Learning to write is a complex process encompassing cognitive, physical, social and cultural dimensions (Daffern, Mackenzie & Hemmings, 2017). Writing, as a mode of English in the Victorian Curriculum, is an integral part of learning in all disciplines requiring students to write or compose a diverse range of texts that meet the literacy demands specific to the various… Read More »
The head of a large division of a multinational corporation was running a meeting devoted to performance assessment. Each senior manager stood up, reviewed the individuals in his group, and evaluated them for promotion. Although there were women in every group, not one of them made the cut. One after another, each manager declared, in effect, that every… Read More »
Reading is a great way for your child to learn how other people express their thoughts. Writing is a useful way to practice self-expression. Practice both reading and writing with these activities that are perfect for boosting your little learner’s language arts skills. In Detroit Public Schools Community District, 1st grade Teacher Tawana Jordan and 4th grade teacher… Read More »
Life inevitably slaps you in the face. You can try as long as you possibly can to avoid it, but it’s coming. It sounds depressing, because some people consider it such. In fact, there’s a reason depression exists — life becomes overwhelming and hard to manage. And I know it goes way deeper than that, and I can’t… Read More »
Mallam Luthfi Jamal-Baba and Mallam Mohammad, exorcists based in Ghana, West Africa, say gorgeous women who wear revealing clothes are asking for trouble from supernatural body snatchers. The pair claim the only way for lookers to stay safe from Satan’s cronies is to wrap up as much as possible. They said men could still be possessed by evil… Read More »
Please help me. I have one sibling, my sister, who has been my closest friend for most of my life. She is two years older than me and newly divorced, with no children. I am married and have one child, my daughter, who means all the world to me and more. We also have always had a very close… Read More »
Dialysis is a treatment for individuals whose kidneys are failing. There are two types of dialysis, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, that both perform normal kidney functions, filtering waste and excess fluid from the blood. Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys are failing. When you have kidney failure, your kidneys don’t filter blood the way they should. As… Read More »
Attahiyyaat is a very important ‘Dua’ we repeat it in our daily prayers.When I came to know the background, it actually melted my heart. Attahiyat is actually a part of a conversation between Our Creator Allah SWT and our beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) during his journey of Al Isra Wal Miraj. When Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) met Allah SWT,… Read More »
“There are one or two indications, and yet the utmost pains have been taken to remove all clues. The address, you observe is printed in rough characters. But the Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated. We may take it, therefore, that the letter was composed by an… Read More »
The results were published in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity. Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, and colleagues set out to assess whether parent-only groups are an equally viable method for weight loss. “Our results showed that the parent-only group was not… Read More »