...Are Millennials as Incompetent as They Seem? A popular debate in opinion articles now is whether or not the assumption that millennials are the worst generation ever raised is entirely accurate. Julie Lythcott-Haims wrote an article in the New York Times in December about this called “Millennials Will Soon Define ‘America,’ and That’s a Problem for Ideas” arguing that millennials will be extremely detrimental to society. Then on the other hand, Kathy McCartney wrote an opinion piece in December, also in The New York Times, called “Today’s Students Have a New Way of Looking at Free Speech”, where she argues that millennials are more open minded than they seem. While there is no right or wrong answer to the ongoing question of if the next generation...
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...Success is what every person tries to achieving their lifetime, and through this overarching goal you get those that are successful and those that are not. In the article by James Clear What Mozart and Kobe Bryant Can Teach Us About Deliberate Practice, deliberate practice is the defining characteristic that separates people from success and stagnation (or failure). Clear defiance deliberate practice as a medium in which, along with other factors, decide success through work that specializes on the specific needs improvement. This specificity in one’s improvement decides how much they improve and eventually decide their success. So the more specific and intensely any person trains on a specific skill, the higher the probability that they’ll be successful in that skill. In Clear’s writing, deliberate practice is not correlated to how much you practice on trying to improve a skill; but more about what in particular about that skill you’re trying to improve. In the article, Clear brings up Jerry Seinfeld's, “ ‘don’t break the chain’ strategy is all about deliberately practicing the skill of writing jokes.” In other words, in order for a comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, to improve in his career he needs to practice the particular skill of writing jokes to be successful. Jerry’s term “don’t break the chain” simply means to not break the chain of jokes. This correlates to Clear’s perception of improvement stemming from training deliberately versus training without a purpose. The strategy...
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...Why Does Everyone Seem to Love Bull Riding? There are people everywhere who love going to or participating in the rodeo. One of the most favorite events is the one that takes only 8 seconds. It is the bull riding competition and for some reason, everyone enjoys watching to see how long a man can ride on his bull. For others, those who actually ride on a bull, it is a truly challenging sport. There are rules that they must follow and every year there are little boys who want to grow up and ride bulls. Those who do not enjoy watching a man successfully ride a bull for 8 seconds may wonder why is appealing. The answer is, in many ways, because it is controversial and entertaining all at the same time. The controversy comes because many people...
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...Human Nature: Are We Really as Bad as We Seem? Why do people do what they do? Are there always selfish ulterior motives for every action? More, Machiavelli, and Luther all realize the shortcomings of human nature, but have different ways in which they propose to deal with this problem. Machiavelli, More, and Luther all seem to have a similar view of human nature in that they see the necessity of a strong government because people are not essentially good and they need something to keep them in line. Luther said “There are always many more of the wicked than there are of the just” (Luther, 11). While this may be thought of as cynical, there are plenty of examples where people will do just about anything in order to achieve what they want. Luther and Machiavelli both were under the impression that people are naturally selfish, and thus need the guiding hand of the government to keep them in check. All three use the fear of punishment as an incentive to uphold the laws. Machiavelli said that “Fear is sustained by the dread of punishment that is always effective” (Machiavelli, 58). More doesn’t say it as up front as Machiavelli does, but the reason people behave is because of their fear of the punishment of becoming a slave, not because they love their rulers. Machiavelli and Luther both saw the need for there to be a separation of secular authority and religious authority, putting to question the idea of divinely inspired royalty. “Each must decide at his own peril...
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..."Euthanasia means as an action which aims at taking the life of another at the latter's expressed request. It concerns an action of which death is the purpose and the result. "This definition applies only to voluntary euthanasia and excludes the non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia, the killing of a patient without the patient's knowledge or consent. Some call this "life-terminating treatment." Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Passive euthanasia allows one to die by withholding or withdrawing life supporting means. This is a tricky area because ordinary and extraordinary means of supporting life come into the picture. Ordinary means such as nutrition and hydration are never to be withheld since they are one's basic right in order to survive. However, one is not obliged to use extraordinary or 'disproportionate' means to sustain life. Due to complexity, each situation needs to be looked at individually when discussing extraordinary means. However, as a rule, one can discontinue "medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome." One cannot intend death by withdrawing or withholding treatment, but should, however, obey God and let one die a natural death. To withdraw a treatment as a condition worsens is letting one die and not a direct killing. In this case, it is the disease that is killing and not the one who withdraws the treatment. Active euthanasia or' mercy killing' pertains to the Dr. Kevorkian’s'...
