...Stanley, a chubby kid must survive Camp Green Lake, a camp in which juveniles must face terrible living conditions; and possibly their death. Camp Green Lake used to be a lively, thriving town. But when Sam, the onion man is shot, his lover Kate Barlow starts on her journey as a bandit, killing men and looting them. Now Camp Green Lake is a desolate, and dry land full of deadly yellow spotted lizards, and rattlesnakes. One day, Stanley Yelnats walked outside and a shoe landed in his hands, they belonged to the best baseball player in the world; Clyde Livingston. After many trials, Stanley chose to go to Camp Green Lake instead of jail. Stanley was treated terribly, the kids hated him, and he had to go behind Zero, a mysterious kid that was...
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...Disney World in a Week Never in a million years would I imagine such a fantastic place as Disney World. The sleek, shiny, white, with black tinted windowed trains for transportation. The way the castle lights up at night with its pink, blue, green, red, orange and every other color imaginable of lights. The vast parking lot full, about one-thousand cars. The arch that welcomes you over the highway. It was in the hot muggy town of Savannah, Georgia that the plans took place. I was twelve years old and my mom had just recently met my stepfather. My stepfather is a retired Marine and he wanted to take the family out for something special. It was the middle of June and the weather was hot, humid, and the grass was at its greenest. The birds chirped in the trees, the insects buzzed lazily by. I was in my room drawing, when my mom came in and told me that we were going to...
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...The reason why young adults going to the jail after severe crime shouldn’t be mandatory is because they are young adults and there is a high possibility for them to live better after consistent treatment with the specialist. In the late 1900’s there were many young adult criminals from all races. However, with the specialist assisting the juvenile who committed crime, since 1995, the rate of youth in confinement dropped 41% thanks to specialist helping the juvenile to rehabilitate (Green). “The juvenile prison system can help kids turn their lives around; rehabilitation gives kids a second chance. Successful rehabilitation, many argue, is better for society in the long run than releasing someone who's spent their entire young adult life in general prison population. A young person released from juvenile prison is far less likely to commit a crime than someone coming out of an adult facility” (Reaves). Like Reaves said, many young adults who have been treated with rehabilitation with the specialists gives them second chance to re-think about their actions and how to live their future life better and worth. Comparing to the young adults who have been released from the jail and young adults who was released from juvenile prison, young adults eventually committed more crimes...
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...Stars John Green “That’s the thing about pain” Augustus said “It demands to be felt” (10, Green). Who among us has been plagued with feelings? For most teenagers it seems par for their course, but this is especially true for the two main characters Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters of the novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It is about the reality of two young teenagers facing love, life, and death in a different way than most people. The story of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters proves and exposes the realistic lives of what people with cancer experience, the love two people can share, and the depressing truth of death. John Green was able to capture the truth behind these three phenomenons through his own personal journey with a young girl named Esther Earl in which he helped her face cancer, love, and death. There is time when the word “cancer” is too heavy of a word for some people to pronounce, knowing people who have lost their lives to it or are suffering through it at this very moment. Imagine a person living with cancer, most people see a hairless and lifeless human being just waiting for their time. The Fault in Our Stars shows the truth behind real cancer patients and how they live their lives. Although people living with cancer may have obstacles or they are unable to do certain things all people have that challenge for something and that’s what John Green wanted to prove. Hazel Grace is 16 years old living with stage 4 thyroid...
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...drug abuse, Savannah was a victim and started using drugs at the age of ten. Consistently, she was taking pills, smoking marijuana, and drinking. Struggling with depression, bulimia, anorexia, and her parents’ physical and verbal abuse was demanding. In 2009, she ran away from home. At 15 years old, when the cops found her, her eyes were sunken in, her skin was black and blue and littered with cuts; she did not recognize herself. When Savannah entered the juvenile hall, sobriety began. At 18, she now works as a project coordinator for a drug recovery center (“True Story: Savannah”). Though Savannah's story ends well, this is not common for kids living with addicted parents. Ordinarily, kids from drug addicted parents do not end up in recovery, and often struggle with physical and psychological problems. Studies reveal, “25 percent of American kids grow up in households where substance abuse is present” (“Guide for Children of Addicted Parents”). Therefore, substance abuse affects children in numerous ways, including impacts of drug addiction, abusive parents, and involvement in rehabilitation programs. Similarly, substance abuse affects...
