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To
be an effective teacher is to invest yourself into making a difference in the lives of the students you teach. An effective teacher inspires his/her students with the importance of learning and the freedom of creativity. They provide opportunities for learning by managing information in a way that allows students to attain knowledge and to intellectually, socially, physically, emotionally and spiritually develop to their full potential (Barry and King, 1998:6). Teachers however are not superhuman, though some may think they should be. Teaching is a vocation that requires constant updating of knowledge content and teaching skills (pedagogy); constantly re-evaluating and striving for better methods to accommodate student learning.

Teaching does not predetermine learning: teacher effectiveness is therefore dependent upon the symbiotic relationship which exists between content knowledge and pedagogical ability; one can not exist in isolation of the other. Read the rest of this entry »

Alcoholism
is a very big problem worldwide. Alcoholism affects families, friends and relatives. Many children live in households with at least one alcoholic parent. Many people have either married or have a blood related relative who is an alcoholic. One in ten women drink while pregnant. One third of alcoholic deaths are from suicide or accidental such as drowning or head injuries from falling. Drunk driving is a major problem with alcoholics. Alcohol kills.

One in every thirteen adults abuse alcohol and are alcoholics. Nearly half of all Americans report that one or more of their close relatives have a drinking problem. An alcoholic has a strong craving and cannot limit himself to one drink. The crave for alcohol is so strong. The person craves alcohol such as if it were food or water. Drinking alcohol increases the risk of automobile accidents and death. Suicide is more likely with alcoholism. One in four youngsters aged ten to eighteen are at serious risk of becoming involved in abuse of alcohol. Children of alcoholics are three to four times more likely to develop alcohol problems then the children of non-alcoholics. Read the rest of this entry »

Society
has maintained a stereotypic and often negative perception of older adults. Society is in denial of aging, we distress furniture to make it look old, but pay thousands of dollars to erase wrinkles from our faces. To be young is to be alive, sexy, and energetic. To be old is to be senile, worthless, and over the hill. These are the stereotypes bestowed on the elderly.

Commonly used phrases as set in ones ways and blind as a bat signify old age as a period of impotency and incompetence. Ageism is the term used to describe this stereotype against the elderly. Ageism is the prejudice and discrimination against the elderly. Familiar stereotypes associated with the elderly include, illness, impotency, ugliness, mental decline, and uselessness. Society associates illness with old age, as we age we become weaker and the immune system slows. Society has the belief that old people do not have sex. We think that younger adults should have sex, not fragile elders. People spend thousands of dollars to look younger, old age is viewed as ugly. Read the rest of this entry »

The
spaces between my bed and the rest of the room are miniature, but I’m glad that this room is mine. I still remember two months ago when my roommates and I were drawing for rooms. We were sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room of our new apartment. The only thing we could use to draw for the rooms was our lease contract; which we tore into four pieces, three pieces to put the numbers of the rooms on, and the other piece to use as a container to mix the numbers and draw for the rooms. We were sitting Indian style on the floor because we didn’t have any furniture yet, as a matter of fact, we didn’t have anything yet. No couches, no tables, no lamps, no television, no microwave, no chairs, no dishes, no toilet paper—nothing, just us, and our container with the room numbers mixed inside it. The master bedroom was room number one, the middle-sized bedroom was room number two, and the smallest bedroom was room number three. We each had a chance to shake the container, and Edith was the last one to shake so she was the first one to pick out a number, I was second, and my other roommate Nereyda, was last. Edith got number one, Nere got number two, and I got number three. Yes, number three, the smallest room. I was a little disappointed, but I didn’t show it. Why was I going to complain about the room I got stuck with? The way we drew for rooms was the fairest way to go about the situation. Therefore, I kept my mouth shut and didn’t think about it anymore.
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Our
life has changed drastically during 20th century. Many things that were praised and defended before are now forgotten or disregarded. Modern life is unthinkable without computers and thousands of other intricate devices that were of no use before. Contemporary generation grew up in the new informational environment and easily finds common language with all those devices. This makes their parents, who grew up without any of those gadgets, think that their children possess special abilities. But in fact playing computer games microwave oven programming require many fewer intellectual faculties than studying history.

