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    Freedom or Safety pg 191 Ethics and Professionalism pg 205 What is police discretion? How does the practice of discretion by today’s officers reflect on their departments and on the policing profession as a whole? Police discretion is the opportunity for police officers to exercise choice in their enforcement activities. Discretion of today’s police officers normally reflects the departments and the policing profession as a whole in a negative fashion. Imagine being a police chief. Identify

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    Criminal Justice A student ride-along allows the student to observe the use of discretion and techniques that are used by the police officers who patrol our communities. Many people falsely believe that policing is what they see portrayed in the media. We never realize that there is much more to police work then what we consider entertaining or even amusing. By watching a patrol officer in the field‚ I was able to gain valuable insights into questions concerning why police officers stop

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    The Arrival By Shaun Tan

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    Throughout the book called The Arrival Shaun Tan added many symbols and hidden easter eggs that presented what the characters were trying to say. Tan’s story was about a family who lived in a very dangerous place where people were killed and there was no money to make because of this the father left to find a place where they could move to and live a better life. After a long journey of almost a year the father found a very magical place where everything was different and there were creatures that

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    The Arrival The arrival by Shaun Tan is inspirational. In the book‚ there is a sequence in images that leave readers with suspense on what these pictures may indicate. You could never go to the second chapter without reading the first chapter before because these pictures tell a story that unfolds slowly but unknown; with reasons behind them that the author and the pictures let alone know. There is a language of silence told in graphics that makes you wonder‚ what does the picture mean and is it

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    Amy Chua Analysis

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    1) Topic: ”Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Writer: Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School‚ USA. Reader: Parents from the Western World‚ who are also readers of The Wall Street Journal. Language: Well written text‚ with an extensive vocabulary. It is written to some extent with formal jargon. Circumstances: The writer’s home. She lives with her daughters and husband. There is a flashback into Chua’s childhood as well. Intention: She is trying to clarify the differences between Chinese parents

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    "rules of the game" by Amy Tan and "sweet sixteen and never been kissed" by Ioda Munn‚ both have similarities and differences. The similarities are that the main characters in both theses short stories have to deal with conflict within their family. The differences are that how they deal with the different types of conflict within their family. There are many aspects‚ in which people could like or dislike the main characters. In the short story- "rules of the game" by Amy Tan‚ the main character

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    The Culture Snatcher: The Extensive Lengths to Which Ethnic Americans Go to Avoid Being “The Other” In “A Pair of Tickets‚” author Amy Tan exposes the disastrous effects of Americanization on a foreign culture. Tan’s exposition lies in the protagonist‚ Jing-Mei‚ a young Chinese woman raised in America‚ refusing to adopt her Chinese Heritage. Tan uses the prevalence of stereotypes and internal conflict to present her theme effectively. As the protagonist and narrator‚ Jing-Mei and her father begin

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    Mother tongue by Army Tan employs the aspects of simplicity to appeal to the audience. In her introduction‚ she brings herself to the same level as his audience which makes them attentive and desires to know more. The author uses easily understood English which makes the readers easily relate to what she is saying. The author employs the aspect of the flashback where she tells her audiences about her experience speaking broken English and where this makes today‚ her viewers curious and to listen

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    Amy Cuddy Response

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    Nikolai Friedman Oct.5th‚2015 Oral communications Amy Cuddy Response David Cameron is an Ass Amy Cuddy is a social scientist and like many experts in their field has given a TED talk on the subject of her main work. In this TED talk she explores how our body language greatly affects who we become. Cuddy also shows how snubbing a handshake from your personal security after a visiting president shakes said guard’s hand‚ makes U.K Prime Minister David Cameron look like an ass. This 20 minute TED

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    Belonging: sean tan

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    relationships‚ assisting in obtaining a sense of belonging. A lack of self identification may foster a weakened sense of affinity‚ which may affect others’ experience of belonging detrimentally. Unlike Romulus’ strong display of character‚ Shaun Tan through TLT explores an opposing experience through the events of a boy and a machine called the “Lost Thing” within a conventional‚ bigoted society. It was “an object

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