A Dragons Egg

Oink oink grunted the hungry pigs as I fil direct their trough with destruction nights leftovers. They plunged their fat heads into the soggy spaghetti bolognaise as I turned to stop myself from being sick. Next stop the cows, I spoke aloud. With a sigh of dread, I hopped over the gate and began milking the six feet shocking and white beasts.M-u-m Im h-o-m-e, I shouted upstairs. No answer. Mum, I repeated, still no answer. My face turned red in anger and it felt same(p) steam blew out of my nostrils. Mum I screamed as loud as possible. What, my mum replied, last-placely heeding me. My tonsils throbbed so I climbed up the stairs kinda of shouting and peered into my Sister Lillys bedroom, she was lying there with a thermometer dangling from her mouth and she was plastered in red spots.Ha, ha, ha, ha, I couldnt stop myself from laughing. Lilly shot back a mean look and Mum gave me a lecture on how I should care for my Sister instead of hating her. Youll have to do the Chickens tod ay John, tell my Mother. My name is John and Lilly is my very, very, very annoying Sister. But I hate Chickens, I protested, their scrawny crooked legs, scagged feathers and their beady eyes, not to mention their gimpy, dorky head. My mum gave me a stern look and handed me the chicken feed.I headed out the penetration and the country smell of cow dung hit me like a brick wall, the temperateness peeped out of the clouds and blistered down feather on my angry face. In the distance I heard the sound that make my hair stand on end and made me shudder all over. You see when I was young five chickens chased and pecked me all the way around the cows field, the pests. Now the sound became clearer and closer, it went like this Buck-Buck-Buck-Buck-Buckok, I cringed and shivered as the noise approached closer and closer and closer and closer until . Yuck, oh, Yuck, Chicken poop eeew I wailed. I glanced up, a circle of chickens surrounded me, one of them squawked and the live of them charg ed towards me and began pecking AARRRGHH I bellowed as I impersonated Superman flying into the chicken shed.I dumped the chicken feed in a pile on the nucleotide and darted out dodging and move throughing any obstacles in my way, including those pesky chickens. I stopped to catch my breath, I panted like a thirsty dog and gave a mean stare to the chickens who had spread themselves in a line as if to guard their territory. Despicable feathery fluff-buckets they all are I thought to myself. I climbed to my hands and knees when I spotted, WOW Amazing, brilliant, I cried aloud, it was a huge bollock almost as big as the chickens.I stared at it in inflame disbelief, I was baffled, tumesce I thought to myself, forget double yolkers, then a sly grin spread across my face, well its pretty solidity maybe the chickens depose hatch it by sitting on it, I decided, I threw the gigantic egg directly at the centre chicken, it caused panic among the flock, they flapped their fly and squawke d high pitched screeches and all I could do was laugh. abruptly silence fell over the flock and they advanced, gradually picking up the pace. I support off easy at first but in the end I yelled RETREAT, and scarpered all the way home.COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO screeched the cockerel. Damn cockerel waking me up at six each morning, I wish I had a shotgun, Id blow his head off, I muttered and I moaned about life all the way down to the kitchen until, ummm, Pop Tarts, where have you been all my life. I took a bite but then my Mum burst in to spoil the moment. No time for that those chickens wishing feeding, she told me, I carried on munching until NOW startled I spilt my breakfast all over the floor. My mother growled and I knew that it was time for me to depart.Hello chickens, I cried. I couldnt hear the slightest of sounds and I was right next to the pen, they moldiness be making a battle plan. I decided to poke my head through the door. Nothing, except, the super egg had hatched, weird I thought. I stepped inside and to my horror a two-foot long dragon burped and chicken feathers were dispersed from his mouth, I gulped and fainted.When I finally woke up I was greeted by the unpleasant smell of dragons breath and slobber. I pushed him aside and he hung his head low and said please dont hurt me, sorry about the chickens I was a bit peckish ha, ha Once again I collapsed in a heap on the ground, and was awakened by the same sinful smell. How-How-How- Wha-What-What, I stuttered, thats quite a long name you have there, my names Herbert the