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Discriminatory policies or practices are “actions taken by representatives of the organization that deny equal opportunity to perform or unequal rewards for performance.” (Robbins & Judge, 2013) As human beings we discriminate towards others based on stereotypes, they are our opinions, information that we have acquired in our education and in our environment. When we look at discriminatory practices, we look two forms, surface level diversity and deep level diversity. Biological characteristics,…

McCandless lived an incredible life. He dared to live in a way that reflected a transcendental lifestyle, something that we do not see much of nowadays. McCandless traveled all across the west, looking for that final, sweet adventure and ended up in Alaska, starved to death. The peculiar thing about this though, is that McCandless seemed to have no regrets. McCandless lived a unique life by the transcendental actions of reducing dependence on property and self reliance. Chris McCandless…

The American Government was officially established in 1789, and was created by the people for the people. As American citizens, we are encouraged to influence the government. When an individual, or a collective group opposes a law because they find it unjust, we are urged to fight for what we believe in. Civil disobedience is a practice used throughout history that peacefully protests the government in situations one opposes. The practice of peacefully resisting laws positively impacts a free…

Britton, L. M. (2013). African American Women in Higher Education: Challenges Endures and Strategies Employed to Secure a Community College Presidency. National Louis University. Chicago, Illinois. In this study, the researcher selected four community college presidents (three were sitting presidents and one was president before immediately being appointed as chancellor). They were located in various areas: (a) urban, (b) close to multi-campus community college districts, and (c) the Midwest.…

This week’s topic consisted of culture and aging it went as far as defining culture. The part of the definition for culture that I gravitated to the most was “An integrated pattern of human behavior which includes but not is included to: thought, communication, languages, beliefs, values, practices, customs, courtesies, rituals, manners of interacting, roles, relationships, and expected behavior. This is so vivid which shows that culture is not limited to beliefs, values and etc., but it goes…

Observation Study Design Leazaun Thornton Walden University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Epidemiology CLRA-6235-2 Dr. Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH Abstract Tuberculosis continues to infect a large percentage of the world's population, infecting more than 8.8 million people per year, and killing 1.6 million people per year. A major risk factor of tuberculosis is Diabetes Mellitus causing complications involving the circulation and the body's ability to fight infection.…

“For profit universities are scams” More and more nontraditional students are enrolling themselves in for-profit universities with the hopes of earning a solid education and getting a high paying job. For-profit universities have become rather a trend among non-traditional student’s, because of the fact that they offer their full degrees online. But the negative sides about these for-profit universities overshadow the benefits of attending one. The for profit universities will never reveal…

True Love Revenge and Regret Love, revenge and regrets are the themes in the stories “Killings” and “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo”. Spoken in a third person perspective is the “Killings”. However, first person perspective is used in “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo”. Revenge is understandable in one story and reprehensible in the other. One ends in regret the other avoids regrets. To vilify and humanize flashbacks are used in the“Killings”. However, a historic subplot is used in “IND…

As I reflect on my goals, I have gained new insights that deepened my understanding in the field of Issues and Trends on how professionals relate to Excellence and Equity of Care Education. However, the topics related the children and families in this course and previous courses were significant to my professional as well. During this master’s course, I have become more respected and sensitive to the growth and needs of children and their families. Therefore, I feel that I am more ready to…

As an educator, my responsibility is to teach all student social skills because these skills will help them not just in school, but in the workplace as well. For this reason, it is very essential for all teachers to help students develop good social skills in the classroom and provide opportunities establishing productive communications working collaboratively. Every student in the school environment has to experience success working with others and establish a relationship of trust by sharing…