...Destroying our Daughters Exchanging illusions for reality brings freedom and a clear mindset. Living in an illusion means to live in a world of misperceptions and contradictions between the senses. This lifestyle selectively accepts only the desirable aspects of life. On the other hand, living in reality entails accepting all things for what they truly are. This lifestyle requires embracing both positive and negative situations that occur. In today’s society illusion is applauded while reality is frowned upon. Suppressing life’s realities and living a fantasy will never lead to true satisfaction. In the play The Glass Menagerie all of the characters struggle with accepting their realities. For example, Amanda refuses to accept Laura’s disability and is controlling her daughter’s life. In Nanci Hellmich's "Do thin models warp girls' body image?" it clearly states how the perfect body image is an illusion, such as the one Amanda wants for Laura in The Glass Menagerie proving that people choose deception over reality because they feel inadequate compared to society's expectations....
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...“Rad, Mad, Queer Mama” is an articles based on a female named Nina Packebush with disabilities that face several obstacles in order to retain custody of her child. This woman in the article had given birth to her first child at the age of 18. Nina had constant visits from and to social workers who would to tell her hand over her child to adoption. Being a young woman, Nina had known she can overcome the obstacle of taking care of her son but understood the social workers would not listen to her. She eventually started to understand herself after having personal issues, that she was possibly bipolar, had ADHD, and that she was a queer. Acknowledging what that could mean if any government officials found out, she started to believe she had to hide herself and “Act normal”. Being happy to finally figure herself out, Nina could not make the attempt to express herself because she may lose her child. She lived her entire life 18 and above hiding herself, never even freed herself. It only got worse when her daughter at the age of 16 had a son as well. Though possibly when her kids had grown up, she had the opportunity to be herself for a chance, it was not the case. The Queer Mama had to hide herself again, taking partnership from her daughter who became emotionally unstable and sent to recovery, it became her responsibility to take care of her grandson. In a incident, she speaks going to the doctor and having hide information about her daughter, herself, and answer a bunch of question...
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...requirements for gender diversity. General Motors also goes to lengths in developing resource groups for minorities in the company such as groups for women, Asian Indians, Chinese, people of African ancestry, Hispanics, young employees, Native Americans, Mideast and Southeast Asians, people with disabilities, veterans, Vietnamese, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees. This would go above and beyond legal requirements to give a positive company culture of inclusiveness so more time and energy may be spent on company goals rather than individuals attempting to spin their wheels either hiding or pretending to think and behave as the mainstream employees. The information source provided was a bit vague on the amount of diversity outside of women and race in management positions. One diversity group briefly mentioned in the original memo was age diversity. It seems a lot of companies heavily focus on race and gender, but age does not appear to get a lot of attention. Another area of discrimination not discussed in the information provided was that of equal education opportunities. A third area of information lacking is that of hiring American’s with disabilities. If General Motors is known to have lost a discrimination case in...
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...understood or accepted about mental disabilities. Steinbeck uses literary devices such as symbolism, imagery, foreshadowing, metaphors, and oxymora to tell his story eloquently and expertly. When you first meet Lennie and George, they are beginning the long trek to their new jobs. Lennie has a mild form of autism, and though George and Lennie are not related, George still feels obligated to protect Lennie. When they arrive at the ranch, the pair are afraid that their...
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...Jared Livingston Grade 12 Period 3-4 February 11, 2014 American History The Holocaust The Holocaust was one of the twentieth century's greatest tragedy that left a mark of tragic and horror to all Jews. The tragedy began at January 30th, 1933 and ended at May 8th, 1945, when the war in Europe ended. Millions of people died during the Holocaust, some were killed by machine guns, gas chambers, getting burned, while others died due to starvation, abuse and diseases. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, was a heartless and uncaring man. He was born on April 20, 1889 in a small Austrian town of Braunau near Germany’s border. Hitler’s father Alios Hitler was a short-tempered, strict and brutal father. It is known that Alios would always beat Hitler when he was young. Hitler’s mother, Klara Hitler, was the opposite of Alios Hitler. She was very caring and loving to her son. When Hitler’s father died, Hitler dropped out of school at an early age because he lost his strong influence into keeping him at school. His mother supported him with this idea. Hitler loved and showed so much companionship to his mother more than his father. When she died at 1907, her death affected him far more deeply than the death of his father. He carried her picture wherever he went and, it is claimed that he had the photo in his hand when he died in 1945. Hitler and the Nazis were the masterminds of the Holocaust. Hitler had so much arrogance in him. He hated and envied the Jews. The Jews at...
