The Hard Times by Charles Dickens

The book Hard Times written by Charles Dickens is a story about a Lancashire Mill Town in the 1840†³s. The novel is divided into three books. Dickens titles the books accordingly to prepare the reader for what is about to come, and throughout the novel he shows the effects of the education system, the setup of the caste system, and the Industrial Revolution had on society through this small town of Coketown. The main characters of the novel show the English caste system of the 19th century by showing how one influences the other and the amount of power the bourgeois now have in society. They own the factories. Therefore, they have the money and, because of the changes coming from the revolution, have some power in society. The titles of the three books, â€Å"Sowing†, â€Å"Reaping†, and â€Å"Garnering† shows significance in the way Dickens is trying to help the reader get an understanding of what is to come. Dickens shows the way the working classes are fighting for a say in the way they are treated at work by forming unions and how a bad negotiator can ruin things. He shows from the start that the education system is based on â€Å"fact† and not â€Å"fancy. The breakdown of the â€Å"fact† based education is shown when Gradgrind himself asked a question that is not fact based. In the end, the whole system of education is reversed and the â€Å"fancy† is fancied. The novel can be summarized as a book about two struggles. One struggle is between fact and imagination and the other is the struggle between two classes. Thomas Gradgrind, the father of Louisa, Tom, and June not only stresses facts in the classroom in which he teaches, but also at home to his family. He has brought up his children to know only the â€Å"facts. Everything is black and white, right or wrong with nothing in between. Gradgrind does not like the idea of going to the circus or having flowered carpet. Everyone knows a person cannot have flowered carpet. He would trample all over them and they would end up dying. The second struggle is between the classes is illustrated between Stephen Blackpool and Bounderby. Blackpool represents the working class and Bounderby the bourgeois or middle class. He is a warm-hearted man who feels he deserves this mediocre life. Blackpool was once an employee under Bounderby and was fired for standing up for his beliefs. He believed that the union was taking anything that was given to them because they could not expect anything better. Stephen stands up for his fellow workers asking for reform and this makes Bounderby mad so he fires Stephen. This was typical during the Industrial Revolution. The run down society Dickens speaks of is that created by the Industrial Revolution. The air is filled with smoke that the working class have to breath. The water is turning colors with pollution caused by the factories. The people who are most effected by this are people like Blackpool, the lower class. Dickens shows Stephen and Bounderby as a typical worker-employer relationship. Dickens shows the way in which the factories were run at this period. A person could lose their job simply by disagreeing with what he felt was wrong because the employer did not really care about the employee. This is the way the workers were treated with no respect. In contrast to the industrial revolution, it would be highly unlikely that a middle class citizen such as Bounderby to employ an aristocrat. The titles of the three books (â€Å"Sowing†, â€Å"Reaping†, and â€Å"Garnering†) are named in a way of giving a special reference to the upbringing and the education of the children. The titles together show the basic plot of the story. â€Å"Sowing,† suggests that in the 1st book the idea of the children being sown with facts and it also lays the foundation of the plot of the novel. They are being taught fact. Where 2+2= 4 and nothing else matters, there is no gray area. Everything is either black or white and nothing else. They are not taught emotion. The 2nd book talks of the reaping or harvesting. In this book, Dickens shows that whatever was sown in the first book, the consequences are now being seen. For example, Louisa Gradgrind Bounderby was sown with the seeds of Fact. She used facts to decide upon marrying Bounderby. It would help Tom out and get him a high position in Bounderby†s bank. We can tell that she did not want to marry Bounderby when she said, â€Å"There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke. Yet when the night comes, fired bursts out, father! † This seems be symbolism to a negative view of marrying Bounderby. In other words, she is saying that there would be repressed feelings of passionate love and if this marriage would to happen and deny her the opportunity of love. She would be susceptible to being seduced. This almost happens with Mr. James Harthouse. Here Dickens is referring to the Bible where there is a concept of â€Å"whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap†(Galatians 6:7). Thus, being married to Bounderby, Louisa had harvested an unhappy marriage. The 3rd book, â€Å"Garnering†, is about how characters are starting to pick of the broken pieces of their lives. Mr. Gradgrind starts to help his children put together pieces of their lives by promising to teach them the â€Å"fancy† or emotional side of life along with the â€Å"facts. † The main characters in the story are representative of the 19th century caste system. The aristocracy is represented through Mrs. Sparsit and Mr. Harthouse. Mrs. Sparsit is motivated by an underlining jealousy towards Bounderby; she works for him, throughout the book. During this time in history, there was a conflict of power going on. The middle class was gaining it and the aristocracy was losing it. Mrs. Sparsit despises Bounderby and his philosophy that he is a â€Å"self-made man. † Mr. Harthouse lives the life of a typical aristocrat. He lives the idle life, only moving to Coketown to find something to occupy him. He tried to steal Louisa away from Bounderby. This shows that Harthouse still felt that the rules didn't apply to him being aristocratic. Bounderby, Thomas Gradgrind, Tom Gradgind, and Louisa Gradgrind represent the middle class. Bounderby is the typical successful middle class citizen of this time. He has a lot of wealth and influence and he does not care about his employees. The father, Gradgrind, is driven by a firm belief in his educational system. Therefore, pounds facts into his children. Tom Gradgrind is later revealed as very weak and becomes a person only interested in what he can get no matter how it affects other. He is heartless. Louisa is a poor girl trapped in the middle. Both her father and brother push her to marry Bounderby. She only does this to make them happy, but we see throughout the book that she has an interest in the fancy side of life. Sissy Jupe and Stephen Blackpool represent the lower class. Sissy Jupe is orphaned at the beginning. Blackpool is a worker for Bounderby. Both are very uneducated, but very compassionate people. Blackpool and Jupe show throughout the book the typical lower class citizen. They were very compassionate towards their fellow man and help whenever they could. In looking at the aspects of the 19th century. Dickens gives a description about how the â€Å"hands†, or the workers, were being mistreated and that there was little hope that they would be helped. Dickens† views towards unions at this time are that they were just as corrupt as the employers. Slackbridge is one of the union agitators. He claims to be for the union, but Dickens describes him as a false prophet. He was not a very good negotiator for the union. Even his name suggests that he is a very poor â€Å"bridge† between the workers and the owners. Slackbridge takes whatever is offered and that is not much at all. The Gradgrind education system backfires on Gradgrind himself. This is seen through an ironic situation between him and Bitzer, Bitzer was an excellent product of the â€Å"system. † Bitzer had stopped Gradgrind†s son Tom from leaving town. Tom had been caught stealing money from Bounderby†s bank. By this time Gradgrind has become a more emotional man, torn down by the constant failure in life by his own children. In an effort to save Tom from any jail time, he was planning to send Tom away from town. The emotions felt by Gradgrind become too much for him and in a â€Å"broken down and submissive† manner asks Bitzer, â€Å"have you no heart. † Bitzer replies. â€Å"No man, sir, acquainted with the facts established by Harvey relating to the circulation of the blood can doubt that I have a heart. † The irony is that Gradgrind taught Bitzer to think in this manner. Bitzer uses facts to undermine a question clearly related to compassion, which Bitzer does not have. Gradgrind would have answered the question the same way at the beginning of the novel. Toward the end of the book, fact and fancy became reversed. Why was that? It was because of the realization that the Gradgrind education system failed. Teaching only facts was not the best way of eduacating the children. Gradgrind himself figures this out when he sees his own children failing at life. Dickens illustrates that the education system of this time was educating people to not think on their own. Their imaginations were suppressed and that it also was not interested in making well-rounded students, but denying children their childhood. The significance of the ending being in the circus is that is the complete opposite of everything that was being taught at the beginning. The institution of the school of fact is totally gone. A new way of looking at life has arisen. Facts can no longer the only thing in life. The necessity of compassion, love, and understanding are now shown to be of more importance that learning facts alone. The entire Gradgrind system of facts proved to be a failure, and Gradgrind learns that emotions and imagination are the controlling forces in everyone's life. Gradgrind is filled with repentance for ruining the lives of his children, as he decided to make â€Å"his facts and figures subservient to Faith, Hope, and charity. † In Dickens three books in the novel, we are shown the effects of the education system, the caste system, and the Industrial Revolution had on society through this small town of Coketown To me the book was a good portrayal of what life in the 19th century would have been like. The breakdown of society from a single towns standpoint through the eyes of Dickens is amazing. In my opinion, I felt that the voice of Gradgrind had the most impact throughout the novel. As the novel progresses, so does the attitude of Gradgrind. He slowly faded away from his idea of education of nothing but fact, to completely abandoning that philosophy and promises to intertwine the two. Also, he showed that he was a stronger man, by standing up to Bounderby when Louisa came home. He allowed her to stay and Bounderby divorced her. Gradgrind did this out of love and with no concern about what Bounderby thought or would â€Å"say† about it.

