...Do children have an equal opportunity to achieve in school? The answer is a simple no. “Poor children have substantially lower achievement test scores than nonpoor children as young as ages three or four, before they even start school. (Jacob & Ludwig, 2009, p.59)” A family’s income can have a huge impact on their children’s future. Parents who make minimum wage generally do not have college education and in some cases do not have high school equivalency either. These families are not able to afford luxuries such as private schools, private tutors, or even extra-curricular activities such as sports or band. The parents may not be able to afford afterschool care or may have to work more than one job to provide essentials to the family so they might not have time to spend on homework, or parent/teacher meetings. This can mean less one on one contact from parents. Families with low incomes are also not able to help their children financially with college and many children grow up thinking that college is not something that is possible for them and so may not work as hard in class. Parents that have high incomes usually have college education and are able to afford better afterschool care, more educational toys and games, as well as private tutors for their children if they seem to need the extra help. Parents with high incomes also usually live in nicer homes, neighborhoods, have access to better-funded schools, and are able to help financially with their child’s college dreams...
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...take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regard to my (Reseacrh Paper), for her exemplary guidance, valuable feedback and constant encouragement throughout the duration of the project. His/Her valuable suggestions were of immense help throughout my project work. His/Her perceptive criticism kept me working to make this project in a much better way. Working under him/her was an extremely knowledgeable experience for me. I would also like to give my sincere gratitude to all the friends, delpilarians and batchmates who filled in the survey, without which this research would be incomplete. Acknowledgement I express my warmest thanks & deep sense of gratitude to the individuals for their generous help in discussing the project and giving their valuable time in successful completion of this project. Time to time I got constructive suggestions, guidance and encouragement. I would like to express my deep thanks to NSDPHS, and Sr. Gina Dahan , MCM for extending me the opportunity of presenting the research project and providing all the necessary resources for this purpose. With much pride and delight I would like to express my sincere thanks to Ms. Carmela Jagunal for her excellent guidance and valuable suggestions throughout the project work. I express heartfelt thanks to Ms. Jagunal for her wonderful support and for giving me an opportunity to present project report on “English”. Effect Of A Broken Family To A Student's Performance In School The Family...
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...MSc Management Entrepreneurship and Opportunity Recognition The idea I want to develop during this course is related to Social Entrepreneurship. In the following three steps I am going to explain which social problem my idea is going to address, what that idea is and how it will bring value to its stakeholders. 1. A Social Problem that urges for an answer In every corner of the world we have seen, on the streets, individuals or groups performing to raise money. Usually these people are going through rough times and instead of asking for money directly to people passing by, they perform on the street and the ones who like it are free to help them. I believe that, at least once, you have realized they were talented enough to be professional performers. Unfortunately, many don't have the means or the opportunity to become professionally enrolled in that activity. So, currently we have "wasted talented" on the streets of our cities that long to be re-integrated professionally. 2. One possible solution I purpose the creation of "Home". Home will be a company within the Music and Arts Industry and which primary goal is to attract talented artists such as dancers and musicians and give them formation so that they make performances according to customer's needs and requirements. Through strategic partnerships with major Arts Schools, Charity Organizations and Events Promoters Home will reallocate these talents professionally while promoting and organizing events on her own to better...
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...be given the opportunity to be accepted and graduate from Pepperdine University. These aspirations are of three folds: First, to be able to work for a brokerage firm that will allow me to gain the necessary experience to fulfill my goals. Second, I wish to gain enough capital to establish my own brokerage firm in India. Third, start a retirement home to help elderly people and attach the retirement home to an orphan center. I would really like to give back to the people who are less fortunate and assist those in need of help. My immediate goal after receiving my MBA is to work for a brokerage firm that will allow me to gain enough exposure to the brokerage business prior to me establishing my own firm in India. I believe that this move would help me further enhance my learning of the necessary management concepts I will need to succeed. Attending the university will prepare me for the actual situations I will face in the corporate world. After which, my experience being an employee would then give me further experience and knowledge to help me in building my own firm. I am overly impressed with the quality education offered in your MBA program at Pepperdine University. I have completed several finance classes that have given me the understanding, insight and perspective of the modern financial market. Compared to the other universities offering similar MBA programs your school in unique in many ways that are important to me, such as the opportunity to study and...
