Slide 2 William Glasser is one of the greatest educational thinkers during the 20th and 21st Century. He contends that student behavior will not improve until educators and administrators change the way they work with students. Trying to force students to learn behavior responsibly is hopeless because it is contrary to their natural inclinations. Glasser believes all human behavior is purposeful. We can not blame anyone else but ourselves for good or improper behavior. He believes that
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Pioneer Petroleum Corporation’s (PPC) has been through a diverse amount of changes throughout the years. They were originally were a merger of several different independent firms operating in the oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemicals fields. PPC then integrated vertically into exploration and production of crude oil and marketing refined petroleum products‚ but horizontally into plastics‚ agricultural chemicals‚ and real estate development. They decided to restructure
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Hip-Hop Pioneers The pioneers of hip-hop started to surface around the mid 70’s. The different components to Hip-Hop were Dance‚ DJs‚ and MC’s. Some say it originated in the Bronx‚ NY‚ with DJ’s like GrandMaster Flash who invented different techniques on the mix board. He later joined up with a group of rappers call Furious Five and created hits like "The Roof is on Fire." Another Influential Hip-Hop Artist includes Joseph Simmons and Darryl McDaniels‚ also known as Run and D.M.C. The combination
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In her novel O Pioneers!‚ Willa Cather‚ a well-known American author‚ depicts her experiences throughout her life living in the great state of Nebraska. O Pioneers! grew out of her familiarity with the communities of settlers‚ conversations with the immigrant farmers from different places‚ and the simple being of her living on the prairies herself. In 1913‚ after years of editing and writing short stories and poems‚ she wrote and became famous for her novel about the West‚ O Pioneers! At the time O
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Brandon Abdullah Professor Harris English 1101 Authors of the pioneer period of Caribbean Literature strived to tell their stories to those around the world through their writing. Through their short stories‚ poems‚ and novels‚ they were able to bring their own cultures and ethnicities to readers around the world. Some writers wanted to tell stories about how things were during this period such as Jean Rhys and C.L.R James. Others like Alejo Carpenter told stories of their hometowns
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also a major supporter of women’s rights. She helped raise money to open nursing schools and argued for the disposal of the restrictions on women’s careers. In 1860 she organized the first training school for nurses in London‚ England. She was a pioneer in the schooling of nurses. She made more women want to join the working ranks and become nurses. (Simkin) Clara Barton Clara Barton was born in Massachusetts in 1821. In her early teen years‚ she was forced to tend to a seriously ill brother
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After school‚ I walk in the door‚ plop myself down on the leather couch‚ and begin to think about the western pioneer’s documentary we watched today in English class. Three distinct personality traits of these pioneers keep coming back to me as I ponder which ones to use in the assigned essay. Courage‚ perseverance‚ and passion keep pestering my mind. Courage is the strongest and most important characteristic. It took a lot of guts and spirit to move their entire family west of common civilization
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Early Childhood Pioneers [pic] Pioneers of Play Friedrich Froebel 1782-1852 Froebel pioneered the view that play acts as an organising function which integrates learning and helps children apply their knowledge and understanding in relation to their developing ideas‚ feelings‚ physical bodies and relationships. Froebel thought that schools should be communities in which the parents are welcome to join their children. He believed that parents were the first educators of their child. He
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Head: Total Quality Pioneers Total Quality Pioneers Paper Ashley Cleeves Quality Management And Productivitiy MGT/449 October 3rd‚ 2010 Zachary Owyang In this paper‚ I will explain quality and elements‚ and a description on how a quality pioneer’s use of total quality elements made the pioneer successful. I will also explain why the elements of quality are useful in today’s business world and what I foresee about the future of quality. Total Quality Management is defined as an
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Pioneer Savings and Loan Late in the third quarter of 1994‚ the board of directors of Pioneer Savings and Loan of Orlando‚ Florida requested that their president‚ Herbert Jones‚ submit a recommendation on whether or not to grant branch managers a cash bonus that year. According to the company’s Management by Objectives (MBO) system‚ the granting of yearly bonuses was contingent upon the attainment of specific corporate profit objectives‚ in addition to the individual manager’s performance
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