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- 1491: Sleepwalking
- ... and an extension of dreaming. It is now understood to be a complex combination of one or more factors, such as psychological and physiological factors as well as chemical interference (such as alcohol and drug abuse). The source of the sleepwalking behavior varies according to age with the younger sufferers having more physiological problems which they grow out of, while with older people, stress and substance abuse play a larger role. Sleepwalking is most common among children from the ages of 4 to 12. Estimates for the percentage of the population which will sleepwalk at least once in their lifetime range quite ... in a family will often all sleepwalk, or uncles and parents will have sleepwalked in their childhood and outgrown it. This is another indication that childhood sleepwalking has less to do with psychological and substance abuse factors than with purely physiological factors. On the other hand, if a patient begins sleepwalking later in life, he is more likely to have the disorder for the rest of his life. Stress and ...
- 1492: German World Of Disappointment
- By: Meg “The German World of Disappointment” From the youngest child to the oldest man, everyone has experienced the unpleasant feeling of disappointment. Everyone has been to a place that was not all that they anticipated it to be. No one can say that someone has never somehow let them down. At one point or another, everyone has been disappointed in something they have purchased. And what child is not heart-broken when he learns there is no Santa Claus? Whether it is in a person, thing, place, or idea, disappointment can be the most devastating and hurtful feeling people face. Disappointment is ... became intimate, she continuously and heartlessly rejected and avoided him and two weeks later, Oskar caught her having sex with his father and no long after that she married Mazerath because she claimed that the child she was carrying was his. Oskar firmly believed that the child was his and was very excited about the idea of having a son follow in his footsteps. When Kurt came, however, Oskar was ...
- 1493: Hawaiian Chant
- ... father" being a God like creature has done so much for her and her people. I also do not understand the line "Alas for you!". The translation seems to be a little vague. "Oh (adoptive) child my father sought", I believe is comparing herself as a child of the land and how now that she is leaving that she was merely adopted and that she was not meant to stay there on the land for the remainder of her life. And when she say's, "We two are now leaving your child", that the land is like a child to the God like entity she is talking to, which makes me want to say that the entire chant is meant to be for the God like ...
- 1494: Revealing the Mistakes of Puritanism
- ... journey has on his life. He denies himself the companionship of his friends and neighbors. As he walks down the street, he “shrinks from the minister as if to avoid anathema,” he “snatches away a child from Goody Cloyse,” and he “wonders what god Deacon Gookin” prays to. Brown sees the minister on the street, and he tries to hide himself. He sees vivid images of the minister which nobody can believe. He also snatches a young child from his former Sunday school teacher because of his visions on her. Apparently she takes part in some of the witches' Sabbaths. He can no longer see her in the same light, and he doesn't want the child to have to learn the same lessons he has. He thinks everything she says to the child makes her a hypocrite. His visions also lead him to believe that Deacon Gookin might pray to ...
- 1495: Atention Defficit Disorder
- ... things. ADD kids seem to forget everything. They forget what they studied just last night for today's biology test. Even though ADD kids IQ can be the same as his or her classmates the child's academic performance will be inexplicably uneven. Most ADD children want to do just as well as other kids do and can do well for a while, but because of concentration problems they can't ... but their parents will think that they can do better. A large percentage of Attention Deficit Disorder kids are overly aggressive. This can involve physical aggression especially in younger children. This characteristic can turn the child's peers against him or her. A widespread belief about gifted children is that they usually score high on their intelligence tests and perform well in school. During the last decade, increased attention has been ... friends, parents and coaches, can learn to use this gift effectively. Suddenly, things become clearer to the person with ADD and they can begin to use their untapped talent. Dr. Ned Hallowell, an adult and child psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, has written many books on ADD. He says, "People with ADD are highly imaginative and intuitive. They have a feel for things, a way of seeing right to the ...
- 1496: Underage Drinking: A Problem For Society
- ... facing them. “At first young people may rely on alcohol to numb their pain, but if they continue to use alcohol, before long they will face a whole new set of problems resulting from substance abuse. Although the factors described above frequently play a role in teen alcohol use, substance abuse is a complicated problem that can never be understood by isolating a single cause. Instead, it usually results from a number of these aspects interacting with one another.” (LeBlanc,179). The effects of underage drinking on society are practically immeasurable. Statistics show that “the younger a person begins using alcohol, the greater the chance of developing alcohol dependence or abuse some time in their life. Of those that began drinking at age 18, 16.6% subsequently are classified with alcohol dependence and 7.8% with alcohol abuse. If a person waits until the age ...
- 1497: Should We Legalize
- ... as a great danger to the individual, considering our opinions of alcohol and tobacco (Wink). Another assumption of drug decriminalization is that there will not be a large increase in the number of people who abuse drugs. If many people were likely to become addicts, there would be good reason not to go through with drug decriminalization. While both decriminalizationists and prohibitionists agree that the legalization of drugs will lead to more people using drugs, decriminalizationists believe that there would not be a large increase in drug abuse. This belief stems from a study of the difference between the drug use and abuse between poor urbans and well-offs. The study states that the percentage of poor urbans using drugs is much higher than the percentage of well-offs who used drugs. To believe that increased use ...
- 1498: Through The Eyes Of The Dyslex
- Through the Eyes of the Dyslexic Child Dyslexia is one of several distinct learning disabilities. It is a specific language-based disorder characterized by difficulties in single word decoding, usually reflecting insufficient phonological processing. These difficulties in single word decoding are often ... to working it out in logical sequence. And then the problem was that he had to figure out how to write about it. The thing that can confuse parents and teachers too, is if a child is very bright, the child can get through the first few grades - and sometimes all the way to eighth grade - with coping strategies which prevent easy detection (Thomas 111). However, most dyslexics of above-average intelligence get picked up ...
- 1499: Egalitarian Language
- ... religion unless there was solid proof that could not be ignored. I believe that change in dialog, for the purposes of a more egalitarian society, can only come from education by parents and schools. A child learns from the moment they are born by watching and imitating what they see. If a child is born with racist or sexist parents it is more likely than not that child will also share his/her parents beliefs. Even parents who are not racist or sexist must make a point to talk to their children about these subjects or the child will absorb ideas from ...
- 1500: The Negative Portrayal Of LSD
- ... make LSD better and profit from the advantages it has to offer. Unlike other legal drugs there has been no evidence thus far, to indicate LSD to be a physically addictive drug, although people do abuse LSD, in consequence of ignorance. Government control could limit abuse of LSD through research, intelligence, facts and truths (both good and bad). It is in the context of encouraging the good uses and discouraging the bad uses of such drugs as LSD that legislation should ... There are many dangers of an uncontrolled substance, with no alternative to expand the mind in the same ways. Americans who gamble with these substances face these dangers everyday. No education to improve on the abuse of LSD, or further experimentation to improve its quality to possibly benefit from the experience of LSD are other significant problems LSD causes. In result “LSD isn’t safe, but drug dealers are becoming ...
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