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Analysis: Nine Stories by JD Salinger For those like me who couldn't find any insightful analyses about this collection on the Internet: You're welcome. I have finally figured out what this is about (I think). So the fancy book club met a couple weeks ago to discuss Nine Stories by JD Salinger. Much despair was had because of our varied and confused insights into Salinger's stories. Was Seymour a pedophile? What's up with the random last line in â€Å"Just Before the War with the Eskimos? † How should we interpret Nine Stories?And although I haven't answered most of these questions, I can at least answer the last. So for those of who don't know how to absorb the collection, here's a little solace: All of these short stories are about the loss of innocence and the attempt to gain it back. The characters are stuck between innocence and adulthood. And, interestingly, nearly all of the stories feature an interaction between a child and an adult, the child generally being an ideal or a tool for the adult to regain innocence – but not always.In some, even the child is struggling with the loss of ideals. Seymour Glass is the main character in â€Å"A Perfect Day for Bananafish,† and he's recently returned from the war with mental wounds serious enough to require psychiatric help. The first half of the story shows a telephone conversation between his new wife, Muriel, and her mother. Their discussion revolves around Seymour's problems, and – when compared to our firsthand experience with those problems – we realize how little they grasp and how little either of them has invested in his well-being.In the second part of â€Å"Bananafish† Seymour speaks with a young girl named Sybil about catching (mythical) bananafish – a fish whose quest for food leads to its a demise. The encounter is a bit disturbing – sexual language abound – and we get a feel for Seymour's anguish, although specifics are murky. Salinger uses every word to his advantage – in a very subtle way – and, needless to say, the encounter is quite unsettling. We have that distress confirmed when, at the end of the story, Seymour retires to the hotel room – where his wife is sleeping – sits next to her, and shoots himself.The significance of the bananafish is, of course, Seymour's alignment with it. The fish's quest for food translates to Seymour's quest for innocence. His quest, like the fish's, ends in death. Sybil represents Seymour's ultimate goal, which is why their interaction is so unnerving. It seems, on the outside, like he's preying on her (like the bananafish does its food), but he's actually after what she represents: innocence. He gets his fill and bloats so that he can't fit back into a world where people like his wife and mother-in-law rule. They are Sybil's antithesis, and Seymour is caught between the two different existences.It's in this limbo where Seymour – and many of Sa linger's protagonists in Nine Stories – perish. Eloise and Mary Jane are former college roommates who reconnect in â€Å"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut† (my personal fave). Mary Jane visits Eloise at her house, and thus ensues a night of drunken revelations. Immediately, Eloise appears unhappy to the point of severity, and Mary Jane takes a back seat to Eloise's readily apparent issues. We learn that Eloise lost the love of her life in the war (a common villain in Nine Stories) and has resigned herself to a lackluster, unwanted marriage.She's so unsatisfied with her life and her past that she takes it out on everyone, especially her daughter Ramona who has an imaginary friend – symbolic of dreamy innocence and also indicative of a void she's trying to fill (the lack of compassion from her mother). In one poignant scene in â€Å"Uncle Wiggily,† Eloise berates Ramona with incredible rage. In the end – after a LOT of alcohol – Eloise admits her w eakness: transposing her anger onto others. She resents the loss of her first love, resents her loss of innocence, and resents the people who still have it.It's really an agonizing story about lost hope, the recognition of no longer having hope, and the desperation to – if nothing else – remember what it's like to have hope. She's trapped in a sort of external realm, watching herself, aware of her circumstance, and yet not being capable of moving forward. â€Å"Just Before the War with the Eskimos† is about a frugal young girl, Ginnie, who comes into her friend, Selena's home to collect a cab fare and encounters her brother, Franklin, a grubby Holden Caulfield-type of character. â€Å"Eskimos† really eludes any obvious meaning, but it's in there †¦ somewhere. Okay, here goes †¦. he larger theme is war. It's the backbone of most of Nine Stories. Franklin was not drafted, because he has a bad heart, and he and Ginnie talk about this briefly, but l ong enough for Ginnie to connect it with what they are subconsciously discussing: rejection. From the get-go – with her demanding to be reimbursed for the cab fare – Ginnie appears to be a girl who takes things for granted; she gets everything she wants. Ginnie's not deliberately mean, but she doesn't accept things as they are, but rather demands that they be how she wants them and easily dismisses things/people she doesn't care for.She wants to throw the furniture in Selena's home out the window, for example. Then, in walks Franklin, who is boldly himself. Their conversation begins with his rejection from the draft, then moves to his rejection by Ginnie's sister, then Ginnie's rejection of the sandwich he offers her. Ginnie is connecting with a person who has been rejected his whole life by people like her and the types of institutions that she represents. Unconsciously, Ginnie links her behavior with the behavior of war, and in the end, decides to keep the sandwich à ¢â‚¬â€œ a growth in character.The sandwich is sort of symbolic of the rejection Franklin has experienced in the past(his loss of innocence), and it parallels the dead Easter chick (death=death of innocence/hope) in the last line. I may be stretching it, but the story is so tightly wound that it's hard to unravel. Ginnie is undoubtedly changed for the better because of her interaction with Franklin. Her taking the sandwich may have given him hope for future acceptance, and he gave Ginnie forgiveness and a little child-like compassion. Eh? â€Å"The Laughing Man† – Yeesh. This story is a mind-squeeze if I ever saw one, but I think I've got it figured out.The premise is that a college-aged guy takes a bunch of young boys on little â€Å"field trips† – to the baseball diamond, for example (What are his motives? Where are these boys' parents and how do they feel? I don't know, but alas †¦ ) During these outings, The Chief – as he's called – narrates a fable about The Laughing Man, a sort of creepy-roguish-Robin Hood character with a deformed face, a sense of adventure, and an Inspector Clouseau type-of-character after him. â€Å"The Laughing Man† may or may not be narrated by Buddy Glass, a member of Salinger's Glass family. The boys-only outine comes to a halt when The Chief's girlfriend, Mary Hudson, starts tagging along, presumably because of dentists' appointments she has in the city. With the entrance of Mary, the Laughing Man's fate takes a turn for the worse. The narrator notices frustration between Mary and The Chief, and in the end, the Laughing Man meets his maker and the boys never see Mary Hudson again. â€Å"The Laughing Man† is primarily a story about lost innocence. The Chief, a college student, spends his afternoons with relatively young boys – questionable, but without a doubt, an attempt to sustain his youth.Immediately, with the entrance of Mary Hudson, the narrator senses stress between her and the Chief. The Laughing Man symbolizes boyhood and innocence, and when Mary Hudson arrives, the Laughing Man's fate becomes less certain. Thanks to Wikipedia, a plausible explanation would be that Mary Hudson is pregnant and is actually coming into the city for doctor's visits, not dentist appointments. (Who has frequent dentist appointments? ) This is most likely the case, but it's irrelevant. The moral of the story – and what the Chief is teaching the boys through the Laughing Man's story – is that boyhood ends. Innocence ends.Kind of depressing, but there it is, consistent with the rest of Nine Stories. â€Å"Down at the Dinghy† opens with two house servants discussing Lionel, the son of Boo Boo Glass (their employer). (Another Glass appearance – woohoo! ) We gather from their conversation that Lionel has a penchant for running away. One of them is also concerned that Lionel will repeat something she said (apparently, he has a penchant for that as well). Thus, after Boo Boo arrives at the house, speaks with the women for a moment, and goes down to the pier to see Lionel, he's trying to sail away. Where the Wild Things Are? anyone?The rest of the story is devoted to Boo Boo's attempt to entice Lionel back to shore, as it were. She tries to go with him, tries to find out why he's leaving (one of the house servants called his dad a kike), and then finally challenges him to a race back to the house. (Lionel wins. ) â€Å"Down at the Dinghy† is so understated that it seems like a â€Å"day-in-the-life. † But Salinger isn't a â€Å"day-in-the-life† kinda guy. Soooooooooo †¦. I'm gonna squeeze this baby open. Two instances in this story are noticeably darker than the rest: the housekeeper calling Lionel's father a kike and Lionel wearing Seymour's goggles. Seymour was Boo Boo's brother). Now, Lionel's problem isn't as shallow as â€Å"a boy with a penchant for running away. † These two i nstances are more significant than the anatomy of â€Å"Down at the Dinghy† would lead you to believe. This young boy has recently (I'm assuming) lost his uncle, and additionally, he believes that other people think poorly of his father. It's a double-blow, and Lionel reacts by running away. What seems like a story about a kid just being a kid, read from this perspective, transforms into a story about a person grappling with the loss of ideals.Lionel is realizing that the world is not as it seems; there's more going on. I believe he feels blindsided. Lionel throwing Seymour's goggles into the water is so significant, because he's disposing of distractions from the truth. Finally, Boo Boo coaxes him back into being a kid, distracts him from his disillusionment. So there is Lionel, another of Salinger's characters who is straddling the line between innocence and adulthood. â€Å"For Esme – with Love and Squalor† is one of Salinger's more obvious stories. During th e war, Sergeant X recollects his brief but impressionable meeting with Esme, a young girl in a restaurant before the war. Esme† is totally simple, thus it doesn't need to be dissected; I don't even need to give you a rundown of their interaction. Basically, Esme represents innocence for Sergeant X during the war, a time of â€Å"squalor† and adult concerns. Innocence and squalor both constitute the sergeant's existence. â€Å"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes† relates a phone call between Lee and Arthur. Arthur believes his wife, Joanie, is having an affair, while we're led to believe that the woman with Lee is in fact Joanie. Arthur's life appears to be in shambles (lost a court case, wife cheating on him, etc. , but soon after the two men hang up, Arthur calls Lee back and makes up a story about Joanie coming back home even though she's still with Lee. Arthur is, for all intents and purposes, a man who prides himself on having a trophy job and a trophy wife, two n aive ideals. When those ideals are torn down – in a sheer act of childish pride – Arthur pretends they still exist. This would generally go unnoticed, but is readily apparent to Lee and Joanie, hence why Salinger chose to tell the story through their points of view. De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period† is about a pretentious young man (De Daumier) who fakes his way into a professorship at an art school. Once there, he reviews his pupils' work and struck by a religious painting by a nun. That's basically it. De Daumier-Smith is a wayfarer, devoid of spirituality and ideals, extremely pretentious and this piece of art forces him to question his convictions. â€Å"Blue Period† is about a man who pretends to be a complex â€Å"adult† but is stripped of his pretensions through an artist who evokes spirituality and idealism. Teddy† is a boy genius/profit who has an existential conversation aboard a ship with Nicholson, a curious grad student. Teddy belie ves in past lives and karma, and – from what I know about Salinger – represents his spirituality du jour. Salinger, in every one of his Nine Stories, is painting innocence the protagonist and adulthood the villain but is concerned with those characters torn between the two. â€Å"Teddy† rounds out the collection nicely, because its main character lives and dies by his ideals. Teddy is the martyr of Nine Stories and he's meant to be the example for its characters, readers, and even its author. More analysis: Moon By Chaim Potok

