Louis XVI

Louis XVI was born on August 23rd, 1754 in the Palace of Versailles. He was born Louis Auguste, duc de Berry to Louis, the Dauphin of France, and Marie-Joseph of Saxony. Louis was neglected as a child in favor of his older brother, Louis, duc de Bourgogne, until he died at age seven. He was a shy and overweight. After the death of his father in 1765, Louis became the new Dauphin of France. He received strict education from the Duc de La Vauguyon, which did not sufficiently prepare him to be king. On May 16th,1770, at the age of fifteen, Louis married 14 year old Archduchess Marie Antoinette, the youngest daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa. This marriage signified an alliance between France and Austria. The royal couple failed to produce an heir, later discovered to be due to Louis's sexual dysfunction. In 1774, Louis inherited the throne at 20 years old and became King Louis XVI. Despite his title, he had no qualities of a ruler and was extremely unqualified for the job. Nonetheless, he was faced with a government in deep debt and a clamor for resentment against monarchy. Louis XVI began by reinstating the parlements to gain the trust of his people. He was determined to be a good monarch. France however was an in an economic crisis. To deal with this, Louis appointed Jacques Necker as his financial advisor. Louis convoked the Estates General, but eventually removed them, causing great anger in the public. This caused the creation of the Third Estate, the National Assembly, and the Tennis Court Oath on June 20th that sparked the French Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille on July 14th confirmed the radical change in the mind of the masses towards the monarchy. French involvement in the Seven Years War left France in a disastrous economic state. Louis XVI sought to seek revenge on Britain by aiding the Americans in the American Revolution. He was eventually convinced by American Ambassador Benjamin Franklin to secretly send supplies, ammunition, and weapons to the Americans. He personally sent Rochambeau and Admiral de Grasse to aid the cause, along with a large land and naval force. Louis XVI also wished to expel the British from India. In 1782, he sealed an alliance with the Peshwa Mandhu Rao Narayan. This begun the French struggle to eliminate British control in India. On October 5th, 1789, an angry mob of Parisian working women marched on the Palace of Versailles and attempted to kill the queen. Her wasteful and extravagant lifestyle represented all that was despised about the Ancien Regime. The King and his family was then moved from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace in Paris. In June of 1791, Louis attempted to secretly flee with his family from Paris to the royalist fortress town of Montemedy on the northeastern border of France. However, they were discovered in a small town in the country and immediately taken back to Paris and placed under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace. In August of 1792, Louis was officially arrested and sent to the Temple prison. On January 15th, 1793, the Convention, composed of 721 deputies, voted King Louis XVI guilty for colluding with the Austrian invaders whom France was at war with. On Monday, January 21st, 1793, Louis XVI was stripped of all titles and honorifics by the Republic Government. On the Place de la Revolution, Citoyen Louis Capet was executed by the â€Å"national razor,† the guillotine. On May 16th,1770, at the age of fifteen, Louis married 14 year old Archduchess Marie Antoinette, the youngest daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa. This marriage signified an alliance between France and Austria. The royal couple failed to produce an heir, later discovered to be due to Louis's sexual dysfunction. In 1774, Louis inherited the throne at 20 years old and became King Louis XVI. Despite his title, he had no qualities of a ruler and was extremely unqualified for the job. Nonetheless, he was faced with a government in deep debt and a clamor for resentment against monarchy. Louis XVI began by reinstating the parlements to gain the trust of his people. He was determined to be a good monarch. France however was an in an economic crisis. To deal with this, Louis appointed Jacques Necker as his financial advisor. Louis convoked the Estates General, but eventually removed them, causing great anger in the public. This caused the creation of the Third Estate, the National Assembly, and the Tennis Court Oath on June 20th that sparked the French Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille on July 14th confirmed the radical change in the mind of the masses towards the monarchy. French involvement in the Seven Years War left France in a disastrous economic state. Louis XVI sought to seek revenge on Britain by aiding the Americans in the American Revolution. He was eventually convinced by American Ambassador Benjamin Franklin to secretly send supplies, ammunition, and weapons to the Americans. He personally sent Rochambeau and Admiral de Grasse to aid the cause, along with a large land and naval force. Louis XVI also wished to expel the British from India. In 1782, he sealed an alliance with the Peshwa Mandhu Rao Narayan. This begun the French struggle to eliminate British control in India. On October 5th, 1789, an angry mob of Parisian working women marched on the Palace of Versailles and attempted to kill the queen. Her wasteful and extravagant lifestyle represented all that was despised about the Ancien Regime. The King and his family was then moved from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace in Paris. In June of 1791, Louis attempted to secretly flee with his family from Paris to the royalist fortress town of Montemedy on the northeastern border of France. However, they were discovered in a small town in the country and immediately taken back to Paris and placed under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace. In August of 1792, Louis was officially arrested and sent to the Temple prison. On January 15th, 1793, the Convention, composed of 721 deputies, voted King Louis XVI guilty for colluding with the Austrian invaders whom France was at war with. On Monday, January 21st, 1793, Louis XVI was stripped of all titles and honorifics by the Republic Government. On the Place de la Revolution, Citoyen Louis Capet was executed by the â€Å"national razor,† the guillotine.

