945 words

School-based support groups for adolescents with addicted parents

Gance-Cleveland, B. (2004). "Qualitative Evaluation of a School-Based Support Group for Adolescents With an Addicted Parent." Nursing Research. 53 (8): 379-86.

~5 min read

View paper →

743 words

General Motors and the rise of precarious contract workers

It is well-known that the American auto industry has been struggling. It is also well-known that the American Auto Workers Union (UAW) is one of the last unions to preserve high wages, strong retirement and good benefits for their members even though workers in other industries have seen falling…

~4 min read

View paper →

854 words

The relationship between IPA ESL learners' attitudes toward computer-assisted language programs and achievement levels

A student's positive attitude and motivation has often been found to be one of the most critical factors for learning success within computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments.

~5 min read

View paper →

884 words

Defining fiction: features, authorship, and interpretation

What is Fiction? Defining fiction might initially seem to be a highly simple task, but when one examines the wide range of works that fall under the umbrella of the term "fiction," it becomes clear that this term is not quite as direct or clearly defined as is often thought.

~5 min read

View paper →

593 words

Shu Ting's "Missing You" and Bei Dao's "August Sleepwalker"

Shu Ting's poetry provides people with a good example of "east meets west" kind of writing, as it leaves behind typical realist-like poetry in favor of embracing more humane elements, such as emotion and vision.

~3 min read

View paper →

805 words

Kids n Clicks: A teenage photography business plan

The business plan proposes to develop a company that would sell photos made by teenagers in a school, both through a partnership with Snappysnaps and online, through the company's own webpage.

~5 min read

View paper →

829 words

Internet marketing campaign for Lord of the Rings films

For millions of people, the Lord of the Rings film series has captured the imagination and inspired an entire subculture. Where, the films are based off of the different novels that were written by JR Tolkien, with the most notable being the Hobbit.

~5 min read

View paper →

918 words

Sammy's disillusionment: romantic idealism and maturation in A&P

The short story entitled a&P, written by John Updike in 1961, is a story about a boy named Sammy. It is a story that illustrates the reality of a young middle class teen as it talks about a person's psyche and values in a given life stage.

~5 min read

View paper →

714 words

Selman's five stages of childhood friendship development

Robert Selman was a social cognition scientist who developed a theory of childhood friendship based on the stages of social cognition that children go through as they are developing.

~4 min read

View paper →

690 words

Facebook's impact on organizational trust, privacy, and knowledge management

Social networks are shifting the balance of power away from organizations and towards the individual, the consumer and the voter (Bernoff, Li, 2008).

~4 min read

View paper →