A Comparison of the Heroes Of The Stranger (The Outsider) and The Myth

The Absurd Heroes Of The Stranger (The Outsider) and The Myth of Sisyphus In The Myth of Sisyphus, Sisyphus is an absurd hero because he realizes his situation, does not appeal, and yet continues the struggle. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that The Stranger is, in narrative style, also showing us an absurd hero, or the beginning of an absurd hero in Meursault. In The Myth of Sisyphus Camus establishes the epistemology on which he bases all his works. Ant it's a very simple epistemology. He says: "This heart within me I feel and I judge that I exist. This world I can touch and likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge and the rest is construction. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give to that assurance the gap will never be filled." So for Camus one finds that life has value but no meaning. Meaning implies some sort of goal, some teleological approach, and, for Camus, there is no goal. Life is not a pilgrimage, death is not an open door, but it is a closed and blank wall which functions finally, of course, to force us to concentrate on life. In Camus there is a precise use of the word "absurd". "Absurd" comes from the Latin surdis and in surdis we have a dual definition: it means irrational, insensible (from that side of it we still use the word in mathematics; a 'surd' is an irrational number). But Camus concentrates on the other meaning which comes from the root. That is, "deaf, silent". There are many examples in literature of this particular kind of silence. I think of Romeo and Juliet when Juliet has been ordered by her parents to marry the County Paris, and in one of Shakespeare's best scenes in that play, he has Juliet's father talking... ...e. But rather we are shown as small and mortal specks on a minor planet, in an ordinary solar system, located no place in particular, in infinite space, and subject to all sorts of dark irrational forces, over which we have little control. We must live and must die with the fear and anxiety, the meaninglessness, frustration and futility that people today know. One must live in the present moment and attempt to find out the actual, bare, given facts of human existence; to find them out, to face them and to live with them. Camus does this; no more and no less. He becomes, as it were, a saint without a God. One could do worse than recall the epigraph which Camus uses at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus. He quotes from the Greek poet, Pindar, writing in the 5th century B.C.; "O my soul, do not aspire to immortal live, but exhaust the limits of the possible".

Spiritual Growth through Various Spiritual Disciplines

From time immemorial, spiritual growth has strengthened the faith of believers and has helped them become closer and made them believe more in their religious dogma. This is also evident in Christianity. From the time of Jerusalem’s height, discipline has always found a part in Christian beliefs and in strengthening the faith of the congregation. Over the years, people have learned that particular kinds of disciplines when practiced help them keep the connection between God and themselves open and help keep alive their passion towards God.It is worth noting early on that these spiritual disciplines are not the surest way to heaven and that there is no concrete account that they can even make you a holy person. On the other hand, being able to practice spiritual discipline can heighten your desire, awareness, and love of God by stripping down the barriers that you put up within yourself and other barriers that others have created for you that hinder you from being closer to God (Benner, 2002). A practice or activity can be considered a spiritual discipline when it takes a specific part of your way of life and turns it toward God.A spiritual discipline is, when practiced faithfully and regularly, a habit or regular pattern in your life that repeatedly provides you the opportunity to become closer to God, opens the practitioner’s heart to God and makes one malleable and open to spiritual guidance and opinion. Christian devotional practice is centered primarily on the holy trinity – Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit (Foster, 1998). In this study, we put special attention on a comprehensive analysis of spiritual growth through the practice of six kinds of discipline and how these are able to contribute to spiritual growth.In the succeeding parts of the paper, we will focus our study on spiritual disciplines such as meditation, prayer, fasting, study, service and simplicity. We will also provide a discussion of these particular dis ciplines and how they are able to make people grow closer to a perfection of relationship with Christ. The first part of the study is dedicated to a discussion of spiritual growth thru meditation. Essentially, meditation is subdivided into three parts: Concentration, Meditation and Contemplation. The first part of meditation is concentration.Concentration is being able to take special attention on a certain point, topic or area. It entails 100% of taking special attention on a single thought, in our case 100% focus to God. Meditation can be achieved by being able to clear one’s mind of unnecessary opinions and distractions as this can make it easier for people to be more connected to God. Concentration brings people to another level of consciousness that promotes for clearer thought and a heightened sense of feelings. This precursor must be achieved in order for people to become