...Two women work side-by-side in a dimly lit factory building, and one is wearing a determined expression while the other young woman wearily sews the cloth with a sigh. Hands moving deftly across the cheap fabric, their lives are told by the lines in their hands and the sweat on their faces, but these women walk away from their work with an inner truth: life can be unfair, but the way one deals with unforeseen hardships is what matters. These women leave their homes in the countryside for a multitude of reasons, from an innocent curiosity to see the world to the need to escape abuse, and these motivations influence their paths as migrant workers in the city. The women who set out to explore end up overwhelmed by the disrespect and dire circumstances...
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...better community. A local community in the state of Georgia has been plagued with an increase in teenage pregnancy, and the female high school drop out rate is at an all -time high. Citation and reference needed to support the statement of fact that there is an increase in teenage pregnancy. In an effort to promote a change in the young girls and women in the local area, a new human service organization has been developed. The name of this organization is called Saving our Girls. The organization has just hired a new director and this new position comes with the large task of developing a mission and values statement. This organization was established as a means of instilling qualities in the young ladies in the community in an effort to deter them from a life of teen pregnancy and dropping out of high school and encourage them to make wise lifestyle decisions. The organization does no just seek to provide services to teenagers, but also towards younger girls in the community. The ultimate goal of the organization is to change the way young girls value themselves, despite their current environment. Service Provided Saving our Girls is...
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...The author’s motivation for writing “Is He Boyfriend Material?” is, “teenage girls’ magazines play an important role in shaping the norms of the millions of girls who read them.” (Firminger 298) Also, the author’s motivation for writing this article is to show the audience how magazines can “shape the norms of expectations during a crucial stage of identity and relationship development.” (Currie 1999, Firminger 299) The main argument of this article is, how are males and male conduct depicted in well known adolescent girls' magazines? The author wants us to be able to understand what male focused content entails & female focused content entails within a girls’ magazine. Firminger says, “articles on boys delve into boys’ culture, points of...
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...psychologist out there who have their theories when it comes to learning and cognition. Each one has their own thoughts and sometimes they build off one another. One of the well-known people out there is Albert Bandura. One of the theories that he is well known for is Observational Learning Theory. He also has a modeling process that address how people can learn. His theory also takes a role in today’s world and how television, radio and media plays a role in our learning in everyday life. Albert Bandura’s theory was about social learning. “Social cognitive theory states that people learn from role models who behavior they wish to emulate” (Smith, 2002). So, this basically states that people learn from the people they can identify with more. Young children really pick this up when they watch their parents or adults that are in their environments. Often, children will act this out in other environments as well. One of this studies proved that this worked well. One of Bandura’s well known study is the Bobo Study. To sum this study up they put some kids in a spot where they watched adults strike and kick the Bobo dolls around. Later on the children who saw this acted out the same violent actions. This showed that 88% of the kids followed these behaviors, as well 40% of children did this after eight months of watching this behavior. This directs us to Observational learning. There are three basic concepts to this observational learning. The three main points would be Live Model, Verbal...
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...When someone is a victim of degrading gendered language it can definitely affect the performance of the individual. In the article “Separating the Men from the Girls” research was done on women's basketball, on average gender was being marked 25.7 times per game verbally and graphically. As games went on, the commentators would mention that they were watching “Women’s final four” or “the NCAA Women’s National Championship game”. During one of the women’s game the announcers mentioned the men’s game that was scheduled for the next day by saying “The men’s championship game will be played tomorrow”. Although this seems like such a little difference, woman have noticed and caught offence to that. Little things like this can make woman not want to even put in their full effort into things like sports because they aren’t valued or treated the same as men. Woman in sports would also be called “young ladies” or “girls” by commentators, while men were called by their first or last name. This is another thing that would make women feel like they are inferior to men, and would also make woman not want to perform at their full potential. The final results of the research showed that there was a total of 179 gender markings spotted for the women’s basketball team, while there were zero...
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...Different speech styles of Men and women Have you ever heard this proverb: Women’s tongues are like lamb’s tails-they are never still? The different speech styles by men and women causes a violent controversy in this present-day society. By thinking about women and men’s different language style, in retrospect, some people claim that women and men have obvious differences in conversation style. In her essay “Women Talk Too Much,” Jonet Holmes argues that to dominate talking depends on many different factors, including the social context in which the talk is taking place, relative social confidence and perception (299-304). By contrast, Ronald Macaulay declares his statement in his article “Sex Difference” that language use and development as a result of the social environment have a great impact on the talking between women and men, not the sex differences in language (307-313). It is explicit that both Holmes and Macaulay express their personal perspectives about the similar purpose of talking, the dissimilar factors of language development and the perception of language that could affect their conversational style. In Holmes’ article, she told about the purpose of talking in public between man and women, “Formal public talk is often aimed at information people or persuading them to agree to a particular point of view” (301). She agrees that public talk is often undertaken by those who emphasize their degrees of public status. In addition, when the men have an effective talk...
