I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings In her novel, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings';, Maya states “The black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and the lack of black power';. Fortunately Maya was able to move beyond the crossfire, proving that she overcomes opposition that her status throws her way. Being a young black girl in the 1940’s was not the easiest thing to be. At that time, the two kinds of people who were believed to be of little or no importance were blacks and women. Throughout the book Maya never really accepted the fact that she was not going to get anywhere because of her status. She always tried to be the best in whatever she did, and always felt that she was just as good as or even better than many of the white people. It was not until she went to live with her mother that she really put action behind her feelings. After Bailey’s departure, Maya felt that “it was going to be impossible to stay where she was, but leaving held no attraction for her either.'; (Chap 34, pg 264, line 2) Eventually she decided to go to work. She had her mind set on becoming a streetcar driver. Even though her mother warned her that they didn’t hire coloreds, she was determined just as well. When she went to apply for the job, the white receptionist put great effort into discouraging her, mainly because she was black. However, this did not discourage Maya. She was even more determined to get the job, and swore “I would have the job. I would a conductorette and sling a full money changer from my belt.'; (pg 268, line 3)
John L. O’Sullivan, an editor, coined the term “Manifest Destiny” and gave the expansionist movement its name in 1845. The “Manifest Destiny” was the belief that Americans had the divine right to occupy North America. The Americans believed they were culturally and racially superior over other nations and other races such as the Native American Indians and Mexicans. The notion of the ‘Manifest Destiny’ was that the Americans were morally superior and therefore morally obligated to try to spread enlighten and civilization to the less civilized societies. According to World History Group, “The closest America came to making ‘Manifest Destiny’ an official policy was The Monroe Doctrine, adopted in 1823, it put European nations on notice that the U.S. would defend other nations of the Western Hemisphere from further colonization” (World History, 2015). This divine American mission caused Anglo-Saxon Americans to believe they had the natural right to move west and bring blessings of self-government and religion, more specifically-
This literary critique was found on the Bryant Library database. It talks about how well Maya conveys her message to her readers as well as portraying vivid scenes in her reader’s minds’. Maya’s sense of story and her passionate desire to overcome obstacles and strive for greatness and self-appreciation is what makes Maya an outlier. Living in America, Angelou believed that African American as a whole must find emotional, intellectual, and spiritual sustenance through reverting back to their “home” of Africa. According to Maya, “Home” was the best place to capture a sense of family, past, and tradition. When it comes to Maya’s works of literature, her novels seems to be more critically acclaimed then her poetry. With that being said, Angelou pursues harsh social and political issues involving African American in her poems. Some of these themes are the struggle for civil rights in America and Africa, the feminist movement, Maya’s relationship with her son, and her awareness of the difficulties of living in America's struggling classes. Nevertheless, in all of Maya’s works of literature she is able to “harness the power of the word” through an extraordinary understanding of the language and events she uses and went through. Reading this critique made me have a better understanding of the process Maya went through in order to illustrate her life to her readers. It was not just sitting down with a pen and paper and just writing thoughts down. It was really, Maya being able to perfect something that she c...
Maya's experience in the junkyard is a life skill treasure. After the fight Maya had with Dolores, while visiting her father in southern California for the summer. Maya decides to leave so she would not be pitied, and believed her father would be relieved if she left. Fear of going home and explaining what happened to her mother she ventured out for somewhere else to stay. Maya felt freedom when she left, as Angelou states in the novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, "The idea of sleeping in the near open bolstered my sense of freedom. I was a loose kite in a gentle wind floating with only my will for an anchor" (251). In other words, she was free and in control of her life. After leaving she ended staying in a junkyard with other kids close
The Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne hospital is looking to achieve high performance in surgical measure using the following lessons: Plan- Hospitals within a health system can turn to each other as partners in quality improvement efforts and resources to help solve shared problems. Organize- Concurrent review identifies noncompliant cases and help address issues prior to patient discharge. Report- Report cards can be used to provide individual feedback. Quality improvement staff should be willing to provide one-on-one coaching to physicians in need of improvement. Coordinate- Share evidence- based literature with physicians can encourage them to accept recommended care practices. Physicians are receptive to information from peers, as opposed to changes that could be interpreted as ‘another hospital rule’. Direct- Preprinted order sets help standardize practices and improve core measures performances, even prior to implementation of an electronic health record system. Staff- Familiarizing new staff and physicians with the core measures and their relationship to improve patient care provides a foundation for
One way in which Hip-Hop addresses these social issues is through lyrics of Hip-Hop songs. There are many artists who have songs that contain lyrics that both outwardly and subliminally state the issues that minority communities face. One such artist is J.Cole. In many of Cole’s songs, you can...
What most listeners do not understand is that a lot of hip-hop music is not understandable from the get-go. It takes intense analyzation of lyrics and an open mind to be able to understand what it is really about. Some people can’t understand what is being said just by listening with their ears, and they don’t bother to go study the lyrics. They then leave with the perception that hip-hop is chalk full of, well, nothing. One of the greatest rap lyricists of all time, Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, says, “People don’t bother trying to get it. The problem is that so many people don’t even know how to listen to the music.” Mister Shawn Carter has also said that rap is poetry. He mentioned not to forget that the lyrics in the song were transmitted from feelings, thoughts and emotions to lyrics written on a piece of paper. He went on to say that if you hung that piece of paper up on a wall and someone went up and read it as it was, they’d say, “Wow, this is genius. This is poetry.” McHorter’s opinion on rap can and will be agreed upon by many, many people; however, this conclusion can only be reached without h...
