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- 1301: Aristotle And Virtue
- ... excess. To illuminate this further let's look at raising children. There are many, many books, magazines, talk shows and schools of thought on the subject which vary from the spare the rod, spoil the child mentality of days past to several current theories that suggest letting children explore and experience their environment without boundaries. The Golden Mean would suggest that the most virtuous path would be to set reasonable boundaries ... demands many virtues, compassion, empathy, intelligence, courage and endurance. There are too many horror stories in the news these days about nurses who have strayed one way or another from the temperate path either through abuse of power, abuse of controlled substances, lack of compassion or even an excess of compassion leading to the planned or unplanned death of patients. The rub of human nature is this: We know what path we are ...
- 1302: Alcoholism 4
- ... lead to alcoholism, one of the most widespread and complex problems in America. The reasons some people become dependent on alcohol and others do not are unknown. Many health problems are associated with chronic alcohol abuse, including damage to the liver, brain, or central nervous system. Alcohol is probably the most widely used recreational drug in the world. The production of alcohol is the result of the fermentation of plant products ... to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological, psychological, and genetic factors. It is characterized as an emotional and often physical dependence on alcohol (Milgram 85). A sudden stop in the chronic abuse of alcohol may cause a withdrawal syndrome which can include Delirium Tremors, seizures, hallucinations, and acute anxiety (Kestler 9). Around 10% of adult drinkers in the United States have experienced drinking problems or are considered ... among the youth and among women is increasing (Knox 75). Alcoholism develops from several factors, including hereditary predisposition, home environment, and learned behavior. Children of alcoholics are more likely to become an alcoholic than a child born to a non-alcoholic. Although the disease clearly has a family pattern experts disagree on whether it is due to genetics or behavior patterns learned from parents (Kestler 12-13). Alcoholism has been ...
- 1303: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- ... These "gradations of glory" assert Jane's value as a woman and virtually depict the worth of all women. Although these triumphs are not always immediate, Jane is always the ultimate victor. Even as a child, Jane is faced with relationships which attempt to extinguish her sense of self-worth. One of the first relationships we are introduced to is that of Jane with her Aunt Reed. Aunt Reed's custom ... Bronte 9). Not only did she face adversity in the relationship she had with her aunt, Jane also had to endure the unpunished cruelty of her cousin John. Jane was "accustomed to John Reed's abuse," and punished for defending herself once when John flung a book at her, hitting her so hard she fell and cut her head. Jane pitifully comments, "The cut bled, the pain was sharp; my terror ... confrontation, but rather a situation in which both he and Jane get what they deserve. Throughout the novel imprisonment is equated with inferiority while freedom is synonymous with superiority. Although Jane suffered confinement as a child in the red room, and thus was viewed as inferior, she ultimately ends life happy and free. (Bronte 455) John, on the other hand, spends his adult life in debt and in jail. He ...
- 1304: Living, Loving, and Learning: Buscaglia Reflection
- ... hearing his mother's calming voice. The mother reacts to the smile with more talk and a smile of her own. As they give and take their cues from each other, the mother and her child communicate and form loving bonds through fulfilling each other's physical and emotional needs. I had the opportunity to work with some of the students enrolled in Special Education at my high school. The first ... o.k. job with her and allowed me to feel good about myself. As we served each other we grew to love each other. Whether it is raking leaves for the neighbors or teaching a child to read, those whom we serve are going to know that they are someone who is important, as will we when we serve them. By giving service, we have led someone back to themselves. We ... I chose this quote from the writings of Buscaglia because it ties up all of his ideas into one little bundle. If you were to give someone a gift and then watched them neglect it, abuse it, or destroy it, your feelings would be hurt and you would be pretty upset. But if you were able to see them show it off to their friends, love it, and take care ...
- 1305: Causes Of Civil War
- ... states opened new hospitals for the insane and others improved their supervision of penitentiaries, asylums, and poorhouses. Prohibiton deals with the banning of alcohol . Religious groups consider drinking alcohol is a sin and women being abuse rosed. Poverity and crime rose, so the Anti-Saloon League was formed. It was organize in Ohio by women, who marched to saloons to make them give up their businesses. Abolitionist Movement stated with the ... did nothing to separate the Norh from the South. Men in the North and the South belived it was too extreme for women to have equal rights because they thought women as nothing more than child barriers and housekeepers. Prohibition was an idea that alcohol should be illegal because it ruin many home lives of Americans. Women were abuse by their drunk husbands and as result battered women spoke out. Prohibiton did no separate the North and South because the majority of the men from both sides loved alcohol too much to listen. ...
