The Tough

Haugh Teaching Philosophy My goal as an instructor for writing courses are to have students learn to communicate effectively. In a composition course, learning the tools to communicate competently sets the student up for success. The two main concepts which need to be covered in any basic writing course are communication and research. According to current research articles students struggle with language use and “code switching” in their communication. Kathleen Turner wrote “Flipping the…

2 McDonough.Session 1.JournalLiving a tough childhood and watching my mother suffer because she was uneducated, scared, dependent on my father and stuck in a horrific abusive marriage, has influenced me to pursue a degree in psychology.I want to understand what provokes people to do horrible acts and how to help those type of people and their victims. I want to teach women how to become more confident and independent. I want to help children, educate them to be all they can be, because they…

weren’t for the adversity. I agree with Horace being that it can be seen as true in the lives of many, including Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Beethoven, and George Washington Carver. There is a popular saying: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” This can mean that when a situation gets hard, the stronger persons take action. Adversity can also to show character in a person like being a hard worker, perseverant, and…

pursued a “tough on crime” approach to criminal justice. “Tough on Crime” are many polices made to underline strict punishment as the main response to crime activities. Many want youth offenders who are underage to be judged in the same way an adult would be judged. Others also wish there would be a mandatory minimum sentence for offenders. There is criticism for using this approach as effective as they try to make it appear. Prison inmate are dealing with many, problems. Getting “tough on…

A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent American minister and civil rights activist, argues that the combination of a tough mind and a tender heart is essential to end segregation and racism (King, Jr. 13-14). King defines a tough mind as one that is able to think sharply and decisively and make realistic judgments (King, Jr.14). Having a tough mind gives one the ability to discern what is true from what is false on their own instead of blindly accepting what they…

how it was in the dark ages. These characteristics range from not crying when they get hurt to being and playing violently. The pre definitions of masculinity in our society begins as timely as the first stages of childhood. In Jackson Katz Movie “Tough Guise”(Katz) he analyses the connection between the imageries in pop culture and the social structure of the male individuality in the United States – which media plays a particularly large role in. When adolescent men were asked what it meant to…

Teaching Children Resilience and Grit The article, “How Kids Learn Resilience” by Paul Tough, talks about how children are not being taught resilience and grit in their early years. It begins with talking about how stress is a major force that shapes the development of people in their early childhood. In addition, children who live in poverty, experience more toxic stress than other middle-class children. Then, once children are in the classroom, neurocognitive difficulties can turn into…

2:00 and felt like it was 6:00, he sat with a slump and twiddled a pen spring, in-between his thumbs hesitantly as I collected my papers to begin the interview. I am an Introverted person, someone who keeps to themselves but has a lot to say… It’s Tough. Always being in the background can feel ruff sometimes and its something that I’ve been dealing with for a wile. At the same time i love being an outsider, as my mom always said "its boring being normal” and i tend to live by this as much as i…

I am reading Pretty Tough by Liz Tigelaar, and I finished the book. This book was about two sisters who did not have anything in coming except their last name. Krista, one of the most pretty and popular girl in school did not want to be seen in private with her nerd and total freak sister Charlie Brown. When they both end up in the same soccer team, they both learn that sisters is more than friendship and that by working together they can go far. I am also reading Once was Lost by Sara Zarr,…

At some point in everyone's live we are confronted with a tough decision but the decisions Sam Houston had to make are pretty hard to beat. Sam Houston was a honest and intelligent first president of Texas who makes some very hard decisions in his life that I can fully relate to. I have had many experiences of dealing with this kind of situation in my life.Some of the hard decisions that Sam Houston had to make where how to deal with the Native Americans, vote on the Kansas Nebraska Act, and…