Crush

Juliet. Romantic crushes are fun; however, they can be extremely dangerous. Most children/teens get romantic crushes all the time, but once teens start dating, it is not hard for them to become obsessed with each other: “You don’t want a teenage crush to become a fixation, a young person unable to stop daydreaming and fantasizing all the time about this person, for example” (Pickhardt.) This can be extremely dangerous…

And Jesus H. Christ I've been infatuated more times than I've had crushes on people. My definition of infatuation is a bit different than the traditional one, it's basically just that step further up the ladder from a 'crush', where you're never really going to forget the way you feel about the person you're infatuated with, no matter for how long you liked them. I'll be changing names just a little bit, but these are true stories about four people (all boys, my experiences…

One example of a romantic crush going bad because of the lack of involvement from the parents is when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and he…

Shakespeare exhibits both romantic and identity crushes to tell the story of two star-crossed lovers. What even is a romantic and identity crush? In both cases, “the young person largely projects onto another person idealized attributes the admirer highly values and wants to be associated with” (Pickhardt 2). According to the article Adolescence and the Teenage Crush, Romantic crushes are formed by finding someone whom they find powerfully attractive, who they feel excited to be around, and with…

Kendall, a 15 year old who has the largest sneaker collection, walks to the school yard to play basketball. He walks towards the court where everyone is waiting for him. Kendall is the god of the basketball court. He shoots the basketball and makes it in usual. No doubt Kendall is the best basketball player to be known. Today was a weird day for Kendall. He was wearing his yeezy boost 350 in the turtle dove colorway. He passes the ball to his team mate, who passes back to him. However, he…

I do agree with Dr. Pickheardt’s view on crushes. From personal experience to the article, Adolescence and the teenage crush, crushes are a early form of love, to help the person experience difficulties before going through real love to be more prepared. A crush should not be criticized, for it will help young teenagers develop maturity and encourage them to become who they want to be as a person. This will help broaden their sense of reality. The author speaks about what would happen if the…

Introduction The use of games to enhance the potential of students’ learning is an interesting field of research. This paper discusses, the impact of students’ learning through games based on Scarlatos & Scarlatos’s (2008) article on the same. This paper also describes one of the major problems of the video game industry that is “video games addiction” which can be related to the educational games ("Video Game Addiction," n.d.). In other words, it focuses on “why students get addicted to…

The US government has over the period of times been in the limelight for championing the war against animal cruelty and the propagation of any form of cruelty through any platforms such as social media or videos; this led to the development of laws that put a halt to such sales. With the passing of the bills into law, cruelty against animals would, therefore, be termed as illegal and against the animal rights. Additionally, selling of any material that depicts or is intended to promote the…

(smaller in depth) beaks managed to collect and crush a total of 0 large seeds in Group 1. The large beaked finches (larger in depth) for Group 1 were able to collect and crush 18 large seeds in total. The finches with small beaks in Group 2, were also unsuccessful in collecting and crushing a total of any large seeds, but the large beaked finches of Group 2 managed to accumulate and crush a sum…

The Role of Crushes in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet A teenage crush can lead to death. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the influence of romantic crushes, identity crushes, and parental absence lead to the suicides of two teenage lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, Shakespeare, the author of the play, uses both romantic and identity crushes to communicate that parents need to take teenage crushes more seriously. A romantic crush is a type of romantic admiration of another person,…