...adolescence ashy knees are just a metaphor for a unsatisfactory life, stop taking so she's a girl with an unsatisfactory life, with a immature boyfriend, and a unhelpful mother. think this poem is about the hardships of a teenager, about how she feels her skin is deceiving her because it does not show her true colors, or who she really is. her knees are ashy because of all the "falls" she has taken, i see those to be her skcars of her life. learning how to dance before the next party can just be learing how to do anything before the next moment, being a teenager is a time of learning how to be an adult. she has fears of not making it through high school, which is a scary place for everyone, but i think it means she will not be able to do anything in life if she cant grow up. she thiks there is nothing to do or nothing that has to be done, which just means she sees no importance in anything. as always, a teenager thinks that no one cares about them and everything is either right or wrong no matter what she has to say about it. making a team or getting higher grades is an accomplishment to a teenager, she wishes she had an accomplishment but does not see all the little things she has done. she wonders why she is the different one who has braces. and finally she wonders who people are going to see her as tomorrow, her clothes, we all know teenagers judge eachother based on appearance, so she does not know how she will portray herself in the future. and finally about her mom, she is...
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...short story “Hills like white elephants” at first glance is difficult to understand. It undoubtedly causes most readers to go over it multiple times to grasp exactly what is taking place. The way the story is written is so complex with the 50/50 mixture of traditional storytelling and an abundance of character to character dialogue as well. That’s not the best part; the story’s setting means everything to it. The Train station setting ties in to the plot of the story, the characters behavior, and even the point of view that the story is being told from. The story is about a man and a woman discussing the sensitive subject of abortion. They are at a train station waiting for their train while having this conversation. The man and girl are sitting by other passengers awaiting the train while you the reader are told of their surrounding landscape. On one side it is a dessert-like environment with scorched land and no sign of life in sight. The other side of the train station was a green and healthy environment like what you would expect to see inside a greenhouse. The setting in the story greatly an example of this is the point of view of which the story is told. As mentioned earlier the average reader after reading once may say the author is the narrator of the story there are some lines in the story that mean otherwise though. There are two instances near the beginning that caught my attention. “It’s pretty hot,” the man said.“Let’s drink beer.” “Dos cervezas,” the man said...
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...these sluts at the bar and his “best friend,” Derek. Derek is supposed to be my best friend, my blood brother. He has no respect for his job, look at him. We are supposed to be on call! I’m in uniform, the patrol car is outside, and somehow during our entrance he has changed into his nightclothes and picked up another two girls. He drags them in to this the fucking bar, sits on my right and has both girls sit on his right. What a selfish fuck? Not that I really need a woman’s company, after all, we’re on call. But how he can be so ignorant to have them sit to his right, stealing both of their attention. Listen to them laughing at his pathetic jokes. He’s an animal. Look at this bartender laughing is ass off, what does he want to suck his dick too? “Clarkson! You look tired!” The bartender shouts above the music. “Perhaps another White Russian.” “A what,” I replied? “A White Russian. That disgusting coffee shit your always drinking.” Confused with what he was referring to, I just ordered a Levitt. Nothing like the way whisky allows my conscience to sink to the leather of the barstool. If Derek wants to ignore me for two French girls, so be it. All I need is my glass a whisky and this wood bar to rest my head. It used to be just me in my whiskey, those were the days! Before Derek came into my life everything seemed peaceful. Boring, normal, miserable, but peaceful. I still remember that day he was waiting for me with his coat over...
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...(peers/school), and negative body image (which links to mass media). It is important to know these contributions to eating disorders because, the more one knows about the various factors for an eating disorder, the easier it will become to treat these disorders (help one suffering with an eating disorder cope and become healthier.) Throughout the 21st century, eating disorders have become more common among North American teens. With a higher percentage rate of eating disorders in the 21st century, (Sneddon, 1999, p.35) it shows it is an area that should have greater focus. Not only does it have a negative impact on the individual who is battling it, it has a negative impact on society; an impact that could destroy our society – mentally if we (as a community/society) do not help or treat this in the way it should be. An eating disorder can tear apart someone’s morals, eat at their brain – which means with it becoming more common amongst North American teens, the society will suffer in the long run; therefore it is an area that should be focussed on more so we can save our society for the future. Literature Review Eating Disorders Influenced By Mass Media * General idea of mass media: Television, advertisements, magazines, movies, etc * “Messages from the outside can influence body image/the way...
