...global, such as bullying, religion, politics, personal lifestyle or values. They are usually complicated with no easy answers and are issues on which people often hold strong views based on different sets of experiences, interests and values. Almost any topic can become controversial if individual groups offer differing explanations about events, what should happen next and how issues should be resolved, or if one side of an issue is presented in a way that raises the emotional response of those who might disagree. CAUSES OF CONTROVERSIES Following are the causes of controversies in social studies: * Social study is concerned with the development of society. This drags it into the various problems of conflicting, antagonistic and contradicting forces of tension and development. It cannot be neutral. It has immense power of moulding the attitudes and habits of people. * While, controversy is inherent in social studies the teacher’s...
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...English- 10 18 November 2013 Antigone Essay: Theme: Wisdom vs. Power There are a lot of themes in the story of Antigone, but the theme, wisdom vs. power portrays the story the best. The writer Sophocles reminds me of Shakespeare, and includes figurative language just like Shakespeare, but of course isn’t as good as him. This story took place in a city called Thebes, where Creon, Antigone, Haemon, Polynieces, and many more live. Creon is the King of Thebes and this theme is basically based off of him and the way he does things. He has to find a way to choose a ruler, and how he/she should govern Thebes. Creon is a tough ruler because of his loyalty to Thebes, but he will not let his family come over his decisions on what to do with the city. His nephew, Polynieces was a big traitor to Thebes, and hated the fact that his uncle was king and used to disagree on everything Creon had to say. Antigone does not like Creon as a ruler, because she thinks he can’t solve issues the town has. Creon does not care what Antigone has to say about him because he sees her as a threat to his power. In the story Antigone says,” If he cannot rule his own house, how can we expect him to rule Thebes?”(Lines 658-662) The son of Creon, Haemon also disagrees to what his father says. Haemon tries to break this disagreement by bringing up general understandings of how his father runs Thebes. Thebes is not like Athens, it is not a democracy, so it needs the support of the people. Haemon also helps...
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...Professional Communication Week Four Assignment Chapter 4, pages 106&107 Questions 1-4 05 August 2012 Chapter 4, pages 106&107 Questions 1-4 Question One: Communication in business is important for all parts to function efficiently and effectively. For a company like the Ball Aerospace Corp. having a small margin for error on a project can be intimidating and can produce stark debates on what way is the “right way” to do something. The importance of a cohesive team for any project should be a main objective, along with getting the specifications of a spacecraft. Because, if the team isn’t working as one with the same goal/mindset then there will be dissension among the group, and that’s bad for the project. Question Two: The difference between interpersonal skills, and telephone etiquette is simply a matter of being in the same room as someone. While interacting in a face-to-face meeting like in a boardroom, a person is focused on the speaker, making eye contact, and actively engaged in what is happening. If on a conference call, often the listener is doing something else like returning e-mails or catching up on other work while the phone is on mute. The listener can be potentially reacting silently with facial gestures or hand movements in disagreement of what is being talked about. In a modern world where etiquette and respect is so abundant in the workplace working with people, the realm of behind closed doors is still a factor in how people really...
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...Hypocrites of America The episode of South Park called ‘Goobacks’ is a prime example of how some Americans are hypocrites. I say this because the situation in the episode is exaggerated in a creative sense, but the underlines of the episode speaks of reality in today’s world. In this episode, people from the future come back to the present. These men and women work the jobs most Americans will not work and work these jobs for a lot less money to begin with because they feel less money is still money to them. Of course the Americans became angered that the ‘Goobacks’ (what the Americans called them), took “their” jobs and did not quite understand English. The famous line from this episode, “Took yer jurb!” (Comedy Partners), in English means ‘Took our jobs’. This line is frequently said by Americans, because in reality some Americans feel it is true. There are a great deal of immigrants that come to America for a better life. For instance immigrants from Ireland, Mexico, Cuba, and so on. These immigrants take jobs that most Americans see as beneath them since they pay so low. But yet some Americans become angered and say that these immigrants are taking ‘their’ jobs, even though these jobs were not taken in the first place. That is why I feel those people are hypocrites because they say these jobs are theirs, but yet they do not work these jobs. But in essence, how can those jobs possibly be ‘their’ jobs to begin with. They do not own those jobs and they definitely do not...
