A People’s History of the United States: Reflection Chapter 23 The Coming Revolt of the Guards This chapter starts with Zinn’s explanation of the title of the book and his reasons for writing from the people’s perspective. His vision is summed up very well here: “All those histories of this country centered on the Founding Fathers and the Presidents weigh oppressively on the capacity of the ordinary citizen to act,” (Zinn 631). He goes on to explain the role of saviors and heroes in our history, and relates to his own history as well. “Against the reality of that desperate, bitter battle for resources made scare by elite control, I am taking the liberty of uniting those 99 percent as ‘the people’,” (Zinn 632). He describes his writing of history as one that attempts to represent their ‘submerged, deflected, common’ interest.
In the article he talked about five key points that help in cultivating an environment where learning occurs. He concludes by saying that there are many methods to build a learning organization but first the organization needs to build an environment that accepts wanting to learn. Bersin (2012) believes that if a company builds a culture which gives employees time to reflect, develop and share expertise, and learn from mistakes then they will be able to out-compete their competition in the face of huge market change. He finishes off by using Apple, IBM, and Google as an example of how building expertise and promoting organizational learning helps an
No proper tracking and accounting of inventory is possible. Early payment discounts are also missed. The lack of documentation for the items picked up is not helping the departments to stay within budget. Corners are being cut with the way the system works. Two micrometers are lost because the expeditor most likely has picked up them up at the receiving dock and has taken them directly to the engineers.
Ovans admits that although her self-managed teams were experts at tactical matters, they still could not compare with teams that had dedicated managers. Another example is the Occupy movement; until leadership started to take place, the movement was quite a mess. Even documented in the article, What Is Occupy? Stephen Gandel, a writer in TIME magazine, explains how Zuccotti Park protesters got things done “with no titles, and no corner offices,” thanks to a network of working groups focusing on individual tasks. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
After I reached the sixth grade, I was able to receive appropriate assistance with Special education instructors. Dweck stated, “The great teachers believe in the growth of the intellect and talent, and they are fascinated with the process of learning.” Teaching is a talent. Teaching allows the opportunity to work on hearts, minds, and to guide students becoming empowered, literate, engaged, creative, liberated human beings who want to join in this effort to change the world. Although, my teachers’ repeatedly showed me what they expected from me in the classroom. They were able to teach me study skills, and specially how to still in my seat.
It can be thought that absolutely no one can run the world. As stated earlier, things we have no control over occur every day. You don’t know how something is, until you live it. Nature threw things at Chris McCandless that he just could not control and on top of that it was the things he had intentionally overlooked that wound up killing him. How he would acquire his food supply was one of the things Chris just didn’t plan correctly.
His family attempted to exercise some guidance in order to protect McCandless. Unfortunately, their concerns were ignored by him. In turn, he did not ever communicate with his family while he was on his personal journey. He ignored their feelings of apprehension. His simply did not care about their concerns.
We were eager to be swept off our feet and revolutionized. "This is a country that's hungry for change, a new direction, a new approach," explained campaign strategist David Axelrod (Conniff). Obama demonstrated in his political rallies and speeches the charisma people had been missing for a long time (Lambro). Obama was offering the people "exactly what they want right now: an eloquent, ecumenical, youthful political star who excites the party's base and has the ability to reach out to cross-over constituencies" (Lambro). America was looking for an "X" factor, and Obama's natural talent of oratorship equipped him for the advantage.
Some would think that they will miss their families and relationships and most of all, love. But the people in Utopia have never experienced any of these. They were brought up in conditioning centers and feel that parents and family are primitive. The mere sound of the word annoys them. Monogamy is discouraged by the utopian society and considered improper “Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man…why, he’d be furious if he knew…” This restrains people from getting too emotionally involved and putting their loved one’s needs before the society’s needs.
field at approximately 0715 I realized I didn‘t have my identification card any more. I followed the chain of command by telling my team leader the situation I was in. Unfortunately to no avail I was unsuccessful at finding my Identification card. I am really disappointed with my lack of discipline and attention detail by misplacing my Identification Card. I understand the seriousness of losing my Identification Card and the potential threat I could pose to my fellow comrades if my Identification card were to wined up in the wrong hands.