"Culture Clash" I am a born Vietnamese‚ and Chinese American. For more than a decade I have made many friends coming from diverse cultures. I recall one friend back in high school that demonstrated the importance of one’s own private culture‚ and language. From this experience with my friend‚ Hong‚ I realized that families who had a strong cultural‚ and language practice at home had a very stable and functional family. Individuals who embrace their culture‚ and language broadly tend to pass on
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Poetry can evoke strong feelings in readers. Select three poems we’ve read and examine the literary techniques the poets used to evoke a reader’s emotional response (note: not your emotional response.) How do the poets’ various techniques connect to their readers’ feelings? Because a writer wants to evoke strong feelings into their writings‚ they use a variety of techniques from wording to the sense of the feeling the reader feels. In the poem‚ “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ he uses the descriptive
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A Conversation with the Poet Merlie Alunan Regarding “We Kept a Jarful of Keys” By franz tatel Me: May I ask some information about your poem “We Kept a Jarful of Keys”? Merlie: What do you want to know about Jarful of Keys? Me: Ma’am I want to know the reason why you were able to write such kind of poem. What is it about po? Is it biographical? I want to know everything you’re willing to share to me regarding that poem of yours. It’s simply written but I noticed it has a deeper meaning
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Some violinist once said: “A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent”. To my mind‚ being an interpreter means being an artist. The same as the painter thoroughly selects colours for his masterpieces‚ the interpreter chooses the most suitable words and expressions in his speech but only in his case this time-consuming process is completed on the spot. As many other artistic professions‚ interpreting also has two sides of the coin which are advantages and disadvantages
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Case Study Maria Terri L Bray NUR 403 November 7‚ 2011 Case Study Maria List five factors of patient history that demonstrates nursing needs: | 1. The patient speaks little English and may need an interpreter at the hospital. 2. The patient has little to no emotional support from her spouse. 3. The patient has not support system. 4. The patient is new to the United States and may have fears about delivering her child in an American hospital. 5. The patient has the beginning
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Journal Paper Centeria Whaley-McCready HMSV 343 The skill I’ve chosen that could benefit and relate to Human Services would be speaking a second language. I feel all people would benefit from mastering a second language. I have spent several days researching this and I have found out that there are many wonderful benefits to this skill. The job opportunities are incredible. It has even been proven that bilingualism has cognitive advantages across the entire lifespan‚ from
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Search For My Tongue and Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan: Search for my Tongue and Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan both show people thinking about their ‘roots’. How does each poem convey their thoughts and feelings? In “Search for my Tongue” and “Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan”‚ the poets are conveying to the reader the strong feelings they have about their roots‚ and how it affects them in everyday life. Both poems talk of women who have Asian roots‚ but are now living in other countries
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The use of abbreviations in the medical field has recently become a major issue and a national concern as a cause of medication or other life-threatening errors. Medical errors have been determined to be the eighth most common cause of patient deaths in the United States (Nordenberg‚ 200). When dealing with medical information and a person ’s life‚ accurate and understandable written or computerized documentation is of utmost importance. Eliminating abbreviations can reduce errors because this
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Difference between Interpreter& Advocate roles assessment Interpreter * Can only interpret what the client says to the service provider and vice versa‚ * CI is supposed to interpret accurately what is being said during the interview * Have to speak this same language as client * With no additions‚ no admissions‚ no editing‚ or polishing just says what was said * The interpreter provides a necessary cultural information * Cultural differences are leading to a misunderstanding and
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Court Issues JoyAnn Czudek CJA/394 June 24‚ 2013 Kevin Dzioba Court Issues The criminal justice system has changed tremendously over the decades and so has society. It is important that the court system make changes to keep up with the times. There are parts of the court system that need to be identified to have these changes occur. One of these areas is the way courts are managed including their problems and resolutions. A new trend that has emerged is victims’ rights. Victims can now
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