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A Level Math Personal Statement

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The fundamentals of finance act as the cornerstone of society, integrating consumer-client relations through various platforms on a global scale. The dynamic nature of finance means that it is constantly evolving as it is necessary to keep up with other growing sectors that directly impact everyday operations within this industry. As someone who has always been fascinated by theoretical problems, A-level maths seemed an obvious choice and it provided me with a good understanding of analytical concepts associated with statistics. The real-world applications of maths in everyday life has always been fascinating from small instances such as budgeting for everyday essentials to bigger applications within financial data. In particular, the risk assessment …show more content…

It has highlighted how even the smallest changes can have major consequences felt by both multinational corporations and the general public. A recent article from the economist illustrated the issues that have resulted in the cost of living crisis, which has been spurred on as a result of a reduced labour market and rising commodity prices globally. The effect of which has been inflated by the war in Ukraine that has led to an increase in the price of food, energy, water, and other commodities. An insight day that I attended at Lazard highlighted the influence of global markets on the everyday operations of financial institutions. Due to the constantly changing nature, evident through how the covid lockdown measure enforced by the government causes widespread issues for millions of people and companies worldwide due to the heightened restrictions . This illustrates the versatile nature of financial institutions, due to their ability to adapt to almost impossible scenarios that affect the entire

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Beginning with bank reform, the New Dealers were able to maintain oversight in the banking industry, which had previously been an unregulated and unpredictable source of capital. The Glass-Steagal Act and the Emergency Banking Act signaled a shift from a lassiez faire approach to the banking industry to one that ensured banks were making responsible loans and not gambling with depositor’s savings in the stock market. By not allowing banks who were considered “irresponsible’ to reopen and separating the savings and investment functions of the banks, a more secure system began to emerge. The impact of this legislation was immediate, as bank failures dropped dramatically. Additionally, major breakdowns in the banking industry were avoided until fairly recently, which came as a result of the repeal of Glass-Steagal.

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Jeannette Walls depicted an epoch of misfortune and adversity in her memoir, The Glass Castle. Jeannette and her 3 other siblings were all in a constant struggle to survive. Rex and Mary, the parents of Jeannette and her 3 siblings, were often in a constant dichotomy between submitting to self-interest and supporting the family. Having misfit parents, Jeannette and her 3 siblings were often independent and left to fend for themselves and for the family as a whole. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls evolved the theme of ideal versus reality throughout her memoir though her countless anecdotes of her father and his unattainable plans to find gold and to build a home, named The Glass Castle, for his family and her mother’s dream to become a professional and well redound artist.

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Care staff have a duty of care to ensure the safety of individuals they support; however, individuals also have a right to make their own choices which can lead to dilemmas. The risk assessment process can be used to support individuals to understand the possible repercussions of their choices and put measures in place to reduce or eliminate these risks this can help individuals and staff to have a positive attitude towards risk taking and to promote their strengths and abilities. This can lead to self-confidence, self-esteem and overall

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The year 2009 was a very difficult time for everyone across the world. The stock market was in the tank; and thousands of workers were, or were going to be laid off. Massive movers of the international economy including: General Electric, AIG, Citibank, Chrysler, and many others were on the verge of collapse. Governments around the world had to decide; should they save these ailing corporations or not. Although many countries including the United States, and Canada decided to fold their cards and toss billions of dollars at the problem, history has proven that this in never a good idea in the long run.

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In care settings, there is usually a responsibility of one person to look after another, and therefore by having risk assessments in place, this reduces the risk of harm, injury and allows you to better support those in your care. Risk assessments analyse the risk, the impact this risk would have, and how likely this risk is to occur. Based off of this, the care worker can decide what must be put in place to ensure this person’s safety, and ensure that they feel happy, safe and supported and in the least restrictive way

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Risk is a part of daily life, but our attitudes and approaches to risk vary depending on a range of factors such as context, time, situation, previous experience, etc. To assess different situation, we will use different approach as well as if we are considering risk that we are taking in personal life or risks that service user are taking in theirs. The risk assessment process is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork; it is about identifying and taking sensible and proportionate measures to control the risks. The provision of care and support should be tailored to meet the needs of the individual and should encourage them to do what they can for themselves.