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...Controversies Surrounding Euthanasia Name of Student: Institutional Affiliation: Controversies Surrounding Euthanasia Euthanasia is one of the most exceptional controversies of this century. Keown (2011) asserts that “it involves ending an individual’s life in order to release them from, intractable pain.” This act can also be called “mercy killing.” Euthanasia may take two forms. Voluntary Euthanasia happens when family members or medical practitioner take the life of a sick person after receiving consent from the sick individual. On the other hand, involuntary Euthanasia occurs when a person decides to take the life of a sick individual without their acquiescence. Criminal execution, for instance, falls under the category of involuntary euthanasia. The moral, religious, and ethical issue surrounding euthanasia forms the basis of many social and legal discussions. The main controversy, consequently, is whether to legalize euthanasia or not. Legal research by Manning & Willis (2012) confirms that any form of killing falls in the group of criminal cases. They show that all homicide cases are proved illegal is every nation. Hence, any person who takes part in taking another individual’s life should be charged with aiding and abetting a murderer. These individuals should be charged with second degree murder. From an ethical stand point, they argue that it disproves the “do not kill thy neighbor” rule. An excellent neighbor offers support during...
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...Citation: Grych, J. H., & Fincham, F. D. (1993). Children's appraisals of marital conflict: Initial investigation of the cognitive-contextual framework. Child Development, 64,215 - 230. Hypothesis: Children's conflict appraisals guide their coping responses. In particular, deciding whether or not to intervene in the conflict will be strongly influenced by children's interpretations. For example, children who believe that they are at fault for causing a disagreement may then feel responsible for resolving the dispute, and thus attributions of self-blame are likely to lead to children's involvement in the conflict. Fearing for the safety of one parent also may promote intervention, whereas perceiving a high level of threat to the self may lead children to avoid intervening in a disagreement. Whether they involve themselves in a conflict also depends on children's coping efficacy, which in turn is shaped by prior experiences in the family. (a) children's appraisals are systematically related to specific dimensions (intensity and content) of marital conflict. 1. It was predicted that high-intensity conflict would be viewed as more likely to escalate than low-intensity conflict, and that child-related conflict would be perceived as more likely to involve the child than nonchild-related conflict. 2. Children who blame themselves for conflict are likely to elicit self-blame than non-child-related content. No specific hypotheses were made for the effect of conflict intensity...
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...United Way and the Boy Scout of America 1. The circumstances involving the Boy Scouts of America situation affects everyone that is a part of them and the United Way program. Larry Norvell is the local head of the United Way of Columbia-Willamette and he represents the larger company. He has to make decisions that affect all of United Way and the Boy Scouts of America. He operates a business and needs to handle this situation as a business decision and focus on the bottom line. Sometimes as a business owner you have to look at the pros and cons in any situation. Also, there will be a sacrifice made on either decision he makes. He consulted many people, but ultimately he has to decide what’s best for his organization. United Way is an organization made up of volunteers, contributors, and local charities to help people in their own communities. Larry Norvell is part of an organization that creates a work experience that is fair for all employees. The bottom line is looking beyond the immediate situation and the consequences that his decision will make on everyone. If Larry agrees with the BSA, then United Way will lose contributions from companies. If Larry disagrees with the BSA, then Boy Scouts of America will lose funding. Larry has to make a stance, if he doesn’t then this situation will come back and affect his organization. Society is changing; Larry needs to change policies in order to overcome this bad situation that has arisen. Discrimination has been a...
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...Solve a Problem Paper PHL/456 August 15, 2011 The creative process includes four different steps. I will discuss the four different steps in this paper on how to change a flat tire on the side of the road. These steps includes, Searching for Challenges, Expressing the Problem or Issue, Investigating the Problem or Issue, and Producing Ideas. Each stage has a specific duty in the creative process. The first stage of the creative process is Searching for Challenges. Creativity is where we as people are meeting challenges in and imaginative, original and effective way. As people challenges are often needed to be sought out. These challenges come to use in the forms of obvious issues or problems. For an example you allow your friend to use your car to go back and forth to work. Your saw your friend a few time with someone else in the car and follow and saw she was taking someone else home. The second stage of the creative process would be Expressing the problem or Issue. The purpose of this stage allows you to fine the best expression of the issue or problem that is occurring. In other words the most helpful ideas to help solve the problem or issue that you are experiencing. For example you are traveling and your car has a flat tire. You have a spare but do not know how to change it. What would you do? The third stage of the creative process is Investigating the Problem or Issues. This stage of the creative process allows you to gather the information that...
