In Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish‚ Foucault analyzes the concept of discipline and describes it as a concept in which people become “docile bodies” (Foucault 135)‚ which an entity of power can subject to it’s will in order to create the most productive and least political dissonant person possible. The theory that the change in governmental punitive systems from more violent forms of punishment to more jail-based forms occurred in order to create “disciplined” people‚ rather than because
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vehicles‚ but they value the customers and service that they provide to their customers. One of the values that CarMax is known for is their great customer service‚ their trust worthiness‚ and their ethical practices. “CarMax is founded on the fundamental principle of integrity‚ reflected in the way we serve our customers‚ treat each other‚ and deliver our products” (CarMax.com. 2012). In this paper‚ Team C will Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you analyze the individual values and the organization’s
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In the first part of Discipline and Punishment‚ Michel Foucault argues that‚ over the course of a few short centuries‚ the penal system shifted its target from the criminal’s body to their soul. Foucault locates this shift in the transition from public torture to prisons; from punishment as a public means of expressing force to a private means of correcting and preventing nonconformity. Punitive power has been replaced with disciplinary power‚ and discipline works on the soul rather than the body
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VALUES OF FILIPINOS DURING THE SPANISH COLONIZATION: Catholism has had a great impact on Filipino customs‚ behaviors‚ and traditions. It is common for Filipinos ( specifically those in smaller‚ provincial towns ) to attend church every morning and to pray the rosary each night. In fact‚ Filipino homes contain various statues of Jesus Christ‚ Virgin Mary‚ and other saints. Finally‚ Filipino festivals and community events may have a highly catholic meaning‚ often honoring Jesus‚ Mary‚ or other saints
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This discrepancy can also be seen in other social institutions in which conformity is strongly advocated. This is not surprising because school is really nothing more than a normalized prison in society. In Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punishment‚ he discusses the plague in the seventeenth century that led to a variety of measures taken to adequately deal with the problem running rampage at the time. Some measures taken concerned “a strict spatial partitioning: the closing
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Throughout the centuries‚ both the system and the concept of prison have undergone many radical changes that eventually led to the formation of the prison as we know it now. In the 16th and 17th centuries‚ prison tended to be a place where criminals were kept in it while awaiting their punishment. It was a place‚ where criminals were held‚ rather than a means of punishment. In fact‚ criminals‚ at that time‚ were publically punished‚ rather than imprisoned‚ in the most torturous ways such as whipping
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Athletics Before Academics? DiAunte Bell Germanna Community College English 111-44 Friday Athletics Before Academics? An anonymous individual once said‚ “People don’t play sports because it’s fun. Ask any athlete‚ most of them hate it‚ but they couldn’t imagine their life without it. It’s part of them‚ the love/hate relationship. It’s what they live for.” The quote continues saying‚ “It’s who they are. It’s who we are. We are athletes.” An athlete is an individual who trains to compete in
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Academic Integrity is an impressive-sounding word. The word can refer to a broad spectrum of actions‚ most of the time we use it to mean “don’t plagiarize‚” or don’t pass off other’s ideas and information as your own. In those words‚ acknowledge the specific information that you get from sources‚ whether those sources are online or printed articles or books‚ interviews‚ online discussions‚ information from your sources’ ideas and information at all times. Academic integrity involves not only acknowledging
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POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL Guidelines for Parents and Teachers The initial step in intervention for children not doing well in school is to determine the cause. The school psychologist may be the best source of information‚ and the either the school or the parents can request an evaluation to determine the causes of a child’s learning problems. The following general causes and suggested interventions are based on the gross distinctions suggested by Rabinovitch: 1. deficits in specific
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levels of intelligence and rates of academic development present in every student. Children are required to attend school to have their academic performance evaluated and to discover and cultivate their personal and professional talents‚ beliefs‚ and interests. Those developed attributes lead to decisions about higher education and career paths after educational minimums are satisfied. With a national standard in mind‚ for this set of facts to apply‚ academic minimum requirements would have to
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