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- 1321: Adolescence
- ... both sexes, these physiological changes occur at different times. This period of change can prove to be very stressful for a pre-teen. For during this stage of life appearance is very important. An adolescent child who develops very early or extremely late can take a lot of ridicule from his or her peers. However, the time at which a girl goes through this stage and a male goes through it ... unstable, for divorce is growing increasingly common and many children reach adolescence with only one parent. In addition, rapid social changes have weakened the smoothens of life experience. Adolescents a greater difference between the parental-child generations then their parent did. They tend to view their parents as having little capacity to guide them in their transition from their world to the larger world. The conflict that sometimes results from differing ... the adolescent years have become marked by violence to an alarming degree. The phenomenon of teenage suicide has become particularly disturbing, but risk-taking behaviors of many sorts can be observed, including alcohol and drug abuse. Bibliography: Conger, John J., Adolescence: Generation under Pressure (1980) Dacey, J. E., Adolescents Today, 3d ed. (1986) Fuhrman, B. S., Adolescence, Adolescents (1986) Hauser, Stuart T., et al., Adolescents and Their Families (1991) Santrock, ...
- 1322: Native Americans and the American Dream
- ... not much of an option. The students who do attend high school outside of the reservation often suffer even more. Native Americans have a strong belief in their community and culture, and to send a child out of the community into a predominately white high school can be extremely detrimental for the child and the community as a whole. When Native American children are raised in communities that are distinctly unique, and then are thrust into a society where the values of the majority culture are promoted, it ... set yourself to do" (Pg. 37, Gifted Hands) Many Native Americans are not blessed with such a strong encouraging parent. There is a lack of parental involvement for many Native American children. Alcoholism and drug abuse run rampant in Indian communities. As a friend of mine from the Makah reservation put it, "If your parents are alcoholics and you have seven brothers and sisters to take care of, you have ...
- 1323: The Crucible: The Tragedy at Salem
- ... faced in their time, the witch hunts may not have taken place. There is a modern example of the hysteria and injustice that took place in Salem. It involves the wave of emotional accusations of child abuse against school teachers and caregivers. Regardless of guilt or innocence, once a person has been accused of abuse, they are automatically assumed to be guilty, and the accuser is never second guessed. As well, even if they are proven innocent, their reputation is permanently tarnished. This is the same as what happened ...
- 1324: Computer Ethics
- ... composed of one large, simple, straightforward batch-oriented computer. They are now integrated real-time currently available computers, software, and assorted output devices that have enlightened many. The danger is now more apparent that computer abuse will soon increase dramatically if it is not cut short by legal methods and if people do not adapt some code of ethic. Sometimes people display ethics when it is convenient and to their advantage ... greater good that should be considered. Unfortunately ethical behavior is not part of the law of nature, but part of a person's set of beliefs and behavior. An important aspect of computer users ethical abuse includes the privacy question. Why exactly is a person's privacy important? There is no simple answer to this question, as long as people have concerns and commitments that may be harmed by personal disclosures ... public knowledge. The average patient does not realize the importance of the confidentiality of medical records. Passing out information on a S.T.D can wreck a marriage. Revealing a pattern of alcoholism or drug abuse can result in a person losing his job or make it impossible for the person to obtain a job or insurance protection. When people apply for credit they are often investigated, and the result ...
- 1325: Epic Of Gilgamesh And The Bibl
- ... that if they eat of the Tree of Knowledge they will die. (The Bible, Genesis 2:17) Does his prohibition actually induce Adam and Eve to eat of the tree? Using the analogy of a child and his parents again will put this into perspective. When the parent tells a child not to play in the road, for example, the child will contradict the rules to see what will happen. The child is testing the limits of an authoritative figure. Adam and Eve have tried the same approach to the laws of God. Prohibition and ...
- 1326: A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
- ... head under a truck while a gray monkey about a foot high, chained to a small chinaberry tree, chattered nearby," (140). O'Connor's satirical irony is apparent in the scene with the little "Negro child." While the grandmother tries to beautify this poor pant-less black child living in a shack, O'Connor does not allow the reader to see the beautiful picture that the grandmother wants to paint. "...'Oh look at the cute little pickaninny!' she said pointing to a Negro child standing in the door of a shack. 'Wouldn't that make a picture, now?' she asked and they all turned and looked at the little Negro out of the back window. He waved. 'He ...
- 1327: The Good Earth: Summary
- ... for other things.. She worked endlessly for Wang Lung and his father, and even helped Wang Lung plow the field. One day while helping on the field, O-lan went inside and bore their first child. Luckily, it was a boy. Girls at that time were always slaves, or married to other family's sons. They named him Nung Wen. Before leaving the house of Hwang earlier, O-lan promised to bring their first child to pay respects to the house. That year, the harvest was good, so Wang Lung bought new clothes for O-lan, the baby, and himself. After paying their respects, Wang Lung made a deal with the house of Hwang and bought a plot of good land just outside the house. One year later, another boy was born and was named Nung En. Wang Lung's third child was a disaster. Not only was it a girl, but she was born retarded. That summer, a drought hit the area where Wang Lung lived, and it did not rain for months. There was ...
- 1328: The Little Prince
- THE LITTLE PRINCE In the eyes of a child, there is joy, there is laughter. But as time ages us, as soon as we flowered and became grown-ups the child inside us all fades that we forget that once, we were a child. The story begins about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later, the author relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers the little prince s home, Asteroid B-612. When he presents ...
- 1329: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... morale. He was the dreamer and the doer that mad America great. His obsession with greatness led the country in pursuit of a greatness that the entire nation embraced. Little Teddy Roosevelt was a puny child. Suffering from asthma, there was little the fragile boy could do athletically. When he first entered school, the other children mocked him for his weak stature. This incident molded the future president. He became obsessed with strength and the macho attitude of men. He constantly worked out by lifting weights and boxing. He believed that if he grew up muscular he would somehow compensate for his weakness as a child. He believed that strength and power were synonymous. Thus if he became the macho man, like those he surrounded himself with, he would be manly virtuous and great. There was no greater accomplishment in his ... and the selected men of God to leads the world to perfect peace and perfect love. Thomas Woodrow Wilson grew up in a fantasy world. He talked to the trees giving elaborate orations as a child. He lived his entire youth within his mind. He yearned to be great, like the heroes of his dream world, not his sickly frail self. An inferiority complex grew from a comparably weak nature ...
- 1330: Leguins Omelas
- ... ourselves faced with a moral dilemma. What is it that we as people base our happiness on? The idea of societal and personal happiness is played out through the analogy of Omelas and the abandoned child. In this story, we are drawn into Le Guin s world by use of her vivid descriptions. Le Guin pulls us into Omelas with her first phrase with a clamor of bells that set the ... conceivable. The theme then takes over asking if one could accept the conditions that Omelas happily lives under. The plot then allows enough room for the reader to imagine the living conditions under which the child lives in with a little light seeping in dustily between cracks in the boards. The characters, though not drawn out in much detail, have such personalities as to make them recognizable in our own lives ... the merry women, old people and master workmen. By using general identities for these characters, we fill in the gaps with our own imagination molding them to fit people known in our lives. Even the child in the basement was only a child and the boys and girls ran around naked with mudstained feet and ankles. As much as she may shift to one character, Le Guin never gave more ...
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