Prior Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

In your opinion, how does the principle of separation between church and state compare in theory and in practice in the United States? Provide specific examples.
The Establishment Clause was aimed at prohibiting state sponsored religion leading to the doctrine of separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson referred for the first time this separation as “wall of separation between Church and State.” This principle is a unique American vision. As far as the interpretation and meaning of Establishment clause is concerned, there are three major theories.
According to the strict separation theory, the religion and state should ...

1: INTRODUCTION

- History and Importance of Team Work
A team is a group of people with complementary skills who work together to achieve a common purpose. (Armstrong M.2008) The concept of team work has a deep rooted history dating back to over 2000 years ago. It is a character that exists even within animals. Early man use to collaborate together in order to hunt down large animals like Elephants. Likewise, beings such as ants collaborate to build a big anthill. In the past, Jesus Christ advised his disciples to work in teams. Human beings often have weaknesses. It only takes the eyes and the ...

Considering the losing market sales in domestic industry and in order to protect the domestic manufacturers, Indian Government imposed a ban on import on duty free flat panel TV’s. Prior to ban and additional import duty regulation by the Indian Government, leading TV manufacturers, Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony were running their production capacity to only 60-70% and were refraining from making additional investment for expanding their capacity courtesy to low demand from domestic consumers. The decreasing domestic demand was a result of underground TV market being run by grey marketers who were being benefitted from duty free import and ...

In the world of Jane Austen adaptations, Joe Wright’s 2005 film Pride and Prejudice proves itself incredibly innovative in its approach. Prior attempts at adapting Austen works, including Pride, focus on a clean-cut, ornate and incredibly stately world of Victorian England, with upper-class characters spending the entire film in eloquent settings and speaking in decidedly unapproachable manners. Wright, along with screenwriter Deborah Moggach, eschew this aesthetic in order to provide their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with a more casual, approachable take on the classic Jane Austen romance, complete with a greater emphasis on naturalism, grit and approachability.
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- Historical Synopsis
The Second World War of 1939- 1945 is classifed by many as the war that redefined the international hierarchy of nations as the war destroyed and weakened once dominant nations while some rose in dominance. Throughout the war, several critical conflicts had redefined the course of the war, and one of them was the Attack in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Attack not only signaled America’s formal inclusion in the war, but highlighted that the war was not just in Europe but also in the Pacific. In a surprise attack, the Japanese Imperial ...

Abstract

Obesity and breast cancer are key health issues for American women. Obesity has approximately reached epidemic percentages in the United States and is more widespread among American women. The breast cancer mortality rate persists to mount in Americans. A review of the recent literature was conducted to bring into focus the relationship of these two health problems as they relate to American women. The review is separated into three subjects, obesity prevalence and incidence, breast cancer incidence and mortality and the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. The two studies reviewed are facts of a connection between obesity and breast ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Introduction

The autonomous learning concepts are considered as the effective means of enhancing the academic performance of the students, however, these concepts are required to be practiced and analyzed in accordance with their effectiveness in the learning outcomes. The study conducted by Kristmanson et al. (2013) focuses on the conceptualization of the most effective methods for installing the autonomous learning methods in the classroom settings in order to promote learning environment. In this manner, the author has proposed the notion in which the students are allowed experiment with different methods of learning in order to determine the effective learning practices ...

How Melissa’s communication Style impacted the performance of the Italian partners?

Melissa Chang’s communication style had positive impact on the performance of the Italian partners. Melissa was initially hesitant to visit Italy as she felt that her company had not upheld basic business standards by not providing the basic product information to the Italians. However, when she provided the necessary information and answered all their questions in an effective manner, the Italians were encouraged by her positive approach and they could listen to her feelings which were genuine. They sat down with her the next morning and provided all the relevant information like their sales records. They even drew ...

Parental separation has adverse effects on children growth and development. In part, children who witness parental conflicts and the eventual breakups develop hatred to the parents, and this may be exhibited through withdrawal signs by the child after parental re-introduction. Parental alienation is more common in modern times than it was before due to increased cases of parental divorce (Fidler & Bala 23). Children who have been alienated develop post-traumatic stress, and this has great impact during the re-unification process. Parents who separate from their children expose the young ones to extreme psychological and emotional abuse and this may lead ...

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What do you think about the academics that claim there is no real evidenced based practice (EBP)?

While there are claims that evidenced-based practice is not real, it is but important to understand the criteria and applicability of the method prior to its application. There are cases the EBP has been proven effective in various situations and covers different disciplines. It is still our responsibility as a practitioner to use our knowledge and expertise and check against the latest suggestions from the research as a result of EBP. This practice has its advantages and disadvantages that we should consider prior to its application. Taking a deeper understanding of the depth of ...

