Essays on Expectations

Leadership, Ethics, and Policing

In this assignment, the Dr. Wants to evaluate my understanding as United Arab Emirates officers about the expectations that the public has on us- what the public expect from us, United Arab Emirates Officers, and the hindrances to meeting these public expectations, thereby, making everyone happy. The public expects the police officers enforce the law, to maintain peace in the society, to protect the public and property, and to reacts to circumstances that may arise whilst they are on sense of duty. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the police officers to ensure the safety and livelihood of ...

For as long as I remember, I have been always anxious about setting ambitious goals and showing extraordinary dedication in achieving them. It all started off in school where I was aimed at being the best in class, not only to make my parents proud, but more importantly to prove myself that there are no limits for improvement and I am capable of reaching the highest heights. When I entered King Abdul Aziz University I knew that I was opening a new chapter in my life, which is exciting, but yet demanding. During my university years, I distinguished myself as a ...

According to the research essay Youth Alienation in Post- modern Society written by James Mackey, there are different factors that contribute to youth alienation in the world today. According to him, statistics indicate that there is acceleration in the transformation of the younger generation from what used to happen in the past. Technological advancements have transformed social change that has seen many youth transform from the youth of the past to what is seen today. The author posits a number of attitudes that help define youth alienation and among them is personal incapacity, cultural estrangement and guidelessness.

Cultural estrangement ...

Introduction

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of a microwave oven. The various section of the analysis will include the related work, the analysis part and result analysis. Also, the paper will cover the discussion part where various issues will be raised in concern to the results of the analysis. From the discussion, an alternative analysis design will be suggested in the quest to address the various raised issues.

A microwave oven is a device electronically made to provide heating effect. The heating aspect is provided by circuit regulation enabled through electromagnetic radiation. The radiation mainly occurs in the spectrum ...

The Amish live strongly within their culture and core values. Their traditional way of life offer them with little life expectations. However, it is evident that their expectations are realistic and achievable compared to what the modern American man struggles to achieve.

The question of values of the Amish is however worth debatable. Their attitudes towards religious groups, child rearing, education, race and even the role of women are somehow distasteful and offensive. They are still under the morals that guided our forefathers many years ago. In the modern life, such things are no longer relevant. The only ...

I am a person who has always enjoyed stories. As a kid I remember my parents reading stories to me. As human beings I think that we all live at the level of stories. It is how we navigate through life and learn about other’s lives and share our lives with others. I sometimes like to think of my own endings when they don’t end the way I want them to. I think some day I might want to be a writer. I have heard it said that the best way to become a better writer would be to become someone ...

The elderly patients, especially those aged 75 years and older, are prone to experience falls even during their stay in the hospitals. Such occurrences can lead to severe injuries which can lengthen their hospital stay and increase financial costs. In the process of investigating how falls can be prevented among the elderly during their hospital stay, this researcher intends to incorporate the Theory of Self-Efficacy in this research. According to Barbara Resnick (Resnick, 2014 as cited in Griffin & Landers, 2014), self-efficacy is “an individual’s judgment of his or her capabilities to organize and execute courses of ...

In any learning activity, it is important to conduct formative assessments that provide feedback on student learning. In this manner, facilitators can gauge if outcomes set at the beginning of the course are likely to be met. The assessment also serves to guide enhancements in the course and motivate learners to do better in the event that learning is found to be sub-optimal (Leung, Mok & Wong, 2008). A positive outcome is the optimization of time and resources spent in learning. The choice of method becomes more complex when adult students are not homogeneous in terms of language fluency, ...

In general, police effectiveness is measured by the values of recovered stolen property and number of cases solved and cleared. However, the key measures of police efficiency as it relates to community expectations of the police are different.

These measures include identification of problems, alternative solutions, implementation of solutions, fear of crime, extent of community involvement in the implementation of various programs, the complaints regarding police attitude towards citizens, and responsiveness and sensitivity to demands of the citizens. Citizen collaboration or encumbrance can also be regarded as police performance measurement as “external measures in the form of citizen ...

