Discrimination and Equal Protection Christine McGee EDL 535 October 13‚ 2014 Dr. Rahim Jones Discrimination and Equal Protection The U.S. Constitution‚ Amendment XIV‚ Section 1 states “. . . no state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In the United States‚ all students have the right to a free public education from Kindergarten to the 12th Grade. This Amendment includes non-citizens who are in the United States illegally have the right to attend
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In our world‚ protests occur each day on the issues of animal cruelty and human rights‚ but when the issues are put together which will reign over the other? The author Peter Singer of “All Animals are Equal” and “Tools for Research” presents his argument for determining when animal experiments are justified. The author starts his paper with a counter argument‚ questioning if one would be willing to let thousands of people die if those people could be saved by experimentation on a single animal.
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bankrupt. Additionally‚ in 1963 the Equal Pay Act said that equal pay for men and women is mandatory‚ and‚ therefore‚ is illegal to blatantly pay women less. Also‚ in 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. Title VII bans discrimination in hiring‚ firing‚
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current affairs issue in the United States that is important to me is equal representation of races and gender within the sector of the media. Despite the United States being a nation that is becoming increasingly diverse‚ what is shown on screen and behind the scenes does not reflect our nation’s changing demographic. This is an important issue to me as a woman of color whose goal is to become a documentary filmmaker. Equal representation in the media is necessary because the media helps to form
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Equal Rights Abortion is not a decision to be taken lightly. It is not a decision that the mother should make on her on either. Abortion should be a mutual decision between both parents. It should only be the mother’s choice if the father is not willing to care for the baby. It takes both a man and woman to create a child; therefor it should take both a man and a woman to make the decision to abort their child. After all a child is no more the mother’s than it is the father’s. When a woman makes
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Animals Are Equal"‚ one has to look at his viewpoint and perspective. Singer is a utilitarian‚ which is someone who believes that best outcome is something that causes that greatest amount of pleasure (or the least amount of pain) for the greatest number of people. However‚ in this definition the word ’people’ is used‚ as to mean only humans. This is the point that Singer is trying to argue. Who is to say that animals don’t feel pain or experience happiness? Singer believes in the equal consideration
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K/601/7629 Professional organisational issues in counselling. 1. Understand what is meant by counselling. Counselling is time spent with qualified practitioner about experiences‚ difficulties‚ feelings and behaviours one maybe facing. It is a safe place for a client to be heard‚ in a confidential setting that is non-judgemental. Counselling is time for the client to feel they are valued. Their feelings‚ thoughts and behaviours are empathised with and through working with different theories and
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Miss P was in my office for counselling. Counselling is concerned with addressing and resolving issues‚ coping with crisis‚ making decisions‚ working through feelings and improving relationships with others. Skills associated with counselling is interpersonal communication which includes attention‚ active listening‚ observing and responding (Stanley‚ 2013; Aldridge and Rigby‚2001). She appeared really worried that she burst into tears when I asked the reason for her visit. I told her I will be glad
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Explain the concept of an equal society In an equal society everyone would be accepted‚ they would all have their own personality and would be free to express it in whichever way they want to and everyone would have the same benefits and services offered to them within society but that’s only If we had an equal society. In the world we live in there are many different problems that we face. In the UK we have many differences such as wealth‚ prosperity and life chances of an individual‚ despite the
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I’m learning that there are different ideas and approaches to counselling‚ but there are generic qualities and active listening skills required that can be used by helpers in different sorts of helping relationships and environments (in the work place‚ personal situations and professional counselling sessions)‚ to build and establish a helping relationship with the speaker. These qualities and skills enable the speaker to share and explore their feelings and to have more understanding of their issues
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