The article I chose for the review is titled, “Language and Literacy Promotion in Early Childhood Settings: A Survey of Center- Based Practices”. This article begins with the importance of literacy development within the early childhood years and how it serves as a essential foundation. It was then based off of a study that focused on two factors: (1) to assess the extent to which early childhood educators engage children in literacy-building activities, and (2) to identify educator or programmatic characteristics associated with the promotion of early literacy activities in child care centers. The study was done through a survey, one hundred and eighty…
In his essay, "The Golden Rule- One or Many, Gold or Glitter?" Jeffrey Wattles discusses the many carnations of the universal rule, "Do to others as you want others to do to you", and its influence on the way we live. This widespread advice from the Gods found in almost every religion is under scrutiny; "Is the rule golden? In other words, is it worthy to be cherished as a rule of living or even as the rule of living?"(Inquiry, p#237, paragraph 10)…
Jesus also gave a rule of conduct which is applicable in all lands and in all ages, namely: "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12). Because of its great value this has often been called the "Golden Rule". This perfect and complete principle does not forbid doing wrong to others, rather it encourages doing all the good to others that we would like them to do to us.…
This article reflects the work of and lecture delivered at the University of Notre Dame on October 15 1990 by Professor Dr. Nicholas Lobkowicz. The article titled “Christianity and Culture” was eventually published in the journal “Review of Politics”, Vol. 53, No.2 (Spring, 1991), pp. 373-389. The article reflects the author’s research into the diminishing effects of Christianity on the human experience, and how it has served its historical perspective. Dr. Lobkowicz ascertains that his purpose in this article is that the Church still has an opportunity to engage modernity, while giving witness to human dignity and promoting a more human culture.…
Our decision to invade Iraq was just. How the idea was sold to the American public was not, this in my opinion was the administrations greatest fault. There is no doubt that Iraq posed a significant threat to our nation and others and that its leader needed to be ousted. Whether the preemptive decision to invade was based on the belief that they possessed WMD is, in my opinion, inconsequential. Ethically, we know that utilitarians would evaluate the…
In his article “The Loss of The Creature,” Walker Percy presents the case that people or so-called “creature’s” experiences are most often trivial because of our actions. Percy believes we can only truly enjoy these experiences if we leave the old ways of thinking . Only then can we see the true beauty of the experience. Percy gives three examples to prove his point. His first example describes a tourist’s plans to go see the Grand Canyon. Oftentimes, tourists have preconceived expectations about the wonder, and feel that they are let down with a dreary sight rather than the things they have fantasized. The second example Percy uses is of a couple who, while wandering through Mexico looking for an “unspoiled” place to get lost in. They stumble upon an Indian village and live with the locals for a little while. After returning home, they tell their friends that they had an experience better than they expected. The third example Percy uses is that of a biology teacher who gave his students a dogfish to dissect. The students look at the dogfish as another specimen to be dissected for a grade instead of trying to learn about it as a piece of unexplored creation. In his article “The Loss of The Creature,” Walker Percy attempts to show how in our experiences we do not really see what we think we see. I believe he was correct, however, I did not always believe this. When I first read “The Loss of The Creature,” it did not make sense to me. After rereading it and thinking about what Percy said, I started to understand.…
This evaluation of social work journals will aid in my ability to think critically and apply communication and professional judgment. Also, to integrating research based knowledge. Reading and evaluating these journals helps in formulating modules for assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Moreover, the paper will demonstrate my ability to communicate effectively verbally and grammatically with clients, colleagues, and within organizations.…
1. As you reflect back on this budgeting assignment, what are the most personally important facts or concepts you learned?…
The article that I selected is titled "Gun control is not the answer". The issue of the article is that taking away guns will not stop shooting in the United States of America; therefore, citizens should continue to have guns. The article should be viewed with skepticism because the author of the article is biased and uses fallacy tactics to try to persuade his the audience to agree with him because he's a gun owner and the creator of a gun blog post. He supports the second amendment the right to bear arms, he doesn't agree with gun control. The passage that I selected doesn't support the author's position because it doesn't focus on gun control in America. The article is all over the place it has several rhetoric devices…
Cretikos et al. (2008) stated that nurses do believe that pulse oximetry is an adequate monitoring of ventilation. However, pulse oximetry measurement has not been demonstrated to be a specific indicator of serious illness, and it lacks specificity. This is clear evidence that nurses lack the required skills and knowledge to undertake a comprehensive respiratory assessment (Meredith and Massey 2010).…
Recently two farms in Iowa had to perform a massive recall in eggs due to a salmonella poisoning from contaminated feed. The poisoning has caused the two companies to recall more than half a billion eggs, and has made about 1,500 people ill. Now, the companies are claiming that they are committed to safety and that it is up to the consumer of the eggs to fully cook the eggs before eating. This argument is addressed to egg consumers raising awareness that farm CEO’s are overlooking safety procedures due to their cost. The editorial addresses the FDA of having a poor history of inspecting food providers, and ignoring what they find. Anyone purchasing not only eggs but food from normally trusted farms is included in the editorials audience portion.…
The Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress for Women After Spousal Emotional Abuse…
The Golden Rule requires the decision maker to consider how they would want to be treated in the situation. This theory encourages the decision maker to thoroughly consider how their actions will positively and negatively affect those involved and then make a decision based on how they would like to be treated if they were in the other person’s shoes. Here, Luke must make a decision based on how the other two parties would like to be treated.…
The purpose of this paper is to summarize this week’s reading regarding nurses as educators. Today, patients are expected to assume greater responsibility for their care and health promotion. Therefore, nurses must provide patient-centered education, to ensure patients have the knowledge and confidence to take on this responsibility (Bastable, 2014).…
Back in the spring of 2011 Syria began a brutal civil war that crippled the infrastructure leaving 3 main factions fighting for power. The United States decided to intervene and support the Syrian Rebel Army in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected use of chemical weapons against the people of Syria. If this were in fact accurate and America’s only reason for uniting forces with them was to overthrow a tyrannical leader, then I believe America would have been in accordance with the Just War Theory. Yet history shows us that we (Americans) usually have an ulterior motive behind the silver lining. If we look back to the year 2003 and the invasion of Iraq we again see that in the peoples’ eyes there was a just reason for why we were sending our armies. Weapon of Mass…