My Personal Story

My Per intelligenceal Story Chapter 1 basal School Years (K-6) All of my elementary give lessons years were spent in Ridgewood, clean Jersey. I consider going to give lessons e actu eithery daytime at Somerville Elementary. This is and signifi provoket because in that respect were a thud of different schools, any obviously having to do with where you choked. I think thither were uniform 5. But too, exclusively of my friends went on that point. It was me, Peter English, Dougie Burek, Ryan Monroe, Cooper Shreve, Matt Myatt, Ned Winner, Frank Melli, Brian Wennersten and Michael Springer. some elbow rooms ein truth year, at least 2 or 3 of us were etern t by ensembley in the uniform class.I guess I was well want buttocks hence, by both my peers and teachers, as I was always chosen to be the lead in extends, and to represent the class at matters. In accompaniment I gave an Oscar winning performance Santa in my second grade play, Santa and his magical computer. I wa s chosen to play the role of Old Man in a play nigh China or whateverthing, dont really remember to be honest. But I did everything with those guys. We were always playing rootball, hoops, wiffle ball or something in soulfulnesss backyard. In terms of reading during this time, it was all at a moderate pace, and I dont really remember having any problem keeping up.My Mom utilize to reduce me Hackensack Hospital, a learning center for passel who had trouble learning at a normal pace. I neer understood why I went there, until my parents told me I had a learning disability, which to me plainly meant I necessitate to sprain harder. My ADHD didnt really affect me in my daily life, I save remember acquire really hyper from time to time, and that was remedied by beingness given But when it came to grades, I did fair well, earning all Es (excellents) and Gs (Goods), with like one S (satisfactory) in handwriting.I actually was made a teachers helper in both quaternary and 5th grade, which meant I got to help grade papers, and help kids with their math, spelling, etc. Also, I was picked for detailed thinking, which was a big deal because solo the smartest kids got picked for that, and there you got to talk ab proscribed ad cutting edgeced things like, geome cause and books that you had read. Otherwise, I remember my elementary school years for the sports I played. I played Little League Baseball, Soccer, and Biddy Basketball. My momma wouldnt allow me play because she sentiment, despite me being one of the larger kids in school, that I would tucker out hurt.I was on go badling all-star teams for all of the sports, and was thinking about(predicate) sports 24-7 then. I played in 3 basketball leagues at a time, Biddy, YMCA, and my All-star team. In 4th grade my dad checked both my Biddy team, and my all-star team. I settle down like to give him a hard time about victorious me out of a tournament game against Neptune, NJ where I scored the start ing 8 points of the game, in fact our only 8 points in the quarter to keep us in the game Then he left me out until the 4th quarter. We end up losing by 22 points. 22 I was feeling it, shouldve left me in.Also, the great thing about playing sports was that there were stats involved. after every game we played, my associates and I would talk about what resistant of numbers we were putting up. It was a big deal to outscore the others. At one point, I held the memorialize for most points scored in an organized basketball game with 26 in 4th grade, which stood until my younger brother broke it with 28 points when he was a senior in high school. The branch thing he did after that game? Called both me and my older brother at college to let us know the dog had fallen. We were a very competitive bunch.To this day, we talk about these things at Thanksgiving. 5th and 6th grade were very big for me in terms of change in my life. In 5th grade, within a duet of 6 months I muddled all of my grandparents, including my great Uncle Johnny. There are 3 days in my life that I remember everything I did the entire day, and my nan dying is one of them. The other 2 will come later. I came menage from school, was sitting in our den with my 2 brothers, and watching TV. The think rang, and my mom answered it, then she came in the room, and say, I average want to let you all know, Grandma nevertheless died. We all started crying immediately. I remember my mom screaming I want my mommy repeatedly and feeling helpless. I had never really experienced personal loss before, as I had never met my dads mother because she died when he was 16. His father re-married 3 months later, and my dad never got a immense with his stepmother, and they kicked him out of their house. Ive never met my dads father. So, losing my Grandma was a big deal. I always remember coming home from school, seeing her, and her always making me smile. I remember everything about her to be honest.Her perfume smell, the fact she always kept bouillon cubes in her pantry, and the fact that she always loved everything my brothers and I were inte backup maned in. Her and my Grandpa became baseball fans because of us, after not really warmth one way or another before we were born (Im told). My Grandma was always around, and she loved her grandchildren very very oft. She was a great lady, always singing, always happy. In the plaza of 6th grade, My dad came home from work one day, sat me and my brothers down, and told us we were moving to Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He said we were going in 1 month, in the middle of the school year.I wasnt excited, as all I ever knew was New Jersey, scarcely obviously had to do it. It was really hard leaving all of my friends. Chapter 2 Middle School (Grades 6 to 8) after(prenominal) finally bearting acclimated with middle school life in New Jersey, and pass awayting use to how things worked there, I was ripped out of there, and plunked into a tenuous town i n Ohio. Coming into the middle of a school year is hard for everyone, barely especially for a middle schooler. I remember my first day, and being sat at the swot table because the guy showing me around thought that would be best.I didnt let that happen though. I immediately got up and sat at the cool table, and actually ended up becoming friends with those population. It was dummy up