MASTERING THE ART OF CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM To become better writers‚ people need to be evaluated‚ but taking criticism from others is often difficult. The way you tell someone “ You did it wrong” can destroy goodwill and cooperation‚ or it can build the relationship and help the person learn from the mistake‚ improve performance‚ and retain self-esteem. To criticize more constructively‚ follow these suggestions : Get all the facts first : Don’t accept hearsay or rumors. Find out specifically
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didn’t really know how to go about it. Take for instance affirmative action‚ intuitions and employers have to have a certain amount of minorities on hand in order to avoid legal issues. Can a black man or woman get a job because they’re highly qualified? A white person will try to belittle the accomplishments of a black person by saying that they are given the upper hand in the job market and when it comes to education. However affirmative action was put in place only to level the playing field between
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Allen‚ L. Robert. Past Due: The American Quest for Reparations‚ The Black Scholar (Summer 1998) The Economist‚ “Slavery and the Law: Time and Punishment”‚ The Economist Newspaper Ltd‚ April 14 2002 Is now the Time for Reparations for African Americans? Since the first day Africans were kidnapped from their lands‚ to the whips that tore across their flesh‚ to the African Americans facing economic hardship. African Americans have been subject to these hardships by one factor; the white man. Their
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October 13‚ 2013 TO: Bob Smith‚ Chief Executive Officer FROM: Division Manager DATE: October 13‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Claim of Constructive Discharge under the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 A constructive discharge arises when a wage earner maintains the organization forced him/her to step down because working environments were made unbearable. The claim of constructive discharge under the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Mr. X‚ is unjustified. The employee notifying the company that he
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The movie The Blind side is a true story about the life of Michael Oher. Michael Oher was a young homeless and traumatized boy. Michael was taken from his mother at a young age. He was placed in different foster homes where he ran away from to get back to his mother. Michael Oher did not attend school around the ages18 months old through 10 years old. His mother was a drug addict. In the movie The Blind side‚ Michael Oher also known as “Big Mike” attends Wingate Christian School he did not know much
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One key figure of speech that runs through the discourse of Bush’s rhetoric throughout his presidential career is that of metaphors of friendship. The term friend(s) is used very liberally in Bush’s speeches‚ sometimes alone‚ sometimes along with the term allies as the examples below show: “I recognize that not all of our friends agreed with our decision to enforce the Security Council before committing troops to Iraq” “We will hunt them by day and by night in every corner of the world until
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movements began‚ but little know about affirmative action. Affirmative action was meant to help colored citizens be able to get a job and be treated equally in the workforce. Today‚ it is used to help colored minorities get a college education. The affirmative action plan is highly outdated and it hurts those who try to use it to their advantage. As time goes by‚ things become outdated from the lack of proper care or the disregards of its original
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Affirmative action is a controversial topic that could be discussed for hours‚ either for or against it. Some people believe that it is an essential to assure that people of all backgrounds can have the same opportunities as others. Other people believe that affirmative action is a crutch that allows people unprepared for positions to be placed in these positions. No matter how a person may feel about it‚ affirmative action is defined as “the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities
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contractors as part of long-standing federal efforts to further affirmative action through federal contracting. Affirmative action regulations apply not only to minorities and women but to handicapped individuals‚ special disabled veterans‚ and veterans of the Vietnam era (FAR 52.22-35 and -36). For almost fifty years Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s answer to “balance the opportunities” for minorities and women‚ affirmative action has attempted to eradicate America’s historical discrimination
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about being discriminated against in the workplace in terms of being hired or released. Executive Order 11375 meant that Affirmative Action (of Executive Order 11246) now applied to women as well. Affirmative Action is an organization’s active effort to find opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group (in this instance‚ women). Affirmative Action plans must consist of an equal opportunity policy statement‚ an analysis of the current work force‚ identification of
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