Fictional crime shows and real crime shows share some similarities as well differences. For example, both shows attempt to unlock the mystery of crime scenes in a logical and systematic manner. Nevertheless, fictional crime shows also differ significantly from real crime shows. The differences arise in terms of the tools used for investigation, and the period required to solve the issues under investigation.

A good example of a real crime show is First 48. In season 10, episode 6, the detectives attempt to resolve the murder of a 28-year-old man stabbed to death while working in a smoke shop. In order to resolve ...

Qualitative studies are widely applied in nursing practice to generate data on the type of care offered. This is because qualitative studies can study people’s feelings, emotions and reactions to various issues surrounding health care delivery. In this paper, a qualitative study relevant to nursing is critiqued with emphasis on the problem statement, purpose of the study, research questions, literature review, and theoretical framework. The article that is critiqued is:

Bluemel, M. K., Traweger, C., Kinzl, J. F., Baubin, M. A., & Lederer, W. (2011). Expectations of patients, nurses and physicians in geriatric nursing home emergencies. Emergency Medicine Journal, ...

The choice of place is a salon. It in a building located in a busy street, in a town. It has bright and warm colors from the outer impression. There are figures of ladies in different hair styles drawn and displayed on the front window. As you draw nearer you will identify the small notice board with the specialties in terms of services being offered inside the facility. On the front door, there are some flowers and a welcome sign to usher you in. One you get it, the smell that welcomes you in full of a sweet smell. In the background, some soft blues ...

Uri Margolin’s assertion that “an individual's appearance, gestures, mannerism, dress, and natural and human-made environment are indicators for inferences about his or her mental and moral features” essentially claims that readers pick up on who a character is through their outside features as described in the prose (2012, p. 77). However, this assertion ignores the possibility of contrasts, societal pressures, and other factors that can provide needed context for further understanding of their true character. Tess in Tess of the d’Urburvilles, for instance, is a quintessential contradiction – somewhere between rich and poor, sophisticated and simple, strong and weak, etc. While ...

Theoretically speaking, the term 'stakeholders' refers to "any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of organizations objectives" (Freeman, 2010). It is obvious to expect the differences in stakeholders expectations for a profit business to that of non-profit organizations. The biggest difference is the monetary expectation. As non-profit organizations don't make monetary benefits from their operations, stakeholders cannot expect financial benefits. The goals of these firms are, usually, providing a charitable and educational service. As such, stakeholders including funders, volunteers, participants, clients and government officials may have different expectations ranging from providing quality service to ...

Introduction

Gender is an aspect that is truly concerning in society. Gender factor is usually deterministic of the way people live behave and relate with one another. The different genders act appropriately to fit in the context in which they live. essentially, certain societies or places have significant roles or implications for gender. As a result, this influences the relationships on the genders based on the expectation of either gender by the other. In most cases, gender behaviors are greatly influenced by the prevailing social and cultural activities and expectations within a particular place. In Los Angeles, there are particular gender expectations ...

Numerous studies have been conducted regarding features that allow people to be classified and categorized to belong to or thought of having particular personality characteristics. Scholars and experts, therefore, have conducted research to determine the reasons why people give certain attributes or associate certain appearances with certain character. As the adage goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, the same idea has been applied by some in defining ad describing people and, therefore, categorizes them. There are many elements and attributes that experts have pointed out shape and determine personal characteristics and, therefore, their personalities. They include, but not ...

Linda LW, writer and homeschooling parent of one child, asserts in her essay [1] that how the schooling system is unfriendly or ill-prepared for the gifted students. The author claims that since the gifted students have higher intelligence than the average student, the teachers and the education system set higher expectations from them. This higher expectation and improperly equipped schooling system becomes a threat to their performance despite them being gifted. In the second section of the article, Linda tried to point out that how we set unrealistic expectations from these students. She claims that gifted students often have “ ...