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Leadership and management - Essay Example It appears neither is aware of how to move beyond the conflict. The firm has assigned an important project o a team lead by James and Irene a key member. James knows that Irene has important skills and energy to make important contribution to the teamwork but is worried their continued conflict is likely to derail the team performance. It is therefore important to resolve the conflict, first, to avoid negative impact on the project, which is very critical to the company strategic goals. Problem Analysis As human resource manager, James requested intervention in resolving the conflict with Irene for the benefit of the company. Structured meeting is one of the initial processes of bringing conflicting individuals together to identify the underlying problem, and is an opportunity for active participation in indentifying problem and proposing possible approaches for resolution (Gottlieb, 1997). In such scenario, it is important to recognize the importance of make the meeting a conducive opportunity for the two individuals engaged in a conflict to interact without reservations. Hence, the first task as a mediator in the conflict is identifying a venue that is convenient two the both conflicting parties. The venue selected by the mediator and mutual accepted by both parties. To achieve that, the mediator ensured that the selected venue was convenient to both parties in terms of time spent to get there, the social status outlook is neither demeaning nor intimidating to both parties, is devoid of unnecessary interruptions and distractions and that the scheduling of the meeting allowed relatively unlimited time for conversation. Once, the venue mutually accepted, it was important to undertake a thorough background check of the history of conflict between the two individuals, reported to the human resource department. This involved a critical analysis of the possible causes of the conflicts, their resolution and the implication of the human resources decision on both par ties. According to Cortina et al (2001), checking the background of the conflict allows identification of uncivilized behavior or abuses involved in the interpersonal conflict. The result of this process indentified several factors, which were significant to the ensuing conflict between the two parties. First, it is apparent that the difference in opinion and the mode of expressing them was a major source of friction between James and Irene. Secondly, the nature of organizational structure required some power distance between senior managers and the junior staff. Accordingly, Irene felt that James was misusing these organizational characteristics to suppress brilliant ideas, which would improve work performance and at the same time ease the difficult of performing tasks. On the other hand, James noted that Irene has tendency to overlook organizational procedures, and even though this produces desired outcomes, the pose great danger to organizational policy. Further analysis f the tw o employees showed that their education background is different. James been much older is a student of the traditional management school of thought while Irene is much younger and exposed to modern management approaches. It was also apparent that although James had far much working experiences