in a meditative state. The second stage of meditation is actually meditation itself.The uninterrup ted flow of one’s Attention, then, is Meditation. By being fixated in a single object, a person’s thought is totally focused on that object. This is the clearest and most important aspect of meditation. With this, the purest opinions and feelings are released between the person and God. Through meditation, God has a true and clear connection with the person that helps provide a clear and uninterrupted line of communication. Spiritual meditation creates for a very clear communication between God and the person, which promotes for better understanding of God and a first hand experience of God’s presence.This is also evident in order religious orders such as Buddhism that takes special attention on intense meditation to cleanse the mind and body of evil and wrongdoing. Through continuous Meditation, one becomes one with the object of one’s Concentration. The third level is contemplation. By means of meditation one is able to acquire a lot of pure experiences that has to reflect on and analyzed. Contemplation is a method that helps people clearly explain and analyze the events that had transpired during meditation.Contemplation often takes more time than the meditation itself, as it is important to clearly understand what the Lord has communicated to the person (Keating n. d. ). This can be in form of a group with a facilitator or contemplating alone. At any case, what is important is the resulting decision made that is important, regardless of contemplative medium. One can meditate by means of study. In studying, one is in a meditative state that is focused on the holy scriptures of God. With study, we are encapsulated within the scriptures of God’s word.In studying the word of God, we are led to deeper meditative state and we can gain more knowledge and be closer to God through his word (Beers, 2006). It has been said that pure existence can only be experienced when the mind becomes purely at ease with the environment he/she is in. In order for us to be truly one with God, we have to imbibe into our daily routine a portion of meditation in order to experience, even a little at the very least, pure existence and a unbroken line of communication with God in order to further develop our spirituality and relationship with God.With pure meditation, it is really hard to understand the words of God. Our opinions and speculations are like a veil covering our true Nature. In addition to this, a most serious problem is when we identify with a certain mind-structure, the personality or ego, and the body. But even with so much of this demystifying our meditative state, meditation is used to unveil our true Nature and relationship with the Lord, we might still continue to cling to this false personality and fear its dissolution (Foster, 1978).Since we cannot simply order the mind to be still, we give it something to hang on to. This is to facilitate effective meditation that would help us greatly in opening a pure lin e of communication with the Lord. Words designed for that purpose are called mantras. In Christianity’s case, a mantra can be of the form of a prayer or Christian ritual. The application of mantras during meditation is called transcendental meditation. Mantras are repeated mentally for the sole purpose to calm the mind, remove inhibitions and clear out any unnecessary opinions (Beers, 2006).By continually driving out unnecessary thought can the mind be completely â€Å"silent† and only when the mind comes to a complete standstill are we enabled to identify with the silent observer. Spiritual meditation is essentially a mental exercise that drives the mind to take special attention on the Lord in order to remove all opinions not relevant to the Lord and create a connection between him for effective communication and to further our relationship with the Lord. The next kind of spiritual discipline that is closely linked to meditation is prayer. The second discipline is pr ayer.Spiritual discipline is not spiritual discipline if there is no prayer, of course, is much more than a spiritual discipline; it is a way of life. However it should be noted that prayer, as with all spiritual disciplines, should never be taken only as a discipline and nothing more. It would be a rather low-voltage spiritual life in which prayer was chiefly undertaken as a discipline. On one hand, prayer is a very potent practice for opening our lives to God (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. d. ). In present times, it is very important to practice prayer as a discipline.In our culture today, a considerable margin of Christians’ attention span is severely impaired. In prayer we attend our minds to God, and all too often that attention lasts for a few seconds. We may be starting off with professing our faith by means of saying the Lord’s Prayer but it is not long before our minds tend to wander off and we start to forget who we had addressed in the first place (Tho mpson 2005). It is for this reason that we must undertake prayer as a spiritual discipline in order to enable ourselves to attain the single-mindedness necessary to attend to the God-who-is-present.It is also vital for us to understand that prayer, just as every other discipline, is a learning process. We will find ourselves distracted. We will notice our minds wandering among the countless concerns of the day. However, as we continue in the paths of prayer, our meanders will be shorter and less frequent. Prayer is conversation or communication with God. It involves both speaking