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- 1581: “I Won’t Learn From You” And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment
- ... interesting phenomenon to me that is explored by Kohl in the title essay of his book. Sometimes a teacher may mistake a student for having a learning disability or a behavior problem, when rather the child is actually making a conscious choice to “not learn” certain values or morally unfavorable material that is being imposed on them. In Kohl’s own words, “To agree to learn from a stranger who does ... people who influenced him, ispired him, and showed him the importance of hope. He believes that honoring student’s stregnths and abilities will have a profound effect on them. “If you want to find a child’s weaknesses, failures, personal problems or inadequacies, you’ll discover them. If you look at a child through a filter of her or his environment or economic status, and make judgements through the filters of your own cultural, gender, and racial biases, you’ll find the characterisics you expect....On the ...
- 1582: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... daughter of one of the town's wealthier families, that left El Dorado Springs after high school. I don't remember where she ended up, but she married a black football player and had a child. Well, things didn't work out for her; she ended up getting a divorce, so she brought the child back to El Dorado Springs for the grandparents to raise. They raised him and nothing was ever said about the child because the family was prominent and well to do." Ms. Swager asked me. "Do you know anyone else from the town to interview?" "No, I'm really going into this blind. I've just ...
- 1583: Frederic Douglass
- ... the town of Easton, Maryland. Harriet Baily was Frederick's mother. She worked the cornfields surrounding Holmes Hill. As a boy, he knew little of his father except that the man was white. As a child, he had heard rumors that the master, Aaron Anthony was his father. Frederick's mother was required to work long hours in the fields, so he lived with his grandmother, Betsey Baily. Betsy Baily lived ... company in Baltimore. When Frederick got to the Auld home his only duties were to run errands and care for the Auld's infant son, Tommy. Frederick liked the work and grew to love the child. Sophia Auld was the master's wife, she often read the bible to her son and Frederick. She started to teach Frederick to read and write but soon after the master learned of this and ... Frederick would have to change his name so the slave catchers would not catch him. So by the suggestion of Johnson, Frederick Baily became Frederick Douglass. In June 1839 Anna gave birth to their first child Rosetta, the next year they had a son Lewis. Douglass became involved in the abolitionist movement next. Someone approached Douglass and asked him if he wanted a subscription to the Liberator, an abolitionist paper ...
- 1584: Air Bags
- ... a seat belt. Small children and airbags don’t mix. Children shouldn’t be in the front seat because the force of the airbag is usually too much for them. Never put a rear facing child seat in the front seat of the car. If the airbag goes off, the seat will be pushed forward and the child may get squeezed between the back of the seat and the airbag. Children are less likely to be killed in a crash if they are in the back seat. If someone must put a child in the front seat, they may want to have an on/off switch for the airbag installed on the passenger side. On/off switches are used to prevent the airbag from going off in ...
- 1585: Rumpelstiltskin
- ... this story and challenges the girl. She is, alas, not able to do so and becomes very distraught. An enchanting little man comes to her aid, but only after she promises him her first born child. The daughter, who is now no longer a girl, goes to great lengths to get out of her promise and prospers by showing tremendous strength of character. Exploitation is defined as the use or manipulation ... if I spin the straw for you this time?' ‘I have nothing left to give' answered the girl." She has already given him her only possessions, some jewelry. "‘Then you must promise me the first child you have after you are queen' said the little man" (Grimm). "When all this was done the diminutive man in the funny hat laughed and said, ‘That is how you turn straw into gold.' Then ... you must fulfill your part of the bargain" (Garner). Esmeralda gets what she wants in the end. She does so by taking advantage of those that used her. Esmeralda finds happiness when she has a child. When she almost losses that child she uses her station to keep the baby. "Rumpelstiltskin" teaches a lesson about human nature that crosses the barrier of time. Both versions of the story cited in ...
