Essays on Curiosity

Everybody has their own idea of what creativity is. Creativity is defined as the capability to see the world in different ways, to discover unseen patterns, to make links between apparently distinct phenomena, and to create solutions. Creativity encompasses two practices: thinking and putting the thoughts in a tangible object that can be heard or see. Various components are needed for one to be creative. Such components, together with the reasons as to why people create are discussed in this paper. Further, the questions of whether creativity has a value, or whether it can be taught are answered. Creativity ...

Part 2. Recent and historical images of Mars

Historical Image of Mars. Website reference: http://www.fourthplanet.space/tag/christiaan-huygens/

Image info: Christiaan Huygens’ observational drawing of Mars shows a triangular feature which known today as Syrtis Major.

Telescope used: Huygens used a telescope created by himself (1655). It was a good 2-inch (5.1-cm) telescope of 10.5-foot (3.2-m) focal length and 50x magnification. (Sheehan)

Observer: Christiaan Huygens

Exposure time: Observations were taken over a number of weeks. Other relevant details: Huygens used results of his observations of Mars to measure Mars’ rotational period. He measured it as 24 hours (only one hour away from the rotational period of the planet recognized today). It should be noted that the most prominent and largest crater of the Mars was named after Huygens (14.0°S, 304.4° ...

Introduction

Proper presentation of data collected during a study is imperative to the credibility of a research. In fact, lack thereof compromises the interpretation embraced by the people relying on such information due to the possibilities of miscommunication in the presentation process. As such, researchers ought to follow a compelling approach whilst communicating the results of their study regardless of the research design followed. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that there are multiple research approaches followed in the delivery of psychological research information. According to the Emergency Medicine Journal, the popular research designs include observational ...

Running Notes

The observation was that of child #111. #111 is a five year female. She has been enrolled in the kindergarten class for five months. I observed child #111 for two forty five minutes sessions. Over the course of the two sessions, a range of physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development aspects were evaluated. Child #111 has an approximate height of 40 inches. She is white in skin color and her overall physical appearance appears to be generally in line with children her age. In essence, from her physical appearance, she is generally healthy. After being introduced to the ...

The Main Features of Introverts' behavior in the social environment

As is known, introversion is one of the most common categories or indicators to measure personality traits. Introverts are people whose personality traits are very different from those of other people, who can also be called extroverts. Introverts tend to accumulate their energy and direct it to their inner world, while extroverts waste their energy on the interaction with the outside world. If an extrovert needs a constant dialogue with the people, an introvert can successfully do without it. An introvert is capable of minimal contact, which is also necessary, but it happens rarely and only in the companies ...

Personal Statement

“Sasha, ihre fahrt ist hier.” At my teacher’s demand, I ran from my seat with such enthusiasm that I have never experienced before, and left behind everything I owned. I raced to the parent pick up line where my mother stood eagerly waiting to inform me of what she thought was good news. My parents were in military, so I spent most of my early life apart from them as they relocated every three years. This day was not only peculiar in that my mother came to pick me up, but it was the last Thursday I would ...

Coming into Language is an autobiography by Jimmy Baca that is used to depict the power of being literate. The author illustrates the life of a young illiterate Hispanic male who had to struggle through life in school, at work place and even unable to be stand up for his right to freedom. He compared his life when he was illiterate and when literate and shows the obvious benefits of being literate against the disadvantages of being illiterate. This is a story of hardship and gloom that ends in a triumph as the character is able to overcome his ...

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Smoking is a hard habit to break. Most smokers, if not all, know this to be true. Despite being associated with different negative health effects, many individuals continue to consume cigarettes on a regular basis. There are many reasons why people engage into smoking, and as a result, many of them also suffer the negative consequences. One of the reasons why people start smoking is due to curiosity. This is true for many teenagers. Most of them are curious about how it feels to smoke, especially when they are seeing family members and peers carry out the ...