How TV Can Effect Children Positively Essay

Introduction: I decided to see if television, which is notorious for having negative effects on children’s education and attitudes, could have any positive effects. Surprisingly, there is a fair amount of studies that have been done that have seen positive correlations between TV-viewing and academic and social success, though there are even more sources that point out the negative effects. Through my own observations of my little siblings and cousins viewing habits, I felt confident that I could come up with an idea as to which side of this debate was correct. In my experience, my relations tend to favor watching Disney Channel and PBS. As will be noted later these channels tended to get the highest ratings for positive influence upon children by their parents. The parents surveyed also claimed that their children watched TV for relatively short amounts in a day. I concluded in my hypothesis that television watching can prove to have positive influences on children depending on the channel and programs watched as well as how many hours it is viewed. Literary Review In order to support my hypothesis I looked into research that has already been collected on the subject. I found many sources that claimed that extreme amounts of â€Å"regular† television programming for young children can be extremely harmful. However, using school resources on the online databases, I was able to find multiple scholarly journals that support my hypothesis. In the first source, â€Å"One longitudinal study (Anderson, Huston, Schmitt, Linebarger & Wright, 2001) found that adolescents who watched educational programs as preschoolers had a positive effect on their grades, behavior, creativity, and social behavior during later years (Austin).† This finding is monumental because it not only shows that academia can be improved through television watching, but that social behaviors can also be positively affected. It is important to note, however, that this study specifically highlights that  Ã¢â‚¬Å"educational programs† are the TV shows that showed this positive success in young children. These are shows that specifically strive to improve children, rather than the cartoons and other less positively influential programs that children often chose to watch. These â€Å"educational programs† are, in fact, good for a child’s development, but they are not always a child’s or even a parent’s first choice of watching material. That same journal goes on to support this claim about the importance of â€Å"educational programs† while also highlighting that â€Å"moderate levels† of television viewing is important, â€Å"The utilization of informational television†¦can have a positive impact on student achievement if properly channeled. Moderate levels of meaningful and supervised television viewing may be better for children than too much or no viewing at all (Austin).† Television stays true to the old proverb that too much of a good thing is always harmful. However, it also is better than nothing which I found intriguing. Television has been proven to have positive effects and, fortunately, that cannot be denied. Many will argue that these proven positive effects are outweighed by the negative effects of aggression, lack of social interaction, and academic neglect. However according to this, â€Å"The report by Jonson Et Al. is interesting in that it presents an association between the amount of television viewed at young ages and subsequent aggressive behavior as adults; however, it does not show causation (Kids).† it is not as big a problem as it is usually perceived to be, since a lack of causation implies that the television did not necessarily cause the aggressive behavior. Those children could have genetically been aggressive individuals or have become more aggressive due to their environments which, it is important to note, allowed them to watch television longer than the average child. Another study counters those who point to television as the source of aggression, â€Å"Kenny makes a compelling case that†¦the advent of the TV era in the world’s poorest spots†¦can help make them better places to live, producing more thoughtful, less violent, and better-educated people (Forget Twitter).† Television can be a powerful tool, especially when it is being used to shape young minds. Before it was used to inspire and influence young children it was used quite powerfully, â€Å"In 1988, [by] Jay Winsten, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the director of the school’s Center for Health Communication, [who] conceived†¦to introduce a new social concept–the â€Å"designated driver†Ã¢â‚¬â€œto North America (Rosenzweig).