Are we dissatisfied with life?  I remember graduation from eighth grade and having all these big plans what I was going to do with life.   I was going to be this famous model and write a book about the exciting life that I was going to live.  In my eighth grade, I stood about six feet two and weigh about one hundred seventy five pounds. 

No way was this lady going to be a model, so I settled for second best.  I never tried to lose weight and go to college to become a famous model.  Never had the drive inside myself to do that with myself and, so my dreams were pushed into the background. 

Was I dissatisfied with life?  I never really thought about it until recently.  We had the usual married life with three children and money problems up to the hill.  Did I try to improve our situation or did I just sit there and complained?  You guessed it; I sat there and took whatever life had to hand to me.

This was not much because I have had five or six different jobs and there was something wrong with each one.  I complained that I was bored doing them, never got enough money, and never like the work since it was, so hard to do. 

I loved the man I married and we had several arguments before he passed away in 1996 of diabetics.  I was left as a single mothers with three children and I was scared to death of being alone and responsible for three children.  They are grown now and they still live with me or should I say we all live together in one side of a duplex.

What did I want out of life?  I wanted a man to take care of me and friends to have in my life, so that I could share my life with them.  I could share my life with them and they could share their life with me. You know friends always have your back.

I am dissatisfied that I never did what God wanted me to do with my life and that was to be a famous writer.  God had plans for me to write books that would stir people in his direction and they would start to follow His Way of life. 

Is it too late for me to start?  I am still breathing, so I am going to write a book about love and lies that turn this one little lady into following God.  She did something with her life when she became dissatisfied with her life.  She changed her life for the better and she started to live the life that God had planned for her.

Are you dissatisfied with your life?  Are you going to change your life or leave it like it is?  Are you going to follow God’s Way for your life?

What does bother me, though, is when I walk down the street, ride a bus, go to school, or even get on the computer, I see and hear the English language get slaughtered. We’ve all seen it: Simple words get abbreviated to the point they are almost unrecognizable. It’s almost as if we are to learn a new code for the English language just to keep up! Log on to Facebook right now, or any other social networking site, and just read the status updates of some of your friends for just a moment. Notice anything peculiar? People are beginning to write numbers in with their words to shorten them, they are using symbols to make the words have more meaning, and they “be talkin’ lik diz pho no reasun,” even though we all know that they went through school like the rest of us. What pains me the most is that this is becoming more and more widespread.

It used to be that the type of conversation listed above was actually considered a dialect of the English language, but today people will talk like that to try and act cool, or “gangsta,” as if it is cool to completely destroy a language well over a thousand of years in the making. Language changes all the time, but it isn’t often that languages degrade from something so proper, as it was even 40 years ago, to what it is today. I don’t really have a problem with slang, since all languages will have it, but it is when slang becomes a part of normal conversation with strangers, candidates running for office(referring to questions posed towards delegates from the crowd), or people talking in the work place, that I have a problem with it. Chances are, if you wouldn’t talk to your mother that way, you probably shouldn’t talk to the rest of the world that way, either.

I guess you could consider me old-fashioned at times when it comes to language, since I tend to try and follow much of the English language from years ago(anywhere from post-Shakespeare to pre-60’s), but it still irks me when I see just how bad it is getting in the area that I live. I do blame some of the music that is coming out on the radio nowadays, since you hear more people singing along to it, not having a problem with the way the people are talking. I also have a problem with the over-use of cursing in modern English. I find it useful to curse every once and a while, it may relieve anger and stress in situations that warrant their use, but when they are used in regular conversation like any other vocabulary word that they lose their power. Personally, in my mind, people who curse too much actually seem dirty, and come off as a bit trash. I could rant on and on about how much I dislike the changing English language, but I think I will give you all a break. I will just end with this: I am fearful of where the language will be in the next 30 years. I fear that books, neigh, new Ipods, Kindles, or Nooks of the time will have books written completely in the fashion I stated before. Guess I’ll just have to stick to the classics after all. If you have any comments, concerns, or opinions, please feel free to comment, and as always, thanks for reading.

In these modern times, the old hat is in dyer need of repair.  While Obama is using the old school of three folds, the modern way of political mumbo jumbo is to simply be honest with the people and use no mumbo jumbo at all.  What is a three fold you may ask?  A three fold is simply this.  You create an issue, you comment positively on that issue, and then you claim your opponent is against that issue.  Are we really falling for that old gag?

Next in the Obama old school of politics, we have the hit list, or as the Obama machine puts it, their enemy list.  this is a list of people who might be helping any opponent.  The machine in theory will attack these individuals, drudging up their past and their troubles. This is not to crush anyone, but to make them weary through intimidation.  What Obama does not realize, is by doing this, makes those against his politics, stronger.  These folks who are practicing their freedom rights, are laughing at these old tactics.

