...Cause and Effects: Stress on College Students College is the start of young person independence. Most high school kids going to college this maybe their first time away from home. Higher learn facilities are the first step to the career path. Academic demands, social responsibilities and psychological make-up are the major points of stress among college students. These are the some points that will be discussed in this paper. Academic demands on College Students One of the most stressful parts of college is the academic demands on students. Classes and studying for these classes cause a lot of long night and earlier mornings. This is what one author had to say about it “ Many people experience stress as they combine busy live and the demands of study and or work while trying to also save for friends and family”. As the academic demands on college students increase, their stress level raises as well. Students overload themselves the first year of college trying to stay there. Academic performance is the one thing that can make or break you in college. Students take that to heart and sometimes try to hard to get good grades. Extra academic activities can so be a cause of stress for college students. They can be over welling for students coming from high school to college. The best practice when trying to balance your academics is that less is best. Having only the classes that you need for your first year of college and not trying over extent yourself. With stressing college...
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...the shootings, many more protestors joined the public displays of defiance (BBC ). After nationwide unrest and a refusal by President Assad to abdicate, the protestors began to arm themselves (Semple). The violence in the country escalated so quickly that by June of 2013, 90,000 people had been killed in the fighting and that number moved to 250,000 by August of 2015 (BBC ). Into the fray came the self-stylized Islamic State. This terrorist group which is opposed to Assad is fighting to create a Muslim caliphate throughout Iraq and Syria. In June of 2014, the group claimed that it’s caliphate had been established, which lead to US airstrikes to destroy the group, thus entering another belligerent into the fight (BBC). The Syrian Civil War was killed more than 250,000 people and approximately 11-12 million of the nation’s 22 million people are displaced. Approximately 6.5 million people are displaced inside of the country, with ~4.5 million having left the country. According to United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, the number of refugees by gender is roughly equal. Most of the refugees are minors (age 17 and younger) with about 5% more children than adults (UNHCR). The Syrians who are leaving their country tend to be well educated, with as...
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...Chapter 7. DELINQUENCY Juvenile among young people, as they negotiate the transition from childhood to adulthood in an increasingly complex and confusing world, is the issue that this chapter first examines. Some basic assumptions relating to delinquent behaviour are presented, followed by a description of the various factors underlying or contributing to this phenomenon. Some regional variations are highlighted. Effective approaches and measures for preventing juvenile delinquency are detailed, with particular attention given to the development of educational, professional development and community programmes, improvements in family relations and parenting skills, and the value of restorative justice for both perpetrators and victims. The chapter concludes with a summary and recommendations for future action. Delinquent and criminal behaviour For many young people today, traditional patterns guiding the relationships and transitions between family, school and work are being challenged. Social relations that ensure a smooth process of socialization are collapsing; lifestyle trajectories are becoming more varied and less predictable. The restructuring of the labour market, the extension of the maturity gap (the period of dependence of young adults on the family) and, arguably, the more limited opportunities to become an independent adult are all changes influencing relationships with family and friends, educational opportunities and choices, labour market participation...
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...Chapter 7. DELINQUENCY Juvenile among young people, as they negotiate the transition from childhood to adulthood in an increasingly complex and confusing world, is the issue that this chapter first examines. Some basic assumptions relating to delinquent behaviour are presented, followed by a description of the various factors underlying or contributing to this phenomenon. Some regional variations are highlighted. Effective approaches and measures for preventing juvenile delinquency are detailed, with particular attention given to the development of educational, professional development and community programmes, improvements in family relations and parenting skills, and the value of restorative justice for both perpetrators and victims. The chapter concludes with a summary and recommendations for future action. Delinquent and criminal behaviour For many young people today, traditional patterns guiding the relationships and transitions between family, school and work are being challenged. Social relations that ensure a smooth process of socialization are collapsing; lifestyle trajectories are becoming more varied and less predictable. The restructuring of the labour market, the extension of the maturity gap (the period of dependence of young adults on the family) and, arguably, the more limited opportunities to become an independent adult are all changes influencing relationships with family and friends, educational opportunities and choices, labour market participation, leisure...
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...Malnutrition still prevalent among poor Pinoy kids –survey More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/371841/news/nation/malnutrition-still-prevalent-among-poor-pinoy-kids-survey Malnutrition among Filipino children aged 0 to 5 years remains prevalent, particularly those who belong among the poorest sector, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) said in a survey. FNRI, in its 8th National Nutrition Survey released Thursday, noted that while there was a slight decrease in the number of underweight children and those affected by stunting (low height-for-age) for 2013, numbers for other forms like wasting (low weight-for-height) and overweight went up. FNRI said 19.9 percent of malnourished children are underweight, a few notches down from the 20.2 percent recorded in 2011. Stunting, meanwhile, registered at 30.3 percent from 33.6 percent two years prior. Education suffers When kids are hungry, it is not only their parents who worry but their teachers as well for they are not only pushed to do hard labor for food, their chances of getting education are also pushed to the sides. “When the children come to school hungry, they cannot focus on the lessons. The difficulty to learn makes them uninterested to continue going to school,” said Lucena Concepcion, principal of Imba Elementary School in Caluya Island. This is especially true for Jobert Juanites, who lives in nearby town Barbaza. He had to stop going to school at least twice; at nine years...
