classroom, leading her to wonder if she is reaching anyone. Alice Peterson drove to work mentally agonizing over the same dilemma that faced her every school day: how to help her students learn. Alice taught a class of prefers-grade children at the Mason Elementary School in Eastvale, a small town outside Chicago. This year was proving to be the most challenging and the most frustrating of Alice’s twenty-eight-year career. The Eastvale school district served a heterogeneous school population
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Kristine Chin Ms. Williams English 10 September 19, 2015 A Long Way Gone: Socratic Seminar Topic 4 Notes What does the destruction of Ishmael’s cassette when he joins the army symbolize? • Cassette symbolizes innocence/ his childhood o “The four of us had started a rap and dance group when I was eight” (Beah 6) Raps during childhood o Reminder of his childhood “We loaded out backpacks with notebooks of lyrics we were working on and stuffed our pockets with cassettes of rap albums” (7) • Carries
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In the article Child Soldiers, Prosecution it states “ The recruiters of child soldiers also use drugs and alcohol to make the children more compliant and to enable them to commit acts that they would not normally commit.” (Child Soldiers, Prosecution 2) Well this is true, it doesn't erase what they did and all of the people they killed. Others may state “Child soldiers are often
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It is imperative to safeguard children and young people as this results in a more secure and safe environment where children are able to develop to their full potential. Children achieve finest while they are healthy, safe and their welfare is protected. Guaranteeing that each child is achieving in this way. Whilst working in line with Every Child Matters. It is our responsibility to care for these children and protect them from any abuse such as physical, sexual, emotional, neglect and bullying
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order for them to use this village for shelter and food, the boys had to participate in the war and initially become child soldiers for the government army. Being accustomed to killing and having the strength to perform this action was what these children had to face and it was something that ultimately became their biggest
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place to protect children and young people and adults who work with them. The different policies and procedures which protect children, young people and adults who work with them in my setting we are: child protection/safeguarding policy- Which has six main aims to support both staff and children. 1. Ensure safe recruitment and examine suitability of staff and volunteer to work with children. 2. Raise awareness of child protection and safeguarding and equip staff and children with skills to keep
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In relation to children and young people, safeguarding and promoting their welfare is defined in †̃Working together to safeguard childrenâ€TM as: ï•® protecting children from maltreatment ï•® preventing impairment of childrenâ€TMs health or development ï•® ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care ï•® acting to enable all children to have the best outcomes. Safeguarding action may be needed to protect children and young adults
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Unit 4 Keeping children safe Health & safety at work Act 1974 Employers must ensure that the workplace is a safe environment and that posters are in and around the setting to promote this, also they must ensure that all staff members are made aware of this law and given essential information on this. The health and safety policy will be discussed in a staff meeting where they can be written up as a policy in the setting. All staff must follow this policy and work effectively
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The Backstory of Minato (D&D Character) Minato, known to be a Pally that aligns himself with the Deity, Kord, and is considered to be a valuable asset to Vasant’s group of mercs after joining them in their aid to fight the evil known to as Damon Zausz and his son David. Though Minato is a powerful paladin by nature, he also knows that even he and the group can have limits and has learned how to heal along his journey to redeem his past, and though Vasant maybe his leader, Minato sometimes
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In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, many events change his life and he has to choose to live with them or die. Ishmael has changed because of several major events that he lived through and has adapted and that has helped him survive in his war ravaged country. He has changed from young, innocent boy to mindless child solider to a proper adult but he still survives and that makes him very resilient. Though it was hard he found himself amongst war. One of the first major
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