Self-care

Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 82(1), 40-44. Reluctant learners can be turned into inspired learners when the students are supported and challenged in an effective learning environment. Reluctant learners tend to have a low self-efficacy and are unable to complete classroom assignments. Over time learning becomes less meaningful leading to an increased high school dropout rate. It is crucial for teachers to make learning relevant with differentiated instruction, and…

Academic motivation, in summary, is how motivated a student is to complete work given within their educational environment and how certain decisions can affect their future academically which can lead to drastic changes throughout their lives. Studies have been made to evaluate the academic motivation throughout different groups with different backgrounds and different ethnicities, just to name a couple. Self­efficacy and the emotions involved play a major role with academic motivation…

Bullying is a challenging and constant issue that society faces. However, there are a lot of solutions that the society can follow to prevent bullying. Anti-bullying programs considered more effective than other solutions. Academic failure, low self-esteem,…

dollars added to the annual productive capacity of the United States.” Roosevelt had a plan to seek out people with disabilities, create clinics which would allow for a diagnosis and treatment for people with disabilities, and finally provide after-care. President Franklin D. Roosevelt also included objection to discrimination of disabled people in his New Deal plan while he was in office. After Roosevelt put forth this idea, many acts began to be passed and the disabled rights movement occurred…

A recent study from the American Journal of Child Nursing showed that self-esteem in girls significantly decreases at age 12 and does not improve until the age of twenty, thanks to a growing hatred of their bodies during their teenage years. This is largely thanks to western society as a whole, and their very narrow-minded…

The abuse of power happens when citizens aren’t given their rights. As we have all seen recently and since the 90s, police act on their own agenda. According to Bandes, “First of all, police brutality is unlikely to be inflicted on non-minority members of the middle class. One of the salient characteristics of police brutality is that it is largely practiced on poor and minority groups - in part as a way of devaluing them and demarcating them from us” (47). Yes, police have done unlawful things…

The Battle Against Insecurity One of the most fundamental human characteristics is the desire to be what you are not. Whether it be in wealth, weight, beauty, or intelligence, people aspire to be whatever they believe is superior. Yet, whenever a goal is achieved, it seems to be human nature to find something else that could be changed about oneself. In her lecture, “The Biggest Disease Affecting Humanity: I’m not Enough” Marisa Peer elaborates on how people can find confidence and become…

Happiness can be completely different for many people; for me it is spending time outdoors using my hands for work. I could never have a desk job where I just sat at a desk and played with a computer. Working outside with my hands either working on or driving tractors is my favorite choice. Some people enjoy going to the amusement parts or concerts, but I on the other hand prefer to be outside working and getting stuff done. I find crowds and packed public places to just be distracting and…

never would have me,” (Tinder, 2016). However, the app has primarily been used to find a romantic relationship. This shift in intention raises the question of whether these relationships are lasting, as well as the effect the app has on an individual’s self – esteem. The two questions stated above will be analyzed through a review of scholarly literature relevant to the topic, as well as through primary research obtained from the conduct of a survey. The results of this study will determine how…

What is protest music? In general, most people would say protest music is songs connected to current or previous events. According to Salamishah Tillet, “Young musicians, some famous, others grassroots, are finding their role in today’s social movements through a simultaneous revival and redefinition of the protest song tradition.” I agree with Salamishah Tillet that musicians are trying to find their role in life by exploring life. (I like how you put your own personal feelings you have towards…