Here we have the general delusion of modern parents. Children are considered to be clever just because they possess some invaluable skills, their parents do not have. And lets see what are real benefits of such knowledge. What can children receive from all those countless TV-shows they watch and numerous computer-games they play? Watching TV makes children unable to grasp large amounts of complex information. In the majority of cases TV makes children master only little amounts of simple information, necessary in everyday life. Getting information in such a primitive way weakens young minds, makes them unable to withstand intellectual work. Their minds are feeble, like the muscles of a man who never did any physical exercises. Read the rest of this entry »

Johann
Sebastian Bach, a composer of the Baroque Age, grew up in a musical family to become one of the greatest composers of all time. He was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringen. At a young age he mastered the organ and violin, and was an excellent singer. Around this time both his parents passed away within a year of each other.

Fortunately, his older brother, Johann Christoph, took him in and continued his musical training. Along with his musical training Sebastian attended schools in Eisenach, Ohrdruf, and Luneburg. Read the rest of this entry »

There
are three dimensions of problems that can take place within an organization – economic, legal and social. The economic, legal and social features of the employment relationship are complicated to divide, because all three are closely interrelated (Dufty & Fells 1989, p.3) (Refer Appendix I). It is necessary that the employer and employee relationship be stable and content in the beginning, otherwise in the future the workplace will be inefficient and unproductive.

It is known that the employer requires employees to work for them, to produce products and increase capital and profit for them. The employee is working for a wage that the employer provides in exchange for the employees time and services (Gardner & Palmer 1997, p.213). These are known as the economic dimensions of the employment relationship. Over time employees have developed characteristics and desire to want more i.e.: a certain wage for their qualification, holiday/sick leave and job security. However this will definitely lead to conflict within an employment relationship, because whilst the employer is trying to maximise labour productivity, the employees may intend to obtain higher wages or a promotion (Dufty & Fells 1989, p.4).
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The
medicines in the Middle Ages more often than not would take the form of herbal remedies. In accordance with the humor theory, most plants, food substances, and commonly found house items were specified as either cold, hot, dry, or wet so that they could be used to balance out the humors. For example, pasta (hot) would be used for hot stomach, and cold and dry linen was applied to dry up infections. Many of these herbal remedies came from the church were the brothers and sisters of the Catholic Church were trained in this medical area. Read the rest of this entry »

Satire
is a literary way in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, wit and sarcasm. The purpose of satire is to bring about the improvement of humanity and human society. Satire is found in many different places.

Satire is found in places such as drama, films, plays, music, art and most of all novels. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and Animal Farm, by George Orwell are wonderful examples of novels that include satire in them. In all three of these novels the authors make use of satirical devices to bring human flaw into focus.

Lord of the Flies satirizes many things in it. Good and evil concerning society is a major issue satirized in the book.

Golding helps to show us that even though you may be seen as good, that’s not always the case. Everyone has some sort of evil or bad side to him or her. Society is needed to keep the evil of man in order. The fact that the island had no society caused the boys to become somewhat evil. Read the rest of this entry »

The
director, Phillip Noyce made Rabbit Proof Fence to try and illustrate the shear enormity of the oppression suffered by aboriginal families at the hands of white Australian politicians and the government. The Australian administrators passed a policy that forced pure blooded, half castes and quarter castes Aboriginal children to be taken from their families and their land to be bred and mixed into the white Australian community. The government believed that this was in the Aboriginals best interest but their motive was to eventually eliminate Aboriginal blood to promote a white Australia. This policy is now referred to as the ‘Stolen Generation’. The pain and suffering the Aborigines experienced, the oppression and heart-break only ceased in 1970, when Australia finally realized what they have done and voted to abolish the White Australia policy in 1967. Phillip Noyce’s film, Rabbit Proof Fence reminded and informed the world how inhumane and ignorant the Australian administrative was. Without a doubt Aboriginals have faced harsh treatment, grief and sadness and Noyce’s film showed us exactly this. Read the rest of this entry »