Question 1- Problem Solving

Apply the 5-step Problem-solving method to the following Issue:

Josh Reynold, the son of Dr. Margaret Reynolds, the Dean of Students for a prestigious local college has just been expelled from his third private high school for fighting, drug use, being drunk in school and a number of other serious infractions. His father is remarried with a new family and pays very little attention to Josh. His mother feels that she has run out of options.

How can this problem be solved? Please frame your answer in complete, grammatically correct sentences.

Response:

Step 1: What is the Problem?

Step 2: What are the Alternatives? Alternative I:

Alternative 2.

Alternative 3.

Step 3A: What are the Advantages of each Alternative?

Alternative 1

Alternative 2

Alternative 3

Step 3B: What are the Disadvantages of each Alternative?

Alternative 1:

Alternative 2:

Alternative 3:

Step 4: What is the recommended Solution? The recommended solution is

Step 5: What needs to be done to make the solution work: In order to make the solution work both Josh and Mrs. Reynolds will need to

Question 2

"The unexamined life is not worth living" (Socrates). Briefly explain your critical interpretation of this statement.

Response: The philosopher Socrates was one of the greatest thinkers known to mankind.

Having made such a statement, one can interpret this statement to mean

Question 3

"People's perception differ" and "each of us views the world through our own pair of contact lenses." (Chaffee & Ruggiero). Discuss what these related statements mean as they relate to newspaper reports of the assassination of Black Muslim Leader Malcolm X in the 1960s.

Response: The 1960s in America was a time of great turbulence; it was the era of the civil rights movement - the fight for justice and equality for blacks, women and other minorities. Malcolm X, a significant leader in the struggle was assassinated on February 21, 1965 during the height of  this struggle.