...SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP When I was a kid, I could have been what people would now call a social entrepreneur or socialpreneur. A lot of people would have fallen into this category. To help your school or church or youth group, you may have sold chocolate bars door-to-door. People bought them, even if they didn't like chocolate; because they knew the money would go to support a worthy cause. Both the seller and purchaser are examples of social consciousness in action. Now my own children, bring home their school fundraisers from school and we too buy the over priced products, not because they are great products, but because it supports their school, a good cause. Today's socially conscious entrepreneurs, socialpreneurs, are elevating that door-to-door fund raising spirit into full time business. Some of their businesses are created specifically to put unemployed, disadvantaged and underemployed individuals to work. Some sell merchandise designating disadvantaged groups as beneficiaries of their profits. Others market goods to supplement the budgets of existing social service programs. Entrepreneurs are innovative, highly-motivated, and critical thinkers. When these attributes are combined with the drive to solve social problems, a Social Entrepreneur is born. Social entrepreneurs are defined by Ashoka those who “act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss and improving systems, inventing new approaches...
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...3 RUNNING HEAD: INTELLIGENT DESIGN Intelligent Design Paper James L. Jones CRJ 311 Forensics Mrs. Rebecca Nieman Nov 17, 2012 Good evening everyone. My name is Mr. James Jones the superintendent of the El Paso County school district and the topic that I will be discussing in today’s speech is the concern of thought of being intelligent design into the school system. The intelligent design movement is a neo-creationist religious campaign for broad social, academic and political change to promote and support the idea of intelligent design, which asserts that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not a possibly undirected process such as natural selection. Its chief activities are a campaign to promote public awareness of this concept, the lobbying of policymakers to include its teaching in high school science classes, and legal action, either to defend such teaching or to remove barriers otherwise preventing it. The movement arose out of the previous Christian fundamentalist and evangelistic creation science movement in the United States, and is driven by a small group of proponents. The overall goal of the intelligent design movement is to overthrow materialism and atheism. Its proponents believe that society has suffered devastating cultural consequences from adopting materialism and that science is the cause of the decay into materialism because it seeks only natural explanations, and is therefore atheistic...
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...Wendy Kopp is the founder and CEO of Teach for America. Teach for America is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reduce or eliminate the educational inequity in the United States. Educational inequity could be describes as the lack of equal opportunities that individuals have as a result of differences in quality education. Wendy Kopp has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for public service. (Teach for All) She is the author of A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All, and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way. Wendy Kopp also serves as the chief executive of Teach for All, which supports the development of Teach for America’s model in other countries. Wendy Kopp shows all characteristics of an entrepreneurial leader: cognitive ambidexterity with her creation of Teach for America, self-awareness and context awareness with knowing her desire to meet a need in society, social, environmental, and economic responsible (SEERS) helping to make educational change. Wendy Kopp is also shows characteristics of an Ethical entrepreneur by increased happiness and reduced suffering. Wendy Kopp shows cognitive ambidexterity in her creation of her organization Teach for America, by showing both the creation and prediction aspects of cognitive ambidexterity. For individuals to...
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...Paul Yee’s “Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter!” tells the tale of Sharon, a Canadian born Chinese girl living in Vancouver. Young Sharon struggles to discover a true identity that can embrace both of her cultures. As Sharon was born in Canada, she knows little about her Chinese background. This unfamiliarity seems to force her to shy away and have distaste for anything having to do with Chinese culture, including the Chinese immigrants in her class and even her own grandfather, Yeh-yeh. With the help of listening to the life story of a Chinese immigrant kite maker, Sharon’s acceptance of both cultures into her life is guided by the significance behind the kites in this story. The question is, how were these kites so important to Sharon’s character development? Through understanding the...
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...The Three Chinese Philosophies We will be learning about the three chinese philosophies. They had a major influence of China’s culture. The three philosophies are Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Let's get started. The first philosophy is confucianism. Confucianism was made by confucius. He deeply respected the chinese government and culture. He did this because he thought that it was a good way to give honor to scholars and ancestors. Confucianism was mostly about respecting elder. You would have to be kind, honest, wise, and faithful in return. Before confucianism the government would just hire you they wouldn’t ask you any questions. After confucianism the government made you take an exam that might graded by the emperor. They would...
