...Imagine people turning on each other and accusing people they have known for years because of the fear they have. That is exactly what happened in the videos of 1960 and 2003 of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling. Fear is being caused by people finger pointing and assuming they are terrorists or aliens. All of this chaos causes they fear the people have. We all know for a fact that fear of the unknown can cause people to turn on each other. To begin with, all of the chaos and destruction is caused by paranoia In the 1960 version of “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.” Everything starts when everyone on Maple Street hears a loud roar or what might be thunder or a meteor. All of the electricity goes off and cars won’t turn on. Tommy, a 14 year old boy, says “I read about a ship landing from outer space.” This theory causes everyone to start finger pointing...
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...IBMYP Davis 2 Table of Contents Title Page…………………………………………………………………...................1 Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………..2 Thesis Statement/ Introduction………………………………………………………..3 Background Information……………………………………………………………....4 Research/ In-Text Citations……………………………………………………………5 Introduction of Project………………………………………………………………...6 Steps of Personal Project………………………………………………………………7 Interviews…………………………………………………………………….…...8 & 9 Product ………………………………….…………………………………………...10 Conclusion/ Reflection…………………………………………………………11 & 12 Davis 3 Reading With Reid Thesis Statement My primary goal for this project is to bring happiness and a better education to the students at Turning Point Academy. I did this by buying and collecting books to donate to the libraries that serve Turning Point Academy students in order to increase their reading opportunities and their learning environment. This project has reminded me that reading is a joy that belongs in every one’s life and should be considered a privilege more than as a right. Reading is amazing. In fact, amazing doesn’t even begin to describe how unbelievably valuable reading is in one’s life. The dictionary definition of reading is “the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud,” (Webster’s Dictionary). This definition doesn’t adequately describe reading because it does not fully portray the valuable benefits that you receive from the moment you start reading. What is often overlooked...
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...The Critical Turning Point In The Movie The characters : • John Nash • Alicia John Nash ( Wife ) The turning point ( discussed in brief) “ Before we discuss the turning point I’d like to put some light on what happened a little before this turning point to understand what were the series of events that ultimately lead to this critical turning point. ” Flash back After a conflict with his wife, where in he had encountered an illusion ( conflict between the reality & his world of illusions ) which effects the people around him especially his wife) John Nash realizes that all of the characters of his illusion never get old. And thus he concludes that none of the characters in the series of illusions can be real. After this his mind is open to the facts of reality but he is still very confused & puzzled ( b’coz his mind is now telling him that the characters of his illusion are unreal but he himself is a little skeptical to accept the truth all this b’coz of the frame of mind he is in due to his illness ) This is where John Nash encounters one of the most critical turning points out of the many in his life His wife Alicia John Nash supports him further and motivates him she explains to him the difference between reality & illusions She explains to him that all that he sees may not necessarily be reality She tells him that reality is what one can feel, reality is like a heartbeat ………. That can be felt This very act of Alicia motivates...
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...diminishing. Mental illness continues to have stigma that works negatively in the public eye, so the government has little to say about the services that it offers. As we already know from the text that, "Government exercises considerable economic power through its consumption of a large part of society’s financial and human resources for the production of public goods and services like streets and highways, police and fire protection, public health, schools, national defense, and so on" (Cropf, 2008). Yet, because there are so many blank areas, unanswered questions and most obvious in mental health which is instability over shadows how these services work to better the lives of people who suffer, we offend to do hear their success stories. Turning Point Community Programs located in Sacramento California was the first experience I had with a mental health diagnoses, and started my road to the unknown. What has been the key to the program success is in the understanding of something that the text points out about the structure of...
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...Domestic violence is rampant across the nation. In this paper the subject to identify is the use of cognitive-behavioral practices within the setting of a woman’s shelter; known as “Turning Point.” The shelter mission is to provide programs and resources that enable victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to regain control of their lives (Turning Point, Inc., n.d.). Population Domestic and sexual violence is a global issue that does not discriminate culturally, socio-economically, race, gender, or age. Turning Point offers programs, shelter, and means for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. A domestic and sexual violence situation occurs when the abuser and the victim have an association, contrasting a stranger attack. Nearly 25% of surveyed women and 7.6% of surveyed men said that they were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabitating partner, or date at some time in their lifetime. According to these estimates 1.5 million women are raped or physically assaulted by an intimate partner (US Department of Justice, 2000). Programs and Interventions Turning Point provides programs that address the origin of domestic violence and sexual assault. Turning Point offer services and interventions through the following: * 24-Hour Crisis Line-which provides assistance, information, and referrals from professionally trained...
