The Praxis

A Future Audiologist Imagine waking up in the morning and your hearing has completely vanished. You will never hear anything ever again. The simplest noises that are overlooked and taken for granted you will miss. One day I want to help these people overcome their loss, and potentially recover their hearing. My dream is to become an audiologist. I’ve been interested in deafness and hearing impairments as well as American Sign Language since I can remember. As soon as I got into ASL class, I…

after effects on the Jews and making them doubt their beliefs. Another similar way of thinking to Arthur Cohen is Emil L. Fackenheim which says, “The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation, torture, and death. And the new world produced by this praxis included two kinds of inhabitants, those who were given the "punishment" and those who administered it” (Fackenheim, “Holocaust Reflections”). This shows the…

For the family interview I choose to interview my mom Laura Mahlich. I choose to interview her because she is the main person my sisters and I always turn to when we have an issue or when we need someone to talk to. When being home over the weekend I asked her if she would like to sit down with me and answer interview questions about how our family communicates and interacts with one another. I asked ten open-ended questions that lead to a long discussion and talk about our family’s…

necessary for Che’s concept of the “new man and woman” to be born. Although they each have their own ideologies, they have a common goal to educate the oppressed and their oppressors so that they become aware in order to fight for liberation through praxis of their struggle. Throughout time social injustice has been a reoccurring problem that has yet to become extinct. There have been many attempts to rid injustice, for example, the rise of liberation theology that started with the renewal of…

intellectual capability. The items cover several areas of cognitive functioning such as orientation to time and place, memory, attention and concentration, recognition of objects, Language function, comprehension and expressive speech, motor functioning and praxis. It is relatively simple to administer and provides a quick, brief index of the subject's current level of…

assessment measures cognitive as well as non-cognitive behaviors, such as: spoken language ability, comprehension of spoken language, recall of test instructions, word finding difficulty, following commands, naming objects, construction praxis, ideational praxis, orientation, word recall, and word recognition. (alz.org,…

Lartey’s book “Living Color” (Liberation As Pastoral Praxis, 2003) as Liberating “Living Color” (Liberation As Pastoral Praxis, 2003)the function of liberation involves the intricate and delicate process of raising awareness about the source and cause of oppression. Liberation theology essentially offers a standpoint and three reflective…

As a child of Syrian culture, archaic traditions defined my world. My parents, who immigrated to America in 1995, brought with them vital Syrian culture; the most important being high value placed on family. My family showed me nothing could break the ties of blood, and for that I thank them. They demonstrated to me, family was the most accepting and secure safety net to fall back on. My mother and father also taught me respect is not just a quality, it is a way of life. They told me by…

Interprofessional Journal: Teamwork in an Emergency Callan F. Vaneps Bemidji State University Interprofessional Journal: Teamwork in an Emergency While interacting with my mentor at a clinical day in the Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU), an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse came through the department walking briskly. He exclaimed that there was a patient in ICU experiencing a myocardial infarction at that moment and a student was welcome to come and observe. With permission from my co-worker…

In the essay, “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education,” Freire discusses the importance of the correct kind of formal education, otherwise known as problem posing education. It involves communication, freedom, critical thinking, creativity, and so many more aspects that allow us to truly learn. Unfortunately, there are instances when the exact opposite of problem-posing is used in the classroom. The banking concept of education describes students as, “receiving, filing, and storing” (Freire 216) as…