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...more careful about what you say? That old phrase, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me" is not really true. Words may not give people visible bruises like sticks and stones, but words leave psychological wounds that may never heal. The words we are told have a psychological impact on all of us, one negative comment about someone can cloud over every single positive thought someone has ever believed about themselves. Isn’t it strange how with a combination of twenty-six letters you can steal someones heart and captivate their soul. Even stranger how with a different combination of the same twenty-six letters you can make their eyes fill with tears and give them enough pain to last an entire lifetime. What doesn’t kill you doesn’t always make you stronger. The words that people say can leave scars, ruins your lungs, dries out all your tears, and leaves you lying awake at 4 in the morning wishing you weren’t alive. Sometimes the words people choose to use on you can make you feel absolutely wonderful inside. Not all things said about someone have to be bad. The teenage years are most likely when your self esteem is likely to be impacted because everyone is at such a vulnerable time in their lives. Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you. Because in high school, sometimes being yourself just isn’t good enough. Just because you’re free to say whatever you want does not mean that you should. ...
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...Alexis Marques PSC 168 Extra Credit In Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, the book starts out in the year of 1967 and introduces an eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen who is in session with a doctor she never seen before; who tells her she has a “pimple and that she has been picking at it.” (pg 7) He then asked her if she has been picking at herself in general and Susanna nods (she agrees to anything that the doctor asks her). The doctor repeats that she has been picking herself and then says “you need a rest.” (pg 7) Before Susanna knows it the doctor makes a call, a taxi comes and he tells the driver to take her to McLean Hospital. Once at McLean, Susanna introduces a girl name Polly who had set herself on fire at one point, and that she was never unhappy, she was kind and comforting and never complained. Susanna describes Polly’s suicide attempt as one having courage and being dangerous at the same time. She compares danger and defeat to when one puts a gun in their mouth and is not able to pull the trigger, which is expressed in this quote: “But you put it there, you taste it, it’s cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you’ve been planning, when you’ll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You’ll have to find another way.”(pg 17) Susanna then reavles her suicide attempt, which she swallowed fifty aspirins and then went outside and fainted , while...
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...Under Florida’s stand your ground law George Zimmerman would have legally defended himself against Trayvon martin even though Zimmerman started the incident. The stand your ground law is basically a law that removes your duty to retreat. So if you get into a fight with someone you legally don't have to back down and can “stand your ground”. It is very similar to the castle doctrine which states a person does not have to flee when their place of residence is attacked.Many believe the stand your ground law is too much because it gives everyday citizens too much freedom to use lethal force. Lethal force should only be used when there is no other option. More than twenty-two states have passes laws similar to the stand your ground law. In Florida the law was passed in 2005....
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...distinct way. The people of Salem become paranoid as word of “the Devil’s presence” spreads through the town. This paranoia unfortunately results in many innocent towns’ people being unjustly accused of witch craft by the group of young girls lead by Abigail Williams. Soon enough, the fear of the Devil takes over the lives of the people of Salem and slowly tears the town apart. While Goody Proctor keeps to her home on the farm, she is informed by Mary Warren that there were “fourteen people in jail” soon after the trials began (Miller 50). Abigail uses her influence and “innocence” in order to convince the court that so many people had been toiling with the Devil. Her manipulative...
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...BMI for Children and Teens WHAT IS BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)? BMI is a number calculated from a child’s weight and height. BMI serves as a fairly reliable indicator of how much of a child’s weight is composed of fat. BMI does not measure body fat directly. Rather, it is considered an alternative to measuring body fat directly, which is difficult and can be expensive. HOW IS BMI USED WITH CHILDREN AND TEENS? BMI is used as a screening tool to identify possible weight problems. In children and teens, BMI is used to check for obesity, overweight, healthy weight, or underweight. HOW IS BMI CALCULATED AND INTERPRETED FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS? BMI measures weight in relation to height. This is done by measuring the body weight compared to the child's height. It is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared, or by dividing weight in pounds by height in inches squared and multiplying by 703. Charts are available to figure this out quickly and easily....
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...differentiation between the two strains of asthma, then it will be easier to figure out what causes (triggers) the attack then avoid those things that they may be allergic to. The two types of asthma are: Intrinsic (non-allergic) asthma is treated differently from extrinsic (allergic) asthma (http://www.livestrong.com/article/105659-description-asthma/). Knowing what kind of asthma a person has enables the individual to know what triggers or allergens to avoid. It affects the lungs. When it comes to diseases found in children, asthma is one of the most common. A child’s lungs and airways become swollen and narrowed when affected with like a whistle when breathing), and shortness of breath. Most often the cough is present early in the morning or at night. Most often starting when a person is very young, asthma can affect people of all ages. At times the symptoms are mild and can go away alone or must be treated with an inhaler. Symptoms can also become so bad that the affected person requires hospitalization. In America, 22 million are known sufferers. Almost 6 million are children (www.nhlbi.gov). As symptoms intensify or more symptoms present themselves, a person is having an attack. It is essential to take care of them as soon as possible. Being proactive will keep symptoms from worsening and becoming more severe. Just because the child is showing no signs of asthma, that does not mean that the asthma is gone, the disease is ever present and...
