...“A helicopter parent is a parent, guardian, or caregiver who is deeply involved in his or her child’s educational experiences, particularly at school.” “Helicopter parent” has a negative meaning for many, however, they can be the key for bettering a school. They tend to be more involved in school like volunteering at school events or are always there to help teachers, etc. They can also be a great source for networking within and outside of school. They use social networks to interact with the community and parents who aren’t as involved. “HPs also believe they’re working for the betterment of education — on behalf of both their child and other students. They tend to be better informed about education policy and their legal rights.” Unlike...
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...Helicopter parents hurt their children without knowing it. Helicopter parents are parents who instead of letting their children figure out the world on their own they’re always there to “help”. Helicopter parents do this by “helping” their children to a point to where they’re just giving out the answers thus making their children not understanding the topic at which their learning. In the end helicopter parents can hurt their child without even knowing. Helicopter parents hurt their children by causing depression, not being able to learn as well and, worse work ethics. Children who have over-controlling parents are more likely to be depressed during college years. (Holly) “studies have found that college students” who have “over-controlling parents report feeling higher levels of child anxiety and depression”. Children who have helicopter parents feel more loneliness when they move out to college. Studies have also found that children with over controlling parents feel (Holly) “less satisfied with family life and have lower levels of psychological well-being”. Children who have helicopter parents don't like their past experiences with their parents as much as children who did not have helicopter parents....
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...com/2013/07/02/living/cnn-parents-helicopter-parenting-job-search/index.html?hpt=hp_c3 How helicopter parents can ruin kids' job prospects By , CNN updated 12:24 PM EDT, Tue July 2, 2013 CNN.com (CNN) -- Nicole Williams thought she had found the ideal job applicant -- until a phone call came from Mom. Only thing was it wasn't her mom; it was the potential employee's. "She wanted to know everything from where [the job candidate] would be sitting to a review of her responsibilities," said Williams, the career expert for LinkedIn, the professional networking site. "I withdrew the offer," she said. This wasn't the only time Williams had encountered the parental presence of a young employee. She previously had a call from a parent who didn't agree with her son's performance proposal and asked if she could come into her office to discuss. In a presentation in front of new clients, Williams also witnessed a new graduate using the phrase "my dad thinks" as it pertained to the project. As college students and graduates seek entry into the world of 9-to-5 this summer via internships and full-time jobs, parents that previously helped select their child's course load are turning their attention to their child's employer. However, what these so-called helicopter parents might not realize is that their hovering ways can undermine their child's advancement, instead of making them soar. In 2012, University of Cincinnati senior Aubrey Ireland filed and won a civil stalking order against her parents after...
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...Time Article Opinion Paper on Helicopter Parenting When I was in the fifth grade I told my dad about how I had gotten into an argument with a classmate, Heaven, and that she was being really rude to me. I do not even remember what the argument was about now. What I do remember is my dad calling her mom, complaining to the principal and yelling at the teacher – accomplishing nothing other than embarrassing me in front of all my classmates (who still talk about it to this day) and ensuring that if there ever was a chance for me and Heaven to resolve our differences, it was gone now. For the most part, my parents were good at encouraging me to reach my full potential without being overbearing. But I tell this particular story because it is an excellent example of how being too involved in your child’s life can do more harm than good. “The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting,” a Times magazine article by Nancy Gibbs, refers to this as “helicopter parenting,” and it applies to more than just bullies. Parents are not allowing their kids to play outside anymore or even walk to the store. Their logic is that there are bad people out there: murderers, kidnappers and child molesters. This makes a lot of sense especially if you watch the news on a regular basis. But according to Gibbs, crime is at an all-time low, and most child molesters are family members or close friends (Gibbs, 2009). What parents should be doing is teaching their kids what kind of things to look out for, who...