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The choices they make could lead to them having an accident or getting harmed. By doing a risk assessing hazards can be identified and measures put in place so that the choices can be met in the safest way possible. Q 16b Explain why risk assessments need to be regularly reviewed. It is important to review risk assessments regularly as change can happen and what measures were once seen as safe might not be anymore. All changes should be recorded straightaway and not on a set date.

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Companies listed on the stock market have a direct or indirect relationship to eventualities being experienced in the local and global economic, social as well as political

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The US holds about 30% of the world's economy. As such, a booming economy in America constitutes a booming economy globally; vice versa. Internationally and domestically, the stock markets were hit hard by the crumbling world trade centre. Stocks in travel, entertainment and online travel agencies hit rock bottom. Furthermore, insurance losses due to 9/11 almost doubled from the previously recognised “largest disaster” of Hurricane Andrew.

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A risk assessment is where we look at all the risks and try to find a way of overcoming or try to reduce the risks, as well as looking at the risks that is involved with many of the activities that the residents are able to do, then what can be done and put in place then to reduce the risks so they can take part in the activity risk and harm reduced, because they always have the right to be included in activities that they want to participate in. Therefor if an individual wants to do something independently, for example, make themselves a cup of tea, then a risk assessment will need to be completed to minimize the risk of that individual burning themselves or other residents, such as cap the temperature of the hot water, instead of taking their independence away from them and for us to do it for

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I want to apply to NYU mainly for its excellent math major, which I will apply to, and support on entrepreneurship.   The Courant Institute of Mathematics provides great supports to students both in academics and activities. For competitions, I want to attend the Putnam Competition in college and NYU has sufficient resources to help students perform well in Putnam Competition from its high ranking in the contest. Also, I hope that I can find some math major people to communicate with besides classes.

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Globalization Caleb Richards Government Mr.Hanners 12/15/2015 Caleb Richards Government Mr. Hanners 12/15/2015 Globalization Part A Globalization should be reformed because; it increases world oil prices, leads to balance or trade deficits, and globalization moves taxes from corporations onto citizens. Globalization should be reformed because it raises oil prices around the world. Since 2004 high oil prices are present, and its a problem because the supply of oil is at an all time low. By Oil prices rising and the shortage of oil, the supply of oil is virtually flat, which is why reforming globalization is a necessity. With United States currency as the reserve currency, globalization leads to US balance

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The idea of “Globalisation” has successfully brought people and nations of the world together by the increased of non-territorial social activities, the growing speed of transportations and communications, and the rise of cross-border interconnections. Globalisation is everywhere, it is a combination of environment, culture, society, politics and economy. Economic globalisation is one of the most influential aspects to globalisation in this modern society, which introduces free trade, marketisation, liberalisation and the movement of labour. However, local and international may share different economic views, as to contrast this, two same news items on August 20th, 2014 covered by The Moscow Times (Reuters 2014) as local perspective and The Wall Street Journal (Hansergard 2014) as international perspective, are being used for the study. European markets are affected by the conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine, especially the beer industries are now further suffering low consumer spending in Russia since last year restriction on beer.

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Then I will state the links between globalization and some of the other lectures that we have covered this year, I chose this lecture because it’s one of the most important parts of any business environment worldwide, globalization has also introduced many developments such as internationalization, liberalization etc. Topic Discussion: Globalization has opened the doors between all businesses and countries worldwide, it has created connections without boundaries and a global exchange of information, cultures etc. It has widely increased the flow of money exchange and foreign investments in countries, and created an involvement between different people in many political, social and economical activities. Changing world politics, technological

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INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the background and describes the overview of this study which aims to analyze the influence of mathematical ability on subject performance of accounting students in De La Salle Lipa. Background of the Study Numbers dominate every aspect of business transactions, especially the accounting profession. Mathematics has a significant role in the business education and in the world of business. The discipline of accounting focuses on accurate numerical measurement where practitioners this field should be comfortable in dealing with mathematics.

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