Social Responsibility, Consumerism, and the Marketing Concept

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMERISM, AND THE MARKETING CONCEPT Robert D. Winsor, Loyola Marymount University ABSTRACT This paper looks at the regularly reprimanded â€Å"selling orientation† or â€Å"selling concept† with the usually lauded â€Å"societal promoting idea â€Å"from the points of view of customer discernment and persuasibility. It is recommended that the two directions see purchasers as generally unreasonable and as effectively inclined to control by advertisers. The ramifications of this similitude are investigated from the viewpoints of commercialization and social duty. INTRODUCTIONCritics of advertising have reliably assaulted the control for limiting buyers' insight and limit with regards to discerning decision and for purposely bewildering buyers in their endeavors to make judicious, educated, unprejudiced, and free monetary decisions. Simultaneously, cultural patterns have pushed U. S. organizations toward expanding worry for social issues and reg ard for since quite a while ago run purchaser government assistance. The previously mentioned reactions and weights for expanding social obligation are to a great extent driven by a similar social ideal models and constituents.Yet, it is critical that a definitive aftereffect of an extended social duty of business is the accompanying diminishment of free customer decision. Additionally, this impediment of shopper caution is the unavoidable outcome of assumptions of buyer silliness. Along these lines, while gatherings, for example, consumerists have regularly reprimanded advertisers unequivocally for dismissing ideas of shopper judiciousness, these equivalent gatherings and suppositions have mightily advanced the social duty of business and the cultural showcasing idea as progressions in business suspected and practice.As an outcome, inconsistencies can be believed to exist inside the consumerist plan, and are evident (however unacknowledged) in the â€Å"societal promoting conceptà ¢â‚¬  and calls for expanding the obligation of business toward social issues and concerns. The objective of this paper is to uncover these logical inconsistencies and to expand upon their suggestions for business and society as a rule. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARKETING CONCEPT In January of 1960, the advertising discipline entered another age.In this year, we were given no historic hypothesis, no spearheading technique, no splendid adjustment of another order's build, and no stupendous award. We were, nonetheless, given something we would come to love considerably more profoundly than any of these. We were given a raison d'etre and a philosophical establishment. It was on this date the Journal of Marketing distributed an article by Robert Keith (1960) entitled â€Å"The Marketing Revolution. What's more, since its distribution, advertisers have had the option to feel defended in accepting that their endeavors were basic, however that they have been instrumental in realizing clearing enhancements in the advancement of business practice. In spite of the fact that the transformation depicted by Keith has been subdued to turn into the â€Å"evolution† of the promoting idea, and the generalizablity of the advancement it portrayed has been addressed by a few (e. g. Fullerton, 1988), the change in American business depicted by Keith's model has regardless filled in as a wellspring of clarification and support for promoting academicians.The â€Å"post-evolution† advertisers have been loaned a level of respect and a feeling of direction which was prominently missing previously. Before this date, advertisers were seen to be, best case scenario pointless, and at the very least untrustworthy or corrupt. Not that the normal resident thinks about showcasing in any extraordinary light today, however the faith in an advancement of the advertising idea has permitted the scholarly promoting network a specific level of sense of pride. In his article, Keith depicted four â€Å"eras† or times of thought and practice through which his association, The Pillsbury Company, progressed.Keith accepted that these periods were normal for most organizations which were peers of Pillsbury, and in this manner conjectured that a general development was in proof. Since the distribution of Keith's article, different essayists have adjusted, refined, and broadened the essential postulation propelling this transformative procedure: The most important and notable of these portrayals is that of Philip Kotler. Kotler depicts five elective ideas or methods of reasoning through which most organizations have evolved.Although any given business can work under any of the ways of thinking, the fundamental statute of the development postulation is that these ways of thinking structure a chain of command, with later ways of thinking being better than those of prior times (Keith, 1960; Kotler, 1994). The suggestion is that to move from a lower level (prior) reasoning to that on a more elevated level (later) isn't just canny, yet additionally great business. The principal periods or business methods of reasoning are named the â€Å"product† and the â€Å"production† concepts.The item idea underscores item quality as well as execution, and expect that probably a few shoppers are sufficiently learned to perceive and regard unrivaled traits in these territories. The creation idea centers upon frameworks for delivering huge volumes of items with an end goal to drive down expenses by abusing economies of scale. This way of thinking depends on the supposition that most customers perceive, however incline toward high worth (benefits †value) contributions and are learned and judicious in choosing among elective products.A later time is known as the selling idea, and depends on the reason that purchasers are moderately clueless with respect to item characteristics, or base their determination upon design or other â€Å"non-rationalâ⠂¬  measures. In addition, this direction accept that customers are effectively affected. Thus, associations utilizing the selling idea commonly resort to forceful selling and limited time endeavors, with the objective of alluring or constraining clients into buying the item. A significantly higher plane of illumination is spoken to by the advertising idea era.The showcasing idea is viewed as a quantum jump up the transformative order, and keeps on being grasped by an incredible number of promoting researchers and organizations. The advertising idea â€Å"holds that the way to accomplishing authoritative objectives comprises in deciding the requirements and needs of target showcases and conveying the ideal fulfillments more adequately and proficiently than competitors† (Kotler, 1994, p. 18; 1977a). The proverb of the promoting idea is â€Å"find a need and fill it,† and its philosophy is â€Å"The Customer is King. Like the item and creation ideas, however dissimilar to the selling idea, the showcasing idea is established upon the supposition that shoppers are proficient, keen, and levelheaded, and base their item buys upon a cautious thought of the connection between their own needs and item traits. Accordingly, the basic reason of the showcasing idea turns into an emphasis on the shopper as the crucial point for all business movement (Barksdale and Darden, 1971).The reasoning basic the promoting idea was upheld as right on time as the 1940's and 1950's (Samli, Palda, and Barker, 1987; Bell and Emory, 1971). In 1958 the term â€Å"marketing concept† was authored to depict the way of thinking behind this methodology (see McKitterick, 1958), and â€Å"by 1965 for all intents and purposes all basic promoting writings incorporated some conversation of the ‘new' advertising concept† (Bell and Emory, 197 1). The explanation that the advertising idea was viewed as a significant forward leap in business reasoning is that it spoke t o the direct opposite of the item, creation, and selling concepts.Rather than taking a current item and trying to alter interest for it by including highlights, diminishing cost, or fluctuating limited time method, the promoting idea holds that organizations should initially decide the current needs in the commercial center and afterward structure and produce an item to fulfill this need. In this sense the promoting idea is driven by the requirements of the commercial center, as opposed to the current capacities of the firm.The fifth, and as far as anyone knows most noteworthy phase of advancement in advertising ways of thinking is the thing that Kotler expressions the cultural showcasing idea. In every one of his compositions referencing the promoting idea, Kotler (1972, 1977b, 1994) unmistakably expresses his conviction that the cultural advertising idea exemplifies a higher and increasingly edified plane of showcasing thought and practice, and recommends this new idea speaks to a n endeavor to fit the objectives of business to the once in a while clashing objectives of society.As such, it hypothesizes that the â€Å"the association's errand is to decide the necessities, needs, and premiums of target markets and to convey the ideal fulfillments more viably and proficiently than rivals such that jam or upgrades the buyer's and society's prosperity (Kotler, 1994, p. 29). It ought to be noticed that the cultural showcasing idea is established upon one prevailing and basic proposition.This is the presumption that â€Å"consumers' needs don't generally match with their since quite a while ago run premiums or society's for some time run interests,† and that, given this, advertisers should put the â€Å"emphasis on ‘long-run buyer and cultural well being† (Kotler, 1977b). Subsequently, the cultural advertising idea speaks to a support and legitimization for the social obligation of business in contemporary society, and a nullification of Milton Friedman's notorious declaration that â€Å"the social duty of business is to make a profit† (Friedman, 1962). THE CONSUMERISM MOVEMENT AS THE CATALYST FOR THESOCIETAL MARKETING CONCEPT The most recent industrialism development is a reason that has been amassing energy for more than 30 years in th

