Disconnection

allows kids to see the world through their own eyes without the worry of disappointing their parents, like the difference between encouraging autonomy and laying down rules. Levine also wrote about the effects of materialism, perfectionism, and disconnection as elements combining to create a crisis epidemic that is devastating to children of privilege and their…

spirituality. Chris McCandless is a Transcendentalist in every sense of the word. The young adventurer, who is the protagonist in Jon Krakauer's nonfiction text Into the Wild, travels across Northern America. Following three main ideals; the disconnection of society, a minimalist lifestyle, and a deep respect for both God and nature, he attempts to find himself and satisfy his need for adventure. Christopher McCandless, who uses the alias Alexander Supertramp, frequently alienates himself from…

Description of the Inappropriate Behaviors Taylor fits within the high-needs category of being aggressive. Taylor’s daily behavior greatly depends on the day of the week, activities, and material being covered. Taylor struggles daily with inappropriate behavior during lesson time on the carpet and getting right to work. While not having an assigned seat on the carpet, Taylor would crawl around and distract others by talking out of turn. The student would get excited to share their ideas and…

fearful or misunderstood; this is especially true when there is a language barrier. If the nurse cannot speak the client’s native tongue, a non-family translator should be present to properly bridge the gap between care staff and patient. Cultural disconnections can also occur between the nurse and their patient if the nurse is not properly trained to read body language or facial expressions (Critchfield, 2015). These two non-verbal communications can tell the nurse if the patient can fully…

Lucio Pozzi used his performance art, Patchameena, to articulate language barriers, and also let audiences to be personally on the scene and feel the barrier. Lucio Pozzi was also not born in America, but Milan, Italy, and he immigrated to the United States in 1962 as a guest of Kissinger’s Harvard International Summer Seminar. Patchameena was performed in th CR10 Contemporary Arts Center, where Lucio gave a speech using nonsensial gibberish and fake languages, attached with abundant body…

A Dynamic Explanatory Model Centered on the Notion of Tiaoli Kleinman (2006) states “how we perceive, experience, and cope with diseases is based on our explanations of sickness, explanations specific to the social positions we occupy and the system of meaning we employ.” Thus, in this paper, I attempt to understand my interviewee Iris’s explanatory model centering around the concept of tiaoli, that is, a notion of health and wellbeing. tiaoli stands in contradistinction to biomedical…

Sandra Cisneros is the author of a short story entitled "Mericans”. It has a young female narrator is stuck in an “old world” culture. In this particular case it is a Mexican culture. The narrator does not seem to understand the traditions, this shows a rift between the children that are Mexican but are being brought up in America and their grandmother who has migrated here from Mexico. Ciseneros uses the setting and symbolism to create the theme of individualism conflicting with cultural…

Both authors, Dr. Bosh and Dr. Lingenfelter made a significant contribution to our understanding of global missiology and leadership aspects in the area or cross-cultural ministry. Both of them represent Christian thinkers and practitioners who went above and beyond to be on the front line of global missions, and wrestled with the tensions between Biblical, Western and non-Western worldviews. Dr. Bosh was born in South Africa and served as a missionary as well as high capacity leader in various…

While most people have known about Middle Eastern countries as oil-resourceful nations, some of the countries that share Arabic language are recognized as the Arab world, where the continuous conflicts between neighboring countries, terrorism, tyranny, poverty, and unstable governmental system consistently recur. Behind all of the economical transactions of oil extraction and weapons trading, wars play a significant role in defining the future for Middle Eastern countries. These wars are…

As a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, nautical fiction focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments. “Master and commander”, a 2003 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Peter Weir. Because both the written and film version of Master and Commander were created long after the characteristics of nautical themes and perceptions solidified into literature, the film draws to many…