Career woman (English free project)

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Wives who have a career tend to have higher self-esteem, are more confident and possess a sense of

financial independence.

At some point, a career woman may also find the need to balance the demands of work and the

family as traditionally the wife is responsible for most of the household and childcare

responsibilities.

Higher academic qualifications, excellent performance on the job and career advancementopportunities given by the company are some reasons that may have propelled the wife's career

and income ahead of the husband's. Some men may view the wife's success as a reflection of their inadequacy to provide for the family.

Career and Two-Income Marriage Defined

In most industrialized countries, the traditional gender role attitudes and cultural norms which

dictate that the husband is the breadwinner while the wife is the homemaker are fast becoming a

thing of the past.

With more job opportunities opened to women, a two-income marriage is more commonnowadays. A two-income marriage is defined as one in which both husband and wife pursue the

same or separate careers while maintaining their marriage commitment with or without children.

a career is different from a job in that the former usually involves extended education or training, full-

time commitment, working nights and weekends 'off the clock,' and a willingness to relocate".

Advantages:

y For the women, there is greater financial independence and for the men, there is somerelief of the full responsibility for supporting the family

y Husband and wife can relate better with each other over recognition and rewards, work stress and concerns in the work place

y Increase in disposable income in relation to personal and family expensesy Increase in family income enhances the lifestyle of the kids as well

Disadvantages:

y Not enough time for oneself, with one's spouse and one's relationships e.g. ties withfriends and parents

y Work-life balance issues e.g. having to work long hours to earn and maintain the standardof living

y Less quality time spent with the children as both parents are working full-timey Dad and mom have less time to supervise the children, where a good role model may

enhance the children's growth and development during their formative years



Clearly, husband and wife may need to evaluate and decide on what would be a good balance between the demands of work and demands of the family in relation to fulfilling their personal

goals and needs.

There is NOTHING wrong with being a working mother. A working mother does NOT love her kids LESS

than a mother that stays home.

It's all about preference, and for some people income. Every woman deserves to do what she believes is

best for her and her family. :)

I was working when I had two children. I stayed home because we were planning to have a third and we

had the financial means to do so.

Now that my third (and last) child is getting older, as soon as he goes to school I am going back to work.

There is no way that I would be able to stay home while my kids are at school. I would die from

boredom. :) However, I know a few women that do just that and they LOVE it.

Everyone is different and that is a good thing!

Working Mothers Pros-

y More benefits are offered to female workers than their male counterparts.y Children of working couples tend to become more responsible and more independent

compared to those staying with either of the unemployed parent.y The risk of losing of personal identity is no more possible.y You will meet with newer challenged everyday.y You do not have to leave or neglect your education, skills and career.

y Your contribution to your family income may not bring out a big difference but willdefinitely add a great level of satisfaction to you.

y You no more depend on your partner for every small thing; be it for you or for your child.y Your confidence and self-esteem increases too many folds.

y Even a small gap or discontinue from your work life will not let you sit idle. The fear of re-joining is somewhat decreased.

y You get to learn a lot from the world outside you along with getting indulge with your family.

y You do not live an aimless life.y Your partner living with you may come out to share a few of your household

responsibilities. But lending a shoulder cannot be done by all.y It¶s just a few of those ideal husbands. But chances are always there.

y You will no longer feel like a mommy, a wife, a house-wife. Now you will be a womanwith her own identity.

Working Mothers Cons-



y The guilt of neglecting family and working out increases to stress and often leading todepression gradually.

y A great balance is to be maintained between the professional and personalresponsibilities. In fact the toughest part is to allot equal importance to each. This is

mostly unsatisfactory.y Y

ou are pulled apart by several kinds of pressure together.y The time to be spent with your children and family reduces to a great extent.y You will need to depend on care-givers to grow up your child.

y Leaving children all alone at home is often scary. There can be various risks associated toit like strangers ringing door bells, physical injuries by knives, fire, harmful household

chemicals and many more.y The basic concern remains about feeding a child.

y You are not capable of providing direct supervision unless you are allowed to work fromhome.

y The child¶s character does not depend on its parents only, his caregivers and peers also play an important role.

y Appointing a babysitter is very painful and is often associated with several securityissues.

y The role of working mothers is socially not much acceptable but is gradually gainingspeed in acceptance.

NARRATIVE

Purpose: To amuse/entertain the readers and to tell a story

Generic Structure:

1. Orientation

2. Complication

3. Resolution

4. Reorientation

Dominant Language Features:1. Using Past Tense

2. Using action verb

3. Chronologically arranged

RECOUNT

Purpose: to retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past event



Generic Structure:

1. Orientation

2. Event(s)

3. Reorientation

Dominant Language Features:

1. Using Past Tense


3. Using adjectives

Narrative and recount in some ways are similar. Both are telling something in the past so narrative and

recount usually apply PAST TENSE; whether Simple Past Tense, Simple Past Continuous Tense, or Past

Perfect Tense. The ways narrative and recount told are in chronological order using time or place.

Commonly narrative text is found in story book; myth, fable, folklore, etc while recount text is found in

biography.

The thing that makes narrative and recount different is the structure in which they are constructed.

Narrative uses conflicts among the participants whether natural conflict, social conflict or psychological

conflict. In some ways narrative text combines all these conflicts. In the contrary, we do not find these

conflicts inside recount text. Recount applies series of event as the basic structure

DESCRIPTIVE

Purpose: to describe a particular person, place or thing in detail.

Dominant Generic Structure:

1. Identification

2. Description

Language Features:

1. Using Simple Present Tense


3. Using adverb

4. Using special technical terms

REPORT

Purpose: to presents information about something, as it is.

Generic Structure

1. General classification

2. Description



Dominant Language Feature

1. Introducing group or general aspect

2. Using conditional logical connection


EXPLANATION

Purpose: To explain the processes involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural

phenomena.

Generic Structure:

1. General statement

2. Explanation

3. Closing



2. Using action verbs

3. Using passive voice

4. Using noun phrase

5. Using adverbial phrase

6. Using technical terms

7. Using general and abstract noun

8. Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.

ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

Purpose: To reveal the readers that something is the important case

Generic Structure:

1. Thesis

2. Arguments

3. Reiteration/Conclusion


1. Using modals


3. Using thinking verbs

4. Using adverbs

5. Using adjective

6. Using technical terms


8. Using connectives/transition





1. Issue

2. Arguments for and against

3. Conclusion



2. Use of relating verb/to be

3. Using thinking verb


5. Using conjunction/transition

6. Using modality

7. Using adverb of manner

REVIEW

Purpose: to critique or evaluate an art work or event for a public audience

dominant Generic Structure:

1. Orientation

2. Evaluation

3. Interpretative Recount

4. Evaluation

5. Evaluative Summation

Dominant Language features:

1. Focus on specific participants

2. Using adjectives

3. Using long and complex clauses

4. Using metaphor

ANECDOTE

Purpose: to share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident

Generic Structure:

1. Abstract

2. Orientation

3. Crisis

4. Reaction

5. Coda.


1. Using exclamations, rhetorical question or intensifiers

2. Using material process

3. Using temporal conjunctions



SPOOF

Purpose: to tell an event with a humorous twist and entertain the readers

Generic Structure:

1. Orientation

2. Event(s)

3. Twist


1. Using Past Tense


3. Using adverb

4. Chronologically arranged

NEWS ITEM

Purpose: to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important

Dominant Generic Structure:

1. Newsworthy event(s)

2. Background event(s)

3. Sources


1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline


3. Using saying verbs

4. Using adverbs : time, place and manner.

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