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    UNIT 21: Rules‚ Regulations and Officiating in Sport Date Set: 16/9/09 Draft Date: 19/10/09 Final Deadline: 9/11/09 This is to be an individual piece of work. To pass this unit you should refer to the grading criteria below; these will clarify what is expected for each level of attainment (Pass; Merit; Distinction). Any work that does not meet the criteria for a PASS can only achieve a FAIL. Assessment Aims: PASS MERIT DISTINCTION (P1) describe the rules‚ laws and regulations

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    Bullying is it a Learned Behavior? Beth Ray University of Phoenix ENG/102 1-11-2014 Elizabeth Anderson Bullying is it a Learned Behavior? Introduction “Historically‚ school bullying has not received a great deal of attention from academic researchers; policy makers or the general public [until the amount] of suicides became media attention” (Neiman‚ S.‚ 2012). Bullying does not discriminate to whom or where it happens. Bullying has occurred for many decades at school‚ on the playground‚ jobs;

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    Optimism is traditionally a good thing‚ however sometimes it is excessive in certain situations‚ like in the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ Amanda attempts to be optimistic for children and ends up overestimating her children which led to disappointment. This can be considered the root cause of the Wingfield’s household problems. Laura has to go to business school against her will which she eventually drops out of since it was not what she liked. Tom is forced to work a job he does

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    from harm. These are behaviors that cannot be changed. Nurture is learned behaviors‚ we learn these through life experiences from our environment. Learned behaviors can be changed. Sometimes it is hard to say whether a behavior is innate or learned‚ such as‚ thumb sucking‚ which seems to be innate but may in fact be learned behavior. I feel that behavior is a result of both nature‚ behaviors we are born with‚ and nurture‚ learned behavior. I strongly believe nurture‚ opportunity and environment

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    Today I would like you share with you three lessons I’ve learned so far in life‚ and how those experiences have changed me. My two main focuses in my life are school and volleyball‚ and I have reached a considerably high level in both. Both are extremely demanding and time consuming and I have often been overwhelmed with the amount of have to do and how little time I may have to do it. The easy thing‚ would be to back away. The easy thing‚ would be so slack off and make excuses. The easy thing‚ would

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    A Hard Lesson Learned Sharon Cearley Everest University‚ Orlando   Childhood experiences stay with us‚ even the bad ones. I really should have listened to my friends‚ my parents‚ that summer in 1995. I was 13 and he seemed so sweet‚ so different than other boys I knew. Boy was I right; he was nothing like other boys that I knew. Since then my life has drastically changed and I have learned some pretty important lessons and what happened during those years as a teenager helped me to become the

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    Evil a Learned Behavior

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    “Evil‚ a Learned Behavior” What is evil? Is it characterized by a desire to cause hurt or harm‚ “an evil mood”? What causes people to do evil? The strong feelings of hatred and dislike that builds up in all of us or simply that all our emotions are constantly on the dark side for such a long period of time. What is right from wrong when the hate in our hearts makes us all make terrible mistakes and commit evil. The writings of Confucius say‚ “There is no light without darkness‚ no positive without

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    Martin Delaney

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    Martin Delaney Alexa Roy Martin Delany was born in West Virginia a free man‚ the son of Pati and Samuel Delany. He was considered free because his Mother Pati was a free women. In his growing years he and his siblings were taught to read using the New York primer to learn to read. To keep from being arrested his mother moved the children to Pennsylvania a free state. He did have to leave school occasionally to help on the family farm but eventually he did migrate to Pittsburgh where

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    [pic] Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner‚ who again goes deep undercover as "Big Momma." The FBI has learned that a computer software developer named Tom Fuller has created a computer virus that allows access to classified US government files. Fuller is planning to sell the virus to terrorist organizations all over the world. Upon hearing this‚ the FBI’s best chance is Fuller’s wife. So Malcolm goes undercover as Big Momma in order to pose as Mrs. Fuller’s nanny and as always

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    Be Positive; Optimism Shown in Characters You and your best friend live a normal life in Gravesend‚ New Hampshire‚ although your best friend has a squeakier voice than you and is much shorter.Your favorite sport is baseball‚ until one day you are at your baseball game as your best friend is up to bat‚ who rarely ever gets on base‚ hits the ball so strong. Your mother‚ who is not paying attention to what seemed to be a foul ball‚ does not know that the ball is heading towards her and it strikes her

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