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    What Makes a Good Teacher

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    requirements. Jamie Escalante was a new‚ influential teacher who made an impact on inner city students by simply demonstrating interest and faith. Jamie showed attention to the students outside of the classroom and did not give them the opportunity to make excuses. Mr. Escalante cleverly manipulated his students into success with various techniques‚ a majority of which would help me thrive in math class. Angel was a student‚ first introduced as a trouble maker. As the audience realizes that there is more to

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    The Juvenile Justice Policy Jason Austin The juvenile justice system in dealing with juvenile offenders has cyclically gone from a rehabilitative approach to a punitive approach a number of times since its inception (Jenson & Howard‚ 1998). Research by Bernard (1992)‚ as cited in Jenson and Howard (1998)‚ examined the history of the juvenile justice system from 1820 and found that when juvenile crime is determined to be high‚ the justice system responds with severe punishments and few

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    1993). Ames‚ James Bar‚ “Law and Morals”‚ Harv. L. Rev.‚ Vol. 22‚ (1908)‚ p. 98. Beale‚ Joseph‚“Retreat from a murderous assault’‚ Harv. L. Rev.‚ Vol. 16‚ (1902)‚ p. 573. Lowery‚ Jack‚ “A Statutory study of self-defence and defence of others as an excuse for homicide”‚ University of Florida Law Review‚ Vol. V (1952)‚ p. 58. Mahoney‚ Richard‚ “The Presumption of Innocence-A New Era”‚ Canadian Bar Review‚ Vol. 67‚ (1988) p. 1. March‚ Jenifer‚ “Women’s self-defence under Washington Law”‚ Washington

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    forth by the vile southerners. Wells distinguish her examples and theories to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her book‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Since the southerners allowed widespread lynching; while cowardly hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor of its women." (pg.61‚ 2nd paragraph) The charge of rape was the common excuse used in many cases to lynch innocent African-American men. “The fact that only one-third of

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    with a new excuse to allow violence and this excuse was represented in

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    acceptable; in the United States it is considered murder" (pg.70-74). Or is killing wrong when it’s done in self-defense as‚ for example‚ a woman being viciously raped? Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla‚ in Convicted Rapists’ Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications‚ focus on rape. Their basic assumption is that‚ contrary to many of the individualistic motives that are used to explain it‚ rape is behavior that is learned in interaction with others. And a portion of this learning entails‚ as one might

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    William Shakespeare once said‚ “And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse”; in this case that fault is terrorism. Terrorism is the use of any violence‚ or intimidation that targets‚ or endangers‚ another individual’s civil liberties‚ politics‚ or government. Terrorism takes violence to an extreme level with no logical reason‚ or methodology. Terrorism is an excuse for the weak minded‚ who would rather assert their “authority” or “position” through violence‚ rather

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    Rationalism of Failure

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    rationalization of the failure to attain a desired end. Rather than accept a personal failure by acknowledging our shortcomings or by unemotionally evaluating the circumstances that surrounded the failure‚ we rationalize and come up with an immediate excuse. We need to convince ourselves and everybody else who witnessed our attempts that the outcome was all for the best. Just like the fox‚ we actually prepare our egos and our witnesses to view a future failure as if it were actually the result we intended

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    (Goffman’s Dramaturgical model) A. The Dramaturgical Model 1. All the World’s a Stage 2. The Performance B. Impression Management 1. The Definition of the Situation 2. Expressions and Impressions 3. Front Stage‚ Back Stage 4. Accounts‚ Excuses‚ & Justifications 5. Self Enhancement and Ingratiation 6. Self Awareness‚ Self Monitoring and Self Disclosure A. The Dramaturgical Model Erving Goffman is probably one of the most important sociologists in relation to the self. His book--Presentation

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    “...Manifest Destiny is not just a justification for assimilating‚ displacing‚ and/or eradicating people and claiming land‚ it also makes ‘exploitation of the natural environment into a duty.” Pollution began to fog the air as steam power began to rise‚ coal clogging up the sky. One may even argue that we could trace back a large percent of our current environmental distress to Manifest

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