pretty hard to make friends though, as in a humiliated town everyone knows everyone elses business, and boast their own clicks. In homeroom, when I sat down, two girls waked me around the room, ad told me whom I needed to distract with getting to know, and who not to care about. It kind of prepared me for what Chagrin was all about. A lot of community who base their worth hit of what other people think about them.I ended up making a lot of friends, further kind of felt like an foreigner for my middle school years, level off though I was pretty lots accepted. Everyone loved to talk about thin gs they did together when they were younger, and how long theyd been friends. SO I just tried to blend in, and try and not get noticed. Id always sit my older brother on the bus, and not really talk to anybody, until one day my friends Cade Otstot and Trevor Gile told me to sit with them and their friends. From that day on I felt like I belonged. Class-wise, being in small classrooms with less people made me feel like I was always getting put on the spot.I hated answering questions in class, and really hated doing my homework. I always felt like there was so much else to do other then that. SO I put school on the back burner and got caught up in trying to be popular, and playing sports. Although I always did adequacy to get by. I never really got Fs or Ds or anything like that, merely likewise didnt try and everywhereachieve for fear people would wait on at me like I was a nerd or something. Looking back, that was probably a mistake. I played basketball and football in middle school, but really wasnt that well. I loved the sports, but this time is when I started gaining weight.I wasnt obese or anything, but I wasnt in shape either. I was on the B teams in both sports, but excelled in baseball. I always thought I was playing well, but the coaches never seemed to notice. So I was relegated to the bench for the most part. Otherwise my middle school years were pretty uneventful, although I did make a a couple of(prenominal) really nice friends, but also I fell out of touch with my New Jersey friends. Chapter 3 High School (Grades 9-12) Freshmen Year of high school was pretty typical. My older bother Mark was a senior, and looked out for me for the most part, but I still got flak for being his younger brother.Nothing too crazy though, because I knew eventually Id be as big if not bigger than those guys, and if they really did something to me, Id get them back ten fold. football game practice that year was big wakeup call. Everyone was bigger instantaneo us than us Frosh, and everything seemed to involve a lot quicker. Especially in school. There were no classes where I could just drift through, I had to stay up on my studies, which I think I did a skinny job of, but still my mind drifted a lot to sports, and girls. I didnt really switch much interaction with girls, except them being nice to me to get to my brother.All the freshmen girls wanted my older brother, so people whom I had never talked to decided it was a intimately idea to talk to me. I didnt go to many another(prenominal) parties then, as my fiends and I were to a greater extent into just going to the movies and hanging out at my parents house. Or wed play football in my backyard. But I did get asked to the winter formal (a Sadie Hawkins dance). I had a good time on my first actual date where I had to dress up in a jacket and tie. Also, that year I got my first detention, and had to stay after school, and was grounded, although it was my brothers fault that we were late so many times.Only detention of my career actually. So thats pretty much my Freshmen Year. Sophomore year was just a blah year. Nothing really happens in your sophomore year. Just same old same old. Football wise, I lettered, and I made the JV basketball team. That year our football team broke our 28 game losing streak, the longest in Northeast Ohio, We won our last 2 games, to go 2-8. I went to my first Homecoming dance, and also my second winter formal. School wise, I got bored. The classes were so boring to me. I just wanted school to end every day. Also, the girls who had talked to me the year before because my brother, just plain stop.Shocking I know. Junior year was actually a lot more fun. I finally mounted the fortitude to talk to girls regularly. I made some great friends in the process as these girls are the people who I still keep in touch with the most to this day. I was voted to be head coach of the Powder Puff football team, and that was a great way to get to kn ow everybody. I had a blast doing it, and it helped me get invited to parties and what not. My friends and I had a blast that year. Wed go out every weekend, and party. It was great I had two dates to the winter formal, my friends Meghan, and Melissa.Everything was going really well socially, as I really came out of my shell. Academically, I did just enough to get by, posting GPAs anywhere from 2. 7-3. 0 during this year. Can you sense a var. here? Went to my first prom with my friend Katie. It was at Jacobs Field where the Tribe plays so it was an awesome nighttime Senior Year was a blast too. The football team did really well, winning our first 7 games, and having 2 games that were voted games of the decade in Cleveland. Big deal for a little school like ours. Also, I actually got to contribute, and set the family record for kick return average at 3. yds a return (I caught 2 onside kicks, and ran one 3 yards). This was the first year I actually got in shape for football, and too k it seriously. Its the first time in my life I learned that whatever you put into something, you get out of it. I took the SATs untimed, a perk as my parents put it of having a learning disability, which to be honest put more pressure on me then anything. I over thought pretty much every question, and was in an isolated room by myself. It was kind of miserable. I didnt score as high as I wouldve liked but did enough to get accepted into 5 colleges.These were all small schools where the environment was geared towards learning at your own pace, and where they had good LD programs, as my parents made this a high priority. Funny, I had never been in LD classes in high school, but my parents thought I should do it in college. Anyway, I graduated, went onward that summer to the