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...Abstract This assignment is on the Chinese culture. I will be talking about their beliefs, traditions, and values. Ever wonder about another’s person culture when you’re around them? Well I have. Before I begin my paper on the beliefs, traditions, and values on the Chinese culture, let me give you a little history on the Chinese culture. More than 1 billion people live in China, China is one of the world's four ancient civilizations, from at least 1766BCE to the twentieth century of the Common Era, and China was ruled by dynasties. A dynasty is a family that passes supremacy from one generation to the next. A state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing; something believed; especially: a tenet or body of tenets held by a group; conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence are all meanings of the word belief. It’s said, “China’s history includes a wide variety of belief systems that flowed from one into another and that religions that required a belief in a personal creator (such as Christianity or Islam) were harder for the Chinese to embrace than one of an unbroken line of family relationships stretching back to the past.” So these 6 beliefs all had their part. First, Confucius was a divine being that tried to attempt to convince rulers of the right way to govern, as well as employing scholars to study the classics. Second was Buddhism who...
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...Seventy-five paps gather around the entrances to Britney's gated community, stamping their feet in the chilly winter night, as a police helicopter circles overhead. "You don't want an ambulance to roll out with a body bag and miss that," says a French photographer, checking his battery. These guys are jaded after all that's happened. "Man, Britney can't die, because then I don't get my money!" says a guy in a Famous Stars and Straps baseball hat. Someone starts running down the block, and everyone runs after him; they hide in a driveway and laugh when everyone catches up. Although she doesn't seem to have tried to commit suicide, the doctors are on their way again: Police and paramedics descend as the LAPD blocks off all exit paths from her house, stations twenty cops in her driveway and takes her out (her code name: "The Package") without a single picture. The next day, her parents file a restraining order against Lutfi. A world without Britney, where she is set aside in rehab or a psychiatric center, is hard to contemplate: She's the canary in the coal mine of our culture, the most vivid representation of the excess of the past decade. She didn't think there was a tomorrow worth saving for, and neither did we. After blaming everyone else for her problems, Britney's finally starting to realize the degree to which she's messed up, but her sense of entitlement keeps her from admitting it to herself, or to anyone who is trying to help her. We want her to survive and thrive, to...
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...analyze some of the safety gaps in the BCC aviation line and offer plausible and economical medium and long term solutions to the challenges for a better and improved BCC operations. Analysis The BCC seemingly is teamed up with great pilots who enjoy what they do and are naturally gifted as pilots. That is a great incentive for the team as a whole. The team spirit exhibited in the working relations among the pilots and also between the BCC and helicopter engineers (Copter Doctors) is also a great incentive in the long run in terms of coordination and communication. The challenges that BCC is facing can be subcategorized into these areas: a) Work Safety Processes and Procedures b) Flight operations safety procedures c) Support system for pilots and staffing d) Safe working environment a) Work Safety Processes and Procedures The BCC interoperability is tottering due to undefined work processes above and beyond manning the helicopters. One of the pilots admits that “standards are a bit relaxed coz everyone knows what needs to be done.” Pilots understand their work and therefore are likely to get it done with minimum or no supervision. The challenge with lack of structures to guide the work is that someone might assume that since everyone knows what is to be done some critical steps might...
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... exposition questions what are drones( personal military and first drones)and how do they work? how are drones being used by people?personal use?by business use or organizations?are there rules people have to follow? where is drone technology going and what will the future be like? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_unmanned_aerial_vehicles#Early_development A drone is a type of unmanned flying aircraft, that has a minimum of four propellers.the first drone was in 18 The first usage of a drone was recorded in 1849, August 22nd. When the Austrians attacked Venice (Italy). They released balloons containing explosives from the Austrian ship Vulcano. Drones work through radiowaves via remote controlled devises. They are battery powered. The newer drones have tracking devices fitted that can be programmed with a destination. Drones are being used by people for photography, videos and are starting to be used by large retailers for delivering goods. The rules that have to be followed are certain high areas e.g. The White House that could be a security risk will not allow drones in the vicinity. Largely populated areas e.g. New York due to health risks, potentual hazards to public. Drone Technology is developing ……... military- uavs are unmanned aerial vehicles they are UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems) site:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-10713898 Hundreds of people have been killed by the strikes in Pakistan:one...