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...Chinese Language in America Chao Liang Kansa State University 12/7/11 Author Note Chao Liang, undergraduate student, Kansas State University. Chao Liang is major in Finance Management in Business College. This report is a summary of study of Chinese language; experience of teaching Chinese with American student who is taking Chinese class. The culture of Chinese language develops in America. Abstract In this report, it includes 5 main points refer to the Chinese language and personal experience. 1. From learning the Chinese language, grammar, pronunciation, to understand the Chinese language situation in America, Chinese America experience in America. 2. Conclude the experience through teaching Chinese. 3. Compare Chinese cultural and America cultural. 4. Analysis what classmate sharing in class, the importance of team work. 5. Suggestion for the future class. These five different points connected by one common thing, Chinese language. The whole report emphasizes the development of Chinese language in America. How these two different cultures occur chemistry reaction. The improvement of teaching skill make a big contribution on develops of Chinese in America. Chinese Language in America As a Chinese, with more than 10 years of Chinese learning, we cannot image how the foreigner learn Chinese. After study in America, we can see lots of natives are willing to learning Chinese even though it seems extremely difficult to them...
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...CULTURAL SELF-PORTRAIT AND REFLECTION By Manuel Chong Filipino-Chinese. That is what I am. The term “Filipino-Chinese” simply refers to a Chinese descent born and bred in the Philippines. Being a third generation Chinese in the Philippines, I did not grow up in a culture that is purely Chinese nor is it purely Filipino. The older generation of Filipino-Chinese is trying their best to pass on to the younger ones the traditional Chinese teachings which they acquired and learned from their ancestors. They wanted to preserve every detail of Chinese tradition for the younger ones. However, this appears to be a difficult task as time passes as my generation and the coming generations are more liberal and open to Filipino, Western and other cultures. This is the reason why the older generation frowns upon and show less favorable inclination to the younger generation’s present lifestyle. It is very undesirable for them that our generation of Filipino-Chinese yield towards integration. I, on the other hand, am more integrated into the mainstream of Philippine society. I’m able to better articulate the local language, attitudes and conformities. Although my parents put me in a Chinese school, as most parents do, in order for me to learn the Chinese Mandarin language, however, the mindset at that time was that the language is of no use in my country of birth. Who would have known that, after 20 years, the Chinese language became important, in an economic sense. As a result of...
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...“Pyramidal scheme in China ” – , China Business Network, 2014 Description This article talks about how pyramidal scheme developing in China, what may be in the government, and the reaction of the Chinese people. This article describes the pyramidal scheme how to control the Chinese people's mind. A multinational called: "NU SKIN" rely on cosmetics business, and give each member for a long time education, and strengthen cooperation in the organization, This multinational gradually be considered illegal in China.This article tells us how Pyramidal scheme lie to the customer,they always try to teach each member how to get rich in a short time.Some Chinese customer think that the multinational are large and the big business is not deceptive. Connection to International Management: The Organizational Challenge This article covers the country’s political, and social environment, all of which have a great impact on whether a company should choose, or if they should choose, to do business there. Many influential multinationals in the international market, The basic problem underlying a company’s search for a structural fit was that it focused on only one organizational variable—formal structure—and this single tool proved un-equal to the job of capturing the complexity of the strategic tasks facing most MNEs Regional strategies, as I've noted, can take a long time to implement. One deep-seated reason for this is that an organization’s existing structures may be out of alignment...
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...Through his teachings, he was trying to resurrect the traditional values of amiability and rituals in Chinese society. Once Confucius stated that he is not an innovator of Confucianism and also that he just rediscovered all that knowledge is coming from the past. He said that society rejected this knowledge and it was his task to bring it back to its right condition. The teachings of Confucius are based on two areas. Social and Political teachings. Social teachings meant having a proper behavior in the society and how to be polite towards fellow men. Political teachings dealt with the specialty of goverment and right relationship of the Ruler to his people. He was using both teachings to make a wise scholar with a proper knowledge about society and goverment. In the book «Analects» his sudents were asking him questions about love to the fellow...
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...the children do not have to worry about anything in the future. In addition, many families in China believe that children should not pitch in on any housework; the only thing they should do is homework, since parents regard the grades as the only indicator for future success. For instance, most Chinese students, including myself, are financially supported by parents. We do not have to work part- time in order to make a living; we drive to classes instead of riding bikes or taking school buses. Parents pay the tuitions, living, and other expenses on time as long as we let them know the number. Chinese Parents Influence and Control the Future of Their Children To most Chinese parents, children are the hope of the future, inheriting their remaining dreams. They do everything they can ensure a promising future for their children. Further on, Chinese parents usually replace children’s interests by their own wills and thoughts. They make decisions for children in terms of choosing majors in college and taking a job after graduation. Consequently, when growing up, Chinese children are more needy and fragile, lacking the ability of living independently. Research has shown that Chinese students in the US have significant low levels of social adjustment; however, social relationships between other international students and American students are...