Last but never the least, Obama is using the old smoke and mirrors  he always tried in his past.  By tossing out issues not relevant to Americans, he hopes to change the real issues, or at least hide them.  The economy he will never talk about, the gasoline prices he wont address, but he will bring up anything else with the hop to change the focus. 

It is time to update the tired routine Mr. President.  The American people are not buying your chatter any longer.  You want votes, try doing something honest for the people.  Saying you are for Gay rights, but never doing anything about them, is shameful.  Your tactics are tiresome and all the Hollywood communists money can’t help you.  You see, honesty wins over indecency every time.  If you want to win, stop the rhetoric and the old tricks, and try doing something with substance.We cannot possibly dig out of this mess you have made for us.  I guess you did lie and it is politics as usual. 

If you liked this article, try reading “America’s Glitch,”  It exposes all the tricks Obama has been using since before the last election.

               Before we get into the controversy behind these explosives, let’s learn some history behind them. Prior to this event, Adolf Hitler had killed himself and Germany surrendered, but the Japanese were still fighting. Roosevelt had been devising ways for the U.S. to get Japanese compliance in a peaceful matter, but he died in office before getting far enough. Truman now took office and authorized a secret organization for the development of an atomic bomb (known as the Manhattan Project), and planned on using it. Since Germany was no longer at war with us, Japan was to be the victim. Choosing which cities to plot was a difficult decision, but it was finally decided that Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be prime targets because they were virtually untouched by any other air raid that had occurred until that time. The bombs were dropped on each city, three days apart, killing between 100-300k civilians in all, and leaving both cities in rubble and radiation stricken. We did this because the U.S. wanted unconditional surrender from Japan, which we did, and believe it or not, it wasn’t even a controversial issue until after the war ended.

                Some people claim that the bombing was a necessary step to winning World War II. The first reason they think this is because Truman convinced the country that it was the best option! It was effective for getting unconditional surrender from Japan, and for lessening U.S. casualties by avoiding an invasion. It was something ‘quick, easy, and effective.’ Another view point is that, we created it, why not have us be the very first to use it? It’s our right! It’s said that if it wouldn’t have been dropped on Japan, then it would have destroyed Germany, either way, the bomb’s use would be inevitable. Lastly, it’s justified in total war, which is being involved in a war that cannot be won without warfare of some kind, the enemy being completely destroyed. 

               While some think it was fine to use the atomic bomb, others disagree. Some people think that it was totally unnecessary to use it and that there were other ways to win the war. We could have invaded the main Japanese island, though having more casualties, or we could have used a blockade tactic on Japanese harbors. We could have also bombed military bases, keeping civilians out of the destruction. Not only that, but the long-term effects were worse than the benefits. More peaceful methods could have been used instead of this immoral uranium-based killer, and besides that, it lead to the arms race! The Cold War was costly and completely useless to have gotten involved in.

                I believe that the atomic bomb should never have been used on Japan. The first reason I say this is because our president wasn’t being entirely honest. Before putting the Manhattan Project into action, President Truman had sent a letter to Einstein about the atomic bomb. Einstein replied, stating that while it would be a phenomenal technological advancement, it would have to be used once it was created, no matter what. And boy was he right. As stated earlier, if not Japan, Germany would have taken the hit from the bomb. Also, when Truman’s diary was discovered in 1979, he wrote that though he’d gotten many attempts from Japan to surrender on fair terms, he was unwilling to barter. With Japan’s German allies defeated, Japan was weakening rapidly. Robert Messer, a historian from  the University of Illinois concludes that “prior to November 1st, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.” We also could have specified our ‘unconditional surrender.” The reason they were unwilling to surrender was because they thought they were going to lose their emperor. We could have simply stated that they could keep their emperor (much like we did after the War).That would have been faster and easier to do. Dropping the Atomic Bomb wasn’t seen as immoral until after the war; but wouldn’t it have been obvious that the bomb was a problem if Roosevelt wanted peace instead? All Japan wanted was a way out, and Truman stubbornly ignored them.

                Each arguing side has their reasons to believe they are right in the debate of the dropping of the atomic bomb, but in reality, it was ridiculous to use it. We could have restated our unconditional surrender to let them know they could keep their emperor. We could have not ignored their peace offerings, and we had other tactics we could have used! The long-term effects on Japan just weren’t worth it. We could have easily used other strategies! But instead, we killed hundreds of thousands of people, put unneeded radiation into our atmosphere, and opened the gate to the Cold War. Dropping the atomic bomb surely wasn’t our brightest move, but the past is the past and we can’t change it now. But we could have avoided the hurt and the hate towards America and also avoided the danger of nuclear weapons. These are only some of the reasons why I believe that the atomic bomb shouldn’t have been used, and should never be used again. Bombing for peace is like having sex for virginity, it just doesn’t make any sense.

