...think of a safe place for a child to live in temporarily, but we often don't realize what is happening in a foster care system. This quote comes from a foster care child who talks about the fears of never having parents or ever being accepted because they are in foster care. Foster care systems have face many difficulties, and increasing amount of children, and the problems that the children face in and out of foster care. In our world today the economy is so badly corrupted that permanency for a foster...
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...cacophony of deafening howls. His hand trembled as it moved towards his old wooden drawer of memories, a collection of emotions and indescribable feelings. The framing shook, the drawer creaked open with a puff of obscure dust releasing a smell of mystery and nostalgia. His outstretched arm, scarred with the wounds of a child living in resentment and neglect, pulled out with hesitation yet at the same time a sense of surety, a tattered birthday card from his 11th birthday – a memory that would never be forgotten. He prised it with a dreading of what was to come, and in reaction of his fears a barrage of tears streaked down his red, disturbed face like pouring rain. Thoughts of his past flooded through him like a sweeping wave of mixed emotions that he thought he would never have to deal with again. He realised he had become so trapped with emotion, to the point where he had numbed himself to not feel any sadness. A method in which he thought he could protect himself from emotional injury, to avoid the pain and the torment. And ultimately he wished he could discharge all his emotion, he wished he had the ability to tell those around him how he was really feeling. He wished things would go back to how they were. He closed the card tentatively, shaken by its contents. And...
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...A Little Girl; Now a Woman Standing Strong Colorado is a place full of big cities and little towns like Pueblo. In this specific little town a little girl was born in 1964 to an average middle class military family as the fourth, and at the time youngest, child of Jose and Erlinda Martin Del Campo. Patricia Rodriguez, formerly Martin Del Campo, was that little girl once upon a time, but now she is the mother of three children of her own. As a single mother, Patricia had to take care of everything herself with little help from other family members, besides her parents who were always willing to help her with her kids, and became the pillar of strength her children needed in their younger years. She is nowhere near being a perfect mother or person...
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...The myth ¨A Blackfoot Legend¨ came from the tribe named Blackfoot (siksika). They got the name for the dark colored moccasins they wore.They lived on the Great Plains of Montana and Canadian provinces. The tribe originally came from Asia and later moved to northern Montana. The Blackfoot people still live there today, a total of around 25,000. Blackfoot is a common Native American group. One of the most common chiefs was Crowfoot, who lead the people in Canada during the 19th century. He created peace between the Blackfoot nation and the Canadian government. The culture for the Blackfoot people was not much different then the culture today; the kids played and hunted for food. Women were more respected. They took care of the house and the children. Men...
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...with his gold leaves and costly stones. The little swallow acts as his messenger, and he gives away all his wealth. The Swallow was on his way back to his homeland when the prince had detained him to help the poor. He still wished to go back but now it was too late. The intense cold killed him. Thus the little swallow lost his life in helping the poor. His death broke the prince’s heart. So the swallow and the prince perished for a noble cause. But their death was not the end. It made them immortal. That is why the angel selected the dead swallow and the lifeless heart of the prince as the noblest things on earth. Haircut by Ring Lardner The narrator of the story is the town barber, who talks about a man by the name of Jim Kendall. Jim was a man who played cruel pranks on children and adults. Jim goes hunting with a 10-year old mentally handicapped child. When it is discovered that Jim was shot, many people in the town believed that it was an accident, although the author of the story indicates that the shooting was planned by the child, who had been tormented by Jim and wanted to get revenge on him. The Selfish Giant Summary The story is about a giant who after a seven year visit with his friend, returns to his garden and scares off the children who had adopted it as their own. Of course, all actions have consequences, the giant would soon learn. Because of the giant's selfishness, spring did not come to his garden, nor did autumn. Finally, the giant realizes that the...
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...mind would all parents please be aware of the following points. Who is Responsible It is the responsibility of all members of staff to ensure that all confidential information including personal records for children, parents and staff remains confidential and within the confines of the setting. The information stored in the nursery files about the children is available only to Setting staff and the individual child's parents. This information is stored securely. Please see the Data Protection and Information Sharing Policies for further details. Parents and carers should feel that they can talk to a member of setting staff in complete confidence, if you would like this please speak to the member of staff of your choice, this information will not be shared unless it is in the best interests of the child, if the information is shared parents should feel secure that only setting staff will be privy to this information. Parents will be asked for their permission if the information is to be shared out-with the setting. Any information given to us about parents or children at the nursery will be treated with the utmost respect and will remain confidential to all except for nursery staff. (Please note: staff will only be informed of any confidential information if it is important to the welfare of the child). Any information that a child gives us will be treated with the same confidentiality as that of their parents. If a child wishes to give us information that they do not feel they can...
