Sticks and Stones The text Sticks and Stones is written by Trezza Azzopardi in 2006. It’s about a young man named Lewis. He is a teacher and becomes witness to collective bullying; he tries to talk with the headmaster to help these problems between the kids. Seeing the bullying bring flashbacks inside of his head‚ reminding him of his own childhood. When Lewis was a kid he got bullied and in the text we indirectly get to know‚ that he had many traumatic experiences. Lewis tries helping the boy
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Client: Yes‚ Sir. Manager: Something which is very important that I have forgotten. Client: What is it Sir? Manager: It is regarding the witness. Client: What it means by witness? Manager: Witness means that the person one who has the bank account in our bank has to introduce you to the bank. Client: Is it compulsory‚ Sir. Manager: Yes‚ It is mandatory. Otherwise you will not be able open an account. Client: Thank you very much‚ Sir. I am very much pleased with you for giving me all the
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http://ontariograinfarmer.ca/MAGAZINE.aspx?aid=258 Application in the Real World The carrot and the stick: US conservation programs The real issue driving US conservation programs was a two-part effort to get payments to farmers and to remove land from production as a way of limiting output and boosting crop prices. In a similar way‚ Americans today seem more willing to pay for farm programs if‚ in return‚ farmers help preserve the environment. As a result‚ environmental groups have been gradually
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Sticks and Stones The people we surround ourselves with have an influence over our thoughts and our actions. They can build us up‚ tear us down‚ inspire or inhibit us. Sometimes‚ those we do not even know can say or do something that will have an impact on us for the rest of our lives‚ good or bad. One of the biggest groups of people that have been directly affected by the actions of others is the African American race. For centuries‚ they were in the hands of the white man‚ as slaves. Forced and
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The fall of the City: unnatural growth Every child has their own level of maturity and preferences. Should one’s behaviour be forced to change because of the stereotypes in society? In Alden Nowlan’s The Fall of the City‚ he writes in first person about a young innocent boy ‚named Teddy‚ disagreeing with his uncle to be a well taught normal boy. It is important for a child to grow up and become an adult ‚but they need to be the one building themselves instead of being forced like Teddy. Alden
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companies with the trade secrets and know-how‚ and helps them to implement the innovation to the production. The opposite model to carrot licencing is the “stick licensing”‚ in which a company used either the threat of or actual litigation to extract license from target companies. Tessera used to use carrot licensing but they were forced to use the stick a bit more. Tessera had been successful in the semiconductor packaging area as it could managed to persuade the global semiconductor supply chain to
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Carrot and Stick • Founded by Jeremy Bartham in the 800s • This theory suggest a combination of both rewards and penalties for motivation. • The organization use this approach as the motivation tools to ensure people in the organization can behave like what the superior want. • Based on the strategy of putting carrot in the front of donkey and hitting it with the stick behind so it has to run. The result is the same‚ the donkey run. CARROT • Refer to incentives or rewards • People contribute
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”Sticks and Stones” by Trezza Azzopardi (2006) In the short story‚ we follow a man named Lewis. Lewis is the main character‚ who keeps dreaming about the same thing over and over. He dreams about him at the strand. He used to have a terrible experience there. He moved to the core of England‚ to escape from the terrible trauma. But now he has returned to his mother’s house‚ where he gets clear images in his mind. Lewis is a teacher‚ in the text it says‚ “The second envelope contains a note
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Global Warming: Two Sides To Every Story “Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth ’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century‚ and its projected continuation.” -Wikipedia (11) There are always two sides to every story and every different point of view has a right to be heard. When it comes to the discussion of global warming there are two very distinct points of view. The world seems to be split between global warming being caused by
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of Trezza Azzopardi’s short story “Sticks and Stones”‚ Lewis‚ has experienced. Lewis accepts things as they are‚ even though he wants to change them: “[…]he imagines he’s the kind of person that challenges teachers like Stott and Walker‚ the kind that the Headmaster takes seriously.”(pages 9-10‚ lines 61-62). The quote supports the statement and also implies he is a person who blends in‚ and more importantly‚ that he does not want to stand out. Hence‚ he has adapted to his environment because
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