...In life we go through different stages, one minute we are little babies having no worries in the world and next thing we know we’ve got a big bag of responsibilities and problems. The people who make up our lives usually have a great influence on us. Some of these influences might not be that great but others might. As teenagers we go through lots of changes with our body physically and mentally and with little experience we sometimes end up doing things which later on catch up to us and ruin our perfect future. Underage drinking for example is one of the big problems that teenagers get dragged into. Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. About 1900 deaths are caused because of vehicle crashes, 1600 are caused of homicides, 300 from suicide and hundreds more die from other injuries such as falling, burning, drowning etc. Even with all these accidents and problems underage drinking still continues to be a widespread problem. According to data from the 2005 Monitoring the Future (MTF) study, three-fourths of 12th graders, more than two-thirds of 10th graders, and about two in every five 8th graders have consumed alcohol. Teenagers not knowing or having the experience of consuming alcohol tend to drink intensively usually consuming four to five drinks at one time. People who start drinking at young age usually become alcoholics by the time they reach adulthood. Drinking causes teenagers to fail at school and other aspects...
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...How I value life may be different from people. For example, Hamlet, Armstrong, or the editors of Time magazine they have different point of views of life and how much it is worth. I value my life by making the best out of anything. I value my family a lot too, without them I don’t know what I would be. Friends are great but they come and go, family isn’t like that they are going to stick by you through better or worse. The most important thing in life is happiness. People should do whatever they want that makes them happy, blending in is good sometimes but they should think if what they’re doing is making them happy. Hamlet views life as something bad. He talks about how life is extremely hard and how you have to go through a lot to get what you want which is happiness and being rich. Instead of going through all that suffering why not end your life and get rid of it all? Its sounds good at first but what stops us is the fear of what comes after death. Anyone who has crossed that line never comes back. In a way it’s true, sometimes there’s moments when life gets too hard you just want to end it. On the other hand, I disagree, because you should make life the best; only think the positive sides of it. Lance Armstrong is more on the bright side. He says he would want to live life the fullest, and then have a fast death. No pain no nothing. But he also says the truth. Not always life is going to be great. People die it could be your parents, family, friends, etc....
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...When watching The Bare Bears, one amazing thing I have noticed is that the friendship among them. They are so close to each other, but when a girl later involved in the friendship. Things seems have changed. Panda fell in love with the girl, but they other bears see the girl as a good friend. Later, there are funny things happen because of this. I was wondering what is this thing that makes friendship different between opposite sex. According to this, the question I used to lead my research is “What is the difference between same sex and different sex friendship?” This question is kind of broad and what I intend to do is looking to some specific aspects about it, especially gender. I searched a few research articles and found some that fits...
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...ships inside the Lager. In describing the gray zone, Levi discusses the different roles of prisoners assigned by the Nazi. The prisoners that did the work were seen as being more privileged which at the end of the day helped them get more food and live better. Therefore, the concept of the gray zone is analyzing the difference between the privileged and the non-privileged in the Lager. The difference can be seen by the tasks that the prisoners carried out, for example, one of the groups were seen as, “Low ranking functionaries... sweepers, kettle washers, night watchmen, bed smoothers... checkers of lice and scabies, messengers, interpreters, assistants’ assistants. In general, these people poor devils like ourselves, who worked full time like everyone else but who for an extra half liter of soup were willing to carry out these and other ‘tertiary’ functions.” This group was seen as harmless and not much different than the underprivileged. The other group of prisoners in the Lager was seen as the enemies to their own people. They were referred to as the Kapos who were “free to commit the worst atrocities on their subject as punishment for any transgressions, or even without any motive whatsoever: until the end of 1943 it was not unusual for a prisoner to be beaten to death by a Kapo without the latter having to fear any sanctions.” The prisoners that became part of the Kapo were seen as permanent. They were not accepted back by their people if they were willing to give...