According to agency of health care research and quality it is estimated that almost one third of health care spending is due to inpatient surgical procedures and it also estimates that average hospital costs has been increased from $ 9,100 in 2003 to $11,000 in 2013. [4] Some major reasons for this increase in costs includes lack of coordination, risk associated with complicated surgical procedures, poor patient engagement in decision making, quality requirements and etc. The perioperative surgical homes are very effective in solving these problems and achieve better surgical outcomes as it is a coordinated care which is led by multi specialty physicians who provides continuum of care to patients from the time of decision to 30 days after discharge of the patient i.e., it is incorporated in to include all three phases of surgery; perioperative, intra-operative and postoperative
The bright halo of success that had long hovered above Starbucks’ illustrious history of record-setting growth and profits dramatically dimmed toward the end of 2006 (Koehn, Besharov, & Miller, 2008). Over time, a combination of worsening economic conditions and an accumulation of self-inflicted wounds from poor decision making and ineffective leadership had put the company’s future in jeopardy (Schultz, 2011). By the end of 2007, the precipitous deterioration in growth and comparative year-over-year store sales (comps) had convinced Howard Schultz to return as CEO. Shortly after, Schultz launched a comprehensive Transformation Agenda to guide the company’s strategic renewal (Schultz, 2011).
As early as the 1990’s, outpatient care only made up for 10 to 15% of a hospital’s total profits, compared to inpatient care. Since the start of the twenty-first century, this figure has increased to approximately 60%. This shift in healthcare has been occurring in different medical organizations such as university medical centers, local hospitals, for-profit chains, and not-for-profit suppliers. The increase in outpatient services compared to inpatient has been showing no indication of slowing down. The main reason for the development in outpatient care is because of all the medical advancements in techniques and technology that allow for patients to be treated less invasively. Health care organizations are now being compensated in a way that puts emphasis on both the quality and the total care of the patient. Even though these organizations are achieving exceptional ambulatory performance in a manner that improves health and patient experience, cost is vital to future health system success.
The belief was that the United States’ expansion was a divine happening and the rights of all other races were disregarded. Manifest destiny was the expansion of the white Anglo-Saxon race influencing events such as wars and resulting in white supremacy. The white population believed they had the “God given” right to take land from what they deem as inferior races, namely the Mexicans and Native Americans. Furthermore, white people believed they could make better use of the territories they conquered and boost their own economy. There was even a minority group who believed expansion was inevitable because of the rapid growth of the white population. Manifest destiny encouraged racism, segregation, and the persecution of innocent
Healthcare is under scrutiny to find cost reductions or cost containment. Available healthcare dollars are diminishing with an increased aging population and costs continually on the rise there is a need for healthcare institutions to become more accountable in how the dollars are spent. Canadian healthcare is 11.2% of gross domestic product in 2013 (Information, 2013)Pressure exists to maintain current service levels with decreasing budget dollars year after year. Healthcare institutions (administration and sometimes physicians) spend a substantial amount of time and energy yearly cutting dollars from existing budgets in order to provide a balanced budget. Savings come in the form of salaries (jobs), supply savings, and amount of services available to those in need. The need exists in the surgical environment to provide more thoughtful and meaningful savings by engaging physicians and nursing staff to assist in cost containment. The heart of the matter is the need to determine how to knowledge share cost information and engage clinical individuals in cost reduction or cost containment.
The early 1930’s a time where segregation was still an issue in the United States it was especially hard for a young African American girl who is trying to grow and become an independent woman. At this time, many young girls like Maya Angelou grew up wishing they were a white woman with blond hair and blue eyes. That was just the start of Angelou's problems though. In the autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou goes into great depth about her tragic childhood, from moving around to different houses, and running away and having a child at the age of 16. This shows how Maya overcame many struggles as a young girl.
Maya Angelo’s "champion of the world" is much more than the chapter of the book. During 30 's people of the black ethnic group were not much worth. "Champion of the world a black boy. Some black mother 's son “defines the struggle of the black people at that time. The battle against white contender was not just an ordinary victory. It was a victory of the black defeating the system.
Starbucks greatest development is in its International fragment. The developing markets of Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico with a developing white collar class populace keep on offering huge chances to include new stores and serve more clients. Starbucks has effectively made huge advances into the Chinese market however there still is a considerable measure of undiscovered potential development in these business sectors. Starbucks ought to develop in these developing markets by winning locally Starbucks must stay applicable to the client keeping in mind the end goal to develop in these business sectors, and its administration groups ought to have the flexibility to work inside their general system to tailor store position, present nearby item blend and value focuses to the requirements, ways of life and tastes of every individual business sector/group.
Hospitals, long term care facilities, and mental health all serve as healthcare arenas serving the population in various ways. The hospital provides the most critical type of care, for the seriously ill. Hospitals originally served the poor and ill, but over time with the progression of technology and medical service specialties, they have grown to become healthcare meccas with many outlets. Over the past 30 years the degree of rigor of clinical practice and the scope of scientific knowledge has escalated greatly, and the hospital has become a center of high standards, scientific applications, and advanced technological capability (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The increasing shift of services to an ambulatory care arena facilitated by technological advancement itself has left the hospital with an evermore complex base of patient care, higher acuity, and higher costs (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Markets have changed, pricing pressures have increased, and consumer and payer expectations have evolved for hospitals, changes are constant in the medical arena, and hospitals are no exception.