Introduction

Learning and change is aimed at improving different sectors in developing countries. “ Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes”.(COB, 2011) Humans beings are gifted creations who above all the created animals, they have the ability to learn, understand and integrate the information in their environment to exert change. It’s also clear that “learning has the power to enable individuals and organizations to fulfill their personal and collective goals and ambitions ”(Sandler-Smith, 2006). Change takes place when learning has occurred. It gives proof that learning has taken place. Change means doing things in a different way that we have never done them before or rather doing something that has never been done before. When we learn and change occurs then we are satisfied that knowledge has been passed across. “It is through learning that we can acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes that may enable us to function and perform more efficiently and effectively” (Sandler-Smith, 2006). Knowledge therefore helps us put ideas in use and come up with positive results. In long gone days, context was produced by instructors to produce change in the behavior of learners. Learning can be grouped into two. (Clerk, 2004)states that informal learning is any knowledge passed in not an organized manner, no curriculum followed , no specific instructor and in no specific organization, while formal learning includes all the above and much more. Informal learning is almost accidental, like getting information from your colleague or rather overhearing a group of your colleagues discussing an idea which you did not intend to find out. Formal learning include going to classes, seminars, forums and even to be online informed. Formal learning is intentional and at the end of it there is a specific goal that one wants to achieve, unlike, unlike in the informal setup.

In this study I consider how the media industry in Nigeria is employing readily available technology to enhance learning in their sectors. Moreover, the study explores how technology enhances learning and increases dynamism in developing countries.

TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS.

In developing countries like Nigeria, we have small enterprises like media houses and other small businesses. (OYELARAN & LAI, 2004)Notes that developing countries are learning how to integrate technology in their core capabilities and this requires skills which are learnt before these people in the developing countries can use these skills efficiently. Learning capabilities, the level of a technology that is being introduced, the firm’s or company’s knowledge on the new technology has largely affected integration of technology in running of day to day activities in developing countries. Non formal learning is the most common way of people to get used and start using any new technology in these countries. Compared to their counterparts in the already developed countries, formal and oversees training is done and this explains why there is an increase in technological complexity. ICT largely relates with excellence of telecommunication. According to firms that do well in the world, they combine core and General Purpose Technologies which are essential in the normal running of an organization computerization and adopting electric tools in firms have led to improved skills and thus a more rapid growth and good profits.

Use of digital technology has led to production of good quality products, and these goods are sold at very cheap prices. The use of electric tools has led to a new type of interest that has led to competition amongst firms. Use of computers in production has led to faster production and flexibility in production. This has been made possible because of knowledge and skills that come around because of learning. Electric business technologies by high speed computers and a well improved telecommunications has resulted to subsidized costs and high profits are being realized by firms

Learning and change

Learning for change is a purposeful action which is emotionally insinuated .Emotions are helped by logic and right reasoning to guide them to intended  positive change. In informal learning the student has already set targets which have not been manifested unlike in formal learning where by the instructor has to set up goals to benefit the student and meet the targets of the organization. In informal learning the learner has the outline of the plan or the theory he intends to use in mind unlike in formal learning.

Knowledge is the backbone of the modern world of economy today. Say for example, the role that information technology plays is adored in the business world today. It is such knowledge that has been developed to enhance change in respective fields as in for businesses.

“A firms ability to learn may be its only competitive advantage” (kelly, 2008) The more an organization learns her customers the more they are able to know their preferences and come up with better ideas that they put in practice to come up with better products that will satisfy their customers and in so doing, more efficient will be their services.  This will enhance their productivity in the economy thus an organization succeeds in most of its endeavors.

Learning can be divided into two branches according to (Continuing medical education:Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education, 1998)Self directed learning

“The first model, categorized to as the self directed curriculum, consists of three stages.

·         Stage 1–learning is directed towards understanding and estimating personal levels of need to learn in order to adopt a change in practice

·         Stage 2–energies are applied to learning the new competencies needed to practice differently

·         Stage 3–learning is organized around the problems of using new skills, altering the practice environment, or adapting the new way of practice to increase the goodness of fit.”

Self directed learning therefore focuses on three key issues which have been termed as stages of learning. First of all an individual needs to understand the case and the need to learn about it in order to synthesize the procedures to change. These procedures will include adopting new skills changing the normalcy of procedures to gain positivity. Understanding a case equals compiling a solution and will definitely bring change  

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

 (IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)Argues that the education system in  Nigeria is rooted in traditional system of pre colonial days. Education was vocational. Farming, weaving, blacksmithing pot making medicine men and hunting were the main things that were taught then. Apprenticeship was the main mode of learning and without noticing it science and technology was practiced then. These training went hand in hand with the societal needs of Nigeria. Essentially, the science that was regarded as informal and indigenous was practiced in the pre-colonial era. It was stimulating, informative and useful. It provided a lead way for understanding, interpreting and relating with the world and nature. The limitations however are numerous especially in its inability to provide adequate scientific explanations for causes and events observed in the natural world. The science practice lacked documentation and it was conservative and authoritarian.