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Motivations to Write Properly Motivations to Write Properly Motivations to Write Properly By Michael For what reason is it essential to compose accurately, to utilize standard syntax, spelling, and accentuation? Since you need individuals to get you, that's it in a nutshell. For what reason are the demanding subtleties significant? In the event that my feature had said Write Good, wouldnt you comprehend that I implied Write Well? Perhaps along these lines, however its less diverting and more clear on the off chance that I state it effectively. For a brief instant or more, some portion of your brain would be befuddled, thinking about whether I was urging you to expound on beneficial things or something. Unquestionably some portion of your brain would ask why you were seeing terrible punctuation in Daily Writing Tips. At the point when my associate Mark attempted it as a joke, individuals took note. It is safe to say that you are seeing my point? Researchers talk about prescriptive syntax and distinct language. Prescriptive language structure implies the manner in which individuals should compose. That has here and there been confused. As of late as the nineteenth century, a few researchers encouraged that English ought to observe the standards of Latin since I cannot think about a valid justification now. Then again, clear language structure implies the manner in which individuals really compose, and that is difficult to contend with. In any case, isnt there an association? Youre expected to compose the manner in which individuals really compose, on the grounds that its more obvious that way. What's more, since sentence structure changes throughout the hundreds of years, punctuation books do change as the language changes. Where understudies and educators get into contradictions is the point at which the youngsters demand that the manner in which they compose is presently right. More seasoned instructors can review saying something very similar when they were youthful, however by and large, being off-base. The slang of their childhood didnt become a lasting piece of the English language. A few understudies may state, I dont need to adhere to no made-up rules! On the off chance that they state that, they are utilizing a twofold negative, which was right in Old English, before 1000 AD. From that point onward, it was not, at this point right. My recommendation: if English speakers have been adhering to a standard for a thousand years, you should tail it as well. Individuals are most likely accustomed to it. Perceiving an example makes perusing simpler, and that incorporates examples of punctuation and spelling. Obviously, we perceive letters from their shape. Its conceivable to peruse a line of content that is feeling the loss of the base portion of each letter, yet hard to peruse it without the top half. Yet, look into additionally recommends that the state of a word causes us to remember it. Indeed, even without my glasses, I can see that circle starts with a rising letter and finishes with a plummeting letter it inclines down while pool slants up. At the point when you type in ALL CAPS, each letter is a similar tallness, so it not just looks like youre yelling, it additionally makes it a lot harder to peruse. Certain pieces of agreements are legitimately required to be prominent, so they are frequently promoted. In any case, why? All things considered, placing them in strong or bigger sort is additionally prominent. Lawyer Matthew Butterick, the creator of Typography for Lawyers, says, All-tops paraâ ­graphs are a case of self-defeatâ ­ing typogâ ­raâ ­phy. Perusers definitely skirt the most significant parts in light of the fact that they’re so difficult to peruse. I trust legal counselors dont compose Terms of Service taking all things together tops to shield us from understanding them. My point: our minds comprehend things all the more effectively on the grounds that they fit our desires. The explanation I attempt to utilize appropriate language structure, spelling, and accentuation isn't to intrigue my fourth grade instructor Mrs. Cascales. Tsk-tsk, her jazz piano has been quiet for a long time, and she is done checking my composition for botches. No, I attempt to compose effectively on the grounds that its simpler to peruse, on the grounds that youve seen it composed that way (AKA composed accurately) previously. Some of the time even minor linguistic decisions can make perusing more slow or quicker. I gave one model in my article Is That a Noun or a Verb? I’m Confused. At the point when you dont need to battle with understanding my spelling or accentuation, you can concentrate on understanding my significance. Individuals judge you by your language. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Good Grammar Should Be Everyone’s Business, Brad Hoover of Grammarly contemplated 100 LinkedIn profiles, all local English-speakers, all working in the purchaser bundled products industry, with three bosses or less in the initial 10 years of their professions. He found the ones with less language structure blunders in their profile were elevated to chief level or above inside those 10 years, while the other half were most certainly not. In the melodic My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins brings up a lower-class bloom young lady and tells Colonel Pickering, If you talked as she does, sir, rather than the manner in which you do, why, you may be selling blossoms as well. At the point when you forget about highlights in your composing that youngsters learn in grade school, for example, accentuation and capitalization, your perusers will expect that you didnt complete evaluation school. Im not contending for lifted up language, however for clear correspondence. Enormous words can be as uncertain as meager words. Some scholarly composing styles dont impart all the more obviously, yet just demonstrate that you are a scholastic. Instructors and educators need to battle against spreading it. The ill-advised utilization of uninvolved voice is the most popular side effect: It has been shown by Jenkins that rather than Jenkins demonstrates that Weve composed a few articles to assist you with dealing with your utilization of detached voice, for example, Passive Writing and 7 Examples of Valid Passive Construction. At the point when I was working for a telephone organization, a more established doctor called about a startling bill he got. He stated, This won't be dispensed. I couldnt oppose saying, Oh, you mean you wont take care of the tab? Obviously and shockingly, he had been instructed to utilize language as a hindrance, to keep his patients in their place so they wouldn t question the bills he sends. Theres nothing amiss with short words. Some long words are utilized explicitly to shield from expressing reality straightforwardly. Humorist George Carlin brought up that what was called shell stun in the First World War became fight weariness in the Second. Four syllables currently, says Carlin. Takes somewhat longer to state. Doesn’t appear to hurt so a lot. Weakness is a more pleasant word than stun. An enterprise doesn't terminate a worker; it organizes an arranged flight or makes a workforce irregularity rectification. Seemingly insignificant details can have huge outcomes including accentuation. Lynne Truss, English creator and supporter, takes note of that the 1905 October insurgency in Russia started when Bolshevik printers requested to be paid a similar rate for accentuation stamps with respect to letters. Bracket facilitated a BBC Radio communicate about accentuation, Cutting a Dash, which prompted a smash hit book in 2003. The title of the book, Eats, Shoots Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, originates from a joke: A panda strolls into a bar. He arranges a sandwich, eats it, pulls out a firearm, and discharge two shots. The stunned barkeep asks him for what good reason. The panda tosses him an inadequately punctuated natural life manual. Im a panda, he says, Look it up, and exits the entryway. Sufficiently sure, the passage for Panda peruses, Large highly contrasting bear-like vertebrate, local to China. Eats, shoots and leaves. Here you see that an additional comma can prompt expanded weapon viciousness. Bracket additionally composed childrens books: Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts (2008) The Girls Like Spaghetti: Why, You Cant Manage Without Apostrophes! (2007). Notice that in each title, evacuating two accentuation stamps totally changes the importance. Simply after Eats, Shoots Leaves went to press (normally), Truss discovered subtleties on another story she wished she could have remembered for her book. It concerned New England trader Timothy Dexter (Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1748-1806), who composed a leaflet called A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, utilizing his own one of a kind spelling and no accentuation. At the rear of his subsequent release, he incorporated this note: Nowing ones complane of my book the fust version had no stops I put in a Nuf here and thay may peper and solt it as they plese I cannot be sure, yet think he implied, Realizing Ones gripe of my book. The primary version had no stops [periods]. I put in enough here, and they may pepper and salt it however they see fit. It was trailed by a page of accentuation marks for their utilization. The issue is that appropriate accentuation, spelling, and sentence structure are not fixings that can be included or forgotten about an impulse. Not trying to get them right might be simpler on the essayist, yet harder on the peruser. I think Dexters note demonstrates my point, however I cannot be sure, on the grounds that Im not totally sure what he was attempting to state. Need to improve your English in a short time a day? Get a membership and begin getting our composing tips and activities every day! Continue learning! Peruse the Writing Basics classification, check our well known posts, or pick a related post below:Writing a Reference Letter (With Examples)Rules for Capitalization in Titles13 Theatrical Terms in Popular Usage

Veterans and Admission

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Comparing Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy and...