Powerlessness

One of the issues that create powerlessness is role conflict. Role conflict emanates from the different roles a nurse has to fulfill. A nurse has an official role, which she has to fulfill to meet the expectations set by the institution. Communication of roles is via the normal administrative channels. Additionally, the nurse has to fulfill the expectations of the colleagues and peers. Thirdly, a nurse has to fulfill self-expectations from the basic personal understanding of what a nurse is required to do. These entire roles may themselves introduce role conflict, which contribute to the reduction in motivation among the nurses. If ...

People always were, are and will see first with an expectation. The main reason for this is that not all of us has a required experience to make realistic prognoses. However most of the people do not want realistic, dream world always looks better than the real one. In dreams we can complete any work without required knowledge, we can get anything without putting enough effort to it. Unfortunately seeing with expectation will not help to resolve any issue while experience is the knowledge that you can rely on in any difficult situation. I never imagined how much work ...

Part 1: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Self fulfilling prophecy can be defined as any negative or positive expectation about circumstances, people, or events that can affect a person’s way of life or behaviour toward them in a manner that makes the expectations be achieved. On my first day in college, my roommate expected to find a very jovial and talkative person in campus. When we were allocated rooms in University, I had some hard time while learning the new environment. I remember very well while my roommate together with the other friend tried to judge that fact that I was silent. However, that was not the ...

Abstract

Introduction The title of the article is - The Rube Goldberg Democrats. The source is The Wall Street Journal. The author is Daniel Henninger. The argument for the article is that it is against Obama Care. The author emphasizes that this program is characteristic of other failures by the Democrat Government such as social security and admission to colleges. This article stresses that Obama Care will put a blemish on the brand identity of The Democratic Party. There are several elements that I will discuss in this essay. They include, increasing expectations on government, failure of the Democratic Party ...

Abstract

In the modern society, the aspect of individualization is very high. This implies that most people are more attached to themselves rather that the community. Even if the world has become too mobile, family still remains one of the fundamental aspects for many people. There are major family characteristic, history, expectations, behaviors, beliefs, values of individual ethnic heritage. Germany is one of the societies with many inhabitants. Based on my own family, it is comprised of me, my wife and two dogs. Just like most of the developed nations in the world, Germany is in the record for fewer ...

Critical Thinking/Management Decision in Relation to an HRM Issue

A dispute among workers was the main problem that I had to solve for which there was no clear solution. This is due to involvement of other people, and where there behavior as well as decisions highly impacted the solution to the problem. Although it took a lot of time to solve the problem, it was finally settled by clearly guiding the workers of the company’s expectations from each one of them, and educating the workers on conflict handling styles. This required a lot of critical and creative thinking on educating the workers. This was because the seniors thought that ...

Discussion Question

Supply chain management is an integrative philosophy to manage the flow of a distribution channel from the supplier to the ultimate user. It can be described as the monitoring and control of the flow of goods from the point of initial production to the point of final consumption. The customer is the most important component of the supply chain because he or she is the final destination point of the entire supply chain. In other words, customers are the end users of the goods produced by the supply chain. Production of goods will therefore be unnecessary if they do not ...

Sociology: DS2 Part 1

The first theme selected for this discussion is social construction of reality. This theme is related to a theory with assumption that reality is relative to the socio- cultural environment where people live and interact. It consists of one’s country, religious affiliation; city, education among a few other variables (Korgen, 52). From my personal point of view this theory contains inconsistencies because reality is relative to one’s personal experience. As such, it was my proposal to investigate this occurrence by conducting a brief survey asking a small sample of respondents to explain their views of reality. The questions posed were:- ...

AE 20D

December 3rd, 2014 PARENT’S WISHES People have dreams to get married and start a family. My father once implied that life is hard and sometimes sad, but all the harshness of life dissipates when you have children. He says having children should make me happier. My parents set goals for me to achieve in order to make them proud of me. Also, their expectations on what I should do did not stop when I graduated high school. Parents usually develop expectations once their child is born, and many develop their expectations for what their children’s goals ...

