...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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...in becoming sexually aroused or reaching orgasm. There are many different types of sexual dysfunctions. They are classified into four categories: sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorders, orgasmic disorders, and sexual pain disorders. The disorder I would like to touch on that affects both men and women sexual desire disorders. According to chapter 15 in the reading material provided for this class, sexual desire disorders are defined as sexual dyfunctions in which people have persistent or recurrent lack of sexual desire or aversion to sexual contact. People with sexual desire disorders are able to perform to full ability, but they just do not have the urge to. There are many different thoughts to why this may be so. The reading material provided for this class states that some of the biological and psychosocial factors that might contribute to this disorder are hormonal deficiencies, depression, or dissatisfaction with one’s relationship.It also states some medical conditions that might contribute to the problem. These are testosterone deficiencies, thyroid over or under activity and temporal lobe epilepsy. Men can have a medical conditions called hypogonadism that can cause a decrease in sexual desire. Certain medications might cause a decrease as well. It has been found the best treatment for sexual desire disorders is sex therapy. The reading material provided states that sex therapy is a collective term for...
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...necessity of God. If Nature can create, produce, preserve, maintain, and hold equilibrium, what is the need to seek out a foreign agent? To Sade, God is an illusion and piety to this illusion is foolish. I find that Sade proposing that God is an illusion is a bold step, yet offers a viable alternative in the purpose of man. Many people today are influenced by their belief in God. They credit their existence and live their lives in the ideals of God. This idea of existence bound to Nature rather than God opens a new perspective on the purpose of one’s life. Rather than focus on the piety of pleasing God, one could take to pleasing Nature. Ironically, Nature’s intentions are those of our own, what is natural to us. It reflects our needs and desires. We essentially take focus and purpose...
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...I served as a Teach for America corps member in one of the poorest communities in the entire county. I learned how to think holistically when factoring in student environments into how I planned lessons. This holistic philosophy served me well, and the osteopathic philosophy resonates well with this. Given my desire to serve low income patient populations, I know that being trained to think like an osteopathic physician will allow me to better serve my patients as a whole. I have had the pleasure of speaking with alumni and current students. Most recently I spoke with Shoaib Rasheed and he discussed his clinical experience being placed in Bridgeport and compared the patients he often sees from Bridgeport and Clarksburg. Given my strong desire...
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...encourage a relationship with the divine. Further, religions frequently describe and encourage relationships with sacred times and events, for example, a holy birth. Additionally, religious traditions may possess common beliefs concerning sacred space and the natural world. For example, many religions teach earth is sacred, whereas others teach earth is imperfect. Moreover, religious traditions frequently define relationships with other religions, for example, as good or bad. People who study religion often encounter key critical issues, including limited data, unwritten information, and preconceived ideas. Though many religious traditions share common elements, beliefs, and relationships, religion can be difficult to study. Religious traditions often define their relationship with a divine. Religions usually portray their relationship with a scared as a superior-inferior relationship, where people are inferior to the sacred (Molloy, 2010). Some religions describe their relationship with the divine as special, where other religions do not define their relationship at all. For example, Christians teach the Earth’s inhabitants are a main concern of the sacred, whereas Confucians teach people have no relationship with the divine (Molloy, 2010). Still, Buddhists contend sacred’s are not a concern; rather, self-enlightenment and nirvana should be a person’s focus (Molloy, 2010). Religious traditions often encourage a relationship with the divine by doing right things, following...
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...Education is the means through which a student gains the tools needed for a successful future. Through education, a teacher does not only teach facts, but also teaches life skills. Education helps students develop discipline, responsibility, cooperation, an other skills they will need to be productive citizens of our society. As a teacher, I hope to instill these skills in my students. I also desire to help them develop as individuals. An education allows students to fully understand and discover who they are, while also providing them the ability to survive in the today’s world. Education involves respecting every student's race, sex, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and religion. It should teach the students to think on their own, and to accept and embrace their individuality. My philosophy of education pulls from a number of theoretical frameworks. The key component, however, is the individual, more specifically, the student. Each of us - each student - is unique, even though we sometimes share a common social view of the world. Each student has had their own experiences that can differ from those who are in their learning environment. The way in which each individual incorporates these experiences into his or her overall understandings, through making relationships or making meaningful connections, results in uniqueness. Instead of trying to teach students through only one method I hope to recognize the different learning styles of my students and create an environment that provides...