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...As of human nature, people do certain actions based on pressure or motivations. For instance, a person might go to the gym and workout with the motivation of losing weight or gaining muscles. In the novel The Crucible, each character had different motivations to do specific actions. The characters had dissimilar motivates to falsely accuse others of witchcraft. For example: Abigail Williams who is a huge part of the novel, her motivations were: staying out of trouble and taking Elizabeth Proctor place. While, Thomas Putnam was motivated to accuse others of witchcraft, because of his greediness and selfishness. Lastly, Mary Warren accused others with the motivations of fear from Abigail. Abigail who is fair to name as the evilness...
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...Audre Lorde’s poem “Hanging Fire” is about a young girl who is coming into her teenage years and seems confused about certain events in her life, but a much closer reading of the poem uncovers a deeper meaning. This meaning is not so much about confusion in the young woman’s life, but instead about a girl who is entering her adolescent years and constantly complaining why people are not there to guide or give her the respect she deserves, especially her own mom. The young girl is going through physical and mental changes in her life and this is causing her to be so emotional and distraught that she does not know who to turn to or where to turn for guidance, suggestions or support. She wants to turn to her mother, but for whatever reason, she can’t because her mother is always avoiding her, therefore, the girl is having to grow up on her own or turn to people she thinks are her friends for the support she needs. When this adolescent girl says, “I am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me” (1-2) she is referring to the fact she is a black girl, and simply because of her skin color, she feels like she should be able to do more...
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...In this article by Carol Devens, "If we get the Girls, We get Race" talks about the boarding school education of Native American Girls." The author tells some history and stories of trouble within the boarding school. She starts out by describing horrible and heartbreaking separations between parents and daughters. One of these girls who experienced government boarding school was a Native American girl named Zitkala, who is now an activist for her culture. She describes how heartbroken her mother was when she left and how it affected her. These mission schools mostly concentrated on teaching boys with little emphasis on female schooling. This concept changed through time. Instead they realized that women grow up to be mothers then teach their sons. I learned the main reason why boarding school was brought forth. Through colonization, the white men wanted to strip the traditions of the Native Americans. These schools were to entice the young Native American to reject tradition and seek conversion. That was the reason why children were driven away from their families. Mission was used to change their religion and convert them to Christianity. Even though most girls had their suspicion about missionaries, they were attending anyways. Girl like Zitkala, experienced loneliness and sadness while attending the schools. This article interests me. While reading, I tried to imagine or picture myself if I had to be put through in that situation. If I had...
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...“growing up” through their reckless behavior. The desire for this youthfulness and individuality is a major aspect of the transition out of youth and into adulthood. From the time three girls walked into the town’s, small-scale grocery store, the A&P, a young, grocery clerk’s life and view on his youth was from that point changed. Day to day, as a grocery clerk, Sammy would observe the locals as they passed in and out of the store. When a new, and unusual sighting of three, scandalous, teenage girls appeared, Sammy found himself infatuated with their presence. It was a refreshing sight from the usual, mundane crowd that he is accustomed to. He is first drawn to their appearance. They were all in their bathing suits, one even with her straps...
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...Pageants: A Source for Strong, Productive Young Women Catina Burrell Columbia Southern University Abstract The pageant circuit has been surrounded with a lot of interest and debate since TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras hit the airwaves, sporting fake hair and flippers! People of all ages, races, and backgrounds are debating the effects pageants are having on our children and society as a whole. Why has the issue of pageants sparked so much debate? Why it is that child activists and psychologists are so concerned for the children who enter pageants? And lastly, are pageants really that bad? There are many articles, blogs and papers that have written on this topic. This paper seeks to answer a few of the many questions surrounding pageantry. The paper brings light to the many “types” of pageant and further seeks to explain the benefits of pageantry; giving the reader a clear idea of what actually goes on in the world of pageantry. Pageants: A Source for Strong, Productive Young Women My experience with pageants is that of both a contestant and a “pageant mom.” I began competing in pageants at the age of 14. I do not come from a pageant family; my mother knew absolutely nothing about pageants and only allowed me to enter because I wouldn’t stop asking. I won the very first pageant I entered and I was hooked after that. Many pageants later, I had gained several crowns, trophies and prizes, but most importantly I had gained a heightened level of self-esteem and confidence. As...