dragon, say I do hope Im not intruding but do you have a cage I could possibly stay in? you see its rather nippy out yer. I was caught in some risible kind of trance and obeyed his every command, my eyes ablaze like a demon.As I reached my bedroom I had finally calmed down, I gripped the red scaly dragon firmly around the waist as he chatted along. I already realised he had a bad case of verbal dihorea. Oh no, I said sarcastically th eres not a spare cage, both of us stared at the interesting array of different species of reptiles. Herbert began to lick his lips which ones my supper, questioned Herbie. None, I replied Youll be quiescency in my sock drawer. What are you crazy, the smell will over come me, Ill suffocate, Ill SLAM the drawer slammed shut and at last Herbie shut up.John, John, cried my mother awaking me its cabaret am, the dopey cockerel overslept.No I think youll find Herbie ate him, I replied.WHAT she screamed.Oh Uh nothing, I said hoping she wouldnt start asking questions about what Id said.Listen youll have to do your breakfast yourself and dont forget those chickens, right Gulp uh yeah sure. I rose from my bed and opened my drawer burp, oh yuck, dragons breath, the foul aroma filled the room, well its not me its your socks.My socks, where are they? I asked.A dragons got to eat kiddo.Why I ought to, I threatened, but the dragon put on those puppy eyes so I threw him on the bed and took the li d off my prize possession, my Chameleon, Bob, he was about three feet long but his cage was a massive ten-foot longer. I placed him on my bed next to Herbie and turned back round to smooth out the sawdust on the bottom of Bobs cage but then Herbie pulled the final straw, as I turned back round to see Bobs legs disappear into Herbies open mouth, my face was so mean looking now the spots would jump off any leopard. Herbie stared up at me and said you know, if you pull that face you might get stuck like it, I growled and started strangling Herbie, but suddenly he became three times the size that he was before, he was now eight feet long and weighed a ton, I dropped him in the cage, he struggled for breath. I gave him one last stern look and padlocked him inside and left to do my daily chores.ARRRGHH I shouted, my tonsils on fire, my heart pounding like a drum. Herbie had exploded out of his cage, gobbled up all the lizards and was now fifteen feet long. GET OUT N-O-W I bellowed and cri ed at the red lump of lard. But where can I go, what can I do, what can I eat? Herbie fired the questions at me like a machine gun until he finally ceased. I offered him the garden shed. I have no choice, answered Herbie weeping as he waddled outside. I met Herbie five minutes later hed just managed to squeeze his obese figure through the door. Now he led there with a face as if hed lost a pound and found a penny. I hadnt had the chance to talk man-to-man, well boy-to-dragon so I accepted this opportunity to do so. Uh so Herbie where do you come from?China, he replied, and your parents are where?Southern Hemisphere I suppose, thats our targeted destination but I must have been dropped from my mums pouch during the flight.Hey wait a minute, how do you know this if you were an egg?Read it in your book on top of Bob the Iguanas cage.Oh come on you cant believe a kiddies book, theyre most probably looking for you right now. Trying to soothe Herbies sorrows was very hard, so in the end the only solution was to gather in Herbie into the guestroom. Thank you, thank you, Herbie danced joyfully around the garden with his red scaly tail wagging, as I led him to his room. Now listen Herbie my Mother, Sister and I have to make a short journey to the pharmacy and Grans so go to sleep, be good and please dont grow. I turned out of the light and worriedly walked to the car.We returned about ten PM that night to see Herbies head poked out to the chimney, his four legs through the downstairs windows, his tail through the back door and now he had wings that shattered either side of the roof. I glanced around to see my Mother and Sister had now fainted and were sprawled out on the floor. Suddenly a spectacular sight I was glad to see, Herbies family had parked themselves in our back yard. The biggest one spoke first, thanks for looking after my son, and with that they floated up, up and out as a shower of fairy dust reformed our decapitated house. Thanks boomed Herbie, my ple asure I thought. I turned to my Mum and Sister who were in a daze. Hows about some cakes and cocoa, I suggested, then disaster, a gigantic egg landed on the doorstep.

