...Children Should Be Allowed to Fail Nowadays, children are given medals for any and everything. Participation, consolation, 8th, 9th, and even 10th place awards. They are given above average grades for less than average work and given passing grades when they should have received failing ones. This way, they never feel like they have failed and no one is a loser. Is this something we should really be teaching our kids? Teachers are pressured to pass kids in school so they can continue teaching. The No Child left behind, and laziness of the workforce in education play a huge part in the declining value of a high school education. High school graduates are forced to go to college to get a decent job, and even then it is a huge gamble weather or not they will get work. The graduation rate of high school graduates have raised over the years. When I was growing up, there were no ‘consolation’ trophies because your team was last and teachers did not curve your bad grade because everyone else had a good grade. Earning a trophy – even for third place – was exciting because you or your team was good enough to beat the other kids. You tried harder and did better and got to stand with your trophy and certificate and have your fifteen minutes of fame as your parents took pictures and, subsequently, told their friends about your accomplishment and showed off the pictures and your award. I can remember a time when I was in middle school and I had a good friend that went by the...
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...and administrative employees -Executives are VP, president, higher ups. -Professionals are lawyers, architects, doctors, accountants. -Administrative employees are people that work fairly independently without a lot of supervision. *Child Labor – prohibitions and restrictions -In the 20th century we decided that kids should be kids and not have to work -Talking about minors, somebody who is 17 years of age or younger -If you have a 16 year old or a 17 year old most work is permissible, but they cannot engage in any dangerous work EX.) Chemist, policeman, firefighter. Most work is okay. -We permit this because at the age of 16 kids can elect to drop out of school. -14 and 15 year olds employment is usually prohibited. The job cannot interfere with healthy growth, school, cannot be dangerous. The job must be part time. EX.) Work in a store for a couple hours, babysit, cut neighbors grass -13 and under NO EMPLOYMENT IS ALLOWED. Unless the department of labor approves. EX.) Modeling, actors and actresses, own a farm and kid helps out. -Reporting Requirements -Every business has to keep records, names of workers, how many hours they work, how much you pay them, detailed records of employees, overtime pay. -Must keep records so that the department of labor can distinguish if the FLSA is obeyed. -Not keeping records is a violation itself. Employment Discrimination *Civil Rights Act – 1964 *Title VII:...
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...wrote this Observation Report (Spring 2003). Observation Report Kelly Koss Note to the reader: The names within this paper have been modified to protect the identities of the children involved in my observations. Observation #1: “John” and aggression Date and time: Wednesday April 16, 2003; 11:25-12:50 Setting: Playground for 1st/2nd grade recess 11:25-11:50, 3rd/4th grade 11:55-12:20, Kindergarten recess 12:25-12:50 Activities observed: Children climbing across the climbing rings, watching children pretend play at the tire mountain and under the large wooden play structure with the blue plastic slide. My interaction with the children: I spent a lot of time answering questions about my name and where I am from for the children. Example A: There was one child named “John” on the first recess who was racing across the rings with another child, lost the race and fell to the ground. He then started to cry and called himself a loser. I pulled him aside to try to talk to him to find out what was wrong. He kept telling me that he was a loser because he didn’t win the race and he never wins, and that “all my friends think I am a loser because I cry all the time. They make fun of me because I cry. They beat me up. I am a loser.” I tried to reassure him and tell him I did not think he was a loser. I explained how I thought one of the reasons he lost the race was because he had been climbing across the rings for most of recess was tired from racing. He continued to cry even after his friends...