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...approaches used for the differential examination of school motivation. The first approach was used to examine motivation towards specific school subjects and, the second approach was used to examine school motivation as a multidimensional concept. These two differential approaches have led to important discoveries and provided a better understanding of student motivational dynamics. The study examined elementary students and their motivation for writing, reading, and math from the stance of self-determination theory. First, we tested whether children self-report different levels of intrinsic, identified, and controlled motivation towards specific school subjects. Second, we verified whether children self-report differentiated types of motivation across school subjects. Sample. Participants were 425 French-Canadian children (225 girls, 200 boys) from three elementary schools. Children were in Grades I (N = 121 ), 2 (N = 126), and 3 (N = 178). Results. Results show that, for a given school subject, young elementary students self-report different levels of intrinsic, identified, and controlled motivation. Results also indicate that children self-report different levels of motivation types across school subjects. Our findings also show that most differentiation effects increase across grades. Some gender effects were also observed. Conclusion. These results highlight the importance of distinguishing among types of school motivation towards specific school subjects in the early elementary...
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...Summarizing “Farm Girl” Christopher R. Braddy Professor Chrissy Haught English 115 July 19, 2012 I have chosen to read and summarize Farm Girl by Jessica Hemauer. She talks about growing up on a farm and what is involved in the day to day activities as told from her perspective. She goes on to tell about work-life balance and how difficult it can be to manage your time. Towards the end she explains how growing up on a farm taught her to be hard working, responsible, and humble. I believe her intent is to show that hard work and determination pay off favorably. Early in the essay the writer explains how she could not be involved socially at school because of her chores. Once she was finally allowed to join the basketball team, she learned time management skills because she was still responsible for doing her chores. The author writes about her times in high school as she became even more involved and was eventually elected class president. This shows that hard work and persistence pays off. She balanced a job, social activities, and school work and was still able to achieve many goals. I think the writer of this essay was attempting to be somewhat of a motivation for young girls. In my opinion, her purpose was to show how hard work and dedication payoff well for those that apply themselves. This was written as a reflection of her own life and what has made her who she is today. The audience of this essay spans many generations. Young girls may enjoy reading...
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... It is a dilemma whether girls and boys should be sent to coeducational or single-sex schools. It widely believed that single-sex schools are more comfortable and raise more confident, well-rounded students. Although this may seem corrigible, students would lack skills if went to single-sex schools. “Critics say separating boys from girls doesn't reflect reality and that classrooms should welcome a range of abilities and interests.” according to CNN News in “School gives high marks for single-sex classes” In a society where both girls and boys are compelled to live, cooperate, and work together, coeducational schools are definitely better to help students attain their social and academic goals. Coeducational schools manage students of both sexes to enhance their social skills. Coeducational schools provide the atmosphere for boys and girls to interact and mingle with each other although it is claimed that interaction with the opposite sex increases the development of the negative gender stereotypes. If a child is never exposed to a member of the opposite sex, then he hardly build successful relationships that will last. On the other hand, coeducational schools provide the opportunities of activities, clubs, and sports for both boys and girls to take part in. It is fallible what CNN News has claimed that “The girls don't have an opinion when they're mixed.” The mixing of gender allows the friendships and interactions to develop, which allows young people to confidently express...
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...Into the Great Divide The digital divide can be understood as inequalities in four successive types of access: motivation, physical access, digital skills and different usage. It is claimed that the divide has shifted from the first to the last-called types of access in the last ten years. For the purpose of this paper I will touch base on all types of access. Disadvantages Amongst Man Contemporary research of the digital divide and digital skills is marked by a descriptive nature. Inequalities are described using simple demographics of individuals who have more or less access to computers and the Internet and a different level of digital skills. The explanation of these differences has far less attention. One of the reasons for this state of affairs is the predominance of individualistic notions of inequality. Like most social scientific and economic investigations, digital divide research works on the basis of so-called methodological individualism (Wellman & Berkowitz, 1988). Differential access to information and computer technologies (ICTs) is related to individuals and their characteristics: level of income and education, employment, age, sex, and ethnicity, to mention the most important ones. This is the usual approach in survey research, which measures the properties of individual respondents. Making multivariate analyses of several individual properties and aggregating them to produce properties of collectivities, one hopes to find background explanations. This...
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