Cisco Erp

cisco Systems Inc. Implementing ERP come up ride with us your cowboys bill atkinson denisa kubricka edmond lui georg wittenburg iman sharif Company Background Founded in 1984 by two Stanford computer scientists Became in public traded in 1990 Primary product is router By 1997, cisco was ranked top five companies in call up on revenues and ROA in Fortune 500 In 1998, market capitalization was over $100 billion Markets lake herring was a key infrastructure supplier for the New Economy in the mid-90s. That market went with a period of amazing growth since Cisco formed. This fast growth rate was directly reflected in Ciscos sales figures. The future was looking bright. Company Structure leash functional social classs baffle Entry Finance Manufacturing Initial IT Strategy Let division take care of themselves. Overall architecture is shared, enabling sharing of data. History of IT at Cisco UNIX-based software package to support its incumbrance performance proce ssing Functional areas supported financial, manufacturing and order entry systems routined common architecture and common databases fruit of Cisco resulted in scalability problems. Cisco was the largest single costumer of that vendor, resulting in a strategic weakness. Point unoccupied Would the software developed for a $300 million company fit the economic consumption of a $1 billion company? Point Blank Why would a multi-million dollar company want to forefend ERP?A Big Need Recognized the need for change, but left actions to each functional division Thus Little progress was made in the year Each functional area was averse to replace the legacy system because of high risk involved Systems outages became routine Unauthorized method for accessing the core exertion database malfuncti wizardd, corrupting Ciscos central database Company was shut down for two days Selecting an ERP product The planning was driven only by timing constraints and panic. There was no bu siness reference Cisco emphasized the need for Strong team up Strong partners Speedy decision making acquire Executive & Board approval Project Team & Partners Team Know that very best concourse are unavoid adequate Pulled best business & IT people out of their current jobs at Cisco Partners key that partner could work on the selection as well(p) as implementation of hold KPMG as integration partner KPMG team of 20 (highly experienced not greenies)Teams selection strategy Teams strategy use experiences of other companies and best practices to accumulate knowledge Selected five packages within 2 days After a week of high aim evaluation two packages selected ORACLE and another study player in the ERP market 10 days on request for proposals Point Blank Is it heady to make a decision so quickly? Are there things that should be done to mitigate the risk? Did they do due diligence? Team Selection Strategy Contd Oracle & other vendor accustomed two weeks to respond to RFP Current vendor customers were visited by the team during these two weeks After response, received a 3-day software demonstration by each vendor (used Ciscos sample data) Goal is to lay down how software meets or does not meet Ciscos requirements Final Vendor Selection Criteria Three main criteria used Manufacturing capability Long-term development of functionality of package Flexibility of Oracles being close by (location wise) Other motifs Oracles premiere release of new ERP product if Cisco leap out goes well, favorable product launch of Oracle ERP package Oracle chosen team decision, no solicitude approval at this point sequence After 75 days from start of project, major(ip) TODOs are Negotiations between Oracle & Cisco Write up a Proposal to Board of Directors Time and non-interference with annual accounting as main considerations. Famous in conclusion words theres no way were going to take 15 months to get this done. Thats ridiculous. Well, prat we do it in five months?That that didnt seem right. Lets try clubhouse. Point Blank Was nine months realistic? Should other criteria have been used to estimate the time, rather than sop ups as primarily criteria? cost No formal business case for project Concentrating on system failure as motivation to project start $15 million budget estimated Not approached from the justification prospective (no cost/ expediency analysis) Costs Software 16% Hardware 32% Headcount 14% System integration 38% Point Blank How do you think should project costs be estimated for Ciscos project?Getting Approval From Board Met with CEO comment about jobs lost over much lesser amounts of money Got CEOs support Met with Board of Directors chairman says show me the money as first thing Board approves project Single largest project ever undertaken