...here to be given an insight into the concept of ‘texts and society’ in relation to Standard English. Under which I shall elaborate on, ‘into the world.’ The manner in which composers use this idea to bring to life their characters through the means of dramatic techniques both language and stage, their individual aspects of growing up and so transitioning into new stages of their lives. “Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements; all of which are building blocks that inherently create ones path to success.”Two texts, which revolve around the human experiences of facing and overcoming challenges, as you are already well aware: is the prescribed text: ‘Educating Rita’ by William Russell and the world-renowned accompanying, related novel: ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta. In Educating Rita, Russell has created the sophisticated character of Susan White a woman driven by a sense of incompetence, who struggles for an education that will take her beyond the ongoing restrictions of class and culture; her self-discovery. This notion of an individual’s search for ones own identity and so a regarded lifestyle is reflected throughout the text, Rita’s determination in not allowing herself to be bound by the expectations and limitations of others is evident through Rita’s dialogue, “I’m slightly out of step… See I wanna discover myself first.” It is her disposition to remain stoic in the face of these challenges that keeps her on her path to finding her identity...
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...Educating Rita Comparison of the book and the film “Educating Rita” is a play written by Willy Russel in 1979 that takes place in Northern England at the Open University. To give a short introduction of the play, we meet the two main characters, Rita and Frank. Frank teaches literature and poetry on the Open University, where Rita also wants to learn. She finds herself as being boring, and instead of being a hairdresser, she wants to succeed in what she really wants to do – get herself to know as a person by doing literature and by writing essays. A book and a film are hardly ever exactly the same, often because of the setting and locations, scenes and the number of characters we meet during the play. In the book “Educating Rita” by Willy Russel, we meet a number of characters who have some kind of a relationship to either Rita or Frank. For instance we meet Frank’s girl, Julia, Rita’s husband, Denny and Rita’s family. In the film we meet the same characters including several more as for instance the singing people at the pub besides Rita’s mother and father, the students at the Open University, Julia’s lover etc. One of the reasons, why we meet several more characters in the film is because, it is much easier to put characters into the scenes, even though they are not important or do not say anything. The characters make you visualize the following situations more clear, while the book can only give you a picture of what is written, and of course your own imagination....
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...friendly • Tech-savvy millennials • Busy city professionals • Population active at night o College towns o Large cities • Cost conscious Lyfts’ general segments are: Criteria Segment Geographic region Across all United States Density Urban, Suburban, Rural Demographic age All ages Family size All sizes Gender All genders Income All income ranges Occupation All occupations Education All educational backgrounds Race All races Generation All generations Nationality All nationalities Social class All classes Psychographic lifestyle Social-orientation Environment conscious Technology savvy Cost-conscious Benefits Social interaction Community sense Safety Convenience Environment improvement User status All; Nonuser, ex-user, potential user, first-time users, regular users Usage rate Light to medium users Loyalty status Medium Readiness stage Unawares and aware customers Attitude toward product Enthusiastic and indifferent TARGET Lyft was created to be a service for folks who want to take advantage of the empty seats in other people’s cars, as well as their own. Lyft should target people who are young, adventurous, and eager to share new experiences through new people. Millennial generation is a very attractive target because millennial culture has the necessary skills to be able to function as the prototypical driver for Lyft, but they also possess the ultimate customer for the company as well. Millennials core values...
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...Annotated bibliography-1 Turner, P., Thompson, E. (2014) College Retention Initiatives Meeting the Needs of Millennial Freshman Students. College student Journal, 48(1), 94-104. Patrick Turner is adjunct instructor-first year experience/Freshman Learning Community at Georgia State University and Elizabeth Thompson is Clinical Psychologist at Thompson and Associates. In the article, “College Retention Initiative Meeting the needs Of Millennial Freshman Students” Dr. Patrick Turner and Dr. Elizabeth Thompson (2014) has done a subjective research on the conduct routine of millennial college understudies. They states that, “Americans colleges and universities is encountering problems in educating the new generation born in 1982-2002 called as Millennials. Millennials need to learn about the new technological uses and communicative strategies”. Specialists arranged diverse poll for distinctive understudies to investigate the needs and exercises to enhance the school environment. A few confinement were connected with the study as it was done in single group and society and few dint reacted well. Out of 30 member who are millennial understudy with distinctive field of study and examiner was arranged and given to understudies. Later results were ascertained on the age and answer gave few issues were raised by millennial, as first year of school is extremely discriminating and difficult to hold. And I think that the researches is very useful in differentiating the attention...