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...society. E.g. jobs, house, car. Merton believes that you have to accept the institutionalised means which is of legal ways of achieving that accepted success. Merton's theory is the strain theory. He believes that while some people are able to follow this patch to success, others are blocked because of their position in the social structure. Some groups have lower educational achievement so there is a tension between an individual's needs and the needs of the society. Some people are socialised into goals but enable to achieve them. Merton argues that people either show the conformity displayed by most people or adopt one of the four forms of deviance which is innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion. Innovation - poor education and unemployment means that some people accept the shared goals (they want the money) yet reject the means of achieving them so they turn to crime as an alternative. In ritualism, they accept...
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...What effect does divorce have on children? By Dwan Lee Subject: Sociology Teacher: Janel Rabinowitz, M.A. 1/28/2012 Describe how society defines the social issue. People in society believes that we must be married in order to feel whole although by getting married there is over fifty percent getting divorce today. This means that one out of every marriage will end in a divorce the main causes for divorce in America is fighting over money such as, sometimes overspending by one spouse can put the couple in debt. And at the time of mirage, the money that seemed adequate for the couple appears insufficient for a family after some years. Also if one spouse makes all the financial decision, the other spouse may not accede to all decisions and one of the most usual causes of divorce is lack of communication. Such as when it comes to finalizing decisions pertaining to children, the spouse fails to communicate openly with each other. And when decisions are to be made regarding share finances, several couples do no communicate property with each other .Also there are many married couples, who have an opinion that in a marriage minor problems do occur and these are insignificant. There is no need to talk about these .However lack of communication regarding these small issues may also lead to conflict between the partners. .And this is becoming a normal thing to do is get married and then get divorce the reason people get married in the United States is because of financial...
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...alternative educational programs. As a result, increased inclusion of disturbed and socially maladjusted students, including those with histories of aggression and violence, is related to an overall increase in school aggression and violence. Aggressive antisocial behavior appears to be a developmental trait that begins early in life and often continues into adolescence and adulthood. For many youths, stable manifestations of antisocial behavior begin as early as pre-elementary school (Emond, Ormel, Veenstra, & Oldehinkel, 2007). Research into the nature of aggressive behavior in youths has shown that many aggressive youths are also often the victims of abuse, exhibit aggressive behavior in early childhood, and remain aggressive into young adulthood, suggesting an underlying developmental continuum ( Webber & Plotts, 2008). Aggressive behaviors may arise from innate motivations or a response to...
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...family and/or prosecuting a criminal charge. According to the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, child abuse is "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm". Types Child abuse can take several forms: The four main types are physical, sexual, psychological, and neglect. There are many effects of child neglect, such as children not being able to interact with other children around them. The continuous refusal of a child's basic needs is considered chronic neglect. Physical abuse Physical abuse involves physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. Most nations with child-abuse laws consider the deliberate infliction of serious injuries, or actions that place the child at obvious risk of serious injury or death, to be illegal. Beyond this, there is considerable variation. The distinction between child discipline and abuse is often poorly defined. Cultural norms about what constitutes abuse vary widely: among professionals as well as the wider public, people do not agree on what behaviors constitute abuse. Some...
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...Ruth Shepherd Unit 7, P1, Sociological perspectives and concepts of health and illness This is an explanation of the principal sociological perspectives, which briefly explain the key ideas of each perspective using relevant theorists such as Talcott Parsons as examples. Functionalist is the approach to sociology and is best understood using biological anatomy. Functionalism can be traced back to August Comte (1798-1857). An Individual is born into society and will become the character of all the social influences such as the family, education, media and religion. The body is a complex mechanism and is understood by being studied. The body is studied by considering the basic parts for example the liver, kidneys, heart and lungs; society is just like the body as a society can be studied in positions of the societies. The body functions through the connection of the major organs, there are many devices to deal with diseases and illnesses; this is linked to different institutions in society as society have contributions to make to one another, they work together and have distinctive approach to deal with irregular behaviour from members. Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) saw society as a scheme made up of connected bodies. These connected bodies contribute to a steadiness in society. Parsons believed that the chief role of a society was to socialise individuals and to ensure that they understand the values of society and that they understood the correct way to behave in the society...