Missionaries are responsible for the coming of western education in Nigeria. It is in this perspective that science and technology reformed to be refined. This era has been characterized by discoveries, inventions and innovations. Western technology also paved its way to the schools and colleges of Nigeria which has served as a tool for acceleration of the development of national goals.

Science and technology allows students to experience richness of content and excitement as they engage in research, critical thinking and practical. It has largely helped in inventing procedures that help in problem solving science and technology facilitates industrial development.

Science and Technology in the National Education Policies of Nigeria.

Science and technology has been embraced in the education system of Nigeria. Policies were put in place to encourage science and technology in educational systems. The government empowered early childhood education, education, basic education, senior secondary education technical and scientific education and tertiary education by including science and technology in their curriculums. By including since and technology in their curriculum, Nigeria wanted to achieve the following according to (IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)  

a). A free and democratic society

b) a just and egalitarian society

c). a great and dynamic economy

d). a land full of bright opportunities for all citizens.

 The government provided infrastructure and the facilities needed to make sure that science and technology was being taught in educational institutions. It was to improve relevance of education, it reduced the rate of shall drop outs and improved acquisition of life skills. Emphasis was laid on communication techniques and entrepreneurial skills.

(IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)”Government initiated the National Policies on; Science and Technology, Information and Technology, Biotechnology, Space and so forth. In addition, there are research institutes like the African Institute for Science and Technology (AIST) and the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education (CSSTE), policy making bodies and curriculum development agencies like the Centre for Comparative and Adaptation Study (CESAC), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), We also have National Councils like Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), and the National Council on Science and Technology (NCST), boards on technical and science education like the National Board on Technical Education (NBTE), associations like the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN). They all contribute immensely towards science and technology education development.”

Learning in media technology in Nigeria and other developing countries.

Uses of ICTs have been considered a good thing but in some developing countries like Fiji and Philippines, ICTs have not been embraced and this inhibits the appreciation of ICTs. There are also fears that internets and T.V could ruin the morals of their society. It is clear that the concept of using technology in these areas is not yet clear.

Even though these societies view ICT in this manner they still have a place for it because they still consider it to be very appropriate.

ICT is seen as the big survival tool in this and the coming century

It enhances efficiency in work places,

Ease of social communication provided by it has solved the problem of transportation

With the technology in hand, ICT, has helped in solving socio economic problems

There is sharing of ideas in our institutions with other institutions around the world to keep each other updated on what is new in developments.

It has helped to monitor crime in our society’s e.g. the surveillance cameras

Usage of ICT can put Africa in the position to compete with it European counterparts.

The future of education depends on ICT

ICT promotes efficiency of distant learning.

Challenges

Nigeria faces ignorance about how important ICT is

Poverty that has led Nigerians to think that computers are unnecessary luxury.

Poor maintenance of the available technology that bring about wastage of resources

Their infrastructure is poor and they don’t have efficient support base like electricity and telephone systems.

In these developing countries, ICT is done by private sectors with some support from the government.

Media convergence in developing countries especially in Nigeria

 Media convergence has seen mass communication outlets coming together for one goal. Printing, telecast, radios, internet, along with the rest of the technologies have come together to tell stories and pass information including entertainment. Currently, customers can now select how, when where they want to access particular information. Seven types of convergence include    (AEONPLUS, 2011) notes that Corporate Convergence (as in joint ventures) between telecom and media companies

2.      The branching out of a traditional print operation into internet publishing or audio/video mobile;

3.      Reverse publishing from web to print;

4.     Production processes, where content is co-ordinated or shared;

5.      The convergence of skills set of previously segregated specialist media practitioner – whether reporter, news editor, or production personnel;

6.     Convergence of media consumer devices: e.g. the camera-cell phone or computers being used to watch video broadcasts; and

7.      The coming together of producer and consumer functions – the audience generating media (content).”

The second branch Is the Organizational learning where by individuals in an organization bring together their potential power of what they know in order to come up with a new way of doing things in that particular organization. This helps knowledge to grow in an organization. An organization that is in an continuous process of learning increases its potential of collaboration not only within itself but also is connected to other relevant organizations outside and favorable people that help it in planting its roots even deeper into the society .

Learning should give the students opportunity to create, solve problems on their own, develop reasoning ability, improve how they communicate, critical and creative skills.(KELLY, 2008) Continues to argue that learning is not only needed for winning circumstances but also we need it to survive. While in a business setup, you will meet different people with different lifestyles and preferences, the environment is bound to change and no one is an exception to competition as new ideas enter the market and also new technologies arise and are experienced. To survive this, learning and research cannot be escaped.