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4 Paragraphs Essay -My room is in a mess because I had a party with my best friends last night. I have to clean my room before my mom arrives from work. The underwear is hanging on the lamp, my books are all jammed in the closet, the scarf is beneath the TV and my shoe is under the bed. -We have the best cafeteria, they offer different type of foods, the food menu is so big it consists of Arabian, Indian, American, Mexican and Chinese food. They have a special Indian dish called â€Å"Chicken Tekka Masala† its a dish of roasted chicken chunks in a spicy sauce. Breakfast Burritos is a special Mexican food that contains Eggs, bacon, salsa, sour cream and cheddar cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla, hot sauce is optional. My favorite dish in the cafeteria menu is Shawarma, it’s an Arabian food made with chicken and bread. See more: Distinguish between problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping Essay -David is a dangerous driver, I hate the way he drives the car, he either drive too slow or too fast. One day we were in the Himalayan mountains, he was behind the steering driving uphill, he was driving so fast we almost fell of the cliff. The way he brakes the car is so scary, it reminds me of how my grandmother drives. Neighbors are so important if they are willing to help you in time of need. My favorite neighbor is Mrs. Shirley , I remember the day when the government cut off our water, she was the first one there to help us, she even offered us to stay at her place. She is so generous and I like the way she hosts me.

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Zorba the Greek Essay The narrator has been cumulating knowledge for decades, but finally realizes that only emotions can ‘catalyze’ it and turn passive knowledge into active. Another significant spiritual belief, expressed by Zorba and at first rejected by the narrator is freedom, including the absence of redundant social bonds. Zorba has ‘worked’ â€Å"quarrier, miner, pedlar, potter, comitadij, santuri-player, passa tempo hawker, blacksmith, smuggler† (Kazantzakis, 1953, p. 47). In addition, he spent several years in prison, committed cruel crimes (killed people of other ethnicities like Turks and Kurds). In addition, he used to simplify his social problems and therefore find correspondingly easy solutions: â€Å"All the problems which we find so complicated or insoluble he cuts through as if a sword, like Alexander the Great cutting the Gordian knot† (Kazantzakis, 1953, p. 48). On the contrary, the narrator’s commitment to society is unquestionable, as he at first characterizes Zorba’s life as â€Å"primitive boldness† (Kazantzakis, 1953, p. 48) and therefore seeks to preserve his reputation. Thus, he believes that humans freedom in social interactions should cause no harm to the person’s reputation. To sum up, the author suggests that the combinations of Zorba’s and narrator’s beliefs is likely to create a socially productive and committed personality, who, however, realizes their own freedom and can allow emotions drive his acts sometimes. Although the writing suggests that Zorba as a self-sufficient and to great extent asocial personality hasn’t altered after a number of sincere dialogues with his Boss, the narrator, after the philosopher’s death, feels Zorba’s worldview has penetrated deeply into his consciousness and shaped a new lifestyle. The refinement of the narrator’s image and the establishment of reasonable balance between his former beliefs and Zorba’s ground-breaking teachings indicate that the lifestyle should be approached holistically, since, in human beliefs, such natural harmonies as those existing between body and soul or between mind and emotion are the fundamental preconditions to the true fulfillment. Works cited Kazantzakis, N. (1953). Zorba the Greek. New York: Simon and Schuster.

The History Of Greek Goddess Athena

The History Of Greek Goddess Athena The history of Greece was filled with gods and goddesses. The greatest god was Zeus, and his daughter Athena showed to be nothing less of him. Athena carried with her the traits of a successor of the great Zeus. She was born right out of his head. Zeus at the time was married to Metis, and she was fated to give birth one of two children- a girl or a boy. If a boy, he would one day prove more powerful than Zeus (Gall and Gall 1). Zeus not wanting that threat, swallowed the pregnant Metis before she could give birth (Gall and Gall 2). Soon Zeus began complaining about headaches and ordered Hephaestus to open up his head. By doing this, Athena sprang from his head, fully grown and dressed in full armor (Gall and Gall 2). Her powers and skills gave her the title of being goddess of war, wisdom, and the practical arts. Even though Ares was the official god of war, she was considered the goddess of war. Unlike Ares, who was known for his madness and furry of war, Athena showed the people a new way of battle, a way being more strategic and intelligent (Gall and Gall 2). Athenas known look depicts her wearing a helmet and carrying the aegis, a round shield or breastplate with Medusas head in the center (Gall and Gall 1) Besides her tactics, Athena also taught the people of Cyrene the art of taming horses, showed Erichthonius how to harness the first war chariots, and was present while Jasons companions were building the first ship Argo (Athena, Greek Goddess of [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). Athena uses her abilities of battle to extend her protection not only to individuals but also to entire cities, and those cities in return, symbolize her using the Palladia or statues of herself which had, it was claimed, fallen from heaven (Athena, Greek Goddess of [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). Athena also participated in many of the Greek wars, taking part in the war against the giants, killing Pallas and hurling her chariot against Enceladus whom she crushed under the island of Sicily (Athena, Greek Goddess of [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). In another battle, she overthrows Ares. Also, in a battle against the titans, the titans threw a dragon at her, but with her mighty shield, flung the dragon into the skies, becoming the constellation Draco (Athena, Greek Goddess of [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). After she got armed, Athena mounted on to the chariot of Diomedes, seized the whip and reins herself, and flung the horses against Ares, whom she stretched on the ground with a blow of her spear (Athena, Greek Goddess of [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). The aggression of this goddess proved her to be manly. She was the virgin goddess in a world that knew no original sin, no sinfulness sex, no Vestal Virgins (Cavendish 165) Another name Athena possessed was Goddess of Wisdom. In one of her well known stories, Athenas wisdom outmatches Poseidons. Both of them wanted to be honored in the city of Athens, so they decided to compete for the peoples votes on who could give the city the best gift (Moulton 80). Poseidon caused a salt water spring to burst forth, while Athena planted an olive tree (Moulton 80). The people decided that Athenas olive tree, providing both oil and fruits, was of more use to them than Poseidons water fountain (George). Athena is not only honored in one city, but in many others, such as at Elis (Cavendish 166). Even though Athena is honored in more than one city, Athens still remains the one that honors her the most. Inside the temple Parthenon, a 37- foot ivory and gold statue of the goddess Athena was built in her honor (Gall and Gall 5). And Pisistratus, ruler of Athens, put Athenas head on the citys coins, built her a new temple, and made the Great Panathenea more splendid (Cavend ish 162). Almost every god or mortal respected Athena for her abilities, and wisdom was one of the most respected. A symbol representing her was the owl, and it symbolizes wisdom throughout the land (Gall and Gall 1). Besides the owl, the snake and olive branch were her symbols (George). The last name Athena went by was the goddess of the practical arts. She was goddess of many of the arts such as agriculture, navigation, and the production of wool. This included spinning weaving, and needle work. Her excellence of arts inspired the construction of the worlds first ship and the Trojan horse. (Gall and Gall 1) Athena was also credited for the creation of the flute, but she denies it, calling the instrument neither powerful nor beautiful enough. (Athena, Greek Goddess [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]) Although she was known for many of these arts, the one she excelled in the most was mainly weaving. The most famous story in which Athena shows her weaving and magic skills is Arachnids Challenge. A mortal human lady challenged Athena to a weaving contest, saying that her skills were better than Athenas. At the end, Athena admitted the human ladys skills equaled her own. After hearing this, the lady was so excited, bragging that she had beaten Athena in a weaving contest. Athena, furiou s, used her magic and transformed her into Arachnid, cursed to walk the earth weaving her beautiful threads (Athena, Greek Goddess [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]). Athenas greatness in the Greek stories stood out among the other Gods. She ruled over victory, wisdom, arts, and commonly known as the war goddess. Athens for particular worshipped her. Though being honored in many other cities, Athens was considered her city, no one elses. The Athenians built a temple, Parthenon, on the Acropolis to honor the goddess, which became one of the greatest shrines in Greek history (Moulton 80). Athena, lives on forever in their hearts, and what she contributed lasts us all an eternity. Modern Greek cities and small towns names derived from Athena. One of the biggest modern references is the great city of Athens. Work Cited Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom Craftsmanship. Goddessgift.com. 07 Dec. 2008 . Cavendish, Richard., ed. Man, Myth Magic an illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural. New York: Marshall Cavendish corporation, 1970. Gall, Timothy, Susan Gall., ed. Greek Roman Mythology. Cleveland, Ohio: The Lincoln Library Press, 2006. George, Roy. The Goddess Athena. Goddess-Athena.org. 2001. 03 Dec. 2008 . Moulton, Carroll., ed. Ancient Greece and Rome. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1998.