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...The Controversy of Medication The controversy of medicating a child who has EBD or ADHD is big, people may not even realize how big it is because it’s hiding in the bushes so to speak, people try to keep it quiet so people don’t form a panic when they find out how their children will be affected if they give them the medication to slow their disability down. Now I say disability light heartedly, because people like to treat children with these conditions like they are breakable, and they shouldn’t, children with these problems should be treated like any normal person in society, just with special care. The most common known drug out there to thin out the possibility or idea of these conditions is Ritalin, there are some successes out there, but there a lot of people who take their children off of it because of the side effects and how different their children start to seem after being on the medication for a prolonged period of time. According to The American Psychological Association, a Dr. Peter Jensen conducted a period of trials on children to see if the medication actually worked and how well it worked, it came back a year later that only 60% of children treated had a success, and the rest failed, but it is said that this medication is not for everyone and it can have some severe side effects. (para. 11). The Helium (2007) website says that the pros and cons of medicating children with these behaviors can include more sleep for those medicated, and less sleep for those...
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...“Thinking of the blue-grass meadow that she traversed as a kid” is an example of the happy memories she brings to mind as she swims which satisfy her enough to keep going. Additionally, the ocean not only lures her through these memories and imagery, but also through a literal sense, personification. Throughout the piece the ocean is said to entice her, “the waves that invited her” and “The foamy wavelets curled up to her white feet” in which Chopin is connoting further to the beauty of the sea,hiding the truth. Conversely, the ocean is hiding its true nature that gradually increases as she goes out further, this nature is expressed through foreshadowing, imagery and memories. Foreshadowing is found early in the passage alluding to the grave events to come, quotes such as , “ bird with a broken wing” , “breeze that beat upon her” and “the water was chill” exemplify this idea. “Bird with a broken wing” is a symbol that represents Edna and her struggle as she is faced by obstacles and disabilities that restrain her, and to represent that nothing is a match for nature, the ocean being no exception. “Breeze that beat upon her” and “the water was chill” simply are literary omens that often are found to bring senses of suspense for the plot to come. Imagery of a grave nature is seen throughout the passage as well. “No living thing in sight” , “abysses of solitude” and “coiled like serpents about her ankles” further develops the idea that the ocean is an expanse of volatility and hostility...
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...As a consequence, the Nazi's transported them including the elders, person with disabilities and sick into concentration camps, later to gas chambers for the mass killing of millions of innocent Jews(“Children during the Holocaust”). Despite children’s horrible condition in the ghettos, many children were able to survive from stealing food and belongings from a non-Jewish neighbor (“Children during the Holocaust”). Besides, others went into hiding in places to escape and attempt not to get captured. After the war, Jewish children dispersed around Eastern Europe as a result of eradicating innocent Jews to have a life (“Children During the Holocaust”). Those children who are a survivor of the Holocaust tell their tale of traumatic memories that haunts them throughout their...
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...Sarah Brynes was ingnored and looked at with disgust in the book, "Staying Fat for Sarah Brynes". They had no idea of the true suffering that she was dealt with. Her dad had abused her and her mother, by burning her with a pot of boiling water. To the public, her face was was a result of a childish accident. People with disabilities are often turned away by the "common people". It is much easier to ingor those who have "problems" than to face them head on and approach them with friendlyness. Not only are there outward scars, but there are inward scars too. Mark, who appeared to be a smart, resbonsible person, had memories that he couldn't shake from the inside. He was teased and pushed around by Ellerby and Eric. He was keeping the secrets...
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...offered to a child during this time, the greater the chances of increased developmental growth. Attitudes have changed over the last few decades in regards to children with disabilities. Instead of hiding or ignoring the disability, models of advocacy and early intervention are espoused as being key to helping disabled children have academic success and also learn the social and life skills needed to transition in their adult lives. Introduction: Many years ago, when a child exhibited a potential developmental disability parents were advised to let a child ‘grow-out of it’. As the field of special education has evolved and grown, it readily acknowledged that catching issues early, not ignoring them, is the most effective way to help the child. “Early childhood experts agree that the earlier intervention begins, the better. Child development expert Burton White, who has conducted years of research with typically developing infants and preschoolers at Harvard University’s Preschool Project, believes that the period between 8 months and 3 years is critical to cognitive and social development:“to begin to look at a child’s educational development when he is 2 years of age is already much too late”(Heward, 2009, p. 535). The consensus, however seems to be that the earlier a deficiency or disability is discovered the better chances for helping a child learn to navigate the world to come. So now that the mode of thinking has changed, what does it mean for the field of education...
