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- 141: Our Declining Education System
- ... the most significant problems that our schools face today. According to the text, the rate of drug use among students has declined in last few years, but recently there has been an increase in alcohol abuse among teenagers. Intervention programs such as APPLE, (a school based rehabilitation facility) have been implemented in many schools with the cooperation of school counselors and community agencies to treat drug using teenagers. Other programs, such ... there are other problems such as the changing family structure that do not have such clear cut solutions. Some of the problems that teachers are faced with concerning the family include poverty, single parent homes, abuse and/or neglect and homelessness. Statistics state that 41% of single, female headed households live below the poverty level and that students who live in single parent homes score lower on achievement tests, particularly boys ... education that is provided, but rather, encourage educators to be more aware of the difficulties these students face in order to adapt their teaching style, as well as the curriculum to reach these students. Similarly, child abuse and/or neglect has become a major issue in society and schools. It is not clear whether there is a rise in the occurrences of abuse or whether better awareness has increased the ...
- 142: Child Sex Tourism Bill in Australia
- Child Sex Tourism Bill in Australia On March 23rd 1994 the Child Sex Tourism bill was introduced into the House of Representatives. This act, which amended the Crimes Act of 1914, enabling the Australian government to prosecute Australian child sex offenders overseas. Before the introduction of this new legislation, if an offence was committed overseas and not punished whilst in the country, Australian law officials were powerless. The proposed changes in the law ...
- 143: Mother and Child In Sylvia Plath Poems
- Mother and Child In Sylvia Plath Poems Sylvia Plath: Consider how the poems dealing with Mother and Child convey a startling variety of responses Although each of the poems in question (You’re, Morning Song, By Candlelight, Nick and the Candlestick and Mary’s Song) focuses on the relationship between mother and child, the emotions dealt with in each poem vary quite incredibly. Each poem appears differently on the page: You’re and By Candlelight are written in nine-line stanzas, the two poems having two and ...
- 144: Growing Up GAY
- ... experiences and situations of homosexuals (Ben-Ari 89-90). Despite the transition, little consideration has been given to understanding the growing population of gay adolescents. 25% of American families are likely to have a gay child (Hidalgo 24); In the United States, three million adolescents are estimated to be homosexual. Yet, American society still ignores gay adolescents. Majority of children are raised in heterosexual families, taught in heterosexual establishments, and put ... and the ordeals gay adolescents and parents before disclosure. Section two explains the third and fourth stages of homosexual identity development. Finally, section three discusses parents’ reactions to the disclosure, and the relationship with their child thereafter. The Pre-Disclosure Period The first stage of homosexual identity development, sensitization, occurs before puberty. In the sensitization stage, gay adolescents experience feelings of being “different” and marginal from same gender peers (Troiden 50 ... conformity in elementary children and even pre-school children when children display nonconformist gender roles. Many parents fear that if their son is exposed to homosexuality or even the negative beliefs of homosexuality then their child might be recruited or seduced into the gay lifestyle (Taylor 41). The sensitization stage can be a very difficult time for gay youngsters. Children who display nonconformist gender behavior are more likely to be ...
- 145: The Progressive Era
- ... problems of society. They believed that progress and the education of people would overcome many problems. They organized many volunteer organizations to work on these issues. Illinois Factory Act. Passed in 1893 the act prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours. This act soon became a model for other states. During this time many children went to work full-time out of necessity. Wages in factories were low, they worked long hours in horrible working conditions. It took many years to get laws passed. The Illinois Factory Act was the first. State legislatures eventually passed laws banning or restricting child labor. It was not until 1938 that the federal government passed the Fair Labor Standards Act. This law banned employment for children under 16, and prohibited children under 18 from operating dangerous machinery. Progressives lobbied for regulations to protect workers, one of the most important efforts was to end child labor. The number of children under the age of 15 who worked in industrial jobs for wages climbed from 1.5 million in 1890 to 2 million in 1910. Business liked children because they ...