and listening. So often we pray as if it were a monologue. But prayer is so much more than a one-way communication towards God.As a matter of fact, the most diligent person that practices the discipline of prayer knows that prayer is more about just listening towards God rather than talking to him. In addition, prayer is also about being open to God for change. Prayer is recognition that God is God and we a re not, and so in prayer we yield our desires to God's. As much as people might say it is, prayer is not at all complicated. Prayer is not just about saying the right combination of words and thought but it is the right orientation of our outlook towards God.In addition, prayers do not need to be flowery. Those kinds of prayers are either said in order to impress others or just to manipulate God. A prayer is not something that is done during mealtime, in times of church service or in times of distress. It is not just about bowing our heads, clasping our hands together, and closing our eyes. If we really consider the definition of prayer as something that is really paying attention to God, we really can conduct the discipline of prayer without actually stopping.What is important is that in whatever thing we do, we do it with the awareness that God is always there beside us (Thompson 2005). With that in mind, we can take special attention all of what we do and offer it to him. To pray without ceasing means that wherever we go and in whatever we are doing, we go and do with the awareness that God is always watching whatever we do. We listen through prayer and meditation for his opinion on everything that we do in our lives. We look at others and ourselves through His eyes.We ask God to show us the right path and the right decision for whatever we do. In prayer God invites us to join him in his community and wants us to lead our lives in his ways. The third part of the spiritual discipline is fasting. Biblically, fasting is abstaining from food, drink, sleep or sex to take special attention on a period of spiritual growth. Specifically, we humbly deny something of the flesh to glorify God, enhance our spirit, and go deeper in our prayer life. Christian fasting isn't some kind of a â€Å"work† that's commanded by Christ or required by Scripture.On the other hand, it doesn’t imply that fasting isn't suggested to be part of our spiritual growth. Fasting is often linked to prayer and meditation as well. Too often, the focus of fasting is on the lack of food. On the other hand, the purpose of fasting is to take our eyes off the things of this world and instead take special attention on God. Fasting is a way to demonstrate to God and to ourselves that we are serious about our relationship with Him. Although fasting in Scripture is almost always a fasting from food, there are other ways to fast.It can actually be as easy as giving up something temporarily so that you can better focus on God can actually be considered fasting. It is recommended that fasting be limited to a given period of time, more so when food is part of the fasting. It is important to note that fasting is never intended to punish the flesh but to let we take special attention on God (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. d. ). In addition, fasting according to scripture is not a prerequisite. However it is highly recommended. The only reason indicated within Holy Scri pture to fast is to develop a deeper relationship with God.Christian fasting is more than just not letting ourselves eat or deny ourselves of some kind of passion or thing that we crave for but it is a sacrifice of something that we hold dear in order to offer it to the Lord. Fasting imbibes humility and loosens us from the chains of worldly materials and needs. This concept of fasting is not a one-day thing – it is a lifestyle of servant living for God and others. The next kind of spiritual discipline that is the focus of our study is simplicity. Simplicity, as many people would have it, is not merely having less stress in life and having more fun and recreation.But, simplicity is a spiritual discipline that when practiced moves us closer to God and removes us from the chains of worldly possessions. Some people turn to God in order to simplify their lives. In some cases, this can happen but this would entirely depend on what God’s plans for you (Boa, 2001). But all to o often, God makes our lives more complicated. God continually tests us in order to determine our faith and love in him. As we are continually tested, God’s love then calls us to act. Part of what makes a Christian spirituality ‘simple' is that is has a single attention: Christ.All else radiates from there or is to be set aside. Spiritual discipline trains us to stay on course when our lives are rocked out of normality. But if we do not stay steady and stay the course, we lose our connection and ourselves to God. Christian spirituality helps make life simpler and happy to live. When we chase a wealthy life style, we thread a very difficult and often unholy affair: the standards keep on changing day in and day out, and our anxiety never ceases. That is why Christian contemplatives and mystics speak so often of detachment.By taking away the direction on acquiring and amassing wealth, we have more of ourselves made free in order to direct ourselves to take special attentio n on learning to love correctly, to meditate towards God, to provide the necessary aid to those that need it, to learn more about our Lord through scripture or learning how to depend on the Spirit. Simplicity guides to so many other spiritual