ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Praise to Allah SWT the Most Merciful and the Most Gracious‚ I have successfully completed my 10 weeks of Industrial Training that begins on June 25‚ 2012 until September 1‚ 2012. I also would like to extend my thankfulness to my parents‚ Mohd Kassim Abd Rahman and Nismah Hussin and my siblings for their never ending support in terms of moral and financial support. As for my Academic Supervisor‚ Dr. Lim Yee Yan‚ I thank you for your reprimand and guidance during my training and the
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Sociology Reflection Paper When I first decided to go back to school at the ripe age of 33‚ I had no idea what I wanted to study. I had recently closed my Pedorthic business and needed a change. Due to my fulltime job and five children‚ I decided taking online courses would fit into my hectic schedule. In High School I enjoyed taking Sociology and Psychology so I figured those two classes would be fun and interesting to start with. Not only have I enjoyed this class‚ I have decided to major in
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Roof Truss Essay If I was building a 10 pitch roof I would use a roof truss rather than using a rafter. A roof truss is a rigid‚ strong frame work made up of wood members‚ such as 2” X 4”s‚ fastened and held together by metal connector plates. A roof truss consists of one or more triangular units constructed of straight pieces that are connected at the ends by joints. Personally roof trusses are superior due to its number of different designs‚ they are very strong‚ and lastly they are installed
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In modern usage‚ civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning‚ construction‚ and maintenance of fixed structures‚ or public works‚ as they are related to earth‚ water‚ or civilization and their processes. See also: Earth & Climate Geochemistry Environmental Science Geology Matter & Energy Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering and Construction Most civil engineering today deals with power plants‚ bridges‚ roads‚ railways‚ structures‚ water supply‚ irrigation
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In sociology there are four major theoretical traditions that sociologists and students study. The four theories are Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ Symbolic Interactionism‚ and Feminism. This essay will discuss what those theories really mean and the scientists who study them. The first theory is Functionalism. Functionalism is the theory that human behaviour is influenced by social structure and is based on shared values. It is in the macro-level of society. The theorists who are involved with
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I believe that the conflict perspective points out the truth of everything that happens in the mass media. I think this perspective shows the truth behind what is being said and shown by the media versus what they are trying to persuade individuals to believe in. Gatekeepers filter through all information before it is released to the public and they portray the message they want to get across whether or not the information is completely false or half true. Conflict perspective describes that people
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In C. Wright Mills’ book‚ The Sociological Imagination‚ he creates a new academic discourse to discuss how society and the individual are intimately connected. The individual and the society in which the individual exists in are interdependent. For a layman’s example‚ a college student is an individual but an individual within a society of higher education‚ there is not one without the other. His sociological theory is referred to as the sociological imagination that allows us as individuals and
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To begin chapter one of The Sociological Imagination‚ ‘The Promise’‚ Mills explains the state of the everyday man during the 1950s. He describes this state as one of both imprisonment and helplessness. On one hand‚ men are restrained by the habit of their own lives: they go to their job and are an operative‚ and then are a family-man once they arrive home. There are many restricted jobs that men carry-out‚ and a look at man’s everyday life shows that men cycle through these different jobs. However
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“ We talk of identity as individual but in reality‚ identity is formed by society” in the light of this comment compare and contrast the ways in which identity is explored in the three texts‚ Skirrid Hill‚ The Road Home and Measure for Measure Our individual identity is shaped fundamentally by the society in which we live. However‚ identity is also shaped by an individual’s sense of self. Society plays a crucial role in forming a sense of identity by influencing the individual through the interactions
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There are many different perspectives in sociology. There are three main views that are used by almost all sociologists‚ though. These are the functionalist‚ conflict‚ and interactionist perspectives. The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability (Schaefer 13). Functionalism uses the macro-level approach. Macrosociology concentrates on large-scale phenomena‚ or entire civilizations (Schaefer 13). The functionalist approach
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