- 146: Interracial Adoption
- ... Heritage, what is it and how important is it? Can children adopted by people of a different race other than their own learn about their own heritage? Is heritage more important than adoption? Is a child better served staying in foster care with those of his own race or being adopted by those outside his race? These are some of the questions I will explore in this report. I will compare ... Ivor Gaber’s article, He writes how a Christian single mum adopted an olive skinned Muslim, because both are black. Their heritage is different but the skin color is the same. Does this make a child learn his/her heritage from its parents? My point is that heritage is not skin color. In a predominately white community, a black person may feel inferior to a white person. This happens because of ... lead to a strong individual. An individual goes through stages of identifying with themselves, such as a female or male, black or white, and other such issues as heritage. An interracial adoption occurs and the child has to deal with the difference in skin tone. The child must then identify all difference as positive. A child can have a hard time dealing with the differences, but a family’s love ...
- 147: Alcohol Abuse Among Teenagers
- ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENAGERS: General View: It's very interesting that I find myself writing about something that not only is commonsense, but what is more, something that every one knows about in general but may not ... alcohol, society sends mixed signals to its youth. Media presents alcohol drinking with peers as not only acceptable but also to insure friendship and as a romantic beverage. Movies present a realistic picture of alcohol abuse. A report by "scientific analysis corporation" examined drinking practices on television and found that out of 225 programs 701 alcoholic drinking acts were recorded which were against the voluntary code (Jean Lennane,1995) of the ... it's impossible to take all of them into account. Research shows that of those who began drinking at the age of 18,66% subsequently are classified with alcohol dependence and 7.8% with alcohol abuse. If a person waits untill the age of 21 before taking their first drink, these risks decreases by 60%. (Grant 103) Alcohol use can affect teenagers health, family relationships and can also place other ...
- 148: Ritalin
- ... According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) (Bailey 1995), prescriptions for Ritalin have increased more than 600% in the past five years. Ritalin has a long history of controversy regarding side effects and potential for abuse, however it greatly benefits those with ADHD. Psychological effects of Ritalin Ritalin (Methylphenidate) is manufactured by CIBA-Geigy Corporation. It is supplied in 5 mg., 10 mg., and 20 mg. tablets, and in a sustained ... she is being hounded by teachers to put her two boys on Ritalin against their psychologist's advice. Another mother says she had to ask a school board member to intervene when teachers at her child's school also pressed for Ritalin use(“Critics say Ritalin,” Houston Chronicle, May 1996). Ritalin is an effective treatment for people with ADHD. Because it allows them to filter out distractions and improve concentration, some ... of treatment, address these symptoms of ADHD as well as stimulants like Ritalin. Learning disabilities, such as reading difficulties or anxiety, are sometimes misdiagnosed as ADHD or co-exist with ADHD. Ritalin will help the child sit still in class, but may not deal with the real culprits keeping the child from learning. Many pediatricians believe children younger than 6 -- even if they have ADHD -- should wait to be medicated ...
- 149: Vengeful Equity
- ... but must do similar work in their own capacity, for example women should not be required to lift the same amount of weight, but should be required to exert comparable amounts of physical energy. Physical abuse and early childhood abuse were debated by Chesney-Lind as a difference that is taken into consideration when comparing male versus female incarceration. According to her article, 43 percent of women surveyed reported they had been abused at least once before their current admission to prison. Males given the same survey resulted in only 12.2 percent reporting abuse. From my psychology background I can easily state that men are 45 percent less likely to admit sexual abuse, and a fair amount of those physically abused do not recognize it as abuse. I ...
- 150: Agression In Males
- ... try to understand Charles and see what the drive is behind his homicidal tendencies. Charles himself has been the victim of some gruesome crimes. From the time of his birth he was not a wanted child, he had been placed in and out of orphanages and institutions for his entire young life. In these institutions he had been severely beaten, scolded, punished, and at times sexually abused. He received no personal ... express themselves in behaviors that in a vague way give a reaction the trauma." (Boeree, G) This statement directly relates to Charles' case. Charles killing of the young girl was a direct result of his abuse as a child, it was almost symbolic in a way. Charles was actually killing his mother; he was reacting to the trauma that she imposed on him. All of this however is unbeknownst to Charles. According to ...
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