† As we know today, designated drivers and the campaign to not drink and drive has become a widespread phenomena. Winsten was able to incorporate this idea of not drinking while drunk into TV shows for adults on many channels and in many different ways, and he found unprecedented success. The lessons that are taught in mainstream adult media are strong enough and prevalent enough to make a difference. Children programs are even more well known for trying to incorporate educational components and teach morality. Sesame Street, utilizing these ingrained messages, found similar success in children’s television, â€Å"Early research on Sesame Street found that†¦ preschoolers who watched the program extensively developed more positive attitudes toward people of different groups (Wilson).† Sesame Street is an educational program that specifically targets young children, and tries to teach them life lessons as well as academics. They are using their influence and power in the television industry to improve the lives and situations of toddlers globally. From episodes that teach tolerance in politically charged Israel and Palestine to education for children who would otherwise receive very little, Sesame Street is one of many television programs that has a positive effect on children. My Research Many of the more â€Å"educational† programs feature on PBS or Sprout where the more entertaining shows feature on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel. I used my research to discover how many hours children watch these channel, how educational or influential parents found the varying channels to be, and which channel the child preferred to watch. This research will show how positive the parents felt the effects of certain channels are on  their children and whether or not they are influencing their children to watch these stations for the most amounts of time. I utilized a survey questionnaire to obtain my information because a questionnaire allowed me to ask a wider population in a shorter amount of time. I asked the age of the children in question, how many hours of TV they watched in a day, which kid-aimed station they watched most often, and then I asked the parents to rate the influence of the various channels as having a strong negative influence, moderate negative influence, no noticeable influence, moderate positive influence, and strong positive influence. I had listed the channels to rate as the most popular kids stations: Disney (including Junior, XD, and Channel), Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Sprout, and PBS as well as an â€Å"other† category that one parent added the Hub to. PBS, which is known for its educational programming, received the most strong and moderate positive ratings and did not get rated for any of the other, less positive, ratings. However, only one parent claimed that PBS was the station their child watched and enjoyed most often. The Disney Channel was the most popular station in terms of children watching it, but received as many moderately negative and no effects as it did positive ratings. Cartoon Network, which, unsurprisingly, features a mostly cartoon program, by far did the worst, getting no positive reviews and only one no effect rating. As importantly as the content children are viewing is the amount of time they are viewing it for. Only one family claimed that their child, a 10-year-old, watched over four hours of TV. This particular family also gave the most negative ratings to all of the stations except Disney, which the child viewed the most, and PBS. All the other families that gave PBS the highest positive ratings and the one family that cited it as their child’s most watched, had viewing hours of 30 minutes to 2 hours a day which are relatively healthy amounts of television for children to be viewing. By pairing PBS, the most education-aimed channel, with the smallest amounts of view time, parents were noticing high amounts of positive influence of television on their children in both academics and social skills. This information clearly supports my hypothesis. In conclusion, television has a surprising number of positive effects on children. But these rewards can only be reaped by certain programs and only  with healthy amounts of viewing times. By encouraging healthy viewing habits and healthy viewing choices parents can help improve the lives of their children even if they are in the poorest, most desperate situations. Works Cited Austin, William P., and Franklin T. Thompson. â€Å"Television viewing and academic achievement revisited.† Education 124.1 (2003): 194+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 June 2014 â€Å"Forget twitter, think TV.† Foreign Policy 175 (2009): 1. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 June 2014. â€Å"Kids, TV viewing, and aggressive behavior. (Letters).† Science 297.5578 (2002): 49+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 June 2014. Rosenzweig, Jane. â€Å"CAN TV IMPROVE US?† The American Prospect (1999): 58.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 June 2014. Wilson, Barbara J. â€Å"The Future of Children, Princeton – Brookings: Providing Research and Analysis to Promote Effective Policies and Programs for Children.† – The Future of Children -. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2014.

