crimes‚ the question of whether they should be tried as adults is on the rise. Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ and armed robbery. Some of these children are being tried as adults while others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same violent crime will receive a much
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suspend a prison sentence if the convict has consistently demonstrated good behavior. (The Free Dictionary ‚ 1981-2005) The status of a convicted person who is given some freedom on the condition that for a specified period he or she act in a manner approved by a special officer to whom the person must report. There are two different kinds of probation‚ Adult Probation and Juvenile Probation. Both are similar in many ways‚ but at the same time different. In the following I plan on explaining the similarities
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Stories Are for Adults Too! by Chris King Very often when I tell someone I am a storyteller‚ they will say‚ “Oh‚ how nice. Do you tell stories to children in the schools and at the libraries?” Well‚ yes‚ I do tell stories to children of all ages‚ but I also tell stories to adults. And‚ in my opinion‚ adults need and want the stories even more than the children. In this article‚ I am going to address why we‚ as storytellers‚ tell to adults. I will be including some quotes and ideas from many other
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Tips for Teaching Adult Students With the number of non-traditional students growing‚ many educators have discovered that adult learners are fundamentally different than their younger counterparts in many ways. Yet‚ most instructors have been left to their own devices to figure out how best to reach these students who come to class with an entirely different set of challenges‚ demands and expectations‚ and generally at a much different level of maturity. How can instructors better accommodate
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inft Adult Learning Theory Dustin Stamey Adult Learning Theory Summary Non Traditional college students make up a large percent of the total population. There are a few categories that they fall into. The first category is workers. Non-traditional students might have either lost their job or are doing training to move up the ladder from their current position. The second category is military veterans. After years in the service‚ their professional education took
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Adult Learning Theory Are people too stubborn and independent to learn once they become adults? The Adult Learning Theory focuses on the difference between how adults learn and how children learn. There are three main central ideas that support the Adult Learning Theory. These ideas or theories are known as andragogy‚ self-directed learning‚ and transformational learning. Andragogy is the teaching of adults‚ self-directed learning is the individual controlling their learning‚ and transformational
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as an adult‚ which ultimately enables the individual satisfied in many positive aspects. However‚ amongst the advantages‚ it is highly probably & apprehensible that an adult student will face disadvantages to returning to learning as an adult. There is no such thing as a typical adult student‚ ergo everyone is unique. Nevertheless‚ it is possible to formulate & conceptualise a broad understanding of the supporting arguments and opposing arguments regarding returning to learning as an adult. Completing
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will look at government and professional guidelines related to the specific priorities and recomendation will be made relating to the service user‚ to promote her safety‚ health and well being. The next section of this assignment will look at the person centred approach‚ in regards to the service users and her husbands concerns related to the use of the hoist. A discussion of how to manage situations similar to the scenario will then be explored‚ and finally ending with the conclusion. After analysing
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Attachment: A Theory of Development of Adult Relationships Kristina Mihajlovic University of Illinois at Chicago As humans‚ building relationships between others is a form of connecting and communicating. It is a social situation that is experienced every day through the course of a lifetime. The initial relationship that is made is between the mother and the child. This bond that connects two people is known to be called attachment. The theory of attachment begins at birth‚ and from that‚ continuing
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fluctuations of life‚ our sense of well-being changes. Most of the time people can anticipate upcoming changes and actually prepare for them before life challenges turn into crisis. Each life stage that a person goes through in life is considered a crisis or challenging situation that compels them to move out of their comfort zone and readjust to changing life circumstances. Therefore‚ humans actively participate in shaping their own development. However‚ some people may get stuck in a specific stage in life
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