Why would human beings need change anyway? According to the hierarchy of needs, human beings are ever in a state of want. After one achieves something, he gets into another project that is higher than the previous one. Human beings always want to be better than what they were yesterday and that is why those people who succeed more are the self motivated because they love to read and research. As they read they learn more and therefore they are motivated. They their jobs or what they do. When someone loves his job, it means that the output will be in a big quantity, exciting and that person will find it easy to do certain things that he has learnt about. Things appear easy to handle because of the exposure that one gets when he is learning about something in a particular field. Kelly proves that when one learns he gets adverse knowledge in particular field. This knowledge helps an individual to render better services than before and as we saw above, one is able to stand new challenges of change in customers, technology, competitions and many more.

By learning we discover new ideas that keep us updated on the environment around us. New ideas, give new opportunities thus success in the tackled field. Increased production is evident as people get to enjoy more profit and maximize available resources and capital. Without learning and research, one is bound to failure. Learning helps one to improve on the quality goods and services that he or she offers. This helps one to curb up competition. Competition when taken positively is good for any firm or organization for it keeps people on toes.

We take the role of the government of Korea as our case study in industrial development issues. The government of Korea came up with a policy which favored the industries to thrive. Its efforts to the technological learning of Korea both directly and indirectly and in doing this they strengthened their competitiveness in the international market. (Linsu, 1984)He argues that competitive market provides a ground where by innovation of new products are created and new process adopted to sustain strong links in the market. Linsu proceeds to say that science and technology are the main policies that a government should adopt so as to develop and this can only be achieved through learning. He goes on to realize the importance of indigenous technologies which he says that without it is almost impossible for industries to grow. Government policies on technology lies in how the technology of a certain country assimilates imported technology in its mechanism of production. A country should be able to diffuse technology from abroad in its economy and industries at large for it to upgrade its economy.

If imported technologies are to be adopted by a firm in a certain country, then the technology will only be limited to a particular area causing monopoly thus the technology will not effectively serve the whole environment. These types of technologies should be shared widely in an economy of a country and in firms so that its benefits can be maximized.

After country has adopted abroad technology, using what they have, i.e., indigenous technology, they should be able to make necessary adjustments, improve it or invent one of its type on their own to call it theirs. They can mimic these products through their own research; they might come up with something even better than what it was previously. This will ensure that a country is competitive enough and sooner or later it might catch up with other countries who are miles ahead of it.

” Medical education, particularly continuing medical education (CME), has been greatly influenced by studies of adult learning. The observation that it is not teaching but learning that leads doctors to change their practice has resulted in a shift in perspective: rather than education being regarded as instruction, it is regarded as facilitation of learning. This paradigm shift has been based on research into how and why doctors change their practice and into the role of learning in that process” (Continuing medical education: Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education, 1998)education in the medical field  that has largely continued in some parts of the world like North America has improved medical services as compared to common elements that were practiced in the 1980s.Common elements include instructional methods that were carefully followed by the students from the lecturers, applying the right method of doing things and having the right material of which this led to no more discoveries and inventions were made in the medical field. Learning was therefore adopted in the medical field to enhance change in the medical field. Common medical elements were based on the procedures that facilitated education and learning which were connected to self directed curriculums, tiny group interactions and organizational learning.

Another challenge of learning and change in medical field is how the changes will be taken and how it will be adopted into the system. There are reasons why doctors would want to learn more to bring change. These reasons include

·         Their professional targets

·         Their social and cultural background

·         Their curiosity

·         To earn more money and prestige

·         Maturity in a career, especially in old age

·         A challenge especially from their patients and their workmates and also if the institution they work in embrace invention and exploitation in the medical field.

The bigger the challenge the tougher the invention and so he will need one  to research and read more extensively and the simpler the challenge the easier it is going to be for them to handle the challenge..

There are some guidelines that help the doctors in the innovation process. These guidelines include,

·         Complexity of the innovation, which will help the doctor to know how deep his research will be and what he is required of him.

·         Practices and procedures that already exist will help the individual to achieve whatever he plans to achieve.

·         He should also put the idea or the new invention into experimentation before he adopts it into the real field/practice.

·         He should also try to find out if his innovation goes hand in hand with the already existing procedures by other professionals in the his field .

(Webber, April 30th1999)Argued that it is one different thing to learn about something and it is another thing when we come to the stage of implementing the change itself. He says that people have been worked up when trying to bring about change. Webber interviewed one of professors in Cambridge MIT campus (Peter Senge) and what he said was accurately analyzed as follows;

Most leadership that exists today is meant to fail because their strategies are from the top .i.e., leadership in the office and not in the actual field. When there is such leadership, then productivity is meniscus.

He continues to state that the reason why there has not been more successful changes is because change is not just about resources, period, consultants, or intelligence or effort, but it is all in learning and knowledge.

The deepest explanation of failure to change is how this generation is undergoing change from one age to another one. How we think manifests itself in our actions. We do not think in the same way as others who came before us did. In about 200 years ago, the scholars of the time thought in a machine mind-set and it has affected our institutions and organizations even to date. From human run industries to machine run institutions. We view human beings as machines. Our organizations should be a paradise of community practice and not a place of inhumane treatment. During the ages of industrial revolution, company meant sharing something together but as time went by, companies became more money minded and faded out the idea of companionship that was enjoyed before and started to treat people like machines. Leaders have failed to understand that companies are the people and not the machines. Change is cultivated, it is not brought. Keep in mind that brought change is bound to fail.