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...Street Youth Briefing Note Part 2 | Selina Henry 0852490Shara StoneJUST3120: Community Building PracticesDue Date: 1 /02/15 | Street Youth Briefing Note Part 2 | Selina Henry 0852490Shara StoneJUST3120: Community Building PracticesDue Date: 1 /02/15 | Options Option 1: Kennedy House Youth Shelter Services * Directed to the website when asked for the mission of Kennedy House Youth Shelter; “To enable youth to grow as individuals to contribute as members of the community. This is achieved in our residential and community based programs by providing customized support and building trusting relationships” (Kennedy House Youth Services, 2009). * Main target is homeless youth between the ages of 16-25 one day less a day; they can come in daily from their 16th birthday and stay up until their 25th birthday (Rosenthal, 2015). * This service is self-directed according to Rosenthal (2015) residents have the option to choose whether they come to the shelter unless there is a ban. This service uses a harm reduction approach; staff consider client-staff relationship a key factor when working with youth. * According to James Rosenthal community is seen as an active partnership with immediate community members (Rosenthal, 2015). Kennedy House works towards addressing programs in the community with a zero tolerance for youth who break the policies of the agency. * When speaking with Rosenthal he explained that Kennedy House has a strong relationship with...
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...THE PROGRESSIVE ERA OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION PROGRESSIVE ERA THE GREAT DEPRESSION DESRINE SINCLAIR HISTORY 105 DR. TERRY HAMMONS MAY 12, 2012 IDENTIFY 2 MAJOR HISTORICAL TURNING POINTS BETWEEN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION. In the recent studies that I have previously experienced one of the turning points in the progressive era and the Great Depression solely rely on the habits on how the United States was brought into the Great War of World War II. I have learned from early history that World War II was a turning point for the American people we as a nation was brought together to defeat the Axis of power which is widely known as the German power house. Hitler was the benefit of this war that the United States tried so hard to avoid. In the recent information that I have put together there was evidence that many people did not want the U.S. to get involved. We as a country was facing our own economic problems the Stock Market crashes and many investors who placed solely all their savings, checks and balances in the trust of the banking systems. The failure of the baking systems placed a strong grip on the American people forcing them to profit off other means such as hoarding their possessions and even entering into the war against Hitler and his German advisories. During the ordeal there also was a mass accumulation of immigrants into the United States and many were from Ireland, did not want the United States to intervene in the War to assist the...
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...Africa has been in a war zone contained in primitive villages of Southern Sudan. Muslims have randomly and visciously attacked, raided and pillaged countless innocent families. Slaughtering the heads of households raping and killing their women and children, those that they permit to survive only to be used as slaves and concubines of the evil opponents, the muslims. They captured of the males of the village only to enslave them into their own culture. Deng is my “self adopeted” Sudanes son, he is approximately 6ft 9 and beautifully dark as the night sky, his smile lights up a room his story and life of survival is truly that of a hero. A hero born in challenging circumstances that is able to overcome all obstacles, as a child unknowingly he discovered in himself a character that denied being pulled down. This is a story about a hero and also to the reader a chance to look around and know that heros walk among us. I look at Deng and wonder so often what can I do in this world to compare to his attributes perhaps you will find yourself pondering the same questions. Paul Denga Kur is a survivor of a genocide still occurring in Southern Sudan. As a boy of 6 he like any other little boy of his village grew up in a close knit family tending the herds and playing with his fellow neighbors, idealic in his mind. Although he was vaguely aware there was a danger that would cause fear in the elders of the village of other men referred to as “ “ He wasn’t clear as to the ramifications...
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...Did Jackie Robinson have a life changing turning points to shape our history? Yes, he did. Actually three people did. For example in the autobiography I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article “The Father Of Chinese Aviation”, by Rebecca Maksel all had a major turning point in their lives. Their turning points made history what it is now. In the autobiography I Never Had It Made, is a story about Jackie Robinson, the first black person to play in the Major League Baseball. At the time most of the country was segregated based on skin color. Many white people were racist toward black people. Some obstacles he faced are racial slurs, disrespect from white fans and players, hate mail, and threats to him and his family. Robinson even said,” bigoted fans screaming ‘n----’ ” In his life he learned to use perseverance despite difficulties. He kept moving forward. Robinson said that a white kid said,” Attaboy Jackie”. This shows that white people finally changed their mind about black people playing in the Major League Baseball....
