The Fix

Hooker uses Zones of Regulation in her classroom. She stresses to the students that trust is a big thing. If the students cannot be trusted to behave like first graders, then she cannot trust them in other areas such as recess. With her Zones of Regulation, Miss. Hooker uses a fix it station. After several warnings students are asked to go to the fix it station, and once she is done instructing her other students, she will go to the fix it station and have a conversation about the student’s behavior and how they can fix it as a team. A big thing I realized while observing was that Miss. Hooker is a big team player, she never makes a problem just the student’s problem, but a problem they share and can fix…

The YouTube video, The Big Fix: The 1985 Patrick Ewing NBA Lottery, indicated that the reason why the envelope was thrown in there like that was because Jack Wagner was purposely marking which envelope contained the Knicks logo. When Stern would see the marked envelope, he would go in there and pick up the envelope. After the globe was spun several times, the globe was opened and the commissioner visibly exhaled like he was deeply nervous. The video then suggested that Stern did that because he…

the most significant and popular song "Fix You" from the band Coldplay. It talks about feelings and the importance of working through difficulties. Since this hit was released, a big number of people have investigated the meaning behind the lyrics of this song. The purpose of this song by the Coldplay's vocalist Chris Martin and his band, was to motivate his wife after a hard time, losing her father (Ghosh). Thus, regretful lyrics can be found and motivational ones as well, which makes the song…

What are the benefits of code & Fix There is a few advantages to the code and fix methodology, these may be no overheads, documentation and QA processes. Generally speaking and important to note it is used in short term, simple projects that require little man-hours to complete. It is also useful for simple projects in need of proof-of concept and finally it can be advantageous for short lived demos and/or throwaway prototypes. What are the disadvantages of code & Fix? There is a great risk…

Ricki Lewis’s The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It tells the tale of gene therapy’s rocky road from a wild idea people considered to be a “daydream” to a growing field providing lucky individuals with treatment to prevent their life-shattering genetic diseases. In her novel, Lewis discusses two major biological concepts: mutation and gene expression. To give the reader the molecular basis for genetic disorders, mutation is briefly addressed. Lewis gives two different examples…

David Baldacci’s final book in the Amos Decker series, titled The Fix, is about a man named Amos Decker. After solving dozens of investigations, another case occurs right before his eyes. By piecing all of the clues together, he not only finds out the answer to the mystery, but new friends and important life lessons along the way. Through themes and other literacy topics in the story, The Fix teaches us that anything is possible. Setting is a very important factor in the whole storyline. Each…

21 Day Fix is a 21 day, three-week diet and exercise program. This program was created by Autumn Calabrese. She is a celebrity fitness trainer with personal training certificates from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA). The 21 Day Fix program originated because Autumn noticed that even though her celebrity clients were working out and eating healthy, their portions were still too big. Beachbody, LLC. is the company that…

Reader response: A long way to achieve wealth equality In the article “How to Fix Wealth Inequality” (Hecht, 2014), the main thesis presented by author focuses on the causes of wealth inequality in the USA and the attempts to solve the problems. The gap of household wealth between the colored people and the white are large nowadays, the methods of changing the landscape are still in process. The author analyzed the current situation and raised people’s awareness towards wealth inequality. This…

The company Genetic Fix is under fire today, after their new product “Forever Fido” has killed more than 8 million dogs in the past 3 weeks. The company claimed the product allowed dogs to live forever. Instead the product has produced cancer in almost all of the dogs that have been inject with this product. The company is facing multiple lawsuits on top of complete shutdown by the federal government. CEO, Christopher Holland says “this was never the intention.” The Forever Fido injection…

Contrary to what one would expect based on the title of her book, The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It, Ricki Lewis pens a narrative science focused on the milestones in the history of gene therapy, not just one success story (Lewis, 2012). Corey Haas, the boy who regained his vision after being sentenced to a life of blindness, is only one of the medical miracles mentioned; the book also devotes itself to presenting the theory and procedures behind gene therapy. As a…