When Europeans arrived in the "New World," they did not find a barren, uninhabited land, but rather large and complex Amerindian societies. The cultural clash that ensued would radically change both Europeans and natives. Although there was widespread collaboration on the part of native Amerindians, such as opportunistic chiefs using Europeans for their own wealth, overall the collision of cultures created more problems for Amerindians than improvements. This is evidenced by the one-sided power relationship where Europeans often exploited Amerindian populations for economic opportunities and a lust for conquest. The contact between Europeans and Amerindians detrimentally transformed native society in the ...

The Iraq War lasted officially from 2003 up to 2010 and it is one of the most controversial issues in the local and global political agendas. Various assessments by authoritative scholars on this war have varied in their results since they vary from the top most degree of appraisal to the highest levels of condemnations. In general, it is very difficult to assess accurately the internal situation in Iraq since there are many unexpectedness and ambiguity. In addition, Iraq can either fail or succeed. The Iraq invasion in 2003 (20 March to 1 May 2003) was the beginning of ...

The Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is comprised of ten member countries that have come together to form a regional economic and trade bloc in the international community of nations already committed to pursue free and fair trade in many spheres of international fora. As the entire world gears up to realize a new globalized economic world order, countries have increasingly resorted to strengthen regional ties and promote regional cooperation and achieve the global goals of free trade within their respective economic regions, while at the same time committing to the targets of the World Trade Organization in ...

1.0 Introduction

Management is about making decision. Just as there are different styles of leadership, there are different styles for making decision. Making a decision not only involves quantitative analysis but it also calls for qualitative analysis. Decision making is defined as mental processes that result in a course of action or a given opinion among several options that have been presented. Every decision made by a manager bears in mind that there will be a certain outcome in the future. There are various factors that come into play when making a decision but these factors can be divided into two categories: quantitative and qualitative factors. The ...

Introduction

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a group of technologies that received recognition in 21 century. CCS process consists of collection and concentration of CO2 emitted from combustion of fossil fuels with further transportation to special storage locations. The reason for storing carbon dioxide away is related Greenhouse effect and its influence on global warming process. The main goal of carbon capture technologies is to stabilize the levels of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It is expected that implementation of CCS technologies will make it possible to reduce the total emission of CO2 up to 54% (to 450 ppmv). ( ...

Data Methods & Sample Sizes

When determining the best qualitative methodology to use for assessing if consumers and businesses would be interested in its products, SpotOn will need to use an ethnographic study, and a phenomenological study. According to Sauro (2015), ethnographic studies are centered on understanding the overall motivations and goals of a specific environment (p.1). In effect, it allows the researcher to assess why people do what they do. As such, this will require individuals from SpoOn to engage customers throughout the area where they seek to sell their products (i.e. visits to Home Depot stores, demonstrations at their own stores, visits ...

Augustine and Pelagius on Nature and Grace

In the 5th century, in the Church of Rome, the theological debate arises about the balance of forces of human nature and the grace of God in the salvation of man. Long before the separation of the Churches, the theological debate has significant influences on the development of Western Christianity both in the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions. Particularly, the debate focused with the two important and outstanding names of the history, the Father of the Western Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo with his counterpart monk Pelagius, both are involved of this argument. Correspondingly, the Pelagian controversy has changed ...

In the contemporary world, the need for enhanced performance in regard to environmental conservation has increased (Zamagni 2012). This has necessitated the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify the effect of corporate processes on the environment. Essentially, LCA refers to the method used to analyze the impact that the production process and the product have on the environment (Diaz & Anton, 2014). According to Epstein & Buhovac (2014), corporates must ensure environmental diligence not only because there are government regulations, but also because it is part of the companies' moral obligations. In this light, therefore, Wal-Mart is among the ...

Employee Resourcing

Employee resourcing entails HR concern with a range of approaches and methods used by the employers for resourcing the organizations in a manner that enables them to meet the key organizational goals. Thus, it involves the staffing including recruitment and selection as well as retention and the dismissal. Also, it involves, performance management including the appraisal as well as the management of employees performance. Further, it involves administration functions such as policy development, documentation, and procedural development as well as management of change (Beardwell, Holden & Claydon, 2004).
However, although there is general agreement regarding what constitutes areas such as ...

Analysis of ‘I Have a Dream’ Using Kenneth Burke’s Pentad

Introduction
There are many ways on how to analyze an action, including languages or speeches; and one of which is through the dramatic pentad. The Dramatic Pentad refers to the five methods developed by Kenneth Burke in analyzing human actions. According to scholars, the Burke’s Pentad to analyze questions such as “how persons explain their actions to themselves and others, what the cultural and social structural influences on these explanations might be, and what effect connotational links among the explanatory (motivational) terms might have on these explanations, and hence, on action itself” (Overington, 1977, p.133). In his work ‘ ...