Humor provokes laughter. Most people from all backgrounds have a sense of humor since they can experience laughter. The extent to which one finds something to be humorous mainly depends on their culture, level of maturity, intelligence and educational background. There are other forms of humor that appeal to adults such as satire since they can only be humorous when the audience understands the context. Humor is, therefore, relative from one individual to another. People who do not seem to have self- interest seem to interest people, who see their actions as humorous. People easily relate to humor since ...

The relationship between music and emotions is a very discuss subject and many scientist from musicology, psychology and even philosophy tried to deal with it. In this essay, I will focus specifically on theories launched by psychology but I will not omit some other theories launched by the musicologists and philosophers. I will focus on three main theories elaborated from specialist people in the field and explain how the connection between music and emotions develops during different process. Along the time, many theories regarding the connection between music and emotion were elaborated but there is no one theory which ...

Gender-Role Expectations as seen in Casablanca and Mrs. Doubtfire:

Discussion and Analysis Gender-role expectations are the labels put on individuals whom identify with a particular gender. Many of the expectations are formed from real observations and social roles; however, these stereotypes can be both foundational as well as detrimental to relationships. Men may desire women who are “feminine” and “good homemakers.” Women may desire men who are rugged and good with tools. The effects of these expectations can be seen in the two films, Casablanca, by Michael Curtiz, and Mrs. Doubtfire, by Chris Columbus. While these two movies don’t primarily focus on the effects of gender-role expectations, ...

Are Men Held To Unrealistic Standards in Terms of Gender Stereotypes and Expectations

When people think of gender inequality and unfair standards they usually think of woman and the struggles they have endured and continue to endure in the world. They faced gender stereotypes like a woman’s place in in the kitchen or the home not in the working man’s world. They still continue to face a world that holds them to different expectations. We don’t often stop to think of the struggle men are constantly dealing with. The truth is men also face their own challenges to try standing outside of the normal expectations and not be labeled a stereotypical man. ...

Management tasks of small business firms are changing with time due to various forces in the business world (Schrodt, 2002). Some of these forces affect them as they enlarge their operations to bigger companies. Alterations to the most critical business operations in these companies have resulted from attempts to accommodate the imminent changes. The shareholders’ expectations change as the state of the business changes. Managers have to act accordingly, as per the nature of the force involved, to ensure the business continues to make a profit. Internal factors involved are communication in a business that involves managers’ tasks changing to ...

Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name, WEB-BASED COURSES 2 One way to find out if web-based courses are meeting goals set by a department is to review the goals and see if the outline or syllabus for the course covers each goal and the desired outcome. Reviewing the syllabus is beneficial because it can act as a checklist for goal comparisons. If the syllabus is not meeting the goals set for the course, the department would need to revise the syllabus in order to meet the defined goals. Some of the questions that I ...

“Great Expectations” is a luminous piece of literary work by British author Charles Dickens. This novel was written in 1860’s and is completely recited in the first person. This is one of highly acclaimed novels of Dickens. The author raises some relevant issues in his novel and presents the same before readers in a vivid manner. This paper aims to propose a discussion on the novel, “Great Expectations” and further discusses Dickens writing style, various symbols and themes of the novel.

Plot Summary

The story is knitted around a young boy named Pip, who is orphan and lives with his elder sister. One day ...

Introduction

The US bureau of statistics stated in 2008 that the rate of divorce among Americans is 50% (Vail, 1). The high rate of divorce can be attributed to the many people who have unrealistically high expectations regarding marriage. Some people expect marriage to turn out to be extremely glamorous without any challenges. Other people have high and unrealistic expectations on how they want their spouses to treat and relate with them. People should prepare adequately for marriage in order to avoid unrealistic expectations that are prerequisite for divorce. The expectations regarding marriage come from the observations that one ...

3) Peralta National Bank’s ALCO committee has lots to consider and lots on their plate given the circumstances and the future likely events. Currently, they are witnessing an upward sloping yield curve. However, they have to decide whether to investment in long-term or short term. Both investment alternatives have their own drawbacks and own benefits. As a result, even the ALCO committee is divided over which investment tenor to pursue. There was an argument that if the banks invest in short term they will have to sacrifice one percent of their net income over the limits set by the ...

