Debunking the Taboo of TruancyDon't Fence Me In: Essays on the Rational Truant makes the iconoclastic assertion that most truancy stems from rational decisions made by students facing adverse circumstances in school This unique and engaging take on truancy rejects the assertion that all acts of truancy are linked to deviancy and anti-social behaviour. While the book's aim is not to absolve young people from accountability, it shows that structural weaknesses in the state-supported school system play a significant role in truancy from class and school.The book consists of a series of essays which seek to explain and understand truancy rationally, and dismantle existing narratives surrounding truancy. Many of the contributors report on recent research including the relation of teaching style to truancy, the incidence of truancy as a function of ethnic group and linguistic proficiency, the student as consumer and the importance of establishing a literate order to decrease truancy rates. Other essays in the collection are more speculative, offering a theoretical assessment of political attitudes to truancy.Don't Fence Me In makes essential reading for anyone with an interest in today's schooling system. It offers a fascinating and insightful exploration into one of schooling's biggest taboos.
Have you ever wondered why so many people struggle to lose weight? Society has got something drastically wrong, considering that globally, obesity is now a bigger killer than malnutrition.Our bodies evolved over millions of years to work in perfect balance with the foods produced seasonally by nature. However, this equilibrium has recently been unhinged as a result of our ingenious ability to farm, store, preserve and transport food. Nowadays, seasonal foods are available all year round, and because the natural feast/famine cycle has been broken, many people are perpetually gaining weight.Don't Eat for Winter details the fundamental natural reason why this is the case and, using this little secret from nature, gives people a simple and easy method, known as The DEFoW Diet, to shed weight and be full of energy without ever beinghungry.If you are fed up with trying diet after diet, only to be miserable and pile back on the pounds straight away, arm yourself with this knowledge so that you can get down to your ideal weight and stay there indefinitely, without unnecessary torture.At 40, I am now in the best shape of my life. All that I have learnt along my five-year journey from obese to world champion and beyond is contained within this book, and I want to share this knowledge with you, to save you the hardships I went through. With this knowledge, you will increase your energy levels, build your body-confidence and self-esteem, maximise the results of your activities and improve your quality of life.
Age range 9 to 12Warning! This book may contain some of the following. . . Men with huge heads! Nervous hamsters! Stoopid people! Free money! Ducks, genies, and crime-solving fish! A voucher for eternal youth! Daft drawings, ridiculous rhymes, and weird creatures! Rubbish clowns, rubbish ghosts, and rubbish in dust bins! The secret to life-long happiness! Hairy things and guitar-playing ferrets! To find out which of these are contained inside, do read this book, do try and enjoy it, but don't put Dave in the microwave!
Don't Think of a Black Cat is a practical NLP "user's guide" for coaches and performers alike. Performance is vital these days in sport, business, performing arts, and across a wide variety of life-related situations. NLP and other techniques associated with performance psychology are explained and explored with practical examples and thought-provoking exercises - all designed to help build and enhance a toolkit of personal skills both for yourself and your colleagues, clients and players.
WHEN WE LEAVE THINGS UNFINISHED IN OUR LIVES, IT IS NOT ONLY OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT GETS MESSY.Our minds too become congested with leftover projects that rattle around in our heads impinging on our consciousness and leaving us feeling frustrated and guilty. We must learn to Feng Shui our minds and de-clutter. What we need are clear guidelines on whether we should even start a project and then how to make sure that we bring it through to a satisfactory completion. Not to do so, hasimplications for our health, our relationships and our destiny.Completion is the natural order of things and we owe it to ourselves as creative beings to follow this natural cycle to the very end. This book explores the pitfalls along the path to completion and givesclear examples on how to keep on track.BY GETTING INTO THE HABIT OF COMPLETING WE FREE OURSELVES TO GO ON TO GREATER THINGS
Literary Nonfiction. Marc Olmsted, a young poet, wrote to Allen Ginsberg in 1972 and was surprised to receive a reply from one of America's most important poets. This letter began a friendship that lasted for decades, taking Olmsted on a journey through the literary world. In this, his memoirs, Olmsted details the turbulent events of his own life, which include sex with Ginsberg, filming William S. Burroughs, and encounters with other important counterculture figures. This "scrapbook" contains previously unpublished poems by Ginsberg, scanned letters and postcards by the poet, and photos, paintings, and posters collected by Olmsted during their friendship.
Don McCullin (born 1935) has photographed dramas of everyday life in his home city of London as well as in the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. This publication features 130 works, including social documentary work in England, the Berlin Wall series, award-winning pieces on war and famine, and more.
Don't Give Up Too Soon: 10 Ways to Help You ReSET Your Energy, Mindset, Wellness & Tranquility, author, wellness coach and positive motivation trainer Tinesha Boswell, provides a powerful spiritual guide--proven to improve your mindset and reduce stress levels caused by life, poor lifestyle and restore what has been missing; "The Missing Peace".As a Mom and woman with diabetes, Tinesha knew that she had to find a way to maintain a positive attitude and healthy lifestyle. Over the years, she developed a daily routine around her core values to help her be mindful, choose healthy habits and build her core strength from the inside out.In this book, Tinesha's "Completion Strategy" will help you: Replace negative self-talk with meaningful content Set intentions to focus on the areas of your life that require nurturing Take simple steps each day to maintain health and wellness Find the courage to remove destructive habits By developing a positive mindset that focuses on Mind, Body, and Tranquility, you will be empowered to make personal declarations that reflect your new life. You will be inspired to take actionable steps and celebrate your wins. Tinesha's guide is an excellent tool to help you refocus your energy, causing you to change your attitude and altitude for years to come. "Don't curse your past, don't nurse your past, don't live in the past, don't rehearse your past, but in all things allow God to reverse your past."
I was going along on this journey and came to notice that I had no joy, nor did I have the ability to create happiness for myself. My life could have been described using the first stanza of Sade's song "Soldier of Love." The lyrics are, "I've lost the use of my heart, but I'm still alive." My heart had been snuffed out, and I felt helpless and depleted. I was numb. Life will bring its stuff, and I want to help with the process of being prepared when the tornadic winds blow. This book will provide some tools needed for building your permanent plan to fulfill the purpose and help gain a clear understanding about what it will take to become unstuck, walk in freedom and be the prolific human being you were created to be.
