an education in Jamaica is viewed as primarily a female activity. This cultural attitude encourages males to leave school early. In 2008‚ girls outnumbered boys in secondary school by a ratio of 1.04:1. At the same time‚ boys were more likely to have to repeat a year of school. Only 16% of boys passed five or more Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams compared to 30% of girls. Boys outperformed girls only in vocational subjects and physics. The report cites four key challenges in boys’
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Family as a Primary Group Social Problems Garelick August 2010 Family as a Primary Group Family plays an important role in the life of every person and society as a whole. It is no surprise that at every new stage of development in our society‚ with every revaluation of values‚ the interest in the issues of family‚ morality and spirituality spikes. At the present time‚ in the complicated environments through which we weave our lives‚ the family remains a unique mediator between the interests
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es were poor. Thus‚ he argued that the cause of trauma was not in the caste system‚ but elsewhere. Judged by the standards being applied to India‚ Gandhi claimed‚ every human society would fail. He acknowledged that the caste system in India spiritually blinded some Indians‚ then added that this did not mean that every Indian or even most Indians blindly followed the caste system‚ or everything from ancient Indian scriptures of doubtful authenticity and value. India‚ like any other society‚ cannot
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Dequantes Lamar dropped the summer hip-hop hit "Type of Way" in 2013 under his teenage nickname‚ Rich Homie Quan. He first considered a career in professional baseball‚ but in 2008‚ the Atlanta native dropped the single "Stay Down" featuring the Stack Money Boyz. Things came to a halt when he landed in jail for a year on burglary charges‚ but upon his release in 2011‚ Quan began to make up for lost time. Hooking up with the Atlanta crew Loyalty Ova Royalties and becoming quick friends with member
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Data Mining Weekly Assignment 6: LIFT; CRM; AFFINITY POSITIONING; CROSS-SELLING AND ITS ETHICAL CONCERNS. What is meant by the term “lift”? The term “lift” describes the improved performance of an exact or specific amount of effort on a modeled sampling‚ as opposed to a random sampling (Spang‚ 2010). In other words‚ if you are able to market via a model to say‚ a given number of random customers (e.g. 1000)‚ and we expect that 50 of them would be successful‚ then a model that can generate 75
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a “Make America Great Again” hat‚ rapping about the double standards of the “n” word. With words‚ they can have so much meaning behind. Where the word originated from‚ how the meaning can depend on the context it is used in‚ to who can say the word and how it has changed over time. Alongside that‚ the "n" word has so many layers to it. Going back to how it first came about to how it completely changed with time. The “n”word originated from the Latin word niger‚ which means black. Niger then turned
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As believed by De Boo (2000) and Johnston (1996) children learn best through first hand experiences. Having ’hand ’s on ’ experiences is therefore crucial as it allows the child to test their thoughts and actually see them in action. This‚ in turn‚ gives children clarity to their ideas and develops pre-existing concepts into being modified or replaced. This ’doing ’ would also make it more likely that the children retain the information that they have discovered for themselves. Kelly (1955) talks
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DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWROKING COMP 310 ASSIGNMENT #2 ST.GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY LEOPOLDO PIRELA DUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 21ST‚ 2013 What is the phase shift for the following? a. A sine wave with the maximum amplitude at time zero b. A sine wave with maximum amplitude after 1/4 cycle c. A sine wave with zero amplitude after 3/4 cycle and increasing Solution: a. There is no phase shift at time zero b. (¼) 360 = 90 90 x 2π / 360 = 1.57 rad c. (¾) 360 = 270 270 x 2π / 360 = 4. 7 rad
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The In N Out Burger There are many enjoyable fast food restaurants in California. No matter where you are or what your direction you can find a fast food restaurant. One of the types of fast food restaurants are pizza . Another type of fast food is Mexican style fast food. The largest type of fast food in California hamburgers. Some of the smaller fast food places are the chicken fast food restaurants and hot dog fast food restaurants. they are easy and inexpensive
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expansion strategy Over 130 years‚ F&N has become a household name in Singapore and Malaysia. Recognising the constraints of growth in these markets‚ it started to embark on regional expansion for long-term sustainable growth. It is precisely this multi-industry‚ multi-location strategy that has helped F&N survive the economic downturn and scale new heights in profitability. Source: http://www.fraserandneave.com/FN_investor_r_faqs.asp Capabilities F&N remains steadfast in its multiple-business
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