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Parents Make the Best and Worst Coaches

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Abstract Some parents think they are coaches, and then some parents are coaches. This case study examines a specific instance of a parent coaching his own child and presents the problems that accompany that situation. As the head coach of the Ellerton Trojans football team, Mike Rollins coached h...

Social Problems in the Age of Discontent: A Manual for Sociological Thinking

Author(s): PETER MARINA

Tired of boring rubrics that turn the university education into a “rubrication” trapping you into a mass produced education? Tired of uncritical “critical” lectures of predictability. Weary of professors stating the obvious, or assigning books that state the obvious? Skeptical of other professors...

Breaking Bad News in the Provider-Recipient Context: Understanding the Hesitation to Share Bad News from the Sender's Perspective

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Sample Arguably, information represents the most critical commodity in healthcare settings. Providers and recipients both require timely and accurate information to make the best decisions regarding the recipient’s care. Unfortunately, health outcomes are not always positive. Healthcare providers...

Linear Algebra

Author(s): Kaiming Zhao

This book is intended as a textbook for a one-term undergraduate second linear algebra course which prepares students for both applied mathematics and pure mathematics, in particular, for Galois Theory. The students are assumed to have some knowledge on calculus, linear systems, determinates and mat...

Relationship Wreckage and Recovery in an Alcoholic Family

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Abstract The Browns seemed to be a typical family. Thomas and Lily met in college and later fell in love. They married, had two children, and were financially secure. The Browns, however, had a secret: Thomas could not control his drinking. Ultimately Thomas’s problem became public. This case stu...

Geology of National Parks for the University of Texas, Austin

Author(s): Elizabeth Catlos

The National Parks of the United States preserve our nation’s iconic landscapes and some of the finest examples of geologic heritage. From glaciers to caves, volcanoes to canyons, or mountains to coral reefs, the nation’s geologic features and landforms have been an important part of the American ex...

Talking Themselves Into Sobriety: The Persuasive Power of Self-Narratives

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Sample When I was teaching a course in interpersonal communication some years ago, I used an example of something I had said to myself about myself, and saw students’ heads nodding knowingly in response. When I asked them about it, many of the students told me that they were aware, too, of that ‘...