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...develop an eating disorder? Socio-cultural influences have traditionally been thought of as the leading cause of disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. However, this explanation alone doesn’t seem sufficient. We are all exposed to the same “thin is in” messaging and to live in a westernized society more or less means residing in a virtually inescapable landscape that pushes thinness as a valuable possession. Yet, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa affect only an estimated 0.3 to 0.7 percent, and 1.7 to 2.5 percent, respectively, of females in the general population (Berrettini, 2004). Through my research, which...
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...Chapter I I. INTRODUCTION Many people nowadays smoke cigarette even teenagers smoke. Some people have no idea about the chemical of a tobacco and what it can cause to a human body. This paper is intended to give the readers an idea of the factors that trigger cigarette smoking amongst young generation of today, effects of cigarette, like cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. By reading this paper, a person can gain knowledge about the effects of smoking cigarette. So when a person reads this especially those who smoke, he or she may quit or lessen smoking because he or she will know the bad effects of cigarette smoking. It is considered that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, leading to an annual five million deaths around the globe. It is estimated that if current smoking patterns carry on, the annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for many cancers and respiratory diseases. The heavier the usage of an individual and the longer he smokes, the higher the risks for smoking-related illnesses. Cigarette smoking involves inhaling smoke into the lungs. A cigarette contains more than 4000 poisonous chemicals such as nicotine, arsenic, methane, ammonia, cadmium, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, butane, and hydrogen cyanide. Inhaled cigarette smoke can damage the lungs' cilia, tiny hair-like structures that sweep away debris from the lungs. With the cilia paralyzed...
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...women in most roles previously considered to be masculine. While equal pay is still an issue it is still better than it used to be. As women have moved into the arena of working outside of the home new issues have emerged. Historically, women have provided the majority of the nurturing and guidance that their families and children needed to thrive. Their self-concept was wrapped up in their success as a mother and a wife. In today’s society women face many new challenges. How to balance working outside of the home with their responsibilities as a mother and a wife has become the focus. This has created new social and community expectations for women. For many women, these new expectations create a tremendous amount of stress and trigger feelings of shame when they are not successful at juggling all the responsibilities. Etiology of Shame We all experience shame. It is a universal emotion. Brown (2007) recognized after interviewing many women, that the first step to understanding shame was to define it in terms we can all understand. “Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging” (Brown, 2007, p. 5). The less we understand shame and how it affects our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors the more power it exerts over our lives (Brown, 2007). Women experience shame on a variety of levels and across all parts of their lives. If women can find the courage to talk about shame and the compassion...
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...awe-inspiring story about Janie Crawford's quest for self-revelation and freedom of self-expression. She starts off as an innocent and curious little girl who does not truly know herself and the world around her. But, one day, she finds herself lying down beneath the pear tree witnessing the wonders of animals and nature in astonishing unity. She ha[s] been summoned to behold a revelation[…..]She [is] seeking confirmation of the voice and vision, and everywhere she [finds] and acknowledge[s] answers. A personal answer for all other creations except herself. She [feels] an answer seeking her, but where? When? How? (p. 11). By showing her all the beauty that can exist in this world, this moment stimulates...
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...With Freud, we need to set aside all the elaborate concepts of psychoanalysis (e.g. oedipal complex, penis envy) and really start with the basics. What is Freud saying about the way we experience the world? To start with we can identify three propositions. They are: 1. infantile dependency 2. repression 3. transference Freud recognized the significance of the fact that humans, contra other mammals, spend the first few years (and likely more) of their lives dependent on their caregivers for survival. Dependency is a mixed bag. Q1: Give an example of the last time you were in a situation where you felt dependent on another. On one hand, dependency can be wonderful. The beauty of infancy is that there are moments when we experience our needs a being completely met, perhaps the closest thing to paradise that we ever experience (maybe this is where the Old Testament got the idea?) However, there are other moments when our needs go unmet and there is nothing we can do about it. In these moments, we are in hell, tortured, miserable. In infancy we vacillate between these two experiences of dependency. In fact, according to Freud, the pain of infancy is so overwhelming we have to forget it. Freud has a special term to describe this kind of forgetting. He calls it repression. We make those experiences unconscious (not subconscious-Freud didn’t like that word nor did he like the buried metaphor it implied). Over his life, Freud developed two distinct theories...
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