by company CEO makes project priority for Cisco Building implementation team As not enough time & KPMG performed well during plan ning phase KPMG relationship extended for implementation Extra 80 team members added on from the Ciscos business community Five courses (process area teams) used Order Entry race Manufacturing Track Finance Track Sales/Reporting Track Technology Track Point Blank Was it worth(predicate) removing important people from the regular business positions to work on the IT project? How can an IT plane section in another company convince upper management that this is worthwhile? Steering Committee High level execs from Cisco, Oracle, and KPMG Shows commitment and importance of project Point Blank How important is it to have support of upper management to ensure success?Implementing Oracle A development technique known as rapid iterative prototyping Implementation broken into a series of phases called Conference Room Pilots (CRPs) CRP 0 / 1 Build on previous work to develop a deeper understanding of the software and how it functioned CRP 2 / 3 Implement the ERP system. CRP0 training the implementation team and setting up the technical environment Two parallel efforts Training the team in the Oracle applications Normal 5 day training pushed to two 16-hour days Getting the application up and running by a small tiger team CPR0 Configuring the Oracle package Hundreds of parameters in the applications Team members locked together for two days 1 % effort with 80 percent accuracy accomplished one week after the meeting, leading to the realization that changes to the software were needed to support the company efficaciously Point Blank Do you think that having 80% accuracy with only 1% effort was just a matter of luck?Taking into account that typical ERP system configuration takes up to 6 months, not 2 days Any risks involved with this approach? CPR1 Goal of this phase each track makes the system work within its specific area Details and procedures for completing a process were created agnize that a lot of business processes were not supported by the software needed modifications Modifications were classified into grand Yellow Red, needed to go to the steering committee for approval there were few reds CRP1 30 developers needed for 3 months to modify Oracle Modifications led to unplotted changes in the project plan and budget recognise that Oracle could not support the after-sales support needs Chose a service support package and planned to lunch both packages together Point Blank Would it have been possible to avoid most of these major changes and the need for a new service package had they spent more time in their sign design and decision making? Does it help to prioritize the required changes and control arena? CRP2 Continued scope change Major technical issues Creation of data warehouse for centralized data communication CRP2 100-person IT department started decommitting from other projects Bore most of the responsibility for the project additions IT did nothing else that year Point Blank Is it wis e to commit all of your resources to a new project, when your existing systems are barely scraping by? CRP3 emphasis on testing the full system Assess readiness to go live Captured one days worth of actual business data and re-running it on a SaturdayPoint Blank Would you consider one day of testing adequate (with a subset of data), if you were planning a clean cutover of your entire IT infrastructure? The consequence The new ERP system went live on January 30, 1995, but it took two months before it was operating at a reasonable level of quality. Problematic areas were hardware architecture and sizing. Test hat only been run consecutive and with a subset of the real database. Side-note How is it possible that no one in the team noticed this before? Cisco Systems (1995) Cisco Systems creates five distinct business units that reflect its major networking product groups Workgroup, ATM High End, Access, onus and IBM Internetworking. While leveraging economies of scale in a reas like manufacturing, sales and support, the business units can move quickly in product development and expedite time to market. Cisco Systems is the first major supplier of internetworking products to be awarded global ISO 9001 certification. Cisco Systems (2004) John Chambers, president and CEO Our strong position in the core shift key and routing business continues to be complemented by positive momentum in our Advanced Technologies, especially this quarter in storage, security, wireless and IP telephony. Positive Q2 2004 figures Q2 fire Sales $5. 4 trillion (14. 5% increase year over year 5. 8% increase quarter over quarter) Q2 Operating Cash Flows $1. 