I am a student of SSWD 120 at Northern Lights College. I have written this paper for self assessment which is a part of my SSWD 120 course. In this assessment, I have written the incidents that happened in my life and how they affected me socially and psychologically. I have used the criteria (Kenyon, P (1999) What Do You Do? An Ethical Case Workbook for Human Service Professionals pp 23-27): given in the syllabus. Life is what you make...
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Introduction In the article âDeath and Justice: How Capital Punishment Affirms Lifeâ written by Edward I. Koch he argues that the death penalty should be legal, he said he was a âdemocrat with common senseâ. Before the electric chair, people were hung or burned, but we have evolved since then. The death penalty has been abolished and reinstated in New York many times, there is currently no death penalty in New York. Edward I. Mr. Koch was a Democratic mayor...
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 There are a lot of famous dramas in Japan, and many people enjoy watching them. When I was in elementary school, some dramas led to the sales of many celebrities. And also there were so many masterpieces that it was said to be the golden age of the drama. I was a prisoner of drama at that time. Among them, there is an impressive drama that I still remember. The drama's name is â99 Days of me with a starâ....
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In most tales, there is an epic quest played out by a protagonist character. This character can be openly declared as the hero, or be a simplistic and mundane person who unintentionally takes the hero role. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ends up being that hero and works through a wild crusade he never consummately signed up for. Our narrative begins with a Hobbit living within the beautiful shire. He lives in tranquillity in his hobbit home, safe from the...
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Modern Languages and Cultures is a course I developed an interest in due to its increasing indispensable importance. Multilingualism has become more than just âimportantâ in todayâs era. Effective communication is more than a matter of language proficiency and apart from enhancing communicative competence, cultural assimilation can also lead to empathy and respect toward different cultures as well as promote objectivity and cultural perspicacity. In todayâs world, advancing technologies have afforded us the ability to communicate no matter where we...
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Modern Dramas engage audiences by bringing the problems of life to the stage. The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose, is a Modern Drama that covers real-life social issues, portraying themes of social class, race, justice, and innocence. The play is based on 12 jurors who are instructed to deliberate a case where an 18-year-old, Hispanic boy from the slums, is accused of stabbing his father. The genre of Modern drama is characterized by its particular subject matter...
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 American literature shows the relationship between traditional and modern values in Tennessee Williams's psychological drama A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). After the brief introduction, the author focuses on two main characters Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski who symbolize significant historical pressure between the traditional values of the Old South, and the modern values of the New South. The central heroine of the drama, Blanche, is partially like Williams's schizophrenic sister Rose, and partially like him neurasthenic, sensitive, and shy. By...
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When two people look at the same image, it can be seen differently depending on their own experiences. Sensory is based on how people perceive things, their habits, and their outlook on life. Everyone chooses different aspects of a message to focus on whether it is what interests them or what someone considers important. In the novel, The Stranger, Meursaultâs perspective as a narrator is questionable sometimes because of the way he views society. His beliefs and morals do not...
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The novel L'ĂŠtranger, which translates as 'The Stranger' or 'The Outsider,' bears a striking resemblance to Camus' philosophical concept of absurdity. The book L'ĂŠtranger translated as The Stranger or The Outsider strongly resembles Camus' philosophical idea of absurdity. Camus claims in his writings that individual lives and human existence lack rational meaning and order. However, because individuals struggle to embrace this concept, they are always attempting to find or construct rational order and meaning in their lives. The term 'absurdity'...
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Bilbo Baggins is a simplistic sentimental hobbit. However, when a band of devious dwarves and a renowned wizard Gandalf the Grey, arrives at his home with a treasure map in hand, his quiet life is disrupted. Gandalf reminds Bilbo of the stories of orcs, giants, and adventurers being lured into a thrilling adventure. Shortly thereafter, Bilbo was enticed to one of those adventures. Gandalf and 13 rambunctious dwarves devise a plan to use the map to find and steal the...
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Hamlet and Fortinbras have opposing viewpoints. As previously shown, Hamlet is a thinker who must consider all aspects of a situation before acting. He also appears to need a lot more just before agreeing to do something. For example, Hamlet is unlikely to have reacted in the same way that Fortinbras did in the preceding example. All that is expected of Fortinbras is that an action is the ethically correct one to take. Instead of immediately seeking to honor the...
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Despite being written and set around three hundred and fifty years apart, both William Shakespeareâs âMuch Ado About Nothingâ and Margaret Atwoodâs âThe Edible Womanâ are regarded, to varying degrees of popularity, as being landmark texts for the Feminist movement. Atwood herself has noted that âthere was no womanâs movement in sight when [she] composed the bookâ. Both authors make profound use of female characters that interact with the institution of marriage, to explore the potential for female social reflexivity...
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In the first act of 12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup is abducted by two men named Brown and Hamilton. The scene sharply breaks from the brightness of his last meal as a free man to the darkness of his cell, where he wakes up to find himself chained to the ground. The darkness and shadows allow the audience to see Northupâs reaction, although he is hidden in the shadows. This allows his feelings to be projected onto the audience,...
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The subject of the case study is me, 19 years old and an undergraduate student. I spent the first 6 years of my life in Sri Lanka and then moved to the United Kingdom. By unraveling my childhood and the youth period of my life course I will be able to analyze my experiences. Gender, place, culture, and ethnicity will be explored to see if they contributed to my experiences of childhood and my youth now. Both childhood and youth...