Homework #1

All of the experiences presented in path 1 were really interesting, but one of them particular caught my interest. This experience was shared by Cameron Day who had an interest in criminal sociology and was interested in finding the reasons behind certain criminal behaviors. The reason I am particularly interested in this experience because criminal behavior is something which I have always been curious about. When I was little, I used to have a friend and we were really close. As we grew older, he moved to a different place and after many years I came to know that ...

Nobody has contemplated precisely on the complicated phenomenon why English has become so widespread and common all over the world. The ability to communicate in English fluently does not awake the feeling of surprise or pleasure on the foreigner’s faces. However, it is a rational and logical issue that English seems to be an international language or a lingua franca. From the historic point of view, one should mention Latin and its role all over the world. Many centuries ago, Latin was considered to be a lingua franca as well. However, after the Roman Empire lost its power ...

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Post-Bureaucratic Practices in Leadership

Introduction Leadership is always found at the pole position in the success of any organizational or business model and the research that took place during the 20th century was explicitly focused on investigating the role and vitality of leading and managing individuals in organizational structures emerged during bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic eras (Dischner, 2015, p. 501). The turning millennium also brought with it a significant shift and change in nature, environment and settings of the workplace that is now taken as perpetually changing, self-motivating, and dynamic avenues; where management and leadership approaches ...

Charles Baudelaire has played a significant role in modern art and culture. He came up with the word modernity and emphasized the importance on why art has to capture the experience of urban life. In 'The Painter of Modern life', an essay by Baudelaire, he highlighted important points such as originality by analyzing the ways and art of a man known as Monsieur C. G. Baudelaire argues that art and culture should not borrow too from much on the past. He emphasized the importance of originality. He did so by looking at M. G.’s desire to remain anonymous, ...

EDU 100: Issues in Education

Choosing a major is very difficult. In many cases, it determines the activity that a person will do for the rest of his or her life. Students have to consider some important aspects when deciding what the emphasis of their college studies and further career will be. This is problematic in many respects. In this sense, Koeppel (2004) affirms that the main factor that influences the decision-making on a college major is the age of students. He states that, since young adults are in the midst of self-discovery, making such an important decision puts an incredibly heavy pressure on ...

Introduction

Ceros Inc. is a self-made creation that operates from New York. The firm deals with developing brands to grow revenue by exhibiting information about the name in decorated, magazine-like structures on devices such as tablets and phones and through websites and social media platforms. The company is looking for a Sales Development Representative who will join the efficient team of sales representatives reporting to Chief Revenue Officer.

Develop preliminary job information

The Sales Development Representative will produce new business opportunities in following a prescribed process into targeted accounts. The selected individual will learn how to recognize and research lists of firms to focus ...

Introduction

Meaning in life (MIL) is a concept which is fundamental to numerous individuals as it is based on their values and it can be a source of motivation. According to Allan (2014), virtues and character strengths have been linked augmented levels of fulfillment and meaning in an individual’s life. In the book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” the concept of meaning in life is illustrated by a young orphan who pursues a great destiny. This story follows a young boy – Harry Potter who lost his parents at the age of one year after they were murder ...

I have chosen to pursue a career as a preschool teacher in a public school setting. A public school setting offers many resources and trainings that might not otherwise be present at private institutions. I feel like preschool teaching is a good fit for me due to my prior experience working with children as a substitute teacher. I witnessed firsthand excellent classroom techniques and strategies that I would be excited to implement in my classroom. The foundation to a successful academic career begins in preschool. I personally feel I have the experience to help equip students with the necessary ...

According to Christopher Bader, Joe Baker and Frederick Carson Mencken in Paranormal America: Ghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture (2011) research shows that “more than 2/3 of Americans have paranormal beliefs with this being manifested in their penchant for movies with paranormal themes. This statistic is not alarming since evidently the paranormal and the supernatural have been a part of human culture since the beginning of time. In fact, in most religions paranormal experiences are either commonplace, or show up without alarm to the persons practicing that particular religion. While persons without ...

