The School to Prison Pipeline Synthesis Since 2010, the issue of the school-to-prison pipeline has attracted significant reactions in the country. Proponents of this practice have continued to support it by claiming it is useful and that it has minimized the proliferation of security issues in schools. Contrastingly, in recent times, many people have come out criticizing this practice claiming it’s discriminatory and also that it causes educational and sociological harm to students. Due to the growing debate on the issue of the school-to-prison pipeline, many works of literature have been developed based on research about the subject. “How the School to Prison Pipeline is Created” by Carla Shedd; “When School Feels Like Prison” by Melinda D. Anderson; “The School to Prison Pipeline: Time to Shut It Down” by Ellen Flannery; and “How to Discipline Students without Turning School into Prison” by Jeff Deeney are articles describing the negative impacts of the process. The adverse effects of the school-to-prison pipeline include racial tension, interrupted students’ learning process, and increased incarceration rate. The most significant impact of the school-to-prison pipeline is…

Re-Energizing The Classroom The coronavirus outbreak is an unprecedented public health crisis that has exposed the worst in colleges and university administrators across the world. The pandemic has got most universities off guard. Many universities and colleges in the US and world at large have closed to respond to the crises leaving many students stranded without options. Students were given very short notice to leave their colleges and universities, and this has left their minds with imminent questions (Zhang, Wu, Zhao, & Zhang, 2020). Higher education institutions have profoundly been affected by the crises as they have been forced to adopt online teaching. The challenge is that most students lack stable households that sustain remote learning, and others are suffering because of different time zones. Some universities are hoping to do better by responding privately to their students’ concerns and tackling their issues for greater importance. Universities have implemented some activities like contacting exams online and setting an approximate grading system for accessibility and fairness. The institutions are giving their students a say over what could lead to their better…

The Principles of Choice Theory Question 1 The choice theory was formulated by Dr. William Glasser, a psychiatrist who stipulated human beings are born with genetically coded needs, which make the basis of the five principles of choice theory. 1st principle Human behaving is coded in their genetic make and is controlled by five motivations; these are survival or self-preservation, fun or enjoyment, love and belonging, power,  and lastly, freedom, and independence. 2nd principle During growth and development, humans develop wants that are related to the five needs stipulated by Glasser (Wubbolding, 2015). These want to grow and become part of our “quality world.’  In most cases, the experiences that people find interesting or fun turn to become their wants. 3rd principle This principle stipulates that our behavior is referred to as ‘total behavior’ and includes feelings, psychology, and physiology, among others.  In most cases, therefore, responsive behavior is elicited whenever we feel our ‘quality world’ is out of balance. 4th principle All behavior is based on a purpose in the sense that we make choices that try to meet…

Five common test behaviors that characterize Barbra’s situation Conclusion Based on the analysis of the observations and the test behaviors, am confident in my results. The projective personality tests are reliable since they will provide accurate results for the five common test behaviors that characterize Barbra’s situation. The projective personality test will give reliable results that will enable the practitioner to select an effective intervention treatment for the patient. On the other hand, the five common test behaviors included in Barbra’s assessment will be independent with each other. These test behaviors comprise of her openness to experience, neuroticism, agreeableness, extraversion, as well as her conscientiousness while performing her responsibilities at the workplace. Accordingly, I am confident in the result since they provide a more accurate picture of Barbra’s natural behaviors and preferences. Thus, the test behaviors will give the patient a better understanding of the reasons and factors that lead to her behavior while at work. The common themes that emerged from the data included Barbra’s difficulty sitting still, being unable to recall things that had happened a while ago,…

Virtual Classroom Software Access to quality education was earlier restricted only to famous institutions and training centers. But the growth of technological trends in the form of online classroom software has helped in the emergence of quality education worldwide. It has made it possible for several trainers to impart knowledge over the internet, and as a result of this, the enrollment of students for online classes has increased tremendously. The feature of recording the classes or lecture capture of virtual classroom software has made it possible to capture lectures without the help of any video crew. With this, the students, as well as the trainers, get many advantages. Are you wondering how this feature can be of so much benefit? Also, do you still not know how to record your lectures while delivering them? Don’t worry. The article below will answer almost every question of yours from what is lecture capture to how to do you record lectures on the laptop to what are the tips which the universities can use while recording lectures. But before we proceed further, let…