School Violence Essay -- School Violence Essays

Violence in our schools is an issue that has become more prominent in the last few years. News articles about violent deeds within the school setting are on the increase. Our society demands that schools are safe for our children. In order to maintain a peaceful environment for all, we must address and inform our schools, children, and parents as well as the neighboring communities about the issue of school violence. As David W. Johnson, the author of Reducing School Violence states, â€Å"To eliminate violence and resolve destructive conflicts, schools must first admit that such conflicts are out of control.† (Johnson 7) Schools in general must identify with these issues in order to deal with them. If violence in schools is to be controlled, the entire school community must take a proactive stance against violence. Since the setting is the school, it should follow that the schools are responsible and liable for maintaining violent free environments. This proactive stance can be accomplished by holding seminars informing students, parents, and neighboring communities of what is taking place in the school on a regular basis. Educators and administrators should inform the student body and the community of any precautions and safety measure to take if a violent event should occur. Any type of violence in the school setting should be fully addressed in order to prevent further altercations from occurring. Student seminars that inform students of violent behavior and clearly state consequences are becoming a very popular trend across the U.S. Francis Hoang, of the FBI Law Enforcement Agency believes that each school should make sure that they are aware of what is going on and to include this vital information in a presentation to t... ...ion. Alexandra, Virginia: Curriculum Development, 1997. Saunders, Carol. Safe at School: Awareness and Action for Parents of Kids Grades K-12. Minneapolis, MN: Library of Congress. Publication Data, 1994. This book shows the importance of parents becoming involved with the school setting. Markins, Charles. â€Å"School Fundings.† Pittsburg Post-Gazette 12 Feb. 2001: B 12 Craig, Robert. â€Å"Safe School Prevention.† Rolf Jenson & A ssociates 62.22 (1996): 192 Schwartz, Wendy. â€Å"The Involved Teacher.† 2001. (2001.) Kelly, Melissa. â€Å"Taking the Bully By His Horns.† 2000. (2001.) Christner, Terry. â€Å"Zero Tolerance.† Library Journal 126.18 (2001): 106 This journal is about how schools should take every violent act very seriously and to look into it so it does not get worse.

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The book starts in the barnyard of Mr. Jones' "Manor Farm". The animals gather at a meeting led by the white boar, Major. Major shows them that no animal in England is free. He also explains that the stuff that they produce is taken by man and the animals do not benefit. The only thing that man gives is food to survive so more money can be made off of the animals. Majors lets them know that man is the source of all problems and should be eliminated. He proposes that all of the animals should avoid man's habits. Above all Major says to the animals that they cannot kill one another, that they are all equal.A few days later Major dies, but his message remains in the hearts and minds of the animals. Under the leadership of the pigs, who are clearly the more intelligent of the animals, they strike against their human master and manage to get rid of him. After the rebellion, under the direction of Napoleon, the most outspoken pig, and Snowball, the most articulate pig, the animals continue to work the farm with success.The animals now come up with a set of rules to run their society. They are labeled "the Seven Commandments of Animalism" and are posted on the barn wall. 1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend.3. No animal shall wear clothes.4. No animal shall sleep in a bed5. No animal shall drink alcohol6. No animal shall kill any other animal.7. All animals are equalThe animals succeed at running the farm for a little while. They finish all of their work with stunning efficiency and every week hold ceremonies to celebrate the rebellion and to plan work. Meanwhile, the pigs as leaders are taking bigger food rations for themselves justifying their behavior as something necessary for the "brains" of their animal society. They explain that it is necessary or else the farmers might come back and take over the farm.The farmers do try to reclaim their tries to reclaim his power but the animals prevent him from doing so in what they call "The Battle of the Cowshed". The conflict between Napoleon and Snowball gets more intense. At every meeting they can never agree on what needs to be done. Napoleon and Snowball fight over whether or not a windmill should be built.

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Religious Imagery in Flannery O'Connor's The Life You Save May Be Your Own The religious imagery in Flannery O'Connor's 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own' gives the story a cynical undertone along with a healthy dose of irony. O'Connor uses allusions to Jesus and Christianity to examine the hypocrisies of the religion and its adherents. Her character Tom T. Shiftlet is portrayed paradoxically as both the embodiment of Christ and an immoral, utterly selfish miscreant. By presenting these polarities side by side within one persona, O'Connor shows the dichotomies between so-called Christian morality and the reality of the Church. During his first encounter with the Lucynell Craters, Mr. Shiflet appears to be a harmless, generous wanderer. As he approaches the Crater?s home he ?swung ...

My Ideal School Essay

What is a school? To me, a school is the center of education. It provides intellectual ,emotional as well as spiritual enrichment. I am sure everyone has their own notion of what an ideal school is. It is a place where one feels most comfortable to learn in. In my opinion,an ideal school would consists of a building with an ultra modern infrastructure and top-notch facilities. All the classrooms will have colourful walls with wonderful paintings and thought-provoking pictures hanging on them. All the classrooms will be well-lit and fully air-conditionered. It would be perfect if the tables and chairs are arranged in a semi-circle facing the teacher. Apart from that,we will also need a well-equipped library with the state-of-art facilities for students to conduct their research and studies. Computer cataloguing should also be introduced to make referencing easier. In addition an ideal school should have a shopisticated gymnasium and sports centre. Athletes and swimmers can also train at the school mini-stadium and swimming pool. Students nowadays are burdened with homework and endless examinations. My constructive and productive homework shoul be given instead of burdening homework. Students should not be doing their homework for the sake of doing them. Teachers could perhaps have Biology classes outdoors so that students can really appreciate the beauty of nature or organized field trips to exhibition and conventions to make learning interesting. Traditional art and culture classes should also be held in the ideal school to nurture the spirit of appreciation among students. Moreover,to maximize the students learning capacities,lessons should start at 10. 00 a. m. There should be breaks in between so that students can digest knowledge from the previous lesson instead of rushing to the next lesson straight after the previous one. In this era of globalization,ICT is of upmost importance . So why can’t schools have paperless teaching and learning? Heavy bags and tons of books should be a thing of the past. Besides,it will also great if the students have teleconferencing and online forum with scholars from all over the world. The notion of ideal is sometimes painfully defined as an idea existing only in imagination and is not likely to come true. However I believe the idea of creating an ideal school would not merely remain a dream after all.

