...Narrative: The foster parent, Pauline, is unable to control her adopted 15 yr old son Joseph. Joseph has behavioral issues and is sexually abusing his 14 yr old sister, Selena, who is a foster child in the home. Joseph is inappropriately touching Selena on her breasts, buttocks and legs. Joseph has also attempted to get Selena to perform oral sex on him this past Friday. The foster parent is aware of the ongoing sexual abuse however is unable to intervene. IRTC- case was initially received at ECS and reviewed by IRTC, Malek Hani. Mr. Hani indicated that the case does to meet the criteria for an IRT based in the information presently available. ECS visited the case address and rang the doorbell several times to no avail. ECS called...
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...ESSAY A Essay A is a summary of the book A Separate Peace. It is a summary because, it goes through the book and describes the entire book and the characters. It is more descriptive on the subjects and characters. It talk about how Gene Foster went to a private high school in New Hampshire. And how he finds out something terrible that happened. And that the book starts out with a flash back. He meets the hero Finny and how Finny is brave, outspoken, athletic, bright, funny, and an enigma. Were a précis would have just said the point of the book and not gone over the plot, just the meaning of the plot. ESSAY B...
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...The article I read was about a woman, Donna Chapman, who grew up in the foster care system. She had a horrible experience that still haunts her today. Her parents were divorced so her two brothers, two sisters, and she lived with their mother. Chapman’s mother had an alcohol problem. She would go out drinking and not return for weeks at a time. This would leave the oldest girl, nine years old, in charge of taking care of her siblings. Their school noticed the children were missing quite a few days of school so they called child services. Child services placed the children in temporary foster care. This happened several times while their mom had on and off problems with alcohol. Each time the children were placed in foster care the girls and boys would be split up into different foster homes. Finally the children were placed in permanent foster homes until new homes could be found. Once again the boys were split up from the girls. The boys were being physically abused by their foster parents. Eventually the children’s...
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...In the book Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care: Traumatic Separations and Honored Connections by Deborah N. Silverstein and Susan Livingston Smith, the importance of sibling bonds is explored. Relationships Between Siblings The book details how under normal situations the relationship with brothers and sisters is the longest relationship most people have. Your sibling is there on the day you're born (or soon after, if you're the oldest) and most siblings stay in touch throughout their lives. All those shared memories of holidays, the crazy eccentricities in the family, secrets whispered when you're both supposed to be asleep, and many other moments of childhood all result in a one-of-a-kind relationship. Sibling Bonds These bonds offer...
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...How the world consists of words The Broom of the System is the first novel written by David Foster Wallace, he wrote it during his senior honors project in English. The first characteristic about this work that strikes the eye is its relative simplicity. The Broom of the System offers a debate about language, logic and identity, and generally ignores cultural and historical questions in favor of formal, theoretical ones. Although each chapter has a year title, most of scenes take place in the same year, 1990, and none of the storylines end up with some kind of conclusion. The ongoing debate between Rick and Lenore is marked by the kind of abstract moral dilemma structure that would become characteristic of Wallace’s fiction. With his early...
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...The short story that I had the pleasure of reading was called “Consider the Lobster,” by the late David Foster Wallace. Wallace wrote this article in 2004 after attending the 2003 Maine Lobster Festival at the end of summer 2003. He initially began the story by writing of the pageantry and history of the lobster as it related to the culture of Maine. He discussed the local’s nickname for the lobster which is bug. This, the author went on to say is not far from the truth as lobsters are arthropods and have many anatomical similarities with grasshoppers. At this point the story becomes tragic – for the lobster anyway. Wallace explains the fact that lobsters that are prepared correctly must be cooked while they are still alive. This wouldn’t...
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...My response to This is Water by David Foster Wallace. I originally thought of his speech has boring and I really don’t want to hear this right now. While, listening to his speech he brought up the basic question that everyone must ask themselves. It started with the joke, “What is water?” I immediately thought of the glass half full or empty concept. We can chose to see the world has frustrated, routines, and crowd or we can chose to be happy. We can make the choice to not have this “default” setting. Wallace talks about. I thought about times I went to this default setting with my elders, my surrounding and just not thinking. I thought about my generation view on our elders. Our elder have wisdom be upon our imagination, but we are so cynical...
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...“Consider the Lobster”, by David Foster Wallace, is an informative review for Gourmet Magazine. The article is focused on the Maine Lobster Festival, where people from all over the country come to enjoy this fun-filled festival with thousands of pounds of lobster. However, Wallace describes the reality of this festival: long lines, noisy families, and foul smells. He also goes into immense detail about the preparation, taste, and anatomy of lobsters. As a well-known writer, Wallace tries to encourage people to think outside of their default setting and realize that not everything is about them, as shown in “Consider the Lobster”. Wallace brings to light the morality of boiling the lobsters alive and whether our treatment of any animal is justified by our cravings for the most delicious dish. In the final paragraphs of the article, he uses strong diction, strategic questions, and critical tone to encourage readers to take a moment and think about their morals. Wallace uses strategic diction, using words such as “curious” and “confused” as to why people are so ignorant and selfish because they “like to eat certain...
