Jean Valjean

People are heavily influenced by their surroundings from early ages. As a child, the only world to you is the small area in which you live, and the people within it. To you, the only way to live life is the way everyone else does around you. Even when your knowledge of the world expands, your thoughts and ideals are are still rooted in your beginnings, and they can shape who you are for the rest of your life. Marjane Satrapi, author and director of “Persepolis”, was shaped by her environment as…

Principles of Persuasion Dr. Robert Cialdini’s 1984 seminal book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion discussed six universal principles used to influence and persuade people. His ideas touch on core human values: Cooperation, consensus, reciprocity, how society views authority, and one of economics’ central principles, the influence of sacristy (Schenker, 2017). This paper explores what has become known as Cialdini’s principles and describes a past experience where this author drew upon…

A comparison of “We Are Seven” and “Ballad of Birmingham A child is often viewed as naïve, or perhaps even ignorant when it comes to the complexities of the world. Most feel as though a child couldn’t possibly fathom certain topics, or be able to ascertain a particular subject nearly as well as an adult could. For they have wisdom, wisdom that had been garnered and cultivated through age and years of experience, which a child would obviously be lacking in. Two ballads show such dismissal of…

Cognitively, Brian struggles with reading, social studies, and science, but excels in math. Reading, social studies, and science are typical subjects an English Language Learner (ELL) struggles with and because math is universal it is not as challenging for a student who’s second language is English. Although Brian’s favorite subjects are math and reading, he is in the lowest reading group in his class. He struggles to recognize sight words learned in class and uses pictures to help him with the…

How children development cognitively or how thinking develops in children is one of the subjects that Piaget study. He came up with a theory of cognitive development that stated that there are four key milestones in cognitive developments which he divided into four stages. In each stage there is different actions that children develop and until a person develops these skills, they are stuck in this stage according to Piaget. The four stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational,…

Feral children, also known as wild children, are children who have grown up with little to no human contact. They are unaware of social human behaviour and language. This leads the children having delays in the development of their neural and psychological systems which support socio-emotional functioning. There are also ethical issues that arise when attempting to re-socialise a feral child. It is important for these children to be reintroduced into human life slowly and given sufficient care…

Grasshopper on the Road, is a book imagined by Arnold Lobel. This book is intended for children of young ages. However, this book has a deeper meaning. The main character, Grasshopper decides to embark on a journey down a long dusty road that goes up hills and down into valleys. Along the way, Grasshopper meets a series of different insects. The main purpose of the book is to teach children that change is good. Arnold Lobel tries to tell the reader that everything changes. Nothing can stop…

1. She produced sketches of children and pets. That were turned into greeting cards. 2. She really did want to attend the Christmas party, but changed her mind when she saw that Mary was there. 3. In "Flagging Enthusiasm," Quinn Eli states that "no amount of flag-waving will comfort us in the end." (222) In "Flagging Enthusiasm," Quinn Eli states that "no amount of flag-waving will comfort us in the end" (222). 4. Uncle Chuck used to drink a little before he took English 099 now…

Kestrel Leung ENG4U1-06 Lindsay Smith June 21, 2017 Self Growth Growth is a natural part of being human. It does not only apply to physical development, but also mental. Room by Emma Donoghue follows the journey of Jack, a five-year-old boy, and his mother. This is a story about them breaking free from one problem and being tossed into another. From Old Nick trapping the mother, to Jack exploring the outside world, Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel Room divides the book into two parts and uses the…

Task two. 2.1 Explain the principles which underpin a chosen behaviour management model. I have chosen to look at the Dreikurs' model as I feel like the model sticks out to me by catching my interest, I feel like this model looks at all aspects of aspects for the children/ young people and their behavioural management within a setting. I believe this as The Dreikurs' Model supports teachers in the classroom to know hot to understand the management children's behaviour by not using…