disciplines such as giving time to others – service. By means of simplicity, you are actually attuned more to the needs of others and can actually help them, as you are not preoccupied with other material things in life.Service can also be a form of simplicity as you provide help to others. With service, you are closer to God as you fulfill one of the very tenets of Christianity, and that is not to just be closer to God but more importantly be closer and be in a communal relationship with the people around you (Ortberg 2004). In life, you cannot have everything. You always have to choose between something. You can't follow Christ and chase wealth. Most of the time these two paths go in extremely opposite directions. The simple life, the contented life, means that we have learned to trust God rather than worldly possessions.People currently worry so much about money that they forget the essential things in life. We think that money will take away all our worries but in reality money will only produce more and more worries. Take for instance the people that win the lottery and just go bankrupt. Riches and abundance are like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They come in reeling in the bait, they are clad as sheep’s clothing pretending to be security against anxieties and they then become the object of anxiety that in the first place they try to remove.Worldly possessions not only take away our concentration towards God but also make us closer to evil (Mcknight 2004). In conclusion, prayer, meditation, study of the holy scripture, service to one’s fellow men, simplicity and fasting all guide people who do these spiritual disciplines closer to God. Each on its own can contribute to making this person clo ser to God. It is also evident that each spiritual discipline leads to the other; moreover, everything is intertwined and every part of each spiritual discipline is founded on another kind of discipline.This is strongly apparent in existing studies and prescriptions that it is important to practice not just only one but many of these spiritual disciplines if one were to aspire to become closer to God. As a concluding remark, these disciplines are not made in order to be just followed and it will logically guide to being saved from eternal damnation. Instead, these are carried out in order to be a guide for us to be ever closer to God. We use these disciplines as tools to make us closer to God but inevitably, it will all redound to the choice we make whether or not we would want to authentically accept God in our lives.

Criminological theories - Durkheim, Beccaria, Lombroso

Criminology is a field that has been researched prolong. Most of the information explaining crime and delinquency is based on facts about crime (Vold, Bernard, Daly 2002, p.1). The aim of this paper is to describe the theories of crime and punishment according to the positivists Emile Durkheim and Cesare Lombroso, and the classical criminologist Marcese de Beccaria. The theories were developed as a response to the industrialisation and the modernisation of the societies in the 18th and 19th centuries and were aiming to create a rational society and re-establish social solidarity (Vold et al 2002, p.101). The criminological perspectives of crime and punishment will be discussed in a form of dialogue between the three theorists exploring†¦show more content†¦These factors are the basis of my theory that crime should be discussed on individual level rather than social structural (Vold et al 2002, p.28). Beccaria: I have a different theory regarding crime and delinquency. In my opinion, all individuals possess freewill and rational manner, which means that they make rational choices based on that freewill (Lombroso 2002, pp.272-273). Rational manner is the explanation of the relationship between laws and crime as it means that individuals rationally look out for their own best interest and personal satisfaction. However achieving satisfaction may lead individuals into activities considered as crime by the society. This clashes with the interest of society to preserve the social contract and stop criminal behaviour through punishment (Greek 2005). Durkheim: Punishment is one of the main aims of the criminal justice system. As crime is an act that is in breach with the collective conscious the punishment of criminals plays a main role in the maintenance of social solidarity. When the state of collective conscience is violated, the response of the society is consisted of repressive sanctions that do not aim for retribution or deterrence, but aim to prevent the demoralisation of those who are making sacrifices for the interest of society. The punishment of criminals is required to sustain the commitment of citizens to the society (Pratt 1994, pp.2-3). If punishment is not present members of the community may lose theirShow MoreRelatedThe Theories And Theories Of Criminology1772 Words   |  8 Pagesscience in the recent years, and various theories and perspectives have been developed by the social scientists and criminologists in this regard. With the development of sociology as a new subject of study and defining the sociolog y by the August Comte in 1822, the way was paved for the development of criminology, as the new branch of study. This Branch deals with the study of crime and it gradually developed as academic discipline in Britain in 1950s. 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University of Houston Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores, GPA