Jersey Shore, as we had been doing since I was 11, where my summers consisted of being a dishwasher/bus boy at Uncle Bills Pancake House during the day, and a Summer Place at night, and came back and said goodby e to all of my friends, before initially heading off to Muskingum College.Chapter 4 College (1998-2006) Muskingum College (1998-2000) The college odyssey that was the Scott Iantosca Experience started in New Concord, OH. Now I thought I wanted a small college in a small town, but I quickly found out that this wasnt the place for me. All there was to do was drink in your dorms, and go to one of the 3 fraternity houses on the campus. If you werent in a fraternity, you pretty much had secret code to do. Thank plenteousy I was getting recruited pretty hard by all of the fraternities, so I had some fun. I was accepted into the plus program, which is the LD program there.I didnt realize the commitment. We had to meet with tutors for every subject. And it had to be in between your classes, not when you had free time. It kind of was like an added class. Midway through I stopped going. I didnt want to hear the exact same lecture twice, which was essentially what it was. I just used them as needed, and that wasnt taken to kindly too by the administrators. Also, I thought I could get by skipping class all the time, and teaching myself the material. I probably only showed up to my classes about half of the time. Somehow I was stunned when I got a 1. 7 GPA, and couldnt rush that year, while all of my friends were allowed to. Then I got kicked out of school at the end of the year for my grades. This was a wake up call, or so I thought. I had to go to Muskingum and plead my way back in, in front of the display board of trustees with the attraction of the Plus program. It was really embarrassing. Being as I had soured on the Muskingum experience, I was fighting to get back into a school I didnt want to go to. I got back in on a probationary period, but then was so unhappy there, I did the same thing.Then I told my parents I didnt want o go back, and instead of working hard and getting good enough grades so that I could transfer out of there, I just stopped going to class, and only turning in papers. I thought I could just get kicked out and go wheresoever I wanted to. At the end of the semester, I went home for good. I got a job postponement tables for Max & Ermas, and Blockbuster video while my friends were at school. It was pretty miserable. I gained a lot of weight, getting up into the 270s. And was feeling like my life was passing me by and I would be living with my parents forever.My only form of entertainment was going to my brothers basketball games, but Id always feel awkward because Id see people I know there and have to answer questions about why I was home from school. bourn CollegePutney, VT (2000-2001) The second part of my college odyssey was at line College. My mom found out about it through someone she worked with and being as I had no other options, I decided to take a look at it. It is a school solely for people who have learning disabilities, mostly severe, and who have gotten kicked out of school. Basically a second chance for people who have messed up in their first try at college.I went into it optimistically, but even during my first visit, I knew it was going to be a challenge. Putney, Vermont is a very small town, where there is absolutely nothing to do. The campus was so small it didnt help much either. There was a zero tolerance inebriation policy, and if you were caught once, you were immediately brought in front of this disciplinary board where you were given a hearing. Pretty strict. Also, the only way to get off campus was on a van that one day a month would take you to Wal-Mart, and then every Friday take students to the movie theater. That was it.We all referred to it as a prison. People were trying to get thrown out of there on a nightly basis, and going to great lengths to do it. Kids would intentionally trash their rooms, even throwing their TVs out the window in hopes of getting kicked out. And everyone would try and overdose on their prescription meds, in hopes of their parents taking them out of school. There was an ambulance or campus security van at one of the 2 dorms every night. Many of the students had some serious learning problems, for example, many didnt know what a verb was until they went to Landmark.Or in one instance, this guy couldnt form a complete sentence logistically until he went there. Not really a big deal to me, but just not something I had been around before. They also told stories at orientation about how Landmark changed their lives, and how before Landmark they would get so frustrated they would cry by themselves in the shower. Pretty heavy stuff, but also made you think and re-evaluate your position in life, and inspired me to get my stuff together. A lot of the things they talked about were about accepting your disability, and learning to overcome it.Having not really had my learning disability really be a big deal for me, I hadnt realized that a lot of the reasons I had trouble focusing, and public lecture in class was because of my ADHD. It was kind of eye-opening. Socially, I kept to myself, and just concentrated on my grades and school work. They were pretty laid back there, and although we were assigned a tutor and an advisor who we had weekly meetings with, they only lasted as long as you wanted them to, and being as I was getting a 4. 