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...The Nazis killed children with disabilities, both physical and mental, also known as the “useless children.” The 13-18 year old children had a better chance of survival because they were older, and because they could’ve been used for child labor. While the Jewish children were in the ghettos, they dies of starvation and lack of clothing and shelter. Some of the non-Jewish adults hid Jewish children from the Germans. Lots of children overall were protected by people and that’s how they survived. This is a lot like the Anne Frank story. There were 5,000 to 7,000 victims of the “euthanasia” program in Auschwitz. Medical researchers and SS physicians used a number of children for experiments that often resulted in death. Some non-Jewish children we adopted by an appropriate, racial, German, family. Children quickly memorized prayers to say. Mothers that were pregnant while in a concentration camp had to either get an abortion or have to baby and get it taken away by the Germans to die. Children who lived in the ghettos often went back to their home to find things to sell and found other ways to survive such as smuggling food and medicines into the...
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...When asked what pressure was difficult for me to handle in my life, the answer came to me faster than the solution to 2+2. My life defining moment happened on March 11, 2000, when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In all the years I have had this disease, I have found it to be both a blessing and a curse. It has contributed to my positive outlook on life but it has also caused me physical and emotional hardships. While I wish I did not have to live with the daily grind of diabetes, it has made me a more responsible, mature and empathetic person. The best way to describe the circumstances surrounding my diagnosis was that it was basically routine. I was very sick, worn out and nervous when I walked into Milad Hospital in Tehran. I was a frail and pale 11 year old boy weighing 90 pounds. My blood sugar was off the charts; they quickly hooked me up to an IV and diagnosed me with Type 1 diabetes. Being a young boy, not knowing what diabetes was nor having the capability to cope with its diagnosis, my first response was "cool." Fortunately, my condition was caught early unlike the young boy who came to the hospital in a coma and remained in intensive care for several days. He nearly died before he recovered sufficiently to join me in the training classes. In class, we learned how to stick our fingers so we could draw blood to measure our blood glucose, to count carbohydrates and to draw insulin to inject ourselves. We also learned about diabetic seizures from low blood sugar,...
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...To begin with, the color red symbolizes the monsters that were chasing Ivy. The color red also symbolizes tension between two objects. The object that caused tension was the red flower and it got planted by Ivy and her sister. As soon as Ivy and her sister saw the red on the flower they both were shocked and in a tense body feeling because the color was brighter than they are used to. The color red on the flower made them feel so many emotions because they have always been used to dull colors rather than bright. The different colors represented different things such as tension, protection and faith such as the rocks and the flower. Ivy was also intimidated by the color red because of the monsters that were chasing her but she didn't know what...
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...juggling studying for an A-Level Exam that will determine if he will go to college or not. A lot of stress in Christopher’s life at the moment. This is where things get interesting. As Christopher is asking around, he finds out that Mr. Shears and his mother were having an affair before Mr. Shears left Mrs. Shears. The weird part is that his mother died two years ago from a heart attack. In the midst of all this, Christopher’s father finds the novel and becomes outraged at the sight of it. Taking it away and hiding it. Obviously by this point we all know Christopher is not going to give up on this whole ordeal. So, while his dad is at work he attempts to find the book and in doing so finds something much more serious. Christopher finds a shoe box full of letters that were addressed to him from…his mother. It turns out that Christopher’s mother ran off with Mr. Shears to London. Christopher confronts his father about this and his father apologizes for lying and hiding the letters from his mom. He also tells Christopher that he is the one that killed Mrs. Shear’s poodle out of anger over the fact that he has feelings for Mrs. Shears and Mrs. Shear’s feelings are not mutual. Christopher, out of good reason, decides it is no longer wise or safe to live with his father and decides to live in London with his mother. This comes as a big ordeal to Christopher because he has never left his house (living situation) before. This also scares him because he will have to meet new people...
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...the office building. After Clara is removed from the office, I would start of by asking if the adoption was an open adoption, and the age when Clara was adopted. If the adoption was not an open adoption, the true parents of Clara could be trying to make contact with her while she away from her adoptive parents. This can cause confusion in Clara, and possibly be a reason why her behavior has all of a sudden changed. I would also ask how long they had Clara, and if they had any information on Clara’s biological parents. If they did have background information on the biological parents, I would want to find out if there was a history of any psychological disorders or mental illnesses that could include; depression, anxiety, or any learning disabilities. I would ask if anything changed in their household since...
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