The University of  Houston is a large public university with an acceptance rate of 62%. Founded in 1927, U of H is today the flagship campus of the four-campus University of Houston system. The university offers over 100 major and minor programs for undergraduates, and business is particularly popular. Academics are supported by a 22-to-1  student/faculty ratio. Many students take advantage of the University of Houstons urban location to engage in internships in the city. The university has a chapter of the prestigious  Phi Beta Kappa  honor society for its strengths in the liberal arts and sciences. On the athletic front, the Houston Cougars compete in the NCAA Division I  American Athletic Conference. Considering applying to the University of Houston? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students. Acceptance Rate During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, the University of Houston had an acceptance rate of 62%. This means for every 100 students who applied, 62 students were admitted, making University of Houstons admissions process somewhat competitive. Admissions Statistics (2017-18) Number of Applicants 22,461 Percent Admitted 62% Percent Admitted Who Enrolled (Yield) 37% SAT Scores and Requirements University of Houston requires that all applications submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, 88% of admitted students submitted SAT scores. SAT Range (Admitted Students) Section 25th Percentile 75th Percentile ERW 570 650 Math 560 660 ERW=Evidence-Based Reading and Writing This admissions data tells us that most of University of Houstons admitted students fall within the top 35% nationally on the SAT. For the evidence-based reading and writing section, 50% of students admitted to U of H scored between 570 and 650, while 25% scored below 570 and 25% scored above 650. On the math section, 50% of admitted students scored between 560 and 660, while 25% scored below 560 and 25% scored above 660. Applicants with a composite SAT score of 1310 or greater will have particularly competitive chances at the University of Houston. Requirements The University of Houston does not require the SAT writing section, nor does the university require SAT Subject tests. That said, students are welcome to submit subject test scores, and they may be used for placement purposes. The university does not superscore the SAT; your highest total score from a single test date will be considered. ACT Scores and Requirements University of Houston requires that all applicants submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, 35% of admitted students submitted ACT scores. ACT Range (Admitted Students) Section 25th Percentile 75th Percentile English 21 27 Math 22 27 Composite 22 28 This admissions data tells us that most of University of Houstons admitted students fall within the top 37% nationally on the ACT. The middle 50% of students admitted to U of H received a composite ACT score between 22 and 28, while 25% scored above 28 and 25% scored below 22. Requirements University of Houston students are not required to take the ACT Plus Writing, nor are students who take the ACT required to take any SAT Subject tests. Note that University of Houston does not superscore ACT results; your highest composite ACT score from a single test date will be considered. GPA In 2018, the average high school GPA for incoming University of Houston freshmen was 3.75, and 83% of all incoming students had a GPA of 3.5 or higher. These results suggest that most successful applicants to University of Houston have primarily A grades. 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However, University of Houston is interested in more than test scores and GPAs. The university uses the Common Application and the ApplyTexas application to gather information about your high school coursework and  extracurricular activities. The admissions office wants to see that you have taken  challenging college preparatory classes  and have an upward trend in grades. Applicants should also consider including an optional essay to boost their application. Note that some schools at UH such as the College of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics have higher admissions standards than the university as a whole. In the graph above, the blue and green dots represent accepted students. Note that there are some red dots (rejected students) and yellow dots (waitlisted students) mixed in with the green and blue in the middle of the graph. Some students with grades and test scores that were on target for the University of Houston were rejected. On the flip side, note that some students were accepted with test scores and grades a little bit below the norm. If You Like University of Houston, You May Also Like These Schools More selective. These universities will be more difficult to get into than the University of Houston:  Rice University,  Baylor University,  University of Texas at Austin,  University of Texas at DallasSimilar selectivity. These universities have a student profile that is similar to the University of Houston:  Texas Christian University (TCU),  Texas Tech University,  LSULess selective.  This universities are all less selective than the University of Houston, but note that some are only slightly less selective:  Ã‚  Texas State University,  University of Texas San Antonio,  University of North Texas. Youll want to apply to a range of match, reach, and safety schools to assure that youll have some options when admissions decisions arrive. All admissions data has been sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics and University of Houston Undergraduate Admissions Office.