0, mine were really short. The classes were really easy to me for some reason, so I did really well.I pretty much cut off my social life because I knew why I was there To get the hell out of there My days went like this Wake up, go to class, eat lunch, go to the library, go to class, do homework, watch TV and sleep. This is what happened 24-7. I never deviated. I talked to my advisor every day about what I needed to do to transfer, and he kept telling me to take my entire 2 years there. No way was this happening. I finally sat down with my dad and outlined what I had accomplished, the fact that I was 21 at the time, and that I had proven to everyone, including myself that I was ready for a regular college again.I even was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the junior college case Honor society. It was the first academic award I had gotten since elementary school, and my parents came to the ceremony. I was really proud of myself, to be honest. So, I then started to look for schools to apply to. After being in social jail for a year, I decided campus life was a big deal, as well as my major, which was going to be sports management. Ohio University met both of these criteria, and accepted me, so there you had it. Ohio University (2002-2006) Ohio University was the most fun I had ever had in my life.I did so many things academically, and socially it was amazing. My parents moved to Switzerland, and my older brother moved to Warsaw, Poland, so I got travel around Europe on my 6 week Christmas break while other people had to go home and get part time jobs or sit around. I experienced and saw so many beautiful things, and expanded my horizons greatly. Of all the places that I travelled, I would definitely say Germany and Italy were my two favorite places to visit. In Germany, we travelled along the Christmas trail, which had Weinachtsmarkts (Christmas Markets) all up down the states. It was amazing.Although I already had a few high school friends who went to OU, and had established a good group of non-fraternity friends or GDIs (you can pretty much figure out what that means), I decided to rush and join a fraternity, much to their chagrin. They thought Frats were full of meatheads, and shunned them pretty much. I, on the other hand, am all about new experiences and branching out, so I saw this as a gateway for doing so, and expanding my social circle, and creating lifelong networking contacts. I ended up connective the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, after receiving bids from all of the fraternities I visited.Being a 22 year old pledge was hard, as I was being hazed by people younger than me, but it allowed me to bond with my pledge brothe rs, and build some lifelong bonds with them. I still keep in touch with many of them, and have been in 2 of their weddings, and 4 of them (Rick Heyeck, Mike McMasters, Aaron Gray, and Will Hardy) will probably stand in my wedding, if I ever get married. Ill always cherish my times with them. Ohio University is known for being a party school, and while it certainly did live up to its reputation as such, I still managed to always make it to class, and get moderately good grades.I was in the learning disabled program there, but only used it to take untimed tests. Which, again, were strikingness racking as someone just sat in the room and stared at you while you were taking the test. Since, many of my realizations didnt transfer over I had to pretty much start over from swag academically, but was fine with it because OU was so much fun. The Sport Industry program had everything I was rice beered in, a lot of sports classes, and a good amount of money of business classes, and was ve ry laid back as to the amount of work we had.It was very term paper based, and being as I love to write, I was all about it. The only negative from this experience was that my weight became a real problem. I was pushing ccc lbs by the end of my tenure as a Bobcat. Ohio University was a study in excess. Excessive drinking/partying, eating junk aliment, and excessive sleeping. Not a lot of workout time in there. My chief(prenominal) concern was how this would affect me in getting a job after school, but it really didnt as my advisor knew someone with Columbus Blue Jackets, and spoke to them, and I got a job there after interviewing.Post College (2006-Present) Right after I graduated, I took a job as an inner Sales Rep for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL. I figured this was the best way for me to get my foot in the door within the Sports Industry, so to speak. What I didnt realize was that ticket gross sales was not what I wanted to do. I thought that I would eventually make a lateral move to doing something more in the front office, but about a month into my tenure, I saw that I was pretty much pigeonholed into being a ticketing guy. This was fine, I guess, because I won the monthly sales contests consistently.Also, I enjoyed working with a close knit sales team of people at the same stages of their careers as I was. This also created a great environment of competition, and I gained a mentor in my boss, Joseph Cote, who is now the head of ticketing for the Portland Timbers, of Major League Soccer, and the Portland Beavers, a minor league baseball team. He basically taught me how to be a professional, and how to balance fun in the office with being serious and buckling down. The perks of the job were unreal. We worked at the arena, so we had free reign to all of the events, and also had to work the hockey games.Basically it consisted of us delay at a table during the intermissions, and then visiting our clients we had sold for the game. Then we just w atched the game the rest of the time. It was a good job. But, towards the end of my tenure there, my mother contracted a benign cyst on her back the size of a basketball, and was rendered basically an immovable object. She had to have surgery, and with my dad being CEO of a major corporation, and my brothers living in San Antonio, TX, and Manhattan at the time, I decided I needed to come home and take care of my mother while she was incapacitated.She would definitely do it for us. Family always comes first. This did not go over well with my employers, and they gave me an ultimatum of accepting a promotion, or going home and helping my mother. Which do you think I chose? I told them thanks for the opportunity, and gave my two weeks notice that day, and moved from Columbus, OH back to my parents house in Chagrin Falls, OH. After about 6 months of taking care of my mom, she was ready to live normally again. During my time with her though, I did do some good things to get my life in ord er, and re-focus on whats important.I joined LA weight loss (which doesnt exist anymore), and by the end of my tenure there I had lost 108 lbs. its easily my biggest accomplishment, aside from sticking with college and getting a degree. So after that, I revved up my job search again, and looked anywhere and everywhere for a job. But many of the interviews I was going to were for jobs interchange copiers, or Ink for copiers, or things of that nature. I think what I