Borderlands

The Ongoing Debate of Children and Video Game Violence With the rise of technology in the 21st century, it’s not difficult to see the influence that it has on our society. More specifically, with teenagers and children. Children’s minds are like sponges. They see, hear, and remember everything. From everyday conversations between parents to watching television or even playing a video game. That being said, people have questioned the effects of violent video games on children. Do games like Grand…

Divide and conquer, and unite the nation in upholding the union: these were the main motives and strategies utilized during the striking period of the American Civil War (1861-1865). “The South vs. the South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War”, written by William Freehling, vindicates the logistics and ideas behind this drive from the antebellum apprehensions, all the way through the discourses of war. Combining excellent research and an original theory for the…

mapmakers. “In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these mountains were a messy maze of political borders, regional divides, ecclesiastical boundaries, ethno-linguistic divisions, and natural rifts that intersected and overlapped each other.” The borderlands were dynamic places where state oversight supposedly met its limits, but where crucial ecological, cultural and economic transfers occurred such as trade, language and political beliefs. Various development schemes jostled together as…

Latin American countries started out with an abundance of people, land and riches far exceeding that of the Anglo-Americans. It is hard to imagine what could cause Latin American countries that were once so powerful to become tormented by outside domination, stagnant economies and an abundance of foreign debt while their once frail cousin country, the United States built a stable democracy, expanded in territory and fought off foreign rule while swelling in population. However, the answer is…

underlies the phenomenon of the feminization of poverty, which is then, leads to the feminization of migration and lastly, it embodies in the feminization of labor (Maid in America, Made in L.A., Bread and Roses, Dirt). The maquiladoras labors in the borderlands which are mostly women are a perfect example to illustrate the feminization of poverty that slowly moves to realize the feminization of labors and as the women try to struggle keeping the ends meet, they embody the feminization of…

Borderline Personality Disorder LeeAnn Larsen Community College of Aurora Psychology 102 Introduction Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is defined by a specific pattern of impairments and traits (dsm-5, 2015). In this paper, I provide background information about Bryce Larsen, my person of interest, I discuss the history, diagnostic criteria, and effects of BPD, and I apply this information to Bryce’s lived experiences. This paper is purely for educational purposes and not a true…

The Latinos in the United States is a dense process that enabled the U.S to expand towards the South and the West. And so, with the annexation of Texas and California it created a variety of push and pull factors that enabled the United States to thrive and grow exponentially. Therefore, it is helpful to understand the annexation process in order to analyze the effects the U.S had in South America. Consequently, this enables us to understand the Puerto Rican and Mexican migration towards to…

A group of about 15 college Latina girls are gathered around tables paging through Cosmopolitans and National Geographics, cutting, and gluing items onto a blank puzzle piece. Conversation is open and casual, yet central on the theme of “I am.” These girls are part of Colorado State University’s Las Comadres program, which aims to provide a social space for Latina students, as well as support them with their career goals and prepare them for a diverse society. The purpose of this research was to…

Introduction Definition of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a specific pattern of impairments and traits (dsm-5, 2015). In this paper, I provide background information about Bryce Larsen, my person of interest, I discuss the history, diagnostic criteria, and effects of BPD, and I apply this information to Bryce’s lived experiences. This paper is purely for educational purposes and not a true diagnosis of the individual represented. Background Information At thirty-one years old, Bryce,…

What event has summed up your 7 years at JFS? "I will tell you what sums this school up best. I once helped on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition, and during the hike some children stole a shopping trolley from a Tesco, and threw their heavy bags into the shopping trolley. They then pushed the shopping trolley along the road with the bags in and took turns in pushing it instead of carrying the bags. This is classic JFS, but the REALLY classic JFS thing about it is that when the teacher running the…