M. Carey Thomas Essays

  • A New Model for Education and Architectural Expression in Women’s Colleges

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    subjugation—not long after its conception, its more egalitarian quadrangles were claimed in the designs of the other members of the Seven Sisters campuses. These educational and design innovations would not have been possible without the efforts of Martha Carey Thomas, Bryn Mawr’s first dean and later president. In 1877, Joseph Wright Taylor and a number of his colleagues on the Haverford College board decided to found a Quaker college for women, “for the advanced education and care of young women and girls

  • What Does Determination Mean?

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    But determination does not mean to try for a bit and then just give, it means to keep trying until you accomplish your goal. For example, Carey M. Thomas worked very hard to create a fantastic college. First of all, she worked very hard to pass tests, however she failed MANY of them, but she did not give. She kept trying until she finally passed, and not only did she pass, but she got high score

  • William Carey and His Ten Strategies

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    "Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God" is a quote by William Carey, a missionary to India, and encarved on his tombstone. Carey's goal was to build an indigenous church "by means of native preachers" and by providing Scriptures in the native tongue, and to that end he dedicated to his life. Carey had an intriguing life and he developed ten strategies which missionaries use today. Carey was born on 17th August 1761 at Paulerspury, a pleasant village in Northamptonshire, England

  • Justification Of Christianism In Africa

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    is their divine mission to take Christianity to Africa. There have been many African Americans in late 1700s and early 1800s, which traveled to Africa with the sole purposes of evangelizing and establishing churches. Men such as David George, Lott Carey and Colin Teague, where some of the first African Americans who went to Africa to promote Christianity. Their efforts to spread Christianity presented a justification for the inhuman bondage suffered by people of African descent in America.1 In this

  • British Secret Intelligence MI6

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    The character, James Bond, usually comes to mind when one thinks of the British agency MI6. An agency that enables its agents to have a license to kill, enabling them to do anything, at any cost to achieve the greater good, with the head of the agency M sitting behind a desk giving orders. This sounds like an agency that anyone would love to work for. In reality, it is an agency that has been through several wars and has evolved over the years with lies, secrets, and betrayal (Corera, 2011). At one

  • The Other Boleyn Girl

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    betrothed to a twenty-one year old emperor, to be married as soon as she reached the age of twelve. However, the emperor ended up not wanting to wait that long for a bride. She was then married to William Carey, a man of the privy chamber. (loads)The movie got the fact that she married William Carey correct. However, it forgot to mention that she had, had another engagement at an earlier time. Anne was the middle child of their family. The movie betrays her as beautiful child. And she may have been

  • The Effects of Divorce on Children

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    .. middle of paper ... ...Carey & S. C. McDevitt (Eds.), Prevention and early intervention: Individual differences as risk factors for the mental health of children (pp. 179-189). Reid, W. J., & Crisafulli, A. (1990). Marital discord and child behavior problems: A meta-analysis. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 18, 105-117. Rutter, M. (1987). Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 57, 316-331. Thomas, A., & Chess, S. (1980). The

  • The Role of Genetic Engineering in our Society

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    The Role of Genetic Engineering in our Society With today's technology in genetic engineering, it seems we can almost play God. Scientifically speaking, are we enabling our bodies to survive all the traumas of a hostile environment, or are we endangering future generations to a limiting gene pool? Spiritually speaking, are we improving our bodies to save more of God's people, or are we attempting to "perfect" God's creation, and damning ourselves? The technology of genetic engineering is advancing

  • Single Parents Can Raise Succesful, Happy, Healthy Children

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    Likelihood of Child Mental Illness."Theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, 21 Feb. 2006. Web. 02 Dec. 2013. Barajas, Mark S. "Academic Achievement of Children in Single Parent Homes: A Critical Review." The Hilltop Review 5.1 (2012). Kennedy, Marge M., and Janet Spencer. King. The Single-parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994. Miller, Naomi. Single Parents by Choice: A Growing Trend in Family Life. New York: Insight, 1992. Kashani, Javad H. Raising

  • The New Women of 1920's

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    As we look around at our women in today’s era, we might ask how did she become so independent, successful, and confidant? Even when I look at my own my mom, she was hired as the first woman to work as a manager at a fortune 500 business, and then created her own business. As well as my friends’ mom, who also has her own business in psychology; accomplishments like these must have originated from somewhere. The answer lies in the 1920’s. A couple years earlier, World War I was waging havoc, killing

  • Overcoming Asthmatic Disparity

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    show much disparity among black, Hispanic, and white pe... ... middle of paper ... ...:e214-20 25. George M, Freedman TG, Norfleet AL, Feldman HI, Apter AJ. Qualitative research-enhanced understanding of patients' beliefs: results of focus groups with low-income, urban, African American adults with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003 May;111(5):967-73. 26. Pachter, L. M., Cloutier, M. M., & Bernstein, B. A. (1995). Ethnomedical (folk) remedies for childhood asthma in a mainland Puerto Rican community

  • The Problem of Nursing Burn-Out

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    de la Fuente. "Which occupational risk factors are associated with burnout in nursing? A meta-analytic study." International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 14.1 (2014): 28-38. Ebscohost. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Witkoski Stimpfel, Amy , Douglas M. Sloane, and Linda H. Aiken. "The Loger the shifts for hosital nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient disstisfaction." Health Affairs 31.11 (2012): 2501-2509. Proquest. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. "World." Australian Nursing Journal 20.5 (2012):

  • Classroom Observation Report

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    Introduction My role in the ongoing TEMP Project (Teacher Education Model Programs) proved to be an experience like none other I have had in my years in education. My own training and experience has taken place in classrooms ranging from 7th grade to college undergraduate literacy courses. Observing an elementary math class ensured I would be a wide-eyed learner absorbing that fascinating environment. To be sure, I was a bit nervous as I pondered the prospect of observing an elementary classroom

  • Online Voting and the Digital Divide

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    Abstract:  More and more Americans are tapping into the Internet in their search for convenience and expedience.  One service that offers both of these values, and more, is online voting.  However, it is not as simple as point and click.  Studies show an inequality in the ability to access the Internet across socioeconomic class and race.  This Digital Divide is a major concern in the development of an online voting system, and authors of this new technology must take care not to let these existing