enjoyed most about sales is the passionateness that was brought to the job everyday when I was selling something that I knew a lot about and had great interest in.Selling copiers, or ink, or technical equipment while living in Cleveland wasnt really doing it for me. So begrudgingly after trying to find a job on my own for about 3 months, I asked my father for help. He had dinner one night with Jay Bauer, the president of Nation Pizza Products in Schaumburg, IL, and had mentioned his son who was coming to pick him up that night was looking for a job after a abatement from employment (a really nice way to say I was unemployed by the way). As I picked him up, Jay came to the car, and told me to call him the following(a) day and he would see what he had for me at Nation.I was pretty excited. After living with my parents for a while I would have moved anywhere, but Chicago was a dream. Ive always loved Chicago. It has everything, great nightlife, So many sports teams, and the best restaurants in the world. I called Jay the next day, and the rest was history. After flying me out for an interview and dinner with my two future bosses, a tour of the stick outt, and then another interview with HR, They called me a week later and hired me for a position they were creating especially for me.This should have been my first sign that Nation wasnt dependable for me. See, everyone at Nation Pizza Products has been there for decades, there are only a handful of new hires every year. And they only had one salesme n, albeit the VP of sales, but he had done everything himself for 15 years. They had no idea what to do with me, built hired me basically to keep up the relationship with their biggest customer, Nestle. Thus, being the President and CEOs son really is what got me hired. Nothing having to do with my sales acumen at all.I was too elated by the fact I was living in downtown Chicago to care at this point, but this was sign 2. I tried to soak up everything I could my first year there, doing a lot of grunt work, trying extra hard to deliver my dues, and when given the chance to work with customers I shined. But when I asked for more responsibility, I was told I wasnt ready. Also, the handled me with kid gloves the entire time I was there. Not talking about customers other than Nestle with me because they thought I would tell my dad, despite the fact that they were PAYING me to be a Nation employeeI even signed a confidentiality agreement when I started there. I thought this would eventua lly get better over the years, as I progressed in the business. It did not. As time went on, I was given reluctant independence there, but when able to work alone with customers, they would send me thank you notes, and call the President of the company directly and let them know how much they enjoyed working with me. Instead of giving my boss confidence in me, he took it as a threat to his job, and I was gunning for him.Which I wasnt. I thought the two of us could and should work as a team, thus with double the effort, we could bring in double the business. He didnt see it that way, and took credit for many of my sales when talking with the executive board. Im not one to be cock-a-hoop about my achievements, but how does one gain respect at an organization when people are ceaselessly thinking he is just a minion, and hasnt made a sale in 4 years? Also, I worked with a lot of fake people. It was really bad.Maybe its a food industry thing, but everyone I worked with, from the chefs to the food scientist, was extremely fake towards me. They loved to tell me I was doing a good job, and then behind my back talk to my bosses, and make negative comments about me, and disregard the way I was working. Also, the commute was obnoxious. It was an hour and half each way, and wouldnt put me back in the city until around 8, after sitting in traffic. I didnt mind it when I thought there was a place for me at the company, and a progression plan in place. There was neither.Then, My dad retired from Nestle, as much as basically taking 3 months off and hanging in Miami with my mom can be called that before taking the opportunity to run another company here in Chicago, everyone started treating me differently. They treat me as if they had no need for me anymore, and I wasnt a valuable member of the team. In my one-fourth and final year there, they kept making take the boss car to get washed, or carry boxes for women who worked in the office to their cars, or clean up the pres entation room, basically treating me like a secretary. at last I had enough, and walked into the presidents office, who was my major confidant at the company (another source of angst for the VP of sales because he thought I was bad mouthing him to him, which I wasnt, so much insecurity there), and told him it wasnt working out. I said I was no longer happy here, and didnt really see myself going any further than my stream position. He tried to get me to stay, and I actually considered it, until the VP of sales walked in. Thankfully, for him, Im a fashionable person, and I thanked them both for the opportunity, and gave my two weeks notice.They said they would pay me for my two weeks regardless, and asked what I wanted to do, and I said I would just leave then. Ive never been happier or more content with a purpose Ive made in my entire life. Also, the president of the company said he would help me out in anyway he could, and write me a recommendation if I needed it. I still keep in touch with him as we speak. So that brings us to present day. I am unemployed, but extremely happy. Im glad Im taking a step back and actually analyzing what my strengths and weaknesses are, ad what my interests are.Taking my time choosing my next move is definitely the right step to take. The next chapter of my life is yet to be written I feel. Do I have a plan? Im getting there. There are things I envision myself accomplishing professionally and personally over the next 5-10 years. I wont bore you with them here. But the great thing is I have an unbelievable support system behind me of family and friends. Also, I feel like I have the right attitude towards it, and am determined to do thing the right way this time. And whatever I consume I know Ill work hard at it, and take steps to become a success. Just taking it one day at a time.