A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors

A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors By Daniel Scocco I met Jonathan Fields last year. We were both speaking at the Blog World 2010 conference, and he also attended a small meetup I had organized for online entrepreneurs. During that meetup I was quite impressed with his business and marketing ideas, so I started following his work. Last week he sent me an email saying hes about to launch a training camp for aspiring book authors, and I figured it could be the right program for some of our readers, especially because I know his success stories. Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur and marketing consultant, and a couple of years ago he decided to write a book. He figured that the traditional book publishing model was broken, though, so he went on to develop new strategies to promote his. By leveraging the Internet and his innovate marketing methods he managed to reach a #1 Amazon rank for his category, keeping it for over one month after his book launch. If you want to check it out for yourself heres the Amazon link to his boo, called Career Renegade. He also got featured on many mainstream publications, include The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today and NewsWeek. The program hes launching is called Tribal Author Camp, and it runs from August 1st until September 29th. During the first 3 weeks youll learn how to create an online presence, which will be the foundation of your book launch. The following 6 weeks cover all the tactics and strategies you need to know to promote and sell your book. Heres the structure: Weeks 1 3: Digital Author Platform 80/20 your online platform-building efforts to get the biggest return for your efforts Choose your tribal home base and core evangelist channels Mine social media to make your book more buzzable WHILE you’re still writing it Choose between WordPress, Typepad, Blogger, Posterous, Tumblr, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, forums, podcasts, webcasts, teleseminars, and more Understand the pros and cons between email lists, RSS, followers, fans and friends Learn the unwritten rules of online social communities; break ‘em and you’re dead in the water Weeks 4 6: Building Pre-Launch Buzz Conditioning the market – how to build interest months in advance Developing your pre-order campaign to drive advanced amazon sales, brick mortar pick-up and early buzz Finding and recruiting high-likelihood amazon reviewers Creating your advance copy reviewer list – what metrics guide this critical task How to get big name people to blurb your book – who to ask, who never to ask and why How to integrate traditional PR into the mix (working long and short-lead media and how much not to spend) Creating time-bomb flagship/viral content to drive advance buzz/pre-orders Laying the foundation for mass-exposure blog-coverage and engaging blogger reviews and interviews Weeks 7 8: Launch and Building Critical Mass Compressing coverage into your Critical Window, so that the marketing energy begins to feed on itself and get the world talking and buying books Driving the digital media blitz – coordinating social media mentions, reviews, interviews and emails. What to work like crazy to accomplish and what to avoid like the plague The pros and cons of contests, live streaming launch promotions and the critical mistakes to avoid Creating evangelist contests – what do do, who to include and what never to do Repositioning your book as an irresistible â€Å"key to the castle† buy – how to stack an irresistible offer around your book to sell way more books and build your list a lot faster Limited-time bulk sales launch offers and bundles – do they really work? Week 9: Sustained Growth Getting hyper-creative and keeping your momentum alive Bundling speaking and bulk book orders for maximum sales effect Weekly strategies to fuel ongoing sales and continued buzz Piggybacking major monthly news stories Partnering with organizations causes Negotiating bulk and specialty sales going forward, how to tap the corporate premium market As you can see its quite comprehensive. As I mentioned above the training camp starts on August 1st (i.e., this Friday), so click here to check the official website if you are interested. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Fiction Writing category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:12 Signs and Symbols You Should Know44 Resume Writing Tips50+ Words That Describe Animals (Including Humans)

Nature and nurture on development Essay Essays

Nature and nurture on development Essay Essays Nature and nurture on development Essay Essay Nature and nurture on development Essay Essay In the survey of development. nature refers to the inherited ( familial ) features and inclinations that influence development. Some familial features appear in virtually everyone. For case. about all kids have the capacity to larn to walk. understand linguistic communication. imitate others. utilize simple tools. and draw illations about how other people view the universe. Thus all kids have a set of cosmopolitan human cistrons that. when coupled with a sensible environment. allow them to develop as moderately capable members of the human species. Other sorts of cistrons create differences among people. Children’s stature. oculus colour. and facial visual aspect are mostly determined by cistrons. Children’s temperament- their characteristic ways of reacting to emotional events. fresh stimulation. and their ain impulses- seems to be in portion affected by their single familial make-up ( Rothbart. Ahadi. A ; Evans. 