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...Different Movie, Different Life I like watching movies in my spare time, such as action movies, emotion movies, and suspense movies, actually I like all kind of movies except horror movies. Action movies can make me passionate and feel good, and actors in action movies are handsome and cool. I am excited by the fight scenes in action movies, which are amazing. I also enjoy in emotion movies. That kind of movies can show me various emotions in our life, and teach me what they are and let me know I should treasure them. Furthermore, I can realize the emotion which I never seen in my life. I can exercise my ability of thinking when I watch suspense movies. My brain is thinking when I watch that movies in a whole time. And I really admire creator of that kind of movies, they are genius and so smart. Let me talk about this kind of movies I dislike, horror movies. Somebody say watch horror movies can release pressure and relax themselves, but I do not think so. I am so upset and afraid when I see something about horror movies, even a playbill or a soundtrack. I do not know why so many people like watching horror movies. My favorite movie is called The Shawshank Redemption. I think so many people have seen this movie. This is an old movie which shown in 1994, I was 2 years old in that year. I watched it some months ago; the story really shocked me indeed. The story is about a banker called Andy; he was falsely charged with murdered his wife and his wife’s lover. He used 19 years to...
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...symbolism associated with the United Kingdom and its people. Spain The cultures of Spain are European cultures based on a variety of historical influences, primarily that of Ancient Rome, but also the pre-Roman Celtic and Iberian culture, and that of the Phoenicians and the Moors. Japan Japanese is the official and primary language of Japan. Japanese is relatively small but has a lexically distinct pitch-accent system. Korea The traditional culture of Korea refers to the shared cultural heritage of the Korean Peninsula. Since the mid-20thcentury, the peninsula has been split politically between North and South Korea, resulting in a number of cultural differences. Cameroon Over 250 ethnic groups live in Cameroon's 10 provinces. Across the different regions, communities have an allegiance to local chiefs as well as being ruled by central government. Brazil The culture of Brazil presents a very diverse nature showing that an ethnic and cultural mixing occurred in the colonial period involving mostly Indigenous peoples of the coastal and most accessible riverine areas, Portuguese people and Africans. New Zealand The culture of New Zealand is largely inherited from British and European custom, interwoven with Maori and Polynesian tradition. Thailand The culture of Thailand incorporates cultural beliefs and characteristics indigenous to the area known as modern-day Thailand coupled with much influence from ancient China, Cambodia, Laos, India along with the neighboring pre-historic...
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...GETTTO KNOW YOU! HOW WOULD SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS YOU DESCRIBE YOUR BEST QUALITIES? Helpful, friendly, Enthusiasm HOW WOULD SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORST QUALITIES? Bossy, compulsive WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? HOW DID IT INFLUENCE YOU? Born and bred in Singapore. Singapore is a multiracial country, she allow me to learn a lot of different culture of other races and the languages. TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND/OR PEOPLE IMPORTANT TO YOU In my family there is total of 5 members. Father, mother, two sisters and I. we love to travel around to many different parts of the world. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY AND WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES? No. DESCRIBE YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT OR EXPERIENCE This just happen not long ago, it happens during my Taiwan trip with my whole family. I trip over a small chair while I was happily eating my ex-large chicken chop and the whole chicken chop landed on my face. WHAT WAS THE LAST UNUSUAL, EXCITING OR SPONTANEOUS OUTING YOU INSTIGATED? The flight to shanghai was having a 70% offer. I flew there the next day with my friends DESCRIBE SOMETHING YOU WOULD DO IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULDN’T GET CAUGHT Be a spy WHAT ARE YOU LIKE IN A ROOM FULL OF STRANGERS? I will start looking at them, and see what they are doing. If they give me an eye to eye contract I will talk to them. WHAT TYPES OF PEOPLE INTIMIDATE YOU AND WHY? I do not have any...