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...Business Profile NA _Printing NA printing is a small business which is focused on service provided. This small business was established since September, 22, 2014. The owner of this business is a USBI (Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional) student named Gusti Agung Komang Jaya Putra. Agung got an idea to create this business because he sees good opportunity that he can manage. The opportunity here means there are lots of students especially for USBI students’ intake 2014 who need help to print, copy, and scan their school task. So base on these situations he tries to collect his money as his first capital to run the business. Fortunately on that time he got money with total Rp1.000.000 from Koperasi Siswa Bangsa also from his pocket about Rp200.000. After he consider if his first capital has been collected enough then he buy one printer and three pack of paper A4 as his equipment and supply. Although sound simple, but in fact Agung feel difficult run his business because he a students also so he cannot focus on his business only. Then he decides to give service only for printing and scanning, which the price for printing is Rp300 for each page and Rp2000 for the scan service. Furthermore, to make his printing business different with other competitors, he decide to available every time the costumers need his help and also his friend can send the data’s through his email so they can still print their data even they cannot come to his living room. Amazingly by this additional...
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...Every time I wake and start a new day I think of the new opportunities for experiences and learning. An education serves an enormous purpose for everyone, while taking advantage of the experience. As a student, I would like to focus on my studies and set new goals for the future. My primary goal is to increase my GPA, and to accomplish this I will dedicate more time to my studies. I find that creating good objectives helps me stay focused. Setting up a scheduled time for studying and always asking questions when unsure of a particular problem is the route to success. There’s always an answer to every problem. Hence, I would like to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself and not look back at the mistakes I have made. My greatest strength is not giving up when things look bad or take a wrong turn. I have come to the realization that without an education life can be bleak and with no purpose, and I have set out to make my education a priority in my life. My family has always been supportive of my decisions especially when it came to my education. In addition, my oldest sister has been the source of inspiration in my life. She is a single mother of two beautiful kids, and graduated with a BA in Business Management and managed to graduate with honors. Now, this is amazing! I cannot describe the joy I felt for her when she finally accomplished part of her dream. We all need people who inspire us to be better and achieve the best in life. Someday...
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...essay Díaz writes about how his mother overcame great obstacles and barriers, fought family bonds and held on to a dream that she longed for. "The Dreamer" was initially directed at women, because women would find Díaz’s mother empowering. The audience grew as the story was shared more and more, anyone who has ever had a dream was reading it. This essay gives readers reinforcement that they are not alone overcoming any powerful setbacks they might have in achieving their own dreams. Díaz told his mother’s story of the struggles of living in a third world country, abuse that restrained her, and fate that opened the doors to a world of opportunity on the path to achieving her dream to become an educated nurse in the Dominican Republic. Díaz’s mother didn’t reach her initial dream, but she didn’t give up until she could present her kids with opportunities to achieve their dreams. The Dominican girl, Díaz’s mother, was never meant to leave the mountain she lived on. She was expected “to work on the family farm until she died or was married off” (Díaz 128). During her work on the farm, she was the one who tended to illness. Her grandmother did not like the idea of education, she insisted that “she stay on the farm, that she stay a mule” (Díaz 129). Díaz’s mother longed for an education more than anything. She wanted out of the life she knew. She wanted it so desperately that “she got down on her knees beside a stagnant puddle of water, put her mouth in it and drank deeply” (Díaz 129)...
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...communicating with team members and bringing out the best in them. I have participated in the Lithuania’s Junior Achievement program, and had the opportunity to test my leadership skills. The program consisted of simulations of various business problems that require analytical thinking and to be able to successfully work in a team. I was the team leader and our team performed very well, we were ranked among the top 10 of the best teams. Another strength is that I never hesitate to speak in English when I have the opportunity. This is mainly because it has always been interesting for me as a language and I had the chance to participate in several English language contests in the Baltic States. I have not won any medals, but the experience and knowledge gained has undoubtedly benefited me in both school and daily life activities. Active participation in school has always been my main objective, because I sincerely believe that having a good background in school is of key importance in order to successfully gain knowledge in University. Order is what I truly value, so I tend to complete tasks in time, never leaving anything unfinished. Patience and rationality are virtues which I believe are closely associated with a professional and I always try to rely on them. My organisational skills are acknowledged by students as well as the school board as this is an area where I am always happy to help and participate. I enjoy writing scenarios and...