Information Literacy Information Literacy is the ability to recognize information needs. Information is similar to the knowledge regarding any subject. The acquiring of that knowledge is literacy in the field. Information literacy is, therefore, the receiving of knowledge regarding a particular topic (Rader, 2019). The need for information is essential, and for any success to happen, there is a mandatory need for information to assist the development and achievements in the area. Research is the way information is developed. Researchers seek knowledge towards a specific field of interest operating from the known to the unknown. In this article t on the importance of information literacy to daily life. The primary need for information literacy is to empower decision making. Information literacy defines a pathway through which to identify and acquire knowledge regarding the area of interest. Wh4en the area of interest is comprehensive and contains a lot of information, information literacy dictates that you classify the information per eligibility and importance then analyze it to fit objectives. Planning and being specific with what kind of information required to make it…

Reply on bi-unit reflection Hi Jennifer, I hope you are doing well during this stressful time. It is still hard to believe what is going on around the world and in our communities. The only thing we can do at this moment to protect ourselves and others is self-isolation, which I have to admit has been challenging to deal with for me. Thank you for sharing your bi-unit reflection with us. You have provided a well-structured essay with a good introduction, content delivery and conclusion. Personally, I enjoyed your reading since it had an exploratory tone as the course outline illustrated how it should be done. Your experiences are related to the course materials and the different topics that were learnt through week seven to week twelve. You have included most concepts in your essay. You have a good flow of your work, and they are precisely written. Each point of your paragraph relates to the readings and watchable that was provided in the study. Your introduction wraps up all that you involved in your reflection. We as humans indeed…

Response to Carol Fried Hello Carol, I support you in your discussion that it is important that the paraeducator sees him/herself foremost as an educator. A teacher does not answer phones during class, and a teacher is trained to handle classroom management in a respectful way. Paraeducators should also show interest in working with pupils and help students achieve their academic objectives. In cases where a para has already completed school, but he or she notices a student with special need and needs to be assisted, the teacher may allow the para to help the student because the student believed the para was the most suitable person to help him or her (McDowell & Budd, 2018). Reference McDowell, N., & Budd, J. (2018). The perspectives of teachers and paraeducators on the relationship between classroom clutter and learning experiences for students with cerebral visual impairment. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 112(3), 248-260.   Response to Cristina Butler Hello Cristina, I agree with you in your discussion that the first thing that should be done is that during each instance an…

Patient Complain The present paper revolves around a complaint of Dr. Y. It will be divided into two sections- Task 1 and Task 2. Task 1 will be a response(direct approach) to the complaint of Claudia, the complainant. Whereas Task 2 will be a reflection (indirect approach) of an administrator while addressing Dr. Y disruptive issue. Task 1 Thank you for sending the email and letting us know about your experience with the doctor. We candidly appreciate clients who offer us feedbacks to advance out healthcare services. Foremost, I and the management apologize for the disappointment and inconveniences that you experienced in your primary care consultation with Dr. Y. We guarantee you that the satisfaction of patients is the top priority of the hospital, and we want the patient care to reflect the values of the facility. As parents, we completely understand the frustrations you faced coming all this way and getting substandard services. On conducting an investigation and confronting the doctor, we realized he is undergoing family problems for some weeks now. However, we acknowledge the wrong of our…

Power and influence Some of the influence tactics used are; silent authority where a student in power uses authority to request a change from a college instructor. The assertiveness tactic is applied through intimidating college instructors. Information control occurs by providing indirect control to college instructors by students. Coalition formation is a form of influence tactic where through consensus, the students and college instructors agree on an issue. An upward appeal as an influence tactic in a case of students and college instructors occurs through the students influencing the instructors. The persuasion technique of influencing prevails through students convincing the instructors to undertake some form of alignment. Ingratiation and impression management technique students influence instructors by becoming more likeable to their beliefs.   Exchange techniques in influencing can prevail through students persuading their instructors to comply with specific guidelines if their needs are fulfilled (Sherman,2018). An ingratiation and impression management technique is more reliable in the case of students trying to influence their instructors on certain issues (Sherman,2018). It is recommendable as the method is based on creating a form…