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...envelopment as a child and a teenager has been surrounded by political issues, involving my country into sad and hard situations, destroying our culture, education and economy, forcing and scaring the people who decided to trust into a different opinion against the government, those ones will be recognized as “Traitors” and “Enemies of the nation” at least that was the way they used to call them. The visual arts means to me as a way to escape from reality and open our minds to others, to make them understand that there’s a another world outside complete different as the one who we live in now. At the age of seven, my father took me into a Father-son trip to the beach, where he gave me my first camera, an Instant water proof Kodak, one of the most beautiful gifts that i’m still appreciating from hem. Since then I have been feeling a passion for the Films and Photography a passion who becomes an intuitive path that guides me through life. For me films are about romance, adventures, tears, laughs and smiles, more than recording with a video camera, doing a film involves feelings, inspiration, originality, pushing the boundaries and making us to be able to distinguish ourselves from one another. Every mind is a different world, this life is a gift, no matter how pain full it seems to be, we need to be ready to take a risk, to grow and recognized that everyone has reason to live. I’m taking now the risk, I’m growing up and I’m recognizing my reason to...
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...Is was filled with many deaths that seemed to tie all the strands of my life together and which bore some oblique relationship to both the orange and the doll” (P 2, L23 – 26), in this quote she realise that people around her die, the girl is well a known of her problems and insecurities and she sees the dead as a part of her life, she accept it, because there is only a defined amount of love to one person with she describes as a love - orange. Although the death takes a lot of people around her, she sees the funeral as a vacation, a time to come out of the house and a break from her own world. She is smart but childish at the same time, that can only mean that she is older than 10 years, I would say that she where a teenager, because her grandparents where still alive. The girl, that we do not know the name of, often hides under the bed when strangers come by her grand parents house, where she lives. Every time strangers come by, she would say these words to her dog: “A world outside” (P 1 L 8), the dog is a bit redundant in the text, but still an object that is used to support the fact that she is a bit more like other people. She is different, and she thinks she lives in a ‘inside’ world, that is one of the reasons why her grandmother dressed her all white to the neighbours funeral, the other reason why she is dressed all white, is the fact that, she sees the place people come to in the second life, is a place filled with butterflies, sunlight and sweetness. As a symbol...
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...Technology’s Effect on Reading Skills Things are much different from the generation in which I grew up technology-wise. We had few television shows for kids other than Saturday morning cartoons. Computers, even the PCs at home, were used for accounting programs or very early e-mail. There were very few games for kids and it took those forever for them to load. There were not many game systems and none of them were portable. We also did not have the cell phones that are available now with internet access. We did not even have internet. Things have come a long way since then. Today’s kids have access to cell phones, iPods, tablets, laptops, and a lot more options available to them. Modern technology has had both a positive and a negative impact on the current generation's ability to improve their reading skills. Kids growing up in 2015 are growing up in a different world. Life has a much faster pace in this era of technology. People can get things on demand and immediately. Kids in school have a harder time paying attention for long periods of time. This makes sitting still and paying attention to a teacher’s lecture difficult. It also makes getting past a possible slow part of a book or passage tough. Most of their electronics come with many different options and if they don’t like whatever is on they can change it. This makes teaching students what is needed for them to pass the standardized test very difficult. Another issue students have is lowered comprehension. Students...
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...waves are calling out my name And they laugh at me C Bm F Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed C Bm Bm C Dm The waves they keep on telling me, Time and time again, Bm C F "Boy, you'll never win!, You'll never win!" Chorus: C Dm But the voice of truth tells me a different...
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...case filed by a model whom he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted. In relation to the defamation case, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled it could go ahead. Tamara Green, Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz all claim that Mr. Cosby’s representatives damaged their reputations by denying their allegations. Mr. Cosby’s Lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the case, arguing the remarks were personal opinions protected by the First Amendment and legal declarations made in his defence. In his ruling, rejecting the dismissal of the case, U.S. district court judge Mark Mastroianni allowed the defamation case to move forward. (“Testifies”) Barbara Bowman; an aspiring actress during 1980s, seventeen at the time, when Bill Cosby entered her life, won her trust and then assaulted her. (Bowman) “In one case, I blacked out after having dinner... -when I came to, I was in my panties, a man’s t-shirt, and Cosby was looming over me. I’m certain that he had drugged and raped me. [...] The final incident was in Atlantic City, I was staying in a separate bedroom of Cosby’s hotel suite, but he pinned me down in his own bed while I screamed for help. I’ll never forget the clinking of his belt buckle as he struggled to pull his pants off. I furiously tried to wrestle from his grasp until he eventually gave up, angrily called me ‘a baby’ and sent me home to Denver. [...] My agent, who introduced me to Cosby, had me take a pregnancy test when I returned from my last trip with him.” (Bowman) Beverly...