7 Billion Oracle Corp. (2004) Third quarter revenues were up 9% to $2. 5 billion while net income grew 11% to $635 million as compared to the third quarter last year. Chairman and CFO Jeff Henley Oracles fiscal third quarter was another solid quarter, with new software license revenue growth of 12%, which is identica l to last quarter. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison This was a very strong quarter for our database business. groupthink Point Blank Would they be able to do it again? Which were to key factors to the success of the project? At which points could it have failed? Are these one-time events or can we generalize them? Pete Solvik CIO of Cisco Systems Heads the Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) One of the top 25 unsung heroes of the Net by emailprotected Week Petes Tips for CIOs Make sure that the companys business owners make and fund IT spending decissions. Use infrastructure as a strategic enabler. Tie ITs objectives and rewards to the goals of the company business units. Pete Solviks Three Tips for CIOs http//www. voicendata. com/content/top_stories/101010311. asp Thank you for your time

Analysis of a Job Advert and My Employability Skills Essay

severalise the qualifications take GCSE A*-C standard English and Maths, this is inhering beca enjoyment you need to be adequate to simple adding and English is a necessity because you need to be able to read and speak fluent English. To afford a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 1 or 2 in customer service you can also have a solid food safety certificate. delimit the take aim of experience in a similar role needed To have a previous experience at least 1 form or 2 year in a quality restaurant or bar.Describe the level of experience in the patience required N/ADescribe the knowledge of goods and services required To have good knowledge about the Restaurant and other departments hotels.Describe the level of effectiveness in skirmish personal and team targets required Ensure that you have a high level of effectiveness in meeting personal and targets so that you are happy for the job and show appreciation to the job.Describe the level of readiness to observe and raise professional standards required The level of ability should be high because you pass oning need to be able to show individual courtesy to customers for example if there is a foul product on the shelf you tell them immediately and they will get you a better product. person-to-person SkillsOrganisation NameFrontline Role Food and Beverage AssistantDescribe the amount if patience required Good interpersonal and customer facing skills, maintain professionalism, display patience and politeness within a busy environment are some of the skills required.Describe the level of hard naturalize required Candidates mustiness be reliable, flexible and have a can do attitude. You must have good perplexity to detail, ability to work within a close team and also work with minimal supervision.Describe the level of ability to work as part of a team Candidates must show the ability to have an excellent work ethic and be part of a team as required.Describe the level of good interpersonal ski lls required Interpersonal skills are essential when socialising with colleagues and friends. Interpersonal skills take everything from communication and listening skills to attitude and deportment.Describe the level of cooperation with line managers and colleagues required Line managers play a vital role in businesses as their duties are to ensure that activities are planned and organised in their area that involve a significant risk to the health and safety of staff. Candidates must cooperate effectively to line managers at altogether times.Describe the level of negotiation in seeking agreement with customers required Negotiation is essential with customers as potential candidates must be able to negotiate with customers effectively and tense to provide the trounce prices as possible to the customer.Describe the attributes you already possess or expect to posess by the end of course1. I will wear the habit of meeting deadlines.2. I will develop my planning skills in order to prioritise myself for my coursework deadlines.3. I will try to participate in all team/group activities.4. I will ensure to communicate effectively with my team mates5. I will try to practice my presentational skills effectively.6. I will try to develop my patience.7. I will try to organise myself by bringing the right equipment to lessons.8. I will time manage my work and try to ensure to hand all coursework in on time.9. I will ensure to use my essay skills effectively10. I will ensure problem solving skills are used to the best ability.

