Let’s Be Lefties for a Day DeVry University Let’s Be Lefties for a Day “The perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people” (Devry College‚ 2013‚ Week One Assignment‚ Para. 1). I have been right handed since 2nd grade. This was not always the case though. When I began Kindergarten in 1985‚ I was predominantly left handed. I was persistently discouraged from writing with my left hand and eventually I became fluent in
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Title: Let’s Be Lefties for a Day Melanie Poundall DeVry University Lets Be Lefties For The Day Today I participated in an assignment designed to help the student to “accept that discrimination exists “ (DeVry College‚ 2014‚ week one lecture‚ p.3). In our society the majority of people are right handed therefore everything is constructed to accommodate that‚ versus the small minority of people whom happen to be left-handed. Spending the day as a left-handed person was a challenge and
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Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! Sunjoo Lee Chamberlain College of Nursing SOCS 350N: Cultural Diversity in Profession Spring A‚ 2014 Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! The understanding of cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender difference in managers and professionals in business setting is important. As a nurse in the hospital‚ it is essential for me to understand and respond to different culture‚ ethnic and gender issues. Many patients are from different cultures and ethnic groups‚ especially there are many cases
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existence; us Lefties face difficulties daily. I’m often stereotyped as creative‚ independent‚ a born leader‚ …satanic?? That’s a lot to live up to! If you don’t believe how tough we have it‚ try doing any simple task that is designed specifically with a tool for a Lefty‚ and tell me how you do. From unfounded prejudices to unsafe power tools‚ it is a wonder how us Lefties make it through day to day. It’s probably unimaginable for you Righties to understand all the strife we Lefties face. People
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Let ’s Be Lefties for a Day! Louis Silvestri DeVry University Cultural Diversity in the Professions 350 Professor Jeanette Tate Spring B 2014 Let ’s Be Lefties for a Day! What is the importance of understanding cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender differences by managers and professionals in a business setting? Are we spending too much time‚ effort‚ and money training managers and professionals about such concepts and ideas? The importance of learning about cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender differences is significant
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Assignment – Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! This assignment is designed to shift your viewpoint just a bit and hopefully help make clear what it is like to be different from the mainstream of society‚ as well as how the perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people. There are two concepts at work. One is institutionalized discrimination‚ in which groups or categories of people are placed at some level of disadvantage by the normal way that society operates. The
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diversity could benefit organizations. Some‚ such as areas of cost‚ marketing‚ creativity‚ and problem solving (Bell 9). Second some components needed to change a business into becoming more diverse. The final is how being right handed and spending the day as a leftie helped to understand diversity and apply the knowledge in the work place. As professionals and managers understanding cultural differences will help develop a business reputation for valuing all types of workers and could potentially become
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Corporations must develop a plan to develop their employees to embrace cultural competency and value diversity. Promoting to understand cultural‚ ethnic and gender difference requires awareness and being sensitive to others needs in the workplace or patient population served in an organization. Employees should be culturally knowledgeable and be able to interpret the needs and disparities of a particular group or culture. Being able to interpret the health and disparities are keys elements to understand
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Everyone calls my father Lefty for the obvious reason. My dad was born at home in 1941‚ on a farm 20 miles from the nearest tiny town in Indiana. A farm kid‚ he went to school in a four room school house where most of the kids were like him and went to school when they didn’t have to help out on the farm. When my father was in the second grade‚ he was already 9 years old. Dad’s teacher then was Mrs. Graves‚ who he remembers well. Back then everyone in second grade had to learn to write in cursive
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“Let It Snow” Evaluation David Sedaris’ essay‚ “Let It Snow” is a reflection of Sedaris’ past. A single day from his childhood in North Carolina where Sedaris and his siblings were home due to school being closed for few days because of bad weather. The story reflects solely on the relationship that Sedaris’ mother had with him and his sisters‚ and how it was affected by her drinking problem. Although the story revolved around the children the mother was the main character. The mother in the
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