The Jewish Genocide in World War II Essay - 850 Words

Genocide is a reality that has ended millions of family trees, changing the course of the future and leaving a massive mark that the human race can never forget. The word genocide was created to describe the mass murdering of the Jewish people along with Slavic, Romanians, Greeks, African-Europeans, homosexuals, and mentally or physically disabled people. This certain genocide was named The Holocaust, or â€Å"Sacrifice by Fire† (Holocaust Facts). There are also more recent genocides, like the Rwandan Genocide located in Africa, a land where warlords and murderers control whole countries and kill there people for sport, or their beliefs. But let us focus on the Holocaust, a Genocide where one man and his fellow officers was capable of killing†¦show more content†¦This, by itself, is teetering on the edge of genocide. As most see it, this is most certainly genocide. The people attacked were attacked in their own homes, beaten on the streets, and hated throughout and en tire nation, and let’s not forget that 11 million of them were swiftly murdered solely because of their believes. Seeing the facts given to us, most people do not see how you can say that this is not genocide, but merrily a casualty of World War II. Let’s look at the perspective of the people that do believe the holocaust is genocide. As you may already know, the Germans were taking Jewish teachers and students from their schools and homes to go to concentration camps. However, they didnt want anyone else figuring out what was really happening at those camps. At an interview with a woman named Helga Weiss, she told her story of how she survived the Holocaust. During the interview, she quoted,† †¦A building was tarted up to look like a school, with a sign reading ‘Holidays’ to explain the absence of teachers and pupils †¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Helga Weiss). This means the Germans were attempting to trick people into thinking that the people sent to the ca mps where really on a holiday vacation. Another way that makes The Holocaust genocide is the extremely large amount of people that died. With a body count of more than 11 million people, some not even Jewish, Germany takes the sour cake for the highest number of deaths in their genocide. The soldiers that liberated the deathShow MoreRelatedHow is the extinguishing of the Jewish and Native American races similar?1743 Words   |  7 PagesI will be researching extinguishing of the Jewish and Native American races; the reasoning behind the atrocities, the suffering, and the aftermath. Both groups of people were stripped of their rights. The Native Americans were simply denied their rights and in Germany, during World War II, the Jewish population’s rights were taken away. The plight of the Native American expanded over a longer time period, but there race was practically eradicated. 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Destination Disneyworld Free Essays

Destination to Disneyworld Our family’s favorite tradition is summer vacation road trips. No doubt, our vacations turn out to be a success each and every year. Throughout my childhood and into my teenager years, we have gone from the beaches in Florida to the valleys in California. We will write a custom essay sample on Destination Disneyworld or any similar topic only for you Order Now The most memorable one I could recall was our vacation to Disneyworld in Orlando, FL in 2004. I always have the notion as child that amusement park take your imagination to a new and entirely different level. On television commercials and billboard ads, it shows that Disneyworld is a destination where dreams come true and magic happen. It was a hot and humid day on the first week of June, my brothers and sister was so excited and anxious to see what this wonderful place has to offer. Every summer, my parent would take their hard earning saving from their account and treat my siblings to a vacation. It was a special time for my mom because it shows how important it is for our family to reunite with each other. Although I was only ten at the time, I could remember all of my vacations like it all happen yesterday. Being so young and naive, all my mind could think was meeting Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and all the other characters. On our first day there, we visit the Magic Kingdom and Universal Studio and one word that comes to mind was magical. My parent turn back to when they were kids and the environment and atmosphere there was unbelievable. My brother and I were jumping up and down and doesn’t have the care for the world because we were having so much fun. Our next day there, my entire family rode the Splash Mountains and Tower of Terror which I was scared at the beginning but it ended up to be another ride I enjoyed. The laser light show was the most awesome thing I have seen, it was at least twenty minute of lights, lasers firework, animation, and dancing waters. The shows consisted of all of the Disney characters and with Mickey Mouse telling a stories with his magical wand. The next morning, we spent the entire day at the MGM studios. This park was all movie themes which offers behind the glimpse of Hollywood style action with live shows, thrilling attractions, and backstage tours that are mainly dedicated to entertainment. On our last night there, I realized how amazing this place was and was in totally disbelief that it was almost time to go home. My family all thought every penny spent there was worthwhile and planning to visit it again once our families expand. How to cite Destination Disneyworld, Essay examples

