The article that I picked was Taxing Cigarettes…For The Children. In this article‚ it discussed how certain areas are planning to set a tax on cigarettes to cut the use of cigarette smokers. However‚ despite the added tax‚ there have not been a huge difference within cigarette smoking as expected. Instead of the decline of cigarette use‚ the increase of black market cigarettes has increased. Black market on cigarettes have increased since surrounding states do not have an excess tax and since
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CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Environment refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism. Our environment is getting worse day by day‚ and we are suffering for other people and our mistakes. We might not be able to see all of the bad things in our environment‚ but they are for sure there. This could affect our families and our future one day. There are some problems affecting the environmental stability‚ namely- ozone depletion‚ enhanced greenhouse effect‚ global warming‚ and climate
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for children. I believe it is excessive to allow too much screen time and not enough physical play time. Children need an equal balance of time management and suppervision. Children need to be limited on the amount of screen time they have on a daily bases. Spending too much time in front of a screen "can lead to weak executive functions‚ lower test scores‚ and obesity in children". In my personal experiance screen time can cause anger‚ innapropriate behaviors‚ and issolation for children and that
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My Goals and Concerns My goals for this class is that I want to understand more about how people feel about ethics and if they want to change them. If they want to change them‚ then why do they want to change them‚ and what would they change them to. My only fears are that maybe the instructor does not put enough information out about the assignments on what should be done. That even after I contact the instructor and ask questions that I believe will help clarify the assignment‚ I still will not
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Unit 15: responding to emergency service incidents The 999 system The 999 system was first introduced in London on 30th June 1937 on the occurrence of a fire on the 10th November 1935 in a house on Wimpole Street in which five women were killed. The 999 number is the official emergency contact number for the key services which the public can gain contact with 24 hours a day for urgent assistance. By using this number the caller could call the Police‚ Fire & Rescue‚ Ambulance‚ Coast guard
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Introducing philosophy to children is a very controversial subject. Michael S. Pritchard‚ the author of Reasonable Children‚ explores the concept of introducing philosophy to children within the schools before they enter their college years. Pritchard assumed that the study of philosophy should begin at a college level. At the start of this assignment my first reaction was similar to Pritchard’s‚ philosophy starts during the college years. I could never imagine discussing
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a person once the child has reached the third trimester of development. Although Canadian standards do not recognize a child as an actual person until they are birthed‚ there should be certain safeguards in place in order to protect the child‚ despite the fact that they have not yet been born. I am aware that there are certain provisions in place to protect unborn children‚ but a child that has reached the third trimester of development should be considered a “person” in my opinion‚ because they
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For holistic development we mean to the human development that is involve all the part of a person and it’s designed to accommodate all the area of development of a child. Such as communication and language‚ physical development and personal‚ social and emotional development. Holistic education try to teach to children using a natural and fun method instead of compartmentalizing development areas. To understand why the holistic development is important we need to remember that even if we consider
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The Importance of Continuing Professional Development Continual professional development is improving ones skill and abilities benefiting the individual and the organisation. It is also taking responsibility for ones learning. In these changing times where most people no longer have a job for life‚ learning is crucial for employability‚ also as business technology evolves at a much faster pace‚ individuals need to keep up to date with latest way of doing things – CPD can help to achieve this
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Importance of continual self development. Continual self-development is a life longlife long process.‚ self developmentself-development is based on a number of assumptions‚ there is always something we can get better at and that you believe you are worth the investment of time and effort this will keep you employable‚ competitive and fulfilled. There is only you the individual who can develop yourself‚ no one else can do your learning and development for you. As Peter Honey says in his Continuing
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