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...NEW GREEN September 19, 2015 Dr. James Case I USA Today K90000787 1 Case 1- USA Today Kimberley Hutchinson K90000787 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Current Marketing Objectives, Strategy and Performance Gannett Co., Inc. began USA Today in 1982 by filling a gap in the newspaper industry. Gannett wanted their paper to provide more news about more subjects in a short time frame. The two trends they took advantage of were catering to adults who had short attention spans and who were nurtured on television. These consumers wanted different information from their newspapers. The readers wanted quick, clear, fact-filled stories that were arranged with subheads, breakouts, informational graphics and that were easy to read. This is what Gannett delivered with USA Today. While the readers’ wants have differed over the years, the paper has kept up. In 1994, the paper upgraded to cover more serious topics and added reader-opinion polls and hot-line numbers. The readers were able to call the lines to obtain additional information on topics they were interested in. In 1995, there was a lull in readership; they began to see the need for more technological data required by consumers. USAToday.com was born and met that need. USA Today and USAToday.com have 5.3 million daily readers with $1.8 million paid subscriptions. Today, USA Today has the largest print circulation with over 1.8 million copies daily and 3.2 million daily readers. They also have the highest volume...
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...How Tyack and Cuban Assumptions and Purposes and Politicization Differ from John Dewey approaching Public Education by Jasper Thompson jasper.thompson@waldenu.edu ID A00240846 Specialization: Educational Technology Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for EDUC 8111: Principles of Social Change Walden University April 24, 2011 Comparing Tyack and Cuban With Dewey on Social Change 2 Abstract The essay material will examine the viewpoints of the Assumptions Tyack and Cuban concerning the Public Schools traditional strategies and social change will blend gradually to form the essay that compare the theories of John Dewey involving traditional and progressive approaches of schooling pertaining to their purposes and assumptions about Public Education. Comparing Tyack and Cuban With Dewey on Social Change 3 How Tyack and Cuban Assumptions and Purposes Differ from John Dewey approaching Public Education The title of the essay paper is How Tyack and Cuban Assumptions and Purposes Differ from John Dewey Approaching Public Education. The essay will discuss the assumption and purposes of both theorist John Dewey and Tyack and Cuban about public schooling reform and social change. The organization of the essay will first analyze the central concepts of Tyack and Cuban and the theories of John Dewey. The Assumption and Purposes of Public Education...
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...Introduction “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” (Bill Beattie) Studying it is important. There's nothing quite so satisfying in the world of education as walking into an exam with the breezy confidence that comes along with really knowing your subject matter. At the same time, though, there are many temptations when one sits down for study regardless if one is a high school or college student.(Sarah Donaghy, 2006) Study habit is a technique or a strategy used every time a person is studying. Some students would have the same study habit or may have a different one. Based on the researchers’ point of view, it depends on whether a specific study habit is effective for them. Students may use different kinds of techniques. For example, a student may study better when he/she is alone and without any distractions while some may study better if with group or if with some music. Others would learn better visually or auditory etc. These techniques or strategies may help to have an effective learning and studying. Beginning college is an exciting step toward a brighter future. Most teenagers expect it to be an exciting and fun adventure in their life, but worry about how to keep up with all those homework assignments. There are simple ways to keep up with studying and homework, but it takes dedication. It’s...
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...It is as if learning is second to scoring high on a short term memorization exam. How can an individual be infatuated with gaining more knowledge if the process to learning only involve impractical information that they will not need in life. Up until the time that I enter secondary education, going to school is an enjoyable experience that stirs up a fire to learn within me, the “hungry heart” to know more about the science of this world, about art and literature, about the history of our earth. And the same enthusiasm and energy will also make the process meaningful the teachers educating the crowd of students. Even with toddlers, the same eagerness to learn about their environment helps motivate the parents and teachers to pass on the knowledge that they receive when they were...
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...........................................19 1. Executive summary PepsiCo is one of the main players in the beverage markets. The Canadian drinks market exists 16.3% of carbonated soft drinks, PepsiCo is in this market the biggest in Canada, but they want more, even though PepsiCo had a market share of 45.3% in 2011, they feel the competition of Coca Cola (44.2% market share). PepsiCo is underperforming in comparison to its main competitor Coca Cola in the urban markets, like Toronto and Vancouver. PepsiCo started a marketing campaign in 2012 by reintroducing the Ultimate Taste Challenge (UTC), in which they focus especially on the Millennials between 16 and 25 years of age. Those Millennials get the change to do a blind test in comparing...
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...2009 Robert D. Lawsson 215 IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING DIVERSITY OF WORKFORCE Robert D. Lawsson (MSc) Abstract The objective of this work is to complete a research proposal on the comparison of work values for gaining of knowledge for management of the multi-generation workforce. The specific focus is upon Generation ‘X’ and the Millennium Generation which are the two primary groups comprising the new workforce. Lawsson R.D. - Identifying and Managing Diversity of Workforce 216 Business Intelligence Journal January OBJECTIVE The objective of this work is to complete a research proposal on the comparison of work values for gaining of knowledge for management of the multigeneration workforce. The specific focus is upon Generation ‘X’ and the Millennium Generation which are the two primary groups comprising the new workforce. INTRODUCTION The generation that a person is born within has some impact upon that individual in terms of work styles, work values and self-image. The demographic profile of the workforce is undergoing quite a change insofar as the representation of generations and the result is that organizations are experiencing a necessity to make changes as well. The workforce will become increasingly more diverse in the future and this greatly affects the organization in its capacity of hiring and retaining employees. The literature reviewed within this study illustrates the fact that the expectations of employees differ within the generations...