The word leader is used in the wrong way to mean an executive; the person who heads everything. The ideal thought of a leader is someone who designs, who wouldn’t mind being in production, who would go as low as selling the products himself, who would provide services that are quality without complaining, who would warmly talk to customers just to mention but a few. In companies where there has been success, there were found no executives, only the local line leaders who were responsible. The favorable definition of a leader therefore is an individual who can produce change.

The best way to start creating change is to start little by little. Peter Senge, compares it to the growing of a seed.

Challenges are there to sustain quality leadership and therefore important attention should be paid to them to make sure that growth is evident. Senge maintains that challenges are natural and as they come to make it hard for us, we are motivated to work even harder to come up with solutions thus enrich the scope of knowledge which will help to enact and keep change.

(Trucano, 09 November 2011)Analyses impacts of ICT on a student’s achievements. He states that positivity of using ICT on students has not been evident yet as it is difficult analyzes its impact. This is because the user has no specific targets when using the technology. Generally, students who use the computer technology are seen to do better than those who don’t. Instructors and learners have greatly been motivated in learning activities. Students who have more access to computers are more confident when they use computers than those who don’t.Computers should be placed in the classroom where learning takes place than in separate rooms, to enable the students to use the computer more frequently therefore perfect their computer skills. Introduction to computers to students of younger age is not encouraged but the ripe age of introducing ICT  has not been stated yet.

A student who uses ICT technology has the ability to make independent  decisions unlike his counterparts.

According to (A.S.Hornby, 2010)he describes dynamism as having the energy to make new things happen. Learning and change as seen above can bring dynamism in developing countries. These countries should mimic what other countries did, benefit from their successes and learn from their mistakes and legacies. All these can only be achieved if learning and research is going to be a friend of the firms and organizations in the developing countries. “Social systems must learn to become capable of transforming themselves without intolerable disruption. In this ‘dynamic conservatism’ has an important place.” (sochon, 2011).based on the above argument on learning and change, learning models should be able to operate in a manner of permitting change to its environment. With the help of a favorable education in place, then positive change is experienced. A learning system should also help in maintain the identity of those people who belong to them as it as they bring change in third world countries lifestyle of these people. To Sochon, a firm is an internal area where learning systems cooperation for the purpose of change. If only third world countries would view this and put it in mind, then they would develop.” Research will not change minds or create lasting change, it will only support or refute a change that” is already taking place.

Learning, knowledge and technological change in development

Accumulation of technological capability i.e. knowledge, experience and skills in a firm produces positivity in innovation and organization. The more a firm learns the more its capability of doing better and the higher it assets of operation. A firm should have a certain level of a knowledge base about a technology even if knowledge in a firm comes from suppliers, subcontractors and the people who supply machinery to firms. Learning by doing is the most practiced way of learning in institutions. It doesn’t cost a cent, effortless and does not lead to any new innovations. Apprenticeship and equipment manufacturers are directly linked to learning process in a firm

Knowledge, skills and new technologies

There are an improved number of skilled workers in developing countries and already developed countries. This skill mostly arises from tertiary education. There has been noted growing wage inequality between skilled and non-skilled labor. This has its roots back in the industrial revolution days. Industries and firms prefer educated skills because this group does not need any training whatsoever and this is already an asset to the firm. To conclude, trained workforce gives the best than untrained workforce.

In technology skill complementarities, introduced IT in developing countries is very important for firms who have a target of producing both for internal and external consumption. Adoption of IT in these countries will motivate production per individual worker especially in electronic and machinery sectors. This will enhance the product’s quality. Massive training is advised for firms to get skills and upgrade on their knowledge.

How social networks and digital communication have contributed to learning and change

New social networks like face book and twitter provides a highway where people from around the world can meet and share ideas with a wide range of personalities from different continents good enough for them to debate. (Sreberny and Khiabany, 2010,P35) notes. No one can argue that this has been experienced all over the world. Urbanski (2010) who argues that the digital generation is no longer passive and that it demands to be part of the creation. This is evident in the way mobile devices are getting popular especially among the young generation. By purchasing sophisticated phones has also improved the role played by the social media both in developed and developing countries. Journalism has also promoted networking in one way or the other. Good journalists always listen research and observe and analyze the situation to come up with an idea that he shares with the whole world.

The revolution of digital communications in the last ten years has promoted technology to meet the growing population of the world’s need in the industry of communication and has filled the gap that existed between the developing and the already developed countries.

The wiki leaks story was the most advanced and controversial type of journalism ever experienced in today’s media. Its founder was Julian Assange which revealed big secrets and information it modern technology. Julian provoked condemnation by not respecting the ethics of journalists around the world and disrupting its diplomacy. This led him to be at loggerheads with his counterparts in the same profession.

