of less than $19‚223 for a single adult with three children (2004). This definition creates a rigid line forming two populations in the United States: those who fall under the line are poor and those above the line are not poor. David K. Shipler highlights the shortcomings of such a definition in The Working Poor: Invisible in America. As the title suggests‚ there is a needy population often overlooked by public assistance‚ job training programs‚ charity organizations‚ and the greater population
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Life for the poor in Elizabethan England was very harsh. Unemployment and rapid price inflation increased causing many villagers to leave their homes and come to the towns to look for work. However‚ they often could not find employment and ended up begging in the streets. Elizabethan Poor Laws‚ enacted in 1601‚ were incredibly beneficial in uniting the community to provide care and nurture for the qualifying less fortunate. These laws set a critical foundation for Britain’s welfare system and established
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Working Poor Test In “The Working Poor” Shipler gives an example of a poor grandmother named Leetha Butler who lived in Washington‚ D.C. and how even though she has very little in terms of finances her spirit and wits are exceedingly high considering her situation of poverty and how she takes care of her daughters orphaned children ages three‚ eight and sixteen (Shipler 29). After her daughter Diane was murdered in a drive-by-shooting‚ she did not collapse under the weight of grief because she understood
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“Action Plan for Effective Listening” Please respond to the following: Discussion 1: “Action Plan for Effective Listening.” Create a formalized action plan with specific steps describing what you can do to evaluate your progress in becoming an effective listener. Look at the sample action plan in “Thinking Activity: 3.4” and you must review the “Eight steps of effective listening” before you are able to answer this question. Students will respond to the following: Describe exactly what you will
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Forms of Non-Listening Janida Smith Everest University Online 1. Form of non-listening – Pseudolistening: Pseudolistening is pretending to listen‚ which is an ineffective way to communicate. When you pseudolisten‚ you leave the conversation with no information. There are numerous reasons why people pseudiolisten. They may be bored‚ lazy or not interested in the conversation (Wood‚ 2013). I find that I have a tendency to pseudolisten when the topic of conversation is not interesting
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Unfamiliar topics sometimes bring about a problem in listening comprehension. The listening material may contain a variety of fields in life or society. For instance‚ it is likely a business report‚ a daily conversation or a political issue which confuse the listener. These conversations may include words‚ phrases or terms unfamiliar to listeners. They are totally strange to them so it is such a hard job to listen when the message is full of terminology. The solution is to ask the students to practice
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POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL Guidelines for Parents and Teachers The initial step in intervention for children not doing well in school is to determine the cause. The school psychologist may be the best source of information‚ and the either the school or the parents can request an evaluation to determine the causes of a child’s learning problems. The following general causes and suggested interventions are based on the gross distinctions suggested by Rabinovitch: 1. deficits in specific
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Listening is a complex process of selecting‚ attending to‚ constructing meaning from‚ remembering‚ and responding to verbal and nonverbal messages. Listening involves the process of selecting‚ sorting through various sounds that compete for your attention; Attending to‚ focusing on a particular sound or message; Understanding‚ assigning meaning to sounds; Remembering‚ recalling information; and Responding‚ confirming your understanding of a message. Whether an individual is aware of it or not‚ everyone
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to always wonder why I made poor grades. Making poor grades made me feel bad‚ so I started to think of ways that I could do better in school. Getting poor grades comes from not doing one’s school work on time‚ failing to ask questions‚ and not coming to class on a regular basis. First‚ the immediate cause of poor grades is not doing one’s work or waiting until the last minute to do assignments. Doing coursework is very important to achieving better grades. For example‚ if someone is taking an algebra
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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