Mark is a high school student with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. Unfortunately, his family has never accepted his diagnoses because his disabilities are seemingly not visible. But for Mark, being neurodiverse is a challenge he knows will never go away, despite his parents' wishes that it would. Mark leads others into his thought processes as he rebels against his parents' beliefs and bravely faces his challenges with help from a friendly neighbor, teachers, and a counselor. While his family alienates him, Mark learns to speak and read at the same level as his peers, all while feeling isolated, confused, and craving the unconditional love he should receive. Even as his world slowly becomes more manageable, Mark must still deal with the unhappiness he feels every time he enters his house and realizes that his family does not accept him, just as he is. Will he ever receive the acceptance he desires and needs or will Mark be forced to battle the same challenges for his entire life? Marks of a Changing City is the story of a young man's struggles with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia as he searches for acceptance from his family.
Marks has found new, unexpected support changing how he views his previous situation. Mark is starting to find more people who are allies and offer their help to him so he can work on reaching his goals. This is a story focusing on how different thought processes react to a situation changing in an unexpected manner. Learn about how new support can be found and the impact it can have in changing a person's viewpoint. Mark works to show how different actions, even if seen as being supportive, can cause various impacts to those around him. He works to communicate how he is feeling with the situation changing around him as he is learning more about those who he considers his family and who might become part of his chosen family. He is getting support and finding a new home, but how will past experiences impact the new life Mark finds himself in. Finding people who understand him and are willing to support him on his own is a new experience for Mark but one he is working on learning. News of the past and what impacts Mark causes new feelings and emotions to appear that he is slowly working through and finding support and allies that will help him. Marks of a Changing Situation is the story of a person who is autistic, ADHD, and dyslexic as he tries to find out how to feel and react to new situations. Will the new support he has suddenly found around him help Mark to find out what to do, or will it cause him to collapse?
Society has an insatiable appetite for simplicity and for solutions. More often than not this creates problems rather than solves them because policymakers become caught up in the narrative of miracle cures for complex problems.Tough policy issues like the drugs trade, climate change and gang crime cannot be solved by a silver bullet, and yet the rhetoric of contemporary policymakers and politicians suggests they can. If we accept the world is complex, uncertain and unpredictable then we have to adapt our current approach to policy making.Connecting the Dots offers and approach premised on learning and adaptation, which demands that politicians and policymakers be prepared to embrace uncertainty and complexity. This pamphlet aims to lay the foundations for a new deliberative framework; one that is suited to dealing withcomplex issues that are unbounded in time, scope and resources. It examines some of today's most intractable policy issues--illicit drugs in Mexico, London gang crime and climate change - and makes the links that will help policymakers approach such problems in a way that will achieve realistic and lasting change."--P. 4 of cover.
Mark is a high school student with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. Unfortunately, his family has never accepted his diagnoses because his disabilities are seemingly not visible. But for Mark, being neurodiverse is a challenge he knows will never go away, despite his parents’ wishes that it would. Mark leads others into his thought processes as he rebels against his parents’ beliefs and bravely faces his challenges with help from a friendly neighbor, teachers, and a counselor. While his family alienates him, Mark learns to speak and read at the same level as his peers, all while feeling isolated, confused, and craving the unconditional love he should receive. Even as his world slowly becomes more manageable, Mark must still deal with the unhappiness he feels every time he enters his house and realizes that his family does not accept him, just as he is. Will he ever receive the acceptance he desires and needs or will Mark be forced to battle the same challenges for his entire life? Marks of a Changing City is the story of a young man’s struggles with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia as he searches for acceptance from his family.
Part intimate profile, part detailed discography, this music compilation explores the life and work of Tori Amos, one of the most prolific alternative rock artists of the past few decades. Known for her piano-driven music and emotional, intense lyrics that delve into such topics as sexuality, religion, and personal tragedy, Amos has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. The artistic process behind the creation of these albums is revealed through exclusive interviews with people who worked alongside her in the studioone of her producers, sound engineers, and backing band membersand included is an analysis of her choice to break away from the traditional rules of the recording industry and forge her own path and musical identity. From her days as a young piano prodigy and her first band to her many years as a solo artist and her extensive touring and recording, the in-depth research into the personal influence behind Amoss music complements the chronicle of her professional career.
“An outstanding book.”—James Sexton “A welcome and necessary update of the life of one of the twentieth century's most provocative intellectuals.”—Dana Sawyer A rich and lucid account of Aldous Huxley’s life and work. Aldous Huxley was one of the twentieth century’s most prescient thinkers. This new biography is a rich and lucid account that charts the different phases of Huxley’s career: from the early satirist who depicted the glamorous despair of the postwar generation, to the committed pacifist of the 1930s, the spiritual seeker of the 1940s, the psychedelic sage of the 1950s—who affirmed the spiritual potential of mescaline and LSD—to the New Age prophet of Island. While Huxley is still best known as the author of Brave New World, Jake Poller argues that it is The Perennial Philosophy, The Doors of Perception, and Island—Huxley’s blueprint for a utopian society—that have had the most cultural impact.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition offers a user-friendly, authoritative survey of terms and constructs that are important to understanding research in second language acquisition (SLA) and its applications. The Encyclopedia is designed for use as a reference tool by students, researchers, teachers and professionals with an interest in SLA. The Encyclopedia has the following features: * 252 alphabetized entries written in an accessible style, including cross references to other related entries in the Encyclopedia and suggestions for further reading * Among these, 9 survey entries that cover the foundational areas of SLA in detail: Development in SLA, Discourse and Pragmatics in SLA, Individual Differences in SLA, Instructed SLA, Language and the Lexicon in SLA, Measuring and Researching SLA, Psycholingustics of SLA, Social and Sociocultural Approaches to SLA, Theoretical Constructs in SLA. * The rest of the entries cover all the major subdisciplines, methodologies and concepts of SLA, from "Accommodation" to the "ZISA project." Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition is an invaluable resource for students and researchers with an academic interest in SLA.
short sto·ry NounA story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. Synonymsnovelette - novel - tale - narrative
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