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...In 2008, they did a survey; the Government Accountability Office put the rate of sexual assault at 7 percent of women and 2 percent of men. As women make up about 15 percent of the military, most victims are male. “Sexual assault on military men is much more prevalent than people imagine,” said VA psychologist David Sutton, a former Air Force pilot and Vietnam vet who counsels male sexual assault victims at a VA hospital in Big Spring, Texas. “In basic training, it's easy to exert one's power over a young recruit. And even if they do report it, there is an attempt to disregard it or an attempt to cover it up.” (See article: Male (and Female) Rape in the Military http://www.refusingtokill.net/rape/malerapinthearmy.htm). According to the article, Male sexual trauma victims have labeled officers or older enlisted men gang raping recruits, soldiers “sodomizing victims with gun barrels and forcing young enlistees to perform oral sex.” One victim of this dreadful incident was a retired navy diver, Paul Branesky, was raped in the summer 1967during submarine training school in Groton, Connecticut, The four took turns sodomizing him; another victim is Greg Helle, a veterinary hospital administrator from Ankeny, Iowa, said he was raped by his fellow soldiers during his tour in Vietnam. Jack Williams He can't stand to have people come up behind him. That's what his rapist, an assistant drill sergeant in the Air Force, did almost 50 years ago. It...
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...with the economy and life span increasing people work until they cannot. There is no set age but society usually deems a person old when they are able to collect benefits like pensions, social security, medical care or discounted meals. The United States Census Bureau has estimated that the population of those over 65 will increase from 11.4 percent in 2000 to 20.7 percent in 2050. The baby boom generation, those born in the 1950’s will make up sixteen percent of the population in at least ten states by 2020. Some say that by the end of the twenty-first century life expectancy will exceed 100 years of age. Most people want to live a long life, but only if they are mentally and physically able to thrive. Americans in particular want to be young and live forever because our society tells us there is no place for the old. The media and family reiterate to younger generations that getting old is depressing, sad and lonely. The obsession with face-lifts, Botox and liposuction increases the stigma that getting old is close to the end. If older citizens are unable to care for themselves they...
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...UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN MARACAS ROYAL ROAD, MARACAS, ST. JOSEPH. A Research Essay An Assignment Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course ENGL215-04 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II INSTRUCTOR: Ms. Shelley Lyons By Kareese Spann 2 December 2014 Approval………………. Abstract This essay looked at how the environment influences teenage pregnancy in the United States. The purpose of this essay is to identify how preeminent teenage pregnancy has become in teens ages fourteen and up, how famous it has become in the United States and how the majority of teens do not finish their education after becoming pregnant. The sources used in this essay provide the necessary information needed for readers to understand why and how a teenagers environment has become influential for them becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is affecting teens by causing them to drop out of school and not finish their education which later results in a limited amount of choices when choosing a career. Outline Thesis: The social life of teenagers influences teenage pregnancy through pressure from peers, too much access to the media and lack of sex education from parents and teachers in the United States. I. Peer pressure in the United States is the major factor influencing teenage pregnancy in the U.S. A. During adolescence, teenagers often feel pressure to make friends and fit in with their peers. B. Many times these...
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...destructive not only to their physical but also mental development. (ILO 1996) Child labor is a pervasive problem throughout the world, but it is more severe in developing countries. Furthermore, child labor is regarded as a curse on humanity due to its impact on the normal up bringing of a child and its influence on the development of a child as a normal human being. There are many organizations, (local and international) which are working towards eradicating child labor from global society. There are various factors that conspire to drive children into employment, none of which is unique to any one country or any one family's circumstances. It is therefore very important to understand what causes children to join the work force at a very young age and under such harsh conditions. Only when we fully understand these reasons can we begin to address the problems associated with child labor. In this essay I will try and show some of the main causes of child labor. One of the root causes of child labor is poverty. (Yasin, Qasim, Ahmad Faiz 2011) Parents of many children in developing countries are extremely poor and unable to support themselves with the basic necessities, they therefore send their children to hazardous jobs. Although they know it is wrong, they have no other alternative, as they need the money. i.e. children are compelled by economic necessity to enter the labor force. It is a common phenomenon in third world countries to deliberately have more children, as they...
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...1980s teen movies The brat pack is a nickname given to young actors who appeared together in teen movies in the 1980s. The cast members of two specific films released in 1985, The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. The members were Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. These movies reflected teenage life in America during the 80s because teens wanted to be like them. Some of these films are targeted at adults as well as teenagers. Teen films have been part of the cinema industry for decades since the 1950s. The actors themselves were known to dislike the label. Many of their careers peaked in the middle of the 1980s but declined afterwards for various reasons. However, the films they starred in together are frequently referenced in popular culture and are regarded as some of the most influential of their time. 1980s music In the early 1980s, Michael Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. In 1982 Jackson combined his interests in songwriting and film when he contributed the song "Someone In the Dark" to the storybook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The song, with Quincy Jones as its producer, won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children for 1983. Even more success came after the release of Thriller in late 1982. The album earned Jackson seven more Grammys and eight American Music Awards, including the Award of Merit, the youngest artist to win it. “Thriller" was...
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