...In the age we live in now, it’s normal to see almost everyone with some type of electronic device whether it’s in the movies, TV commercials, or in public places. Why is it such a problem for students to use their electronics in schools? I believe that electronics should be used in schools but only to a certain extent. It is an argument that students’ devices, like cell phones, are a distraction from learning and understanding a teacher’s lesson. It is understandable that the rules would request refrain from electronic use but it should not be a problem if a student has finished all of their assignments and is known for acceptable behavior. The privilege to use an electronic could be treated as a reward. One might ask, “What good is an electronic in school anyway?” Well, for certain assignments and extra practice a student could seek assistance online. With schools getting more involved in technology, there are school websites and other learning development sites that are available for students to take advantage of, Most, if not all, colleges and even some high schools allow laptops in class for such practices. A worry with some schools may be that a student has a cell phone on them in general. There could be at home emergencies at some point or a sudden change in schedule to where a student has to contact their guardian. With some people, cell phones are a necessity and not just a desire. In conclusion, there are logical reasons why cell phones and other electronic...
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...Do we now live in a ‘panoptic’ society? Discuss through the ideas of Michel Foucault. This essay will examine French social theorist Michel Foucault’s (1926-1984), concept of Panopticism. It will give an example of the way it can be observed, through contemporary society. Firstly, it will cover a general aspect of Foucault’s work, regarding his historical method and his understanding of madness, power, knowledge and the body. It will discuss the idea of the Panopticon and how it shaped the idea of discipline and power. Furthermore, it will examine one element of Foucault’s theory, and how it could be applied in contemporary society, through the subject of security in public places. Foucault’s 1964 work Madness and Civilisation, studied the evolution of madness from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, showing the evolving change of how madness was perceived over time in society. During the time of the Renaissance, Foucault found that people who were ‘mad’ were seen as liberated (Foucault 1967). However, the classical age in the seventeenth century created ‘enormous houses of confinement’ which reduced madness to silence (Foucault 1967:35). The mid seventeenth century saw madness associated with confinement. These institutions housed people who were poor, unemployed, prisoners and insane. In 1656, the ‘Hôpital Général’ was founded in Paris and could be seen from the start, that it was not a ‘medical establishment’, but rather a sort of ‘semi-judicial structure’ (Foucault...
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...other. All we human beings have is now. To some, now...
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...discover the person they have grown to become. Our childhood, in particular, is important to reflect on because that is when we experienced things for the first time and where we learned from our mistakes (Cottingham 2008). It is through narration that we are able to understand how our childhood and our past has affected us and created who we are as a human being. We must recognize the importance of old memories and how well we are able to explain them. It will be examined how the actual occurrence of an event differs from the way it has been told. With every action we take, there is always a good reason for doing it. According to philosopher Charles Taylor, this is called “an orientation to the good.” He believes that to make sense of our lives and have any identity at all, we must have an orientation to the good (Cottingham 2008). The direction of our lives depends on this good as well as how motivated we are to get to the place relating to this good. What Taylor is trying to say is that without having motivation behind each decision we make, our reason for existence is meaningless. This is an excellent point because it is what makes us all individuals. Although many people may experience the same thing, the way it is interpreted is what makes each person’s identity unique. We are able to create incentives that push us do better in everything we do and make us work hard to achieve our goals; ultimately, setting these goals is what builds onto our character. The idea...
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...“Critically assess the claim that we live in a ‘globalised world’. Use evidence to support your discussion.” When looking at globalisation we have to realise that it isn’t just one thing, the word globalisation isn’t just one meaning, it isn’t just an economic or cultural concept and it doesn’t just affect these, it also effects a lot of other relations. It can be anything from personal to structural things and this can affect us on many different levels, as well as economic and cultural there are also environmental concerns and effects on the globe which now need global solutions. This is essay is going to explore the aspects of globalisation and assess analytically and critically how we are now supposed to live in a “globalised word” and to what extent that it is actually true, using evidence and examples from sociological scholars and every day samples to support different idea’s which are for and against this notion. Globalisation means cultures and economics are now becoming more the same, more homogenous and throughout this essay this will be challenged on how this effects the world we live in not just in Britain but in all other countries too. Globalisation is involved with dissolving boarders and making them less strict and more flexible, this allowing us to have growing global connections, something which is called interconnectedness. We can now receive information from across the world almost instantly this giving exercise and organisation of power on a global scale...