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...families, admitting immigrants with skills that are valuable to the U.S. economy, protecting refugees, and promoting diversity. This fact sheet provides basic information about how the U.S. legal immigration system is designed. (American immigration Council) There are many ways to immigrate to the US, and each way of immigration has a different timeline. If you are the immediate relative of a US citizen, for example, you may be able to secure a green card relatively quickly. This is because there are no limits on the number of immediate relatives who can receive green cards. Immigration generally also improves the government’s fiscal situation, as many immigrants pay more in taxes over a lifetime than they consume in government services. However, native-born residents of states with large concentrations of less-educated immigrants may face larger tax burdens, as these immigrants pay less in taxes and are more likely to send children to public...
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...both of her parents in her life, yet she has anger issues and depression due to the instability of her parent’s marriage. These troubled kids are desperate to escape their current situations, thus embarking on the passage from childhood to adolescence. Their transition and the liminality necessary for their growth centers on the concept of “dark green religion”. When Sam and Suzy run away, they end up camping along the old Chickchaw migration trail, which Sam had become fascinated with in his cartography class as a Khaki Scout. This setting imbues the film with a plethora of nature shots, and the camping scenes are set among beautiful scenery, with the kids enjoying living off the land. The use of nature gives the liminal space a very idyllic feeling in which the audience is able to feel the “dark green religion” in which a sense of connection between nature and all living things creates a perceived sacredness (Klassen 2013: 144). Dark green religion is often associated with “noble savagery,” or the concept of idealized, yet marginalized, native peoples (Klassen 2013: 148). In a similar vein, noble savagery is a concept often present in the perception of Native Americans, where it is viewed that “if one emphasizes the noble aspect… pure and natural Indians serve to critique Western society” (Deloria 1998: 4). The useful ideologies of dark green religion and noble savagery are often depicted and appropriated by white Westerners through “playing Indian,” or adorning Indian disguises...
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...speeches, I have witnessed a topic that is repeatedly talked about and is a huge factor on which candidate to pick this year, the topic of Illegal Immigration. When deporting immigrants, it breaks up their families, leaving kids with no mother, and will ruin not only their economic standing, but stops the life they were looking forward to having. Every year, children get ripped away from their families, some to never see their mom or dad again. They have to be put into foster homes, and pretend everything's okay, when inside they are hurting and missing their parents. It happens so often, yet sometimes families don’t get split up. Instead they face poverty, with no employers wanting them and no schools accepting them. Their living conditions worsen, having to sit...
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...Other sources “Some experts estimate that 45 percent of those leaving foster care become homeless within a year.” –www.liftingtheveil.org “In a new phenomenon compared with past surveys, almost 11 percent of the youths said they were homeless and living on the streets before coming to shelters.”-www.liftingtheveil.org Interview I have known Daniel Simmons since I was a first year student in high school, in the town of Corona, CA. He’s a tall (about 6’3”, he revealed), slightly overweight, Mexican-American wearing black, horn-rimmed glasses, jeans, and a red and blue Aeropostale shirt, with his washed out, green Army style jacket strung across the back of his chair. Diet Coke and crepe sitting on the table, I sat across from him, laptop at hand. I sat down with Danny and we discussed what it was like to grow up in a foster home. Now, something you must understand is that Danny was not a foster child, but he lived in a home which was always accumulating more children. Having to meet and entertain new children all the time, I would think, would have a drastic impact on the way Danny was raised and the certain parental aspects that arise from growing up in a foster home. It’s a brisk, Tuesday morning in the Crossroads, chilly outside, but warmer inside by the heat the bodies are releasing. Questions 1. Do you remember the first child that came and stayed with your family, when your home first started as a foster home? -“Not really. It’s been so long, ya know? To...
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...reinforced by the abundance of the available condominiums within the area making the mall and the area around it a mixed use development. this ensures the inevitability of the residents of these condos, which will most likely be yuppies due to the “condo living” nature of these residences, will definitely buy from nowhere else but robinsons magnolia since it is just simply convenient to do so. Although the mall is situated in an area with quite a number of educational establishments such as LSGH and it gets a lot of visits from students that are in the area it is really still the yuppies that bring in the most business since they are the ones that have the most purchasing power. any revenue produced from the students is usually either on impulse such as an after final exam binge or the fact that it is really just the nearest place to make a purchase so the mall also leverages on a contained market since it is one of the first and newest in the area. The most prominent competitor would have to be green hills yet Robinsons has succeeded in creating a niche target market since the green hills targets a far broader demographic in comparison. The products offered in Robinsons also differ a lot as compared to the products of green hills. While green hills has more...
