Essays on Understanding

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…

Translation as a study was shaped in the 1980s, as a fusion of literary study, history, linguistics, psychology, anthropology and economics, though reference to translators are available even in the Old Testament. Petrus Danielus Huetius defines translation as “a text written in a well-known language…

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…

Based on an article written by Saunders (2016), the textbook definition of gentrification is “the movement into a formerly deteriorating community by middle-class or affluent residents, all of the above would be signs of a process that is well underway.” In other words, it may…

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,…

Diversity in a groupplays a large role in group work. Diversity can be defined as “all forms of difference among individuals, including culture, gender, age, ability, religion, personality, social status, and sexual orientation” (Nelson, 2013, p. 23). The purpose of this study is to understand…

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…

Ethics 101 is a small book that is filled with important information for anyone that really wants to understand ethics. The back of the book says “John C. Maxwell shows you how the Golden Rule works everywhere, and how, especially in business, it brings amazing…

The essays “Don’t you think it’s time to start thinking?”, “I’m not racist but…” and “Hidden Lessons” all speak upon diverse issues and their influences on society. Northrop Frye, Neil Bissoondath, and David Suzuki discuss different matters throughout their essays, however, one of the most…

Understanding the Concept of Marriage 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…

In a world where it is not only possible to screen for the gender of a child but also to effectively select the gender of said child, many issues are being raised concerning both the moral implications and societal risks that come with this ability….

Since the beginnings of city foundations there have been undeniable social demands in understanding. the lifestyle of each nation has been not the same as other in various edges. all in human developmental stage these metro foundations have all around been considered in regards on…

“The role of analogy is to aid understanding rather than to provide justification.” An analogy is the establishment of a relationship between two things given that they have certain characteristics in common. In this essay, I argue that an analogy’s role isn’t only limited to…

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…

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…