- 1306: The Homeless in England
- ... Scotland again. Myth: They are heavy drug users and mentally ill. Fact: About 25% of the homeless are emotionally disturbed, but that has a lot to do with that many of them has suffered from child abuse or violence. About 25% uses drugs, but many of them are included in them who suffers from mental illness. Myth: They don't work. Fact: 25% of the homeless work full- or part- time. The ... to prevent all the myths.) 7. Give! (You have more property than a homeless person, and a lot of it you probably don't need, so give for example your old toys to a homeless child.) These 7 things were just a few of all those on the net. I also found something called "54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless". It was, as it says, a list of things ...
- 1307: Newfoundland
- ... city. Most women gave up their paid labour when they married, in line with the conventions of the day. These conventions continued for decades. Some still persist even to this day. In all this judicial abuse and political silence there have been a few that have stood took the lashings of the day. One of these women is Louise M. Saunders. Louise Saunders was admitted to the Bar in 1933, becoming ... Citizen of the Year on two occasions, and in 1978 she was awarded an Honorary Doctoral of Laws degree from Memorial University. In 1979 she was the provincial patron for the International Year of the Child. I wonder if she would approve of the history text MacFarlane received called Our Island Story. “Of course, I knew what island he was talking about. Given the source of my copy of Our Island ... women in their shops kept working and working they did. At a time when Mrs. Goodyear left the outports and went to the unknown of the interior, women across the colony were grappling with political abuse and trying to turn the tide of oppression. They are the strength and the valour of this colony. Intentional or not, MacFarlane has articulated the most perfect example of the root of the difference ...
- 1308: Heros Essay
- ... all but impossibility. Some aspects of my personality were present at birth and would have surfaced irregardless, but the manner in which they arose is all thanks to my parents. For these things, nearly every child should look upon their parents as heroic people. Only someone whose parents were abusive should not do so, for, in most circumstances, if someone likes themselves, they have the influence of their parents first and ... brink of the abyss and returned. In the story, we see Rivas descend into the deepest circles of depression, so that all his hopes and dreams are clouded by a dark mist originating from his abuse of drugs and alcohol. Rivas drops out of school, saying he felt "no guilt in lying to" his mother as he deceived her into allowing him to do so. He then proceeds to go on ... justification to Rivas' status as a hero is added because he volunteers to help other people who have the same burdens he once bore straighten themselves out and because he vows not to let his child make any of the mistakes he did, lest she face the same barriers he did and not be able to get over the almost insurmountable challenges. According to Webster's Third International Dictionary, ( published ...
- 1309: Female Infanticide in India
- Female Infanticide in India Infanticide was a topic that I was very emotional about. I could never understand how a mother or father could kill an infant or child. It would make my blood boil whenever I read or listened to a news story involving the murder or abandonment of an infant. How could someone just disregard a life they just brought into the ... income is considered middle class. The dowry is traditional and necessary to insure a proper marriage and maintain the honor of the bride’s family, failure to pay exposes the bride to future neglect and abuse, even death. Most specialists blame the social pressures, which are rampant in all castes and economic classes. “Even before you conceive, it’s drilled into you that you must produce sons,” said Sheila Ghatate, director ... either doing housework, gathering fuel or fetching water. Anderson (1993) found in Bangladesh, according to the United Nations, 73 percent of girls are married by age 15, and 21 percent have had a least one child. It is easy to see with the early marriages of Indian girls, why their culture see them as temporary members of their natural family. Wissow (1998) states that parents who kill their infants date ...
- 1310: An Interview With Jane Austin
- ... Eat all, drink all, and pay nothing.” Doesn’t that sound characteristic of some characters from Wuthering Heights? Most especially that of Nelly and Heathcliff. My mother died of cancer when I was still a child so I didn’t know her well. My sisters Maria and Elizabeth died of the poor conditions at the Cowan Bridge School where my father sent us. I had a lot of hatred in me ... but he was in absence for three years. When he finally returned, my feelings for him still remained, but I also cared too much for Edgar to just leave him. Besides, I was carrying our child. It may have turned out differently if Heathcliff hadn’t disappeared for so long. Host: Interesting thoughts from both of you. Thank you Elizabeth and Catherine for stopping by. Now, to conclude, we’ll have ... you wrote Wuthering Heights? Emily: When I wrote it, I didn’t intend for it to be read by certain people. Many of us today still go through the same issues. Love, relationships, death, marriage, abuse are all still around today, I assume. Many have also commented on how Wuthering Heights was considered a woman’s book. That is far from the truth. I talk of woman as well as ...
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