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...LP 6 Cause and Effect First Draft Tina Clouse 5/13/14 Being a college student is truly an exhilarating, exciting, but also tiresome choice, I have made the decision to go back to college for the third and final time. It truly does seem as though it has gotten harder and harder to be a student over the years, and now I have the opportunity to reflect upon why this seems to be the case. After taking somewhat of a hiatus from school, I was given the idea from above, the strength from within, and the support of my family, friends, and co-workers to go back to college for my masters in what I have finally found to be my true passion. As a social case worker I will have the opportunity to work with battered and abused woman and children, and be given the opportunity to help law enforcement prosecute those you have offended. Being a single mother of five wondrous children and the opportunity to be the mother figure in so many other children’s lives has given me the foresight, the working knowledge as well, as the wisdom and compassion to help woman and children who have been victimized. The reason that I made this decision to go back to school to receive my masters degree comes from a multitude of facets. From all of my children supporting me emotionally, my fiancé supporting me in every way that a man should, to the support from the rest of my family friends, I felt as though it was more simply put, just my calling to do this. Although there are so many positive outcomes...
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...to then connect the visions to achieve results. Last year, I started a non-profit organization called Educare. The organization collaborated with an American charity foundation called “Family Care” and raised money for the betterment of education and heath sectors for underprivileged children in Africa. I raised the money by selling my very own African themed sketches. All of the money went towards the foundation. Later on, during the summer I visited Nigeria to help out at the hospitals and schools where the funds were applied. Also, I got a chance to understand and experience the lives of the less fortunate. I visited the remote areas in a city called Lagos, which was an eye opening experience to me. I was able to put myself in the children’s position and understand their constraints. My visit really taught me to appreciate the life around me and not take it for granted. I was given the opportunity to help teach classes and organize lesson plans at schools, as well as given the opportunity to observe and assist with minor tasks at hospitals. I believe I was able to contribute and give a...
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...Tremayne McReynolds 1/21/2016 Assignment 1: Thinking it Over: 1. It says a lot because when the representative was trying to reach out to the school they did not answer. It wasn’t until they realized that they were not going to receive the 1.2 million dollars in aid that they responded to the subject matter. 2. Accountability: because the interim president was held accountable for the schools lack of opportunity for home-schooled students. 3. Yes, he was because he and the home-school student’s family petitioned to be treated fair. 4. The difference is that because Rep. Petrarca was servicing a voter in his district. He had to use stewardship to show the university that he was not playing any games. And by not allowing the home-school student the opportunity to attend it would be a great loss for them in the long run. Review Questions: 1. One limit on the competition is the public’s and political leader’s accepting the fact that choices must be made. A second limit is that we agree it is important that these choices are made in a politically acceptable way. 2. It means that no single process can serve every purpose and no document can record everything going on. There will be things that will be uncounted or misrepresented. 3. Citizens are able to learn through transparency and public-interest group/watchdogs 4. Because it keeps the elected officials and citizens on the same page when it comes to the budget. 5. Because efficiency shows how something is...