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...Although there are many turning points in John Lewis’ life. I will be discussing three of his turning points. These turning points are important because it helped him become resilient, determined, and gave him ways to elaborate on an issue that arose during that time which was Civil Rights. He got his first bible when he was four, was influenced by Martin Luther King’s speech on the Social Gospel and King’s view on Civil Rights. He seemed to have learned about Civil Rights and the Social Gospel from listening to MLK. Also he attended Jim Lawson workshops to learn more on protesting without having violence. When John Lewis was four years old, he got a bible for Christmas from one of his uncles. John Lewis clearly remembers the first words his mother said to him from the bible which was “In the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth.” (Lewis et al 26.) In the bible, there was one passage that John could not fully understand which reads “Behold the lamb of God ——which taketh away the sin of the...
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...ways that she never had previously. When her mission ended, she decided to change Universities. She left UVU and went to BYU. She met her current husband (who was in school at UVU) by age 22 years old. By age 23 years old, she had decided to marry her boyfriend and to become a dietician. As a 23-year-old, she set a 10-year plan with her husband. (Age 25 was not her turning point). They both...
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...do things around the house until 1789 when women became vocal and demanded to have the same freedoms as men. After lower class men demanded for more rights with the Declaration of the Rights of Man, women were given confidence to make a stand for their own rights. Although it was sent by an anonymous writer, a petition was sent to the king by women from the third estate wishing for more privileges . The March on Versailles was due to the outrage over rising bread prices. Thousands of women stormed Versailles and demanded the prices be lowered. This march was one of the most important events in the French Revolution because it showed a change in power. It gave more power to the people especially the third estate. The women forced the royal family to go back to Paris so they could not hide from the people. The women’s March on Versailles had not only a large effect on the French Revolution, but also on the long term effort for equal gender rights. Before the March on Versailles the women were very active in the French Revolution, but their efforts were not effective until the March took place. However before the Revolution even started, the role of women was questioned very little. In Women and the Revolution when describing the women’s situation it says, “ unlike the rights of Protestants, Jews, and blacks, did not lead to essay contests, official commissions, or Enlightenment-inspired clubs under the monarchy. In part, this lack of interest followed from the fact that women were...
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...In Elie Wiesel’s Memoir “Night” Elie and his family are taken from their home in Sighet and transferred to the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp. In this story Elie retells us about his challenging journey. From being separated from his mother and sister, to watching his father and his friends die a slow and painful death inside the camp. Throughout Elie’s time at Auschwitz he begins telling the reader about what he sees. We then begin to learn that overtime the prisoners begin to harm each other, only caring about her survival. As the story begins and Elie’s family is being transported, Ellie noticed that everyone was on edge! A family friend by the name of Madame Schachter began to hallucinate, claiming that she saw a fire...
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...Was 1066 a turning point? In my opinion, 1066 was not a turning point: William used so many systems to prove his authority and dignity to his Country. In the end, he made himself richer but less popular; and the vilains (peasants) poorer and made their daily life a struggle. After 1066, William was announced the King of England and the superior ruler of democracy. Right from the beginning of William’s reign, he set up the Fedual System-which was a way of showing the rankings of people. The higher you were on the Fedual System, the wealthier you were and the more significant you were. For example, the vilains were always at the bottom because they were less important than the groups of people above them. However, the vilains worked harder, and were responsible for all the crops and food for England. In addition, William made himself more affluent by creating the Doomsday book. You may wonder, ‘What is the Doomsday book?’ .Well, it was a way of recording the amount of taxes the people of England owed King William. Also, it was a way of seeing how much people had – in the terms of their land; wages and even the amount of people they had in their family. The previous King (King Edward) was a generous and kind hearted man who was not concerned about his wealth but cared for others and funded health projects and supported the sick. But William has done the complete opposite; he has overly charged the poor and taken advantage of his power. On the other hand, William has defended...
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...she is able to hold his family hostage. Day finds this out too late and shoots himself in the foot by turning himself in to possibly save his family. Marie Lu writes, “The captain lifts his gun and points it at my mother. Then he shoots her in the head,” (Lu 158). Knowing what is going on inside Day’s mind before this occurrence made the tragic moment so much more eye-widening. While Day is imprisoned, June actually opens her eyes into Day’s perspective and understands the harshness of the Republic. The turning point comes up as she decides to break Day out of confinement which is a challenge considering Day has lost all of his hope. Because of the two viewpoints that want the same cause, the plot thickens heavily and becomes highly interesting. To explain, Day is in the gutters while June has a new sense of freshness, and the point of views help the reader understand why the characters act the way they do. A doctor quoted, “‘Agent Iparis (June) ordered me to fix up your leg. Apparently we’re not allowed to let you die before your formal execution,’” (Lu 206). From Day’s standpoint, it is obvious how harshly he is treated, but June understands the Republic now and knows what is right. Obviously, the point of view plays a huge role in making the story exciting and a fruitful read for the...
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