Introduction

This project is an article review project that covers important elements and aspects of the chapter “Building Customer Satisfaction, Value, and Retention”. This is a chapter in the section “Understanding Marketing Management” in the authoritative book Kotler on Marketing. The focus of this research will be on customer satisfaction, customer value and customer retention in the context of marketing management. This project will include the review of four scholarly journals and articles on marketing and an application of its key concepts to the chapter. Thus, for each article, there will be a 500-600 word critique of the article and ...

Authors

The three digital texts are also similar in that; they are all dedicated to audiences with similar characteristics. For instance, the literary content of the texts is only completely accessible online, and may not serve its initial intended purpose if read as plain text. In addition, the audience to whom the texts are meant for, are also expected to possess some kind of computer literacy by for instance understanding the behaviour of hyperlinked texts like those featured in ‘Twelve Blue’, or an understanding of the need for visual speed and close attention while encoding the intended message from the ...

Describe scientific explanation in detail. How does it relate to scientific hypothesis and scientific theory?

The term explanation may mean different things, especially in a wider perspective. However, in science, an explanation refers to the answer to a question that have stemmed from curiosity. Curiosity gives rise to questions that call for answers or explanations. Curiosity and inquisitiveness are among the characteristics that drive science to explore knowledge and use it for practical applications. The curiosity to know why the apple has fallen down from a tree has led Newton to wonder and apply the scientific method to arrive at a valid scientific explanation—the Law of gravitation. In short, the explanation that resolves ...

We need to explore extraterrestrial space to know better about our origin, and presence in the universe as well as our future. However, there are several arguments against space exploration such as high cost expenditure associated with space research, and potential health risk to explorers. 1. For View Point Space exploration is vital as earth’s resources are constantly put under tremendous pressure by the growing population. Further, there is also a need to know if human inhabitable conditions can occur in planets other than earth, in order to ensure sustainability of life. There is an inherent curiosity to ...

“The Family of Little Feet”

The vignette involves Lucy, Esperanza, and Rachel who are given some old shoes by a neighbor with small feet. The old shoes may be insignificant but were a big heaven for the three girls. The old pair of heels overjoys them, makes them get attention from men thus despising other girls. People tried to warn the girls about wearing the heels but the attention and attractiveness they got from them could not let them quit. The author included the chapter to show the importance of change and demonstrate the theme of sexuality. The old shoes in the story are ...

Features

Renaissance had the features of a new worldview, which had basis of human experiences, focused on the humanism and education for all, and had the spirit of curiosity and adventure in society. As such, there was a new life approach and reviving of the spirit of architecture, art, learning, and literature. Further, the period is associated with scientific investigations and vernaculars growth.

Medieval roots

Renaissance did not have a starting place or point. However, Northern Italy is considered as the starting point. The focus of the early figures was on the humanist movement, which aimed at art, social, and literary advancements ...

Angela Locke’s essay “Born Poor and Smart” offers a pointed critique of social stratification and the cultural divides between rich and poor that maintain these systemic inequalities. Detailing her poor childhood and the long, arduous road she took to becoming financially solvent, Locke offers a laconic, straightforward essay that speaks truth to power while also demonstrating the problems the poor have in being able to uplift themselves out of poverty. While Locke misses a few fundamental differences between the rich and the poor in her logic, “Born Poor and Smart” offers a significant sense of ethos and pathos ...

The Advert: Baby Play Gym

The advert is a print advertisement designed for a newspaper or a magazine. So you have bathed and, fed and cuddled you r precious little angel. You wonder what to do next to keep baby occupied? Do you wonder how to stimulate the little mind and nutrture that curiosity and creativity in early days? Our Bright Starts Swinging Safari Baby’s Play Place is your answer.

Specifications:

The mat is made of firm comfortable padding for a little delicate baby. The mat has several soft toys with different interesting shapes and functions. The soft toys include stuffed animals and leaves ...

Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Introduction

Google as a company has continued to set the pace for other technology industries over the recent past when it comes to technological enthusiasm. This is as a result of the continuous introduction of new projects both in software and hardware markets. Each of the projects has proven to be exceptionally good and has resulted in a simplification of tasks which were previously considered impossible. Some of the most innovative products set to be launched by Google include the Project Wing set to be launched in 2017, which is actually a drone delivery service, Google Fiber ...

People are so absorbed with the peculiarity of the unknown in that some people strive to become artists specializing in these trades just to become famous. Franz Kafka, in his short story, A Hunger Artist, successfully satirizes the cycle of people’s waning curiosity and interest in the mundane and the subsequent artists who do these things for fame. Kafka’s story shows a critical ridicule of this cycle in an act contradictory to the purpose of a way of living through the hunger artist and his act of fasting. The intention of distinguishing oneself from his peers has ...

Introduction

The process of learning in animals and humans come through a series of situations that come together to motivate, and ignite the brains and enable them to repeat specific actions in the face of certain circumstances. The basic logic presented by psychologists and biologists is that there is intrinsic motivation based on the brain which controls the nerves and models of an animal or human being. This implies that an external variable triggers an extrinsic motivation that gets the organism to ignite the internal or intrinsic motivation in order to undertake certain actions and internalize it in order to ...

The institutional affiliation

Humans make life-changing decisions every day and it is of high importance that those decisions are made deliberately and carefully. Moreover, an answer or a solution to the arisen issue may be constructed in different stages of thinking. Sometimes it is hard to determine the stage of thinking and cognitive development. In order to complete this task, I have interviewed my family member and my friend about the most significant and powerful decisions in their lives, about people who have helped them make those decisions and about their current opinions of those exact situations and if they would set ...

English 1101-06

Why people love horror movies? In the society, many people love horror movies because they contain an essential truth that most of the guardians and parents do not tell their children. Some parents usually encourage and comfort their children by urging them that everything is going to be all right and nothing to be worried about. While such people lie to children, the horror films do not. The horror films provide the full measure of what people suffer and experience as adults, and hence creating a significant sense of trust. Monsters in the horror movies present facts that are ...

Viktor E. Frankl “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Psychological Effects of Camp Life Viktor E. Frankl was a well-known author –psychiatrist of a very difficult destiny. He experienced several years as a prisoner in a concentration camp of Auschwitz and wrote a very impressive autobiographical book “Man’s Search for Meaning” that concerns many aspects of a human being perception of reality in difficult and nearly impossible conditions of living.

There were some ways for prisoners how to survive. The first one was to become a Capo, a kind of a helper for SS men. In order to be ...

The class information

Degree program Turabian Style Introduction Smoking is among bad habits which reflect young people’s addictive practice with regards to negative behavior. In this respect adolescents can become smokers of traditional or electronic cigarettes and cigars in addition to smokeless tobacco users. This trend indicates that adult smokers tend to start before they turn eighteen, and statistics proves that “14% of high school students smoke cigarettes, 13% smoke cigars, and 6% use [smokeless tobacco]” . Addiction to traditional and electronic cigarettes derives from availability of tobacco products for sale, peer group influences and most importantly advertising. Advertising impacts American young ...

My past, present and future education often seems unrelated to each other. However, it has become apparent that the past, present and future often relate to each other if only through transferable skills. This is important for developing further curiosity for formal education and career matters. At this present moment I am studying Hotel Management and I chose this field of study because I developed an interest in the hospitality industry and travel. Hotel Management can be an international career because of the global presence of some large hotel chains. This curiosity for experiencing different cultures through the study ...

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Introduction

Computer hacking comes as a direct result of advances in technology like the internet and social networking. The hacking activities range between illegal and legal and is often debated for its ethical and unethical nature. Computer hackers are talented people fascinated by computers and technology and mostly start at college and school level. Moral values and ethics of the hackers differentiate between good and bad ones (Xu, Hu & Zhang, 2013). The three categories of hackers are Black Hats, White Hats and Gray Hats. The common notion of ...