Gender is a fundamental element that renders its influence in every social phenomenon. The distinctions are obvious in the aspects of expectations, attributes and miles stones. No doubt, the physical strength of males is apprehended with the supremacy of astuteness and intelligence. The male gender is raised in the same manner to cultivate the contextual skills, whilst the females are protected and preserved as less capable entities to secure themselves. Herein, it must be considered that sociology considers gender as a completely secular element in reference the element of sex. The feature of gender and its allocated expectation are cultivated by ...

It is quite evident that almost 80-95% college students procrastinate when it comes to studying. They find other means to distract them away from work and usually bring about more distractions if they have to, in order to, delay work as much as possible. There is no rational explanation for such behaviour and this has been a trend that has been active for years on end. When Psychological students procrastinate, how can Psychology of human nature really figure out the importance of such behaviour and how it occurs? However, there are a number of reasons as to how procrastination is caused ...

[Author] Sen, Ostlin and George (2007) claimed in their report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health that girls and women had been viewed as less capable than boys and men. Women tend to hold different kinds of jobs as men (Correll, 2001), and experience double standard in the delegation of assignments. A study noted a 50 percent tendency for people to display distinct female role expectations (Lafky, Duffy, Steinmaus & Berkowitz, 1996). Real inequity exists in many areas of the woman’s work life: “equal pay for equal work, protection of working mothers, fairness in career advancements, ...

Introduction

Working environment and interpersonal communication build on the essential part of motivation and job satisfaction. Individuals find themselves under a lot of pressure, once they work with those, whose management and leadership styles contradict with their own perspective on working relationships or are very different from the attitude and approach of their previous manager. The situation, considered in the case study illustrates classic conflict of perspectives and differences in the personalities, which were not solved and are currently building on the complex internal relationship issue on high organizational level. The case dwells upon the leadership style of George Latour, ...

Psychologists argue that manager’s development begins with the ability of the manager to change the self concept through the ability to see and evaluate him/ her self. Thus Paul J. Brouwer took the initiative in 1964 to write an article The Power to See Ourselves to reveal how manager’s perception of self image influences the manager’s behavior and thus how the changes in the self-concept are realized. Self-concept is critical in a manager’s full potential through growth. Managers’ growth is only enhanced by enabling managers to understand their best direction after understanding the situations facing them. ...

The Importance of Stakeholder Management in Delivering Successful Projects

INTRODUCTION In the contemporary business environment, managing projects with diverse stakeholders is normality that some do not fully optimize, because of lack or of missing knowledge and experience in stakeholder management. This essay emphasizes the necessity of applying effective stakeholder management in project management processes for achieving successful projects. The essay describes the stakeholder management roles, challenges, and skills, illustrating four case studies that dealt with stakeholder management in their project management processes. The analysis of the four case studies increases the understanding on how stakeholder management applied to project management processes can lead to a successful or to a ...

Changes in University

The article by Simon Young explains how changes in Universities Education have taken place since the earliest times to the present. To attract the interests of the reader, Simon Young has employed use of several techniques to make his article convincing. Such technique includes personal anecdotes, comparison and contrast. The article begins with a personal anecdote. Simon Young explains his personal experience the University for over forty years. He then moves the reader through changes in academic research which he finds disturbing, “the purpose of this editorial is to discuss the current state of University research and explain why ...

The following were the main objectives of this experiment:

Methodology The following apparatus were used in this experiment: - Copper-water heat pipe - Hot plate - Thermocouple (3) - Ring stand with clamps (2) - Solid copper wire - Glass beaker (2) - Multichannel digital thermometer - Vernier caliper Figure 1 below shows the illustration of copper-water heat pipe: According to Fig. 1, The three main components of a heat pipe are the working fluid, vacuum tight containment vessel and the capillary/wick vessel. The operation of these three elements ensures the efficient and even heat transfer between heat ...