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...the past, or has it? In almost every aspect of one’s life we deal with technology. It is how we deal with that technology decides whether it is useful or not. In this essay, I will address the ways technology has affected my life and the lives of my friends and family through my own observations, experience and actions. Thinking of both convenience and technology in terms of comfort, it can work for us or against us. Technology has taken us away from the discomfort of everyday life that is now a thing of the past. Presently, people no longer know how to be self sufficient; technology has made us incompetent and unable to function without it. The convenience of technology brought us the remote control, so we now no longer get off the couch. Striving for comfort has removed us from the dinner table and into a fast food drive-thru. This quick and easy route has taken us away from quality time spent with the family. Technology has made us lazy, overweight, and unprepared. We have let technology take over our lives with and create a demand that if taken away would topple our society, so much so that people involve every aspect of their life, from their business and their children, with the technology. Now more than ever inventions are being made to make life easier, and make people more comfortable in the modern world. Technology has changed people's lives in many ways. Through its progress, technology has enabled us to live with limited difficulties. Technology has benefited us...
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...Future of Healthcare University of Phoenix January 20, 2012 “Man is born to live, not prepare for life”. When we are born, we are raised to the familiarities of what we are surrounded by. The latest fashion trends, the latest music, the places to go, the phrases to say. We are not born to understand what we could have experienced had we been born 50 years prior to the date. We are born to live the life that is ahead of us. So is it fair to know that events that occurred prior to our existence can be the reason of our healthcare issues for the future? There are many issues that have occurred and are still occurring that impact the way our healthcare system works, whether it challenges the knowledge of healthcare workers or becomes a trend for future constant reoccurrences, it pushes our minds to think further about the situation. Aging is a trend we all experience, that has no solution except to accept it. As our population ages forward, more diseases are found and treated in the systems. “The so-called “baby boom” generation (people born between 1946 and 1964) is already having an effect on the health care system and it is expected to grow as the century progresses. The number of Americans age 65 and older (35 million in 2000) will rise by more than 19 million to54 million by 2020. From 2000 to 2050, the number of older adults will increase from 12.5% to20% of the U.S. population.” (Rensselar, 2006)In a matter of 20 years, there is a possible increase of 54 million adults...
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...Holy Lives If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top. The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle around helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash. A Bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exist, until it completely destroys itself. In many ways, there are a lot of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the bee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, trials and tribulations, heart-breaks and head-aches...stressed out, strung out and on the verge of giving out, not realizing that the power of God to withstand every situation is inherent within you and the answer to life's most difficult problems is just above you.. Brothers...
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...disabilities, diseases or any other problem like that and Imagine that humans could live to 150 or above. Well as it turns out this just maybe be possible. “Recently Scientist have started using a new form of surgery that involves using enzymes to get rid of diseases and disabilities by cutting them out” (Griffin, A , 2017). This is known as Genetic Therapy or Gene Engineering and with it we could change the world for the better. So now I’ll tell you just some of great opportunities coming out with this. But before that my claim: Genetic Engineering should be used to enhance humans. Gene Editing should be used, b/c if it was we could possible make it so that people who can’t have children can, also it could get rid of inherent disease. “Scientist in Oregon have begun using CRISPR to start fixing human genes in...
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...it was a two bedroom condo and we lived there for over five years. I’ve been married for over eight years and I have two beautiful daughters. My oldest daughter will soon turn five and the youngest is almost two. As my family was expending it was clear that we needed a bigger place. I’ve travel to other states and countries but Florida as always been my home state, and Boca Raton is where I’ve lived all this while. I love living in West Boca because it is very quiet, peaceful luxurious and a wonderful place to raise kids. West Boca was luxurious indeed but raising two kids in a two bedroom condo can get a little crowded at times. My husband and knew it was time to make a change, therefore we decided to purchase our second home. We currently live in Coconut Creek in a two story four bedroom home. Coconut Creek is a very lovely place, I am still trying to get use to the area but I still miss being in Boca. My life have changed drastically now because I live further from work, our kids school and my mother, and other relatives used to live close by. We are in a different district now therefore I have to look for a different school to enroll my daughter. The fact that we lived in Boca for so many years, our lives has revolved around that city. My work, our kid’s schools, our business, everything we did was around the neighborhood. I love the new house. It is much bigger and spacious; each of the girls has their own room now and they have more space to...
