Essays on Detractors

The letter from Birmingham was written by Martin Luther King Jr. as a response to the religious leaders who criticized him for taking part in anti-segregation movements. King claimed that it was not like him to easily respond to detractors, because doing so would consume all his time which would otherwise be used for productive purposes. However, he thought that it was best to answer the criticism thrown at him by the clergies. His message in his letter from Birmingham may be thought of as his way of defending of himself from his detractors, yet a closer analysis would ...

Introduction

Jean Piaget is one of the greatest psychologists to have ever lived. His thinking has influenced many areas of the study of the human mind, from development, to education and even psychopathology. Through a study of his general theory, many parameters of his thinking will be examined. Then, there will be a brief discussion of his cognitive development stages, which is the contribution he is most known for. Finally, some criticisms to his theory will be addressed, and some possible answers from within Piaget’s theory.

General Theory

According to Carey, Zaitchik and Bascandziev (2015), there are two main components of ...

Augustine of Hippo and His View of Election As Regards Salvation

Biography Augustine of Hippo, or more popularly known as St. Augustine, was the child of St. Monica. However, despite a religious upbringing, Augustine spent most of his young life in blasphemous beliefs and immoral lifestyle. Although he was a remarkably intelligent person and had been indoctrinated to the Christian faith early in life, his sins of wickedness and his self-glorification corrupted his thoughts too much, that he became completely blind to the Divine Truth. Augustine's mother, Monica, was a devout Christian, while his father supported paganism for most of his life, merely converting to Christianity prior to his death. ...

Introduction

The depiction of female characters in television has long been one of Feminism’s great worries and battles. Throughout the decades, females have been shown as one dimensional and weak, often reduced to mere companions or prizes for the lead, male characters. The popular television saga Game of Thrones has long come under the view of these critics, yet many have reached opposite conclusions. Even though some contend that it is deeply Feminist, other critics believe that it is extremely misogynist, painting women in a negative light. The present text will argue that historical considerations and character development show ...

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the fact that there is greater likelihood of one to falter in detecting the second target T2 after he has detected the first target T1. There had been concerns that participants in previous studies had problems in detecting the second target after 200 ms -500 ms from the first target. The researcher employed a 2 ×6 experimental design; it involved a randomized sample of 49 university students. Using web experiment software, Interactive Sensation Laboratory Exercise (ISLE), the researcher had students identifying letter S as the first target and letter T as the second target ...

ABSTRACT

The multinational enterprises have incorporated in their mission statement and business model the ethics and the social responsibility. McDonalds is not the exception to this trend, the company with more than 37,000 restaurants in the world have a presence in the most important cities of the world exposed to critics of citizens and non-government organizations related to the quality food and the marketing techniques. McDonalds changed its business model toward ethical behavior and to improve their economic performance.

INTRODUCTION

McDonalds Corporation is the owner and franchise operator of the McDonalds restaurant in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and ...

Crafting a Speech Analyzing Sarah Palin’s Speech Accepting Her Nomination for Vice President of the United States

Introduction Respected Sir, and fellow students, it is a pleasure to stand before you and elucidate, what I infer, the speech, delivered by Gov. Sarah Palin, at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on September 3, 2008, was of blatant aggression on the opposition Democrats formed around rhetorical situations. Given the privilege of becoming the vice president of the country, Sarah Palin was only too happy to accept her nomination, and the speech she gave on that day was marred by controversies and savage mockery of the opposition. The occasion was to commemorate her surprise choice and acceptance ...

Using the 4P Strategies of Marketing in Entering New Markets

As a result of rapid globalization advancements, a significant percentage of having resorted to international modes of marketing in attempts to venture in new marketing zones. The importance of such strategy borders on the practical ways that familiarize customers with the firm and its products. Album, Duees and Strandskow describe this mode of marketing as the selling of information, products and service across various boundaries of the political landscapes. They also point out that the international strategies of marketing are similar to those of local regions, which border on the 4Ps, but it is also characterized with a lot more complexities. ...

There are a number of benefits to implementing a year-round school calendar, particularly through high school. For younger children, the importance of having a year-round calendar comes in their retention of knowledge. A three-month summer break is devastating for most children in terms of recall; teachers must spend most of the beginning of the next year reviewing the information that students were supposed to have learned previously. This wastes time, and puts students whose families did not review any academic concepts with them over the summer at a distinct disadvantage (Scholastic.com). The more this gap widens between children who have reviewed material and ...