2000 ; D. C. Rowe. Almeida. A ; Jacobson. 1999 ) . Similarly. being slow or speedy to larn from direction and mundane experiences has some familial footing ( Petrill A ; Wilkerson. 2000 ; Plomin. 1989 ) . Inherited features and inclinations are non ever apparent at birth. Many physical characteristics emerge bit by bit through the procedure of ripening. the genetically guided alterations that occur over the class of development. Environmental support. such as nutrient. moderately safe and toxin-free milieus. and antiphonal attention from others. is necessary for ripening to take topographic point ; nature neer works entirely. Thus nature’s spouse is nurture. the environmental conditions that influence development. Children’s experiences in the environment affect all facets of their being. from the wellness of their organic structures to the wonder of their heads. Raising affects children’s development through multiple channels: physically through nutrition. activity. and emphasis ; intellectually through informal experiences and formal direction ; and socially through grownup function theoretical accounts and peer relationships. With good environmental support. kids thrive. Unfortunately. the conditions of raising are non ever fostering. For illustration. kids who grow up in an opprobrious household must look outside the household for stable. fond attention. Historically. many theoreticians saw nature and raising as separate and rival factors. Some theoreticians believed that biological factors are finally responsible for growing. Other theoreticians assumed that kids become whatever the environment shapes them to be. Increasingly. developmental theoreticians have come to recognize that nature and raising are both of import and that they intermesh dynamically in the lives of kids. See these rules of how nature and nurture exert separate and combined effects: The comparative effects of heredity and environment vary for different countries of development. Some abilities are strongly influenced by genetically controlled systems in the encephalon. For illustration. the ability to separate among speech sounds develops without developing and under a broad scope of environmental conditions ( Flavell. 1994 ; Gallistel. Brown. Carey. Gelman. A ; Keil. 1991 ) . In contrast. abilities in traditional school capable countries ( e. g. . reading. geographics ) and advanced artistic and physical accomplishments ( e. g. . playing the piano. playing competitory association football ) rest to a great extent on direction and pattern ( Gardner. Torff. A ; Hatch. 1996 ; Olson. 1994 ; R. Watson. 1996 ) . Inherited inclinations make kids more or less antiphonal to peculiar environmental influences. Because of their familial make-up. some kids are easy affected by certain conditions in the environment. whereas others are less affected ( Rutter. 1997 ) . For illustration. kids who are. by nature. inhibited may be rather diffident around other people if they have few societal contacts. If their parents and instructors encourage them to do friends. nevertheless. they may go more socially surpassing ( Arcus. 1991 ; J. Kagan. 1998 ) . In contrast. kids who have more extrospective dispositions may be sociable regardless of the environment in which they grow up: They will persistently seek for equals with whom they can speak. laugh. and spend clip. Environment may play a greater function in development when environmental conditions are utmost instead than chair. When childs have experiences typical for their civilization and age-group. heredity frequently plays a strong function in their single features. Therefore. when kids grow up with equal nutrition. a warm and stable place environment. and appropriate educational experiences. heredity affects how rapidly and exhaustively they get new accomplishments. But when they have experiences that are rather unusual- for case. when they experience utmost deprivation- the influence of environment outweighs that of heredity ( D. C. Rowe. Almeida. A ; Jacobson. 1999 ) . For illustration. when kids grow up deprived of equal nutrition and stimulation. they may neglect to develop advanced rational accomplishments. even though they had the possible for such development when they were born ( Plomin A ; Petrill. 1997 ; D. C. Rowe. Jacobson. A ; Van lair Oord. 1999 ) . Similarly. when malnourished. kids tend to stay short in stature regardless of their familial potency to be tall ( J. S. Kagan. 1969 ) . Timing of environmental exposure affairs. When kids are altering quickly in any country. they are particularly prone to act upon by the environment. For illustration. early in a mother’s gestation. her usage of certain drugs may damage the rapidly turning variety meats and limbs of the developing foetus. Merely prior to birth. exposure to the same drugs may adversely impact the baby’s encephalon. which at that point is organizing the connexions that will allow endurance and the ability to larn in the outside universe. In a few instances environmental stimulation must happen during a peculiar period for an emerging ability to go functional ( Blakemore. 1976 ; Hubel A ; Wiesel. 