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..."Wonderwall" Today is gonna be the day That they're gonna throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you gotta do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now Back beat, the word is on the street That the fire in your heart is out I'm sure you've heard it all before But you never really had a doubt I don't believe that anybody feels The way I do about you now And all the roads we have to walk are winding And all the lights that lead us there are blinding There are many things that I would Like to say to you But I don't know how Because maybe You're gonna be the one that saves me And after all You're my wonderwall Today was gonna be the day But they'll never throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you're not to do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do About you now And all the roads that lead you there were winding And all the lights that light the way are blinding There are many things that I would like to say to you But I don't know how I said maybe You're gonna be the one that saves me And after all You're my wonderwall I said maybe You're gonna be the one that saves me And after all You're my wonderwall I said maybe You're gonna be the one that saves me You're gonna be the one that saves me You're gonna be the one that saves me I talked to my baby on the telephone long distance. I never would have guessed I could miss someone so bad. Yeah...
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...DEV. COMM Only now, did I have the chance to really reflect on why we develop and why do we not. Before and up to now I usually associate development with technology, but at this very moment, I just contradicted myself. Although technology does play an important part in determining it, I don’t think it’s enough to give justice to what development really is because technological development is just a part of the whole. Development takes different forms; it could pertain to individualistic, universal, materialistic development and many others, so development itself is very broad in nature. Centuries ago, our ancestors begun their lives with only curiosity in their hand and needs on the other. They survived despite being nomads, eat and hunt despite their lack of fighting strategies and ideas present today and they were able to procreate despite their lack of knowledge on science. What I’m trying to say is, we develop not just because of acquiring knowledge from books and from our classrooms, but we also develop because we have the capacity to relate with each other because I do think that it is in meeting the person in his eyes that what makes us learn and subsequently develop. Observing people is one of the things I consider as a pass time especially when I’m going out somewhere or I’m already out. Based on my opinion, as our lifestyle and life choices become difficult, we face heavier challenges than those of our ancestors right now, unlike them; they don’t...
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...that are living in poverty, without a steady supply of food or water to live off and no resources to live a clean, healthy life. Our environment is severely polluted and global warming is becoming a bigger and bigger problem everyday. It is in question whether or not the world will provide enough resources to sustain human life. Experts have come to the general consensus that if something does not change, our future will not be bright. There are several theories as to what might happen if the world continues to work the way it does now. The textbook Global Issues by John Seitz displays different scenarios about the future depending on the course of action that we decide to take as a population. The first scenario “Business As Usual” describes what will happen if we continue to live the way we are living now. With the increase of the population there will be a high demand for food, water, and other natural resources. Seitz says that these high demands are unsustainable due to a limited supply of resources and land. He concludes “if we continue with business as usual, increased pressure on natural resources will result in a global demand for resources that would require at least two Earths by 2050.” (Seitz, 2012, p.236) This scenario also takes into account the continuation of the use of fossil fuels and the inevitable destruction of our peaceful climate and environment. Continuing to live the way we do now will lead the Earth and the human...
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...there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. 9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we have...
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...“Digital technologies permeate our daily lives”. High-definition televisions (HDTV’s) display amazingly clear and colorful images of sports events, reality TV shows, and other popular programs. Electronic coffeemakers, digital alarm clocks, and cell phones quicken and simplify daily routines. Automobile manufacturers use computerized robots to build cars and trucks. Those are just some examples of digital technology, but how does it affect our daily lives? Growing up in a Samoan cultural community, there were not that many technologies around. I mean, back then there was no electric stove. Men and women would prepare food in the umu “An umu is the traditional method used by Samoan’s for cooking food. A fire is built and stones placed on it. When the fire is down to the embers green bananas, breadfruit, taro, fish, and lu’au are placed on the stones. When everything to be cooked has been placed on the umu, it is covered with banana fronds and left to cook “samoasention”. It was really hard and difficult back then. Now technology has provided us with electric stove for baking and cooking. It has made life a lot easier then it was before. I think the only time I see men doing umu is on special occasions. When I was about 7, my family and I use to get together every Sunday evening and talk stories, or if mother wants something from our neighbor next door she would ask me to go ask or she will just yell across to our neighbors. Now we hardly do that. I miss how people use to...
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