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Flexibility and efficiency of use The concept of the design does not include any scope for an experienced user or an intermediate user. The system is a general e-commerce site and hence, there are scope for the evaluation of the website in this criteria. However in and an e-commerce system the experiences buyers or the frequent buyers are provided with additional benefits however no such options are presented in the design. Additionally an experienced buyer would also be able to get an information or product more easily rather an inexperienced user. Hence, the design should not be evaluated in this criteria. Aesthetic and minimalist design The design is provide with an Aesthetic and minimalist design as the dialogues in the system does not contain any irrelevant content or content that is rarely needed. The irrelevant information make website of the system large and slows down the system. Hence, the system design is efficient in this aspect. Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors The system Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors, there are no additional codes that the user has to go through in the error detection methods. The system also provides a constructive suggestion for the solution to the error and also displays the relevant discussions for the error. The example taken here for this context is of the error message Hi, Please login to use the app. You can register by clicking on the user icon above. Hence, the system is efficient in this regard. Help and documentation The design contains the testimonial and contact us sections. This would help the user in guiding through the website. However there are no documentation feature that would help the user in navigation through the system. Hence, this aspect of the design is partially met. However there is additional scope for improvement in this sector of the interface design. Bibliography Ali, A., Alrasheedi, M., Ouda, A., Capretz, L. F. (2015). A study of the interface usability issues of mobile learning applications for smart phones from the users perspective. arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.01875. Bader, F., Schn, E. M., Thomaschewski, J. (2017). Heuristics Considering UX and Quality Criteria for Heuristics. International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence, 4(6), 48-53. Hermawati, S., Lawson, G. (2015). A User-Centric methodology to Establish usability heuristics for specific domains. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics Human Factors (p. 8085). Reynaga, G., Chiasson, S., van Oorschot, P. C. (2015, July). Heuristics for the evaluation of captchas on smartphones. In Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference (pp. 126-135). ACM.

Significance of Selling Online Research Paper Example

Significance of Selling Online Paper Selling online can revolutionize your business. An online storefront has a number of very powerful advantages over a brick-and-mortar location that can yield big dividends for surprisingly little investment of time and money. Even if you have a physical shop, an online store can be a big help in marketing your business, as well a being a supplementary sales outlet that can add to your bottom line. The benefits of opening an online store are endless: 1 . Reduce your costs – setup and operational costs are much less than selling from a hysterical store, directly improving your bottom line. There is no rent to pay, you hire less personnel, and so forth. 2. Simplify your sales processes – using simple automation, customer orders can go directly to your products database and into the shipping queue. With a well-designed online store you can improve your sales processes considerably, reducing your costs further or selling more products per transaction. 3. Go global overnight – increase sales opportunities by gaining instant access to a wider marketplace. Sell to the entire country and even abroad! 4. You can sleep but your store never will – with your online shop open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you increase the number of customers who can shop your selection, further increasing your opportunity for sales. As the internet is growing and increasing on a daily basis and computers being in every home the ability to buy and sell directly online has become the internet number one commodity. We will write a custom essay sample on Significance of Selling Online specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on Significance of Selling Online specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Significance of Selling Online specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer People from all countries, cities within Canada, the USA and the rest of the world are buying and selling online. People love shopping but a lot people do not have time to go to a shopping mall, they do not have time to waste riving to and from stores. Online buying and selling is the way to start freeing up more time to do other things with families and friends. The advantages of buying online are that it is quick, prices are usually lower priced, descriptions and comments can be seen by past customers. There is a large number of people buying online and if they are all satisfied you will be too. The advantage of buying online can be that you are not physically able to touch the product and it usually takes a few days for delivery. The advantages of selling online is that you are able to reach a large audience, you are able to sell multiple items at low low costs without having a store and at times without even having a product or service. The disadvantages of selling online is that your customers may find lower prices at other competitors, the internet is a large place and you have to carve out a niche market for you and your online products and services. Selling online has a number of advantages over selling by conventional methods, including: * Making savings in set-up and operational costs. You don’t need to pay shop assistants, rent high-street premises, or answer a lot of pre-sales queries. Reducing order-processing costs – customer orders can automatically come straight into your orders database from the website. * Reaching a global audience, thereby increasing sales opportunities. * Competing with larger businesses by being able to open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Being able to receive payment more quickly from online transactions. * Attracting customers who would not normally have investigated your type of high-street outlet. * Improving your offerings using the data gathered by tracking customer purchases. * Using your online shop as a catalogue for existing customers. Selling over the internet is not very much different from selling on the counter. It is more or less the same thing. Selling through inter net has lots of challenges and requires lots of efforts and patience. But people think that online business is relatively simple and Just dunk into it. Elf you run your own business, then you probably know that getting customers is not that easy task. It is no different if you are running the business online. Getting customers for your business is always a tedious task. In some of the cases, it is even more difficult to get online business as there eight not be enough traffic on that site. Elf you know how to market your business, you can easily sell online. Then you do not need any web experience or programming knowledge. But you need to have some common sense and need to be a business fanatic. Then, you have the capability to run any type of business. Cost factor is the biggest advantage of selling your products online. The retail space is expensive and the traffic is limited to a local market only. An online store is always cheap and easy to manage. Considering these factors, you cannot afford not to sell online.

The Fugitive Slave Act essays

The Fugitive Slave Act essays As the evolution of this report on Fugitive Slave Act goes into progression you will learn about what this act changed in the world we live in today. This report will help you understand what differences this Act bought forth to the nation in a whole. I will cover plenty of aspects to make up what the Fugitive Slave Act stood for. On January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Clay presented a compromise. For eight months members of Congress, led by Clay, Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts, and John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, debated the compromise. With the help of Stephen Douglas, a young Democrat from Illinois, a series of bills that would make up the compromise were ushered through Congress. The Fugitive Slave Act was created in 1850 as a part of groups of laws. Those laws were in reference to the Compromise of 1850. It was created in the compromise that antislavery advocated to the gain of California to be as a free state. The group of laws that were created mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the Union they might be situated at the time of their discovery or capture.(Foner)Along with the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the ratification of Kansas' admission for free statehood; this legislation is part of the chain of events which culminated in the American Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that slavery question would be decided by popular sovereignty. In addition, Fugitive Slave Act prohibited slave-trading in the District of Columbia and also required that the citizens be assistants in the recovery of fugitive slaves. It also denied a fugitive's right to a jury trial. Ironically, the passage of this law grew great resentment by the abolitionists. The abolitionists detested the law because majority of the Americans embraced the law. The reason this act was created to free slaves and make abolitionists resolve their differences and put an end to slavery. Even though it was ...