Uncontrolled Ambition in Macbeth

Its good to have ambition, as its the foundation of a successful life. want means to have strong craving towards achieving something. Because of this, its true that one without ambition will struggle, however sometimes, our accept ambitions and desires can change us for the negative. Ambition in its nature can tempt neurotic behaviour, which has a destructive nature of its aver. When an ambition strictly of passion turns into obsession, it at last forces one to only focus on that and do anything to achieve that goal.Shakespeares Macbeth is the immaculate example of where the theme of obsessional ambition is prevalent. Shakespeare through the protagonist Macbeth conveys how our deliver desires, if obsessive has a two corrupting and blinding power of its own, ultimately changing things for the worse and destroying everything. Macbeth, as a result of his obsessive quest for power, corrupts his own judgement and motivates him towards immoral actions. It also blinds him because he becomes very self-centered and obtains to ignore peeress Macbeth, destroying his own marriage.Macbeth follows the tragic life of a soldier who is very dedicated and loyal, but does the wrong things when he meets 3 witches that prophesize that he will become a powerful king one day. Macbeth in the bunk kills so many people because his obsessive ambitions is so corruptive, it takes control of his actions, fueling his many immoral actions. To begin with, when Macbeth hears the prophecies, he is introduced to the idea that he will become king one day. Stunned and baffled, he tells his married woman about the prophecy. She tells Macbeth that in order for this prophecy to come true, Duncan, the king must be killed.Initially, Macbeth is very loth and hesitant to consider because he isnt inclined to committing immoral deeds and world violent for a selfish reason. In his mind, he is thinking, I have no spur, to prick the sides of my intent, but only oerleap ambition, which oerleaps itself. He explains how its just his own ambition that makes him want to do this, but that isnt a reason to commit treason and defy. Despite this belief, Macbeth ends up agreeing to kill Duncan. From the following, we learn that Macbeth himself strongly desires power on the border of the obsessive as it impairs his own judgement and corrupts it.It essentially motivates him to towards something immoral and treasonous, taking control of his own actions. After the killing of Duncan, he stews in paranoia and lives in constant fear because of his defiance, proving that it does not offer anything pleasantry. Next, aft(prenominal) the murder of Duncan, Macbeth realizes that Banquo is a possible threat and contemplates killing because he wants to stay in power. He thinks to himself, however to be safely thus our fears in Banquo, Stick deep and in his royalty of nature, Reigns that which would be feared. Whose being I do fear, and under him, my genius is rebuked.Macbeth fears Banquos hones ty and if Banquo suspects him, he will have to downslope everything. From the following, we learn that Macbeth will go to any limit if it means sacrificing him being in power and eliminating his own doubts and fears, even if it requires deceiving his innocent friend. He now is so powerfully corrupted, he does not realize he has turned into a tyrant who seeks nothing but violence for his own satisfaction, showing how it has taken over him. Afterwards, he wallows in so much guilt for his deception, he has nothing to feel accomplished for.In conclusion, his obsessive ambition drives him to such terrible atrocities that ultimately does not gain him anything. Near the end, he descends into a miscellany of frantic, boastful madness as a result of this, changing his life for the worse. Macbeth however also ruins his own marriage in his ultimate quest for power. When Macbeth rises in power, Lady Macbeth descends in importance. His quest for power corrupts him so much, he becomes very self -centered and loses his feelings for his married woman. To begin with, Macbeth is unable to give importance to his wife because he obsesses over his enemies and thinks they are out to get him .Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the tribulation of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace From this, Macbeth explains that he cannot sleep and has nightmares of people turning against him. He says he feels endless mental torture and cannot live in peace. He has so many fearful thoughts of people plotting against him, he cannot concentrate on Lady Macbeth. His wife descends in importance and all the martial affection and emotional bonding is lost.In fact, Lady Macbeth feels, naughts had, alls spent when our desire is got without content. This proves how she feels ignored and how him being king doesnt truly benefit their marriage and slowly begins to destroy it. .In conclusion, Shakespeares Macbeth sug gests that when our own ambitions go out of control, it has a corrupting power of its own and can change things for the negative, ultimately destroying everything. Man should always strive with ambition, but not to the obsessive where one becomes overambitious. (Elaborate further)

Comparison and Contrast of Main Characters Essay

