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Introduction College students experience a lot of changes in their lives during the first months of their studies. They move out of their homes, lose their schedule, and have no access to the support system of family and friends, which causes them to feel anxiety. Anxiety is an emotional state of an individual when they experience worry or fear (Drissi et al., 2020). This condition can have a depreciating effect on the wellbeing of a person. College students can manage anxiety by recognizing that they experience it, using self-management, and limiting the use of smartphones. Background Most students feel anxiety during their years at school or college. Drissi et al. (2020) define college anxiety as a “common emotion that people often feel in certain situations,” which prompts people to feel fear or be worried (p. 104243). Statistically, the University of Ottawa states that 60.6% of students rate their level of stress as above average (“Awareness: Did you know? ” n.d.). Moreover, 64.5% admit to feeling overwhelming anxiety within the last twelve months (“Awareness: Did you know? ” n.d.). Overwhelming anxiety may cause a feeling of hopelessness, inability to complete everyday activities, or even cause depression. Considering the large proportion of Canadian students who experience anxiety during their studies, universities should offer support and help their students manage anxiety. First and foremost, managing anxiety begins with recognizing this problem, its symptoms, and the situations that trigger it. Stack (2018) argues that one issue with school anxiety is that it can resemble other issues, including ADHD or shyness. Due to this, educators and students may ignore the symptoms, making anxiety an underrecognized problem in Canada. Moreover, 46% of Canadiens perceive “mental health problems” as an excuse for bad behavior or laziness (“Awareness: Did you know? ” n.d.). As a result, students do not recognize that their mental health state is a result of the anxiety they feel because of the drastic changes that happened in their life and their stress continues to progress. Effective Strategies for Anxiety Management The first and most crucial step that college students can take to deal with anxiety is to acknowledge how they feel. LeBlank and Marques (2019) argue that avoidant behavior is often the cause of anxiety that is not recognized and addressed. For example, a student may skip classes, fail to study, or submit assignments as a result of avoidance caused by anxiety. However, this behavior will worsen the long-term symptoms since this individual will have more obligations to complete (LeBlank & Marques, 2019). Hence, to overcome anxiety, a student should recognize how they feel and what causes this state. One way to manage anxiety is to have a healing environment and learn to self-manage the symptoms. Pelletier et al. (2017) argue that self-management is among the most effective ways of dealing with
Nowadays, it became a commonplace practice among many psychologists to suggest that the act of ‘identification’, which Hollway defines as “imagining oneself in another person’s place” 1 , is capable of altering the qualitative subtleties of one’s sense of self-identity. This suggestion does appear thoroughly legitimate. After all, there is indeed a plenty of empirical evidence as to the fact that, as people live their lives, they grow increasingly aware of what would account for the age-related circumstantially appropriate behavioral stances (capable of affecting one’s sense of self-identity), on their part. It is understood, of course, that the acts of ‘identification’ play an important role, within the process’s context – while addressing life-challenges, people do tend to reflect upon how others proceed with doing the same. This, of course, has a strong effect on the manner, in which individuals perceive the surrounding reality and their place in it. However, it would be wrong to suggest that the acts of ‘identification’, on a particular person’s part, affect the innermost constituents of how he or she is being genetically ‘preprogrammed’ to react to the externally induced stimuli. It appears that, instead of being referred to as the agent of ‘identity change’, the act of ‘identification’ should be discussed as one among many strategies, deployed by people on the way of trying to maintain the integrity of their deep-seated/unconscious understanding of who they really are. In this paper, I will explore the validity of the above-stated at length. Before I proceed, I will need to establish a discursive premise, upon which the consequent discussion of what account for the actual relationship between the notions of identity and ‘identification’ will be based. This premise can be formulated as follows. Due to being primates (in the biological sense of this word), the representatives of Homo Sapience species are essentially ‘hairless apes’. In its turn, this presupposes that, regardless of what happened to be the qualitative characteristics of their sense of self-identity; they may have only three true purposes in life, justified by the Darwinian laws of evolution – spreading genes (sex), making money (nutrition/survival) and striving to attain a social prominence (domination). Biologically speaking, one’s existence is solely concerned with establishing the objective preconditions for the spatial preservation of his or her DNA. As Dawkins pointed out: “We are survival machines – robot vehicles, blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes”. 2 This, of course, suggests the legitimacy of the ‘instrumental’ outlook on the significance of how one goes about constructing its sense of identity – hence, implying that there is indeed nothing ‘phenomenological’ about the notion in question. Apparently, the manner in which people react to the challenges of life (commonly assumed reflective of their identity), cannot be discussed outside of what accounts for the measure of their ‘existential fitness’. Therefore, contrary to what many psychologists believe, rather than conn
