When talking about cultural intelligence the first thing that comes to mind is the ability of culture, either individually or collectively, to interact with other cultures. Cultural intelligence does not refer to nationality, but rather to culture itself. And when talking about culture we are talking about values, attitudes, and beliefs shared by a group of people, when we talk about culture we also refer to organizational cultures, and other professionals that identify us with the groups they belong…

Talking Back to Civilization Talking Back to Civilization , edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, is a compilation of excerpts from speeches, articles, and texts written by various American Indian authors and scholars from the 1890s to the 1920s. As a whole, the pieces provide a rough testimony of the American Indian during a period when conflict over land and resources, cultural stereotypes, and national policies caused tensions between Native American Indians and Euro-American reformers…

Sometimes you assume that children do not comprehend race or class problems. But we can never be certain of what outside issues they are going to be faced with. According to this article, they think that talking to your children about racism in Kindergarten might be the right time because that way it will prevent them from issues they might be face later on in their lives. It’s never too early to explain to them that other people might act different towards them because they’re being racist. You…

use it, don’t know what it really is. It has single handedly redefined the mobile device experience and tied our phones, tablets and computers together like never before. I’m talking about the Cloud. It’s here now and it’s very likely to stay for a long time to come. The problem is, because of the lack of understanding about what the cloud is and how to use it safely, it creates a huge privacy and security issue for the average person who uses it. This problem is magnified in the way many mobile devices…

lip started to tremble uncontrollably. “I just want to go home,” he whispered. “Please, just take me home.” Much to Booker’s annoyance, Horshack nodded his head. “Okay, Harris. If that’s what you want, I’ll drive you home.” Wiping a stray tear from his face, Tom shook his head. “It’s not Harris, it’s Hanson.” Confused by Tom’s confession, Harold turned to Booker. “What’s he talking about?” “I’ll explain later,” Booker declared in a rush of words, his eyes flitting nervously between Tom…

Fear for Obesity Are we talking about Fat Man? Yes, but not the heavy bomb that was generously “donated” to Japan by the U.S during WWII, but an actual obese man who has a great excess of body fat. As a matter of fact, obesity can be as destructive as the bomb was, but in a small scale to a person’s life. Although the vicious comeuppance, such as stroke, cardiovascular diseases and multiple types of cancers of obesity concomitant has been acknowledged for more than a decade, it is clear, according…

A Life Journey about Me I was raised by a single mother, so there were some difficulties that other children from normal family that couldn’t understand. Since my parents divorced when I was three years old. My mother sent me to my grandparents place and let them took care of me at my early-age. It might be weird to say that the possibilities for me to see my own mother was pretty low, but that was the situation I had during my childhood. I needed to face the challenge when my classmates asked where…

What can talking about an issue do? The play Clybourne Park is a great example of not shying away from racial issues in literature. But it could also be deemed too controversial and overdone by some. Based off the play A Raisin in the Sun, it seeks to show the other side of the community from their perspective. The tensions between Russ’ family and the community are brought to light during the course of the play. His son had committed suicide after returning from Korea and this tragedy left a huge…

Why talking about corporate governance? Good “corporate governance" is synonymous with “good business management”, that reinforcing surveillance systems, management and administration of a company, making them efficient, effective, honest, transparent and democratic. A company with high quality management will have access to financing (public or private) in better conditions and terms. Make appropriate business decisions to reach a higher level of accounting transparency, more efficiently manage…

If someone were to talk about a “home”, there could be many different things that would come to mind. Home is defined as “a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household” (“Home”). Depending on the person and the type of environment they grew up in, you would most certainly get many different answers. In my opinion, home isn't just a place that you live in, but a place of peace and acceptance, and a place that you share with your family. A good,…