Essays on Understanding

My choice to study English and creative writing derives from a long-term interest in reading, studying and critically assessing the English language. My ever-growing interest for the subject has led me to delve into a cross section of genres, varying from science fiction novels to…

Environmental Epidemiology The key understanding between the epidemiologic triangle and Hill’s criteria of causality is indeed the fact that there is a correlation revealing a cause and effect mechanism of exposures and health outcomes within the environment of a population. Therefore, the epidemiologic triangle consists…

To better understand the management of healthcare systems we need to know how healthcare management began. Before 1960, it was a just a collection of unrelated events, rather than the organized efforts of today. Over time healthcare management has evolved through quality improvement documentation, technology,…

Understanding the concept of ‘identity’ is equally fundamental to conceptualising ‘teacher professional identity’, yet there appears to be no agreement in the research literature about a single conceptualisation of the concept. The concept has taken on variety of meanings as many different issues surface in…

Trying to understand the Hammurabi code has been with no doubt one of the most important events that has changed the world. The Hammurabi code consists of an unequal society producing unequal laws, where women and men are no longer equal, where there are now…

At the beginning of this assignment, I was frustrated and could only think of ideas that at best were acceptable in a sixth or seventh grade class. There were all things your parents have taught you, if not remind you of frequently, but even though…

It begins little. You don’t see anything to be distinctive by any means. Of course, you passed on having your most loved supper that your mother makes – you simply didn’t have a hunger – it was an off day; ‘maybe it was simply the…

Every gun-related massacre brings out the most predictable and primitive reactions to what is and should be a nuanced policy discussion. In one boisterous corner, you have the left demanding the immediate implementation of gun regulation that would, by every metric, fail to prevent each…

What is marriage? It is a process through which a couple makes their relationship official, permanent, and public. Marriage is ideally the union of two people that is supposed to last “till death do them apart,” yet sadly in recent times, the unions are being…

The definition of wealth states that it is the “abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions” (Wikipedia). Most people associate wealth with having an excessive amount of money. If that was the only definition there was to wealth, would you be wealthy? Wealth should…