- 1586: Hinduism
- ... world soul, or head-god . The full realization of this is believed to be sufficient to release the worshiper from rebirth; in this view , nothing could be closer to salvation than the birth of a child. Many of the goals and ideals of renunciatory Hinduism have been incorporated into worldly Hinduism , particularly the eternal dharma (sanatana dharma) an absolute and general ethical code that could lead to transcend all subsidiary , relative ... and private devotion. Because of the social basis of Hinduism, the most fundamental ceremonies for every Hindu are those that involve the rites of passage (samskaras). These begin with birth and the first time the child eats solid food ( rice ). Later rites include the first haircutting ( for a young boy ) and the purification after the first menstruation ( for a girl ); marriage and the blessings upon pregnancy, to produce a male child and to ensure a successful delivery and the child's survival of the first six dangerous days after birth. Last are the funeral ceremonies ( cremation and, if possible, the sprinkling of ashes in a ...
- 1587: Pearl's Contribution to the Scarlet Letter
- ... other kids shout and curse at her. Pearl takes it in stride and defends her mother and fends off the evil children. The adults of Boston, mostly Puritans, talk behind Hester's back about the child being one of a sinner. Another common stereotype filled by Pearl is whenever an adult is occupied with something then the child finds something to do. When Hester went to the woods to meet with Dimmesdale, Pearl went off to play in the brook while the two adults talked and then she stopped when her mother called ... novel. The supernatural aspect of Pearl makes her out to be what many of us would call monsters or beings from fairy-tales. Pearl is considered by the denizens of Boston to be a "devil-child" and not belonging in such a society. She is also referred to as an "imp" as well as being "elf-like" and that she would be void of "human joy and sorrow". Although she ...
- 1588: A Meeting in the Dark: A Loss of Priorities
- ... boy. He is concerned more about himself and what he is losing than what is important. He sneaks out of his hut to go to the Makeno Village to see the mother of his unborn child, Wahumu. As he walks along the path, he passes a woman. They engage in idle conversation, and he continues down the path. He feels proud for speaking to her and others noticing, until he realizes ... losing his status, the fear of his father, rekindled. "People who wished him well at the college" (101), he fears losing his opportunity for education. John acts ashamed and unconcerned for Wahumu and the unborn child. He encounters her parents once he reaches one of the village huts. He waits for Wahumu as he chats with them. He almost tells them: "I am afraid…" (103), when he is interrupted by her ... everyone. He is confused, "because he feared his Father and people and did not know his true attitude to the girl. Whatever he did looked fatal to him" (110). John would degrade Wamuhu and his child by his selfishness. "Let me give you money. You might say someone else is responsible…Then that man will marry you. For me it is impossible" (110). He offered her "two hundred shillings" (110), ...
- 1589: Gay And Lesbian Adoption
- ... on this because of two greedy homosexuals who what to have their cake and eat it two. The safety of the children is also in question when kids are placed with homosexuals. Forty percent of child molesters are homosexual, and they only represent ten percent of the population (Statistics website). This fact alone should make anyone want to outlaw homosexual adoptions. Also one of the nations foremost psychologist's Dr. Laura ... they would be straight and have them the normal way. If a person chooses to be homosexual there is nothing really the country can do about it, but if they what to bring a innocent child into their life of sin, we as God-fearing Americas must protect the young from this life of sin. Homosexuals say that outlawing their adoption rights is a form of discrimination. This could not be ... not matter if it is a one or two parent family, just anything to get the children out of the hands of homosexuals. Homosexuality sickens me, what sicken me even more is to see a child in the hands of a lesbian woman. It make me think what has our country come to when we let homosexuals adopt child. How could it be that if only thirty-nine percent of ...
- 1590: The Life of Identical Twins
- ... not cause conflict (Berthoud, 1996). Moreover, parents should try to support their children in developing their own interests even if that particular hobby or sport is the same as the other twin. This shows a child respect for their wishes, and in this environment healthy competition is encouraged to thrive ( Mathias 1992). Clearly, the relationship between individuality in twins and competition is a complex one recognising special parenting skills in promoting ... most important decisions parents will make, is whether or not to place their twins together or apart in school. If parents have encouraged individuality then the transition may be experienced the same as a single child starting school (Twin & Multiple Birth Association 1999). However, if twins have spent all their lives together with little contact with other children and little interaction with their parents then being on their own, maybe for ... teacher and other children as individuals and not as a pair. Verbal skills are clearly important for learning and the best way to help twins develop those skills is to try and speak to each child individually and encourage others to do the same. Research undertaken on child development (Pratt, et al, 1986) shows that identical twins who have been separated at birth and reared separately, have the same level ...
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