between two main characters. In the story this is Dr. Thomas Stockmann, who makes a discovery about pollution going on in his town that is endangering the people there. In the movie the main character is Jan Schlichtmann, a personal injury lawyer, who also takes on a case of pollution that
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How Can We Remove Causes of Hunger Today
Q. How can we remove the causes of hunger in the world today? At the end of World War II public officials and scientists from all over the world predicted that, with advances in modern technology, it would be possible by the end of the century to end poverty, famine, and endemic hunger in the world. Today these optimistic projections have been replaced by hopelessness and resignation as perhaps one-fifth of the world's peoples live
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Increasing Prescription Prices Harm More Than Heal
The Increasing Prescription Prices Harm Health More Than Heal You walk up to the pharmacy and give your last name to the pharmacist so you can get your medications. You’re just picking up two prescriptions for your child’s asthma, no big deal. Then, you hear the price. Startled by the triple digits, you drop your wallet. Three hundred bucks for two medications, is the pharmacist kidding? Unfortunately, he is not. The price of prescription drugs
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Analysis of a Workplace Application Architecture and Process Design
Analysis of a workplace application architecture and process design An information system is an arrangement of people, data, processes, interfaces, networks, and technology that interact for the purpose of supporting and improving both day-to-day operations in a business (sometimes called data processing), as well as supporting the problem solving and decision making needs of management (sometimes called information services). (Whitten and Bentley, 1998, page 706) This paper will describe a work related information system’s architecture
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How Did Cinematic Storytelling Develop from Lumiere to Griffith?
How did cinematic storytelling develop from Lumiere to Griffith? What were the shifts in attitude regarding the role of camera and reality/realism? There was a great evolution of cinema storytelling from the time of Lumiere to that of Griffith. Basing on my observations, the first films in history, which some were attributed to Lumiere, focused on subjects about the real world. What Lumiere did was that he captured the setting, the performers and all his
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Krispy Kreme Doughnut
What could be more perfect than a Krispy Kreme doughnut? Hot from the fryer and loaded with sugar, the Original Glazed is practically irresistible. For a time, Krispy Kreme's stock seemed irresistible, too. When the company went public in April 2000, at the peak of the Internet whirlwind, investors flocked to buy into a business they could understand. An old-fashioned franchise based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. boasted solid fundamentals, adding stores
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Human Nature
Human nature is the egotistical behaviours that drive the human race to be creative and inquisitive. Although some philosophers may disagree with the validity of this statement, others such as Aristotle, John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes would believe it to be true. After examining the beliefs of these philosophers and using real-life examples to rebut the beliefs of those who disagree, man's true nature of curiousity, creativity and selfishness is clearly evident. Once inspecting
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Team Dynamics
While it is important to recognize your weaknesses, what you are not good at doing; it is far more effective to focus on your strengths, what you do more naturally and excellently. Businesses and organizations will have outstanding results when each individual's strengths are recognized and roles assigned based on their talents and not only their knowledge and skill. Connect with your willingness to identify your own strengths and/ or your team members' strengths and
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