Life

Question: According to Jonathan Wolf, Hobbes hypothesis and theory a State of Nature propose that our desires set us in motion towards the objects of our desire. We are always searching for something and never at rest. This innate drive is referred to as “Felicity” or the continual success at achieving the things we desire. (Wolf, Introduction to Political Philosophy, p.10). In the film Parasite (2019), compare how Felicity a.k.a. the desire/need for personal gain, glory, and survival; shapes the Kim and Park family’s sense of morality and actions in everyday life. Please add quotations and examples from the film while comparing them.

Migration Profile: Write a 3-page profile of an immigrant group. Students have the freedom to choose a country and a group to analyze (i.e. Thai domestic workers in the UAE, or Mexican farmworkers in California, or Filipino nurses in NY, etc.). The profile must include as much statistical or ethnographic information as possible (how many, who are they, how long do they stay, how much was their trip, who paid for it, do they send money home, what occupations do they perform, etc.), also, what are their conditions like, do they have protections from the state, are they discriminated, etc.

Organization can be great to put things in place in life, explain to me how it can help and how it can positively influence your daily life

In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis tackles many challenging ideas through his story about persons living in the “afterlife.”  The characters exhibit struggles with deadly sins and competing virtues.  Lewis also tries to portray a vision of the afterlife that can reconcile the seemingly opposing ideas that people go to hell even though God is all loving and all forgiving.  In a four to six page essay, address one of the following prompts: A) Discuss the plight of ghosts struggling to become real in terms of a struggle between vice and virtue.  B) The character George Macdonald often explains things about the nature of heaven and Hell to the book’s narrator.  Discuss how the book’s imagery serves to illustrate the points George makes about the nature of Heaven and Hell. 

Write a one (1) A one page paper discussing possible generational changes in your family comparing your generation to the generation of your children.  All papers double Spaced, times roman 12 point font, and in the required APA format.

How to Build Character 2. Learned Optimism  Tough reflects the experience of David Levin viewing his students with “character traits” to build a sense of hope within themselves. David presented these traits by posting quotes of ‘work hard’ and ‘be nice.’ After David was given a book about ‘Learning Optimism’, he realized that people needed to understand why good and bad things happen to them. David reviewed over his teaching ‘techniques’ as not meeting this need because he was “yelling” at students for misbehave conduct such as not turning in assignments. David was correct about his technique not being useful towards building character for his students by yelling and making negative comments. I would use this technique in my future classroom as what I should not do towards my students. To help build character within my students, I know I must be encouraging and understanding of what they are going through personally. This allows me to view why their actions occurred positive or negative within themselves; therefore, I can reflect with them how to overcome or continue their actions. 4. Character Strengths Tough reflects how ‘character’ can be taught differently and result in different meanings. To view characters, Tough says, “They are skills you can learn; they are skills you can practice; and they are skills you can teach.” (Tough, p.59). I believe Tough is suggesting to use a technique that will consistently build towards character. For example, a teacher could encourage their students to help one another with assignments to promote helpfulness towards others. This example is a technique I would love to include in my classroom to gain that social experience but at the same time building a character of willing to help others when they are in need of help. 6. Motivation Tough reflects on Ducksworth’s understanding of how to achieve motivation through mechanics of motivation and volition. Tough describes this view as planning for a goal but actually pursuing the process to achieve it. To implement this character into students can be very challenging and frustrating for the student and teacher. This is where a teacher needs to reflect on the student’s goal and ensure the student can achieve this without wanting to give up. To help a student reach their goal, we set a big goal but focus on a smaller goal to acknowledge accomplishments that can be reached. This can help promote a stronger will/volition to know they can achieve a set goal and hopefully strive for bigger as they continue this process. This concept is to help build a character within the students as to how much will/volition they will give to believe in themselves.  10. Grit Tough reflects the way grit can be presented in a person by the way they push themselves each day. This thrive is motivated simply by the person wanting to be successful and showing these results as it may impact their education or work. To teach grit to students, educators must see it will not be easy as students will want to give up at times and this should be expected. Students need to feel emotions through their own achievement because we all know it is not easy. I would definitely push grit within myself to know I can present the same thrive towards my students to not give up. I would have my students research or teach them of someone like Albert Einstein being underestimated of his knowledge and ended up being one of the most intelligent people in this world. Hopefully it would push my students to get a sense of grit to know failure will always be a part of the process but giving up will not lead to their achievements. 14. Good Habits Tough talks about Martin Seligman’s metacognition which is described as, “thinking about thinking.” This cognitive thinking skill reflects on how people think about handling situations before they make the full commitment to do so. The factor of developing good habits is to increase these habits but with positive meaning to actually achieve an impact that can continuously seek these positive interactions later in their life. I would interpret good habits in my classroom by promoting scenarios that will make my students think of how they would handle a situation then meaningful interpret it into the real world. An example I would use would be, if you want to get a higher score on your test, what can you do? Notice I asked “if” because not all students may not have a goal within their test scores, but it can be set elsewhere. I would not want to pressure my students into thinking they always need to want more but to only develop their thinking skills to promote good habits later down the road when they prepare for college. References Tough, P. (2013). How children succeed: Grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character. New York: Mariner, HMH.After reading Chapter 2 in How Children Succeed,  List and explain 5 of the 17 case studies from the text and how they build character. Include how you might use this information in your classroom.  700 words, APA formatting needed.  (3 hours)

Please read chapter 5 below to learn more about Basic Aquatic Skills. Your assignment today will be to read this chapter and watch the video below. After doing so, please write a two page summary of what you learned and also what you can bring to class to help you with the front crawl. The summary needs to be 12 point font, Times New Roman font, and can be double spaced. Watch this video ( link is here ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrD8yr2kbmI  And read the pdf attachment of chapter 5 that I attached. After you read the chapter and watch the video write a two paged very basic and generically written summary on what you read and watched.

My firstborn son!  He is still working on himself! I’m not giving up on him a mother’s love! I want him to be around to see his only daughter child grow up! He’s smart and intelligent fun Loving good, Son!   I want to say something beautiful to put on Facebook to lift him!

Answer these two questions: 1. Describe the impact your adversities have had on your life and development as a young adult. Discuss how you coped with these challenges. Detail the lessons you have learned and the skills or insights you have gained that will help prevent your adversity from having a negative impact on your future. * 2. Describe the role that a mentor (an organization such as Big Brother Big Sister, coach, teacher, club leader, director, etc.) has played in helping you to confront the adversities in your life. What role do you believe mentors will fill throughout your undergraduate career?

Choose one of the following prompts and answer it for this week’s dialogue. What is grit, and why should Christian leaders seek to develop it?