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...This assignment was designed put us, the student in a situation where we are placed in the supervisor position. In this assignment put the supervisor in a position of having to pick and choose what tasks to do themselves and what tasks should be delegated out after coming in and finding their basket full of tasks that need to be dealt with. When you obtain the position of supervisor, there is usually far too much for just you to do, therefore it is important to learn what to delegate and who to delegate it to. The most important tasks should be done by the supervisor but as far as things such as someone’s vacation hours and stocking merchandise for the store, those tasks should be delegated out to the assistant manager and to the store clerks. Being a supervisor means being in a role of leadership, logic, common sense, and decision making for yourself, the employees, and for the company. The “in Basket” debate and discussion gives us and our fellow classmates the opportunity to see if we can successfully delegate out certain tasks as a supervisor at a fictitious company. The discussion between me and fellow classmates was a great one and it appeared as though everyone agreed on everything accept for different incidents. The only two incidents where I came across disagreement were in regards to task number 3, and task number 4. These are the examples in which I will be using in this paper as far as disagreeing is concerned. Task number 3 is in regards to the mall hours changing...
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...Case 7: The Forgotten Group Member Group development has five stages such as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Forming is a very first short stage in which people gather and get to know together. Teammates are very interested in the introduction because they can identify who are their members, and what their potential skills are. Next, storming stage is the time for emotionality and tension. Here roles are clarified, members’ characteristics are figured out, and efforts are made to achieve team goals. Hierarchy is established in norming stage, and members cooperate as a unique team. Gradually, the team will move to performing stage. During this period, teammates can deal with complicated tasks and disagreements. Team becomes mature, organized, and well-functioning. When the project is accomplished, all members disband. This stage is called adjourning. According to me, Christine’s group is at the storming stage because this is the period of emotionality and tension among the group people. However, infighting may be happen among the group and result in many changes will be occurred. This is demonstrated in Christine’s group when Mike did not attend in the group meeting with many reasons. Another example is when Christine saw her teammates except Mike and joined together in a cafeteria; Mike came and complained of not letting him know there was a meeting. As a leader, Christine should have a meeting after class with all of the members, divide each part...
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...IT 500 Help With Memo Assignment Here is a general structure that you can use for your memo assignment. To: All Employees From: HR Department (or your name) Date: Today RE: My Memo Assignment XYZ... Opening lines would state what is being done, such as a policy on recording phone calls, monitoring emails, and so on. There is no minimum or maximum length here. Averages tend to be two or three paragraphs. Controversies Note the section heading. This helps to distinguish the text that you include to discuss controversies. As a hint, why is your topic controversial? What part of the opening paragraph stating the policies might someone find controversial and why? One may assume that stating “we are reading your email” is controversial, but why? Is it that the employees may expect such things to be private, but the company states otherwise? Best practice is to spell it out and not assume (even though in many cases the controversy may seem obvious). This is your chance to show critical thinking and analysis of why this is a controversy. Within the context of the memo, you can use writer’s prose to explain this to your employees if you want (not required, just a suggestion). Legislation Again, note the section title; this helps the reader distinguish your objective. Think of it in terms of you as an employee. If HR sends you a memo, you may not want to read an entire law word-for-word. Instead, consider mentioning a law by name, and giving a three- or four-sentence...
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...In the books Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman, the father and son relationship with the two main characters is an interesting adventure. The father, Vladek, is a survivor of a tragic 19th century event, the Holocaust. The holocaust has a negative effect on the way Vladek carries himself. Vladeks son, Artie, is getting told the story of the holocaust from a survivors point of view, Vladek is a survivor. Artie is writing a graphic book on the horrific story his father is proposing. Throughout the story, father and son have many disagreements, and certainly an entertaining love and hate relationship. One prime way the holocaust affected Vladek is the lack of trust he has with people. When Artie was a child, he was having problems with some kids at school, whom he referred to as his “friends”. Vladek assured him, “friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room for a week, then you will see what it is, friends!” (Spiegelman, 6). Artie must have had a rough time growing up with Vladek because his lack of trust, and also his compulsiveness of neatness or organization. Vladek constantly needs to keep all of his tasks in extremely precise order. Sometimes his compulsiveness provoke arguments and disagreements. Besides Vladeks thrive for organization, Artie and Vladek disagree on many events, often causing irritable situations. Vladek still treats Artie as if he is a child. He tries to influence the way he dresses by throwing out his coat, and giving him one...
