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- 2221: The Use of Symbolism in "A Jury of Her Peers"
- ... and sang"(glaspell 167). Mrs. Hale then says "how-she- did-change"(165). The rocking chair had depreciated over the years just like Minnie Foster, but Minnie Foster's change was due to John's abuse which denied her individuality and imprisoned her in a stereotype that was mentally debilitating. This ultimately led Minnie to kill John and escape the abuse. Other significant symbols in the story are the bird and the birdcage. Mrs. Hale describes Minnie, before her marriage, as "kind of like a bird herself-real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and ... is asked is whether Minnie was going to "quilt or just knot it"(glaspell 163). This is the decision Minnie had to make. She either had to quilt it, meaning she had to endure the abuse, or she would knot it and decide that her life as it exists was "not it" and she would do something to change it. The referral to the quilt as a trifle is very ...
- 2222: Gender
- ... over the years in defining and debating if both male and female are equal. Today gender is constructed in four different ways. The first way gender is defined is by the family in which a child is raised. Second is the society in which a child interacts; makes friends and enemies. The third is our school system and our board of education. And the last but not least is our own self conscious. Each of the above four ways have a ... looked down and made fun of and neglected. The last but the most critical factor that construct or gender role is our self conscious and the sense of being accepted. Ever since you are little child you have been molding yourself to become what the your family and society expects you to be. When you grow old you know exactly what defines masculinity and femanity. If you are a male ...
- 2223: The Growth of Coarse Language
- ... vocabulary ,More specifically: we went to see uncle bob and he was sitting on the sofa. And he gave me a box of chocolates. By the time a he/she starts the 1st grade the child would have a productive vocabulary and understand as many as 14000 words. this means that the child has learned 9 new words every day science he or she started to talk. This rapid increase of learning to speak does not slow down after this period of time, as a matter of fact it keeps increasing even more as the child learns to read. by the time they are 17 they would have a 800000 reading word vocabulary and that means he or she has acquired an average of 13 words a day. Now you ...
- 2224: Problematic Sollutions
- ... This may work for some women, but Murray doesn t stipulate as to what happens to the women it does not work for. Cutting out the welfare system will leave those who use, rather than abuse, the system out in the cold. It may help decrease the number of illegitimate births but it will also bring great harm to many babies and children. Welfare checks are often used to put clothing ... the problems in society so that they won t relive them as they grow. The key to cutting down on illegitimacy is through the education of youth. Expose teens to the hardships of raising a child so that they think before they act. Get to the core of the problem by reaching young Americans in their prime. The young people of today are the future of tomorrow and they possess the ...
- 2225: The Triumph of "Gorsh the Cellist"
- ... soothing properties of music upon the soul; fantasy- as a real event of the mind. Kenji writes of fantastical wonderful things with a nonchalance that makes it almost believable especially through the eyes of a child; and best of all: open-mindedness- to believing in the best of all things in strangers and other creatures. Every child, and thus, the child in us, loves to be stimulated by the experiences of Gorsh and if one learns the lessons alongside Gorsh as he encounters them, they can consider themselves well taught for "Gorsh the Cellist" is ...
- 2226: Bilingual Education
- ... will learn about grammar and English literature. In their Spanish class they will learn about Spanish grammar and Spanish literature. They will do the same for their history classes as well. With this system, a child who does not speak any English will get a chance to learn it and will be the same as a child who does not speak any Spanish. Eventually the children will all become equal on some level. After grade six, bilingual education will become optional. It should be done on a voluntary basis. Students will have ... approach that of a native English or Spanish speaker (NewsHour 3-4). The idea of bilingualism is to integrate the children into one society. They are to become united. I do not want any one child to speak just one language. The big question on everyones mind right now is: How much is this program going to cost us? In my mind, the cost is priceless. What is money ...
- 2227: Baby Project
- ... the baby at the basketball games when she was cheering. Catherine watched after the baby when I play in the Fund-Raiser Basketball Game. It is very important for both parents to care for a child. It is very hard work. I do not see how a single parent survives caring after a child. Based on my little experience with the baby I found out that it is vital for both parents to care for a child. I also learned that parenting can be really hard and it can also be really fun.
- 2228: U.S and Greece: Differences and Similarities in Education
- ... write. There are many differences in the two different civilizations and probably due to the difference of time. There are about ten major differences between the two counties. First, the poor looked as an extra child in the family, and extra child to feed and give an education so could be abandoned or not given an education. The rich also didn't want to spend the money on the child's education and would be very selfish. Girls stayed home to cook, weave, do art, and to learn to run the house because of the male dominated culture. Only the boys went to school, ...
- 2229: Doing It Publicly
- ... that are conscientious and have very interesting and educational topics. For example Oprah Winfrey and Maury Povich are two shows that have many rewarding topics such as family reunions. They also have educational topics on child and spousal abuse. These shows are good because they expose us to different things that are going on in the world, things that we can change. The best thing to do is to shift through all the talk ...
- 2230: Sex Education: Does it Really Work?
- ... Whitehead 73). The social consequences of teens having children are great. If a teenage mother does not finish high school or become married there is a seventy-nine percent chance that the mother and the child will be poor (Whitehead 73). Teenage girls have greater control over their fertility today than they had in the past, and yet the percentage of births to unwed mothers continues to rise (Whitehead 73). This ... form of education should be taught in schools. I believe that parents should be offered the opportunity to come to the sex education class's with their children, so they can learn what information their child is receiving. That way the schools could act as a beginning point for the parents and child to talk about sex comfortably in their home. It would also solve the problem of parents who disagree about what should be taught. I believe that their should be two different levels of sex ...
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