The director of polis Charlie Beckett who was a journalist at BBC and ITN for 20 years has written a book the WIKILEAKS which explains the effect of wiki leaks and how it relates to the new forms of political communications like the social media in Arabia 

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 CONCLUSION

Science and technology through learning has provided a highway where man comes into contact with his environment and explains it, makes it better both to himself and his environment, science and technology drives the socioeconomic and educational transformations that focus on invention and innovation it sustains advancement and with it, no nation is expected to lag behind in development.

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Philosophically stating, living is a well-sculpted vicious circle towards acquiring knowledge of finding true happiness for oneself and everyone around us, too. It is a much wider concept than meets the eye. It is an art, the real art. 

A mere thought of achieving a great livelihood does not suffice unless backed by a keen desire to have a certain specific purpose of life. For a meaningful existence, focus on happiness beyond oneself as you can partner with the society you live in. Try hard to develop a deeper sense of understanding about the true concept of living.
True happiness comes as we shun our selfish desires and begin to attain a goodwill by aiding the helpless, needy, economically dependent people around us. Imagine how content you would be when you have helped someone with all your heart. No other feeling would ever replace it.

Every individual has a certain outlook of the purpose of their existence and thus, work within the framework which seems feasible. Challenge yourself to take the  different route and see how you really influence the world as you think beyond personal achievement. 
Life is not about wading past, but growing through it. The true art of living is not confined to a few predetermined standards of an individual, but to uplift the spirits of the socially and financially deprived people. It is about standing undeterred for the rights of people who cannot voice themselves. Enlighten the human race to make the world a better place to live in.
“Lives of great men all remind us,                                          We can make our lives sublime,                                                                                                                                       And, departing, leave behind us,                                          Footprints on the sands of time…”
Follow the major aspects of life viz., self-belief, self-confidence, constant readjustment with the changing circumstances. Be your own student, teacher,mentor, critic and an idealist in your own eye. Believe yourself to be following the right path, with a clear vision for the future and the world will follow. 
Conquer the fear of failure so as to attain a great livelihood. Prepare to learn the changing ideology and adapt accordingly with the challenges of life, there upon act without destroying your values. 
The true “ART OF LIVING” is to carve a niche for ourselves by erasing any sense of doubt of facing criticism. Going through the roller coaster ride of life, we prefer to avoid confrontations and stay calm when we are supposed to speak. In the present society, it is important to overcome the so-called stylized version of living and make an attempt to make others around us, happy. Only then can we begin to live and perfect the art of living as we may be then referred to as the saviors of Humanity. 
A sensible conclusion thus comes through the words of Carl Sandburg, “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful, lest you let other people spend it for you.”

I breath the air and I can’t sense the happiness.

I feel as if we are not satisfied!

We are not satisfied with what we have!

We can’t just have happiness! We cant just have love!

We cant just have joy!

We have to have war! We have to have violence!

We have to have greed! and yet we look each other

and say that we love one another.

You say that but that’s a lie!

If we loved each other there

wouldn’t be the need for war, there wouldn’t be a need to die.

There wouldn’t be a need for greed…… or a need to cry.

I look to the sky and i see the hatred.

And all the love that we say we have for each other is just wasted.

Wasted away like a wealthy family’s food.

Wasted like the fruit of our soul.

Wasted like our lives in war.

I look to the sky and i see the violence,

I smell the burning of peoples skin

I hear the screams of men and women of war

And what for? To say that we are going to win.

One day we will all be able to soar.

Soar through the high heights  of happiness.

Soar through the problems in our lives.

Soar through the lives we want to live.

But to get there… We must all,

Look to the sky!

One of the main things that i am all about as a person, is world peace! If i could have anything in the world it deffintly would be world peace, a lot of people say that world peace is impossible to accomplish, and i completly agree with that statment because as long as we have people that are thinking like that, then yes their wont ever be “peace on earth”. But if everyone in the world truly believed that we could accomplish world peace then we could deffintly achieve it. Most people look at it as a big picture and say oh thats gonna be a lot of work to make everyone be peaceful; it doesnt have to be like that. If you want to make a change in the world look at yourself and change who you are in yourself before you even attempt at changing something else in this world.

Another thing that i see as a big problem in todays society is that people are not grateful for what they have; they always look at it as if they always need something else, and its part of human nature to feel that way but if you make yourself stop and think for a moment, and say to yourself hey their are people out their that dont even have enough money to feed their familys or even themselves. Just saying that to myself makes me be thankful for all the things that i have in my life, including my family, my house, my friends, my teachers…, etc. A lot of people in under privledged countries or even people here in the United states don’t have the privledge to have some of these things, so all that i am saying is please be grateful for the things you have.

I am gonna some it up and leave it at this. “If you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make a change” (Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson) That is the truest statment i have ever heard in my entire life. If you guys are with me on changing the world, first change yourself and make the best person that you can be!

