Deaf culture identity Various people from different socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds are affected by hearing challenges. Guidelines to asses and manage hearing loss in children have evolved from a failure-based approach to an Evidence based practice (Winiger et al, 2016). Despite this milestone, very little research has been conducted on children diagnosed with minimal hearing loss (MHL) and how to address the needs of these children. Children with hard of hearing constitutes almost 65% of children with hearing impairment. The purpose of this paper is to expand our understanding on the importance of identity development in DHH children. The Herrera family is an example of a family with a hard-of-hearing child (Lathom-Radocy, 2002). Their daughter, Angelica was enrolled into a toddler program at a nearby school for the deaf after she was diagnosed with unilateral hearing loss. After getting her cochlea ear implant, Angelica has demonstrated great progress and is soon set to start preschool. Her teacher notes that Angelica still needs to be evaluated to determine her areas of need in preschool. It is equally important for parents…
Intelligence Cannot be Defined by Exams Introduction Test scores are not the most accurate indication of individual competency. However, most educational institutions use test scores to assess the progress of their learners but grades should not be the primary way to reflect a learner’s intelligence. Tests mainly analyze a learner’s ability to memorize information. Moreover, student’s experience so much pressure to get good grades in their tests to the point that they become obsessed with performing well rather than understanding concepts that they are taught. There are other ways that are accurate and reliable in evaluating learner’s abilities but are not being used in institutions. This essay will reflect the shortcoming of using test scores as the sole method of measuring individual competency. Argument Grades are as a result of effort and not intelligence (Neubert et al,2016). A student with a lower IQ can work hard and get good results, but that does not provide a ground to determine whether he or she is intelligent. Intelligence is reflected by a student’s ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills (Greiff…
Discuss how the simulated lab reports can help you identify unknown bacterium. Most bacteria are identified using culture media with specific requirements. Culture media usually provide a suitable environment for the growth of certain bacteria. Each of the simulated labs contributes to information that can help in the identification of the unknown bacterium (Basu et al,2015). For example, in the first lab, bacteria were grown in a petri dish using agar. Thus, it can be deduced that either Staphylococcus or Streptococcus grew on the plate because of the suitable requirements provided by agar for their growth (Khurana et al,2015). In the second lab, gram staining is a technique that enables bacteria to be differentiated into two. Therefore, the results obtained will allow us to differentiate bacteria with thick peptidoglycans such as Lactobacillus and Streptococcus or thin peptidoglycan such as Escherichia coli (Galani et al,2010). The third experiment involved the production of a pure culture by transfer of a colony to an agar slant. From this experiment, it can be identified that the bacteria that grew on the pure culture was…
Blood Typing Purpose: The goal of this experiment to determine different types of blood groups and the rhesus factors present in human blood. Hypothesis: I hypothesize that the blood serum is made up of type A, type AB, type B and type O blood groups having a rhesus positive or rhesus negative blood group. Introduction A person blood group can be known by conducting a blood typing test. This test is essential when determining the compatibility of different blood groups during a blood transfusion or blood donation. The blood type is characterized depending on the antigens present on the red blood cell surface. Antigens make the body to be able distinguish its blood cells from foreign blood cells. When carrying out blood typing, the serum is reacted with the red blood cells of known blood groups and known serum types. Blood typing system classifies blood types into four different groups namely: type A with the A antigen, AB with both A and B antigens, type B with the B antigen, and type O which neither has A nor B antigens.…
Co-Education In Louisa May Allcott’s “ Little Men” Several works by Louisa May Alcott has had various educational implications. Her novels like; little men, little women, and Jo’s boys have expressed her ideas on the issues affecting the society like co-education, equal opportunities to learning to both genders. Borrowing strongly from her transcendental ideals, her works have often deviated from popular notions about education. Her foundations in the American transcendental movement began as a result of her father Bronson Alcott. Her father was a poet, a teacher, and a transcendental mystic. Alcott’s story about Plumfield was inspired by her father’s ideas of education. Most readers are enlightened on the Utopian educational model displayed at Plumfield academy. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Alcott’s ideas of co-education with regards to the advantages and effects as portrayed in her book, “Little men”. In the book, “little men’, Plumfield was a a co-educational institution run by Father Bhaer and Mother Bhaer. The academy had 14 learners comprising of both boys and girls. It is notable that most kids in this…
