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Provider”, Laird lays out her laundry list of disadvantages of being an online teacher. She talks about the ways online students take advantage of taking a class online as to a traditional class. Laird mentions the difference of both online and traditional teaching, “If faculty members, whether well established or new, are to succeed in online teaching, they must be prepared for attitudes and behaviors that permeate Web use but undermine teaching and learning in the Web classroom” (Laird 4). On the

stability of marriage. How is your understanding of this relationship impacted by the status of women in pastoral societies? Societies that observe bride wealth usually also have stable marriages with little to no incidences of divorce(Nowak, B., & Laird, P. 2010). This is due mostly to the fact that in the occurrence of a divorce, distributing the wealth would be difficult because it is mostly livestock. The responsibility of the wife is to help tend to the livestock as well as household chores

Within the short fiction "What You're Ready For," by John Gould, Dr. Laird embodies the theme of living entirely in the present and it leads to his demise. He states that in life there is nothing but "the here, the now." (245) and with that one's perception of life must match. This means that a person must leave their thoughts of old and eliminate those of what may come, they can only contemplate on those of the current stream of consciousness as it enters. He goads the audience into a sense of empowerment

The readings of “Hairball” by Margaret Atwood as well as “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro, both display the many different elements of identity and equality in our society today. Both of these tales hold stimulating and fascinating written content along with interesting elements of its written language. The reading of “Hairball” by Margaret Atwood is an interesting and intriguing short story that has lots of detail written into it. This short story starts off with Kat bringing home her tumor, which

The Occurrence and Lasting Impact of Early Childhood Attachment Trauma Occurrence of early childhood attachment trauma As mentioned during the literature review section, it appears that researchers acknowledge a diverse range of early traumatic events that have a longitudinal impact on a child’s development. This section will primarily focus on what characteristics each researcher uses to conceptualize early attachment. Here, researchers acknowledge how they define early childhood trauma and its

“ A woman’ job is to keep her man happy.” This has been the societal expectation for girls or women rather, for centuries. If a marriage fails, the first concern is, did the wife satisfy her man in their marriage. Boys are expected to be the providers, while girls are to stay at home and keep her mister happy and satisfied as for as he is the one sustaining for their needs. A. Munro used “Boys and Girls” to convey the idea that males are prominent to females in the society because it exhibits the

Symbolism of the Munro’s “Boys and Girls” The short story Boys and Girls was written by Canadian writer Alice Munro in the 60s. It looks inside the family of a fox-breeder with two children: an unnamed girl and her brother Laird. The girl is narrator of this story. The work showed a typical life of a breeder – the man looked after foxes, but treated them only a source of a good fur. The girl wanted to be closer to her father in spite of fact she was afraid of him a little and did not know what he

required to survive in a conflict zone, such as the one portrayed in Elizabeth Laird’s A Little Piece of Ground. However, one cannot be resilient without being enduring as well because endurance often leads to resilience. This is portrayed by Elizabeth Laird in the story. Enduring Israeli actions has led to resilience in Karim, Hassan and Hopper. This is demonstrated by the author in Karim’s experiences in the conflict zone, Hassan’s endurance, and in the losses experienced by Hopper. Karim’s experiences

He actually skins the foxes in the basement of the house where she lives.  The smell of the "pelting process . . . penetrated all parts of the house."  The reader finds the whole process and the fact that she watches this process with her brother, Laird, repulsive at first, but she describes the process as "reassuringly seasonal, like the smell of oranges and pine needles."  These things are normal for her, yet in the following passage there is an under current that her father's business is upsetting

the roles that are expected by her peers of a young women in the 1940’s. This young girl has been helping her father on the fox farm for many years in which brought so much of a joy in her life. As she gets older, as well and as her younger brother Laird grows older, she is starting to realize that her younger brother will be soon be taking over the roles and responsibility of taking care of the animals. Then her mother and grandmother points out the anticipations of her to start acting more like how