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Active Listening, Additional Support, and Effective Communication Active listening is imperative to be successful in any line of work, though it is specifically important in education because educators need to understand the parent’s viewpoints and feelings. Active listening can be defined as “the skill required to simply “feed back” the deeper felt message (not words) of the sender in the words of the receiver” (p. 151). Active listening involves going past listening to the sender in order to…

In this essay I will be examining the principle of direct effect and supremacy. I will be discussing how they were created and their development also the relationship between the two. I will start off by defining them first, then stating how they were created and developed and lastly discussing their relationship. Direct effect is the principle that Union law may, if appropriately framed, confer rights on individuals which the courts of member states of the European Union are bound to recognise…

Tocqueville: Final Exam In Tocqueville’s Democracy in America he is hopeful because of the similarities and sameness that American democracy and French democracy shared and continue to share. Democracy is a pivotal part to America and the way of life American’s are accustomed to. From the founding fathers to the first colonies of New England democracy has always been a part of it. A country without full democracy cannot survive, looking at slavery when African Americans were no longer allowed…

Colonizing Mars: Must or Bust? For the better part of the last century, the thought of landing man outside our planet has been an inviting target for international space agencies, distinction seeking engineers, grandeur adventurists, and dreamers of all ages. Carrying on the momentum from the Space Race and mankind's giant leap towards the moon, the next great phase in our mission to colonize outer space has been the Red Planet, Mars. The fact of the matter, however, is that the amount of…

Define direct democracy, and include a summary of its strengths and weaknesses. Assume millions of American households can be hooked up to a central computer system, and every citizen could vote on every issue before the federal government. Would such an arrangement be beneficial? Explain your answer. Direct democracy is a government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly. This form of government was started in ancient Greek areas. When it was the colonies’s turn to…

current very easily. Resistance An electron travelling through the wires and loads of the external circuit encounters resistance. Resistance is the hindrance to the flow of charge. For an electron, the journey from terminal to terminal is not a direct route. Rather, it is a zigzag path which results from countless collisions with fixed atoms within the conducting material. The electrons encounter resistance - a hindrance to their movement. While the electric potential difference established…

Epistemology and Contemporary Methodologies in English teaching Characterized by frequent change and innovation, the foundation of contemporary language teaching was developed during the early part of the twentieth century, as applied linguists as others pursued to build principles and procedures for the design of teaching methods and materials (RICHARDS; RODGERS, 2014, p. 1). The aim of the present text is to walk through the changes in language teaching through the methodologies, giving…

in a direct democracy each individual represents himself and can directly participate in governmental decisions without depending on an elected official. Governmental control is placed “in the hands of the people themselves”, assuming that the public is well informed to “make wise decisions on political matters, whether through referenda, town meetings, citizen initiatives, or other direct means” (Dalton, et al.). In this essay I will be discussing the positives and negatives of a direct…

site are caused by overhead or underground electrical lines." In an article by Darlene Bremer, she states "electrocutions kill an average of 143 construction workers each year. More than half of the electrocutions of electrical workers were caused by direct or indirect contact with live electrical equipment and wiring, control panels, junction boxes and transformers." According to OSHA, they estimate that there are approximately 350 electrical related deaths per year, which almost averages one…

Once the cross examination was done, the judge wanted a 15 minute recess. During the 15 minutes our class had an opportunity to talk to the judge, and ask him questions. The judge was a friendly, down to earth person, who like to joke around with everybody in the court. I never actually saw him put down anybody. The judge told us that he can not release too much information, because it was an ongoing trial. He also told us that there were over 6000 criminal cases, and most of them are not guilty…