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...Sexuality at Different Life Stages Sexuality at Different Life Stages In Anne’s scenario, she needs to make an educated decision about having sex. Ultimately, the responsibility of having sex is up to her, not her mother or her boyfriend. The first thing the therapist should discuss with Anne is the emotional and physical consequences of having sex. The therapist and Anne should examine the relationship between Anne and her boyfriend together in order to decide if her boyfriend is sincere about Anne or if he is just taking advantage of Anne. The boyfriend is putting pressure on Anne to have sex, which is something she needs to think about. He is more mature than her and may also be more experienced in sexual encounters. The therapist needs to explain to Anne the different types of love and that she needs to be sure she is in actual love and not lust or infatuation while making her decision. The therapist should also talk about Anne and her mother’s relationship. In order for Anne to show her mother maturity, she should be open and honest with her mother about her decisions with sex. It is important for Anne to be honest with her mother because it will build a truthful and honest relationship. Anne’s mother will trust that Anne can make smart decisions for herself and show that she is a mature young woman. As Anne is open and honest with her mother, Anne’s mother should be open to hearing about things like this happening in Anne’s life. Anne’s mother...
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...Sexuality at Different Life Stages PSY265 Axia College of University of Phoenix Different ages experience different levels of sexuality. Teenagers are often bombarded with hormones and new feelings all at once, making responsible decision making harder than it already is. Elderly couples have seemingly passed their prime and may worry about health issues and physical ailments regarding their sexual performance. Those who are paralyzed might be thinking they cannot possibly have a normal sex life because of their disability. These three scenarios are all possibly scenarios that could be taken to a therapist. Consider Anna. She is an adolescent girl who loves her boyfriend. He is three years older than she is and putting quite a bit of pressure on Anna to have sex. She is anxious over her parent’s attitude towards her boyfriend and her mother often warns her about dating an older boy, insinuating he intends to take advantage of Anna. Anna is at the age where her hormones and physical features are all happening very quickly (Rathus, Nevid, Fichner-Rathus, 2005) . Not only is her boyfriend pressuring her but peer pressure is having an effect on what she thinks she wants. It is important for Anna to understand that her hormones WILL even out and she will not feel like this forever. It might be appropriate to mention that Anna’s mother is only thinking of Anna, though she may be displaying her concern in a way that comes out critical instead of worrisome. Anna...
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...Sexuality at Different Life Stages Kimberly Hamsher PSY/265 April 13, 2014 Kimberly Hima Sexuality at Different Life Stages In the case of Ashley, I would assume her therapist would point out all the options she has before deciding if she wants to pursue a sexual relationship with her boyfriend. She should explain the variety of emotions an adolescent girl might feel when a boy or young man shows an interest in her. She should let her know that the word love can sometimes be displaced and confused with feelings such as lust, puppy love or even infatuation. She should let her know that for her young age, those are normal feelings and though they shouldn’t be taken lightly, they should also not be taken advantage of by someone who is older, a bit more mature and experienced. She should point out that while her boyfriend might be very genuine in his feelings for her, she should never feel pressured to have sex. As hard as it may be for him, her boyfriend should be patient and understanding of her feelings. If he is not, then maybe his intentions are not focused on her wishes, but rather what she can give him. She should let her know that the possible reasons her parents’ attitude towards her boyfriend are not just because of his age, it’s because with age comes experience. Her mother might assume he’ll take advantage of her and quite frankly, if he’s pressuring you, then he is. She should let her know that as parents’ we always want what’s best for our children. It’s our...
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