Abstract

Toyota has been the fifth largest producer of automobiles in the world by means of its unit sales, however, the over-emphasis of the company on the quantity has overlooked the quality of its vehicles. The increasing number of accidents incorporated by the vehicles of Toyota and numerous lawsuits against Toyota due to its quality issues resulting in the occurrence of accidents has questioned the integrity of the organization towards the safety concerns. In this manner, the ethical concerns prevail because the quality defects in its vehicles implies the life threatening situations for its customers. The company has faced large ...

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In this essay, I am going to examine ideas, concepts, and implications on the topic of diversity and multiculturalism within the military. Specifically, I am going to discuss the difference between equality and equity and how ensuring our military understands this lesson can impact diversity within the military, discuss what leaders can do to effectively understand other perspectives, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds, and respond directly to the questions posed by Captain Velma C. Gray at the end of her article.
It must be stated that the military states publicly value diversity within its ...

Tim movement from the reserve is influenced by lack of employment. Tim says that he want to leave the reserve and go to Sudbury to seek for employment. He says that, he and other men of his age have left the reserve to seek for employment. He continues to say how many other men and women have left to seek for employment elsewhere.

The government has not intervened to solve the problem of unemployment. The government of Ontario comes up with poverty reduction strategies but none implemented, this is the scenario that Tim and his age mates are experiencing ...

Q1: The four cycles of HR are: acquisition, development, maintenance, and separation . Acquisition is also one of the relevant functions of HR which directly affects HRM. Acquisition involves recruitment, screening, and placement of applicants for positions that are vacant in the organization. Thus, the ability of HR personnel to locate candidates that perfectly match the needs and requirements of the organization as defined in the job description would determine the level of effectiveness in the HRM system.
Development is also a function of HRM that involves training of personnel and identifying opportunities for promotions and earmarking career paths. This ...

Executive Summary.3

Discussion of Topic one4
Discussion of topic two7
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Executive Summary of Chapter 12
In his book titled Management in Technology: Managing effectively in Technology-Intensive Organizations, Hans Thamhain (2005), chapter twelve has been dedicated to the management of risks in high technology. In this chapter, Thamhain (2005) opines that effective risk management of high-technology managements brings into play numerous variables that are associated with the organizational environment, people, tools and tasks.
Navigating through such risks calls for a thorough understanding of the project work, as well as organizational processes, techniques and tools. Thamhain (2005) highlights ...

Religious Studies

The Election of 1800 and the Civil War 1981-1985 are the two of the most important happenings in American History prior to 1877. The Election of 1800 was given a name The Revolution of 1800. They are significant due to the fact they paved the way to the start of the democratic traditions. In the present day, it can be hardly be entertained that the President is refusing to leave the office even after the failure in election, and this becomes possible because of the democratic traditions that were introduced in 1801 by John Adams 1. Further, this election has ...

Prior to 1960, the US experienced several crimes that can fundamentally be attributed to the racial diversity that exists in the US. This paper offers a quick review of the relevant facts surrounding racial prejudice and the policies that were put in place to curb this barbaric culture. Additionally it will look at why the criminal justice policies of transitional America were the best method for managing population increase and the diversity as well as why the policies were not the best. Furthermore, it will explore how the reading links to the philosophies of criminal justice and diversity. It will ...

Introduction This paper outlines in detail how the modern day Sherlock Holmes extends the cinematic concepts borrowed from the early classical conventions of Conan Doyle. The comparison and contrast are crucial in understanding whether changes, extensions or imitation of the previous works have altered or improved the literature. Therefore, this rhetorical analysis is geared towards examining the characters, scenes, settings, plots, themes, and literature style of the two chronologically divided works. Since the written texts and TV series are meant to satisfy the target audience, the bottom-line of scenic details is to be able to satisfactorily relay the messages ...

Health Care Reform in the United States has been a central subject owing to the high costs involved and the relative lack of access to health care. Health care reform has been a campaign issue and a number of initiatives in addressing the issues. Most Americans grapple with the high costs of health care and lack of access especially to the poor who may not afford health insurance cover. In relation to the White House Health Care Reform government website, I find the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, as the most intriguing health care reform for a number of reasons. ...

Let me begin by a confession that at the start of this module, I did not anticipate so much. As a matter of fact, I thought it will be straightforward. They say change is inevitable; like growing. You can’t do anything to change the inevitable, can you? On hindsight, I now look at my initial disinterest with a lot of dismay. I was on the brink of missing out on one of the most significant aspects of an organization’s survival. I am now aware that change is actually an optimization process in the quest for an ideal state. On a professional ...