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...more than 16,000 child pageants are held annually, with an estimated 290,000 contestants (Bowling). Behind the popularity, however, follows the controversy. There are essentially two types of children’s beauty pageants, the “natural” pageants and the “glitz” pageants. In natural pageants, children under a certain age are not allowed to wear make up or fake teeth (flappers), spray tans and big hair are discouraged, and there are specific age appropriate dress guidelines that the contestants must follow. In contrast, at a glitz pageant you will see fake smiles, fake tans, heavy stage make up, and wigs on almost every girl. Advocates of both types of pageants argue that they are a good source of friendly competition and healthy for a child’s self esteem. Critics of child beauty pageants, however, argue that the glitz pageants, more so than the natural pageants, could potentially have damaging effects on the child contestant. One of the most significant reasons parents cite for entering their children into beauty pageants is to boost their child’s self esteem, and to teach poise and confidence. A group of parents interviewed by TODAY contributor Michael Inbar claimed that putting their children on stage builds their confidence and that it doesn’t distort their self-image. Many parents of young beauty queens would tell you that the pageants are healthy for a young child. It gives the child an opportunity to step outside of their comfort zone. Anna Berry, a mother of a 13- year-old...
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...DOES THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM INCREASE STUDENTS‟ OVERALL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? A Thesis Presented to the Faculty in Communication and Organizational Leadership Studies School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University Under the Supervision and Mentorship of Dr. Heather Crandall In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies By J. Mariah Brown December 2011 Technology in the Classroom 2 Abstract Technological advances and a decrease in the cost of technology have resulted in nearly 93 percent of public schools classrooms in the United States having access to the Internet, and a considerable increase in educational programs that incorporate technology into the curriculum (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 2005). Due to the prevalence of technology in the classroom, the effectiveness of such programs has become a prevailing research topic amongst social scientists. This thesis reviews past research and provides an analysis of relevant studies conducted within the last ten years. Using Daft and Lengel‟s media richness theory as a basis, this meta-analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of technology enhanced learning (TEL) programs on K-12 students‟ overall academic performance and factors that can increase the effectiveness of such programs. Technology in the Classroom 3 Technology in the Classroom 4 Table of Contents CHAPTER...
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...lululemon athletica “Do you lulu?” Marketing Campaign 2011-2012 Table of Contents pg. 3 pg. 6 pg. 7 pg. 9 pg. 10 pg. 11 pg. 15 pg. 17 pg. 22 pg. 43 pg. 46 pg. 47 Introduction Executive Summary Research Objectives Situation Analysis Consumer Analysis Industry Analysis Broad Overall Analysis Strategies and Plans Timeline and Budgets Summary References and Appendices Introduction Bulldog Marketing is a marketing communications firm based out of Houston, Texas, that has extensive education and experience with building brand awareness and online sales. Our team members have an eclectic background in business, marketing, digital marketing, media relations, new and social media, and public relations. Our proven results as a team speak for themselves, as we have created successful campaigns and strategies for a number of high-caliber clients. We chose to focus on lululemon athletica because we feel the brand has very strong potential in the U.S. market. lululemon has strong sales and is growing at a fast rate every year. Since lululemon is a Canadian-based brand, the brand awareness in the United States as yet to reach its full potential. We at Bulldog Marketing feel that our combined experience coupled with lululemon’s strong branding that already exists in other markets will prove to be successful. We look forward to working with you in the months ahead and building the lululemon brand. 3 Meet the Team Nicole Grandy has...
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...Robert K. Fullinwider* Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy University of Maryland * rkf@umd.edu CIRCLE WORKING PAPER 44 FEBRUARY 2006 CIRCLE Working Paper 44: February 2006 Sports, Youth and Character: A Critical Survey TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION....................................... 3 a. methodological limitations..................... 4 b. conceptual and theoretical infelicities...... 5 II. THE LESSONS OF SPORT......................... 5 III. BASICS................................................ 6 a. too much too early?.............................. 8 b. competition’s role understood ............... 11 c. competition, participation, and fun......... 12 d. not enough?........................................ 14 IV. WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE?.................... 15 V. THE MICROWORLD OF PARTICIPATION...... 17 VI. APPENDIX A......................................... 19 a. Shields and Bredemeier...................... 19 a.1. moral maturity: what are psychologists looking for?............ 22 a.2. game thinking............................. 24 a.3. moral confusion........................... 25 b. Stoll, Lumpkin, Beller, and Hahm.............. 27 It has been recognized for centuries that sport can contribute to education values that make for the development of character and right social relations . . . . [Within this contribution] there are many intertwined and interwoven threads of influences, subtle and not always easy to analyze. But sportsmen...