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...Tutorial One Case Study - Generation snap Continuance commitment is one dimension to organizational commitment, which refers to the economic reason for staying in an organization (Robbins et al. 2011). If the generational snap exists regarding this commitment, it is obviously that the Gen Y will have a high turnover rate comparing with other generations. As the case illustrates, Gen Y are well connected with the society, impatient for career success and possessing high technological skills. Thus, economic reasons cannot prevent them from leaving the organization when they intend to do so. While other generations may afraid that there are less opportunities for them to find another job with a satisfactory salary once they quit the job. Another possible difference is that the Gen Y seems to have more confidence than other generations. They are confident about the skill they had acquired and their ability to socialize. There are several strategies for improving the level of job satisfaction for generation Y employees. The first strategy is to approve. The Gen Y need to feel that their abilities have been confirmed and they are making a contribution to the company. People in other generations may have the mentality of “Let nature take its course”, but the Gen Y like to take the initiative and get things done depend on their strength. Thus, other people’s recognition is essential to a satisfactory job. The second strategy is to give response quickly. The generation Y are impatient...
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...passion, and a very caring spirit as well as a desire to help children/students and willing to help them become successful, the love that personally that I have as an upcoming educator I want to have a great impact on students to let them know that they can learn at their level and as well be an encourager, and be there for each one of my student. Being in the classroom now as a teacher’s assistant has really given a great desire to continue my education and becoming an educator as a profession. Some educators take teaching as a vocation or a calling personally would say it would be a calling. It takes a special person to help students and a great love to help each one of them and a desire to see them be successful in their lives. My soul desire is to have my finger print on each child/student that is worked with in the classroom. Reward in teaching isn’t the money, but it is self-satisfaction when one has made a difference in a student’s/child’s life. If we as future educators could help build a child’s self-esteem and encourage them that they can reach their goals in life and be happy with them when they obtain their goals, this is a great payment and the privilege of being a teacher. Having more money as a teacher would be a Great Blessing, but seeing a child obtain their goals and be successful is payment enough for me. As a future educator, one of my goals is to be the cornerstone in the community by helping mold and teach my students to value of being an upright and good...
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...them and give this new life a try. He starts to fast and in the process has many strange dreams. He loses his desire for property, clothing, sexuality, and all sustenance except that required to live. With the Samanas, "Siddhartha had one goal - to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure, and sorrow to let the Self die" (Hesse, 14). By following the Samanas, Siddhartha’s path to Nirvana was through physical pain, until he couldn’t feel pain anymore. While Siddhartha lost all sense of pain, peace still did not come. Siddhartha notices that the head of the Samanas, who has been practicing his teachings for years, is not even enlightened yet. This is a pivotal moment for Siddhartha because this is when he realizes that the Samana’s way of life and their teachings is not a genuine path to enlightenment. Their path of self-denial does not provide a permanent solution but rather a temporary escape, disguised as Nirvana. This revelation creates internal conflict within Siddartha because he really wants the Samana’s path to lead to enlightenment but now knows deep inside that it will not work. It becomes clear to Siddhartha that it is time to move on to another path to...
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...CAROLYN L GASEFETE CHILD GUIDANCE HOPE FOUNTAIN MASTER GUIDE CLUB As parents we have the obligation of giving physical, mental and spiritual instruction. These 3 elements of a balanced character have been looked more in depth through the book Child Guidance, but this paper is just a sneak peak of what it entails. Physical - Health - What are we feeding our children? Is it food that will give them strength and a clear mind to fight their battles each day. "Our bodies are constructed from what we eat; and in order to make tissues of good quality, we must have the right kind of food, and it must be prepared with such skill as will best adapt it to the wants of the system. It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare healthful food in a variety of ways, so that it may be both palatable and healthful." {CG 373.2} Exercise - "In the children and youth an ambition should be awakened to take their exercise in doing something that will be beneficial to themselves and helpful to others. The exercise that develops mind and character, that teaches the hands to be useful and trains the young to bear their share of life's burdens, is that which gives physical strength and quickens every faculty. And there is a reward in virtuous industry, in the cultivation of the habit of living to do good." {AH 506.2} Learning a trade - "Schools should be established that, in addition to the highest mental and moral culture, shall provide the best possible facilities...
