Arguments for and against active euthanasia
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Euthanasia is often referred to as mercy killing and has been undertaken in the medical profession for years to put patients with long illnesses out of suffering. Active euthanasia on the other hand, means that another person other than the patient intentionally ends a patient's life, for...
Personal responsibility and peacemaking
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The US is 300 million strong and counting. Sure, the indiscretions of George W. Bush led to the Iraq War, but there are 300 million people who could do something about it. Think about it this way, George W. Bush may have waged the war, but he did not fight it. Soldiers did the fighting. Workers...
"Explain how much is constructed by the reader / viewers own socio-cultural make-up in the creation and reception of the Fantastic"
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The effectiveness of a literary piece lies in its power to move the readers to see their lives connected or related to it. In fact, every author, in writing any piece of literature, faces a challenge of making his/her work appeal to the life experiences of people. Definitely, the author's task is...
La Celestina in its cultural and historical context
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
La Celestina, written by Fernando de Rojas in 1499, is often considered one of the greatest works of Spanish literature, and with good reason. It set a precedent for future writings, both in Spain and abroad--even inspiring Shakespeare's masterpiece Romeo and Juliet. The play came on the heels...
Labor relations paper
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
House Bill 190, or the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) , is a bill that was introduced to the United States House of Representatives in January of 2011. The bill would expound on particular safety provisions in the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH) of 1970. To truly understand...
Foundations paper
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The United Way has many projects in which they provide services for. Some of these are help in education of the youth, their campaign for the common good, transportation services, and penny drives. All of these things go a long way to serve those in communities across the nation. They are a very...
My leadership plan
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In the world today strong leadership with moral or ethical values is much needed, especially in human service work. The increase of unemployment and poverty has many people turning to people in this field for a variety of needs; counselors for depression issues, social service agencies for food,...
My ethical decision
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
Every day we are faced with making decisions. It all starts from the time our alarm goes off in the morning until we go to sleep at night. Do I hit the snooze button and sleep ten more minutes, or do I just get up and start my day? Which outfit should I wear? Do I need to shave? What do I want to...
Jesus in comparison to Mohammad
Book review - 3 pages - Educational studies
Many religions are out there in this world and all have their different beliefs and god, gods, goddesses, and spiritual leader in which each follows. Many share in some of the same beliefs of finding peace, spirituality, and tranquility in their lives. How each find a way to achieve these goals...
Hinduism
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
There are many different religions in this world, but each one is different from the next. None of us can say whether one is better than another or if one is right and one is wrong. Trying to respect each other should be more important. One religion out of the many is Hinduism, which is more how...
Exploration of the Methodist religion
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Christian religion has many denominations but all have similar beliefs. For the most part they have the same beliefs and practices with a few differences determined by how each denomination branched off from the Catholic religion, which was the original Christianity. Anglicans, Methodist,...
Internal anatomy of a bony fish
Book review - 3 pages - Educational studies
Most aquatic animals have adapted to the water so that they may breathe and move swiftly through the water. Some have even adapted by the color of their scales to blend in with their surroundings. Those fish, which live mostly in deeper depths of the water or are nocturnal, may appear red in...
Children obesity in San Antonio
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
San Antonio is in the state of Texas. It occupies an area of 7.07miles of land area and 0.13miles of water area (USA.com, 2013). The total population of the area is 45,307 which is a reduction of 4.39% of the 2000 statistics. This is much lower than the national average of 9.71% and the 20.59% of...
There is no hope of doing perfect research
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
The unadorned meaning of research is ‘scientific inquiry' or simply ‘to search again'. The intriguing word denotes the systematic investigation to increase knowledge and understanding or simply to arrive at facts. It is the careful subject of a study to set up new information or facts...
Economics and Social Policy: The Keynesian Perspective
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
At the onset of civilization, it has always been the aim of surviving societies to establish a kind of welfare state- one that is able to deliver the basic necessities and services to its inhabitants through various modes available. The delivery of services includes, but not is limited to, those...
Forest ecosystem
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In an echo system there are living and nonliving factors which work together within the environment. This paper is supposed to be about the food chain and some of the living and nonliving factors while collecting information I discovered so much more. Each of the elements within the environment...
Do good leaders need to be intelligent ?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of intelligence and...
The official language movement
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
Most Americans have trouble relating to Presidential candidates that are bilingual. The majority of Americans do not know another language besides English; they feel like it is the only one that is important. So when Barrack Obama was running for President it was a little surprising that he was...
Race and my community
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
I have seen much change as the years pass by. I have lived in Lima most of my life and grew up here. I would saying I know this community very well. I am White and have lived mostly in the same place. I have moved out of the house my parents owned several times, but I always seem to come back to...
The story of the Shawnee Indians
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
My name is Methoataske which means “turtle laying eggs”. I am 14 years old and belong to the Shawnee tribe. It is late spring 1831 and we are now embarking on our trip out west having sold our lands. Catahecassa, Black Hoof, our Chief has died. Our tribe is headed to the Mississippi...
Hispanic American Diversity - published: 10/06/2013
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Until I started the research for this paper I did not know how many different countries that Hispanic Americans have come from. It was hard for me to choose only four to write about for this assignment but I did decide to pick the ones I was most familiar with and which I was able to find the...
The migration of the Scottish people
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In the 1600 and 1700's the Scottish began coming to the United States. Some of them “…were primarily for Quakers and Presbyterians who were experiencing religious persecution by the then Episcopalian Church of Scotland.” (Hess, 2011) Most did not come by choice. A lot of the...
The Japanese textbooks controversy: a comparison with France and Germany
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
“Few, if any, instruments shape national culture more powerfully than the materials used in schools. Textbooks are not only among the first books most people encounter; in many places they are, along with religious texts, almost the only books they encounter” . Textbooks are an...
Knowledge, power and development
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
United Nations report 1951: rapid economic progress and painful adjustments Truman: ‘fair deal' - the US and the world have to solve the problems of the underdeveloped areas (misery, food inadequate, poverty, disease…). He develops the idea that humanity has the knowledge to relieve the...
What do executives have to do in order to create a moral corporation?
Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies
What is morality in corporation? By definition, morality is the “principle concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior”. In corporations we can apply this definition to the interactions between employees but also toward the company's objectives. In...
Establishing an Australian manager & his family in Shanghai
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
With lager multinational organisations' pre-occupation with increasing their profit & market share (Kobrin 1996 cited in Lewis 1997), globalization and internationalization is clearly the next step to achieving these objectives (Brewester 1988 & Guzzo et al. 1994 cited in Brewester 1988). However...
School dress codes and uniforms
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
School dress codes have been a highly controversial topic for quite a long time now causing the legislative authorities a hard time. It seems that ever since Mary Beth Tinker, a 13-year old junior high school student decided to join a group of students that were protesting about the Vietnam War...
Homeland/organizational culture analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Culture can be understood as values, beliefs, characteristics, or customs of a society or community that can de described by everything from religion, arts, social habits, and language. The American culture is unique and widely influenced by many types of individuals. America is the land of...
Filibuster reform
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Change is an inevitable part of life. Changes are made daily, weekly, monthly, and even yearly. Without them progress would be impossible. However, it is necessary that certain portions of the original object are still relevant in any change. An example of change being necessary may be...
Affects of the Roman Civilization on Modern Society
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Nations may be influenced by a variety of elements. No nation will come into existence without the assistance of another. Rome was a civilization that greatly influenced other nations. These influences are plentiful. In addition to the influences being plentiful, they are long lasting. The...