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...Helicopter Parenting Dawa Zangmu Paljor Sherpa Professor Vicki Villone English 102 29 January, 2015 Paljor Sherpa 1 Helicopter parents are so named because, like helicopters, they hover overhead, children will become dependent in life if their parents are always hovering over this.They pay extremely close attention to their kids lives, which includes their academic and personal lives. I choose this topic since I was quite in a shock to see different style of raising kids here and in my country. I migrated here to the States a year ago from my country Nepal with my family and planned to stay at my uncle's place for a few months who had been residing here for last 30 years. As the days passed by we all started beginning our day to day lives. Me and my younger brother attended school and parents went to work. First a few weeks, I was like a breathing statue who could not go to places on my own and would feel different talking to people. I did not feel that confident talking in English and interacting with people. I also got quite depressed with having no friends here. This seemed like a small issue to my parents and when I shared about it they always told me it will get better. But I started thinking and comparing myself to the other students here who were so confident in all the task they did. I am from an Asian background and have a totally different style of raising their children . Yes, every parent is worried about their kids future. Even my parents were, so they adopted...
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...Drones can be defined as “unmanned aerial vehicles, most commonly associated and used by the United States military(Source A).” After examining all of the positive and negative connotations associated with the use of drones, one could say that the negative consequences do not outweigh the positive consequences of using drones in military actions. Drones not only save lives on the stuck on the front lines, but are also popular among the American population. One of the positive consequences, of using drones in high risk military actions, is that it saves the lives of United States military personnel and civilians that live a life caught in the crossfires of war. This can be exemplified by the statistic that shows “following the September 11, 2001 attacks, roughly 8-17% of all deaths from United States drones. In comparison, in World War II, civilian deaths, as a percentage of total war fatalities, are estimated at 40 to 67%(Source J)”. When soldiers are presented with the need to make decisions in high stress environment, one may make unappropiate decisions resulting in the death of innocent civilians; “Drone strikes eliminate all of those risks common to “boots on the ground” missions (Source J).” Due to the accuracy of drone use in high-risk, military missions, drone have been known to precisely “strike and kill a single person in one room of a house and spare the lives of people in other rooms, creating less of a chance of innocent civilians being killed (Source A).” Therefore...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is an increasing desire for the implementation of condition based maintenance programs to replace the traditional hour based maintenance on Military rotor wing aircraft. There are several advantages and disadvantages to this type of maintenance. The purpose of this paper is to discuss both and the affect that they play in regards to the organizational behavior of a business. There are distinct advantages in regards to cost when we talk about condition based maintenance. Replacing a part only when it is likely to fail saves the cost of replacement at a possible earlier time like in a phase based program, or catching a part that might have failed prior to the required hour inspection or replacement time. But this new technology comes with a cost. A cost, not only monetary, but also within the organizational behavior of a corporation or organization such as the military. When we talk about Managing change and stress, we have to talk about the external forces of change effecting these technological advancements. The technology of condition based maintenance is justified through the savings it generates through the maintenance program but what cost will it have on the people working on these aircraft? Will there be a reduction in jobs? This concern can start trouble, rumors, and decreased production from employees that normally work hard. What effect will it have on the organizational design? Will there be an increase or decrease in managerial roles? Will there...