I Love you all!!

I was watching Access Hollywood because i was bored and i had nothing else to do but watch TV. I started watching it and all of a sudden they interepted the normal story and said “we have breaking news from UCLA medical center, singer Michael Jackson has died” My heart sank i couldnt breath the world around me started collapsing. Mid panic i ran down the stairs and screamed at my brother and sister to come up stairs. They ran up the stairs looked at the TV and said “so?” Thoughs words killed me i couldn’t believe they said that and i just couldn’t believe that he was acctually gone. I cried for hours i couldn’t handle it. All i could keep thinking was that he was such a good person and why would god take such an amazing person from this earth. Then it hit me i will make Michael proud and live the way he wanted to live.

  From that day i foward i started living the way Michael wanted the world to live, and the way i wanted to live from the beginning. I started smiling at people opening the door making sure i addressed older people as sir or mam. I also made sure if i sow any trash that i picked it up because Michael always talked about saving the earth. I became a humanitarin just like Michael and i am also a pasafist because i don’t support violence at all! I will never forget that day. June 25, 2009 it was not only the worst day of my life but the day that flipped my world upside down.

Michael may be gone but his spirit and his music are always here in all of us. His music will live on, he gave us such an amazing gift and we will never forget that.

I Love You

Michael Joseph Jackson

and i always will!!!

If you wish to alter your life, and believe me it’s entirely doable, it’s plenty easier if you follow an inspiration. this can be an easy set up of a way to modification your life in three steps.

Step 1: Understanding The Classic Dilemma
Us humans are terrible at modification. we tend to all wish to operate in our own very little comfort zones and go, as my Mum would have said, “all to pieces” after we need to do things differently, that you’ll virtually actually need to do if you’re reaching to modification your life.

The classic dilemma could be a model of how we regularly get stuck when confronted with desperate to create a giant modification. it had been 1st identified by the person who invented Cognitive Analytical Therapy to form clearer why we tend to therefore usually fail to alter. The classic dilemma will last an entire life time if you let it and prevents many folks from changing their lives. It actually affected me and that i recognize all concerning it!

A classic dilemma is where it looks like you simply have a pair of ways that forward, and each are equally unattractive or tough. This leads to keeping us stuck indefinitely. When considering a giant life modification (as I did) it looks like there are solely a pair of options;

    I keep on doing what’s acquainted and safe however un-rewarding
    I provide everything up and do one thing that feels fully unknown and scary

The longer we tend to stare down these 2 tunnels the a lot of entrenched they become, and therefore the a lot of we tend to do nothing.

The answer of this lure is to jot down out clearly how this appearance to you and what you’ll be able to do concerning it. Life isn’t therefore clear cut as we tend to imagine and it is important to acknowledge that your life won’t fall into either a pair of choices. There are multiple ways that forward; it’s simply a matter of identifying them.

Okay, therefore no excuse. What next?

Step 2: Self Perception Theory, Say It Out Loud And Proud
There is an excellent theory concerning how we modify referred to as Self Perception Theory. i believe it’s good as a result of i believe it’s (largely) true. it’s summed up by this quote from Professor Bem who invented it “we learn what we tend to believe as we tend to hear ourselves talk”. does one like it?

So, no matter it’s you wish to alter concerning your life; whether or not you wish an improved career, move to a distinct country, begin a brand new business, prevent drinking or live in an exceedingly rustic hacienda complete with a dove formed swimming pool and heliport, no matter it’s, you wish to start out talking concerning it in an exceedingly positive approach.

When I began to inform work colleagues of my plans to resign from my snug job and move to far-flung northern Thailand, once they finished laughing it did really feel love it was happening, that in flip contributed to really creating it happen. therefore no matter it’s that you just wish, begin talking concerning it. Say it loud and say it proud.

Step 3: check out the long run And Then reminisce
This is the ultimate step and can create all the distinction.

This is really an custom-made exercise by my friend and eminent professor Bill Miller who virtually single handedly created Motivational Psychotherapy.

Okay, i would like to hurry you into the long run and picture that no matter you wish to alter in your life has really happened. you’re happier, perhaps in an exceedingly completely different place, perhaps swimming in an exceedingly dove formed pool, or no matter, and you pause for a flash to mirror on how you were able to create this alteration.

In your head, or on a chunk of paper (get out of the dove formed pool first) write a letter to yourself explaining how you were able to create this alteration happen. If you’re honest you’ll be stunned by what you write, however it’ll create all the distinction.

Have a go currently, and that i promise that what you’re writing is that the key to how you ought to move forward and alter your life forever.

Okay, that is the three steps, I hope they’ll be as helpful for you as they were on behalf of me. you need to excuse me currently as i am due for my swim in an exceedingly dove formed pool. Or i’ll simply amble up the road to the mini market and obtain myself a packet of biscuits to own with a pleasant cup of tea.