Sociological Imagination "In these terms‚ consider unemployment. When‚ in a city of 100‚000‚ only one is unemployed‚ that is his personal trouble‚ and for its relief we properly look to the character of the individual‚ his skills and his immediate opportunities. But when in a nation of 50 million employees‚ 15 million people are unemployed‚ that is an issue‚ and we may not hope to find its solution within the range of opportunities open to any one individual. The very structure of opportunities
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Kendale Dye WRT 101 Professor Centore 24 February 2014 “Can you be educated from a distance?” The Quality of education does not always depend on the professor who is teaching a course‚ but on the will that the student has to learn. For some students‚ an online course is just as effective and as challenging as any physical course that can be taken. Although this may be true‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to taking online courses. An online course may be convenient to students who
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Abstract Being well-educated is a product of both the school and the individual. Simply going to a quality institution and obtaining an education does not translate into being well-educated. On the other hand‚ being able to perform a specific task very well but lacking in some very basic academic fundamentals does not mean a person is well-educated either. Alfie Kohn examines what it means to be well-educated and I will respond to some of his thoughts on the topic.
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and contribute to the greater good. However‚ the term “educated” is a rather loose concept which differs from culture to culture. Having grown up in Western society following an international upbringing‚ I am naturally biased to attribute certain qualities to an “educated” person that another person from a different culture might not recognize. These various attributes affect the direct but also the suggested responsibilities that an educated person might hold‚ the latter being implied and not related
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perspective and other is macro perspective. Like the family that had just experienced unemployment and foreclosure on their mortgage‚ will surely face the family’s financial problems which are personal troubles and public issues through sociological imagination. For micro perspective‚ the family members losing a job because they might lack of education and experiences towards their job or they are new employee and the company can no longer afford employ them and it causes the family financial problems
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Sociological Imagination Every human being fills a certain niche. Since all humans exist in a certain state of sociological and economic condition‚ people have their own roles and connections to society. C. Wright Mills states that “people sense that within their everyday worlds…are bounded by the private orbits in which they live…job‚ family‚ neighborhood.” One can infer that Mills is referring to the socioeconomic conditions that bind people to society’s underlying structures‚ which are‚ in
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By examining the differences in a society over a period of time and by using the sociological imagination. The influence of history placed on us as individuals we can explain private problems in social issues such as divorce‚ births and child behavior and contribute to its increase. Some things that might cause a married couple to divorce‚ like infidelity‚ finances‚ abuse‚ incompatibility‚ and unwillingness to compromise are some of the more common. These are troubles or personal problems people
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We could say that an educated person is like a piece of artwork‚ it is open to the interpretation of the viewer. Just like every art work critique has their own opinion about an artwork‚ everyone has their own different interpretations of what an educated person is. One thing is clear though‚ in order to be a successful person in life‚ you do not need money‚ as well as in order to be an educated person‚ you do not need a college diploma. What you are willing to give up in order to become your best
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WHAT IS AN EDUCATED FILIPINO? FRANCISCO F. BENITEZ Francisco F. Benitez Francisco F. Benitez (June 4‚ 1887-June 30‚ 1951) was an outstanding educator‚ author‚ editor‚ and the first dean of the School of Education of the University of the Philippines (UP). He studied at the Philippine Normal College in 1904 and became one of the first pensionados sent to the United States in 1905. Some of his published works include the Educational Progress in the Philippines and Studies of Great Filipinos
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Integrating concepts of faith and learning in a liberal arts education. Integrating concepts of faith and learning in a liberal arts education. Teresa Berrong VU2100 Faith and Learning May 26‚ 2013 Integrating concepts of faith and learning in a liberal arts education. Holmes describes a liberal arts education as providing “an opportunity to steward life more effectively by becoming more fully a human person in the image of God.” (The Idea of a Christian College‚ Pg. 36.)
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