Explanation

ridden prison. Explained well on Pg 98 when she describes what children should be doing ”The war has interrupted our lessons, closed down the schools, sent children into cellars instead of classrooms.” This quote is a perfect explanation to the theme of the…

Is It Interesting, Interesting Enough? To use Murray Davis' own premise, I will deny his assumption of what makes a theory interesting. Undoubtedly, his major point throughout the essay is that denying an old theory is a stepping stone for a new theory to becoming interesting. In other words, the concept of interesting correlates with refuting a previous theory: behaviorism was a response to psychoanalysis; cognitive a response to behaviorism; Marxism a response to industrialization. In these…

Political opinions are changing in Canada; many reasons can account for this, including regionalism. Regionalism can be used to explain regional differences and voter outcome, making it a powerful political tool in Canada. In this paper, regionalism will be described as an explanatory variable under the conditions of the “composition effect" and the “context effect,” building on the ideas of Cochrane and Perrella (2012). As well, the emergences of indifferent “regional political cultures” will…

There are many mysteries left by our predecessors, one of them is Stonehenge. There are many theories as to why Stonehenge was built but only some of them are actually believable. Stonehenge is one of England’s most puzzling structures, built on Salisbury plains in England; it has historians, researchers, Scientists and archaeologists very unsure of its actual purpose. Pearson (2012) think’s Stonehenge would have been built around 3100 BC and finished around 1100 BC in three stages; these dates…

“And now, with Nic in the hospital, I learn that I love him more, and more compassionately than ever” (Sheff 201). Sheff’s son, Nic, has just overdosed and is now in the hospital because of it. Often tragedies like this bring out our strongest love in people, many times we let people drift away until these tragedies happen, and it is too late. This is not the case, however, for David Sheff, who often tries to let his son drift away in hope of it helping cure him. No matter how hard he tries, he…

What is deviance, could you tell which youths are the ‘bad eggs’ and which ones you want your children to befriend? What about those who embezzle and commit fraud, are they also deviant? Being such a broad topic, is there really a single theory out there that can explain why deviance occurs. From arguments that it happens because of the culture of the lower class to issues surrounding the ego, or perhaps its environmental factors that explain deviance. I will argue that because deviance is a…

Theories are explanations of how things works and are supported by research including multiple tests of hypotheses and other theories. People’s experiences, ideologies and systematic reasoning develop the basis of theories (Robbins, Pranab & Edward 376, Hutchinson 26). In social work, theories both help us evaluate and comprehend human behavior, society, individual and social problems, and the relationships between them (Robbins et al. 375, Hutchinson 26). Developing theories help people…

Mother to Son The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, is about a mother telling her son about her hardships in life, how she is not giving up, and how he should do the same. The poem is told from the perspective of a mother to her son. The mother explains to her child how she strived to do better after the problems she encountered earlier in her life. She wants to help her son and teach him valuable lessons on how to not go down the same road she did. Through syntax, imagery, and diction;…

Teaching Bravery Reshma Saujani presented an informative speech for a TED Talk titled “Teach girls bravery, not perfection.” Reshma Saujani is an Indian woman who decide to run for congress when she was thirty-three even though the odds were against her. Reshma Saujani did not win the vote but the risk she took inspired her speech and her coding organization. Reshma Saujani believes that girls are scared to take risks. In fact, the purpose of her speech is to raise awareness about how girls…

I found Dr. Evans’ unusual approach to explaining how to deal with stress to be creative and easy to understand. Overall, Dr. Evans provided three areas to focus on in order to assist one with reducing stress, which were changing the way you think, mindfulness and attitude (Evans, 2012). The first message that I could personally benefit from was the quote he shared from Dr. William James, “The greatest weapon against stress is in our ability to choose one thought over another.” Dr. Evans (2012)…