Studying Americans

Advantages: Interesting subjects, great tutors
Disadvantages: Limited choice in first year

.... I wrote mine on African-American literature so I was assigned Bill Melish, who also taught the African-American Experience modules. 4th Year: for single honours students includes the 3rd year modules studied by combined subject students. 4th year students base their dissertation on their experiences & research in America. Careers & American Studies Want to be the next Monica Lewinsky?! The White House takes a certain percentage of British interns every year. Other careers that American Studies would compliment are the film industry, artists, working in museums, historian, teacher and writer. Would I recommend American Studies at Hope? I thoroughly enjoyed studying American Studies at Liverpool Hope. There?s plenty of choice in the final year. A lot of the courses involve enjoyable things such as watching films or listening to...

pixiedon 26.11.2002 · Read review
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Social Studies with Open University

Advantages: Easy to obtain qualifications
Disadvantages: Time and money

...Understanding Social Change. All Open University courses have a course code, this is one or more letters followed by a number. This course was known as DD100. DD100 or Understanding Social Change is a level one course. ****Residential School**** Many courses have a residential school; this is an opportunity to go away for a week and study. Obviously this pushes up the cost of the course and also means you actually need to take a week off work. I have heard good things about this, but this course doesn’t have a residential school. ****Overview of the level of the course**** The course aims to give a very basic introduction to the social sciences, it is not an access course (for people with little or no education). However the course does start from a fairly low level. The course starts off at a fairly easy pace, initially...

Fantasyman 11.04.2005 · Read review
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Residential social workers are human.

Advantages: You can help the future generation of adults.
Disadvantages: It is hardwork and stressful.

...what does a residential social worker do.... We work within children's residential homes.We provide comprehensive care for children and young people placed within the homes, including physical, emotional and social care. We assist and support the programmes designed to promote the emotional wellbeing and growth of the residents within the home, and if necassary provide support for other homes within our company. This is a job for someone with lots of patience, who won't get too attached and who has some understanding of childcare. This job can certainly be stressful but it does have it's rewards when you can see a child develop into a well adjusted adult, if you are fortunate enough to see that. Most children in care do not stay in one home for long and are usually placed in somewhere more appropiate, ie; foster care, intensive...

unichorn 24.11.2002 · Read review
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Thoughts Of A Social Phobic

Advantages: None that I can think of
Disadvantages: Makes so many everyday situations harder than they have to be

...alleviate it. This is why ciao has been so important to me over the years, as an outlet for my frustration and provider of some form of social contact that I feel entirely in control of. **What Causes Social Anxiety Disorder?** This is still an open question, as no one knows the exact cause of social anxiety disorder. There is certainly evidence of there being a genetic predisposition to it, however, as a researcher from Harvard University has demonstrated. He studied children from infancy through to early adolescence and found that 10 - 15% of children were irritable infants who become shy, fearful and behaviourally inhibited as toddlers, and then remain cautious, quiet and introverted in their early school years. In adolescence, they had a much higher than expected rate of social anxiety disorder, suggesting people who inherit certain...

Collingwood21 23.05.2009 · Read review
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Study, study, study.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...I would just like to write a review on home study, something that I am sure that many of us have all done at one time or another. It is not something that we enjoy doing, and yet it makes up an important part of our studying times. For many, studying at home is perhaps the most hardest part of studying because a lot of the time it is something that you do on yur own - and because there are no other people about, it is hard to get in to the habit of doing so because nobody will smack your legs if you don't do it! Therefore, one of the best ways in which I have fouond to study at home is to do it with another one or two peopple who were all onmy course. We were all at the same stage; all studying the same things, and so therefore could all learn from one another. However, there will be times when you have to study on your own...

dynamicnurse 22.04.2009 · Read review
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Once upon a time, in Liverpool...