Marx and Weber’s Analyses of the Development of Capitalism Essay

Capitalism is defined as An economic and political corpse in which a countrys trade and industry ar statementled by private owners for profit. It is based on the division mingled with cardinal distinguishes, one of which owns the labour of the opposite(a). not only do the upper dis get togetheres, or the bourgeoisie, own the means of physical production but as sanitary the means of mental production. They control and manipulate society through and through the rule of education, religion and the media. Althusser distinguishes between repressive state apparatuses and ideological state apparatuses and argues about how the bourgeoisie manages to maintain its rule. He argues that the repressive includes the police and the army in which use physical force to control the working class as fence to the ideological apparatuses such as the media and religion which control the development of ideas. A key component of capitalist economy is that the working class atomic number 18 fo rced to sell their labour in exchange for wages in order to survive. However, they do not receive an equal exchange for the labour they produce, but only the cost of subsistence. The difference of what the bourgeoisie receive from the labourers and the summate they pay back is called the surplus value, meaning the profit they make. scoopful weber was one of the founding fathers of sociology and contributed mellowedly to our knowledge of how society works. webers work hindquarters be highlighted by referring to his study The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1905 (22 geezerhood after the death of Karl Marx in 1883). weber argues that the Protestant Reformation introduced a new belief system of Calvinism (a form of Protestantism founded by John Calvin during the reformation) which promoted a high work ethic and which in the end led to the boost in capitalist economy. Calvinists believed that God preordains the elect meaning of who would be saved after death and go onto promised land and who would not. This could not be changed through hard work or leading a good livelihood as the decision had already been decided. This make Calvinists strive for success, with which they would reinvest into making more money, hence the development of capitalism.Weber distinguishes the differences between the capitalism of greed and wealthiness in past societies to those of present. Modern day people are pursing profit for its own sake rather than for consumption, hence why the Calvinists reinvested their wealth. Weber calls this the spirit of capitalism. He elevate argues that this was the reason capitalism was stronger in blank spaces like Europe and America and not in other places where Protestantism wasnt so established. Weber also distinguishes between legion(predicate) different existing forms of capitalism including traditional capitalism and booty capitalism however the crucial ideal type is the one named modernistic capitali sm, or keen-witted capitalism meaning the repetitive, ongoing economic activity on the basis of rational calculation.Understanding what need to happen and what the best way of achieving it is, allows for reinvestment and the growth of economic enterprises. He argues that it is the rational side of modern capitalism that distinguishes it from other ripe(p) economic areas such as China and India, both of which had higher and more advanced infrastructures in the 17th century compared to Europe and America. However, Weber is hugely criticised for his understanding of the rise in capitalism due to others believing that it was the peoples relationship with the material forces and there means of subsidence which drove the change.Weber takes a key focus on religion and the impact that had on the rest of society as well as capitalism, whereas Marx focuses on class conflict. Marx argues that through industrialisation capitalism had been forced to increase due to ontogenesis separation of the two contrasting classes. One class is the exploiting bourgeoisie who own the means of production and the other class being the travail who own nothing but their own labour. Marx predicted that the working class would eventually become conscious of their alienation and exploitation and unite to overthrow capitalism. This would slowly bring in a system of socialism which would gradually evolve into a pure classless communist society lacking(p) in exploitation. He argued that capitalism would disintegrate due to interior tensions, just like every other social system. He believed that communism was inevitably the next stage in the line of historical changes to class systems. Just as feudalism was replaced by capitalism, so capitalism would be replaced by communism.Marx argues that religion performs a different function than that of what Weber argues. Instead it operates as an ideological weapon used by the bourgeoisie to justify the suffering of the poor as something unchangeable and god-given. Religion persuades the working class that their suffering is respectable and moral and will be favoured in the afterlife. This is evident in the Christianity teaching of it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. This manipulates and oppresses the proletariat as it renders them blind to capitalistic trends ensuing and maintaining false class consciousness.However, Marx can be criticised for ignoring the positive functions that religions perform, made apparent by the psychological adjustment to misfortune that it offers. Abercrombie and Turner (1978) argue that in pre capitalist society, darn Christianity was a major element of ruling-class ideology, it had only limited impact on the peasantry (A2 Sociology AQA Specification, 2009, pg 13) However, although Marx does argue that religion helps to control the manipulation of ideas of the working class he also believes that it is the heart of the heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions, as it can act as an distraction to dull the pain of exploitation.When comparing and contrasting two very highly influential historians such as Karl Marx and goop Weber, some would argue that it is highly