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...David Foster Wallace gave an extremely memorable speech at a Kenyon University Graduation. He began with a story saying, “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How's the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes ‘What the hell is water?’"(This Is Water p.1) He explains that “The point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.”(This Is Water p.1) With the story as a backdrop, he argues that the significance of liberal arts education isn’t about learning how to think, but is...
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...The article” Consider the Lobster”, written by David Foster Wallace, describes the sensation associated with the inhumane consumption of lobster during the infamous and well known MLF, held yearly in Maine. Wallace, the journalist for the 56th Annual Main Lobster Festival, chronicles the Tourism and Lobster based festival with the excitement of concerts, pageants, parades, crate races, carnival rides and food competitions, which he believes mask the massacre. Wallace’s purpose is to intentionally stimulate readers to envision the unintentional abuse of animals. He begins by describing the festival with all its marvel and extravaganza with its tradition, communities and vastness. He brags of the festivities, including its many visitors and...
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...In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered the commencement address to the graduating class at Kenyon College, which masterfully encapsulates the post-modern world of today. In “This is Water,” Wallace opens with the following “parable-ish” story: There are two young fish and they happen to meet an older fish, who nods at them and says, “Morning boys, how’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” This opening paragraph makes us acutely aware of how “the exact same experience can mean two completely different things to two different people, given those people’s two different belief templates and two different ways of constructing meaning from experience.” (Wallace, p.24, 2009) It also speaks of the human’s tendency towards self-worship, where we become so self-involved that we refuse to...
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...In chapter 21 of Foster’s book, he starts off by stating how “in real life” those who have a “physical mark or imperfection” aren’t all that important and they usually do not mean anything. However, he changes it up by applying these marks upon literary characters. This makes the character someone completely different and shows how the marking is actually very important to the development of that character. Foster also tells us that “sameness doesn’t present us with metaphorical possibilities” but markings or something different about a character allows that character to be different from the average and anything is possible with them. He uses many examples for how those with markings are the main characters or a certain character that is important and different such as Milkman Dead from Song of Solomon. Milkman has a leg being shorter than the other and had adapted to his condition. However, later in the story he is also cut up many times and almost killed. Milkman is shown as a very important character because of how different he is from a...
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...In David Foster Wallace’s article, “Consider the Lobster”, he takes into account and sheds light on various topics that often lay hidden away from the surface. Wallace at first begins to talk about the Maine Lobster Festival where eating lobster is seen as a festivity and a means for celebration. At first the article seems boring and rather dry, but surprisingly Wallace actually sheds some light on a few notions concerning the lobsters further on in his article. The first unanticipated turn that Wallace makes is when he discusses what exactly the lobster is. He further discusses the habitat and natural manners of the lobsters, even comparing them to garbage men because of their diet. Although the topic leans further to the mundane side of the spectrum, Wallace is able to make the discussion interesting by providing titillating facts while also using a strong voice throughout. With a smooth transition, he was able to progress to his next provocative analysis. Wallace’s next factoid dealt with the symbolism and assumptions surrounding the idea of lobster. He further discusses how lobster is often viewed as a delicacy, but what made this topic specifically interesting was when he stated that lobster used to be viewed as peasant food....
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...The speech, Kenyon Commencement Speech, by David Foster Wallace was delivered to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College. Wallace talks about how important it is to have a degree that is more than “just a material payoff”. He tells the students that in order to be more successful, they must know how to think correctly. Wallace uses a story of two fish in which a young fish asks an older fish about the water. The older fish does not understand what the younger fish is talking about. He uses this story to show that often the most obvious things in life are often the hardest to see. Wallace tells students that in order for them to receive a full education they must first learn how to think. “[Learning how to think] means being conscious...
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...Growing up many people are taught the difference between right and wrong, and that those decisions they make have consequences. When we are children our parents are gifted with the responsible of teaching us to make the right choices. The reality of this is that most children and young adults spend more learning from their teachers than at home. Although most may think of teachers as purely academic entities, David foster Wallace thinks they are much more. During his commencement speech to Kenyon college he puts forth the idea that the purpose of our education is to open our minds to the world around us; allowing us to see the world as more than just black and white. Firstly, Wallace expresses the reality of who we really are as people through his story of the two men in the bar. While this story on the obvious side shows us how self centered the human race is, it also contradictingly shows the ignorance of not only our own feeling thought and views but others as well. According to Wallace we embrace this "blind certainty" because we are stuck in our minds to be aware of our surroundings (2). One can agree that it is hard to ignore beliefs and ideas that have been strung along for years, literally making one who they are. Wallace's idea on the topic of the bottled up mind is that it is a skill to look past...
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