In the story‚ “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”‚ by Horace Miner he talks about the Nacirema tribe and describes the body rituals that their society does on a regular basis that they view as the norm in their society and culture. While reading about these strange and unusual rituals‚ one can’t help but think that what these people are doing is totally and completely ridiculous. Ethnocentrism comes over and judgment takes place‚ but in reality some could view our American culture as just and crazy
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Outline and discuss your understanding of the Minnesota Model as a response to problem drug use. Student No: 109495185. Introduction Addiction is a chronic disease‚ and can be progressive‚ relapsing and fatal (Heyman‚ 2009). There are many models of addiction theories. The disease model‚ which sees addiction as a medical condition along the same lines of diabetes and arthritis‚ is the most widely known in the public due to its depiction in media and film as a result of the popularity of Alcoholics
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Running Head: Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Native Americans Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Native Americans Catherine D. Dunn PSYD 8180 OL‚ SYSTEMS OF PSYCHPTHERAPHY Course Instructor: Denise Scatena‚ Ph.D May 21‚ 2010 ABSTRACT Historical trauma is defined as an aggregate of emotional and psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations‚ emanating from massive group trauma and continues to impacts the group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_trauma)
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Americans and the Rituals of Birth There are so many different cultures inside the American Indian culture. Although within the American Indian culture you can categorize or generalize the culture by making factual statements such as: Native Americans value your word‚ Trust is important‚ and Native Americans rely on information networks‚ there are still numerous different religions‚ tribes‚ rituals and ceremonies that all lie within the one culture of Native Americans. Birthing rituals in the Native
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Yahya Zakri Instructor: Jeff English; 1101 Date: April 30‚ 14 Soccer Rituals Soccer is a team sport‚ played by toe teams competing to score goals in each other. Evry team should have eleven players‚ and seven players are stand by.Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. For me‚ it was a family hoppy because my father does play it and my entire uncle did. My brothers and I had been going with my dad and watch him play. I had the passion to play soccer because of them and I was
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University whenever conflict ensued between a chapter’s President and the Ritual Chair. Essentially‚ when it came time to select the chapter’s new Executive Committee for the 2017 calendar year‚ the Ritual Chair was viewed as many to most likely become the next President as she had become an extremely influential and promising leader. However‚ having a say in the new positions‚ the President did everything in her power to ensure the Ritual Chair was not selected to be the next President‚ but rather saw to
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Rumspringa: An Amish Ritual Introduction: In the Amish religion‚ there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic‚ consisting of roughly 200‚000 people . Their tradition‚ referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term "Rumspringa"‚ can best be explained by the word’s translation. With "rum-"‚ translating in English to "around"‚ and "-schpringe"‚ meaning "to
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(2000) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge‚ prior experiences‚ and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them: it teaches to and through the strengths of these students.” I found this definition to be very effective and a great summary of the overall topic being covered. It hit on many of the different points and aspects of having a culturally responsive classroom and also how to be a culturally responsive teacher
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Prescription Drug Use and Abuse It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray‚ 46‚ of Germantown‚ Md.‚ says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life. Tranquilizers‚ which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness‚ numbed Ray’s agony‚ helped her sleep‚ and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon
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Some rituals that are performed on this day include refraining from work or co-curricular activities‚ lighting two candles at the beginning of Shabbat‚ the Kiddush‚ lighting of the Havdalah candle‚ which essentially make up the two core beliefs of the Shabbat‚ which are to “Remember the Sabbath day” and “Keep the Sabbath day”. Shabbat begins on Friday at sunset and lasts until Saturday‚ where the third star appears in sky and will signify the end of the current Shabbat. For the Shabbat ritual‚ Challah
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