The poem‚ “Ethics”‚ by Linda Pastan is about age‚ regret and the old woman’s thoughts about her teacher and the ethical question from so long ago. The same question was asked in Ethics class every fall‚ ”If there were a fire in a museum‚ which would you save‚ a Rembrandt paintings or an old woman who hadn’t many years left anyhow?” The author or main character in the poem probably grappled with this annual question for years. The question brings up the value of any life‚ both youthful and old
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The Difference Between Discipline and Punishment English 121 Nicole Reale March 21‚2011 The words discipline and punishment can often be used to mean the same thing. But they are very different from each other. To me discipline is a means of helping a child to learn how to act when they are in public as well as when the parent is not around; for example whether it be at school‚ their grandparents house‚ or when being babysat a child should always act as if their parents are there which
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Lack of self-discipline Geronimo Moreno CSS101‚ Psychology of Motivation Mr. Allred 11/12/2012 Lack of self-discipline A lack of self-discipline can be problematic to one’s education and career. However‚ most people don’t understand the true meaning of self-discipline. Therefore I will write this essay to paint a clear picture of what self-discipline is‚ and what measures one can take in having a lot more self-discipline. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines self-discipline as; correction
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Assess Albert Speer’s contribution to the Nazi war effort Albert Speer’s contribution to the Nazi war effort started well before the declaration of war. His work for the Nazi regime aided Adolf Hitler in lifting the morale of the German people and consolidating Nazi power which was determined to engage in armed conflict. Speer was an accomplished architect and a highly efficient organiser. Hitler addressed Berlin’s university students at a Berlin rally in 1931‚ and Speer who was in the audience
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Discuss the 5 disciplines of the “learning organization” and how it would influence change. The first discipline is “Shared vision” a common view of what the goal is‚ Second discipline is “Mental models”‚ the practice of self-awareness and its effect on the organization. Third is “Personal Mastery” being open‚ self-aware and reflective while changes occur. Fourth is “Team Learning” collaboration of ideas and fifth is “System thinking” seeing the organization as a machine and every moving part involved
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The dispersal of discipline in the UK via Anti-Social Behaviour legislation In recent years the Criminal Justice System has argued to reduce the prison population by incorporating punishment in the community through use of anti-social behaviour legislation (Gibbs‚ 2009). Behaviour once not suitable for criminalisation has been dubbed anti-social that may cause ‘harassment‚ alarm or distress’ (Home Office‚ 2003) which requires a form of punitive focus to prohibit risk to society‚ however the definition
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Strengths A qualitative and quantitative research-based paper by Albert Kopak (2014) was written to explore the officer’s views of being recorded in the line of duty and designed to understand the reasoning behind why civilians would want to record them. The first strength of the article was the sample size for the internet-based survey. This is an important aspect for the research‚ when considering how difficult it can be to find officers willing to include themselves for a research study. A total
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Activity 8: A guide to Rational Living with Albert Ellis Ellis is being interviewed by ………It is a very likable and frank interview. Ellis describes an interactional system where behavior is affected by what we think. By changing our philosophy‚ thoughts and states of mind one can change the outcome‚ which is the behavior. Ellis touches in this interview on changing the ‘disturbed’ behavior as well. I find this highly challenging and questionable when the behavior is psychotic or borderline abnormal
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Albert Bandura and Christian Education Introduction From the inception of civilization till today human beings thirst and hunger for knowledge‚ to learn‚ to know and to apply has been given a place of vital importance like any other basic human needs. A major focus of social learning theory was socialization‚ the process by which society attempts to teach children to behave like the ideal adults of that society (Miller‚ 2002‚ p. 171).This research paper on Albert Bandura and Christian education will
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1 “Discipline of Teams” Paper The purpose of this paper is to write a summery of the main topics presented in an article written by Katzenbach and Smith called “The Discipline of Teams”. This article was written to show how people‚ no matter what differences or backgrounds‚ can come together to function as a team‚ not just as a group of individuals. In order for individuals to work effectively together‚ they must be committed to the teams success and they must be able to trust each person within
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