Introduction

David Foster Wallace was an American writer whose work includes novels, essays, and short stories. He is a professor of creative writing. His most famous work was his novel Infinite Jest, and The Pale Cream. He has been recognized by various institutions and persons for his elaborate work in the development of English literature. Wallace work include both fiction and non-fiction work. His work is mostly concerned in moving beyond the metafiction and the irony that is associated with postmodernism. Some of his other nonfiction works include the John McCain 2000 presidential bid and the September 11 attacks. We ...

The Eloi in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

The Eloi are one of two races of people the Time Traveler encounters on his arrival to to the future. They are “a group of figures clad in rich soft robes” (Wells 20). They are graceful with a gentle and frail beauty who surround the Traveler and his machine in their first encounter. Their non-threatening nature which lacks aggression inspires a confidence in the Traveler as he faces the new people without fear. The Traveler gives the reader some perspective into his view of Eloi people. While the Traveler is revealed ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by the famous author, Mark Haddon, is one of the best literary works to be adapted in the cinematic form of expression. Indeed, the story in context has enormous scope of quintessential and aesthetic portrayal of the events, emotions, frictions, and mystery. The young teenager of the narrative, Christopher, is the hero of this story in context. The way he is portrayed in the literary narrative truly impresses the readers, and it provides ample scope for catapulting the affective ...

Salvador Dali (1904-198) was a Spanish artist considered to be the icon of the Surrealist movement. Probably the most universally famous and highly regarded of the artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali was born in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain where his father held the position of notary public. Although well known as a painter of the Surrealist Movement, he was also a gifted photographer and film maker. As a child, Dali was encouraged in his art by his family and in particular a friend of his father’s, a lawyer named Pepito Pichot, whose brother ...

Technology exists as a creation of people, produced through the various ideas to help make the lives of people easier and more productive. However, technology has become too deeply integrated in people’s lives that they start being overly dependent on it, even to the point of stating that they are not able to live without it. Such an idea, significantly evident in today’s society is the thematic background of E.M Forster’s The Machine Stops, serving as a prescient warning of its implications. The isolation and shunning of human nature and a worship of technology will eventually ...

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For many years, people have associated Shakespearean plays with racial prejudices, mabe in an effort to determine whether Shakespeare was a racist or not. Shakespeare’s use of characters of color has raised controversies an curiosity on what role does race contributes to his plays. It should be noted that racism or the belief that one’s race is superior to another was already observed in 16th century Europe. It was during this time when Europeans become increasingly engaged with people of different racial origins through greater trade with Asia and Africa and the discovery of the ...

Fear is an emotional response to various situations that people experience in their lives. Just like any other emotion felt by a person, fear and apprehension are normal and natural to occur. However, to experience fear upon coming across a new venture or trying something for the first time is pretty natural to people nowadays. It might be common to anyone who is going to try something new in life, to have a certain apprehension about it. A feeling of reluctance and hesitation kicks in which makes a great room for fear. People will experience fear because of many ...

An existential teaching philosophy aligns closely with my own teaching philosophy. While I do not wish to reject all manner of authority in my classroom, and do understand subject matter still needs to be taught, I do think more focus needs to be placed on the child and their specific growth. Too many children are forced into rigorous test schedules and overloaded with homework. Rather than understanding how to learning and retain, they master the art of memorizing, only to dump the information after the test. There is no time to find themselves, and existential teaching philosophies allot for ...

Homeschooling is an effective way of educating the child because it creates the favourable atmosphere needed for the growth of curiosity, an essential factor for further exploration. Children who receive their education at home enjoy more freedom to experiment, evaluate and conclude the facts in a manner better than the children educated in schools. As per Gina Riley, one of the most impressive strengths of home education lies in the fact that the entire process revolves around the child’s intrinsic motivation to learn (3). It is this intrinsic motivation that prompts the child to look for more knowledge ...

