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Television: How It Effects Chi
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... in sports after school , a majority of them just come home and plop themselves in front of the TV. What is happening when they are watching TV? Absolutely nothing , they are sitting on a couch not moving and not thinking , and sometimes eating to. And we all know what happens when you eat and are not active. If a child keeps up with this scenario , as they grow older it is less likely they will want to play with other kids or take up an active hobby. Your child will grow to be a couch potato. You do not want that to happen , do you?
Along with losing creativity and gaining laziness , your child is ...
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Child Psychology
Number of Words: 1840 / Number of Pages: 7
... and vast field in psychology. The more we are able to understand the psychology of children, the better we may understand why people turn out the way they do. Hopefully in doing so, we may have a clearer understanding of what has negative effects on child development. Therefore, we can revolve around the negative and focus more on the positive. Resulting in a better future for everybody.
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Both Plato and Aristotle wrote about children. Plato believed that children are born with special talents and their training should stress those talents. His views are consistent with modern thinking ab ...
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The Igbo
Number of Words: 500 / Number of Pages: 2
... but by social considerations. The young men's were to expected to return home with trophies of human heads after wars that were usually provoked for the purpose of proving they were brave men, deserving of the exalted title of great warriors and has the right to join a club. Those men who could not accomplish this feat were treated as cowards; they were laughed at and denied certain rights and privileges. Headhunting was to prove that they are great warriors.
Igbo people are predominantly Christians. It is estimated that they constitute the largest block of Christians found anywhere on the Africa ...
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Types Of Skiing
Number of Words: 3300 / Number of Pages: 12
... miles per hour. Both records were
achieved at Lees Acres, France, in April 1984.
Slalom
In slalom competitors race downhill through a series of gates
represented by pairs of poles. The flags on the gates are either red or blue.
There are three types of events: Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super-G. Slalom
has many gates and tight turns. Giant Slalom has fewer gates and wider turns.
Super-G is a combination of Giant Slalom and downhill racing.
Getting through the gates of a slalom course calls for great balance and
skill. Races are won on the fastest time, as in downhill, but if a gate i ...
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Organizational Concepts -High
Number of Words: 1556 / Number of Pages: 6
... was to create the best place to work in the country. The cornerstone of this purpose is a value system which is the very heart of our corporate culture. This value system is as follows:
? The company’s most valuable asset is its corporate culture. The basis of the culture is cheering at another’s success, helping out when a teammate needs a hand and being generous with praise. GP culture is so important that people who cannot or will not embrace it fully will not be allowed to stay.
? GP was designed from the ground up to meet the needs of our customers. We continuosly change and improve ourselves a ...
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Day Care In New York And How I
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... work as a result of the recent
surge in day-care providers. The state has said that licensors will arquire
help in the very near future. The help will arrive in two forms:
reinforcements and computers.
In New York State this year, the number of cases per licensor is at
its lowest since five years ago. It has dropped from 165 to 156 cases per
licensor. During the next year, the state of New York will commission
eleven or so workers at the Suffolk Department of Social Services and the
Child Care Council of Suffolk to, working under contract with the state,
inspect day-care provide ...
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The Real World Of Technology B
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... that “technology has built the house in which we live” (Franklin, p.1) and that this house is continually changing and being renovated. There is very little human activity outside of the house, and all in habitants are affected by the “design of the house, by the division of its space, by the location of its doors and walls.” (p.1). Franklin claims that; rarely does society step outside of the house to live, when compared with generations past. The goal for leaving the house is not to enter the natural environment, because in Franklin’s terms “environment essent ...
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Cigars And Their Popularity
Number of Words: 602 / Number of Pages: 3
... types of tobacco. The only type of tobacco grown is fast-maturing strains they can get to the market quickly. Careful and attentive raising is non existent. The leaves are quickly dried and thrown into boxes for shipment to the rolling factory.
Fine cigars are hand rolled, whereas all cigarettes are machine rolled. Including the type and quality of the leaf, rolling is the ultimate judge of whether a cigar is good or bad. Cigar companies go to great pains to be sure they hire only the best "Torcedores" (cigar rollers). If a cigar is underfilled it will burn hot and harsh; if it is ove ...
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American Dream
Number of Words: 671 / Number of Pages: 3
... could get more money. The President ended slavery, but there were ways around it and everyone knew it. No one ever said any persecution of the black man is wrong for years and why not, because it was more convenient for us to ignore it. Now the people from Latin American countries have come in homes of freedom, and better lives. We tell them they have to speak English, since they are in America, but I do not recall being taught the language of the Native Americans. Since they were here first should you not have to learn that language?
Americans define success as how much money you have. Success ...
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What To Do About Ethnic Cleans
Number of Words: 1045 / Number of Pages: 4
... Whenever it arises, it is followed by a host of moral questions. Do we just stay out completely and allow the country to deal with its own problems? Or, if we decide to take action, do we merely send medical aid or help militarily? Should we send in the army? Or is an air war the only acceptable option? It all comes down to an ethical issue, with one group insisting that preventing the loss of lives is paramount. The other side states that ethnic cleansing is caused by a fundamental disagreement between two ethnic groups, so unless we allow the groups to resolve their own issues, they can never be ...
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