Sociology Tutorial Assignment 1- Marxist Theory. Analyse why south Africa may (not) have been ready for socialism in South Africa. The year 1990 was a very tentative time for South Africa (Bond, 2008). The liberation organization known as the ANC had just been unbanned, and Nelson Mandela had finally been released from prison after 27 years (Bond, 2008). This uncertainty lasted for quite a while until the first democratic elections in 1994 (Bond, 2008). During this period, it was unclear what…
They are the frontline implementers of the president’s agenda in their executive departments. They observe the actions of lower-level bureaucrats who retain their jobs no matter who the president is and who don’t really care about the president’s priorities. They are chosen for a mixture of loyalty to the president…
Toxic versus Healthy Organizations Fortunately, my first high school teaching experience was at my alma mater. When I was hired, a toxic leader was on the way out, and a veteran AP grudgingly assumed power. She was just what the school needed. She embodied professionalism. I had the opportunity to work for someone with realistic expectations which were effectively communicated and modeled. Afterwards, I taught at five toxic schools, back-to-back. The people in the highest positions had the…
After reading the literature surrounding the Muskoka Initiative my research wants to address a gap in the knowledge, specifically regarding the rise of the Conservative Christian Right’s influence in Canadian domestic policy and how that effects the lack of funding for abortion in foreign aid policies. Currently, a lot of research is being done on the rise of Christian Conservatism in the United States and the anti-gay laws that are on the rise in African countries. I want to examine, in the…
There are three reasons why the founding father created a bicameral Congress. The first reason was a matter of historical precedent. British Parliament had two houses an upper chamber, the House of Lords, filled with representatives of the aristocracy, and a lower chamber, the House of Commons, filled with representatives of the ordinary people. The second reason the framers' emphasis on the idea of checks and balances. By dividing legislative power between the House and the Senate, the two…
from out of nowhere while also trying to build a functional robot. While working on the project, I was challenged and taught lessons that are not developed in basic studies. Teachers usually have an agenda for the day, but during my summer at the Summer Mentorship Program, I never had a straight agenda to follow but a due date to work for. Learning to solder in a day to frying a fretboard on the same day trained me to accept that failure was okay. Usually, one doesn’t think about failing…
decided on was, the Citizens Against All Gun Deaths movement. A group such as the CAAGD, will be a coalition of different citizens who want to end the underlying causes contributed to the national average of “32,964” gun deaths per year. I believe the agenda of the CAAGD movement, is appealing enough to attract many different groups within our society. I believe the fact that this movement covers core concerns of the American people, will make the message of the movement easier to stand behind.…
The purpose of this paper is to display the aspects of war, conflict, and peace through social media and other media in their ability to influence viewers in a matter of minutes. In the example illustrated by Friis, an American journalist, James Foley, was executed by a ISIS insurgent dressed in a black-clad who in a four-minute video posted to an account on a social networking platform, was executed in a video titled, “A message to America”. In the video the ISIS insurgent condemns the American…
There are many things you can do to be a successful student such as take good notes, study those notes, and manage you time and work space. Keep an agenda so you know what you should be working on and what can wait. Don’t put work off to the last minute, all ways get your work gone before hand so you don’t have to worry about anything being late. Don’t multitask because you could get confused, forget…
simple fact that students need more sleep. With the strict school schedule students do not receive adequate sleep. With eight hours of schooling a day and an average of two to three hours of homework a night, students do not maintain a healthy sleeping agenda. It is recommended students receive an average of nine hours of sleep a night. This would leave no time for extracurricular activities as well as some social activities. This is why some health professionals argue it would be beneficial to…