Now stop and think for a minute that immunizing your child against the flu is possible thanks to modern medicine. Most pediatricians endorse flu vaccine and encourage parents or legal guardians to give them to their children and that is one of their duties as healthcare providers. One of the accomplishment of health science is the vaccines, and they are a lot of diseases now forgotten because of the vaccines developments over the years. Imagine yourself a concerned parent that does not have to…
While there are many communication styles that are very effective, sometimes communication barriers get in the way and causes difficulties, what can one due to overcome these communication barriers; in order for the communication to flow once again. One can start by simply looking at to what’s cause these barriers, and find a solution to the problem by using certain concepts and ideas; while breaking down those barriers. That’s why it essential to know exactly what precautions to take while…
In today's modern world, most Americans have access to a cell phone, a computer and television. Many people have transitioned themselves to a more digital world. The media today consists of hundreds of television channels and radio stations,millions of social media site users, and billions of web pages. The result of this technological phenomenon is a new model in political communications that both parties-Democrats and Republicans, have seriously been using in recent years. Like the way…
‘In its present form the UN Security Council is insufficiently effective in resolving threats to international peace and security”. Discuss. UNSC Failures In recent years, the UN Security Council (herein referred to as SC) has had its effectiveness challenged. Criticisms have ranged from the SC’s structures being out-dated and unfit for purpose, to the SC’s failures to act in cases of genocide, war, and humanitarian crisis. This essay will discuss key failures of the SC, the structure of the…
The United States Government is frequently criticized due to its lack of action regarding pressing issues. This frequently leads to the creation of political cartoons that aim to assert this criticism. However, this general attitude towards our government may be slightly misguided. The government’s lack of response to issues is affected by the public in general. As Mackenzie King said, “Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is…
Juvenile delinquency, which refers to the antisocial and criminal behavior of children and adolescents, places a great burden on American society. There are various factors that contribute to the likelihood of juvenile offending, and society with its institutions has the obligation to address those risk factors and to decrease the probability of deviant behavior as an attempt to combat the social illness of crime and to concurrently reduce the burden crime places the victims and society as a…
Thirty one states in the U.S. have the death penalty instated. California is one of them (deathpenaltyinfo.org). On March 3, 1893 the first execution at San Quentin State Prison in California occurred. The method of execution was hanging. On December 2, 1938 the first execution by lethal injection occurred. This method was implemented to replace hanging (cdcr.ca.gov). By 1967, there had not been any executions for 25 years and it was decided in February of 1972 by the California Supreme…
There is no mistaking the fact that technological advances change the way in which, we navigate life. Notably, technology forever changed the landscape of communication, gone are the days when words on paper written in ink dismantled the barrier known as distance. The Internet proved powerful enough to erase the challenges associated with distance making us a connected society both domestically and globally. While the Internet proved a valuable source for the private sector, it proved invaluable…
According to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a major philosophical figure of the Roman Imperial Period, “All cruelty springs from weakness.” It traces back to an incident where the tyrant is made to feel weak by another. Reversing the roles, the tyrant imposes these identical feelings of frailty upon others, forming a cyclical process. In the play Othello, William Shakespeare depicts Seneca’s philosophy regarding the correlation between cruelty and weakness. Throughout the play, Roderigo continuously…
from high school to college is an interesting time in one’s life that parallels the change from childhood to adulthood. With all these life changes, feelings are difficult to put down into words. A messy combination of emotions fills the heart, surfacing in strange ways. Confident high school seniors go right back to the bottom of the chain when entering college as freshmen. These students start all over, just like entering grade school or high school for the first time. The move up from high…