Essays on New York Times Company

The case known as “New York Times Company v. United States” or “Pentagon Papers Case” took place in 1971, when the United States of America was involved in the war with North Vietnam. Some documents of the Defense Department, related to the US activities in Vietnam and presenting the documents of national security, leaked into press. The New York Times and Washington Post wanted to post them, relying on the First Amendment, declaring the freedom of the press. However, the government tried to prohibit the publication, stating that the First Amendment doesn’t provide an absolute freedom of the ...

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 ...

Effective Team Building for Teachers

Team building aims at increasing cooperation among teachers, whereby they can work as more of a team and less as an individual. The teacher’s individual effort works towards a collective common team goal, which goes hand-in-hand with the schools overall goal. As a teacher leader, I am charged with the responsibility to ensure that the exercise of team building is effective and productive the whole year.

In order to encourage team building in the school, it is important that the team integrates team building activities with school learning goals to make it more effective and to make the effects of the ...