burning(prenominal) to look at their overall impact on society as well as humanity. Karl Marx focused highly on philosophy and his work is still influential in many cultures worldwide today. This contrasts to Max Weber who is considered one of the fathers of modern thought and could be considered one of the worlds most intellect and influential persons. Although both historians share clear similarities, for example both coming from a European Protestant background they also contrast and have distinct differences. Weber criticises Marxs theory as he believes that his view is too one dimensional and simplistic when looking at inequality.Weber argues that this is due to Marx see class as the only important division. Weber argues that status and power also have high impact on the volume of inequality. He points towards the power elite for evidence and argues that they can rule without genuinely owning the means of production. Currently there are many independent companies that can control and rule item labourers without being a part of the bourgeoisie, it is not as simple as Marx likes to preach. A great amount of people are in other situations than the time when Marx was writing, for example dealers in information, managers and civil servants, meaning that the recounting importance of the struggle between owners and workers has relatively declined. Although Marx and Weber have severe differences in their evaluation of modern capitalism their augments also share many similarities.They both believe that the economic system is a place where individuals are directed by abstractions (Marx). We must also take into account the times of which both sociologists were writing. Weber is writing nearly half a centur y later and focuses highly on the impact of power, wealth and prestige. He argues that these were the three main factors contributing to capitalism and the distinction of classes. This contrasts to Marx who focuses singularly on the impact of class and how the contrast of bourgeoisie and proletariat impacted on the rise of capitalism. However, both of their summaries of overthrowing capitalism share many similarities. Both sociologists argue that in order for capitalism to be overthrown the working class must unite together to overthrow the ruling class and free themselves from capitalist oppression.BibliographyKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1932). The German Ideology . Moscow David Riazanov.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1848). manifesto of the communist party. London.Max Weber (1978). Economy and Society. California University of California Press.Thomas Hobbes (1988). The Leviathan. London Penguin .Phil Bartle. (2007). Marx vs Weber. Available http//cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/modules/cl a-mweb.htm. at last accessed tenth October 2012. Louis Althusser. (1970). Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. Available http//www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm 970.Last accessed 10th October 2012 Michael Lowy. (2006). Marx, Weber and the Critique of Capitalism . 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Through kayoed history there fixms to be a trend that early churlhood education was supplementary. Even now we assuage experience these similar issues. so far there ar a lot of other issues that come into play in early minorhood education. Some issues that prevent children from evolveing be the childs culture, learning disabilities, temperament, behavioral problems, and achievement gaps. We sack non obtain these issues from happening but we fundament adapt and cater to individu everyy child for some of these issues especially law-abiding a childs temperament.There are nine temperament traits that we should look for according to bind 17 of the Annual Editions textbook. This is beneficial so that we can, tailor our approach to each childs ball of temperament traits. As you tune into temperament, you are likely to become more successful in fortune all children adjust to situations and persons in was that promote their social ease and competence. (Annual Editions 17) Be sides observing temperament, achievement gaps can come into play. The achievement gap between poor and middle- category black and white children is widely recognise as our most important educational challenge. (Achievement Gap handout) There are different types of gaps such(prenominal) as the aiming gap, the conversation gap, the role model gap, and the health and housing gaps. Young children of educated parents are shoot to more consistently and are encouraged to read more to themselves when they are older. (Achievement Gap handout) When a child enters preschool or kindergarten, there is an achievement gap already with the reading train of middle and lower class children. This issue unfortunately affects the lower class children dramatically and this is only one of the different issues on the report of achievement gaps.There are a few individuals that impacted early childhood education significantly and two of them are Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget. Maria Montessori still impacts early childhood education immediately and there are still Montessori schools all over the world. Montessori was the first woman in Italy to earn a degree in medicine. Her first intention was the study diseases in children but later on became a strong influence in early childhood education. She became so popular at one rase she was opening up Montessori schools all over the world and touring as well.Montessori has five article of beliefs to her theory. The 1st principle in her theory is having respect for the child. According to the handout on Montessori, children are unique individuals where teachers must respect each child for their differences. The 2nd principle is known as the absorbent mind, the belief that a teacher should non teach them because children can learn on their own instead. This principle is categorized into three stages ranging in ages. From parentage to three year old, the child develops their senses from the environment near them.By age three to si x age old, the childs senses are sharpen as they learn more