1965 ) . In such instances there is a critical period for stimulation. For illustration. at birth. certain countries of the encephalon are tentatively reserved for treating ocular patterns- lines. forms. contours. deepness. and so forth. In virtually all instances. babies do encounter adequate stimulation to continue these encephalon circuits. However. when cataracts are present at birth and non removed for a few old ages. a child’s vision is obstructed. and countries of the encephalon that otherwise would be devoted to vision lose some of this capacity ( Bruer. 1999 ) . In many and likely most other developmental countries. nevertheless. kids may be most receptive to a certain type of stimulation at one point in their lives but be able to profit from it to some grade subsequently every bit good. Tonya. in the introductory instance survey. may hold encountered merely limited exposure to linguistic communication as a consequence of her mother’s weakened status. Immersed subsequently in a rich verbal environment. Tonya would hold a 2nd opportunity to spread out her verbal endowments. Thus educational experiences at a ulterior clip can frequently do up for experiences missed at an earlier period ( Bruer. 1999 ) . Many theoreticians use the term sensitive period ( instead than critical period ) when mentioning to such a long clip frame of heightened sensitiveness to peculiar environmental experiences. Children’s natural inclinations affect their environment. In add-on to being affected by nature and raising. children’s ain behaviours influence their growing. Childs make many picks. seek out information. and. over clip. polish their thoughts ( Flavell. 1994 ; Piaget. 1985 ) . For illustration. kids frequently request information ( â€Å"What cooperate mean. Mommy? † ) and experiences ( â€Å"Uncle Kevin. can I play on your computing machine? † ) . Children even help make environments that exacerbate their familial inclinations. For illustration. kids with cranky temperaments might pick battles and provoke others to flog back at them. making a more aggressive clime in which to turn. As kids get older. they become progressively able to seek stimulation that suits their inclinations. For illustration. conceive of that Marissa has an familial endowment for verbal skills- learning vocabulary. groking narratives. and so on. As a babe. she relies on her parents to speak to her. As a yearling. she asks her parents for peculiar sorts of stimulation ( â€Å"Read book. Daddy! † ) . In simple school she reads to herself from books supplied by her instructors. As a adolescent. she takes the coach to the library and selects her ain books. Marissa’s experience would propose that familial inclinations become more powerful as kids grow older- an outlook that is in fact consistent with familial research ( Scarr A ; McCartney. 1983 ) .

How to Write a Reflective Essay on Communication

How to Write a Reflective Essay on Communication Reflective Essay on Communication How to start off How to write the introduction How to compose body paragraphs How to finish the essay: Conclusion writing Essay revision Outline sample A reflective essay on communication (Sample) A reflective essay on communication revolves around the writer’s reflection on communication per se, how they perceive it with regard to their personal experience and viewpoint. Hence, its main purpose is to inform the audience about perspectives, attitude, and impression towards the topic at hand. One important objective behind such an essay is to shed light on the widely-varied angles of communication and how they all contribute to shape our life and harmonize it in a way that makes understandability and intelligibility omnipresent. How to start off What do I know about this topic? Before you start writing a perfect essay, it would be useful to ask yourself about your knowledge about the topic. In this context, I might ask myself: â€Å"What is communication? How can I define it? Does it have only one definition? How does it relate to my personal experience? In few words, I should ask myself the following question: Does this concept apply to my life experience and skills? Does it have anything to do with my actual behaviors? Be mindful not to ignore those instant answers that come to your mind once your ask the very simple questions because they will be needed later on. What could the educational purpose behind this topic be? One could think about the communicative skills they have acquired from different social contexts so as to help the reader benefit from valuable and authentic tips. How to write introduction and thesis statement The following are useful tips on how to master the writing of a full introduction on communication: Relevance It’s true that we should start from the general to the specific, yet this does not mean that we should start with how delicious Italian ice-cream is without showing any relevance to our topic- communication. Thus, start from the relevant general to reach the relevant specific. Respect the commitment Writing a thesis statement is a sort of engagement or commitment. Upon writing it, the essay writer should be committed to the explanation and illustration of the focal points mentioned at a later stage. Mention your focal points In the thesis statement, I should announce that I am going to tackle the means of communication in the first part, communication from a social perspective in the second, and insight into the optimal ways for the acquisition of communicative skills useful for various life tasks in the third. How to compose body paragraphs Body paragraphs in a reflective essay on communication should be based on the