Qualitative Analysis: Baker Hughes

In a recent report issued by the famous Deloitte Inc, the Oil and Gas Industry will soon enter the period of transformation as the industry will now move from upstream production and exploration to the mid-stream infrastructure, refinery operations and petro-chemical facilities. This will help the companies to grow in value from recent discoveries and acquisitions. The expectations for 2013 also turned true as the oil and Gas Sector benefited from the record investment in new development and improvements in the existing assets holdings. Overall, the industry experts expect more investment in research and development in the Oil and Gas ...

Simply put, sociological imagination refers to the unique insight that is often given by the sociological discipline. The sociological imagination dictates that in the process of making decisions, the thinking process should be done in a manner that does not reflect the familiar routines of the day to day activities. As such, the thinking process must be made by individuals through detaching themselves from the expectations of the society. To some extent, this term has a similar meaning to sociological perception. In the modern world, many people have given several meanings to sociological imaginations. However, they all connote a situation whereby individuals ...

Society operates on a certain set of expectations which help to sustain a civil and polite environment. When people do not meet those expectations, the civil society breaks down. Kitty Genovese’s society did not adhere to the civil actions that valued life and its inaction resulted in homicide. Had I been in the situation, I definitely would have called the police. There is a basic human need for action when an incident like Kitty Genovese’s occurs. For individuals to ignore it or distance themselves from it is dangerous and cost that young woman her life. Each person who did ...

We observe current relevance in Judy Brady’s 1971 literal work “I Want a Wife” in which she presents a listing of the overall expectation of a wife's role in the era of the 1970s with the declaration of being a wife while proceeding to write of the persona of a husband that is listed in his expectations form his wife in service to him. Brady is current in her relevant presentation of the form of unrealism in the expectations of reduced fulfillment. As such the response in my view to this literal work is the application of clever techniques in her style of ...

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This essay is going to concur with Cesaire's statement that the act of colonizing dehumanizes the colonizer. This paper will deal with the conceptualization of the thesis statement with reference to the course materials with an aim of justifying this inclination. According to Cesaire, we note the process of colonization influences the person who undertakes it. Where the individual fails to accord the fellow human beings the respective dignity and on the contrary view them as animals. This act of looking down upon other human beings degrades the colonizer. Ethnocentrism explains ...

Scientists are concerned about the lack of student interest in studying science (Dillon & Manning, n.d.). Researchers have conducted various studies. They have determined that the influence of teachers, curriculum, and classroom environment has an impact on student interest. This literature review describes current research regarding this dilemma as well as some recommendations. According to authors Dillon and Manning, “science teachers are made, not born”. This is very important to consider as it speaks loudly about a teacher wanting to teach science. It is better for students to learn science from a teacher that wants to share their scientific knowledge (and any ...

Introduction

Initial theoretical developments of the theoretical and procedures in service quality evaluation have long lagged behind in product quality evaluation with measurement of service quality experiencing varied problems (Van Raaij. et al. 580). There are also several difficulties in the evaluation of service quality as a presentation of the framework of evaluation that uses the overall systems theoretical approach. This is in addition to suggestions of perceiving the views of quality degrees within companies and organizations alike with service managers being required to put considerations into the service input perceptions as well as service processes and associated outcomes.

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Part I (30 Words)

Masks have become a semiotic way of fitting in the society’s social construct ways by one transforming their identity with the aim of integrating into the society’s way of life.

Part II (84 Words)

Social construction has been embedded in every society such there are expectations the society expects one to achieve in his or her lifetime. As humans, we are socialized to fit these expectations through wearing different masks so that we can fit in a given society, which alters people’s identity in the long run. It is crucial to note that there are innumerable characteristics that have been fragmented into ...