about the world around them. The 3rd principle is known as sensitive periods, when the teacher must step back and be observant of each child in the classroom. When a teacher feels that a student is sensitive to a received skill consequently they can learn it. It is time for the teacher to introduce this task. There would be many opportunities afterwards where the child can practice this new task till it is perfected. Finally, the 4th principle is the prepared environment where children can be comfortable and learn best in.The teacher must create the classroom for children. It is fit to be more convenient for the child to do things for themselves. The goal is to get the child must be independent and to take advantage of the freedom around them. The child will learn to rely less on their teacher but more on themselves. This idea is strongly emphasise in the classroom because Montessori believed that the education should be child centered rather than teacher centered. Even though a school may not be officially be a Montessori school you can find a few ideas that were influenced by her.The prepared environment and respect for the children are definitely things you see at any level-headed school or program. Moving onto the second individual, Jean Piaget was a Swiss philosopher and natural scientist that is famous for his theory of human intellectual development. His theory has four stages of development. The first stage is the Sensori-Motor Stage, which occurs in the main around the age 0 to 2 years old. This stage, child relies on touching, feeling, and using his senses to find out about the world.(Handout on Piaget) The second stage is the Preoperational Stage, which occurs mostly from 2 to 7 years old. During this stage, the child still relies on using the senses, but is increasingly able to use language and words to represent things not visible. (Handout on Piaget) The third stage is the Concre te Operations Stage, which occurs usually around 7 to 11 years old. At this point the child is developing the concepts of number, relationships, processes, and more. He is becoming able to think problems through mentally, though still in foothold of concrete or real objects rather than in abstractions. (Handout on Piaget) The quarter stage is the Formal Operations Stage, which happens when the child is 11 years old and older. The child is able to cover a step further he can now mentally think in terms of concepts and abstractions, rather relying on concrete or real objects. (Handout on Piaget) There are other good ideas used in classrooms today. These ideas are taken from Piagets theories on how children and grow and learn. According to this extraordinary scholar, all children have the curiosity to learn about themselves and the world. If children are stimulated and found the skill interesting then they will learn.Piaget also strongly believed that when teachers provide the mater ial then children are eager to learn. Even today these theories offer guidance for teachers to find different methods to inspire children to learn especially at a immature age. Developmentally Appropriate institutionalize, also known as DAP, is a widely used practice for teachers functional with children. In 1987, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) published a widely used sentiment statement about developmentally appropriate practices for serving young children from birth to age 8 in early childhood programs.(Handout of Early Childhood Programs) However in 1997 the NAEYC revised the Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, clarifying the misunderstandings and misinterpretations that arose from a decade of extensive dissemination of the original horizon statement. There are three dimensions in Developmentally Appropriate Practices and they are age rightness, individual appropriateness, and heathen appropriateness. Ther e are numerous ways that they are demonstrated in a pre-K program. Age appropriateness is a common characteristic that is seen in most pre-K programs.Developmentally appropriate practice suggests that teachers should not seek to direct or tightly structure learning experiences and that formal academic instruction at the preschool level should not occur. (Handout on Early Childhood Programs) Another example is with cultural appropriateness, especially when it has to deal with holidays. roughly pre-K programs, unless its a non-secular school, go over different holidays and mention which cultures celebrate which particular holiday such as Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza.As young children learn about themselves and the world in school, literacy is constantly being expose and is developing in their minds. It is important that their literacy is developing in their young lives because this also increases their vocabulary and grammar skills. As teachers read aloud to them and provide ac tivities for children, early literacy is expanding their knowledge. Once this is evident, teachers can be on the look out for certain behaviors in children. This allows them to know that children are ready to learn how to read.There are four behaviors to identify and they are handling books, looking and recognizing, comprehending pictures and stories, and reading stories. Other characteristics that occur in children are their loose teeth are falling out as well as putting their arm over the head and being able to touch the ear. (class lecture) Today there are programs that are supporting early literacy for young children. In the film Foundations of Reading and Writing, it stressed how reading should not be taught too early.Alternatively, literacy can be taught in creative ways. In the film, several teachers believed that activities is beneficial for children and will promote early literacy. Block playing and motion picture are a few examples of activities that help children recogni ze shapes and colors. This simple activity can assist children to scraping recognizing letters and putting it in a certain order to create words, such as their name. It is up to us as teachers to promote early literacy and to enhance this development.

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