I remember my first encounter with one of Salvador Dali’s paintings very vividly. The painting was the one with the leaping tigers. One of my friends was going through their luggage that was in a suitcase in my room and the card with the image fell. I picked it up and looked at her wondering why she would carry such a strange image which was frightening as the tigers looked fierce ready to devour their prey. At that time, we were all manga and pop music oriented. This seemed out of place. She said that it was her ...

Secrets of the Mind by V.S. Ramachandran Secrets of the Mind with V.S. Ramachandran The secret functions carried out by our brain first came into the attention of Dr. Ramachandran while examining the case of an amputee, Derek Steen, who lost his right arm above the elbow in a car accident. His condition garnered a curiosity in Ramachandran when he (Derek) reported that he had felt tingling and stroking sensations in his right arm (that was removed surgically) while shaving the left side of his face. This opened an opportunity for Dr. Ramachandran to study phantom limbs in detail. ...

Question 1.

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed states: “I think that you should approach the study of history with a spirit of curiosity. Be open minded about the possibility that the story is much bigger than what has been presented.” Considering the textbook and the discussion board content, choose one topic of American History between 1492 - 1865 on which your thinking has changed to a “bigger” understanding. Generally, all historical themes contribute to the improvement of my open-mindedness and expansion of outlook, but I would like to mark the topic of the American Revolution. Indeed, the American Revolution was a crucial part ...

Throughout the book ““Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media”, Anne Cooper-Chen explains how and why Japanese cartoons have been prosperous at a time when Disney cartoons have spread all over the world. It indicates that some salient features of the Japanese culture makes its cartoon resilient in the presence of stiff competition. This paper uses cultural diversity that closely relates to proximity with specific examples and personal views to illustrate the global adaptation and popularity of Japanese cartoons. One of the questions about Japanese cartoons is whether their global popularity is because of its exoticism to people ...

I will begin by introducing myself so that as you go along with the reading of this document, you can have my background embedded as clearly in your mind. I am a male who is married now. I started working in the year 2003 as an administrative assistance and quit the job in the year 2006. Then later in 2006, I got another job as an HR specialist in a reputed organization and since then I am committed to this job. I would say that my academic background and upbringing has helped me groom my personality in a better ...

According to Mills, the happiness achieved by a person varies and can be classified into two; lower ranked pleasure and a higher ranked pleasure. In differential capacity, using the "Utilitarianism” moral theory, higher pleasures are intellectually defined while the lower ranked pleasures can be assumed to be the sensual ones. According to his ethical description in the utilitarianism, those acts which maximizes pleasure are more suited for human acceptance than those which do not. Common things like food, sleep, sex, beverages and talking are less likely to increase pleasure compared to intellectual like reading and good novel, brainstorming to ...

After watching the narrative video, there was an expected, but profound impact on me. During one of the narratives, a slave expresses anguish over being freed, stating they were only “freed to starve to death.” Her plantation owners had treated her well, and sounds as though she misses her old life as a slave. I was unaware that some were treated better and more kindly as slaves, than they were as free individuals. More to the point, I did not even know there were kind plantation owners. Education was not allowed and slaves were forced to learn in secret ...

(Retelling the original story ‘My old Home’ by Lu Xun using Jun-tu’s perspective) This year the winter is back again with a whole new version of snowstorm made from the snow and memories of the good old days. The New Year eve is approaching and I am still worried to get a grasp of some steady money resource for ensuring a full meal for my family of seven, including myself. Suddenly, my fifth, Shui-sheng came running to me and asked if he was going out with me. “You and I will be going to visit my master Hsun’ ...