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...the house this was a difficult feat as I was constantly compared to my brothers in any way possible it became the norm to hear "why can't you be as polite as Ahmed?", "even abdulai cleans better than you", "adamu was first in his class so we expect nothing less from you". This mounted a lot of pressure on me and I was constantly striving to be better than htm I began seeing life as a competition because of this I begun to despise my siblings, they became objects of burden to me, a constant remind that I wasn't good enough, being a day student through my primary and secondary school days I came home to these same concerns and comparison, it put a lot of pressure on me and often I wished I didn't have any brothers I wished I was an only child and maybe my parents would be satisfied and cherish me for who I was and what I achieved. Covenant university promised a me experience for me I would be away from the constant reminders at home and maybe then they would appreciate me, coming here I realized we are all different we can't all have the same skills sure abdulai might be very good in cleaning up bit I was skilled in utilizing space and creating a relaxed environment and even though my mathematics result wasn't as good as Ahmed's but I beat him hands down in literature I learned that I might be seeing my parents nagging as disappointment when they were indeed only pushing me to greater heights because they saw potential in me. The dangers of a single story shows that what...
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...some respects. Mariam is rather homely, while Laila is a stunning beauty. Mariam was an illegitimate child, forced into marriage by her father; Laila’s father adored her and encouraged his daughter to reach her full potential. Mariam was denied an education, while Laila was a top student raised with the expectation that she would go on to university. Mariam has only known the abuse of her older husband, while Laila had the chance to experience true love with Tariq. Aside their differences and the circumstances that bring them together as a family, the two women are destined to become close friends. Enemies after Laila marries Rasheed, they become joined in suffering his abuse. As Rasheed turns on his younger wife, Mariam sympathizes. Mariam will be strengthened, and not diminished, by Laila’s entry into her home. Laila, too, will gain from her relationship with the older woman. Broken down by years of abuse in her marriage, Mariam has learned not to stand up for herself. Laila, on the other hand, speaks up and defends her co-wife when Rasheed strikes her. This awakens Mariam, teaching her that she can fight back.” She wished she could see Laila again , wished to hear the clangor of her laugh , to sit with her once more for a pot of chai and leftover halwa under a starlit sky. She mourned that she would never see Aziza grow up…and yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person...
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...A dead girl who can still see her family, who wouldn’t want to read from this perspective? While most books are written from the perspective of the person going through the problems, that was not the case with this book. The Lovely Bones, it was written from the perspective of Susie Salmon who has died and is now looking down from Heaven on her family. The Lovely Bones, is a unique book. There are specks that the reader might say, “Who really cares?”, while there are other parts where the reader wants to keep reading. An example of not being able to put the book down would have to be when Lindsey Salmon had broken into George Harvey’s house, the suspected murderer. Another example would be when Ruth Connors, the girl who has become obsessed with Susie, was hit by a car and had wished for her and Susie to trade soles. Ruth had wished for this so that Susie could be with her true love again, Ray Singh. With this, Susie and Ray were able to do everything they had wanted and then Ruth’s sole came back. I imagine situations like this would cause readers to want and continue to read through those less intense parts because you never knew what was going to happen next. One moment someone was being killed and the next a wedding was happening. The story line was not that of an expected murder story, the murderer was never placed into prison....
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...CHAPTER ONE Topic: Why are there so many children living in single parent households? Rationale The community in which the research was done is one of a moderate size. It only has approximately five hundred and fifty (550) people living there. It is located in the Duhaney Park, St. Andrew. The investigator became aware of the situation by way of observations and investigations. The investigator has been living in the community for the past sixteen (16) years and had noticed that most of the children in the community were brought up in a single parent family. This may pose a problem as children could get accustomed to liking one parent more than the other or maybe they just simply don't know their other parents. Being aware of this, the investigator decided to do some research within his community on single parent families. He also investigated some of the possible reasons why the other parent was not around. Method of Investigation The method of investigation used by the investigator was questionnaires. Questionnaires are not only easy to use, but they allow the persons being investigated to remain anonymous as they are not required to write their names. Questionnaires are also efficient in the collection and analysis of data. 1 CHAPTER TWO Design of Study The research was conducted over a 2 week period which the respondents had a maximum of three days to complete the questionnaire and return them to...
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...Divorce introduces a massive change into children and adults life no matter what the age is. Divorce can be harmful to children if the parents continue to fight and argue and can never get along. Children can be made out to believe that the divorce between their parents was their fault or that they aren’t loved anymore. However, children can come out strong in divorce as long as their parents can be co-parents without conflict. Divorce in America now is more common than it was back in the 1960’s and 70’s. Many couples got divorced due to infidelity and abuse. Now, in this day and age, men and women get divorced due to their own personal happiness. Professor Tamara D. Afifi spoke on a TEDxTalk in 2012 and said that many children from families who divorced and fight have more trust issues and hurt more on the inside than from children whose parents get along and co-parent without conflict. (Afifi, 2012) Each year, over 1 million American children suffer the divorce of their parents; Half of American children born this year will witness divorce with their parents. Of that 50% another 50% will experience a second divorce. (Rector & Fagan, 2000) Many believe that divorce has a negative effect on children. Not only does it cause them to have trust issues and often have relationship difficulties later in life, but they tend to dwell on the divorce as their fault. Children of divorced parents perform more poorly in reading, spelling, and math; having to repeat a grade or have a less change...