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Films of Alfred Hitchcock - Essay Example In this paper, the focus lies on a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho where a theme comprising of violence, sex and phallic proxy will be discussed. This horror movie, which has won several awards, has continued to be listed among the best-produced films especially because of encompassing several themes. The story focuses on a secretary, Marion Crane, who together with the boyfriend has financial issues. The duo’s marriage plans are adversely affected by the huge debts they have to pay. When Crane meets Sam, the boyfriend, for lunch the latter tells the fiancà ©e that all the money they would get will have to pay the fast-accruing debt. Upon finishing the lunch, Crane goes back to the workplace where the boss instructs the secretary to deposit some $40,000 to the bank paid by a client for a service. Interestingly, Crane seeks permission to take the afternoon off, but plans to run away with the cash (Smith, p11). As noted with the other movies, there is hardly a film with a single theme; many have more than even two, and Psycho is no exception. Even though it has a number of these, this paper, as already indicated will primarily focus on sexuality, violence and phallic of proxy. When Crane decides to vanish with her employer’s money, the boss unfortunately, sees her. Consequently, this causes her to be nervous, and makes wrong decisions in the process. After overcoming the seemingly opposition fronted by a police officer who finds her asleep, Crane continues to a motel called Bates motel, belonging to a Mr. Norman Bates(Smith, p14). Up to that point, one can see several themes including that of symbolic economy. First, when Crane decided to steal the money, the financial pressure she was experiencing catalyzed the decision. It is not always that horror movies are used in relation to money-related issues, and especially in matter of debts. Yet, movies have a way of affecting people in a number of positive

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Internal Controls - Essay Example The accounting function should be given to an individual who does not have the custody of the collections (Meigs & Meigs, 1993). There is a possibility of the head usher and the record keeper working together to under-report the collections made, with a sharing of the pocketed amounts. They can work together to undermine the system. If the head usher were to count the collection in front of the other ushers, it could serve as a counter-verification of the collections. But here again there is a possibility of the head usher working together with the other ushers to pocket some money. In fact the Rector of the Church should be present when the ushers gather together, give their separate collections to the head usher and then the total money is put together and counted. The installation of a surveillance camera in the basement room in secret, and another on the way down at a strategic point should be accomplished without anyone’s knowledge except for the Rector of the Church. Ano ther loophole is available because the Church asks all check contributors to make their checks payable to Cash. This amounts to giving a chance to anyone who pockets a check to cash the money without being detected.

Moral of Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Essay

Moral of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow In Washington Irving’s short story â€Å"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,† the conflict between Enlightenment and Romantic ideals is narrativized. Irving’s story is an exploration of the conflict between these two schools of thought. Irving uses his setting, his characters, and his â€Å"moral† (or lack thereof) to critique the Enlightenment. At first reading, â€Å"Sleepy Hollow† may seem no more than a dreamy folk tale. But when read in the context of the emerging resistance to Enlightenment thinking, it reveals itself to be a striking denunciation of the ideals of the Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment was characterized by the reign of reason. Enlightenment thinkers believed in the supremacy of reason above all other human faculties, and in the perfectibility of man and therefore society. Scientific understanding and the pursuit of knowledge were key pursuits in this time. Materialism was emphasized as an overt rejection of the superstition of the Middle Ages. The ideals of the Enlightenment were rationality, objectivism, and the â€Å"enlightened† society based on pragmatism. In â€Å"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,† Irving uses all of the tools at his disposal as a storyteller to illustrate his criticism of Enlightenment ideals. First of all, he creates an atmosphere and a setting where reason is at a loss. Also, he uses the character of Ichabod Crane to embody Enlightenment principles, and then has this character become a figure of ridicule. Additionally, Irving uses his conclusion to poke fun at the Enlightenment idea of literature as being necessarily didactic. All of these elements come together to provide a thorough indictment of the Enlightenment. ... ...e. He then has the storyteller himself question the veracity of the story with his final line, â€Å"’I don’t believe one-half of it myself,’† which scorns not just the importance of a moral, but again questions the importance of truth and verifiability. While Irving may poke fun at the idea of a simplistic moral, a clear maxim that one can easily digest, he nevertheless infuses his work with a message. If any â€Å"moral† could be taken from â€Å"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,† it is that there are some places where reason cannot guide us. The possibility of a place where reason and rationality are no longer useful is a direct and sharp critique of the ideals of the Enlightenment. Through his â€Å"tools of the trade† as a storyteller, Irving effectively denounces the limits of Enlightenment thinking, and opens the door for the possibilities of Romanticism and the Gothic.

System Security Criteria

Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) is applied in classifying and evaluating the computer security in any given system especially where sensitive information is involved. For that reason any organization such as Medical Credential Company has to initially consider a few factors as well as meet security criteria as provided by TCSEC. There exists four divisions (D,C,B, and A) and C,B, and A are further divided into classes but in the context of this study, only classes C-2 (Controlled Access Protection) and B-3 (Security Domains) will be considered.By choosing Class C-2 means that the company opts for Discretionary Security Protection which is under Division C. class C-2 offers defense of the sensitive information/data ‘against and detection of user abuse of authority and direct probing’. Besides, class C-2 also protects the system form activities of non-users and users who may not be using malicious programs. Class C-2 employs security controls for all ob jects in the system which may be personal files and/or specific devices.Subsequently, an individual is supposed to identify and authenticate him/her –self before login into the system and after using a track record of what he/she has done is kept. Therefore Class C-2 puts emphasis on audit trail for evaluation purposes. For that reason, it calls for a selective method to record all events which have occurred and tools to examine the audit record (DoD, 1985). On the other hand, Class B-3 which falls under Mandatory Security Protection, Division B, puts emphasis on security domains in the system.Systems that conform to Class B-3 criteria enforce what Class C-2 criteria entails, discretionary security policies, and its policy. Therefore, Class B-3 is has more has security features compared to class C-2. Reason being substantial confidence is created that the computer system is protected against misuse techniques for instance human error, direct probing, and abuse of authority by users.In particular Class B-3 protects the system from intentional subversions of the computer security methods hence it is widely employed in addressing defense mechanisms against malicious programs. Besides, a computer system that meets security requirements for Class B3 entails security kernel which implements a reference monitor principle which lacks in Class C-2. Both of these classes entail security requirements -classified under policy, accountability, and assurance- aimed at regulating access to information.Security policy, marking, identification, and accountability specify what control measures that needs to be put in place to regulate access to information. Besides, assurance and continuous protection provides guidelines on how a person can obtain credible assurance that overall security is achieved in a trusted system but security requirements in the two classes differ (DoD, 1985; Nibaldi, 1979). Figure 1.Table of security requirements for classes C2 and B3. Legend: â⠂¬Å"x† -no requirement; â€Å"-† class has same requirements as the next lower class; â€Å"R†-class has extra requirement over the lower classes. NB: Adopted from DoD 5200. 28-STD The security requirements outlined in the above table are functionally-oriented and it is in order for the security manager of the company to consider employing security controls first.Considering the security criteria employed by Class B3, as a security manager in the company, it would be better to seek certification for Class B3. References DoD. (1985, December). DoD standard: Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DoD 5200. 28-STD. Retrieved August 22, 2010 from http://www. dynamoo. com/orange/fulltext. htm Nibaldi, G. H. (1979, November). Specification of A Trusted Computing Base, M79-228, AD-A108- 831 (TCB), MITRE Corp. , Bedford, Mass.

