Codependent No More

Students being actively engaged and having fun in the classroom, no matter whether it’s a traditional classroom or physical education classroom), are two of the most important aspects to think of when teaching. Using the jigsaw teaching technique assures that students do just that by creating an environment that is fun and engaging, and also in a way that is intellectually and, in some cases, physically. The jigsaw teaching technique has been used since the early 1970s by Elliot Aronson…

INTRODUCTION What Is Sociology? According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary definition, Sociology is the scientific analysis of a social institution as a functioning whole and as it relates to the rest of society (Sociologist). This means it is the study of social problems, society, and how individuals work together in macro and micro levels. Sociology is a stimulating and enlightening field of study that questions and explains important matters in personal lives, societies, and the world.…

those bodies where the definition of prosperity. I’d have my sisters snap photos of me around the house in provocative poses because that’s what beautiful was. By the time I was eight years old, I’d gone on my first diet, which was the first of many more to come. When I was nine, I wouldn’t attend swimming parties because I thought the suit made me look fat, like the people in magazines always complained. In the 6th grade, I developed a severe eating disorder and was piling makeup on my face…

One of the main sustained motifs throughout the entire book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the significance of money and the correlating behaviors of those characters with “old money” as opposed to those with “new money.” The “old money” individuals come out almost completely unscathed at the end of the novel, while the “new money” individuals’ lives are changed forever. Money is examined in the novel through the division between East and West Egg, the attitudes of the “old money”…

mood swing for years upon years; it is the true definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. As Lee and Pollock grow older and things seem to get better, his career starts to decline and he becomes even more unbearable to live with. Lee finally leaves Jackson and becomes free of the smoothing lifestyle she made for herself and is now free to focus on herself. Pollock’s mistress, Ruth Kligman took the place of Lee. He went from one relationship to…

mothers. While the other children were placed in the orphanage because of death, Twyla and Roberta was there because of their mothers’ incapability to provide proper care. as a result of their mutual circumstance, the two girls developed a strong codependent relationship. Their codependency was even able to survive after the disrespect Roberta’s mother…

made me more independent and less concerned about maintaining a romantic relationship. The household that I was raised in was not…

articles multiple times. Once I got past the unique sentence structure and the complex vocabulary I started to understand some of the issues being presented. From the first article, The Importance of the Act of Reading, I learned that reading is so much more than sounding out the words on a page. I always thought that if you could look at letters and pronounce the words on a page, you could read. I had never…

Shel Silverstein, known for his children’s stories and poems, “invited children to dream and dare to imagine the impossible”, while giving messages and teaching morals (“About Shel”). He often had stories build each other, such as The Missing Piece and its companion title, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, which “explore the concept of fulfillment” (“About Shel”). The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, is an allegory about a lost piece trying to find where it belongs; while encountering symbolic…

the problem is found in the family system. From system theorist point of view the oldest daughter would not be to blame for the problem she has, but to take a look at the bigger picture and maybe it stemmed from her interaction within her family. But more importantly, Systems theory does not dwell on finding the source of the problem, “[they] focus on how to resole the problem, rather than being distracted by trying to find someone to punish for it”(Smith, 147). For the oldest daughter, who is…