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    My name is Christina Silvera. The title of my speech is “Bullying: A curse or a blessing?”. Throughout the past few weeks majority of my time has been used to research the effects of bullying. Three sources which aided me are: the websites stopbullying.gov and an article entitled‚ “Back from being bullied” written by Madeleine McCarty from the Upstart Magazine.

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    foresee future issues. Examples of human failure that are very common can be found through homeless and bullying. Personally‚ I believe that small acts of indifference‚ such as watching homeless people suffer in theses harsh streets and being a bystander in an act of bullying is considered more inhumane in contrast to major atrocities like criminal activities. These activities may include violent actions against a specific racial group or

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    There have been many observations regarding the characteristics of a leader‚ but followership has received less attention. Treister and Schultz (1997) “suggests that a "follower is someone who accepts guidance and‚ on receiving it‚ takes the appropriate action." Treister et al (1997) also state followership is “considered a passive or submissive role of lesser importance than leadership. However‚ the effectiveness of leaders to a large measure depends on the qualities of their followers.” Treister

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    of these two young boys due to the precedent was leading to inadmissible results and that an objective test was possibly too rigid; not allowing any room for factors that could differentiate a defendant’s mind to that of an “ordinary‚ reasonable bystander” into account‚ such as age or mental illness. The boys’ convictions were reversed and the Lords departed from their previous decision on the basis that two of the previous decisions the House had made conflicted. The House decided to follow the previous

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    Justify responses to a particular incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. (D2) Scenario 1: a student you do 1:1 work with is very withdrawn. She looks like she hasn’t had a bath for days‚ has dark bags under her eyes and bruise marks on her wrists. When abuse is suspected it is important that the individual’s health and well-being is seen as the priority. This is why the local child protection officer should be notified so that they can investigate the situation to prevent the

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    to hear. The transformation that immigration has gone through over the past century is tremendous and should be recognized [The passive voice is a form of "be" (be) and a participle (recognized). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Prefer the active voice. For example‚ passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on time. See Center for Writing

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    They never’ve been to east Tennessee" (2). This shows the grandmother’s officious and manipulative character traits to the reader. This selection is also here to introduce the Misfit and keep the reader wondering about why this article was read‚ and if it means or foreshadows anything. Another point that exemplifies O’Connor’s

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    narrator. The traveler like the reader is brought to a foreign place where the officer’s explain the intricacies of his beloved machine. The officer seems to be in control of everyone on the penal colony‚ while the traveler seems to be a passive bystander who did not try to stop the officer’s “unjustified” punishment. “The traveler now wanted to remain silent‚ but he felt the eyes of the

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    maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders‚ “This man is one of them.” 70Once again he denied it. A little later the bystanders said to Peter once more‚ “Surely you are one of them; for you too are a Galilean.” 71He began to curse and to swear‚ “I do not know this man about whom you are talking.” 72And immediately a cock crowed a second time.

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    1930’s. These events in history serve a painful reminder of the cruelest depths of human nature‚ but also of the possibilities that lie within every catastrophe. Bystanders always play a key role in any event‚ whether they have a positive or negative effect on the outcome of the situation at hand. Most‚ if not all‚ of the bystanders during

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