Dwecks Growth Mindset to Close the Achievement Gap

Teachers often use words of praise to motivate their students. But saying â€Å"Great job!† or â€Å"You must be smart at this!† may not have the positive effect that teachers hope to communicate. Research shows that there are forms of praise that may reinforce a student’s belief that he or she is either â€Å"smart† or â€Å"dumb†. That belief in a fixed or static intelligence may prevent a student from trying or persisting at a task. A student may either think â€Å"If I am already smart, I don’t need to work hard,† or â€Å"If I am dumb, I won’t be able to learn.† So, how can teachers intentionally change the ways students think about their own intelligence? Teachers can encourage students, even low-performing, high-needs students, to engage and achieve by helping them to develop a growth mindset. Carol Dwecks Growth Mindset Research The concept of a growth mindset was first suggested by Carol Dweck, a  Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success  (2007) is based on her research with students that suggests that teachers can help develop what is called a growth mindset in order to improve student academic performance. In multiple studies, Dweck noticed the difference in a students performance when they believed that their intelligence was static versus students who believed that their intelligence could be developed. If students believed in a static intelligence, they exhibited such a strong desire to look smart that they tried to avoid challenges. They would give up easily, and they ignored helpful criticism. These students also tended not to expend efforts on tasks they saw as fruitless. Finally, these students felt threatened by the success of other students. In contrast, students who felt that intelligence can be developed exhibited a desire to embrace challenges and to demonstrate persistence. These students accepted helpful criticism and learned from advice. They also were inspired by the success of others. Praising Students Dwecks research saw teachers as agents of change in having students move from fixed to growth mindsets. She advocated that teachers work intentionally to move students from a belief that they are â€Å"smart† or â€Å"dumb† to being motivated instead to â€Å"work hard† and â€Å"show effort. As simple as it sounds, the way teachers praise students can be critical in helping students make this transition.   Before Dweck, for example, standard phrases of praise that teachers might use with their students would sound like, I told you that you were smart, or You are such a good student! With Dwecks research, teachers who want students to develop a growth mindset should praise student efforts using a variety of different phrases or questions. These are suggested phrases or questions that can allow students to feel accomplished at any point in a task or assignment: You kept working and concentratedHow did you do that?You studied and your improvement shows this!What do you plan to do next?Are you pleased with what you did? Teachers can contact parents to provide them information to support a students growth mindset. This communication (report cards, notes home, e-mail, etc.) can give parents a better understanding of the attitudes that students should have  as they develop a growth mindset. This information can alert a parent to a students curiosity, optimism, persistence, or social intelligence as it relates to academic performance. For example, teachers can update parents using statements such as: Student completed what she began Student tried very hard despite some initial failure Student stayed motivated, even when things didn’t go wellStudent approached new tasks with excitement and energyStudent asked questions that showed he or she had a desire to learn  Student adapted to changing social situations Growth Mindsets and the Achievement Gap Improving academic performance of high needs students is a common goal for schools and districts. The U.S. Department of Education defines high needs students as those who are at risk of educational failure or otherwise in need of special assistance and support. The criteria for high needs (any one or combination of the following) include students who: Are living in povertyAttend high-minority schools (as defined in the Race to the Top application)Are far below grade levelHave left school before receiving a regular high school diplomaAre at risk of not graduating with a diploma on timeAre homelessAre in foster careHave been incarceratedHave disabilitiesAre English learners High-needs students in a school or district are often placed in a demographic subgroup for purposes of comparing their academic performance with those of other students. Standardized tests used by states and districts can measure  the differences in the performance between a high needs subgroup within a school and the statewide average performance or a states highest achieving subgroups, especially in the subject areas of reading/language arts and mathematics. The standardized assessments required by each state are used to evaluate school and district performance. Any difference in the average score between student groups, such as regular education students and high needs students, measured by standardized assessments is used to identify what is called the achievement gap in a school or district. Comparing the data on student performance for regular education and subgroups allows schools and districts a way to determine if they are meeting the needs of all students. In meeting these needs, a targeted strategy of helping students to develop a growth mindset  may minimize the achievement gap. Growth Mindset in Secondary Schools Starting to develop a students growth mindset early in a students academic career, during pre-school, kindergarten, and the elementary school grades ​can have long-lasting effects. But using the growth mindset approach within the structure of secondary schools (grades 7-12) may be more complicated. Many secondary schools are structured in ways that may isolate students into different academic levels. For already high performing students, many middle and high schools may offer  pre-advanced placement, honors, and advanced placement (AP) courses. There may be international  baccalaureate (IB) courses or other early college credit experiences. These offerings may inadvertently contribute to what Dweck discovered in her research, that students have already adopted a fixed mindset — the belief that they are either â€Å"smart† and able to take high-level coursework or they are â€Å"dumb† and there is no way to change their academic path. There are also some secondary schools that may engage in tracking, a practice that intentionally separates students by academic ability. In tracking students may be separated in all subjects or in a few classes using classifications such as above average, normal, or below average. High needs students may fall disproportionately in the lower ability classes. To counter the effects of tracking, teachers can try employing growth mindset strategies to motivate all students, including high needs students, to take on challenges and persist in what may seem difficult tasks. Moving students from a belief in the limits of intelligence can counter the argument for tracking by increasing academic achievement for all students, including high needs subgroups.   Manipulating Ideas on Intelligence Teachers who encourage students to take academic risks may find themselves listening to students more as students express their frustrations and their successes in meeting academic challenges. Questions such as Tell me about it or Show me more and Let’s see what you did can be used to encourage students to see efforts as a path to achievement and also give them a sense of control.   Developing a growth mindset can happen at any grade level, as Dweck’s research has shown that student ideas about intelligence can be manipulated in schools by educators in order to have a positive impact on academic achievement.

Application Of Icd 9 And Start Using Icd 10 - 1640 Words

Eloy Quesada As of October 1, 2015, all healthcare providers will be required to stop using ICD-9 and start using ICD-10. Switching over to the more in depth system of ICD-10 will require adjustments from large healthcare providers, like hospitals, as well as small practices run by doctors in order to successfully adapt. Some will have to adjust more than others. While hospitals are bigger and more complex, they will have an easier time adjusting to ICD-10 than small practices, which are operated by a single physician or a group of physicians. ICD stands for International Classification of Diseases and is used by countries all over the world as a standard diagnostic tool. ICD has many uses throughout the health industry. For the most part†¦show more content†¦The reason for the need of all these extra details is because not only does it increase accuracy in medical records but it also allows doctors to administer better patient care. Using ICD-10 for reimbursement purposes will also be a lot more efficient and cost-effective. With ICD-9’s broad classification system some procedures, associated with certain codes, would be unnecessary for specific patients. However, with ICD-10 because the codes are so specific, procedures associated with those codes will all be necessary for further diagnoses and no procedure will go to waste. As necessary as ICD-10 is, smaller practices that only have a few physicians on staff will have more of a difficult time integrating the system than larger organizations. The reason b eing that larger healthcare organizations tend to have coders. Coders are individuals who hardly ever have contact with patients but they are important in the sense that they are the ones that input the ICD codes into patients’ medical records. Without coders, physicians would have to be the ones to input the ICD codes into the patients’ medical record. Luckily physicians at hospitals and other large health organizations do not need to do this. Unfortunately, physicians at smaller organizations do not have coders at their disposal and they are the ones that enter the ICD codes. How does this pose a problem for the physician or

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Unit 2 Individual Project 1 Foluke’ O. Williams 11/22/2014 American Intercontinental University Instructor C. Xecominos Project Type: MKTG340 Unit 2 Individual Project Unit 2 Individual Project 2 Abstract In today’s media society journalist and marketing public relations professionals are very comparable in many ways. Both jobs involve writing and collecting information so it can be edited for mass media play. These two also has its differences one relies on facts while the other collect and edit data. Unit 2 Individual Project 3 Introduction In this research explaining journal ethics and marketing public relations it is safe to say that both jobs have similar goals, replacing one with the other would be†¦show more content†¦For example, Walmart strikers in the Black Friday and disgruntled workers getting paid minimum wage and from the article its clear to say that this is factual hard core information. Stories are genuine and each line bring a sense of desire to make the reader as he or she are standing right Unit 2 Individual Project 4 next to the person witnessing the story. Journalistic quality will be seen in the products base on the mean of the production which is writing, editing and checking facts. Part 1: How does ethical behavior guide these relationships? Most journalist and public relation professionals will become very dependable towards bringing the image and storyline together. Pictures and media kits, video and audio would be commendable issues for both specialist. Journalist would be more justifiable in their work making sure plans for upcoming events are met. Public relation professionals are intended to influence public opinions and are formulated to promote and protect any individual or organization’s image and products. Business #1 The local governments political agreements among Americans who prefer the advantage of larger governments has had the results of elected officials encouraging to restrict governments yet preserve the programs that provides benefits (Pfifnner, 1999). Speculation strengthen by the organization department and many elected officials, that firms are deep rooted and more productive than