School Teacher Pay and Reward in Kazakhstan

Question: Discuss about a way forward with key policy and practice recommendations. Answer: According to Townley (2014), teachers are rewarded in accordance to their study qualifications as well as the period they have been in the teaching career but not according to their performance. This does not motivate the teacher to be a good performer. Instead, a teacher would strive to earn an additional degree in order to earn a high pay. If one has spent all their years teaching and they have several degrees, then they are highly rewarded. An individual who is new to the teaching profession would have to be satisfied with the pay they get until they are several years in the profession. This lowers performance of all the teachers because there is nothing to motivate them. According to Branch (2011), motivations are important in every organization in case it aims to remain productive and successful. Teachers require to be compensated and rewarded in accordance to the work that they do. Compensations and benefits are the extra rewards that employees receive in addition to their basic wages. Branchs argument reveals that if employees are not rewarded, their aim will only be reporting to their workstations but they do not care on whether what they do has impacts. This is the same case with teachers in Kazakhstan. Those that teach and ensure that students understand whatever they teach do it because of their codes of ethics. It is ethical to maintain honest and integrity and put the public interests before their own. A different pay system would act as a motivator to all teachers no matter their age in the teaching career. After a thorough research on the current teacher pay system and performance-based teacher pay system as detailed in this article, performance-pay strategy has a good number of benefits than the current system. Teachers morale would be improved, their performance would increase, students would grasp more concepts than they currently do and school administration would develop. All these advantages are not offered by the current teacher-pay system. It is for this reason that I recommend performance- pay strategy. However, though performance- based system appears better than the current pay system, it does not appear singly. There are three models that represent performance- based programs and only one of them can be applied. Knowledge and skill based compensation is a performance- based model. According to Lundahl et al. (2013), this model involves individual financial awards for established skills, knowledge and qualifications obtained. Skills, knowledge and qualifications of a teacher directly reflect on the performance of students. In this system of payment, teachers are compensated based on their education attainment and individual skill levels. Teachers receive a pay increase as a reward after reaching certain education, skills development and training goals (Bradley, 1995). If such a system is implemented, teachers would get incentives to improve their levels of education and skills. Even though the skills and knowledge of teachers reflect on the performance of the students, some teachers would concentrate more on self-improvement and fail to work hard on making students perform. This would lead to the current pay system. School- based compensation is also a performance- based model where financial rewards are group based. According to Busher and Saran (2013), rewards in this model are allowed in accordance to the performance of students. In this pay strategy, the performance of students is used to evaluate schools through added value gains to the scores of students or absolute achievement of the students. Once a school is determined to have high performance, all the teachers from that school are financially rewarded. According to Hobson and Malderez (2013), merit-pay model generally considers individual financial awards which are given after classroom observation as well as student performance. This model aligns individual teachers objectives, milestones and targets with the goals of Kazakhstans education system. In order to implement such a model, a standard way of determining the performance of students in schools is put in place so that all schools in the country utilize it (Ballou and Podgursk, 1993). For instance, there could be standard exams that students do at certain levels of their education. After such exams are marked and graded, comparisons are made with previous results in order to determine whether improvements have been made. According to the improved performance, teachers would expect their merit levels to be increase by a certain set parameter. In the merit-pay model, amount merit rewards vary in accordance to performance. For instance, a 0% salary increase can be offered to una cceptable performance while a salary increase of between 2% and 3 % can be permitted to those who meet expectations. Among all the performance- pay models, merit pay model is the best and it would ensure that teachers are paid according to the performance of the students. I recommend the use of this model. In addition, the teacher can work individually to raise the performance of his/her students and get rewarded for it. Also, the whole school does not have to perform in order for the individual teacher to be compensated. This would ensure that the current