During my time in Elementary and Jr. High I never really took school seriously. I would go to class‚ but I’d never really make it a priority until I got into a program called Upward Bound that changed the way I’d look at school forever. I was sitting in class around the middle of September when I was called down to the counseling office. I had no idea why I was called down‚ but I didn’t really care much. When I arrived to the office there waiting for me was a big fat Mexican (as he likes to describe
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Early in the Holocaust‚ German army units participated in the massacre of the Jews in Eastern Europe. Among these‚ the Reserve Police Battalion 101 was made up of civilian police men‚ German men‚ and volunteers subject to the military draft. They were middle-aged working family men with a lower middle class background. Their main purpose was to be an essential source of manpower in holding down German-occupied Europe. In 1941‚ they were told that they had to perform a gruesome and undesirable task
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history of the United States of America‚ a country that celebrates and was founded on the belief in personal freedoms‚ the idea of peaceful‚ civil disobedience has been much disputed. The point of contention being… “Does peaceful resistance to laws positively or negatively impact a free society?” Although there have been instances where resistance to law has ended badly‚ PEACEFUL resistance‚ with full acceptance of the consequences‚ has produced more beneficial fruits. For the purposes of this essay‚ I
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History of multi-touch[edit] The use of touchscreen technology to control electronic devices pre-dates multi-touch technology and the personal computer. Early synthesizer and electronic instrument builders like Hugh Le Caine and Robert Moog experimented with using touch-sensitive capacitance sensors to control the sounds made by their instruments.[6] IBM began building the first touch screens in the late 1960s‚ and‚ in 1972‚ Control Data released the PLATO IV computer‚ a terminal used for educational
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Effects of Multi-Disciplinary Approaches There are various ways to approach and solve problems. Such approaches include multi-disciplinary perspectives and strictly disciplinary perspectives. To effectively solve a problem a person should gather an array of information from a series of different sources. When a person takes this approach towards a certain problem or situation‚ they are taking a multi-disciplinary approach. As defined in the Webster’s American Dictionary: College Edition‚ multidisciplinary
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Upward Bound First‚ the opportunities Upward Bound provides is stunning. A lot of students that have been in Upward Bound are in college or have already graduated from college. To be one of those students would be amazing because not only will I be the first one in my family to go to college but also‚ I would have a lot more opportunities for a job in the future. I also‚ want to be the person in my family to in courage a family member in the future to go to college. There are many opportunities
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The Second World War broke out on the 1st September 1939‚ and ended on the 2nd September 1945. Evacuation started in late August 1939‚ just days before the war started. School children were the first group of people to be evacuated‚ followed by pre-school children and expectant mothers‚ then the adult crippled population. These groups were chosen because they were believed to be at highest risk. However‚ by the end of 1939‚ many families had started to return to their city homes‚ because they believed
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Multi- Professional and Multi- agency working “Multi-agency working brings together practitioners from different sectors and professions to provide an integrated way of working to support children‚ young people and families.” (DfES‚ 2001) In this essay my aim is to demonstrate an understanding of the collaborative skills required for effective multi professional practice. I will include feedback following a group presentation that I took part in and give my personal reflections of the process
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Upward Supportive Communication for School Principals De Nobile presents data to show research that was done in Australian schools recognizes three types of supportive communication. “Supportive communication refers to interactions between people that serve functions relating to affirmation‚ encouragement‚ boosting morale and other forms of emotional and social support” (De Nobile‚ 2014). De Nobile’s goal was to discuss the three types of supportive communication and more specifically‚ highlight
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1. Why are you interested in working with UMass Upward Bound? I am interested to work with Upward Bound program because I want to gain knowledge and experience about mentoring students from less privileged background and subordinate social identity. This work experience will facilitate insights and hands-on experience to mentor and train high-school students to pursue higher education. Personally‚ I am a first-generation‚ poor class‚ and belong to lower caste social group in India; therefore‚ I understand
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