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...Brandon Rice 14128081 Sports Socialization My Charts Activities Prior to High School | Level of Intensity | Age Range | Goals of Participation | Tumbling | Sport | 5-9 | State Champion | Tae Kwon Do | Recreation | 4-12 | Become a black belt | Soccer | Play | 5-7 | Have fun with friends | Baseball | Recreation | 6-13 | Play in the city league with my friends | Football | Sport | 9-16 | Score as many touchdowns as I can | Wrestling | Sport | 7-present | Place in the state tournament | Motocross | Sport | 5-present | State Champion | Activities in High School | Level of Intensity | Age Range | Goals of Participation | Football | Sport | 9-16 | Be a team player | Motocross | Recreation | 5-present | Have fun but don’t get hurt | Wrestling | Sport | 7-present | All State, State Champion, All-American, National Champion | Activities in College | Level of Intensity | Age Range | Goals of Participation | Wrestling | Sport | 7-present | Win the starting spot, Conference Champion, All-American | Motocross | Recreation | 5-present | Have fun but don’t get hurt | I have been involved in activities, more specifically sports, from a young age. My parents never forced me to do anything I didn’t want to do. It was always my decision to participate in the activities that I chose to become involved with. My parents supported everything I have ever been involved with on two conditions: I don’t quit, and I always give one hundred percent. I chose to play...
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...her many critics as capturing the essence of her political mission. They believed that she wanted to remove the sense of community in Britain. The Thatcher ethos was seen as negativity towards the state’s role in people’s lives that it was up to each individual to look after him or herself. The Thatcher era was seen by many as about winners and losers, the winners were well rewarded with lower taxes, a property boom, rising wages, opportunities to purchase council houses and shares in the privatized companies at discount rates. If you had a job and money under the Thatcher government, there was multitude of opportunities. Whilst those who were without jobs and were dependant on welfare saw industries such as manufacturing decreasing in size, welfare payment cut in size, training being either cut or unfunded. They were expected to pay catch up with the winners on their own initiative without much help from the government. Much of the opposition came from the left, who Thatcher herself had little time for and one of her main objectives was the removal of socialism. Thatcher saw socialism as the polar opposite to her beliefs that people should first and foremost look after themselves. Whilst Thatcher created many enemies during her time as prime minister, she had little time to worry about these and even in her own cabinet she created a 'them' and 'us' situation, referring to those against her as the...
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...grouped together to form different political subcultures. Daniel Elazar, a distinguished political scientist at Temple University, has been one of the leaders in this school of thought. Elazar (1994) argues that, "... the nation has one general political culture, but that within it are three important subcultures, which he describes as individualistic, moralistic, and traditionalistic." (pg 28) The Individualistic subculture relies on the marketplace. Government's role is limited and was instituted to accomplish the demands of the people. Elazar (1994) says that, "government need not have any direct concern with questions of "the good society"; except to further economic prosperity of the market place. In other words, government should primarily be limited to, "...areas in the economic realm, that encourage private initiative and widespread access to the marketplace." (pg 30) In this subculture, politician's motives are self -motivated for their own advancement and corruption is often tolerated. This perspective originated in the Middle Atlantic states, which were settled by German and English groups. The geographical migration was to the lower Midwest, Missouri, and western states. Corruption is not...