Introduction The poem “The Rape of the Lock”, which was written by Alexander Pope is a mock-epic poem. Right at the beginning of the poem, the poet has identified it as a “heroi-comical poem”. These types of poems basically are a mockery of humans and the society in which they live. In the poem under consideration, the poet has depicted petty humans as well as trivial matters as extremely extraordinary. Exaggeration plays a great role in the poem and it is a mockery of the materialistic society. The Rape of the Lock revolves around Belinda, whose guardian sylph warns her of disaster but she ignores it and gets ready to go for a party. At the party, there is a man called Baron, who has decided to cut off a lock of Belinda’s hair. The people at the party enjoy a game of cards, which has been defined by the poet as a battle. Eventually, Baron takes away a lock of Belinda’s hair, which infuriates her, and here begins a scuffle between the ladies and the gentlemen in which Belinda tries retrieving her lock of hair, but it is lost (The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, p.1). In the words of Belinda, “For ever curs’d be this detested Day, Which snatch’d my best, my fav’rite Curl away!” 1 Characters of heroic poetry are used to censure 18th-century civilization in its letdown to go up to heroic standards. By relating unimportant events in gallant terms, he depicts and ridicules the stinginess of the characters concerned. In particular, he scorns the mannerism and arrogance of 18th-century women. The cutting of the hair was taken so seriously that it caused trouble between families who were friends for a very long time (An analysis of Alexander Pope’s depiction of women in “the Rape of the Lock”, p.1 and The Rape of the Lock: A Study Guide, p.1). Analysis In the times gone by, there was a period when scholars and knowledgeable people on the whole, tended to assume the primary half of the eighteenth century as the “Age of Pope.” But with the changing times, the period is now normally thought of and named as the Augustan Age or the Neoclassical period. Nevertheless with the previous value, regardless of its unsophisticated highlighting of the prosaic art of one
Dear John, I am Karl Marx. I share your sentiments on alienation and pain in lower-class imprisonment by the ruling class who have the resources to manipulate and twist social, religious, development, and political aspects of the society as opined by Macionis and Gerber (2007). It is apparent that these classes, drawn from the bourgeoisies and the ruling elites, are not brighter than the rest. However, they thrive in discrimination and exploitation of labor supply to satisfy their selfishness. Since they are the masters of labor production tools such as wages, this group, comprising of just a small percent of the society, comfortably sits on the apex of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid. In union with your sentiments, I concur that they influence democratic processes that are ‘only democratic’ when the same meet their opinionated threshold characterized by mere confirmation of their will; which may not necessarily be in line with the will of the majority. I recall once in the textile industry, in the remote province in Germany, when I witnessed the oppression of laborers by an agent of this group. Funnily, nobody among the other workers and the union came out strongly to defend their members. They talked as though every word from their mouths were rehearsed and choreographed by the exploiters themselves. Also, I am sorry to report to you that the group has formalized its definition partial policies in education, media, churches, economic sector, politics, and social interaction (Waiting on the World to Change, 2010). I am touched by your passionate appeal to the proletariats to rise above the normal way of life and start to question these biased policies and governance of labor which we provide to them for peanuts. In a perfectly skewed labor market, wages are supposed to be determined by the cost of production and total output. Unfortunately, this is not the case. We are merely spectators of exploitation as though our hands and minds are imprisoned in the dungeon of social classes (Mayer, 2006). In my opinion, there is hope Mr. John. Everything is not lost, because we are the majority and providers of labor resources. Noting that this bourgeoisie cannot operate and meet their selfish goals minus our labor, we can unite and move from mere spectators into agents of quantifiable and desirable change we long to witness and live in. By forming independent labor unions and actively participating in electoral processes, proletariats can rise to become a powerhouse and a boat that cannot be rocked by small tides of discrimination originating from premature economic waves. Interestingly, the world has enough resources for everyone when selfishness is locked from imprisoning our minds. It is time for the proletariats to reject the theoretical education systems and embrace an inclusive syllabus. This is because the development and perception of an individual are greatly influenced by even
The first advantage of the Linux operating system over Windows is the open-source nature of this project. The source code of this system is available in the public domain. This allows one to make changes to it and modify the system in such a way that, for a particular user, it is as comfortable as possible. Linux gives an opportunity to improve one’s programming skills and supports the main coding languages ​​, and also offers applications for programmers. The second reason why Linux is better is the relative reliability of the system and its resistance to hacker attacks, which is also due to the branched principle of individual encoding of each particular OS. A large amount of Linux software is stored in online repositories, which additionally ensures the security of the system, which does not even require antivirus software. The ability to customize Linux is one of the main advantages of this operating system. Using Linux, one can completely transform the appearance and interface of the system. Linux customization is also expressed in the preparation of special assemblies of the system, designed for specific needs, be it programming, saving technical resources, or something else. Linux is also quite light on computer hardware, which allows the system to run on low-performance computers, which is definitely a benefit in emergency situations. Finally, Linux’s fifth advantage is a more finely designed and customizable update system. One can easily fix minor bugs instead of completely updating the system without the need and the ability to stop or cancel changes. In addition, it should be noted that Linux is completely free, which makes it a winning solution in a limited economic situation, removing the need to resort to piracy.