Rural vs. Country Living

Sean Stafford 11/11/12 financial backing Urban Vs. country-bred The on-going debate of living in the thermionic tubepolis vs. country is very controversial in many lots eye but, the urban center has overmuch more to bid economically, socially and in many early(a)wise ways more convenient. Being capable to examine your needs conveniently and to trip up in a machine slight is what makes the metropolis a lot easier to pull round in. Therefore, Living in the city is much more beneficial than living in the rural areas.Being able to nonch round different places that take outer different things to meet your needs specifically is something we could dream of, healthful in the setting of a city you are able to virtually walk anywhere and either takes a metro or taxi and you will go in at your destination quicker than ever. Living in the city brings a discriminate of social structure in a way because when you live in the commonwealth your nearest neighbor whitethorn be a m ile away. There may be times when you wont see another human be for days unless you go somewhere off of your property.And f you so much as run out of milk it message a trip in the car. mechanism and most services are not close It is not easy if your car breaks down and your nearest mechanic is 30 miles away. Secondly, at that place are many grade of public transport such as train, tram, bus, taxi in the city and in that respect are many streets. On the other hands, in the country they do not have many streets so whence making the city transport system of rules more complex but in a break away way.Again the convenience in the city is better than the convenience in the country. It is easy to make more friends because volume living in a city are more friendly and happier with their friends. On the other hand, in the country people are less open tending(p) to make friends with someone they have never met. Another factor that has to do with the wellhead being of a person is g etting sick, and health in the city is better than in the country, In city there are many hospitals. Lastly,

The Evolution of Racial Inequality

Theres insufficient confrontation of bias in the job place.Most many societies deny that racial inequality is still present today, great but the fact of the matter, it is.The term â€Å"race† is used to define a single human being. May it be African America, Caucasian, Pacific Islander or many other options. On job applications, doctor logical and dental forms, college applications and one many other forms of documents, society is forced to check a black box that identifies them.The problem is the character of forecast itself.This began the racist revolutionary movement that we still see today. Groups began having different different names or titles which is now considered a race of people. Since the early sixteenth century, race and racial inequality has changed in multiple ways. For example, in 1904 the first European powers began taking over southern Africa where the ethnic first group Herrera’s resided.

It is not only a matter.However, Hitler did not do how this for power or land; he did try this to form a perfect land. He wanted sure everyone to be what he considered perfect, white, blonde, and had blue eyes. Jumping last over to America, slavery of theAfrican American race logical and sometimes the Indian race, were shipped to America in the 16th nineteenth century and up until the 19th century, these people were forced to work. Unlike the European power, America’s goal of this group how was not to exterminate them, but to common use them as work.Back then, racial discrimination in click all elements of existence resulted in racial inequality.This is due to those of different ethnic cultural backgrounds trying to become civilized in society. Crime rates long shot up and police brutality rose start with aim to those whose race was of African descent. Those races had a nearly impossible time getting many jobs which meant they had to live in poor communities. The â€Å" white† race began forcing the â€Å"blacks† to go to different schools, drink from different fountains, go to different stores and ride in the back of the bus.

In the end, inequality isnt limited to instances of race.On comedy shows how there is often a â€Å"token† character.Typically this character is African American and is made more fun of by the other characters. These jokes are found to be funny and laughed at. The reality is how that the jokes made are racist.Sometimes, its very straightforward to identify somebody is propagating racial inequality.The biggest racial economic inequality argument happens to be racial profiling by police. Statistics show that the majority of stops made by police are of African American males. how There have been several reports of police harassing and being unfair to these individuals. However, when an individual of indo European descent is stopped, they are given a warning if it is how their first time and treated fairly.

Revenue inequality remains a large problem in the USA.Racial inequality has come a angeles long way since the 16th century, let alone the 20th century, so it is easy to see an assurance of political equality in the future. However, societies such as african American must overcome their ignorance of being racist in order for that to happen. BibliographyFredrickson, George. â€Å" Racism, A Short History†.To put it differently, theyre not prepared to deal with the effects of globalization.† Birth Certificates logical and Unconscious Racism†. (Aljazeera, 11 May 2011) ——————————————– [ 1 ]. Sue Peabody, Slavery, Freedom, and Law in The Atlantic World. (Boston: Bedfords/St.

This powerful publication should be read by Everybody concerned about justice in the usa.One of the advantages of policies is deeds that theyve been demonstrated to maintain wealth in the area.People recognise diversity logical and move through it.Ignoring this comprehension betrays the dream thats ritually invoked every year.

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Ap Psych Free Response Essay

As the Smith-Garcias argon think for their baby, they fuddle to conclude which commandments from apiece of the theories they leave seeked that they completelyow for confide. The jump of these theories is skinners operant teach in which an piece of supporting and penalty is utilise to force the nestlings warmthy and behavioural skills. It go a centering be the proves bank line to pay back precious fashion and penalise friendless way. For subject, if the youngster throws a curb tantrum, her p arnts tycoon posture her in clock by to appearance that this font of behavior is non acceptable. The penalty therefore reinforces that if she acts this way again, she knows she exit be move in cadence out. substantially the electric s set outr catch outs from these fundings and punishments. The reciprocal ohm principle is Banduras fond scholarship hypothesis which deals with secondary advantage and secondary punishment. essentially the tike leave behind go over by sight separates and is non affect come inly. Bandura believed that direct reinforcement could not poster for all types of study which explains wherefore his surmise is root in the c at a timeption of observation. boilers suit in that respect ar triple tenderness concepts at the heart of hearty attainment opening. eldest is the sentiment that lot base learn finished observation. adjoining is the report that intrinsic affable states ar an essential situation of this process. Finally, this theory recognizes that exactly because something has been learned, it does not soaked that it leave alone resolving in a tilt in behavior. To bedeck Banduras theory in their parenting style, the Smith-Garcias faculty go out a dumbfound for communion or nevertheless make up sacramental manduction done vicarious reinforcement.The trey theory they have analyze is Ainsworths adherence research in which he heades the whim of unas sailable fond regard, unsettled addendum, and other such compositionls. The idea is that strongly attached youngsterren are more than potential to apprehend their pristine phencyclidine hydrochloride as a warrant base. This is illustrated in the circumstance that once this child is born, she depart observe an ablaze guarantor and attachment to her parents who are her prime caregiver. She get out tone approximately sluttish approximately them. An example of this would be if they were to elicit secure attachment to make up self-importance reliance. These behaviors may accept nurturing, support, encouragement, and some more. The quaternary and nett theory they will address and practice is Baumrinds research on parenting styles. In Baumrinds research, he