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...Working Paper 46 November 2008 138 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 www.queensu.ca/sps Peter Hicksi Social Policy in Canada – Looking Back, Looking Ahead This paper discusses recent policy trends, the changing role of the various actors in the system, international comparisons and a range of other social policy topics. The immediate purpose of the paper is to examine the reasons why social policy analysts need to look into the future, and to explore ways of managing the inevitably large risks associated with such future-looking exercises. The underlying purpose, however, is simply to introduce a range of important Canadian social policy topic to students and others who are interested in social policy, but without much previous background in the areaii. The first part of the paper was taken directly from a 1994 presentationi that was intended to provide outside social policy experts (from Latin America in this case) with an overview of the Canadian social policy landscape, particularly of recent trends and possible future directions, mainly from a federal government perspective. At that time, major reform of social security policies was being discussed and I tried to give our visitors some flavour of the background to that reform, with particular emphasis on the i Peter Hicks was with the department of Human Resources Development Canada at the time of the 1994 paper which forms the basis of Part I of the present paper. The following year he left the Government...
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...preferred because it reduces hiring and training costs, improves employee motivation, and reduces effect of uncertainty. Nominal Wage – A Labor wage in terms of today’s dollars in currency not counting for inflation or the amount of goods it will buy. Wages measured in terms of money paid and not in purchasing ability. Marginal Labor Cost - Scale Effect - Right-to-Work Law – Substitution Effect – As prices rise, consumers will replace more expensive items with less costly alternatives. The opposite of this effect is known as the Income Effect as inferior quality items are pushed to the side. Real Wage – The income of an individual after taking into account the effect of inflation on your purchasing power. Ex. If you receive a 2% increase in pay 1 year and inflation rises 1%, then your salary increase was only 1%. It is the amount of goods and services you can buy today compared to the same amount of goods and services you could buy at a different time period. Ex. If it costs you $2,000 more this year to buy the same goods and services i.e. bills, then your salary has actually decreased by $2K. Marginal Product – Change in quantity of one extra unit of output. Change in output that occurs when one more unit of input (labor) is added. Marginal Revenue Product – The change in revenue that results from...
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...individuals and ensure that they understood the underlying values of their society and behave in acceptable ways. Murdock(1897-1985) did a study of the family, examined over 250 societies and concluded that in all societies the family performed 4 functions: * Sexual function which was allowed for the expression of sexuality in an approved context * Reproductive function which provided stability for the rearing children * Socialisation included the responsibility of teaching children the acceptable ways of behaving in society * Economic function meant that food, shelter, and financial security had to be provided for the family membersParsons(1951) argued that the family had only two basic functions which were: * The primary socialisation of children * The stabilisation of adult personalities | * It doesn’t address areas of conflict( dark side of the family) * Functionalist emphasise consensus and agreement and paint a positive picture of family does not seem to reflect many peoples experience of the modern world, where there are often clear winners and losers and many non- conformists. | Marxism | Marx (1818-1883) thought...
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...Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships Commissioned by the Nordic Trust Fund The World Bank www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund Nordic Trust Fund Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships Prepared for the Nordic Trust Fund/World Bank by GHK Consulting Ltd. Nordic Trust Fund Disclaimer: The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................... v Acronyms and Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................vii Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................................ix 1. Study Objectives and Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Approach...
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...fulfilling life than you have now. This book can enable you to do that. WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THIS? In one sense, this book is a construction manual. It describes the tools you will need for success, and offers blueprints to help you build a successful and rewarding life. In a second, sense, it is a cookbook. It lists the ingredients the principles you will need to follow to become successful and gives you the recipe for mixing them in the correct proportions. But, above all, this is a guidebook a step by step, how to book that will take you from dreaming about success to unlocking your potential for success. HOW TO READ THIS BOOK This book will help you establish new goals, develop a new sense of purpose, and generate new ideas about yourself and your future. It will enable you, as the title suggests, to guarantee yourself a lifetime of success. But the concepts in this book cannot be absorbed by casual browsing or by gulping the whole book down in one reading. It should be read slowly and carefully, one...
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