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    The Working Poor

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    The Working Poor travels into the forgotten America. It is a book about people and places that most us have never thought about. We have our debates about these people‚ their lifestyles‚ how they raise their children and where they work but we don’t really know them and for the most part don’t care. How many of us notice "the man who washes cars but does not own one‚ the clerk who files cancelled checks at the bank but has $2.02 in her own account or the woman who copyedits medical textbooks but

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    Andrew Jackson’s ‘Era of the Common Man’ or the ‘Jacksonian Period’ (1824-1845) starts at his inauguration‚ and ends as the Civil War begins. Jackson was the first president that was not born into wealth or education‚ but instead made his own wealth‚ and taught himself up to a prime education‚ a ‘self-made man’‚ as some may say‚ this and his military history made him the defining figure of his age. Although‚ he downplayed his past successes to make him more like the ‘common man’‚ and appeal to the voters

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    Working in Groups

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    Teamwork can be defined as a “collection or coalition of people who interact meaningfully in the pursuit of common goals or objectives and who have at least a tacit sense of agreed standards‚ values and common identity” (Schein‚ 1965). This has left many academics to analyse the benefits of working within a group‚ and how these compare to the disadvantages. Working in groups has become increasingly popular with academics and organisations due to the excessive advantages which are obtainable

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    examining the levels of underachievement of working class pupils. It was clear from the evidence that they were underachieving compared to the middle classes in terms of gaining access to selective schools‚ achievement at 16 - O Levels/CSEs/GCSEs entry to university and further training. In other words‚ it was clear that working class children were most likely to end up doing working class jobs. Despite this evidence‚ it was not entirely clear how working class pupils failed. This was revealed by the

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    working conditions

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    Working today is usually quite safe. The government has made laws saying that employers have to look after the workforce and provide safety equipment and other things for them. At the start of the Industrial Revolution none of these laws existed and so working in a factory could prove to be very dangerous indeed. This section looks at some of the conditions faced by workers and offers a brief explanation of what was done to improve these conditions. Industries such as the cotton trade were particularly

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    Working Memory

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    Working Memory ● Working memory enables us to keep things in mind for short periods (215 seconds) as we think‚ e.g. while reading‚ making a list etc. ● It ’s related to but different to short-term-memory (STM) and long-term-memory (LTM). ● Chapter focuses on Baddley ’s (1986) model of phonological working memory‚ vocabulary acquisition and computational modelling of working-memory. ● The concept of ’span ’ means how many items from a briefly presented set can be remembered‚ e.g. ’word span

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    Common Remedies

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    Explain the common remedies that a party to a contract may claim under the law of contract. Various remedies exist in contract law. These include: Damages Damages in contract law are a legal remedy available for breach of contract. Damages are an award of money to compensate the innocent party. The primary purpose of damages in contract law is to place the injured party in the position they would have been in had the contract been performed. Parties to a contract may legitimately agree the

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    Working Cultures

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    “arrive before the boss‚ leave after the boss” working hours. Collectivism * Speaking up about individual efforts to complete a task – even if you did complete the task on your own. It is advisable to say “Mr Pang‚ I have managed to draft out a comprehensive business proposal with the help of my team”. * Disagreeing with group decisions – even if you did have sound reasons for your decision. It is advisable to adhere to (and practise!) the common “majority wins” approach when trying to reach

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    Working Students

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    institution itself. As career competition grows ever more fierce in the working world‚ the importance of students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents‚ legislators and government education departments alike. Read more: Define Academic Performance | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4740750_define-academic-performance.html#ixzz2NEVziRNN Significance * Although education is not the only road to success in the working world‚ much effort is made to identify‚ evaluate‚ track and encourage

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    Common app

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    523205 Lang p. 2 October 13‚ 2013 Common Application Option #2: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you‚ and what lessons did you learn? When I heard the news‚ my stomach turned I felt like everything I worked for shattered right in front of me‚ and there was nothing that could fix it. During the summer I experienced a tragic injury. It all happened the final half of a soccer tournament with five minutes left in the game. This is when I experienced

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