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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
The Effects Of Television On A
Number of words: 2039 - Number of pages: 8.... taking from what you already know and deciding how it applies in different situation. School makes you do this, but television does not. Michael and Sheila Cole, sociologist, say that “Children socialized to learn from television had lower than normal expectations about the amount of mental effort required to learn from written texts, and tended to read less and perform relatively poorly in school.”(Development of Children 24) Which means that it takes very little effort to follow a television show and kids are raised on television believe that it .....
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Greed
Number of words: 776 - Number of pages: 3.... started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else. Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping faster, cheaper, and more luxurious. He built bigger, faster, and more efficient ships. He served food on his ships, which the customers liked and he lowered his costs. He lowered the New York to Hartford fare from $8 to $1. Rockefeller made his fortunes selling oil. He also lowered his costs, making fuel affordable for the working-class people. The working-class people, who use to go to bed after sunset, could now afford .....
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Stress On Police Officers
Number of words: 1904 - Number of pages: 7.... has the effects of stress on police work. With the recent attention that police suicide has received in the media there have been a number of reviews on it. Between 1934 and 1960 police suicide rates were half that of the general population. Between 1980 to the present, suicide rates in some departments almost doubled. What is the difference? You can't choke them anymore! Street justice is all but gone. Everyone has video cameras. The media gets off on putting down cops. Politicians continue to throw new laws and restrictions for police officers that furthe .....
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Modern Americans Vs. Puritans
Number of words: 758 - Number of pages: 3.... be true. Many of today’s infamous jobs are known for their lying skills. A lawyer in today’s society is taught to lie. Lying is a big part of today’s society, and the Puritans would not have liked that very much. They would have been rather upset.
The Puritans believed that self-reliance was a key to a successful life. They believed that if everyone took care of themselves, there would be no problems. Relying on someone else is very risky. What if they do not pull through? What if they leave you high and dry? What are you going to do now? If they rel .....
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Solvent Abuse
Number of words: 1802 - Number of pages: 7.... and systematic creation and control of the conditions in which learning does occur'.
More difficult, perhaps, was deciding what approach or principle of teaching would be most appropriate to adopt. The principle of pedagogy, described by Knowles(1973) as, 'the Art of Science of Teaching Children' suggests the traditional 'teacher-centred' approach which implies the student is a passive recipient of teaching. The student is dependent on the teacher who controls and makes the major decisions regarding what the student learns....is reliant on the transmission mad .....
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The Simpsons
Number of words: 2402 - Number of pages: 9.... to make an animated pilot of Life in Hell, but Groening chose not to do this because he was afraid of loosing royalties from those papers that printed the strip. Therefore, Groening presented Brooks with an overweight, bald father; a mother with a blue unique haircut; and three annoying, spiky-haired children. Groening intended for them to represent the typical American family "who love each other and drive each other crazy". Groening named the characters after his own family. His parents were named Homer and Margaret and he had two younger sisters named Lisa and .....
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Management In The Year 2000 Gl
Number of words: 3818 - Number of pages: 14.... for companies that treat them well. They become linked to companies in more than an
employer/employee relationship -- they come to feel as if they are truly a part of an organization; not just one of the employees. In the year 2000 and beyond, it shall be the
presence of this feeling more than any other that sets excellent companies apart from the ordinary, and therefore less successful. Companies which are expanding to the global
market will need to make all the positive contributing employees feel more than just workers.
One thing that employees in the fu .....
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Comparitive Essay Between Perc
Number of words: 1233 - Number of pages: 5.... view, someone who is a “simple tourist” goes along with what the expert’s comment on. They stay on the “beaten track”. When he describes the “beaten track” he means the road that everyone follows put forth by experts. People follow the “beaten track” knowing what lies ahead of them, and thinking that it is the best way to go. Experts take away the “sovereignty” of humankind because they take away any surprise or challenge of a learning experience. Du Bois views the “beaten track& .....
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