How Does the Author Present Human Nature in Lord of the Flies Free Essays

Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding, it was published in 1954. It is an allegorical novel in which Golding uses many powerful symbols to present his ideology about human nature. In this novel human nature is seen as a theme which runs through the entire novel. We will write a custom essay sample on How Does the Author Present Human Nature in Lord of the Flies? or any similar topic only for you Order Now In this essay I will give examples of how Golding presents Human Nature in Lord of the Flies. The quote â€Å"where’s the man with the megaphone? † connotes Human Nature. When the boys land on the island after greeting one anther they ask for others. This shows Human Nature because naturally they are curious about their surroundings; this is developed in each human from a very young age. Looking for other people when you are lost is a common thing to do. Human Nature is presented through the pronoun â€Å"where† because as most humans would do when they are lost, they are questioning things. â€Å"We’ve got to have rules and obey them. † When Ralph starts to desire rules it is the beginning of civilization on the island. Rules are a way of keeping everything under control so that everyone behaves and all rights are equal. The noun â€Å"rules† represents Human Nature. It connects with the principle of Human Nature where naturally rules are desired to keep everything in line. Rules have been made dating back to biblical times to restore law and order. Without rules there is chaos, the fact that this boy has recognized that rules are needed to be made and obeyed shows the impact not only human nature but society has on all of us. The conch is a strong symbol of rules and rules relate to civilization. The conch was one of the first set of rules made on the island. No boy may speak unless he is holding the conch and once he is holding it, he cannot be interrupted. The boys have imposed this â€Å"rule of the conch† on themselves, and thus the conch represents society’s rules. We have rules so that we act civilized, desiring to be civilized is simply part of our Human Nature. Human Nature is presented through the event of Jack killing the pig. â€Å"His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge†¦.. taken away its life like a long satisfying drink† this quotation gives the reader chance to explore the mental state of Jack in the aftermath of killing his First Pig. Jack is overjoyed by kill and is unable to think straight as his mind is â€Å"crowded with memories†. A flaw of Human Nature is the feeling of power it’s something all humans desire unfortunately the lengths some people will go for power can be extreme. Golding explicitly connects Jack’s exhilaration with the feelings of power and superiority he experienced in killing the pig even If it is not a good thing. Jack’s excitement stems not from pride at having found food and helped the group but from having â€Å"outwitted† another creature and â€Å"imposed† his will upon it. Ralph Wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart† this is at the end of the novel when Ralph realizes that although he is saved from death on the island. He will never be the same again. He as well has lost his innocence and learned about the evil that lurks within all human beings. The phrase â€Å"darkness of man’s heart,† talks about the presence of evil instincts lurking within all human beings, no matter how civilized you may be. This connotes Human Nature as it talks about something that is within all humans naturally just that some people are able to suppress the evilness. The question that rises in this novel is whether these boys where evil all along or whether it was the effect the environment had on their nature. Human Nature is presented in the novel as the protagonist Ralph and the antagonist Jack. It is clear that when they both land on the island they both appear as immature kids who wanted to get back home. It is part of their Human Nature to return back to where they came from, which is what they try to do. â€Å"You’ll get back to where you came from† here Simon talks and acts almost as if he was a prophet, as if he knows truly that they were going to go home. It is in their nature to go somewhere knowingly that eventually they will go back to where they came from. Golding’s use of words in the novel and the way he presents Human Nature through different techniques makes us question Human Nature. The novel mostly focuses on Humans Nature being the cause of Society’s Flaws. The novel makes you think about Human Nature as a whole and whether these boys were capable of killing each other from the beginning or whether it was due to their surroundings. It also makes you think about yourself; someone who is affected by human nature; if you were left on an island at a young age to tend for yourself what would become of you. In this novel Jack the antagonist has his first experience of killing a pig at first he couldn’t do it, but eventfully he did. This urge then took over his innocence and turned him into a murdering savage. It is clear in Lord of the Flies that Golding believes Human Nature to be evil. How to cite How Does the Author Present Human Nature in Lord of the Flies?, Papers

Nevermind by Nirvana free essay sample

A simple born-and-raised Seattle band, Nirvana laid out a whole new red carpet for cultural rock bands, and its unique guitar and technical effects set it apart from any other band of the early ?s. Over the course of seven years and three albums, Nirvana proved to be unthinkably and surprisingly brilliant. Their second album, â€Å"Nevermind,† is the most rewarding to listen to. After its release in 1991, â€Å"Smells Like Teen Spirit† began blasting from CD players, boom boxes, and radios all over the world. Nirvanas drummer, Dave Grohl, created a beat that put the songs together. The distorted guitar sounds were â€Å"Seattle sound†-worthy and influential in the development of the grunge movement. Nirvana gave a whole new name to alternative rock. This albums array of punk metal songs are legendary from top to bottom. â€Å"Come As You Are† is a rhythmic tune that is easygoing and was a Top 40 hit. We will write a custom essay sample on Nevermind by Nirvana or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page â€Å"On a Plain† is a three-minute power surge. â€Å"Something in the Way† is a sweet song both musically and lyrically; its truly something the Beach Boys would have been proud of. Nirvana was decades ahead of their time. Im sure that â€Å"Nevermind† was never meant to change music history, but indeed it did. â€Å"Nevermind† was certified as a gold album and for years the awards kept rolling in. Kurt Cobains personal problems and tragic suicide naturally mirror the albums dark tone, but no matter how much anger or pain there is on â€Å"Nevermind,† Nirvana is a band that truly changed rock for all who chose to listen. Nevermind by Nirvana free essay sample Nirvana’s hit 1991 album, â€Å"Nevermind† has been influencing music for decades. I still hear their hit song, â€Å"Smells like teen spirit† playing on the radio quite often along with several others from this album. â€Å"Nevermind† is arguably the best of it’s time, a classic. At first glance, the lyrics in the songs can seem like a jumbled mess with no credible correlation to each other. But I thought this was odd because this album was released only seven years before the lead singer, Kurt Cobain committed suicide. Surely, he would have incorporated his emotions into what he had a passion for, his music. The third track, â€Å"Come as you are† may seem extremely odd and irrelevant at first because of the strange lyrics. (ex. â€Å"Take your time, hurry up. The choice is yours, dont be late. Take a rest as a friend, as an old memoria†). There are many theories about what the song is really about. We will write a custom essay sample on Nevermind by Nirvana or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Some say that it is Cobain expressing his distrust for people because of fake friendships. Others argue that he was simply intoxicated by drugs when he wrote that track. Kurt Cobain later described this song as simply â€Å"About people, and what they’re expected to act like.† Either way, it stemmed from a negative experience like most other songs off of â€Å"Nevermind†. I don’t think Nirvana ever intended for this album to be as popular as it did. While playing a MTV Unplugged performance, Kurt Cobain got emotional because the audience appreciated songs off â€Å"Nevermind† more than they did songs off a later album â€Å"In Utero† (1993). â€Å"In Utero† was supposed to be their big hit because of how personal the stories were behind the lyrics. Which is why Cobain got emotional during the performance. He was upset because the songs off of â€Å"In Utero† had more meaning and the audience did not enjoy them as much as track s off of â€Å"Nevermind†. Personally, it is in my top five favorite albums. The songs give me a nostalgic, haunting feeling. It’s supremacy above all the other albums by Nirvana is clear. â€Å"Nevermind† definitely raised the bar for future grunge bands. The 12 track album that shot them into super-stardom will continue to be enjoyed for years to come, just as it is today.