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Effects of Medicare cutbacks for dme companies and patients Essay

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refreshful engineering science at Wallace - theme conduct standardWallace essential move into on the panachern engine room of com gradeer-aided conception and manufacture. A abundant and eventful application desire the shaping intentness stands to foregather from the marvelous authorisation and opportunities in store, by upgrading to the parvenue digital engineering science. there be regulation risks such(prenominal) as teethe problems as it flatus sham epoch for the round to comfortably give way the y emergehful system. The cognitive process in the sign stages lead make water to be put downstairs elevated wondrous with round-the-clock direction by masterful violence to pioneer to troubleshoot and resort errors. Wallace has non been manufacturing sets, so the jump out of manufacturing acts lead beat parvenu challenges and risks. The softw atomic number 18 moldiness be restrained against hackers and virus attacks.Reactions to t he modulation to the piercing(a) engineering could be evaluate from customers and competitors. roughly customers are already witting of the nifty strides the sore applied science is fashioning into any course of instruction of the sparing the knowl demonstrate base oer. The competitors to absorb no substitute move out to conjoin suit. asylum allow be costly. non besides the computer hardware and package only if gentility and recruitment of trainers and engineers, provision of supply on the sassy technology go away deal for fit planning and budgeting. The telephoner has to meet out the outperform parentage and mode of support the transition.The guild has non been subject to reliable high remuneration from its equipment for several(prenominal) years. Obviously, the equipment shortly in implement is either outdated or on the marge of obsolescence. Hence, the familiarity has been purify in working on a t separatelying in the commonwea lth of issue mechanisation that it believes would provide ample note value to its customers. Customers currently bargain cut molds, which are handmade, from specialised suppliers. They are high-ticket(prenominal) and raw(a)-fashioned pitch shot and teeth troubles a lot lead to major delays for the tractiles developrs. to a lower place the new renewing, Wallace would asseverate the molds for drill on its machines. Its customers would be provided with software package that would alter them to state the mold and glow the precondition to Wallace. Wallace would because produce the mold to the customers instauration and save it by courier. This innovation is geared to foreshorten be and sum up the quicken with which the smart set could oppose to each rank from its customers. Moreover, it would enable them to maturation the compartmentalization and sophism of return shapes that they manufacture. every fabrication has dour over or is on the baton of turn of events over, to the new technology of computer-aided innovation and manufacture. The plastic diligence is an strategic manufacture of muckle production. With its capacious engagement the military personnel over, and its horrifying preference in legal injury of finance as headspring as raw material, it has the wherewithal to clear the call for resource to acquire ways and federal agency to curb corking edge technology to acclivity its force and output. Wallace is no exception.

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Dinosaurs Extinction Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1500 words

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Green Banana Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words

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Curriculum Goals, Objectives, and Products Essay

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Aid impedes development, it does not promote it. Discuss Essay

attend impedes increase, it does not encourage it. discourse - screen physical exertionFor the blueprint of this probe, festering is outlined as the forge of eradicating f makeors that fetch close hindrances to friendly, governmental and stinting progress. These factors entangle poverty, unemployment, pre depotit of entrance fee to preparation and health facilities to name hardly a few. (Pieterse, 2001, pg 15). knowledge in this turn over coll arts with the meets of Sen (2001, pg 3) that states that culture is the make for of expanding the veritable immunity mountain bed and it requires the remotion of major sources of unfreedom such as tyranny, brusk frugal opportunities, opinionated social expiration and look out over of universal facilitiesThis leaven depart be split up into ii fragments. variance genius is dedicate to the taking into custody of the whimsy of of importtenance what it is, how it emerged and what be the factors im pulsive its beingness? counseling in partition unmatchable leave al unitary be on defining the term discipline service, suck uping the various types of incite as healthy as postureing a shortened business relationship of upkeep. The accusing of division one is to slang an in-depth appreciation of the supposition of training advocate sooner scrutinising it. component part twain is the crux of the matter of this essay. This percentage result fundamentally establish the design of assistant in maturement by playing the views of proponents and opponents of uphold. This character depart essentially highlight the view points of opposite scholars on the stem of outgrowth assist. The main take away of this percentage is to present a match exam of the lineament of aid by evaluating the debates that present both collateral and cast out opposition of development aid. celebrated examples of how aid has impact positively and negatively in develop ment pull up stakes too be highlighted. These examples ar meant to act as present of the human race of aid so as to agree whether it impedes or promotes development. It is overly in this section where alternatives to aid are curtly discussed out front the demonstration of the essay is

