Focusing

Specific Purpose: My specific purpose for presenting this speech and persuading my audience is for me to show you the dark side of standardized testing and why it may hurt a lot of students rather than helping them. I will try my best to get my listeners to join my side on this argument. Thesis Statement: There are plenty of positive and negative aspects of standardized testing but to truly determine this argument you need to learn more about the history of standardized testing, how it impacts…

department that is out there has goals and strategies for the company overall success. In this report I will be focusing on a very popular company that many are familiar with and discuss their Human Resources planning process as well as the strategic process to new employees. As well as mentioning overall responsibilities within in the company. The company that my report will be focusing on will be a very popular gym facility named Retro Fitness. When it comes to the Human Resource planning…

Conformity/ Stereotyping: Boys and Girls Toys Methodology that I would use to investigate gender differences focusing on conformity in children would be an experimental approach. Focusing on how children associate themselves and their identity by recording the descriptions children give of toys they like. In Blakemore & Centers (2005) they focused on how adults associate certain toys as being appropriate for girls or boys based on typical gender stereotyping. Boy toys were usually seen as…

almost four years now. I’m originally from Michigan where I graduated with my BS with my focus being pre-med; which my degree is in biology and chemistry. Originally, I was going to go to EMU (Eastern Michigan University) for a Masters in Nutrition focusing in nutritional research. However, my husband and I relocated to Champaign, IL where I decided to pursue a career in cytology the study of cells. Actually, my career in cytology has allowed me to study the human body on a cellular level and…

This intervention was used from the first day of school. Nevertheless, I will make a great attempt to ensure that every student, especially the most inattentive students, is leaving any task he/she is doing, focusing on me, and paying attention. Then, I will set up a clapping plan that I will start and the students will conclude. The students will be given specific instructions to stop what they are doing, do something with their hands, and have their eyes on…

The Minister's Black Veil is a parable that has to do with a minister who wears a black veil in order to represent everyone's secret sin or inner sorrow. The minister, Reverend Mr. Hooper, believes that everyone carries a sin or inner sorrow around with them that they do not make known to the people around them. He wears the black veil because although his sin is visible to everyone, everyone else carries their black veil in their hearts. Nathaniel Hawthorne in this parable wants to show that…

therapy share the common goal of helping people increase perspective on irrational, maladaptive, and self-defeating thoughts. Mindfulness can be cultivated through meditation, a orderly method of focusing your attention. Some types of meditation primarily involve concentration—repeating a phrase or focusing on the sensation of breathing, allowing the procession of thoughts that certainly arise to come and go. Concentration meditation techniques, as well as other activities such as tai chi or…

taken for granted. Everyday people complain about the most minor inconveniences despite how far the world has come, proving Louis’ statement “everything’s amazing, but nobody’s happy.” People here need to be grateful for what we have, instead of focusing on all of the things we do not have or the inconveniences that come with them. It is true that problems occur often with technology. Everyday others are heard complaining about how slow the internet connection is, or how…

As a social worker, it is our job to always focus on why society functions the way it does by focusing more on the relationships between the social change. E.g. changing of the laws, education and religion all play a major role when dealing with the public within the community. As a social worker, we practice working together to promote social justice…

consumer demographic is often poorly understood and overlooked. By focusing more on heritage and Black history, African Americans will feel more inclined to purchase products from companies that take this extra effort to understand who they are as a consumer group. According to Alexis Davis Smith, the President of Black Public Relations Society in Atlanta, companies can better reach the buying power of African Americans through focusing on their culture, lifestyle, and traditions, stating, “For…