While most of the time the urinary tract infection (UTI) is treated relatively easily with the antibiotics course, the presence of increased lethargy suggests the possibility of mental and behavioral disorders. UTI at this age is often accompanied by fatigue, confusion, agitation, and dementia (Chiang et al., 2015). Furthermore, the infection is often recurring among the elderly, which, coupled with its asymptomatic nature, presents additional dangers to the well-being of the patient. Finally, mental and behavioral disorders, such as the lethargy mentioned above, are likely the result of upper urinary tract infection, which is far more dangerous and can be lethal. Based on the poor test results and mental performance, the following things had to be done to improve the discharge procedure. First, the assisted living facility had to be contacted to make sure they are aware of Mr. Jonson’s condition and are able to detect changes in his health. Second, the patient had to be informed about his condition as thoroughly as possible and in the most approachable manner. Third, the appointments had to be made for future visits to the laboratory and his MD. Finally, the need for additional care had to be determined and the approp
Introduction The article “At Home, Work a Bit Longer and Get Lots More Done” by Nicholas Bloom focuses on his perception regarding the advantages of working at a home based on his personal experience as well as a study he conducted. Based on the various course texts on the subject of rhetorical analysis, it can be seen that Mr. Bloom utilizes the strategies of logical and ethical appeal to convince his audience regarding the advantages of working from home. The article is favoring people who work at home over people who work in offices. The author of this article shows from the beginning of the pride he has in being a home worker. He adds experiments and studies he did himself that suggest that working from home increased the work rate of the employee (Bloom, 1). He provides data promoting his theory that people who work at home work more hours than they do at work. Lastly, he focuses on the financial advantage of such a process on workers and companies alike due to the savings that they can attain, i.e., no commuting fees for workers while companies save on office expenses (Bloom, 1). Overall, the author argues that working at home can be more productive than working in the office since workers are happier, spend less, and are more efficient with their time as compared to their office-based counterparts. However, a more in-depth examination of the article reveals that the method of presentation is far too one-sided with little sufficient depth in portraying both sides of the issue. In effect, the author utilizes ethos and logos to promote the concept of working from home but fails to utilize them in depicting the disadvantages of such a process. Tools the Author Utilizes The author utilizes ethos, pathos, and logos to promote the idea that working from home is better than working within an office. What must be understood is that ethos can also refer to how a person portrays him/herself in an argument. In other words, it is a method in which persuaders present an “image” to people that they are attempting to persuade. This particular “image” refers to a persuader’s “character” in the sense that a person is attempting to persuade another person of the righteousness of their statements based on their inherent character. The use of the ethos of this particular strategy is evidenced by the very first sentence the author uses within the article. In this sentence, he states that he works at the U.S. Treasury works as a consultant at a prestigious consultancy firm, and also happens to be a professor at the Stanford University (Bloom, 1). Such “labels” can be classified as a form of ethical appeal (ethos) wherein the writer, Mr. Bloom, in this case, utilizes his credibility and character as a successful professional form on the basis behind his argument. From the onset of the article, it is clear that the author arranges the article in such a way that the reader would side with the concept of working from home before finishing the article. The evidence behind this can be seen in the relatively scant use of negative associations to working from home wherein only three such arguments are utilized. Besides, all of the arguments are far fro
Introduction In his plays, Tennessee Williams explores a variety of psychological and existential problems that a person can struggle with. Overall, this author is able to give people deep insights into the behavior of an individual who is not able to adjust to the existing social norms. First of all, this paper is aimed at discussing the way in which the theme of addiction is explored in such plays as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire . In particular, it is necessary to discuss why addiction is developed. This question can be better examined by looking at the behavior of such characters as Brick and Blanche DuBois. In both cases, addiction results from the attempts of these people to shield themselves from reality. Furthermore, it is important to discuss such as theme as gender norms because these rules affect the lives of Brick and Blanche DuBois, who are not able to challenge the existing conventions. One should focus on the way in which these rules shape the identity of these people and eventually ruin their lives. These