Clarieece “Precious” Jones‚ is a 16yrs old African American female living in Harlem‚ New York. From the moment she was born‚ she was sexually and physically abused by her father as her mother watched. Currently‚ she is pregnant with her second child‚ both children are a product of incest by her father. Precious’s first child has down syndrome and lives with Precious’ grandmother. Precious resides with her mother‚ Mary and is abused emotionally and physically by her on a daily basis and at night
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Personal: Clarice Precious Jones is a 16 year old‚ heterosexual‚ African American female. Precious was born and raised in a poverty stricken community in Harlem‚ New York where she resides with her mother Mary and father Carl. She is a single mother of two and is currently seeking assistance to better their lives. Psychological: Precious has a poor attitude towards herself and love. Precious has stated that her mother constantly insults and belittles her for no reason. She shows various signs
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Write up—Hill Country Snack Foods Co. Hill Country Snack Foods Co‚ located in Austin‚ Texas‚ mainly manufactured‚ marketed‚ and distributed a variety of snacks. The company’s efficient operations‚ quality products‚ and comprehensive network of distribution promote stable growth and enduring success. Investors owe the achievement of Hill Country to Howard Keener，the company’s CEO for over fifteen years‚ who strongly believed that management’s job was to maximize shareholder value. Keener himself
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classroom assessment to support learning. However‚ the ‘accountability’ juggernaut was not for turning‚ even though the Blair dynasty’s clarion call of “Education! Education! Education!” had not yet begun to ring hollow. It was the day we decided to up the ante and make it our target to resurrect assessment by teachers‚ not to abandon testing‚ but to refocus assessment activities where they should be‚ on pupil learning. The King’s College pair had been long-term advocates of formative assessment
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Keeping Up With the Jones’s Case Study Directions: Complete Parts 1-6 of this case study. http://www.sciencecases.org/jones/jones.asp Submit Answers to the Following Questions: Part I: 1. What two parameters are responsible for creating the movement (filtration and reabsorption) of fluid across the capillary wall? The hydrostatic pressure (or blood pressure) and osmotic pressure (water pressure) are responsible for balancing and creating the movement of fluid across the capillary
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1) Discuss the social identity issues present in the case Social Identity theory basically is a theory that explains self-concept (what a person thinks about themself and how they analyze themselves) to be a combination of personal identity – their unique characteristics and social identity – their membership in different social groups. There are numerous Social Identity issues in the case. Firstly‚ Catherine’s father is an accountant which is one of the factors that she chooses to be an accountant
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Feminism Thoughts in Precious (2009) In 2009‚ an American drama film entitled Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Saphire orsimply called as Precious was produced. The media mogul‚ Oprah Winfrey was interested to promote itwidely by taking the position as the executive producer. The reason of Oprah’s interest to the film wasunquestionable. For so long‚ she has always been known for her deep concern on women’s issues‚ andthis is the film all about. Precious is a film which
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The movie Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire about a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones who was raised in an abusive household with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend‚ where she deals with verbal‚ physical and sexual abuse from both her mother‚ and father who lives in a different home. Precious has one child with Down’s Syndrome‚ but her mother doesn’t let the baby stay in the house with them so she lives with her grandmother and the only time Precious gets to see the
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suffering of a girl‚ Claireece Precious Jones‚ who experienced sexual harassment‚ committed twice by her own father‚ having as a result two children by him. Considering the cruelty of the act itself‚ which is also reflected in the language the novel has‚ Precious never became a criminal or committed suicide instead she learned how to cope with every hard situation she went through. The question is how did this young girl went through all this bad situations? Precious had people that had interest to
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The movie Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire about a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones who was raised in an abusive household with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend‚ where she deals with verbal‚ physical and sexual abuse from both her mother‚ and father who lives in a different home. Precious has one child with Down’s Syndrome‚ but her mother doesn’t let the baby stay in the house with them so she lives with her grandmother and the only time Precious gets to see the
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