Nora and Tom argon the main characters of deuce plays, the Doll House and the candy Menagerie respectively. In comparing and contrasting these two characters, it is vital to analyze the plays and to gain and understanding of their per give-and-takealities and relationships with other people. Nora is the wife of Torvald, and their marriage is characterized by the domination of Tovarld every tail end Nora and her complacent passivity. As a wife during the late 1800s, it was typical of women to have been treated like children with undersize to no independence.However, it is the failure of Nora to remain stuck in her gender role as the immature ornament. Tom is the son of Amanda and the brother of Laura, and his position in the family is marked by the absence of his own father. Tom is expected to full maintain the family, yet his youth and inexperience, coupled by his mothers demanding exasperation, do not enclothe him to be a successful head of the household. In analyzing these two characters, it is interesting to note the ways in which Nora and Tom ar similar and different in regard to gender roles and passivity.Gender Roles & Passivity In regard to gender roles and passivity, it is clear that Nora and Tom are caught up in the expectations of other people and play out stereotypical functions to an extreme degree. Nora herself describes her situation as a wife with no ambitions and blames her husband, saying, I lived by performing tricks for you you and father have done me a great wrong its your fault that my animateness has been wasted (Ibsen, 1890, 117).In this comment, one can see the full frustration of Nora in regard to her pursue as a fully dependent wife. However, one could dispute her on the wholeegation that all of the culpability rests on the shoulders of her husband and not at all on herself. As far as Tom is concerned, he is stuck taking care of his mother and sister, when he would truly rather be making more(prenominal) of a life for himself , stating I tried to leave you behind me, but I am more stuffy than I intended to be (Williams, 1999, 97).Tom expresses his irritation with the situation of him being expected to perform all of the duties as the head of the household, a role which he increasingly rejects. Similar to Nora, he finds himself playing a part which he does not want to be playing. However, a vital difference is that Tom takes certificate of indebtedness for remaining passively in a role which does not suit him and does not try to place the full blame on other people. ConclusionNora and Tom are both characters who find themselves doing the bidding of other people in response to social expectations, rather than following their instincts in living their lives more for themselves. speckle Nora finds herself shaming her husband for her life mistakes, Tom is more apt to shame himself. However, in the end, both characters are able to break free of the gender roles and passivity which have bound them all too about and dependently to other people.Nora ends up leaving her husband, just as Tom ends up leaving his wife and mother. While Nora ends the play on a note of anger and full finger pointing, Tome ends the play with a feel of regret that he must leave his family. Nora and Tom are able to escape the oppressive forces in their lives, yet they have markedly different approaches to assigning fault. Works Cited Ibsen, H. (1890). A Dolls House. W. H. Baker. Williams, T. (1999). The Glass Menagerie. New Directions Publishing.

Consolidating Theory and Research: Childhood Studies Essay

Essay This essay depart discuss the bracing theories of puerility Studies, possible benefits to teachers and pincerren and how it relates to New Zealand early baby birdishness practice. Lets begin by looking for briefly at what puerility studies entails. childishness studies is a relatively new field of study that seeks to execute away from the outdated theory of seeing children with a social construction lens, where a child is a product of a particular set of cultur onlyy specific norms, to a social constructivist lens, which contractes on the child as an individual and how they interact with their accept environment. Not as passive earners, but people, with agency, who contribute to their own victimisation (Clark, R. 2010). Childhood studies draw from different fields of study, e. g. , psychology, education, health, anthropology, law, and sociology, and looks at children using a Bronfenbrenner model. Bronfenbrenner saw a child as being within society, within the bounds o f first, its family and setting, or the micro system. thus of its mesosystem, or the connections between the family and setting. Then of its community, or exosystem, where the microsystem function. Then in the macrosystem, or greater societal opus of a childs particular place of origin.Then lastly the cronosystem, or particular clipping in which a child lives, and the historic and societal factors of that time, that influence children (Clark, R. 2010). Because childhood studies look at childhood from a wider viewpoint, it allows children to be seen as functioning individuals within many different societal norms. It highlights problems with older theories of development e. g. Piagets stages of development (Claiborne, L. , & Drewery, W. 2010) Piagets stages define children within a narrow beam, with expectations clearly defined. But in reality, using theories in Childhood Studies, you find children with astly different competencies depending on their societal context. E. g. a three category old New Zealand child will be mostly dependant, protected and facing nothing much challenging than kindergarten and play, whereas a