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...states that the need analysis can be sometimes called Training needs analysis which is defined as the process of identifying the gap in employee training and related training needs. This script therefore aims at bringing out whether the training needs analysis and training itself being the solution must have a wider scope and leap beyond what seems to be the dilemma or must be narrow scoped and focus on the problems at hand in the organisation. Pfeffer (1998a) states the basis of training being to provide skilled and motivated workforce and he clarifies it under what he called ‘best practices’. This clearly shows that the process of training goes beyond just educating the worker or rather intellectual emancipation but it also motivates the workers in and after the process for instance if workers are sent for training because they are lacking computing skills, they not only benefit the knowledge on computers but also get motivated as they feel that the organisation is putting them into consideration by investing knowledge in them and is prioritising their intellectual wellbeing so this shows that the process of training goes beyond what may seem to be the problem but also goes an extra mile in motivating them too. Beardwell and Holden (2001) state that the focus of the analysis of training needs must not be on tackling the current problem but must be based in wider perspective of remaining relevant in the contemporary business trends. This shows that the aspect of training has...
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...All four principles of Ethics are of significant importance and neither of the can be simply ignored. I personally feel that autonomy is the most important. This is so, because Autonomy speaks for equal rights and respect for all individuals. In a medical context, autonomy provides the right to individuals to freely determine their own choices and decisions. The best part about Autonomy in medical ethics is the fact that, it provides protection to those individuals or groups, that are not deemed capable of making their own decisions. An example of this would be a person who is deemed mentally unfit and suffers from seizures. In this situation, the patient would be handled in a manner where the best available option of treatment is given to him, despite of what he might say. A person's life and the way he chooses to live it, should be a matter of his choice and should be free of interference of others unless he is clearly detrimental to others. Now, one must consider that autonomy may not always be right and may also clash with the doctor’s duty of beneficence. For example, a person whose religion forbids him from accepting a blood transfusion may require one in the situation of an accident. In a situation as such, the patient must be duly informed. The doctor has a duty to strongly advise the patient the risk of not accepting the transfusion but once the risks have been relayed to the patient, his decision must be respected as a final one...
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...Shown in recent statistics, is that younger people, who are over 15 (as children under this age are usually forced by parents), do not participate in religious activity as much as the older generation – excluding the over 65s group, this is usually because they cannot get to church easily due to ill-health and disabilities. Brierley supports the idea of an older generation by showing that the average age of church goers in 1979 was 37 which increased to 49 in 2005, clearly showing a trend towards an older congregation. Heelas also found that those involved with the New-Age Movements were mainly middle-aged or older; again supporting the recent trend. Some reasons for why younger generations are less religious are because of the increase in religious diversity and scientific explanations in which young people seek more rational answers for things rather then turning for God for answers. It may also be because of the changes in attitudes surrounding religion such that there is less stigma and pressure attached to attending church than there was previously. However nowadays people can just practice religion at home. The privatised religion of believing without belonging (Davie) does show a reason for why young people participate in religious activity less than older generations but it is because of the fact they can practice privately with the help of media which is needed because of their changing patterns of employment and leisure (Sunday not seen as a ‘holy day’ – businesses...
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...This answer was marked to be 16/18 with the only criticism to be to label the theories I used. Religious behaviour refers to any behaviour that is influenced by the religious beliefs that a person has. For example people may go on a pilgrimage and follow certain food laws. It is important to include more types of religious behaviour beyond church attendance because someone can go to church and not believe or not go to church and believe. This is why I am using an inclusive definition which would include doing a quick prayer before an exam or if someone gets ill. In item A it mentions that people go to religious services for the community and the contact with others. As all young people are in compulsory education until they turn 18 they may not feel a need to go to church as they will have all the social interaction at school. This is shown by all the group work and that they will have lunch with many of their peers. This is a strong reason because it gives one explanation as to why younger people are less likely to go to church. However, it can be criticised by saying that not all students will have a positive experience of school. Some may be bullied or pushed out to the point that they may be truant. This means that they will not get as much social interaction with others. In contrast Voas and Crockett looked at why older people may be more religious. They stated that as people got older they got more religious because they are closer to death and therefore they...
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...Ethics Final Essay Should we always respect others habitudes; however cruel they may seem from the point of view of our values? Words: 3480 Introduction The aim of this essay will be to discuss whether respect should always be considered when facing others habitudes; however cruel they may seem from the point of view of our values. The relevance of this topic to relativism is found since controversy immediately breaks outs when the question of moral and cultural respect interferes with relativism. As we have seen in the previous cessions, everything is relative and especially when we are talking about respect. Since ages, many conflicts were emerging from divergent points of view, unaccepted practices of other’s cultures and disagreements on certain ethical beliefs. And since they are already two or more points of views in a conflict, relativism could be applied to all of them. Every single opinion could be relative, so which one should we respect? Well, this question therefore brings me to the other part of the problem which is concerning truth. What is true, good, and right to do? This question arouses a lot of debates among philosophers today. Since the nature of truth and goodness hasn’t been identified yet, it is still subjected to relativism. And respect cannot be worldly applied to specific values. In other words we cannot change the mind of people that are living by following what they believe to be true and right to do. It is know that everyone sees...