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...Entitlement is the greatest problem facing today’s generation and should be fixed by educating parents of the importance of giving criticism to their children and teaching the children greater responsibility and good work habits that may influence their decisions later on in their lives. Major disputes of today’s generation are laziness, disrespectfulness, and self entitlement. Laziness is the quality of being disobliging to work or use energy. Disrespectfulness is the quality of being disrespectful. Self entitlement is when one postulates that they have a conscientious to something. There are many nicknames for today’s generation; for example, the “Me, Me, Me” generation or the millennials. The “Me, Me, Me” Generation is a generation that concludes that they do not have to perform anything whether at work or at school. Their idea of “at least I showed up” is a mentality that affects our government dramatically. Therefore, a great deal of people in this generation are approaching welfare because they are unemployed dropouts that cannot find a job. Welfare was designed to be for the people who are unemployed because of a major injury, people that cannot find a profession, and people that cannot foster themselves or their family. An example of a thought process from the Me Me Me generation, also known as generation entitlement or generation “E”, is quoted below: “I got part of a programming degree before the bottom fell out of the tech industry and all of an AS in electrical...
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...British Journal of Educational Technology doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00793.x Vol 39 No 5 2008 775–786 The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence Sue Bennett, Karl Maton and Lisa Kervin Sue Bennett is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong. Karl Maton is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. Lisa Kervin is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong. Address for correspondence: Sue Bennett, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia. Email: sue_bennett@uow.edu.au Abstract The idea that a new generation of students is entering the education system has excited recent attention among educators and education commentators. Termed ‘digital natives’ or the ‘Net generation’, these young people are said to have been immersed in technology all their lives, imbuing them with sophisticated technical skills and learning preferences for which traditional education is unprepared. Grand claims are being made about the nature of this generational change and about the urgent necessity for educational reform in response. A sense of impending crisis pervades this debate. However, the actual situation is far from clear. In this paper, the authors draw on the fields of education and sociology to analyse the digital natives debate. The paper presents and questions the main claims made about digital natives and analyses the nature of the debate itself...
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...those who need it. Why would all the research and education be necessary? Why dedicate an entire department in a prestigious university to understanding and educating something that quite possibly should come naturally? Some people believe sociological necessity, or, what our society has become, dictates the basis for the education. Our entire civilization has been about making life easier, making things more accessible. If you need something to eat, it is readily available at all times of day and night normally within a reasonable distance from wherever you are. The general population faces very little to no adversity on a daily basis. “Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress” (AmericanPsychAssociation, n.d.). What would happen when we remove all adversity and trauma from our daily lives? We may create an environment in which people require emotional compensation and thus must be educated on something which should be occurring naturally. There is a stark contrast between two generations in our current society. They are the “baby boomer” generation, people born from 1946-1964, and the new “millennial” generation, those born in 1982 and approximately the twenty years thereafter” (Bump, 2014). Millennials have grown up in a digital age with almost instant access to anything they could ever want like food, education, knowledge, media, tools, and technology. At the push...
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...1960’s and 70’s, more commonly known as the Hippie Movement, one may first think of drugs and it’s impact. In 1971, the prime time for these hardcore drugs, President Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs, where he did everything in his power to stop drug possession and consumption. Almost fifty years later, Nixon’s declaration still presents an issue that is affecting many. Millennials specifically have been dealing with great losses to the drug industry, where kids are going out every weekend to smoke some pot and drink alcohol. One girl, Jennee Martinez, has dealt with large loss to the drug world and wrote an article on the topic. She intends to educates her audience about these losses by asserting appeals to ethos...
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...Behavioral Intentions: Conserving Water MKG 310 Consumer Behaviors Professor John Vann Introduction to Water Conservation Today, 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Only 2% of that water is fresh. Of that 2%, 1.6% of fresh water is trapped in the glaciers, leaving only .4% available for the 7 billion people living on this planet. Since the beginning of time, humans have been dealing with limited resources, water being one of them, and have learned how to use them wisely (Saving the Water, 2015). Water is an extremely scarce resource. With the population growing and water supply remaining stagnant, it is clear that something needs to be done. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the term water conservation refers to the preservation, control and development of water resources, both surface and groundwater, and prevention of pollution (Glossary of Statistical Terms, 2001). Today, people have been taking the world’s limited water supply for granted which has led to the depletion of conserving it. Water conservation is an important concept that is being stressed upon younger generations. In order to show the importance of saving water, it is imperative that the youth are educated on behavioral practices that support water conservation. These behaviors involve changing current habits connected to water usage to promote efficiency. Behavioral change is inconvenient for many which is why water conservation has been at a standstill...
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