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A Narrative Report On Outreach Program
Human Activities
Life
Storytelling
In my life I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. Being able to help is a privilege for us students for it teaches us how to become concerned to those who are in need, it helps us to understand the spirit of compassion…
Critique of A Qualitative Research
Concept
Experience
Matter
Observation
Science
Substance abuse
Article: The Experience of Acupuncture for Treatment of Substantial Dependence, by Kunsook Song Bernstein The study has a clear title and abstract statements. The purpose of the study, the research design and methods used and the findings and conclusions were briefly but adequately explained in the abstract. However, literature synthesis is not provided. Nonetheless, the…
The Issue of Media Violence in the Modern Era
Aggression
Communication
Media Violence
Media Violence has been a hot topic for many decades. Now it has become a problem because of the many technological advances. This can be an arguable debate between different people. Some argue that media violence has no harm but others disagree. The facts are stating that the television is turned on for more than…
Sociology Privilege Assignment
Knowledge
Oppression
White privilege
Privilege is an advantage, benefit or right that a person or group of people have. Privileged people have the opportunity and/or power to access these benefits because of their “favourable” position. This position can include, but are not limited to a person’s skin colour, age, sex, gender or ability to do every day activities. In…
Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Empathy
The 1982 film Blade Runner was inspired by Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which illustrates a story where a man hunts androids that are hiding out on Earth. Although the premise of the movie stays consistent to that of the novel, it is easy to see why the film was…
A Health Need: A Selfish Gene
Empathy
A recent peer reviewed article proposed the idea that there are differences between the genders in how they express empathy, with men being less empathetic than women. This study was fascinating in that this lack of empathy, or disorders of empathy are greater in males than in females. Two such examples are autism and psychopathy…
Plato’s Arguments for the Importance of Education
Education
Importance of Education
Plato
What is the purpose of education? A well known philosopher named Plato actually believed the true purpose and goal of education was to develop a man’s character to be rational and moral. His teacher, Socrates, was very known for the saying “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Cooper and Hutchinson, 33). This quote is…
A Comparison of Simone De Beauvoir and W.E.B. DuBois as Existentialists
Oppression
Social Issues
Web Dubois
Simone de Beauvoir and W.E.B. DuBois were existentialists whose ideas were reflected in their works The Second Sex and The Souls of Black Folk respectively. They wrote in response to the dominant theories surrounding the cause of and the answer to the discrimination faced by women and blacks. Both, sharing the existentialist mindset, believed neither…
Psychopath And Sociopath In Society
Cognition
Mental Health
Psychology
A psychopath is a person that lacks empathy for the people around them, who is also extremely selfish and has a lack of guilt, etc. In society psychopath and sociopath are always getting mixed together the difference between the two is that a sociopath can form bonds with others (usually family) while a psychopath will…
My Difficulties Growing Up as a Teenager
Child
Divorce
Thought
Divorce is something a child has no control over. It isn’t our decision, it isn’t something we can change, and it isn’t something I was expecting. Late last year, my parents reached a point in their marriage, where it became impossible to live with one another. After countless hours of thinking, and much discussion, they…