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In India, Honor killing is a traditional crime in which they kill women who perceive women as bearers of the prestige of the family. This tradition in India is stereotypical, many young people in India are killed every year, and around 5000 women are murdered owing to âhonor killingâ. Honor killing is a belief and tradition of people in India and they think of women as objects and do not have any rights over their life. Most of the honor...
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Canada is considered a multicultural and pluralistic country. It has become home for many immigrants seeking a quality of life amid social and political instability in their homeland. Every individual brings in different transition experience that gives insight into a diverse cultural and societal norm. To better comprehend these experiences, an intersectional approach is needed to accept the differences between the varied cultures. The intersectional paradigm gives heed to the social, historical, and political context, and distinguishes the unique experience...
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Starbucks Coffee Company uses its organizational structure to drive the business development of the global coffee industry. A business that includes management and leadership, communication, change strategy and governance, and other variables that are critical to business success. Starbucks continues to evolve to tailor its organizational structure. For example, we acquired other companies in the existing organizational structure (eg Etoswater, Seattle's Best Coffee) and adjusted the structure of the company to expand our business. Learning from other multinational organizations, the...
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In the novella, Of Mice of Men, George is described as being, âsmall and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong hands, slender features. Every part of him was definedâ (2). The other main character, Lennie, is expressed as, âhis [Georgeâs] opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.â Lennie is different from most...
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The target population in this stress management and prevention program will be parents who have children with disability. Notably, when children are undergoing a difficult time or facing a challenging problem, their prospective parents become more stressed. However, the parents of children with disability endure a level of stress that is overwhelming. What makes these parents feel overwhelmed and worried is doing something that is not right for their children might harm them, or might not save them in a...
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Foster care is a process where foster parents adopt and bear all the child's expenses temporarily and look after them in their tough times. However, they belong to a low-class family or an orphan child. Usually, low-class parents can't afford daily living expenses. Low-class families do not always fit with their daily needs. They can't afford daily hunger. Their children hardly eat daily basis food. They can't study. They can't go to school. Many other daily miscellaneous expenditures are impossible...
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The Vietnam War was a disaster. It was such a mega-fail that impacted global diplomacy for a long time. Nixon got pushed right into important business. The Nation was unfortunately divided, with turmoil in the cities and war overseas. He did eventually succeed in ending Americaâs fighting with Vietnam but in a way, many people wouldnât have an image. Nixon got elected on the promise of peace for America while leaving the South Vietnamese to their fate. This was in...
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Steinbeck focuses on the theme of loneliness to describe the lives of people at the ranch during the 30s. He applies this theme to three characters in the story, Crooks, Curleyâs Wife, and Candy. All three of these characters show a theme of conquering loneliness. We see this transpire through all three characters. Of mice and men we are introduced to some very unique characters. Steinbeck designed some of these characters to have a very depressed or lonely demeanor and...
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Roots and Bones I completed Structured Self Development IV while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. There is little I remember from that course, and I certainly do not believe it changed me at all. The course painted in very broad strokes the history of the U.S. Army, the history of the Corp of Noncommissioned Officers, the evolution of Army Leadership, and Multi-Branch Multi-National Joint Operations. Additionally, most of the information presented is now out-of-date. While a good steward should know the...
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Is there a true way to define oneself? How can someone who is constantly changing be defined for any period? These questions were the first to come into my mind when the assignment was proposed. I tried defining myself then and I found out that without the ability to tune out the world, there is no way to have only one definition. Therefore, I believe that there is a way to define 'self' but that definition is not meant to...
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Honor, duty, courage, and fame, are each pivotal elements to survive in society. Each one is indispensable. Honor brings pride; duty is a necessary condition for success; courage empowers and eliminates fear; and fame leads to success. With these components, it is possible to be a successful member of society. The honor represents status. It earns respect. Individuals can be successful only by learning to strive for a sense of honor, which is obtained through fair competition. To defend himself...
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To most, September 24, 1961, has no significant value and is a day just like any other, but for Jaime and Marlen Moreno, it was the day their daughter Nidya was born. Nidya Moreno was born to a family of two parents and a one-year-old sister. This family, which later expanded and developed, formed part of her ecological system which would influence her development and growth. The Ecological Systems Theory was created by Urie Bronfenbrenner who proposed that humans interact with...
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I subconsciously found myself assuming a leadership position and taking charge of activities which led to me being elected the captain of my class through my school days where I was involved in both the organization of the class affairs and the resourcefulness of my mates. I became conscious of this attribute of leadership and influence when I was fourteen years of age so I started galvanizing this potential by moving closer to mentors and getting acquainted with diverse motivational...
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My name is Thais Queiroz Rezio, I am a dedicated wife of a Coast Guardsman and deeply proud to be associated with the nurses who serve veterans at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA. I am very excited about the privilege of seeking a commission in the United States Navy Reserve Nurse Corps. I am committed to providing those who serve our country with the highest level of care and helping them through their medical challenges is...
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I would like to thank you for inviting me to speak at this yearâs Literature Festival. Today, I am going to reflect on Oscar Wildeâs 1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, and the 2002 movie adaptation. The play is a satirical comedy about Victorian society and Victorian attitudes to marriage and class. My values, culture, believes, and experiences lead me to deplore the play's representation of love and its representation of women. I find the reaction to love and...
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Summary: The novel tells the story of an unidentified narrator combating sleep disorder the unnamed narrator, suffering from chronic insomnia, is attending support groups. Not for insomnia, but for diseases he doesn't have such as tuberculosis, and testicular cancer. the narrator meets a man with giant breasts at his testicular cancer support group named Bob and learns how to cry. he also meets a woman named Marla, he calls her a faker, a tourist, because she goes to support groups...
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