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RICHARD DASKAM
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There is no compromise either at the school level which is bound to Federal Laws and procedures due to the Federal Grant monies or in the workplace which operates at low efficiency due to the absenteeism or work ethic.
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The Indian outsources were told that intellectual material was protected by copyright and could be used as free material. The Indian companies were not convinced due to their cultural beliefs, they only responded when their contracts were about to be pulled unless compliance occured. One telling occurance was the entry of Gerber into the African economy. The Africans do not read the ingredients, and were abhored by the pictures of babies on the jars, they assumed that this represented the contents and not a bottle was sold. Bad research concerning the cultural differences between the two concerns. Anthropoligists have destroyed… >>>
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I have found that changing the value of a Cultural nature extremly difficult if not impossible. I was once asked to prepare a paper that described the method that I would use to reeducate Indian, Oriental culture that would reorientate these countries and align them with American values concerning copyright and ownership of intellectual information. If you have any way of changing ingrained Cultural response, please enlighten this humble person.
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A contributing factor in retention that can go unnoticed and therefore unaddressed is the effect of cultural upbringing and the importance in their lives. As an educator whose demographics include a large population of Mexican American and Native Americans students, I have noticed the following scenario occur over and over.
The best students, being totally aware of missed classes and the effects on their education, will miss school to be at the side of sick or ailing relatives to the exclusion of concern for damage to their educational career. There is no alternative in their choice assessment
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