Advantages: An excellent museum dedicated to the Fab Four, suitable for all age groups
Disadvantages: Some of the headsets are a bit dodgy (it was just mine) and some displays not working

...This time during the month of Beatlemania, instead of just writing about the bands albums, films and death theories, I wanted to write about some of the ways in which Liverpool still celebrate the lives of their favourite sons (beside the football players!). Although Ringo made a few disparaging comments towards his hometown a year or two ago, the phrase ?everyone has to start somewhere? springs to mind and ? although I may be a little bias ? I would have to say that Liverpool is very much the land of opportunity compared to where I live! Right at the heart of the city is Albert Dock, a place now surrounded by various shops, museums and even a hotel with the Echo Arena mere feet away. When I was very little, perhaps six, I remember Mummy and Daddy, as they were affectionately called back then, taking my Brother and I right near...

MizzMolko 07.06.2009 · Read review
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Education Studies at SHU

Advantages: Friendly staff, keep job options open, Sheffield, Work Experience
Disadvantages: Work Placements aren't always as hoped for

...know many of you will have heard that Nottingham has the highest level of gun crime in the country but...", and the accommodation tour revealed many closed social rooms and vandalised walls. I was left then with Sheffield Hallam, unconvinced that the Education Studies course was for me, I began working extremely hard to get into Leeds. Judgment Day --------------------- At 5.30 in the morning of the day that my results were due I found myself sitting on my computer refreshing the UCAS website every 2 minutes waiting.... at 7.00 I got a new error message, there were too many people accessing the website and I would be unable to see my results, they were up. At 7.30 I managed to access a webpage and was met by 3 words that changed my whole life: "Leeds University - Unsuccessful" I stumbled into the hall and fell onto my knees, my...

sianciao 12.10.2007 · Read review
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'I'm Only Human'

Advantages: RnB, Soul, Upbeat tracks, dance tracks, Great tracks, will appeal to wide audience
Disadvantages: None

...'Human' is R&B singer Brandy's fifth album released in 2008. The popular tracks off this album include 'Departed' which was the main single released and 'Long Distance' which is the other single and of course 'Human' by which the album is titled... First track on the album is the 'Human Interlude' which consists of a short intro to the album which says 'What I feel being a human being is, is having the freedom to be yourself and not being afraid...' This seems to be the basis of the album as it has a lot of emotional thoughts and feelings in it that some may find easy to relate to.. The above track flows into the second: 'The Definition' which is a slow track with good beats and a good soundtrack accompanying good lyrics. 'Warm It Up (With Love) is one of the more outstanding tracks on this album as it has great beats and sounds...

marina321 04.03.2009 · Read review
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Odeon - Liverpool's Number One

Advantages: Good sized screens, great auditoriums, caters for everyone,
Disadvantages: Popcorn sometimes cardboardy, expensive chocolate treats,

...that there is nearly always a 3D on show here. I've noticed that more and more films are coming out in 3D now, and a nice variety to cater for all tastes and ages. It will cost a tad more to watch a 3D film, but they are worth it. You are provided with glasses when you buy your tickets. * Advance Screenings - if you're lucky enough to get your hands on tickets, Odeon do screen films before general release. I've managed to see one so far - a whole 10 days before general UK release. * Educational films - Odeon Liverpool ONE claim to show films that are relevant to subjects covered in the national curriculum and encourage schools to bring groups on visits, and also suggesting that it could be useful for students in further and higher education studying media and communication. They can provide more information if you contact...

lora44 12.09.2009 · Read review
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Human Traces Makes Interesting Reading

Advantages: An interesting and intriguing read
Disadvantages: the book is lengthy

...English author and former literary editor of The Independent Sebastian Faulks is possibly best known for his intriguing First World War novel `Birdsong` published in 1993. In 2005 another of his novels was published, this being `Human Traces`. Yet again Faulks has set his sights on providing readers with another captivating if not complicated tale that is set back in the mid 1800`s. Human traces centres around the lives of two young men who not only have their own personal issues with life but feel that they can make significant inroads into introducing change in how mental illness is perceived and dealt with. Jacques Rebiere , the son of a lowly Breton landowner is perturbed by the plight of his older brother Olivier who is now reduced to living the life of an animal due to being plagued by constant `strange voices...

Sarahjh1 24.03.2009 · Read review
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