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...those giant machines was in Girdwood, Alaska. We were an absolute wreck the night before. We starred mesmerized at hours of footage from the company’s website, biting our fingernails, hoping that the videos of other people’s experiences would help dull our fears and instill us with super human powers. We were convinced that we would have to huck ourselves from under the whirling blades into the endlessly deep powder below. Warren Miller and Travis Rice have a lot to answer for, as the truth was far less extreme. We leaped from the chopper landing with a muffled thud on the thick landing pad of snow. Our heli guide grabbed our snowboards from the helicopter basket and stopped just short of strapping our boots into the bindings for us. After we heard the last clicks of our straps echo through the mountains and watched the helicopter morph from a massive machine into a tiny dot floating in the sky miles away, we stood alone and abandoned at the top of a snowy ridge, staring down at our dream: a vast world of untracked powder, laid out below the nose of our snowboards. A few deep mouthfuls of crisp mountain air and we took to the snow, following the guide’s turns and breaking fresh tracks. Not a lift line in sight, no lift pass necessary, and an entire mountain range for us to call our own. We glided with ease on our mountain’s snow, carving perfect lines amidst the...
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...is a military drone used for reconnaissance purposes. It provides high resolution images of a huge geographic location. The Global Hawk is one of the longest-enduring drones to date with a maximum endurance period of more than 32 hours. The company that manufactures these drones is called Northrop Grumman and is based in San Diego. Global Hawk is a high attitude drone. The launch and the recovery pad of the drone is like that of a normal plane. The flight control is pre-programmed into the drone before it takes off. The operating speed of the drone is about 357mph. The Global Hawk drone was used to gather information on the disaster-stricken areas in Japan after the Tsunami that occurred in 2011. 5. Yamaha R-MAX This unmanned helicopter was developed by Yamaha Company, which is based in Japan back in 1990s. It is commonly used in agriculture to perform functions such as aerial spraying, seed sowing, remote sensing. Apart from agriculture, the drone is also used in disaster response, volcano observation, reconnaissance and technology...
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...Sikorsky Aircraft makes several different models of rotary aircraft, which fills business and armed forces roles worldwide. In addition, the United States of America Presidential Transport Program contracts at this time belong to Sikorsky Aircraft. Igor Sikorsky built a company that is currently one of the best in helicopter design and development. Sikorsky aircraft currently owns quite a few subsidiaries, as well as but not limited to Helicopter Support Inc. which deals with after market support, and Schweizer Aircraft Corporation that builds small helicopters, light planes, gliders, and U.A.V.s. Now in terms of vertical structure, Sikorsky Aircraft is a strong business that is made up of several integrated departments and sub departments, which lead up in the course of several layers of allocation. At the top of the ladder is of course, a CEO, the board of directors, and shareholders. Horizontally, Sikorsky Aircraft is a bit of a "crossbreed" organization because it is divisional, however not every department has its own marketing sub division, for example. Sikorsky Aircraft is made up of several departments because there are several facets that make up the helicopter production business. For example, the interior paint shop. This part, in several ways, operates as its own unit. The paint shop has an individual chain of management, schedule, and its own costs metrics. The paint shop handles painting airplanes from quite a few programs inside Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky Aircraft...
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...Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2015) The F-35 has extremely stealth and agile technology, including an integrated sensor package and a range of advanced weaponry such as Sidewinder and Storm Shadow and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs). The single seat fighter has high speed data networking, integrated avionics and sensor fusion which helps to combine the information from off and on board sensors. Pilot will be more aware of the situation and be better able to identify his target and deliver the weapons. Information can be relayed more quickly to other control and command nodes. There are electro-hydrostatic actuators driven by a flight control system. Lockheed Martin / Boeing F-22 Raptor (2005) The single seat F-22 Raptor is an extremely high tech and twin-engine aircraft. It has integrated avionics and its performance is highly stealth and superior, making it a super-manoeuvrable fighter. At supersonic and subsonic speeds, the Raptor is highly manoeuvrable. It is capable of performing very high angle of attack manoeuvres and maintain stability due to its powerful thrust components. The aircraft has clipped delta wings, four empennage surfaces to stabilise the flight dynamics and control surfaces, and a retractable tricycle landing gear. It is one of a few aircrafts that has the ability to supercruise and support supersonic flight without afterburners. As its operating altitude is high, it possesses great tactical advantage over existing aircrafts. Use of internal weapons...
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