Introduction

In the morning of Wednesday, March 18, Ryan Moats was rubbed the opportunity to say goodbye to his mother in-law by the name Jonetta Collinsworth who was ailing from breast cancer. This was as a result of awful actions by one of Dallas policemen by the name Robert Powell. After spending about 15 minutes in a red light alongside Officer Powell’s Scrutiny, Ryan Moats arrived at the hospital too late to say his final goodbye to someone he treasured. Collinsworth had already taken her last breath just moments earlier. Owing to the above alluded realities about the incident, this writing ...

The eugenics movement is a movement that advocates for measures that would improve the genetic makeup of the population. Prior to its discrediting after the Second World War, eugenics played a significant role in the United States. The American eugenic movement traces its background to Francis Galton, who was a cousin of Charles Darwin. The eugenics movement had many famous and well-known backers such as Henry Ford and J.H. Kellogg as well as the support of various institutions. Michigan was the first state to attempt to pass laws promoting eugenics and Indiana became the first state to pass eugenics laws in 1907. ...

Gender role in Intimate partner abuse victimization and perpetration has for the last several decades been debated. There are two perspectives that have emerged from the article that I have read. From family violence perspective, researchers seem to argue that both men and women are at equal rate violent and have called for the issue to be reframed from woman battering to more appropriate family violence. Feminist researchers on the other hand seem to have maintenance that men are most perpetrators that the police dealt with while in majority women are victims in the cases of IPA. The article ...

Many children attend daycare while their parents work. Did you attend daycare as a child? Or if you're a parent, do/did your children attend daycare? Do you think going to daycare affects a child's attachment to his/her parents?
When I was a child, my parents sent me to a daycare center because both of them work fulltime. For most fulltime employees, here is my advice: It is up to them to send their children to a quality daycare center with licensed childcare providers. This decision is partly due to my prior experience as a child or based on the financial circumstances of many families these ...

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Introduction
Among the oldest forms of heritage that every community, country or society boasts to possess as the oldest form of culture and tradition that it has maintained over centuries include art and architecture. One of the most essential things to note concerning art and architecture is the fact that every community and society has its own unique and authentic designs, which were developed centuries ago, with inspiration drawn from different sources, such as the indigenous people’s ways of life, as well as other close-knit and personal aspects and reasons, such as the artistic skill, talent and ...

Comparing the U.S. and Texas Constitutions
Written in the immediate aftermath of a despotic government, the Texas Constitution is infused with language designed to limit and decentralize government. When the framers gathered at the Convention in 1875 they loathed their prior governor, the Radical Republican and former Union general, Edmund Davis, and were intent a man of his moral character should never be placed in a position of governmental power ever again. Another influential emotion was fear of having to scrape together tax money. In 1873, the economy stalled and many Texas residents were struggling to feed their families.
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Problem statement

Intelligence analysis is given the mandate to apply all information sources, insights from experts, and trade crafts that are specialized to help prevent or reduce damages to US security through threats. Tactical warning seeks to know from afar and deter threats to US security interests. It aims at avoiding incident surprises. This is done by blocking and blunting damages. Strategic warning has its interests in perceived dangers. This informs policy makers on decisions to make for preparedness in order to limit damages or prevent the incident completely. National resources of the US are limited and warning cannot be relied ...

Following The American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Abstract
The struggle of reading comprehension has been pervasive around the world for centuries; it is of no surprise how even current statistics illustrate how many adults have difficulty reading and comprehending the most basic literature. As well-intentioned as well-crafted learning models have been launched to bridge the gap between low and high comprehending participants, the root of the problem stems from repeated modeling to students of diverse generations. Although some learning models have proven to be useful, new or rebooted models are sometimes necessary for younger students understanding elements of vocabulary, fluency, and background knowledge for reading ...

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As I understand it, social work is the pursuit of increased wellbeing for individuals and groups through direct and concerted intervention in a number of ways. The overall goal for someone in social work is to help combat social injustices and various inequalities in education, psychological awareness, and the like through determined effort and intervention on one's part (Agnew, 2004). This is typically performed through dedicated and complex interactions with those who require social work, and theories of human development and social systems and theory are used to investigate a client's social situation. After this analysis, strategies are decided ...

Introduction

The freedom of speech is one of the rights included in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”1
However, with censorship and all the libel and slander cases being filed today, it is clear that this freedom is not absolute. The freedom of speech is a moderated freedom that is ...

Judith Thomson's critique on abortion is almost surely the most extensively anthologized paper on the subject. It was issued one year prior to Roe v. Wade and Thomson disagrees in it for what may superlative be portrayed as a reasonable pro-choice position. The paper is not always simple to pursue; while the personal arguments are comprehensible, the general thread is occasionally less obvious.

Thomson starts by allowing for the characteristic anti-abortion argument. The critical principle, she articulates, is characteristically an assertion that the foetus is completely a full human being from the instant of conception. She upholds that this is false, ...