Study of a Child with Autism free essay sample

She was born on January 10, 2001 and the eldest of two siblings. In 2008, because of continued concerns with her being Mikhail, she was brought to DRP. Pangolin, a child neurologist. She was diagnosed with mild Florentine seizures and was prescribed Keeper MGM/day. In June 2011, she was brought to another child neurologist, DRP. Lucian for follow up. She was advised to continue medications and take a follow up EGG. She was further referred by her pediatrician to DRP. Mark Resin Cruz for developmental assessment. The initial impression was Intellectual Disability and he recommended SPED schooling for her. Likewise, because she is of school age, she was also referred to Psyched, Inc. For Psycho educational Evaluation to determine her current level of cognitive and academic functioning. Ajax, (as she is fondly called) was able to crawl at 4 months, gave her first smile at 5 months, was able to sit by 7 months, talked by 8 months, walked by 11 months and ran at 1 year and 9 months old. We will write a custom essay sample on Study of a Child with Autism or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page She spoke phrases by 2 years of age and was able to speak in complete sentences at 4 years of age. Jail is a fair complexioned 11 year old girl, of light build with black eyes and long hair. According to her mother, her immunization are complete and hearing and visual screening results are normal. She has a pleasant personality and seems to be in a happy mood at all times. According to Finland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VASS) test, she was rated as mildly deficient in the colonization domain (age equivalent of 5 years and 7 months). With her interpersonal relationships, she is able to identify others, responds to social communication and make her own friends. She has a best friend of the same gender. She also initiates social small talk when meeting acquaintances. She remembers birthdays of friends and family, but does not yet make or buy small gifts for them. She still has difficulty maintaining cooperative relationships with friends and tends to insist on getting her own way. For play and leisure, Jail watches television, listens to the radio for entertainment and is able to follow simple game rules without being reminded. She participates in non-school sports such as badminton. For coping skills, she is able to keep secrets or confidences and uses appropriate table manners. However, she still has difficulty controlling anger and hurt feelings as well as apologizing for hurting other peoples feelings. Furthermore, according to the Teacher Report Form completed by two of her teachers, the consistently identified problem areas were on the social relationships, thought problems, attention problems and rule breaking behavior. Items rated often true by all three respondents were: Doesnt get along with other kids, Cant get her mind off certain thoughts; obsessions, Fails to finish things she starts Cant concentrate, pay attention for long, Poor school work, Inattentive or early distracted, Lying or cheating. The ADAPT (Draw-a- Person) test showed her to be Test) which provides information about attitudes and socio emotional well being, her responses indicated generally positive attitudes towards the self, family and friends and also some concern about school performance. However, her mother reported that her strengths include being affectionate, kind and loving. On the VIM tests, her visual motor integration skills were within the 4th percentile for her age range. Her score was within the low performance range and she performed at the level of 6 years and 2 months. Her performance indicated much difficulty on this task. She had problems with reproducing angled and AD shapes. She was right handed and held the pencil in a tripod grasp with closed web space. Based on the Finland Adaptive Behavior Scale(VASS) test given to her, she was rated as mildly deficient in the communication domain (age equivalent of 7 years and 5 months). She is able to point to body parts, follow instructions requiring two actions, and can listen to the teacher for at least 5 minutes. She is able to attend to entertaining materials for at least 60 minutes and attends to school or public lecture for more than 15 minutes. She is able o speak in full sentences and use plural nouns and verb tense. She is able to give information about herself such as age and birthday. However, she has some difficulty with expressing complex ideas. She is able to write in cursive most of the time and writes short notes or messages. She also reads books of at least fourth grade level when asked to do so. However, she does not use reading materials such as dictionary, and does not read on her own initiative. Based on the Kauffman Test of Educational Achievement Second Edition (STEAK-II), her letter and word recognition skills were thin Below Average to Average range and performance was comparable to mid grade 2 level. Reading comprehension skills were within Lower Extreme to Below Average range and performance was comparable to mid -Grade 1 level. She was able to read single words and point to pictures depicting the word but has difficulty with understanding one-sentence instructions despite being able to read the sentence. She also has difficulty answering both literal and inferential questions. It indicates that she has difficulty with understanding the details of what she has read and analyzing/making conclusions about the passage. Spelling skills were within Below Average to Average range. Her performance was comparable to mid-Grade 3 level. She was able to spell words in the skill areas of single/double consonant, consonant digraph, long vowel and r-controlled vowel. She committed errors of insertion and omission of syllables which performance indicates difficulty with grade level spelling tasks. Written expression skills were within Lower Extreme to Below Average range and performance was comparable to early Grade 1 level. She was able to write name but had difficulty writing sentences in English. She performed below expected range n for sentence structure, grammar, capitalization and punctuation. She also exhibited weakness in producing comprehensible and functionally effective writing that adhered to task. Her writing suggests gaps in wore usage or semantics, proper sentence construction and overall verbal sophistication in English. Upon administration of the Stanford Bines Intelligence Scale Fifth Edition (SUB-5), Jail obtained a full Scale IQ range of 49-57 which placed her level of cognitive functioning within the Mild to Moderate range of Mental Retardation. Fluid Reasoning (FRR) abilities were within the Mild to Moderate range. She had difficulty in solving problems using words and language concepts and problems using pictorial or figural patterns. The Knowledge Abilities (AKA) tests were within the Mild to Moderate MR. . She had difficulty defining words and responded mostly in single words. Likewise, she had more difficulty with demonstrating procedural knowledge when presented with pictures of objects and asked to show what she should do with the objects. Her Quantitative Reasoning (CRY) abilities were in the Mild MR. to Low Average range; she had difficulty with numbers and number concepts. She was able to answer a single-digit addition problem. She was inconsistent in solving simple addition and subtraction word problems. She was able to demonstrate an understanding of single-digit number quantities and increasing quantity and with recognizing number patterns. Her Visual-spatial Processing (VSP) abilities were within the Mild MR. to Borderline range. She had difficulty seeing patterns, relationships, spatial orientations or the gestalt whole among the diverse pieces of a visual display. She was able to show understanding of simple positions such as front and behind. However she had more difficulty with directions and positions in relation to a reference point. She was able to fit simple geometric shapes into their correct slot in the form board. She was also able to complete simple patterns by moving plastic pieces into place; however, she had more difficulty with completing complex patterns. Her Working Memory (WHOM) ability was within the Mild to Moderate MR. range. Immediate auditory memory for rote material was below average and likewise immediate visual memory. She had difficulty storing and immediate recalling both verbal and non verbal information. In the visual associative memory test, Jail performed within below average and she was unable to recognize paired familiar objects. On the delayed visual memory, her scores were within average range. She was able to recognize paired familiar objects and unrelated objects. She was diagnosed with mild epileptic seizures in 2008 and was prescribed medications to prevent convulsions; however, shes not taking any medication as of the present. She does not manifest any maladaptive behaviors. Jail was adopted at 3 days of age. Her biological mother reportedly chain smoked throughout her pregnancy. Her nutritional status was questionable. Jail was born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery and was born full term but an unknown birth eight. Jail live with her parents who are both college graduates. They work with the Philippine National Police and run their own franchise business. She has a 4 year old brother whom she loved dearly. She resides in a lower income class community in Tagging, approximately 5 kilometers away from Boniface Global City. The area is densely populated and most of the residents are in the military service (active or retired). However, 80% of the populace were migrants families who have transferred to the place due to demolition and relocation by the government. Crimes of all sorts are very rampant in heir community and most perpetrators are either ex military men, ex policemen or unemployed youth. Her school is a Just a few kilometers away from her home