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- 341: George Lucas Biography And Wor
- ... desire to see it, just because George Lucas made it. It never even occurred to me that George Lucas had a rough time before he made it big. He was consumed with massive debts and stress before, and even after, Star Wars hit the screen. Especially when Lucas decided to finance The Empire Strikes Back himself, he had to borrow $25 million dollars in banks just to pay his employees. Another ... how hard it is to make a movie. When you see one on the big screen, everything looks so perfect and in sync. However, to get to that quality of the movie, there was much stress and many problems everyday on the set. Of course, there is the occasional setback to put filming behind schedule, but one does not really know how much pressure there is in making a movie until ...
- 342: Multicultural Education: Piecing Together the Puzzle
- ... arguments against the issue, I feel that the goals of multicultural education make it an important part of the curriculum that every student should experience. I agree with Wurzel (1988) and Noel (1995) when they stress awareness as a key component to multiculturalism. Students must become aware of their own culture and how they are similar and different from others. Awareness also involves an understanding of issues involving differences in culture ... the development of students, parents, and practitioners...guided by an informed and inquisitive multicultural perspective” (p.2). Just as the goals stated by other crusaders for multiculturalism, Davidson's goals follow a specific order and stress knowledge, understanding, and equality. I believe that it is very necessary and completely conceivable for our education systems to move toward a multicultural curriculum. By following the goals I have mentioned, we can finally understand ...
- 343: Describe The Main Limitations Suffered By Those With Chronic
- ... exacerbation’s by inducing inflammation or provoking bronchio-constriction. This report also describes the main triggers as allergens, air pollutants, respiratory infections, exercise and hyperventilation, weather changes, allergies to foods, additives and drugs, and emotional stress. For example it is well established that viral respiratory infections can exacerbate asthma, especially in children under the age of 10. (Busse, 1993) Because the triggers may vary from person to person and from time ... conjunction with bronchodilators. After several months on preventative medicine, asthmatics find they are able to reduce their use of bronchodilators dramatically. (Prendergast, 1991) Identifying trigger factors such as allergens, infection, exercise, weather changes and emotional stress is also important. The use of a bronchodilator or Intal, before being exposed to an identified trigger factor, can reduce the likelihood of an asthmatic reaction. The asthma management chart also describes what to do ...
- 344: Grades Do Not Acurrately Reflect What A Student Has Learned
- ... motivated to learn, or to simply pull the grade. Grades don't accurately reflect what a student has, or has not learned. A student who is obsessed with grades is often a troubled one. Much stress is accumulated because all that matters is having an A on that next report card. Anything less, and the child isn't satisfied. In many cases, a student merely memorizes the material needed to get ... to think about what he wants to get out of school. Students get pushed to the point where they will resort to anything to get the grades, do anything to achieve them. Perhaps, if the stress is too high, Susan will resort to cheating so as to bring home a good mark. Susan does, in fact, get a good grade, but he has learned nothing in the process. Some students and ...
- 345: Case Study For Human Resources
- ... solely on job performance evaluations 4. Offer qualified employees early retirement window option 5. Weighted point method 6. Severance pay, placement assistance and continuation of benefits Evaluation of Alternatives 1. Implementation of voluntary leave Pros: Stress release on managers to make ethical decision, gives employees advanced notification Cons: Increased fear of impending cutbacks, not all three positions would likely by eliminated through this process 2. Base termination solely on seniority Pros ... of employee's performance Cons: Most managers don't express appraisals in accurate or honest manner. ( Longnecker & Ludwig, 1990) 4. Offer qualified employees early retirement window option Pros: Involved employees in decision making process, relieves stress off of managers to make the ethical decision Cons: Not enough employees eligible for all three positions lose guidance, leadership, and role models 5. Implement weighted point method Pros: Eliminates chances of subjective criteria to ...
- 346: Communication Analysis: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
- ... night in an emotional sense, while men just like sex, not truly making love. When a man gets punished he is often driven away because he cannot get what he wants. This produces even more stress in the relationship. John Gray has analyzed men and women and has come up with recommendations about how they can solve problems like these in a relationship. With such stress in being so different, each member of a relationship can add positive aspects to it by making sacrifices of their own. When an argument comes about, men feel the need to take a short “time ...
- 347: The Praise And Strife Of A Her
- ... and courtesy. Chaucer s view of a hero is one who is without fault, truly the epitome of goodness. Heroes are also praised by society because the hero takes on much of society s own stress. Heroes are under severe stress and live a life of duress and begin to commit errors as the level of pressure begins to catapult. Heroes are continuously placed under pressure by all who surround them, convinced that the object of ...
- 348: Birth Control Or Legal Murder
- ... a living human being. Abortion is wrong because it deprives the baby of rights and happiness because of the suffering it must go through during the abortion. Women who have these painful abortions suffer emotional stress, and years after having the procedure they discover that they destroyed a human life. The women finally realize after many years of emotional stress the cause of it. "After 5-10 years 54 per cent of mothers choosing abortion had nightmares and 96 per cent felt they had taken a life" a from study by Dr. Anne Speckhard of ...
- 349: Implementing Employee Assistance Programs
- ... side, or even sell the merchandise he stole for extra money. If Sharon is having problems with child care or home responsibilities, her work performance may be significantly affected. Studies show that this type of stress on a woman in the workforce contribute to the high rate of alcoholism among working women (Myers 7). It is suspected that this stress contributes to higher rates of drug use as well. Also on the list of troubles are gambling, legal problems, violence and mental illness. 80 to 100 million people in the United States gamble regularly. Of ...
- 350: MBTI Summary Report
- ... some quiet occupation crunching numbers for the rest of my life. I would rather be able to use my mind and be creative, and be able to act silly at times if I needed a stress reliever. What can an accountant do for a stress reliever, play with his graphing calculator? I just can not see myself in a position like that, for the rest of my life. I have a friend of mine who was a goof in high ...
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