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Impacts of corporal punishment on student motivation and discipline

How to motivate and when to intervene with students is among the many challenges that teachers face when handling young students. It should be noted that the teachers serve as the "second parents" of the students, especially when inside the school premises.

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Erich Fromm's psychological analysis of freedom and fascism

One of the most essential aspects of humankind is the ability to be independent and free to make personal decisions and action, as long as they are within the laws of the society. This capability clearly separates humans from other animals.

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Mental health treatment of juvenile sex offenders and deviant fantasies

How does the mental health system deal with juvenile sex offenders? What causes these young offenders to commit crimes of a deviant sexual nature, and how frequently do juvenile sex offenders repeat their crimes even after therapy? This paper will review several articles that examine this issue.

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Defining juvenile delinquency and rising crime rates in America

What is delinquency? In legal terminology juvenile delinquency refers to "...behavior of children and adolescents that in adults would be judged criminal under law. "("Juvenile Delinquency," 2004)

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Kate Chopin's "Ripe Figs" as a coming-of-age metaphor

The short story, "Ripe Figs" written by Kate Chopin is a story about a young girl named Babette and her godmother, Maman-Nainaine. When reading the story, it appears that Babette is very eager to go to Bayou-Lafourche to visit her cousins.

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Cultural competence standards for social work practice

The world in general and the United States in specific are becoming increasingly global, with a demographic change that will completely alter the population makeup in within the next half of a century. Already in the U.S.

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Gender roles and housework distribution in my family

Social construction of gender is apparent from an early age in all American family relationships. Macionis points out that most people want to know whether an infant is a boy or a girl, placing emphasis on sex before a child is even old enough to know the difference (225).

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Effects of positive self-affirmations on reducing prejudicial stereotypes

Prejudice and negative stereotyping has devastating effects on individuals' self-esteem and self-worth, which extends to societal problems on a larger scale. Many conflicts stem from negativity that is born in prejudice.

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Teacher role in improving elementary student reading comprehension

Education is a very important aspect of one's life. To this lies the future growth and success of everybody. However, there are various challenges to successful education.

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Personality traits and depression treatment outcomes in elderly patients

Depression treatment modalities among the elderly: do personality traits effect treatment outcomes? Depression is a severe disorder that can have devastating effects on the elderly. This disorder can affect all aspects of life, including physical, emotional, and psychological well-being.

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