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...the age of four was like stepping into a 3-round fight, because I wasn’t familiar with the language, people or culture. I moved from a comfort zone, to a foreign land where streets were buzzling with people, factories were pumping out black smoke, and the people were friendly and curious. As I entered round one of the fight, I had to get over the language barrier because when I first moved to a bilingual school in the first grade, I could only speak a few words of Mandarin. So even though I had no one to practice with at home, I had to teach myself how to be comfortable in situations where I couldn’t understand others. Sometimes as I was practicing, my classmates would laugh at my pronunciation, and some days I even wanted to quit the fight, but I learned that this was just another hurdle to overcome and develop my resilience from. Learning 800 Mandarin characters per year allowed me to cross this language divide and make friends with my Chinese classmates. These types of experiences are what make me able to communicate effectively with...
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...disability. Students participating in antibias curriculum become comfortable with diversity and learn to stand up for themselves as a teacher in the future students are learning about difference and they need a teacher to help them to have a positive attitude about people. Students who have a guidance of caring teachers children learn to speak up for themselves and others. By having an accepting environment children find that they have the ability to change situations and have positive attitude in the future. Having anti- basis curriculum begin in early childhood and continue throughout the school year. For example children who start to learn both English and Mandarin Chinese so that by the completion of the school they have the basic proficiency in both languages. The class is taught by an English teacher and Chinese teacher with the help of teaching assistants. Teachers will speak native language they use for instruction. Standards: What should students know and able to do? First Grade Language Arts/ Reading Content: Select materials to read Read aloud familiar stories and poems Use strategies to comprehend Activate: Children can solve problems and think for themselves Children learn best through experience and activates that are interesting. Teaching and learning is child centered Children have the knowledge based on what they already know Acquire having mixed age groups and having a wide range of materials within each classroom to meet the individuals needs of children ...
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...000 years ago. From 475 BC to the end of the 19th century, China went through a long feudal period. It experienced two seemingly contradictory and paradoxical phenomena. Knowing that it was the most violent and chaotic period in ancient Chinese history due to the conflict between the collapse of the traditional Chinese culture and the establishment of a universal empire, it was also considered to be the most creative and innovative one since it was indeed an age wherein philosophers tried to give their personal opinions regarding the world and attempted to contribute something in the history of Chinese philosophy. All the competing Chinese philosophical traditions – Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism and Mohism, among others – trace their origins back to this period which is closely identified with the wellspring of Chinese philosophical, political, and social thought. The battle of ideas among the fabled numerous masters and hundred schools of thought that lasted for more than three centuries, was fought, but at the same time, the moral, political, and social order – presided over by the Zhou – was collapsing, and old institutions and tradition were degenerating and disintegrating. This period was commonly referred to as the Golden Age of Chinese Philosophy, or simply, the period of philosophers. During the Golden Age, the most influential thinker in China was Kong Zi, also known as “Master Kong” or Confucius,...
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...Culture is all of the behaviors and beliefs representative of a specific social, ethnic, or age group. I have always been fascinated with the Chinese culture. I am amazed with their rich history and sense of tradition. On the surface Chinese culture seems very different from American culture. The cultural views between the two differ when it comes to intelligence, identity development, morality, gender, time orientation, communication, and health and wellness. The United States of America is an individualistic society. In an individualistic society, it is “every man for himself”. An individual’s success is more important than that of the entire society. China is a collectivistic society. The people value the success of the entire society over that of an individual. In order to maintain a sense of harmony, they behave with decorum at all times and will not do anything to cause someone else public embarrassment. The Chinese benefit from being a collectivistic society. Confrontation is avoided and harmony is maintained. Furthermore, when the society as a whole works together everyone benefits from the labor. For example, rice agriculture is extremely labor intensive. It takes between 1,000 and 2,000 man hours to raise a crop on 2.5 acres of land (Hays 2010). As rice is important for the economic growth of China, everyone in the community works to grow the rice, everyone also benefits from its growth. On the other hand, there are downfalls to being part...
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... Keeping them out of trouble and teaching them what is proper. Yet can become more complex than just this is there are still youngsters around when the father passes then the eldest son would take the responsibility of raising the children and caring for them. The third relationship is the Husband/Wife or the relationship between the two spouses to maintain a household and care for each other as well as the children. The fourth of the five gets more into societal relationships and away from the family aspects being the relationship between the Elder/Younger. In many societies it is common that the elders of a village or tribe teach the younger generations how to live and behave in society, what is proper and what is not. Lastly of the Five is the relationship between Ruler/Subject, this is something that should be quite common in modern Chinese society by now but was more so in...
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