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...November 25, 2014 Philosophy 310 Professor Schubert Final Essay High school students are not learning and passing a course due to how the teaching material is organized. Teachers follow and teach their material to students by following what the book says. Due to the fact, that students learn exactly what is taught from the book, their teachers believe the student is capable of answering their own questions based off the book. Furthermore causing the student to score poorly in that class, due to not teaching the student personally and effective. In my point, I believe teachers need to stop relying on the students to learn by themselves using the book, and change their teaching material by personally teaching the student based on the teachers knowledge of the material. Given this argument, I will introduce a pro and con statement that will provide two different standpoints about my argument. After proving both pro and con statements, I will provide how John Stuart Mill will choose either statement by using his moral perspective theory. As a pro statement, teachers who teach their students the correct material upon their own knowledge, without consulting a book as guidance in their class, will have successful passing students. Most high school teachers who have received degrees don’t teach students upon themselves, but depend on book. Unfortunately, when a student needs help, they have to consult to the book, and rely on the practice problems the book provides as help. Consulting...
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...The Four Noble Truths "I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", Is the what Buddha quoted 2500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. It was these four principles that the Buddha came to understand during his meditation under the bodhi tree. 1. The truth of suffering (Dukkha) 2. The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya) 3. The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha) 4. The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga) The Buddha is often compared to a physician. In the first two Noble Truths he diagnosed the problem (suffering) and identified its cause. The third Noble Truth is the realisation that there is a cure. The fourth Noble Truth, in which the Buddha set out the Eightfold Path, is the prescription, the way to achieve a release from suffering. The First Noble Truth Suffering (Dukkha) Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death. But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to live up to our expectations. Human beings are subject to desires and cravings, but even when we are able to satisfy these desires, the satisfaction is only temporary. Pleasure does not last; or if it does, it becomes monotonous. Even when we are not suffering from outward causes...
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...Why Teach? Sylvester Ali White Jr. Grand Canyon University EDU 576 August 07, 2012 Why Teach? Teaching is a strong passion for me. Since high school, when I was a tutor for the English Department’s Writing Support Office, I knew I was called to teach. The proud feeling that would overtake me when students that I have helped receive an “A’ or “B” and they were excited, sealed the desire to teach for me. Why I teach? Because teaching is transformational; it allows me to empower students with knowledge, and I view children as valuable. I agree with Sarah Brown Wessling that teaching is transformational when a person can see the potential of someone even though they may not see it themselves. Many student place limits on themselves because of their home life. I enjoy pouring into children. I am honored when I can encourage students to push beyond their foreseen limitation. As I spend time with students, bonding, by the end of the year, I literally see them more empowered. Michelle Shearer says she “loves to empower students with knowledge and skills to take ownership of their education and their lives.”(M. Shearer, personal communication, Summer, 2010). I enjoy spending time with student talking about the future. I ask questions such as: 1. Where do you see yourself in five to ten years? 2. What type of life who you like to live? When asking these types of questions, I probe to see what they think it will take to make their dreams a reality. When I see that it...
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...Although all these reasons are valid, I feel my reasons are much simpler. The bottom line is that I love kids and enjoy working with them. My desire to make learning a more positive experience for them has only increased with time. I knew very early in life that I enjoyed working with children; I am drawn to their eagerness to learn, their trusting nature, and their inquisitive minds. It has always been a joy for me to be around children, who are eager to learn. Children are thrilled when an adult takes time to read to them. After hearing a story only a couple of times, they are like a tape recorder set on replay. Their thirst for knowledge is overwhelming. At the elementary level, children also tend to have a very trusting nature. They rely heavily on their elders for guidance. Most children are very honest with their feelings and don't try to hide them. This is a crucial time in a child's life; it is a time when teachers and parents should be molding them for the future. It seems their minds are always working on something which makes them extremely inquisitive. Their curiosities seem never to be satisfied. Children are always asking "why?" even when they know the answer. The inquisitive child wants to know the how's, when's, and where's of everything. Because of my early interest in children, I developed a strong desire to teach; consequently, I sought out jobs that allowed me varied experiences with children. My first experience was baby-sitting. Here I quickly learned...
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...Daron, Thank you for sharing about the personal story “Finding A Voice” by Eric McGehearty. I really like the title of this piece! After reviewing the things that you shared regarding this composition, I began to think about students in general. I came to the conclusion that each student has a voice and it is not just up to them to discover and expose it. It is also the students’ parent(s) and teachers responsibility to help them find their voice. As teachers, we must realize that there is no “one size fits all”, when it comes to learning. I am referring to the style(s) in which teachers use to teach their students. Teachers spend hours coming up with lesson plans, but do they focus more on the concepts being taught, their delivery process,...
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