<Put your name here> <Put the name of your school / University here> Keystone Pipeline is a system of pipeline running from western Canadian Sedimentary basin to the various refineries in the United States. This pipeline conveys synthetic crude oil, diluted bitumen (from oil sands) and also light crude. This pipeline system is already operational with three phases of them working without a hitch and the fourth one on the design table. The fourth phase of the pipeline is referred to as the Keystone XL (eXport Limited). This phase is awaiting clearance from the US government ...

Women have long been suppressed and prevented to hold higher office or positions since the ancient times. There were suppositions that women are not politically savvy or capable of handling responsibility outside the home, let alone have a voice in society. Some societies even restricted women from becoming educated to suppress their desire to fight for their rights. However, as the years progressed, societies around the globe slowly became divided in how they treat their female constituents. Jamaica, for instance, had been open to women empowerment but they still held certain reservations on allowing to dominate in the political arena. ...

‘Instructor’s name’

‘Subject’ Keynesian approach to economic development John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Von Hayek have been the two most important economic thinkers of our time, and their ideas have shaped the policies of most global nations in the past century. Both of them had clear ideas about what a country’s economic policy should be, and their views were completely opposite to each other. Through much of the nineteenth century, countries of the world have employed both their ideas with varied degrees of success. Keynesian economics is a school of thought, which believed that when the market is in ...

Introduction

The nullification crisis arose during the presidential term of Andrew Jackson. The nullification guaranteed numerous implications for the future of the union and the state of Southern Carolina. The nullification, its process, content and facilitators, brought to life questions on the nature of the constitution. It also raised eyebrows on the relationship of the national government and the individual states. John C. Calhoun, former vice president, argued that the state had every right to declare null and void a law passed by congress. However, this was only valid if the state considered such a law as unconstitutional. Although the key issue ...

SIRAC ANALYSIS

Summary The populous state is facing a serious problem of sexual harassment of the female students by the faculty and fellow male students. In this context, it is instructive to appreciate the fact that the female students have been placed at a weaker position since their detractors are at a better position and privileged than they are. In some cases, the female students have no options but to conform given the high stakes. For instance, cases of compromised results, poor assessment and poor progress in the delivery of the education sort after face the students. The victims have to make a choice ...

Testing in schools to gauge and measure student’s academic intelligence and learning has for long been a controversial topic. While a lobby supports it and contends that they are the right way of judging students at schools and colleges, other opposite lobby terms testing irrational and too subjective to bring out the learning of the students. Both the sides have their share of arguments and counter-arguments to prove their points, but there is no permanent solution to the standoff between the two sides. But, off late the voices against the system of testing in schools have been getting louder and ...

Pseudosciences are practices that masquerade themselves as science but have little or no scientific rigor or cohesion to them. They claim to be factual and scientific, yet do not adhere to scientific methodology and principles (Braithwaite 2006). In simple and lucid terms, pseudoscience is non-scientific and fails to adhere to the basic scientific principles, most importantly and notably the scientific principle of falsability. Pseudoscience lacks empirical and practical evidences and proofs for most of its claims and practices and hence discarded as misleading and false by leading scientists and scientific organizations. But the proponents of different pseudosciences claim them ...

Since the advent of the Internet, its use and influence on people has expanded exponentially. Like any emerging technology, the Internet has its detractors, who claim that it is having detrimental effects on the way people think. Though the arguments of detractors are serious, it is equally if not more important to examine the ways that the Internet has a positive impact on the way people think. A positive look at how the Internet has changed the way people think requires considering historical arguments about technology’s effects, examining definitions of intelligence, the availability of information, how the brain is ...

Since the advent of the Internet, its use and influence on people has expanded at an exponential rate. Like any emerging technology, the Internet has its detractors, who claim that it is having detrimental effects on the way people think. Though the arguments of detractors are serious, it is just as important if not more so to examine the ways that the Internet has a positive impact on the way people think. A positive look at how the Internet has changed the way people think requires considering historical arguments about technology’s effects, examining definitions of intelligence, the availability of ...