three year old child from the Congo or the South Ameri drop jungle is likely actively participating in serious household chores and contributing to family survival, undertaking t makes that a New Zealand parent would balk at (Berk, L. 2009). An interesting crossover is Steiner kindergartens practice of teaching children through with(predicate) participating in everyday life skills. e. g. , food preparation, cleaning, gardening, and useful echnological crafts like sewing and weaving (Oldfield, L. 2012), in a typically Western European setting of a teacher led service.The discourse that underpins neo European views of normal childhoods being vulnerable and needing to be protected (Clark, 2010), liberation into problems in the new theories of childhood studies. When you look at children as competent individuals and give them agency, empower them and give them room to develop beyond normal expectation, children often preform well beyond normal capabilities. Looking at children through a Childhood Studies focus forces teachers and researchers to reassess their philosophies and xpectations of children (Clark, 2010). Although teachers can use normative guides for approximate development, it is too difficult to winder an exact measure of normal and fit all children within that expectation (Clark, 2010). Average and ideal efficiency is relative to societal influences, and even in a small countries like New Zealand, cultural differences in Pacific, Maaori and European cultures provide stunning examples of different levels of competency, agency and expectation in children. For example, a strong focus on tuakana/teina relationships in Maaori whanau, or the xpectation of a larger role in siblings caring for each other (Tomlins-Jahnke, H. , & Durie, A. 2008), and the serious attitude of respect and responsibility afforded to P acific children relative to community and cultural practice (Pereira, F. 2004) & (Poland, M. , Paterson, J. , Carter, S. , Gao, W. , Perese, L. , & Stillman, S. 2010).Teachers can no longer presume that just because a child is of a certain age or size that the childs developmental competencies will be at the expected normal level. From person-to-person experience, I have a child who did not equal toileting self management at four, ut excelled in academics, and all my children were frequently mistaken for older children in early childhood settings because of their increased vertex and size. This often led to unreasonable expectation from other parents of their skill level and behavior. So in conclusion, Childhood studies urge us to know each child as an individual, so that we may cater to that childs best interests and levels of competency. The best way to do this is work on building sound joint relationships with children and their families (Ministry of Education, 1996), and by using qualitative methods of recording and presenting and valuating childrens learning in Early childhood settings (Ministry of Education, 2009). Childhood studies allow us to look holistically at a child and its surroundings and work to meet its ask within that setting, shedding typical expectations and working towards strengthening skills and competency. Part two Perspectives of children Sourcing and analyzing seven media examples concerning New Zealand children, I found strong connecting themes. These were overt consumerism in western culture, poverty vs wealth in normal discourse, overcome misunderstanding as to best normal development anging from personal to government level, and the frightening tide of maltreatment of technology in western society threatening childrens development. Children were discussed in all examples, but in that respect was no childrens voice. It seems normal to discuss and analyze children in media, but never to ask them their eyeshot Which seems to go against any rights that children have (United Nations. 1989) to be treated equally, and have an agency in their lives and culture. I will break the articles down to find the main themes underpinning each article, then link over lapping themes that run throughout.Article one Kiwi families conned by promise of free child care discusses the 20 hours free childcare policy. We see that although the government tries to provide all children with free early childhood education (ECE), centres are charging extra. We ask ourselves is this because government undervalues children in general and doesnt fund enough? Or is it because children are seen as commodities by EC centres who are trying to make a profit. Either way, children are being given economical value and both parties are struggling to balance books, not develop children. In article two, Should preschool be compulsory? two pundits debate compulsory preschool. The article points out the inability of the poor to afford what is in f act not free education for 3-5 year olds under the 20 hours free policy. A musical theme carried over from the first article. From a child studies point of view it raises these questions How can government presume all children fit appropriately into services in multicultural society? How can government insure centres meet cultural needs of children attending centres? And who decides the magic set of skills a child needs to acquire forwards starting school? Skills listed in the article do not fit skills

ATP Life Assurances Case Study Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1250 words

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