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...Education, being one of the foundations of financial or status success, is regarded as the highest priority in the upbringing of future leaders in any modern societies. This is especially so in Singapore. Being a small nation which lacks natural resources, the government is spending 20% of the annual national budget on education to produce individuals with skill sets that allow them to prevail in the society. However, the knowledge which are supposed to guide students to success may be abused or even misused for malicious acts. In order to prevent this from happening, a set of values is necessary to guide the use of these knowledge. Values are principles or standards of behaviour, and one's judgement of what is important in life. Values, moral ones in particular, are essential in education to prevent students from developing into a manipulative individual. Moral values are the standards of "good" and "evil", which govern an individual’s behaviour and choices. Individual’s morals may derive from society and government, or religion. These moral values are intrinsic, and cannot be override by harsh laws or rules. One example is Hwa Chong Institution's very own former MOE scholar, Jonathan Wong Wai Keong, being sentenced to five years' jail for having sex with a minor. This happened two months after being convicted for possession of child pornography in Britain in 2010. The incident resulted in his expulsion from the University of York and revocation of his student visa. The sequence...
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...It is obvious that both of the characters in these plays are examples of how war can make a person alienate themselves from loved ones and/or society in general. When May alienates herself from others, it is always to do with Tom. When Tom is thought to be dead, May alienates herself from the rest of the town who demand to know the truth, including her friend Eva. And also when Tom goes to leave for war, May literally pushes Tom away, clearly showing that her conflicting feelings for Tom are causing her to emotionally push him away as well. However, it is clear she hasn't completely alienated herself from him when she tries to convince CSM Rivers to let him leave the army. Stanhope is quite similar to May in that his alienation is reliant on his family and girlfriend back home, who he wishes to ignore until he can regain control of his life, and the entrance of his girlfriend's brother makes it much harder, causing him to partially break down. On the other hand, he tries to keep his team together during the days up to the battle, and he even tries to help Raleigh gain peace before death. This shows that although both characters do alienate themselves, they do also want to be accepted. May alienates herself from society when she refuses to go with the other women for information about the pals after the battle. “'You'll come with us May-''No!'”. Here, May is obviously trying to distance herself from the town, and outright refuses to help her friend. By the way Eva assumes that...
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...The statistics in the item indicates that people over the age of 18 to 24 are more likely to be non-religious compared to those age 65 and over. A Christian Research carried out in 1979 and 2005 was able to show evidence of this occurrence. In 1979, 598 thousand individuals attended church, by 2005 the number decreased to 231. While those of 65 and over had also decreased, the number of attendance within the age group was still much larger than the number of attendance from groups of the lower age. The reason for the decrease in religious participation for the younger generation can be due to the changes occurring in society relating to religion. According to Voas and Crockett the age difference in religious participation is due to the generational effect. The idea of this theory is that over the years society had and will become more secular which in effect means that those of the new generation will become less religious than those before them. Additionally, Bruce argues that due to the decline of religion as a social institute this has hand an effect on those of the younger age. This is because the church had once provided education for the children however now this has been overtaken by the state. This in result means that religion is losing its influence on the children thrus leading the younger generation down a path that lacks religious considerations. Similarly, Hervieu-leger argues that here has been a cultural amnesia where the knowledge of traditional religion...
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...Ethical Issues in Business. In the current economy, people have developed distrust towards the business sector. There have been innumerable accusations of unethical business practices especially in the energy sector. In 2001, the price of natural gas went from $ 2 to $ 6 to an abnormal price of $50. While some increase in price was understandable using the supply and demand curve economic theory. More gas demand due to the cold weather caused the demand curve to shift to the right resulting in a higher equilibrium price at the same supply. The demand for natural gas is inelastic since that is something we cannot cut back. Same is the case with medicine, tobacco and alcohol. The elasticity coefficient = % change in Quantity / % change in Price. If the elasticity coefficient is less than 1, it is called inelastic. Usually when that happens, it is short term or alternate energy is mobilized as a natural correction bringing the price down. However, as we know that there was a manipulation in the supply of energy and artificially created shortfall in supply. This caused a left ward shift in the supply curve just when the demand of electricity was high due to the hot weather in California. Energy giants like Enron, Dynergy and El Paso Energy colluded with alternate energy producers and created an artificial scarcity of electricity and energy in the market. They overloaded the grid and so power plants had to...
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...Question: We have a strange situation in Australia. At a time when people seem to be more worried by crime, the research evidence suggests crime rates are not increasing. How can we explain this apparent contradiction? Word Count: 1973 We have a strange situation in Australia. At a time when people seem to be more worried by crime, the research evidence suggests crime rates are not increasing. How can we explain this apparent contradiction? Current crime rates in Australia do not reflect the public’s perception, as criminal activity is steadily decreasing year after year. However, the public’s view is that crime is on the rise. Due to this unwavering perception of increased crime rates, some people have developed a fear of becoming a victim and apprehensive of crime and all of its components. Influences that can create or enhance these emotions can be born from a number of areas for each individual. Some of these can be due to personal experiences, the media, as well as a person’s geographical location. All of these factors can impact a person’s viewpoint of crime. This essay will examine the perception and how this fear has come to be, despite statistics proving that crime is in fact not increasing. The definition of ‘perception’ as per the Oxford dictionary is “the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses” - essentially what people see and hear will mould their opinions and emotions as to what is happening in the world around them...
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