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Reflective essay on the usage of Employment Portfolio

It is not a secret that an employment portfolio is a way to give a deeper insight into the personal and professional qualities of an individual within a limited scenario. There are numerous ways to build this portfolio and the choice is always driven by the situation and scenario in which this tool should be used. I am a strong believer that the secret of success in my career search is based on the ability to bring the best, by satisfying expectations of both, employer and employee. And the reality is that every job I apply for ...

The long awaited night was finally here with us. With my ticket in the pocket and all set for a great show, I walked into playhouse theatre. I personally had never attended a ‘guys and dolls’ live performance and was hence inn for a unique experience. A lot had been said about the performance, through the media adverts and even through friends. What I experienced however was a shocker to me and just below my expectations. The excitement I had stored for all this days was not fulfilled as the performance gave me something different. I have attended many live shows but this ...

The mining group gold process contains the following basic processes. The first basic process is determination of the purpose of the proceedings, session or meeting. This entails the process of outlining the objectives and laying down the aims of the meeting prior to allocation of duties and responsibilities to be observed during the meeting. This step lays the foundation for the next step which is concerned with the desired outcomes of the proceeding, meeting or session. This second step is majorly concerned with the foreseeable results and expectations of all the stake holders of the meeting. The desired outcomes, ...

Introduction

Performance Management not only recognizes the employees’ efforts, but is an essential tool for overall performance improvement. It is thus a continuous process of communication between the management and other staff to ensure achievement of set targets and objectives of an organization. A standard performance evaluation form therefore should include the name of the employee whose performance is under review, as well as the period during which they have been reviewed to distinguish it from other periods, but also to be able to score the manifestation of any changes in behavior or results, and also eliminate the possibility of ...

It was Virginia Woolf who famously suggested that greater female autonomy could be achieved through the craft of writing. Historically, women have been marginalized by their male peers, forced into stringent gender roles with little attention paid to their personal desires, hopes, or dreams. One of the primary methods that women have used over the the years to fight against this oppression is the creation of literature. Women of different cultures often have varied experiences, and Latina women are no exception to this rule; however, despite the cultural differences between different Latin cultures, Cofer, Martínez, and Erauso explore ...

Introduction

Motivation is an incredibly important factor in education; it plays a critical role in student learning. This motivation can be intrinsic; namely, the motivation comes from a student’s own desire to learn. However, two other major motivating factors for students include extrinsic motivation from parents and teachers. These outside forces place a great deal of pressure on these students, placing expectations on them to perform in a certain way. However, these expectations may have unknown effects on these students. Students from ages 5 to 7 are in the early stages of education, and so trends and expectations established here can carry through ...

In “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens the narrative is fraught with symbolism to examine the expectation of the key characters. Throughout this writing I endeavor to explore the presence of symbolism and discover the symbolic relationship to the narrative and expectations of the individual characters. Within “Great Expectations” there is a lot of mist imagery. These mists mainly persist throughout the mashes of Pip’s home. These mists have a continuous presence throughout the novel. Dickens may also have intended for the mists to be symbolic of Pip’s inability to understand and comprehend the darkness he encounters. Showing a sense ...

The primary question I asked myself at the beginning of this quarter is how much I know about live rock performances. I have always thought of live rock performances like a combination of instrumental and rhythmic music, and from the concert that I witnessed, it proved to be more than that. For starters, rock is a genre of popular music whose origin can be traced to 1940’s rock and roll. Like other forms of pop music, rock lyrics address a wide range of theme – from love, relationships and normal life activities. It is with such background in rock music that I ...

Introduction

Affluenza: The All-consuming Epidemic is essentially a “must read” book for any educator or financial counselor who has debated the concepts of voluntary simplicity, happiness, “keeping up with Joneses,” “stuff,” over consumption, and “enough” with the students or clients. As an extension of extensively celebrated 1997 PBS TV documentary called Affluenza, this epic book cleverly uses illnesses terminology in its chapter headings to give a description of a powerful virus called Affluenza. The chapter headings describe Affluenza with terms like aches, convulsions, congestion, exhaustion, scars, among others. Basically this book is divided into 3 sections, which similarly have medical overtones. These ...