Delinquency

May 14th, 2010

Antisocial and nonlegal acts perpetuated by delinquents range from minor to grave offenses. Antisocial behavior includes vandalism, causing damage to property, truancy, especially from school work, disobedience, vagrancy, defiance to parents and to persons of authority, gambling accompanied by petty thievery, thrill seeking, like gate crashing, extortion and other sadistic acts, acts of lasciviousness, which are crimes against chastity. Accompanying the above delinquents acts are alcoholism and drug addiction.

When the different patterns of delinquent behavior are met with parental indifference or neglect and if he delinquent gets away from legal punishment, he or she is likely to commit more serious crimes, such as homicide, murder, arson, and kidnapping. At this stage, the delinquent has lost track of what is right and what is wrong and views society as a factor that hinders satisfactions.

Identification

May 10th, 2010

Identification is the mechanism where the individual enhance self esteem by patterning him herself after another person. This is process of attaining success through the accomplishments of an external agent. This external agent may be another person, a group or an object. This is done in fantasy or actual behavior. If used in moderation, identification is both helpful an stimulating and it frequently leads to superior achievement.

Parents, teachers, movie heroes and fictional characters may be the objects of identification. Social groups and prized possessions may also become objects of identification from which an individual may derive satisfactions and security. For example, students bask in the glory of our basketball team, or our dear Alma mater.

School for superior children

April 24th, 2010

Schools should adjustment their programs to accommodate and develop mentally superior children. The curriculum should provide for the varied interests of superior children. The main thing is to provide conditions for these children to learn the uninteresting but necessary things quickly.

The education program for the intellectual superior children should be from a balanced consideration of facts and opinions based on experiences, the capacity of the individual, and the probable social role which he or she will fulfill. This involves the principle of social parallelism, which gives special significance to the education of children who will someday exert influence upon local, national, and world affairs. It is not suggested, however, that conventions be completely disregarded.

The educational program should be unique. There should be adequate materials and modern methods of teachings. Laboratory equipment are needed for the exposition of elementary physical laws which superior children are already capable of understanding. Computers loaded with up to date programs, aside from reference books and encyclopedia, should be made readily available.

The Need For Risk Management

April 15th, 2010

Any business enterprise is faced with several risk possibilities. To sustain its business viability or success, an enterprise should eliminate or minimize business risks, such as fire, natural calamities, pilfering, robbery, strikes, accidents and so forth.

In rich countries, most enterprises insure their products and properties against the risks of doing business in the form of damage, theft, injury and other. Likewise, individuals insure their families, properties and themselves. Entrepreneurs adopt risk management programs to eliminate or reduce risks. Risk is the possibility that a loss or injury will take place. In a modem world, risk are all around us. For instance, car accident destruction of properties by flood or fire, or physical injury or even death. In business there is always risk, such as wrong business decisions, poor management or negative business environment.

Financial Management

March 23rd, 2010

Financial capital or funds are essential resources to the entrepreneur. These are the lifeblood of the enterprise. Th entrepreneur needs money in starting his business. He also needs money for the development and growth of his business. In many cases, small entrepreneurs have inadequate capital. Thus, it is important for them to be able to identify the sources of funds.

However, far more important is the ability to manage funds. There is a basic need to plan and control financial resources. Without such ability, the enterprise is most likely to fail. Not a few businessmen failed simply because they have no competence in budgeting their financial resources relative to their business objectives. When they have the money, They do not know how to use and control it.

Financing the Enterprise

March 14th, 2010

Many poor person wish they have seed capital in order to put their own micro businesses. in the rural areas, some folks like to put up backyard poultry or piggery projects for additional incomes. In the cities, business-oriented individuals like to own a mini store, a small bakery, a beauty parlor, or a small restaurant. But they have no funds to start their modest business.

However, it has been observer that the poor and unschooled persons are more enterprising and risk-taking. They sell balot, gulaman, barbeque, flowers and other essential items for the masses. Others just sell anything on the sidewalks. Apparently, they are happy and more money than the factory workers and office clerks.

Fantasy

January 14th, 2010

Fantasy is a mental mechanism where a person substitutes real satisfactions for imaginary satisfactions. When failures and frustrations of everyday life become difficult to bear, people sometimes seek escape in self created, fanciful worlds.

A certain amount of daydreaming, especially in the early years of life, is normal. As a preparation for creativity, fantasy is not only desirable but also even essential. But fantasy becomes a dangerous and sometimes disabling mechanism if it is consistently preferred over reality, and is used as a method of problem solving, In extreme forms of fantasy characteristics or psychotic personality, the individual is unable to differentiate fact from fantasy.

Modern society recognizes the need for mental escape and provides the use of ready made fantasy worlds such as movies, radio stories, novels and plays. Many enjoys such fantasy worlds for relaxation, but when a person watches movies every night, or has an insatiable appetite for novels and radio stories, then he or she is using these not for relaxation but as a means of escape. Like a habit forming drug, fantasy provides great comfort and relaxation if used in small doses.