Civil Rights and Liberties Differences between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Civil liberties and civil rights are terms that are used interchangeably in most cases, even though they have different meanings altogether. Civil liberties are the rights and freedoms that the constitution grants us to shield us from despotism. Some examples of civil liberties are the right to marry, the right to vote, right to a fair court trial, among others. On the other hand, civil rights are the rights concerned with protecting individuals against being discriminated. Civil rights are mostly concerned with people who have a particular characteristic that might be used against their advantage. Civil rights protect discrimination against individuals based on their race, nationality, religion, sex, tribe, or even based on having a disability. Although both civil liberties and civil rights are granted to individuals by the government, civil rights have an aspect that is protective of the rights depending on the specific characteristics (Stone, 2014). For example, being accepted as a student despite the gender in a particular field of study say engineering is not considered a…
Gameboy Games do not Save on the Cartridge Gameboy game is a small handheld console video game, portable handheld gadget. Gameboy game was developed in Japan in 1989 by Nintendo Entertainment and has gained popularity around the globe. Gameboy is the first handheld portable in the Game Boy family. It has versions of the Game boy, game boy color, and game boy advanced. The Gameboy has continued to improve its features and now available digitally through virtual console service. 1989 original Nintendo GameBoy Game Features of Game Boy Equipped with a rechargeable battery, Game Boy advance has advanced features of the original Game boy game. Game Boy game is now designed with a color display screen – it displays a vibrance of a range of cool colors. The screen size has remained like the 1989 original design; it is small and portable with a backlit screen. Game boy advance has game controls with eight-way- pad controller: A, B, Start, and Select buttons. The controller pad makes it popular with gamers. Its handheld capability makes Game Boy…
Unwanted puppy got chances of survival with the help of Turney family and Dylan Gracie, a cute little dog with birth defects, was dumped by her owner. As she did not have her front leg, she faced a bad start in her life. But she managed to make her way to a vet office where she received some help. Without hair around her eyes, she refused to give up on life and, therefore, managed to survive. Following this, the cute little puppy was adopted by Turney’s family, who has an animal shelter. The family was familiar with raising disabled dogs as they have one paralyzed dog and then came Gracie with a missing leg. After the family adopted Gracie, they were concerned about how to improve the health condition of the dog. Though she was growing rapidly but not fit to move with a wheelchair. Thus, it needed an easy solution so that it becomes easy for Gracie to move around. At this time, Dylan, a 12 years old boy, made a makeshift wheelchair with legos. The wheelchair was cheap,…
War and gender Introduction The politics of war and peace have historically been perceived along gender lines where men are mandated to participate in a war and make peace as soldiers or guerillas or peacemakers and nation builders (Jansen, 2006). Such an approach to war portrays men as the perpetrators of atrocities, while women are portrayed as victims and are always assumed to have a strong desire for peace (Jansen, 2006). Goldstein (2001) defines war as dangerous intergroup violence. On the other hand, Goldstein (2001) argues that “gender” generally entails masculine and feminine roles and bodies alike, in all their aspects. The purpose of this paper is to explain Patricia Collins and Dorothy Smith’s approaches to gender. Thereafter, the two theories will be applied in the historical context of gender and war. Collins and Smith’s approaches to gender Collins uses the term matrix of domination to emphasize that the position a person holds in society is comprised of several contiguous standpoints instead of just one essentialist perspective (Collins, 2000). For example, women perform many different roles in the course of…
WAR ON COPS Why has the animosity toward the police reached such a volatile point in our history? The animosity towards the police has been intensified by the belief that the police are the principal cause of the homicides in society. People have a notion that the police practice racial discrimination in the execution of their duties to society. According to Heather Mac Donald such movements as Black Lives Matter, has dramatically heightened the perception of the society towards police by claiming that they are the primary threats to young black men (Mac Donald, 2017). The brutality and killing of the black criminals by the police, according to Heather, is termed as racial discrimination of the black, which is not the case. The course has thus advanced the animosity existing in the society towards the policing department while the reality is that the black is involved in crime at a high rate within the society. She argues that the black at the age of 40 commit homicides amongst the fellow blacks, which is blamed on police. She adds that no…