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Parent’s Influences and Responses to Children’s Risk-taking in Outdoor Play

Introduction Parents play an integral role in guiding their children in making crucial decisions in life, especially when it comes to risk taking. Although in most instances children depend on their direct experiences to react appropriately to risky situations it is apparent that parents also influence their ability to make sound decisions in such situations. When children are young most of these decisions are influenced by their parents since they control most of the activities they engage in. As children grow older, they start gaining independence in handling several tasks thus they take a greater responsibility for their decisions. ...

Reflection

Reflection

Article 1: “Considerations for Special Education Assessment Systems."

Special education involves students with some physical or mental complication that requires special attention from their teachers. Such students are given specific attention as compared to normal students because their conditions affect their understanding and performance in general.

Information Gathering

The article “Considerations for special education assessment systems” was published by the National Center of Educational Outcomes 2014. The article was presented as a clear assessment of student inventory for school districts by the school district leaders whereby they sought to deal with the concerns about the magnitude of student testing, which is conducted through the assessment inventory process. The ...

The Samurai Ethics: A Paradigm for Corporate Behavior by Shinya Fujimura

In this article, Fujimura advocates for the adoption of the samurai moral and ethical values into the corporate world. The author suggests that the integration of these values by corporate and businesses in wealthy countries such as the US and the UK would aid them in dealing with economic vicissitudes. Apparently, the ancient Japanese samurai culture exemplifies the importance of a society that is driven by loyalty, benevolence, and duty. Fujimura studied for his master degree in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on social change (Fujimura 212). Fujimura also ...

The quest for overachievement is one which has become central to current U.S. culture. Driven by a growing sense of beating peers, parents and children stretch limits to outperform and win. Probably, sports, particularly so called "dangerous sports", represent one most notable area in which (helicopter) parents and children compete to achieve excellence. In pursuing an eternal dream of overachievement, children (self motivated or, more commonly, pushed by parents and coaches) are subject to a host of risks in contacting one another during physical activity, a concern which only highlights growing debate over whether dangerous sports particularly football and ...

Dennis Baron in “Who Owns Global English” opines that English is the new global language. “Baron holds that the English language has established itself as the go-to vessel and medium of communication globally. Baron shows the pervasiveness of the English language in today’s society and shows how the language is slowly rising and evolving to a much larger unanticipated communication platform. In the beginning, “Baron posits what is the composition of proper English.” There is a lot of controversy in Spain where there is a heated campaign that is advocating for English-Spanish speaking schools. The campaign is facing ...

Alfredo Albondigas is obviously a mentally disturbed man. The inmate could be suffering from psychosis or other related psychological disorders. The mental imbalance might have been brought about by drug and substance abuse. With the known prison background and environment, use of drugs such as Marijuana, heroin, crystal methyl, LSD and others is rampant. Alternatively, Mr. Albondingas might be suffering from acute depression leading to the meltdown. Mental disturbance from the environmental effects of prison trauma and stress could induce delirious hallucinations. Other possible mental states that could be influencing the behavior could be Peduncular hallucinosis and primarily schizophrenia. ...

Introduction

Perinatal depression is increasingly becoming a worldwide mental illness that affects expectant mothers. Although depression has always been categorized by world Health Organization (WHO) as a silent killer disease, perinatal depression continue to attract more attention due to its adverse effect on an entire family support system. It puts both the health of the mother, unborn baby, and the newly born at risk, and this risk is gradually transmitted to other family members who are taking care of them. More disheartening is the fact that this disease is more prevalence among the low-income mothers and those in the underserved ...

Internship at Mullenlowe Group

Internship at Mullenlowe Group

Introduction

Mullenlowe Group, an integrated marketing communications company headquartered in London with offices operating in over 65 markets ("About Us," n.d.), is an innovative company I have interned in for six weeks between 10 February and 22 March at a number of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia offices. The company adopts innovation in each and every aspect of business management and client servicing activities. Offering integrated digital marketing solutions across different geographies and markets, Mullenlowe Group covers a broad range of social entrepreneurship, public advocacy, business branding, corporate communication, leisure and spirituality. Notable projects include, for example, "Redraw ...

Learning to Drive is a film directed by Isabel Coixet, released in 2014 and it deals with the role of women in the society. Although it seems that an Indian Sikh woman must have a much different life than an American woman from the upper class, they have things in common as well. This film is an example of gender equality in America. Wendy is a book editor and a critic who goes through a divorce and she has to become better equipped for life. She never thought that it was important for her to drive and once her ...

I would want to be an accounting systems auditor. Accounting systems auditor examines accounting records and management systems t see that they are working as expected, and efficiently The average pay for this position, in other countries is a bit lower than the US at averagely USD 24,000 to 40,000 per year for entry level positions(Prospects). In the United States, the labor office gives the average salary for entry level positions at 65, 000USD(Prospects) while Hudson indicates the salary to be around 57, 000 USD for entry level(Hudson). The average local rate, therefore, can ...

Overview/ Summary

The ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Oncology Nurse’s Knowledge and Attitudes’ is a research paper whose main purpose is to describe the knowledge and attitudes of a number of oncology nurses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The research paper takes the design of a description and also a cross- sectional design. The research used a sample of 850 of nurses picked at random from the Oncology Nursing Societies. All these nurses were RNs who were directly involved with health care. The setting of the research was at a national medical center and research institute. The main variables of the research were complementary and alternative ...