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Residing in Babylon has been tied to my families history for decades. Us residents, our families, and ancestors have experienced first hand the impact a ruler can have on his subordinates. With Prince Hammurabi acquiring the throne through hereditary rule, he composed 282 lex talionis. I support Hammurabi to be a sincere ruler of justice and piety, because in my opinion, due to the fact that within the literature, Hammurabi enforces equality within the social classes through new methods of justice and labour, the juxtaposition between brutish yet just punishments within the new methods, tradition of Babylonian society such as faith in the Gods through his retribution within the codes, that Hammurabi, is in fact, a just leader working in favour of the collective good. Hammurabi displays his piety, generosity, and understanding of the lower class by simply stating his codes in a for of language simple enough so that not just the upper class can understand; but so can the lower class. Hammurabi proclaims “If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his own teeth shall be knocked out.” (Code of Hammurabi, #200), providing reassurance within our Babylonian society that we are seen as human beings, just like himself, and that we will be protected by the king against abuse or neglect of the upper classes, or rather anyone. Although Hammurabi claims to be “the shepherd of the oppressed and the slaves” (Code of Hammurabi, prologue), feminists may portray Hammurabi as a misogynistic…

Recently, Dr. Harvey has been unresponsive to many questions asked of him in class and has been exhibiting a “selective hearing” behavior in regards to certain conversation topics. The behavioral funnel will be used to assess Dr. Harvey’s behavior and the appropriate responses. According to Hawkins (1979), the behavioral assessment is similar to the shape of a funnel. The beginning of the assessment should be broad and consider all possibilities while having a narrow scope of the behavior.…

What is a Community of practice? Etienne Wenger informs us that a community of practice is a “Group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better”. Given these points, we all have a community of practice. In which we can relate to having a significant event that has helped us identify ourselves as experts, within our community. In my case, my community of practice involves my number one hobby which is playing the violin.…

The informative speech I gave on Wednesday about “GM Foods” did not go better than I expected that I could have done because I felt time pressure to organize a verbal outline as closer to written outline. On the topic “GM Foods”, my rhetoric was mainly to inform audiences about negative impact of GM foods on human health. The most difficult part of this informative speech for me is the topic selection. Going through the struggle of finding the topic of large public/audiences interest which can…

Parker J. Palmer is an author, educator, and citizen-activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is also the founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal. He has authored several books including, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation The Courage to Teach The Active Life A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, and Healing the Heart of Democracy. “In There Is a Season” originally published in 1999…

It begins with the night of the incident and an explanation of whites versus the non-white population’s interactions and from there follows a loose chronology of the incidents after it, along with relevant commentary of the social climate of Hawaii at the time. Rosa includes quotes from outside sources not directly a part of the case, related incidents, descriptions of the local people, the US military, and recent white immigrants into Hawaii. The book is then completed with a detailing of the…

Lennox was born on June 16, 2014. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz. He lives in Tallahassee with his mother and sister. He was born at 39 weeks gestation. He had the diagnosis of albinism and nystagmus. He is now a physically healthy young boy. He attends Bud Bell Early Learning Center five days a week. He receives monthly services from a vision coach. Vision coach uses the Oregon Assessment and reports he scored at or slightly above his age level on all measures. He has seen his physician for well-baby…

I have picked up a lot this semester, the standards, the social studies fair, and then all of the lesson plans. I enjoy how each of the topic was treated as a separate unit in the classroom. The current events is something maybe too advanced for the children the age I’m going to teach, but I think its defiantly important to keep the children informed about the world around them. During each unit I could have the children watch the news and pick something that happened, to reflect on. I have…

Happiness doesn't come through selfishness, but through selfishness everything you do comes back around. In our world today, many people show selfishness. In literature many characters portray selfishness and show throughout stories how selfish people can be in real life. Authors make the characters showing selfishness so the reader can relate. In both “The Landlady” and “The Umbrella Man,” both of the characters show the relation between characters and humans in real life. They both show the…

The Mayan Civilization The ancient Mayan lived in the Yucatan around 2600 BC. Today this area is southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Brazil and western Honduras. By 250 AD, the ancient Maya were at their peak of power. The history of Mayan civilization is divided into 3 principal periods: The Preclassic (2000 BC-250 AD), Classic (250 AD – 950 AD) and Postclassic (950 AD – 1539 AD) periods. The preclassic period of Mayans extend from 2000 BC till 250 AD. In this era Mayans switched from their…