On 13th Feb 2008 prime minister delivered his speech and apologized on behalf of all australians and saying that we are sorry for what we had done. This was a well known symbolic strategy that has a major impact on the Indigenous peoples. The main message of the speech was to apologize to the indigenous for all the mistreatment that they caused in the past and the effect that it had on them and their families. This was a way to try and remove barriers and build a better relationship and bring reconciliation one step closing by realising their mistakes and sincerely apologizing for all the mistreatment caused. Although the Apology itself did not refer to offering practical compensation to members of the Stolen Generations, it had a significant…
Dear Rachel: With deep regret and with some excitement, I am resigning as Service Coordinator 1, effective June 13, 2016. Your supervision and encouragement during the past several months has allowed me to grow in many ways. I thank you for a successful and wonderful time at PCA. I will miss you, and all my team members and other co-workers alike. Your leadership provides me with many fond memories.…
In advance of my departure, I want to assure you that I’ll be as helpful as possible during this transition and in my shift of responsibilities I shall give my full commitment. My experience with Fitness, Morale, Welfare and Recreation has been very rewarding. I appreciate having the opportunity to work for…
The book Thank You for Arguing, what Aristotle Lincoln and Homer Simpson can teach us about the art of persuasion, written by Jay Heinrichs, is a book that takes a look at the use of rhetoric in everyday life. Heinrichs is an incredibly smart man, and his views on the world are very inspiring. In this book, he gives us an incredible look into how to argue efficiently and effectively. Heinrich divides his book into five sections while using ethos as his main strategy, I connected to chapter 5 the most, and provides great insight to how using rhetoric is helpful in everyday discussions.…
The problem of “testilying” is as serious as the book Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me makes it out to be. “Testilying” leads to perjury, which is lying under oath in a court for example, meaning that if a police officer gives a false testimony the wrong person could be punished for an action not carried out by them. Nothing is done about it because it is hard to detect and the only way you could change the testimonials mind is by getting past their cognitive dissonance, which we know is a daunting if not impossible task. The first reason why testilying is out of hand is cognitive dissonances relationship to perjury.…
English is my 3rd language, but you know why I belong to Honors English class? I belong in Honors Englsih class because I want to improve my English skills and succeed in my high school years. Also I am a really hard worker and I want to be ready for college and my future. My legal name is Yonghwan Cho, but my nickname is John (name from bible John the Apostle),…
While at Otterbein, not everything has been so easy, which no fault can be put on Otterbein that is just a course of life. You overcome these struggles and you learn from them. This brings me to my family conflict paper, this paper allowed me to bring attention to an event in my life that is still new. My conflict paper was about my mom and the emotional neglect I had as a child. The paper also touches on the fraud my mother committed against me and my discovery of it my sophomore year while at Otterbein.…
Two years ago, on a Thursday afternoon, I was waitressing on our busiest days at work. I was doing fine but then suddenly, I started to feel ill. I had no idea why I felt ill, but I tried not to acknowledge it since it was rush hour. A few minutes later, I had a seizure in the dining area.…
I apologize I didn't see your dojo message. My direct e-mail is the best way to reach me, but I am typically better at seeing messages on dojo. I collect the 1/2 or whole sheets as they enter my room daily and grade/assess their answers. (It's not a grade in the gradebook). I periodically check the homework book, but not daily.…
Hate is a very powerful emotion, one that makes letting go of something impossible. Forgiveness is just as strong; it gives people the strength to move on and helps the healing slowly. Many places in the world have been victims of hate and cruelty. History itself has had its share. However, after all has happened, there are broken people.…
“I’m sorry.” Two simple words that can be articulated to mean a number of different things. Two words that, unfortunately, we have been exposed to our entire lives. Two words that are perceived as a good thing, yet in all reality symbolize the acknowledgment of unacceptable acts. When these two words are strung together to create a sentence that will invariably be answered with a quick “It’s okay”, it is easy to assess what has just happened.…
I have always considered my relationship with writing to be very insignificant. Although I enjoy spending time verbally expressing my thoughts and feelings to others, it becomes difficult when these thoughts and feelings are expressed through writing. Throughout my adolescent years, I would often receive feedback for my writing given by the teacher in the form of a grade. Being unable to effectively organize my thoughts and ideas into words and sentences, I would feel reluctant to continue writing confidently whenever I received an undesirable grade.…
Juneteenth, when the last of slaves were finally free, makes 150 years of being around. Today, Barack Obama, the first black president to live in the White House could make one of his biggest movements in his presidency: apologize for the land of the free. Obama being the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother who passed away years after slavery ended, has some ancestral baggage on slavery. Therefore, many believe no other man could make a more inspiring apology about America’s past sins. Many may argue that an acknowledgment of the wrongs done by the nation have power all alone.…
Serving in a restaurant, or any type of food chain isn’t easy. Some people know what it’s like, many others don’t. I want to explain to you the ways to becoming a good ‘sever’, in other words, so you know what it’s like. This will also be helpful to anyone who wants to know how to become a good server. If you are a one yourself, you know the in’s and out’s of it all.…
Why is it important to forgive. To forgive means to stop feeling anger towards a person or blaming them for something wrong they did. Many people think of forgiving as a reconstruction of a relationship with the person who did you wrong, but its understanding the situation and moving past it. I personally think forgiving is important for us to continue with our daily life, it makes us healthier, even happier. You might want to consider forgiving, as it means not hurting yourself anymore as emotions might get in the way and it is life changing, it makes you let go of the past that has haunted you.…