following tips: Format When the reader skims the essay before reading, they have to notice that the paragraphs are well-balanced, no one should be too long or too short than the other. Coherent content All body paragraphs should be explained equally; ideas have to be illustrated thoroughly. That is to say, no paragraph should be given more focus than the others. Congruity and applicability Make sure not to leave out information about how the topic applies to your experience. The balance in the reflection on the topic using personal experience would add to the congruity of the essay. How to finish the essay: Conclusion writing In order to finish a reflective essay in a correct way, one has to observe these three rules: Look back . Have a look at what you have already written in each body paragraph to make sure that nothing important is missing. Summarize . The writer should provide a brief summary that puts together all the main points dealt with in the body without having to fall into details and examples. Link the topic to your personal development. In the conclusion, you should mention how the communication means you have used have honed your communicative skills and shaped your personal development. Essay revision Another pair of eyes is useful to have a look at your work. Thus, it could be a good idea to ask one of your classmates to verify if it contains any spelling or grammar mistakes. Re-read the whole essay so that you make sure that you did not miss the crux of the matter. Give yourself a break, and read the essay a second time with a fresh pair of eyes; you might want to edit some structures consequently. Outline sample I.Introduction General introduction Thesis statement II. Body Paragraph 1: means of communication Paragraph 2: communication from a social perspective Paragraph 3: insight into the optimal ways for acquiring communicative skills III. Conclusion Brief summary that links all three body elements. A reflective essay on communication (Sample) Communication is the transmission of messages. It could manifest itself in various fashions; it could be verbal, non-verbal, or written. That said, the present essay is going to focus on the means of communication, communication from a social perspective, as it will give insight into the optimal ways for the acquisition of communicative skills. The means of communication have evolved to a great extent recently. In this line of thought, one could not turn a blind eye to language as a body of complex linguistic systems wired in the human brain or in database management systems enabling comprehensible interaction. Languages could be natural or constructed; they all allow the transmission of ideas for different purposes. The development of technology and the dying out of some natural languages have given rise to many technological devices that corroborated the human-human interaction and the human-machine interface. Nowadays, computers, smartphones, and tablets have reached their zenith, as the flow of communication has become smoother and easier. The modern means of communication, mainly the wide array of applications such as Facebook and Skype have grown into most useful tools that help us keep up with the pace of the 21st century. Communication is the means by which interactants manage to voice their ideas and articulate their concerns within a social context. Once socialization is brought to the scene, language seems to be called into play, eventually. People, as social members, tend to communicate face-to-face, verbally, non-verbally, or through writing. Thus, in a real social context, ideas could also be shared through paralinguistic cues such as silence, pitch, tone, gestures, postures, and facial expressions. I have once told my friend that her brother’s fiancà ©e is beautiful. Her response was as follows: â€Å"Yeah, she is!†; once you read this answer, it might seem like a confirmation on her part. But, digging down into the social, linguistic, and human mechanisms of communication, with the consideration of the context, one could understand that it was a sarcastic answer thanks to the paralinguistic features used. So, communication as a social instrument helps us uncover the real meaning intended. Communication skills could be acquired. Personally, I have learned a lot from classroom presentations. When the teacher used to ask us who would like to take the next Powerpoint presentation, I have always had the courage to accept. I noticed that many of my classmates avoided those presentations because they did not possess conversational skills that would allow them to communicate their ideas in an informative way. What I am driving at is the idea that if you do not communicate more often in different social contexts, you will never sharpen your communicative skills. If you do not train yourself to adapt to different conversational situations, you will not overcome your shyness and embarrassment. I also used to ask questions in international conferences, which fortified my self-esteem and made me improve my academic communicative abilities. To wrap up, today’s world has brought to life numerous means of communication that are all related to language as the backbone of communication. It is also worth mentioning that communication as a social tool could be performed differently in various contexts. However, honing one’s social communication skills could only be done through continuous practice in various speech events, such as conferences and workshops.