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...Individualism is a stance on morality emphasizing the unique characteristics of an individual. To truly achieve this, one must find their own voice, and who they genuinely are. The novel, Anthem, written by Ayn Rand displays a dystopia based on collectivism, and a great aversion to the idea of difference with the removal of the word “I” in the characters’ vocabulary. The protagonist of this story, named Equality 7-2521, shows the fundamental necessity of humans to express the ambition of one’s single self through his guilt, questionability, and uniqueness. This fight against collectivism is also a very important aspect of human nature. Even in the beginning of Anthem, it is evident of Equality’s questionability to society and its rules. His urge and need to wonder derives from his curiosity. He questions what many put up with and seem oblivious to. This is clearly shown when Ayn wrote “We wished to know. We wished to know about all things that which make the earth around us” (Anthem 4). Through this aspect of Equality, Rad is trying to show us that this need to question is in every person. Equality is symbolic of our child like curiosity everyone has deep down inside. This is just part of what makes Equality unique....
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...Casey Anthony claimed the last time she saw Caylee was on June 15th, 2008 when she dropped her off at the babysitter, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez (“Casey Anthony Trial: Timeline of Key Events in the Murder Trial of the Florida Mother”). The babysitter who the cops later found out the babysitter was made up by Casey. It was not until July 15th, 2008 that Caylee was reported missing to the police by her grandmother, Cindy Anthony. In the article, “Casey Anthony Trial: Timeline of Key Events in the Murder Trial of the Florida Mother”, it states how “In one of three calls placed to 911, Cindy Anthony said, ‘I found my daughter’s car today and it smelled like there’s been a dead body in the damn car.’” This led to Casey Anthony arrest on August 5th, 2008 (“Casey Anthony Trial Fast Facts - CNN.com”). Bail was set a $500,000 due to Casey Anthony’s car which forensic evidence found that, “the car tested positive for chloroform and human decomposition and a strand of Caylee's hair was found in the car's trunk” (Banfield). The evidence found in Casey Anthony’s car was used increased the charges from child neglect to first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of giving false information to law...
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...Vanessa Rossier Rosemarie Best PSY 3220*05 November 7, 2014 Video Precious Precious Film really impacted me, after I saw this movie I felt sad thinking about that there are many girls going through the same hell. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones, who goes by her middle name Precious, is an overweight black girl who is pregnant with her second child. Both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. She lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and emotionally. Chapter six relates to precious story on preview of Horney’s theory and object relations theory table 6.1 under development it says that love and nurturance are key to a child’s development. In Horney’s theory, basic anxiety and hostility are fundamental emotions of childhood. Without adequate parental love, the child develops unhealthy interpersonal modes and a defensive sense of self. Precious never received love from her biological parents, she is abuse and not wanted. Precious feels basic anxiety she is always feeling isolated and helplessness resulting from inadequate parenting in her infancy. In addition parental neglect and rejection make the child angry, a conditions Horney called basic hostility. However precious is not able to express the hostility because it would result in punishment. To escape her life, Precious often daydreams of herself in glamorous situations by Idealized self, moving...
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...Kawabata’s use of colorful imagery provides a delightful reading experience for those of us who enjoy romantic literature. He considered the collection, Tales to Hold in the Palm of Your Hand, to be "miniature works of art".(Nextext) Let us explore Kawabata’s use of such ingenious romantic symbolism within, "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket", as he searches for love, beauty, and harmony. In summary, this story tells a tale, of a university student walking along, when he hears the voice of an insect. Enjoying the song of the insect, he happens upon a group of children with beautiful lanterns out searching for insects. While the children are hunting insects, a boy finds a ‘grasshopper’, and continues to ask if anyone would like a ‘grasshopper’, until the voice of a certain girl exclaims that, "Yes", she wants the grasshopper. Carefully the boy captures the insect and releases it to the girl. Surprisingly, the ‘grasshopper’ is actually a much sought after ‘bell cricket’. This new discovery delights the little girl, and then the narrator realizes that the little boy must have known all along that he had found a ‘bell cricket’, and was saving it for that particular girl. Consider that Kawabata placed himself as the mysterious narrator of this short story. Knowing that he grieved from a lonely existence longing to be loved, one can see how he wished himself across the threshold of youth, as seen in the first paragraph, when the narrator peers "Behind the white board...
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