teachers who are not eager to see students perform get no rewards. In order to implement this model, the national examination body would release information on improvements that have been made to the body that pays the teachers in Kazakhstan. In order to make payments to the teachers, the table below can be used. Table on recommended salary increases according to performance Teachers Performance Appraisal Salary increase Exceeds Expectations 3.5 to 6 percent increase Meets expectations 2.25 to 3.25 percent increase Partially meets expectations 0 to 2 percent increase Unacceptable performance 0 percent increase The implementation of these salary increment would increase the Kazakhstans national budget. However, policies on payment of public workers, including teachers permit that their salaries be increased from time to time depending on the economy. For instance, according to Tengi News (2015), Kazakhstans government decided that it would increase the salary of teachers in that country at the beginning of 2016. This salary increase came in earlier because there were earlier announcements that the increases would be done on 2017. The decision that led to 2016 pay increase resulted from the free-floating rate policy that has been in place since August 2015. Conclusion Performance based systems on the other hand have been used globally in many nations including the United States. Most countries have adopted this performance-based strategy in order to modify the conventional salary scales. One of the notable characteristics of pay-for-performance strategy is that teachers get sanctions and rewards in accordance to their performances after evaluations. In a majority of pay-for-performance programs, rewards are offered once the teacher exhibits good knowledge of his/her work and students show a high performance. Contrary to the current strategy of paying teachers in Kazakhstan, where a teacher is not motivated by anything, the pay-for-performance strategy has the advantage the teacher gets motivation from students good performance as well as from the feeling of satisfaction rather than from monetary rewards. Pay-for-performance also reward teachers by sponsoring further development of their professionalism through course advancement and by offering va rious holiday and vacation packages. The recommendation of a pay-for-performance strategy within Kazakhstan would positively affect the education system and largely impact on the development of the country. This is because, unlike the current teacher- pay system, performance based system would focus on the performance of the school, the performance of the teacher, reward duration, advancement of teachers salary as well as the pecuniary nature of compensation. This would raise competition among teachers and improve the performance of their work. There has been arguments for and against performance related pay. Individuals who argue against performance related pay argue that the clarity of goals in education is reduced as concentration would be more on how teachers perform than how they teach. Through the arguments, an evaluation of perfect needs of the teachers indicate that the performance of the students would be reduced. However, even if there are arguments against the effectiveness of the performance pay strategy, th e current system is no better. Students are left at risk of not gaining from their teachers while the government keeps making losses as the money it uses to pay the teachers fails to have some effect. Among the three models that represent performance pay, merit pay has a completely different approach and would be easy to implement once each section of the recommendation is put in place. The model would see teachers being rewarded individually after their work leads to the performance of their students. The school doesnt have to wholly perform in order for the teacher to be rewarded, but the teachers students have to show a better performance for the teacher to be rewarded. This model ensures that the teacher makes every effort in order for the student to perform better. According to government policies on payment of public workers, it would be easier to make the additional payments to teachers. The government regularly raises teachers salaries by a certain percentage each year. Salary increments according to this recommendation would have a very small effect on the national budget, which would be easily accounted for. References Ballou, D., Podgursk, M. (1993). Teachers' attitudes toward merit pay: Examining conventional wisdom. Industrial Labor Relations Review, 47(1), 50. Bradley, A. (1995). Researchers set out to devise new pay structure for teachers. Education Week, 14(28), 16. Branch, D. (2011). Employee Motivation, Recognition, Rewards, and Retention: Kicking It Up a Notch! CPA Practice Management Forum, 7(11), 5-7. Busher, H. and Saran, R., 2013.Managing teachers as professionals in schools. Routledge. Hobson, A.J. and Malderez, A., 2013. Judgementoring and other Threats to Realizing the Potential of School-based Mentoring in Teacher Education. International journal of mentoring and coaching in education,2(2), pp.89-108 Tengi News, (2015). Kazakh government confirms wages raise for teachers. Tengi News. Retrieved 29 May 2016, from https://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Kazakh-government-confirms-wages-raise-for-teachers-261728/ Townley, B., 2014. Selection and appraisal: reconstituting.New Perspectives on Human Resource Management (Routledge Revivals), p.92.