Karl Marx's theories Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 750 words

Karl Marx's theories - Essay Example Workers are alienated from the activity of working. The employers assign their employees their tasks. This means that the work actually belongs to those who are in authority. Workers are alienated from the chance to understand humanity. An example includes those workers who pollute the environment, the factory workers. They are causing harm to the world they inhabit. Workers are also alienated from each other. This occurs as the workers undergo competitions in order to win over certain positions in a labor marketplace. According to utilitarian view, those actions for a problem are considered correct which offer more benefits to the society as compared to the benefits offered by other actions conducted in the same situation (Russell 1959, 65). Actions should be considered right or wrong according to costs and benefits associated with them. Those offering more costs than benefits are considered wrong and vice versa. Through out the world, child labor is unanimously opposed. However, it does exist in certain countries because if children do not earn, the entire family suffers. In such situations, child labor is considered right as it has more benefits than adverse effects. Categorical imperative states that actions are morally correct if the reason behind them is that the person who is conducting that action in a situation is ready to accept the same action conducted upon him (Hegel 1956, 167). An example is that an employer can only discriminate between his employees (on the basis of color, race and ethnicity) if he is ready to accept his supervisor practicing the same kind of behavior with him. Theodicy explains why an ideal, almighty God, who has knowledge about everything, allows immorality and sin. This is a justification of a Divine existence. According to Saint Thomas, evil is misery, it exists where goodness does not. There is no optimism which gives rise to evil so God can not be held responsible for the evil that exists in the universe. Evil does not exi st as an objective notion but as a subjective one. It’s not an inherent quality; rather, people show iniquity and injustice in relation to others. Everything real in this world is in fact good; but these realities end up being evil due to some incident. The original reason of evil is good, even the subjects in which evil is identified. Augustine’s sayings are agreed upon by only a few (Rachels 2010, 300). The dispute is a result of the vagueness of his work. Individuals have a free will to choose between right and wrong. Certainly, free will exists. He even stated that the individuals are saved by God from doing evil and the decision to save them is taken even before individuals are born. One can lead a life of self-control and determination but if God does not wish to save him from evil, his free-will holds no importance. This implies that a person who experiences something unpleasant but is chosen by God will be saved no matter what he does. God is not related to mal evolence as He is only the Creator of righteousness. The humans (or angels) transgress the bounds of goodness and commit sins. The contradistinction arises as free will does not support the fact that God is accountable for all good. People are not acknowledged for their goodness but only for their wrong doings. The free will of people is influenced by their needs, wishes and lust. Indeed, J.L Mackie

Strategic Plan for Abercrombie & Fitch Case Study

Strategic Plan for Abercrombie & Fitch - Case Study Example It is evidently clear from the discussion that Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) operates under three offshoot brands namely Gilly Hicks, Hollister Company and Abercrombie Kids. The mission of the company is to develop innovative and high-quality merchandise that has the ability to satisfy customers and style them appropriately. They also aim at discovering new styles so that they can distinguish themselves from the competitors. The sales of personal care and apparel through the stores are extremely competitive as there are numerous participants in the retail industry. However, the company has diversified its products by innovating new trends in clothing and has adopted the changing demands of the consumers better than their competitors. It has developed and maintained a strong brand image in the United States by marketing its products to the different parts of the diversified demographic markets. A&F undertakes aggressive promotional activities without harming the inspirational nature of th e brand equity. The sales objective of the company is to create string direct-to-consumer sales channels so as to facilitate growth. A&F believes in increasing sales by innovating and creating new casual wears are preferred by the younger generation. Though the changing taste and preferences of the individuals have affected the company sales to a great extent, the company has tried its best to meet the demand of the market. A&F positions itself as a premium brand, which focuses on its styles. Its main objective is centered on revenue and growth, which is achieved through sales. The brand name enables the company to grow and create endless opportunities for growth. It also employs the most talented youths around the globe. It permits higher profit margins and encounters lesser risk for entering into new business concepts. It encourages innovation and ensures profitability through it. A&F prides in creating classic, casual and â€Å"All-American lifestyle brand of clothing†. Th e company employs a proactive approach in order to combat the challenges. The customers praise our brand as it not only gives them comfort but also satisfy them by fulfilling their demands.