Implications of global engineering profession

Abstract It is certain that engineering profession exists in full capacity to meet societal interests. This means that engineering possesses an inherent impact on the community. An engineer would conduct themselves towards other engineers, employers, clients and the society as a whole as part of their profession. The codes of professional conduct are basic in laying the road map for professional relationships. As professionals, engineers internalize professional codes to realize and realize their stake in the application to the society. Engineers view their professional codes as just static statements developed by their predecessors with little or no contribution from ...

Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

This is a great novel which is narrated directly through Christopher Boone, the main character and a kid with autism. Christopher is falsely accused of killing their neighbour’s dog, in which he decides to find out the real victim to prove his innocence. However, Mark Haddon, the author of the book argues that despite Christopher’s disability, he was still able to acquire cues, which led to unbelievable discoveries.

Q1. The only two emotions that Christopher was able to identify

Christopher was only able to identify the sad and happy faces. The identification of these two emotions is evident when Christopher gives out a detailed explanation that he has ...

This essay will discuss the concept of interpersonal relationships and the strengths and weaknesses of Narrative Therapy within professional and family relationship environments. The client is the expert on her/his life and the therapist focusses on the person and not the problem, conducting therapeutic conversations that externalize the problem. This is the concept of Narrative Therapy (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2004, pp. 343-344). Narrative Therapy views problems as separate from people and assumes that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values and abilities that change their relationship with the problems in their lives (Freedman & Combs, 2000, pp. 400-404). For example, were ...

The dream of every expectant mother is to give birth to a healthy baby when the nine months elapse. However, the culture of uncertainty among expectant mothers has engulfed their thoughts of the possibility of giving birth to children with disabilities. As a result, they have turned to clinics for prenatal screening with a hope of getting a clean bill of health from medical practitioners about their current situation. All these efforts are not in vain in their minds as long as they are assured their babies will not have Down’s syndrome. These frantic efforts paintan image of ...

The related constructs of reward system, organizational culture and supervisory intervention is boosting the four emotional drivers for employee motivation is one of the key tenets that have been explained in this framework. The emotional drivers are independent variables and depending on the organizational and supervisory functions and factors, employee motivation can be optimized. It is the responsibility of individual supervisors to provide careful attention to the drivers of employee motivation. Then, it is the effort of the entire organization to boost the overall employee morale and motivation levels by effectively using these four drivers. The organizational levers including ...

Mary’s father is not a patient. However, he is compatible with Mary and is therefore expected to donate a kidney. A patient refers to an individual who is either receiving or registered to receive medical treatment in a healthcare institution. Confidentiality agreement applies to the patients only. Therefore, confidentiality agreement does not apply to Mary’s father in this case. Moreover, the father’s decision to keep the secret from his family instead of volunteering to save his daughter is ethically unjustifiable. Further, it sounds as if the father is absconding his duty to care. It is the ...

It is sometimes said that a work of great fiction can take the reader away and deposit him or her in a foreign land or a different time. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a work of fiction that certainly takes the reader far away. The author used various of writing techniques to portray every single character very carefully and gave them unique personalities, by reading this we see not only what happened in the book but also the reflection of American society of the time. People see both their fabulous American Dreams and also their flaws. ...

Introduction

Examinations are an essential form of assessment utilized in monitoring a student’s progress. The feedback generated from these evaluations give the teachers, guardians and any other concerned party an overview of the student’s progress in the academic field. Proper interventions are made as per the grades scored by individual students. With this in mind, it is imperative to acknowledge the fact that grades are an influential aspect of the learning process as they give an overview of the student’s academic progress. However, they do not measure the overall student’s intelligence. As such, assumptions should not ...

I went to the National Museum of Math last Sunday. My objective was to observe a child, preferably a child attending pre-KG. As I visited the museum, I found that the place was somewhat crowded with a lot of tourists and enthusiasts. It was a bright day, and the atmosphere was really good there. Within the first 15 minutes, I spotted a girl child who was just over three years. I decided her as my subject. She was an active Caucasian girl with sparkling eyes. She seemed to be curious about all the sights around. She was occasionally communicating ...