and is within walking distance. Jail lives with a cousin, way and other house helpers. Jags parents have the same reaction with others who learned that their child has a disability shock, remorse, denial and finally acceptance. The feeling that they had had to overcome these feelings to help their child. Ajax, because of hardheadedness most of the times, received spanking as discipline. At times, they would Just ignore her wrongdoings because of her disability. She loves her brother very much and acts like the big sister to him. She easily makes friends but loses them as easily because of her moody attitude. She would pick up a fight when she does not get her way or does not know how to cope in a situation. She would also do the same with a cousin and their house helps. When at home she would watch TV or listen to music in her cell phone. She would also visit friends who live nearby or would go to the mall with them. Her daily routine starts as she wake up at 6:00 in the morning, takes a bath, change into her school clothes and eat breakfast as she rush to her 7:maam class which would be until 12:pm. After school and having lunch, she would laze around and watch TV and after a while listen to music. According to her mother, she never opens her textbooks nor do her assignments even with constant reprimanding. During Saturdays and Sundays, she would stay at home or would invite friends over to her house. At times, she would visit friends who live nearby and go to the mall. She has a dog and a rabbit but she spends most of her time listening to music in her cell phone. Ajax, fit the general profile of a child with mental retardation. A lot of factors indexed her growth and development as an individual. Firstly, she was born by a mother who obviously posed a health risk to her unborn child during her pregnancy because of chain smoking. Majority of children who are born by chain smoking mothers even in their pregnancy developmental disorders. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also called ADD, occurs more frequently in children of mothers who smoked. Studies have identified a range of other behavioral and cognitive problems associated with maternal smoking, including a 50 percent increase in rates of mental retardation (D Thompson, Jar. ND L Marcella, MD, MPH 2011). Secondly, she was diagnosed with the disability at a later age. Thirdly, because she was diagnosed at a later age, it was obvious that no intervention was done to address her disability. Her educational program did not provide her the intervention she needed in preschool and sadly no intervention was still done during her elementary. She was simply dismissed as being Mikhail, hyperactive and a slow learner. Her school FAILED MISERABLY in identifying her behavioral problems and learning difficulties. Fourthly, the fact that her parents both worked full time and jack the time to personally supervise her as she is growing up and have dismissed her behaviors and academic performance to her immaturity may have contribute further to her disability. These factors further widened the gap in her cognitive deficits and hindered her to somehow reach her optimal development as she is growing up. B. EDUCATIONAL PROFILE Jail began schooling at the age of 3 h at the MAC Interiors School. The following year, she was transferred to the La Immaculate Conception School, where she was enrolled in preschool. She has stayed at the same school ever since. During preschool, Jail was observed to be restless and did not listen to her teachers. During skills because she did not know how to read and write yet. By Grade 1, she was able to write her name and read 3-letterheads. However, her mother reported that Jail only learned to spell words during Grade 2. During the early grades she also had difficulty learning math and science. During Grade 3, Jail was enrolled in a Summon math class, and her mother reported that this was the only time that she started learning basic math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication). At school, she ad difficulty remembering lessons and continued to struggle with reading. According to her mother, Jags grades were generally in the mid-ass range during Grades 1 to 3. During Grade 4, Jail received failing grades in her major subjects such as Math, English and Science. Her performance worsened during Grade 5. She had recently been failing all her subjects. Examination of her academic records for Grade 1 to Grade 4 revealed marks in the high ass to low ass. Before the school year 2011-2012 closes, her mother was advised by the Guidance Counselor that Jail could not be promoted to Grade 6 because of her consistent failures. If she would re enroll for the next school year, she would be readmitted to Grade 5 not Grade 6. Upon hearing this, Ajax s parents decided to transfer her to another school who would accommodate her in the Grade 6 level despite her academic performance. Jail was admitted the following school year in the Grade 6 level at SST. Bernard Academy less than a kilometer away from their house. However, after the first quarter and upon discovering that her books still remain unanswered and there seem to be no progress, her mother decided to transfer her again to another school nearby which can accommodate her disability. Ajax, was placed in the Grade 5 class of 8 students since the school does not have a Grade 6 class yet. It is a small school with a population of only 106 students. It is the only school within their area that accepts students with disabilities into the regular class. Most of her classmates are a year younger than her. She easily made friends especially with the girls. For reading activities, Jail was given a different reading material than her classmates. Considering that her reading only falls on the Grade 2 level, her teachers would give her reading material on the Grade 2 and Grade 3 level. She is also encouraged to participate in recitation especially in Filipino subjects. Jail is given journal writing activities to develop her writing and composition skills, however, she writes her Journal in Filipino. Some of her lessons would be given in the computer to differ the lesson presentation. To address her social deficits, she is involved in group classroom activities and from time to time assigned a peer to assist and encourage her. She also Joins school activities for further exposure. She exhibits no maladaptive behaviors except for occasions when she would be caught with a blank stare. To further develop self help skills, she is assigned household and personal chores to do at home as part of their PEP (Educations Panamanian at Panhandling) subject. To address her gross motor skills, she takes part in games and other physical activities as part of their Physical Education subject every Wednesday. Jail was placed into the mainstream program as recommend by the Developmental Pediatrician and the Developmental Psychologist who conducted her Psycho educational Assessment. Her parents also decided to transfer her to an inclusive school that cater to children with intellectual disability. Her current school being inclusive is sensitive to the needs of students with disabilities. In fact, it has several students with Autism, Developmental Delay and Learning Disabilities which are accommodated from preschool to Grade 5. The class size is relatively small to ensure a more personalize instruction and readily address other concerns. The staff has training on detecting learning disabilities and behavioral problems among children, teaching strategies and behavioral management. The students have been oriented about the characteristics of this rope of students and have been advice to accommodate and assist them. Aside from the regular class placement, she attends a SPED center three times a week for two hours for her Pull Out sessions in order to address more extensively her deficits in the different domains of learning. Unfortunately, many factors contribute to Jags mental retardation first was her prenatal condition which posed a great risk on her development. Her uncaring biological mother chain smoked throughout her pregnancy which might be the primary reason why Jail has mental retardation. Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are more likely to show: decreased mental performance scoring at age one year, decreased academic performance scores in the school-age child, reduced I. Q. Increased learning difficulties (children were 25 percent more likely to have learning disabilities if their mother smoked greater than 20 cigarettes a day), increased hyperactivity and increased behavioral problems. There are many potential long term consequences for babies born to smoking mothers, although once an infant is born, its difficult to tell whether complications are caused by mooing during pregnancy or exposure to second hand smoke. An increase in cognitive and behavior defects, along with a 50 percent increase in mental retardation without known cause, are noted by DRP. Van Emmer. Second, her educational program particularly her early childhood teachers fail to recognize her disability at a young age thus the necessary intervention was not given to her. Early childhood teachers nowadays are trained to detect developmental delay in children and should be responsible enough to inform the parents of their childs behavioral and academic concerns. Ajax, being in the Mild to Moderate range in her cognitive functioning could probably be place in the secondary level for age appropriate placement and only for colonization purposes. The school must have an inclusive program for students with special needs and the focus of instruction would be more on the functional and vocational skills she would later need in early adulthood. A functional curriculum, sometimes referred to as a life skills curriculum, is designed to teach functional life skills, or in other words, the skills necessary to live, work, and have fun in an inclusive immunity (Buck; Brown et al. ,1979).