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    Primary Sources: Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Print This book helped me see Loung Ung View as a child on what happened in her life during the Killing Fields Period. This book shows the struggles that she faced to become who she was today. It shows the terrible experiences she faced under the Pol Pot's Regime. And how she managed to survive through, losing her family and slowey reunited with her family. This…

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    parents but this one showed me why some kids with behavior problemsstill have behavior issues and can't figure out why they keep going to jail. When I have a child I will handle situations with love and understanding so that my son or daughter are feel protected in this crazy world where you have to have a sense of toughness. I saw this woman abuse thiis poor girl but give her the mental stability she needed to keep pushing through. The daughter taught me to make use of what I have. I…

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    Originally developed by scholars at the University of Chicago in the early 1900’s, the social disorganization theory links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics. The core principal of this theory is that where a person lives has strong relevance on the development of the moral and ethical development of a person and whether or not that person will later commit crimes. In other words, youth that grow up in disadvantaged neighborhoods will likely become part of a subculture where…

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    1. Born June 1 1926 in LA. Grew up as Norma Jean Mortenson. Difficult childhood. Mother was a paranoid schizophrenic. Grandparents in mental institution. Spent 2 years at an orphanage. Constant moving caused for an unreliable education. After 16th birthday foster parents wanted to move away from California. Married her neighbor James Dougherty when she was 16. He joined Merchant Marines and sent to South Pacific during World War II. 2. She was discovered by photographer after he discovered…

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    parent has to go through when bringing their child to daycare is, separation anxiety. Webster’s dictionary defines separation anxiety as “The normal fear and apprehension expressed by infants when removed from their mothers or approached by strangers.” Separation Anxiety is very common in infants and younger children when they are separated from their parents. Remember, sometimes it even affects the parents emotional state but usually not as bad as the child. Parents need to make sure they are…

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    the novel, an array of essays defines certain principles of various authors. One of these compositions is a monograph written by Jackie Lantry. The author’s essay, “The Power of Love to Transform,” recounts one of her personal experiences adopting a child from an orphanage. Lantry adopts a six-year-old boy named Luke who is profoundly unfamiliar with his surroundings and is unrelenting uneducated. Luke was left on the steps of Lantry’s hotel room by unwelcoming orphanage workers who knew very…

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    Juvenile Incarceration

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    He reported that many of the children had evidence of abuse, some even missing teeth, some ending up with broken bones, and some rendered unconscious. Some of these attacks were caused by stealing a cookie, and in one case, laughing. Some odd eighty percent of juveniles in adult prison get abused and p the…

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    With Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull, the controversial debate of domestic violence has once again arisen with his one hundred million dollar policy announcement that blames the issue on gender inequality. The Daily Telegraph opinion piece titled “Demonising men won’t stop domestic violence”, written by columnist Miranda Devine argues against this idea. Using an evaluative and critical tone, Miranda contends to persuade readers into thinking “poverty is the cause of…

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    Maya Angelou: Poet

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    Maya Angelou was a poet, writer, actor, streetcar conductor, singer, dancer, cook, memoirist, educator, dramatist, civil rights activist and a teen mom. Where did it all start? It all started on a special day in April. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 . Her birth name is Marguerite Annie Johnson. When she was three, her parents got divorced and she and her brother went to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. When Maya Angelou was seven, she was molested by her mother’s…

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    As the young life of Maya Angelou, she was a victim of a sexual act. Before Maya Angelou met Ms. Flowers she reacted in silence. The reaction of silence was caused by her feeling worthless. As the author states, “…I mopped around the house, the Store, the school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty, and inedible” (Angelou, 2000). Maya was trapped in a wall of retreat until Mrs. Flowers gave her self-worth. Grandma thought that the silence was a problem and asked Mrs. Flowers to help Maya.…

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