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...association, the opportunity for contentment and false urgency is lessened. Kotter states on page 1 in the opening paragraph, “A sense of urgency is important, of course, complacency is a disaster these days. But complacency is a relative minor issue for us. Better execution of our innovation initiative is our challenge.” If employees can grasp this concept of better execution and realize Kotter’s philosophy, urgency will become the product. The four basic traits that Kotter believes will escalate urgency in an organization are as follows: * Tactic #1 – Bring outside in: A leader cannot rely on insiders alone. On page 63, Kotter explains, “The disconnect between what insiders see, feel, and think, on one the hand, and external opportunities and hazards, on the other, can be astonishing at times – even in organizations that are producing very good short term results.” He states the internal stakeholder must comprehend what is occurring outside of the workplace. It is essential that the leaders of the institute provide information, personally meet with employees at all levels, and be transparent with all files. * Tactic #2 – Behave with urgency every day: On page 98, Kotter explains, “a sense of urgency is an increasingly powerful, if not essential, asset in an increasingly fast moving world.” If we want our employees to behave in a specific manner, we need to assert that behavior. Leaders always model expected behavior. * Tactic #3 – Find opportunity in crises: ...
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...Career Path Denzel White BCOM/275 April 12, 2015 Dr. George R. Monk Career Path The University of Phoenix provide for their students a wide range of tools and different assets to help their students have a great opportunity to be highly successful. These tools help the students prepare themselves for the future and for the workforce adventure. One of the tools recommended by the school that it provides is the career interests profiler. The Career Interest Profiler gives students the opportunity to set goals to achieve their desired occupation. The results that I received from completing the Career Interest Profiler were very surprising indeed because upon me entering school I was undecided with what I wanted to do. In my case I didn’t really know what jobs were out there that were available to me in the job field that I’m pursuing. I was really happy with the results and it gave me motivation to give my all while in school. There were three job occupations that interested me the most relating to my field of interest. The first occupation that interested me was the Business Analyst Manager. I was able to search the job sites that were available to me pertaining to this occupation. With the Career Interests Profiler, it enabled me to see the job salaries, qualifications, and the high demand interest in this occupation. I found out things I didn’t know before and now I know what I need to do to prepare myself for this occupation. Out of my top three job...
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...[Recruiter’s Name], My name is [Your Name] and I am currently [a Year in School and Major / Business School Student at [School Name]] / [Working at Company Name in Division Name]. I was recently introduced to your firm via [Friend / Contact at Firm / Presentation] and was impressed with what I learned of [Your Culture / Working Environment / Bank-Specific Info.]. I am interested in pursuing an [Investment Banking Analyst / Associate] position at your firm, and have enclosed my resume and background information below. I have previously [Completed Internships In… / Worked Full-Time In…]. Through this experience [Working on Transactions / Leading Teams and Managing Projects / Performing Quantitative Analysis], I have gained [Go Into Anything Relevant to Banking, Such As Analytical / Leadership / Teamwork / Finance / Accounting] skills and honed my [Any Other Relevant Skills]. I also had the opportunity to work on [High-Impact Project], which [Describe Results]. Given my background in [Summarize Internships / Work Experience] and my [Summarize Skills] skills, I am a particularly good fit for the [Position Name] position at your firm. I am impressed by your track record of [Transactions / Clients] at [Firm Name] and the significant responsibilities given to [Position Name], and I look forward to joining and contributing to your firm. A copy of my resume is enclosed for your reference. I would welcome an opportunity to discuss my qualifications with you and learn more about [Firm Name]...
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...carried out by A. S. M. Golam Tareq, ID: 07.01.02.026 under my supervision. Internship Supervisor Mr. Ashutosh Nath Associate Professor School of Business Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka. Letter of Transmittal June 20, 2011 Internship Supervisor Mr. Ashutosh Nath Associate Professor School of Business Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka. Subject: Submission of Internship Report. Sir, It is my great pleasure to submit the internship report titled “Critical Aspects of Internal Audit: A Study on Anwar Cement Limited.” as per academic requirement of BBA program. I have completed my internship program in Saha Mazumder & Co. (Chartered Accountants). The internship program has given me the opportunity to learn about different aspects of a reputed organization. Before facing the real economic world, I have gathered pre-idea about the organizational culture. I have tried to exert all things that I gathered through working with the Chartered Accountants firm. I have acquired the valuable experiences through this internship under my supervisor. I would like to thank my supervisor and the university for giving me the opportunity to do internship and for helping me to prepare this report. Sincerely yours A S M Golam Tareq ID: 07.01.02.026 Batch: 19th , Major: Finance School of Business Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka....
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