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...being immersed in the George Mason University Pep Band’s performance. Dubbed ‘Green Machine’ the ensemble led by director Doctor Michael Nickens who referred to as simply Doc Nix. The band was ranked as the top college pep band in the nation and after my experience with the bank I can clearly understand the justification behind this lofty honor. I have the privilege or living with the bassist for Green Machine who brought me along for the second half of the basketball game so I could fully experience the pep bands culture from inside the Green Machine. Not only is the musical abilities of the performers incredible but their dedication to excellence and school spirit is also beyond reproach. While the game had its ups and downs, Green Machine stayed positive and cheered a variety of cheers in support of George Mason. While their attitude might be resented by visiting teams and fans, it certainly adds to the atmosphere that is a George Mason University basketball game. On a musical note, the bands talent is humbling. The band excels in all areas from the more obvious aspects of tempo and volume to the most technical aspects of articulation and balance. What I appreciate most about Green Machine is their effect on the outside culture and their image. Most people put down college students as immature kids who think they know more than they do and cannot appreciate the finer things in life. I believe Green Machine is not just a musical ensemble, they are a cultural movement that shows...
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...Stanley Yelnats is a wimp, but throughout his journey at Camp Green Lake, he learns to be strong and fearless. He was a wimp because he was afraid of his group mates and he was acting too nice to them.although he was a wimp at first he becomes brave and strong after saving Zero and finding the treasure chest. “Stanley stared at him terrified” (Sachar 20). Stanley accidently called Armpit by his real name,Theodore.This caused Armpit to push Stanley to the ground but Stanley didn't fight back. “Back at school a bully named Derrick Dunne used to torment Stanley” (Sachar 23). Before coming to Camp Green Lake, Stanley was bullied by a kid that was like 3 times smaller than him. This shows Stanley’s weakness. “If anybody gets a day off it should...
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...Sharlene Wilder Get more familiar with your opposition I’ve grown up in the Bronx where there’s multiple personalities and certain cultures that I've gotten use to. The way a person dresses or just by the way he or she looks are so typical in my community because kids take trends to the next level and use the trends to define them as a person; so in my community I do not see unfamiliar too often. When I do I get overjoyed and want to learn a lot more about them and how he or she is, just because It excites me that they are different people out in the world and they have different unique styles of living. Where I come from, there is a lot of Hispanic faces, or African American faces. The group that I found interest in is the African culture. This group I found was so different and yet unique. As I was walking in the hallway on my way to grab a bite to eat, I saw a group of females. Two females were dressed in a colorful fabric down to their ankles, one with a scarf over her head, and another with a hat to match her silk beige dress. Another female with puffy hair, with a accent with high platform shoes. They were talking with a accent I didn't know nor could speak. Rare but yet very interesting. I had a talk with one of them and she’s such a sweetheart. I thought she was just a Hispanic young lady; little did I know she was African also. Sarah came from a small town in Ethiopia. It’s the same but has its differences. Back at home for Sarah she has to come...
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...better use of space, but did not realize that the elderly and kids who lived in the Butler Community, loved their apartments and environment around it. The elderly were the ones who made the best of the inconvenient circumstances, turning the Butler Project Apartments into a sustainable living area. To the City of Gainesville, the projects were just another prey they would feast...
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...honest I really don’t want to do this assignment. Why must I argue about whether or not you and your shitty school district should not censor and read this book? And what in the name of God possessed John Green to write Looking for Alaska? Seriously, and from Pudge’s perspective at that, my nickname and intelligence level precedes his greatly. Not to mention the inner workings of my, Chip “The Colonel” Martin, would have given a better, deeper account of what really happened in our lives. You may have many objections to what occurred in our daily lives, but I don’t really give a flying bufriedo. I understand that we may have spoken inappropriately, had sexual encounters (you know who you are, Pudge), and I dare say lived with disregard...
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