are the main questions that should be discussed in greater detail. Addiction On the whole, Tennessee Williams depicts addiction as the consequence of frustration and unwillingness to change worldviews and values. Moreover, the characters perceive it as a form of a shield that can protect them from reality. One should keep in mind that addiction may not be regarded only as alcohol abuse since these characters can become dependent on different things. For example, Blanche DuBois cannot imagine herself without the love of the opposite sex. She believes that the admiration of males is critical for her survival. This is one of the reasons why she says, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers” (Williams, 2004, p. 178). To a great extent, Williams’ plays show that addiction eventually results in the ruin of a person. Moreover, the author tries to demonstrate that it usually impairs the relations of this individual with other people. For instance, Brick alienates himself from his family. In turn, Blanche comes into conflict with Stanley and Stella. These are some of the details that can be identified. When discussing the origins of addiction, one should first examine the inner world of these characters. Both of them are people who struggle with frustration. For instance, Brick failed as an athlete because of his broken ankle. Moreover, he is extremely dissatisfied with his marriage. In turn, Blanche DuBois is a person who has lost her social status as well as fortune. She desperately wants to maintain the appearance of success and dignity. Therefore, it is possible to say that each of these characters attempts to get rid of the idea that they could have ruined their lives. To some degree, this information is important for understanding the reasons why they suffer from addiction. These characters provide different reasons for drinking. In particular, this woman says that drinking can give her “a brand new outlook on life” (Williams, 2004, p. 126). In this way, this woman tri
Introduction It appears that many people still believe today that cancer is caused by genetic mutations. Recent studies have discovered that while such mutations may, indeed, lead to cancer, they are not the only possible causes of it. In fact, it was found out that epigenetic factors may also lead to cancer. Understanding this enables a better comprehension of the aetiology of cancer, which can potentially help in cancer detection and prevention. Therefore, this paper explains in more detail what epigenetics and epigenome are, how changes in them might lead to cancer, and why knowing this may assist in averting this disease in the future. Epigenetics and Epigenome Epigenetics is a branch of biology which is concerned with studying the changes in the expression of genes that occur not due to the changes in the DNA itself, but because of the conditions in which an organism exists and develops 1 . In other words, epigenetics is an area of study that is aimed at researching the phenotype of an organism, and only that phenotype which does not result from genetic changes of an organism. A typical example is changes in chromosomes, which may have a considerable impact on the activity of genes and their expression. Other examples may include prions – infectious agents that are often simply a protein which is capable of self-replication inside a living organism, during which it causes damage to the host. Sometimes prion diseases result from such causes as an infectious agent affecting a susceptible area of a DNA and inducing self-replication, rather than the transcription of the DNA, which makes the
Susan Bearden’s Digital Citizenship: A Community-Based Approach is part of Corwin’s Connected Educators series that explains the need, methods, and resources for connecting education providers on a global level using modern technology. The idea of connectedness, indeed, is at the core of this book: the author writes in a friendly manner, providing her Twitter username and other contact information on the first pages. The audience of the book are leaders in education, as it “provides a look at how leaders can prepare teachers and students for the new responsibilities of using technology and inter­acting with others on a truly global platform” (Bearden, 2016, p. x). Susan Bearden is a former teacher, now the Director of Information Technology at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, Florida. She is involved with modern technology and its contribution to teaching and learning, having presented at many education technology conferences and summits (Bearden, 2016). In addition, she moderates education technology and digital citizenship chats on Twitter and is a regular contributor to various online publications, such as Huffington Post, Edsurge, and others. She has even developed a mobile app designed to help educators engage in Personal Learning Networks on Twitter – Tweechme (Bearden, 2016). Digital Citizenship: A Community-Based Approach is a short soft-cover book, divided into seven clear chapters by the groups of people involved and themes discussed. Each chapter is followed by a few study questions, allowing the reader to gather some overall thoughts on the material. There are no diagrams or other visual learning tools, but the author represents many of the concepts in the form of clear step-by-step plans, which eases the application of the theories discussed to practice. Being a devoted advocate for t