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...Conflict Style Assessment Inventory (Created by Craig Monroe) RANK ORDER the following statements(1= statement I agree most strongly; 5 = statement I agree least). NO TIES ALLOWED! RANK 1. Conflict is a game with winners and losers (1) 2. Conflict is a mess which makes me feel uncomfortable (5) 3. Conflict represents a trade-off between competing interests (1) 4. Conflict is a bump in the road which needs soothing out (5) 5. Conflict represents an opportunity for improved decision making (1) Respond to the items below in terms of the following scale: 1 = Strongly Agree 2 = Agree 3 = Undecided 4 = Disagree 5 = Strongly Disagree 6. I try to avoid situation where I expect heated controversy. (2) 7. When in conflict, I normally ask for more than I expect to get. (5) 8. I try to help friends resolve their differences. (3) 9. It is possible for both parties to “win” in most conflict situations (4) 10. I almost never back away from a good argument. (1) 11. I am willing to meet the other person halfway. (4) 12. I listen more than I talk in most conflict situations. (1) 13. Other people often improve on my ideas. (2) 14. All is fair in love, war, and conflict. (5) 15. When conflict erupts in my group, I try to stay out of it. (3) 16. Normally, I would rather lose an argument than hurt someone’s feelings. (2) 17. I discuss my differences with other openly. (3) 18. I wish people with nothing worthwhile to say would keep their mouths shut. (5) ...
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...Akwasi Sarpong ENGL 1000 Kristi Ulibarri 4/22/14 Critical Response: Cloud Atlas In this critical response, the part of the book I will be focused on is “The Letters from Zedelghem” (chapters 2 and 10). This section of the book deals with the life of Robert Frobisher and all the events that go on around him. In the first portion of “Letters from Zedelghem”, he writes a series of nine letters to his friend, Sixsmith. Later on in the story we find out that Frobisher is bisexual and he and Sixsmith are distant lovers. A controversial issue I sought out in this section is “Why is Frobisher disowned by his family?” In the beginning of this chapter, it is stated that he dropped out of school. There is no clear reason caused him to make this decision but I believe it was because he wanted to go into a musical career. Frobisher comes from a family of good wealth, fortune, and status. His father is a British nobleman who expects nothing but the best from his son. Pursuing into the musical field does not always guarantee a career will come from it. His father was probably adamant on him finishing college so that he can actually have a justified career. Instead he chose to follow his heart and do otherwise. I believe this is a reason why Frobisher becomes disinherited from his family as well. Another reason he possibly is disowned by his family is that he is bisexual. His relationship with Sixsmith probably made his father uncomfortable and may have made him look down on him. Coming...
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...Describe a setting in which you have collaborated or interacted with people whose experiences and/or beliefs differ from yours. Address your initial feelings, and how those feelings were or were not changed by this experience. The top 25 students in Texas that were not just invited here, but selected for their involvement with horses. Are to be gathered in this resort in Gainesville to become advocates for the equine industry. I couldn't help but be a bit nervous when I entered the meeting room. Luckily, they were just as ruffled as I was. A man dressed in professional attire asked us to be seated ironically in a horseshoe formation of tables and chairs. We gave him our full on attention. He then interrupted the silence by booming the statement, " you are not important." Tense and speechless we stared at each other with blank expressions. Suddenly his PowerPoint slide moved to the next slide, "why do we need horses," he finally was open for our thoughts. Answers ranged from outrageous Armageddon and overly attached reasons to therapeutic benefits. With my answer of how horses are of cultural and financial importance that they to my family. The different perspectives made me realize, I am surrounded by people that have strong passions for horses. When it came time for us to converse with each other. Conversations included barrel racing times, equitation riding, and then there was me, who have worked with my dad at feed yards checking and shipping cattle. Most of them were unknowledgeable...
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