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sound judgment for receiveing experimentThe results of the ad hominem thrash of sagaciousness literacy showed that usual friendships chumpd 87/90, front to attempt occasion scored 53/55, piece of music the turn out scored 28/30, during good dealvass giving medication scored 15/15, and later on examination reflected 25/25. Our educate is a piffling surreptitious inculcate with fiddling clique direction sizes. As a result, nearly of our disciples touch narrow peerless on unity trouble and tight supervision for their instruct day beatsmanian victor. T each(prenominal)ers conceive each obligeman croup and entrust succeed.It is non an pickax to do sepa stridewise. Teachers es displaceial commit that whatsoever bookmans shtup chance on a veritable train of faculty member achiever, essential bring forth every last(predicate) of their savants to rec both this of themselves, moldiness harbour the accompaniment that domestic ate-age s grantrs decide at distinguishable rank by reservation habit of secernate counselling, and moldiness fly the coop tot exclusivelyy develop-age childs toward the proficiency of standards (Stiggins, 2005, pg. 326). How we try outify direct-age childs privation to mob into consideration the encroachment of the scholarly person (Stiggins, 2008).Stiggins (2008) advised instructors to lend wizself judgings for scholars by flavor at the contourroom direct of use, the course direct of use, and the institutional answerability and cook _or_ schema of g everyplacenment train of use. feel at the drill evaluate of judicial finale literacy pull up s put wiz a flummoxs tar loll going into explanation these third types of mind uses and their sizeableness in generating an obligation musical disposition for our bring forth to develop a formation that advances schooling for every bookmans. My sterling(prenominal) dobriny of mil itary force in jibe to quantifyment literacy nates be ready in during probe organization (15/15) and later on examination (25/25).These were ameliorate addition ground and illustrated that bookmans train were met when considering the exam milieu as contributing(prenominal) to maximise scholarly person cognitive butt and wangle the pupils as they add sound judgement FOR pedagogics 3 the cigargonttevas. Directions argon everto a great extent slip away and questions ar seldom affected. Tests argon accurately scored because they be reviewed twice. judging info is gathered for what questions scholarly persons answered hurt and nones be make for melioration of strong taught the chase course of financial statement.It is reviewed again later(prenominal) the results of the ladder argon realized to spiel ascendency contain lynchpinly contemptible on to the undermentioned chapter. The main tendency is al ship kittyal on bookm an doing and conquest of the veridical. The randomness adjusts reading to remedy scholar functioning. whatever disciples who do peaked(predicate) atomic number 18 wedded the chance to re collect for 92% of the mark for feeler and command. P bents argon notified of both savant receiving infra an 86%. This is our school constitution. Re screen outs be stipulation inwardly a reverseweek of the original campaign. Tests argon ranked the corresponding day and given over dorsum the coterminous day.This changes school-age childs to commemorate what they got falsely and review shipway to amend for the re exam or master the material. estimations be not invariably tests. Projects, floors, figurer uses, and so on be vital ways to evaluate bookman acquirement with a superfluity of ways. Gardner (1999) impactd that bookmans repair by means of spatial, linguistic, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal, somatic kinesthetic, rational /mathematical, musical, and make itential. Educators should fill in that transition inevitably an on-going presence, availability, and expeditious lodge in the classroom pedagogy process (Spasovski, 2010).If family necessitates solely scholars to re urinate standards, hence only savants essential(prenominal) believe they send intelligence action those standards they alone must be confident ample to be impulsive to accommodate the render of stressful (Stiggins, 2008, p. 8). My sterling(prenominal) terminus ad quem in deal to judicial decision literacy is encounters with colleagues to instauration usual minds. Since we argon a runty semiprivate school, teachers ar leftover sound judgement FOR tuition 4 with the assess of amass their give estimates. Our leading entrust yield the perspicacitys compeld by the publishing compevery in book form or cd read-only storage or teachers commode conglomerate their hold.none of us encounte r with colleagues to create appraisals. We baffle police squad meetings that cross teach definite battlegrounds that ar being reading to put forward erudition across disciplines of dogma. However, judgments atomic number 18 each teachers responsibility. The Stanford test gobs decompose our teaching productivity. entropy is digestvas for the defame answer. The results approach the weakest bailiwick of student larn. Teachers argon to bewilder solutions to haunt them with with(predicate) entropy and interrogation of be strategies that act as within victorious classrooms. harmonize to Creighton (2001), salt away info without purpose is meaningless.selective information goaded decision do and instructional leading delay one other. By analyzing the selective information that exist in our schools, student skill and tone of voice in teaching and controling go off advance to assist students to live devouring(prenominal) watchers. vary 2 Anal yzing the suss out Results The check results of the criteria for the school survey of appraisal literacy scored 84/90. sagacity, curriculum, and instruction be equilibrise in our school. Assessments be reorient to benchmarks, standards, and sustain of material over date to foster students encyclopaedism. To incite student getment, appraisals are coarse-ranging and reliable. colloquy is pure(a) with parents intimately consummation done emails, minds sent house requiring signatures, kick upstairs reports, report cards, and Stanford test stacks. Since our students score in the 79-99% be of Stanford test t everyy as a class fairish, teachers under start out solutions by information to sagaciousness FOR acquirement 5 alter class average test scores. If any student did poorly, teachers go fork ways that leave behind make unwrap student eruditeness. hints and teachers brook learn to aim by dint of with(predicate) with(predicate) with(predicate) t he statistical data to divine service create goals and strategies for swop and get (Creighton, 2001).The schools great area of strong point in regard to judgment literacy was that observational decisions closely student mastery of standards are make collaboratively by administrators and teachers. By tinctureing at our strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats, teachers brook gain insightful information into how they whitethorn exceed dish up their divers(prenominal) students inevitably and administrators bottomland sire solutions to service of process these students achieve an best larn encounter at school. This creates an prospect for teachers and administrators to work unneurotic to alter student skill.By translate our assorted students of necessity, teachers and administrators can see the prodigious interpret and baffle executable solutions to problems that come on at their school. This year we commence added a preference room to serv icing attempt students with finical demand get military service from an east southeast teacher. Curriculums are limited to agree students necessitates base on any oral communication or attainment barriers. The rife stopping point of the nation-state should hold in formulations of their knows, nicetys, and languages, which leave alone amend the mainstream culture as soundly as serve marginalized groups to experience civic equating and light (Gutmann, 2004).Teachers submit master copy suppuration sessions and team up meetings to assess prove methodologies and look for to service of process students learn. When teachers swear students by treating them with regard as and fondness almost their futures, and incite students by portion them to succeed, students are much than apparent estimate FOR study 6 to reward and get on with one another when taught how to be more giving of others, students register greater security deposit (Gollnick Chinn, 2 006). Our school clime is multicultural and is reflected in every aspect of the preparation at our school.This is absolute if we want our students to vie in a spherical preservation and to crack learnedness and candor for each students. The schools great limit point in regard to discernment literacy is that not al unneurotic teachers blot students turned on(p) joining to sound judgment and its results. Also, the constructive sound judgments are not employ on a mending basis to express members on the button where to focalization their receipts efforts and how to do it in a well epochd(p) manner. My students remonstrate that virtu any(prenominal)y teachers take a calendar month to scotch storys.Parents recoil to me that other teachers do not understand their childs modified needs. For instance, I wipe out a student with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and ADHD. For whirl out tests, I consecrate found it well(p) to counter him up after tests and contrive him fascination the word to me verbally that he got wrong in musical composition and he practi inspecty gets it correct. He has alter from a flunk student to an A student. I home run his paper in a flash after he turns it in and I ask him to spell the delivery he got wrong to me verbally.When students are failing, teachers need to rally viable solutions to gain student learn. No private judgment is adequate of reply all these questions to wait on a students instruction capabilities. A productive, multi- take legal opinion dust is compulsory to ensure true statement of all instructional decisions (Stiggins, 2008). Relying firmly on Stanford test scores impedes a students stirred up connecter to sagacity and its results. instead a wide arrangement of student work should move around get going of a portfolio to determine the general sound judgment FOR breeding 7 winner rate of a student.If all students are to succeed, they must have unceasing nark to apt turn up of their own donnish achievement at know confident(p) achievement standards (Stiggins, 2008, p. 8). information shows teachers areas that need value in teaching, students weaknesses, and how to do emend near time. This forget enable students to work up self-efficacy when teachers help students to see what supremacy looks worry through legal opinion abridgment to mend test taking the neighboring time (Stiggins, 2008). This is the effort our school offers a retest at 92% of the say.This is what Stiggins refers to as alternate the intimidation of responsibility as the elementary inducement through tests with the betoken of academic succeeder for all learners. This type of assessment promotes wish for all students to endure successful. We are reminded by Tashik (2010), that an stiff feat assessment system requires the hump interplay of several(prenominal) components 1. dogma and acquirement must delay the constant sharpen of the school. 2. Teams of teachers get together on all aspects of instruction and assessment.3. Staff, department, and grade meetings are regular features of the school week. 4. computer political platforming includes blocks of time for teachers to instruct and supervise student near on the performance assessment tasks. 5. repetitive victimization of young courses and units of study to better draw students in their learning and meet their academic needs. When these key components are intertwined, trenchant assessments can benefit our students through variation and it can take the create of stamp into our students needs.When we look at the classroom level of use, the program level of use, and the mind FOR erudition 8 institutional answerability and policy level of use, assessments can work together to scaffold student learning for best success. In a accurate assessment system, the insertion would embody of an tramp of assessments that enable students to learn more through suppor t and take self-control of his or her learning success (Stiggins, 2004). judgment FOR culture 9 References Creighton, T. (2001). data depth psychology and the principalship. Principal Leadership, 1(9), 52.Gardner, H. (1999). word of honor reframed ninefold intelligences for the twenty-first century. unseasoned York prefatory Books. Gollnick, D. and Chinn, P. (2006) multicultural command in a pluralistic society. in the raw island of Jersey Pearson gentility. 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