relationship: boyfriend/girlfriend‚ parent/child‚ or employer/employee. The one area of abuse caught my eye is foster parents abusing foster children. This past year I know of some personal cases where the foster parents abused the foster children and have even killed one. In the journal “Confidentiality Act to Shield Abuse in Foster Care” it states‚ “As Miguel’s brain swelled with blood‚ his foster parents waited more than four hours before they took him to the hospital. The child‚ whose body was covered
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I believe Amy Tan’s purpose for "Mother Tongue" was to make others aware of the different forms of English Language that has been translated by different cultures‚ specifically the Chinese translation. I arrived at that decision because she clearly expresses personal emotions‚ opinions‚ life events‚ and observations. I don’t believe the author’s goal changed throughout this analytical process. I found one other key point while conducting active reading on my selected article. On page 21 the author
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ARTICLE 1 EXTENDED COURSE FOR POOR TRAINEES. The article is discussing about poor trainees or in the other means‚ a teacher who does not have skills in teaching students‚ must take extend courses to improve their teaching skills. Deputy of Prime Minister‚ Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that if trainees fail to make the grade after four years of training of the institutes or the people who fail to achieve the minimum qualifying standard in teaching of the English language‚ will have their course
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The Death of Amy Latour Amy Latour’s body was found dead last night in her bedroom‚ evidence found at the scene suggests that Amy Latour was in fact strangled by her own maid‚ Celeste due to getting tired of taking care of Ms. Amy Latour. First of all‚ the crime scene showed signs that the murderer was in fact her maid. Due to the way the crime scene is set up Ms. Latour seems to be getting ready for an event‚ which means she must’ve been looking in the mirror‚ which also means she could see the
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Composition & Literature | Amy Tan | Professor Blum | JAEL VARGAS 12/17/2012 | This story’s main events take place in Chinatown throughout the 1950s and perhaps early 1960s. The main character of the story‚ who is also the protagonist‚ is the author herself: Amy Tan. The antagonist happens to be her own mother‚ who is always pushing Amy to discover some hidden talent and be someone she is not. There are a few other minor characters in the story. There is Lindo Jong (who she calls
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thought about a group of persons‚ who are important to me‚ children in the foster care system. This particular group of individuals is important to me because I was a summer counselor for children who were diagnosed with ADHA and other co-diagnoses‚ and the majority of the children have been through the foster care system. I decided to compare the ethical standards held in the foster care systems in the United States to the foster care systems in China because nearly one-third of Chinese children were
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Gun Reform for a Generation‚ an editorial posted in the NY Times on Jan 16‚ 2013 is an editorial about gun control. The author is not listed‚ but his or her position on gun control is not exactly the same as mine. The author deals with the 2nd ammendment‚ and how President Obama is doing the right thing by cracking down on gun laws. The author of this editorial is 100% for gun control‚ no matter what the extent. But‚ he has very poor facts on the issue. The only points he brought up was that of Obama’s
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Foster Care Youth and School Performance The issue under review is the academic under-performance of foster care youth and the possible interventions that are available to improve school performance of foster care youth. Foster care youth are not only at risk of academic failure- they are in fact performing far behind their normative peers (Zetlin & Weinberg‚ 2003). Foster care youth are faced with many risk factors and a lack of protective factors that lead to their lower school performance
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Hutchins‚ B. C.‚ & Leung‚ M.-C. (2006‚ April 5). School adjustment and the academic success of rural African American early adolescents in the Deep South. Journal of Research in Rural Education‚ 21(3). Retrieved [date] from http://jrre.psu.edu/articles /21-3.pdf This study examined the relationship between end-of-year grades and the academic‚ behavioral‚ and social characteristics of rural African American youth. Participants included 392 7th and 8th grade students from 2 rural middle schools
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My Research Paper: Effective ways to foster learning Luther H. Graham III 5/19/2011 Dr. C Strayer University Abstraction The article written by Jialin Yi was about effective ways to foster learning. The article was written in January of 2005. According to Yi‚ learning is viewed as an object or a process; some view it as both of them. Throughout the article Yi talks about the three instructional means used to foster learning ends. These three methods are: problem-based learning‚ cooperative
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