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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel: In the beginning of their relationship when they were just going out and not ties in wedlock, the couple practiced open relationship which was of course a strain on Jessica but she had to do it due to Justins active libido and high sexual needs. When she started putting restrictions on home, the couple started having trouble when Justin declared that they can’t have a formal relationship whereby he wasn’t allowed to date other women. Jessica just didn’t want a…

Summary The essay “children need to play, not compete” by Jessica Statsky concentrates on the drawbacks of competitive sports played by the children of ages six to twelve. The author explains that the too much competition in such a young age can destroy children’s psychological and physical health. She says that children games when played on the standards set for the adults, cause serious damages. She says that the high hopes of parents and coaches for their children to win can also harm his…

to enjoy their freedoms, rights, and opinions. One theme to summarize the events that took place during the Great Depression is that all humanity deserves to enjoy their freedoms, rights, and opinions. In the passage “Mexican Migrant Workers”, by Jessica McBirney, the migrant workers were taken advantage of because of their race. They were not paid as much as the white men. Migrant workers “made the lowest wages” in California (McBirney “Mexican Migrant Workers”). This shows that…

Jessica Cotin, a travel writer, reads her favorite poem - The Lost Pilot by James Tate. As she reads the poem her voice was soothing and monotone. She didn’t put emotion in the way she was reading it she lacked passion. She didn’t convince me that this is her favorite poem. She read it from the book and never seem to look up. Compared to other readings I have seen, it looked like she is doing a presentation that she didn’t want to do it. The quality of the video didn’t help her reading because…

“When Success Leads To Failure” In this article, the author, Jessica Lahey, argues “the pressure to achieve academically is a crime against learning.” Lahey opens the article with a personal experience. A concerned mother wants to know why her daughter doesn’t seem to enjoy learning anymore. Lahey admits that she has noticed the same thing about the young girl. She also admits to knowing the answer to the mother’s question. The author states the answer is that the girl sacrificed her love for…

She bases her criticism on the objective and foundation of competitive sports. According to her, these events emphasize “winning and competition” among the participants. Jessica Statsky points out team coaches and parents are supposed to bear the blame for being supporters of such events. In her essay, she argues competitive sports encourage children into taking part in physical actions. These sports also entail physical injuries and confrontations, which also inflict physical and mental pain on…

Marina Carr’s By the Bog of Cats illustrates the complex dynamic of failed relationship with images of swans and ducks, which also appear throughout Desmond Hogan’s Children of Lir. Hogan’s collection of short stories including “The Children of Lir” and “Southern Birds” feature Irishmen who embody English loyalty and use their masculine power to initially control native Irish civilians. Both Carr and Hogan illustrate feminine protagonists who are shunned from their society, but who also take a…

The essay Children Need to Play, Not Compete, written by Jessica Statsky, a normal college student. Just that the essay she wrote got around and published. In this particular essay she wrote it with concern for the adults that have children in sports at a young age. “I am concerned about organized sports and activities for children between the ages of six and twelve.” (Statsky) She includes many ways to connect with her audience, from emotions to statistics. “Like adults, children fear failure…

In the essay “Children Need to Play, not Compete”, Jessica Statsky writes about the importance of children being able to have fun playing a sport without the pressure of winning or losing (152-157). Playing sports can be a huge part of a child’s life, but parents and coaches need to remember that sports are here to keep a child busy and active. Children use sports to make friends not compete with each other to see who is better. When sport oriented parents and over controlling coaches try to…

Jessica Statsky in her book “Children Need to Play-Not compete” discussed the spreading trend of harmful sports in the young children, particularly under the age of fourteen. These games mainly affect the physical and mental health of the young children. Jessica in her book emphasizes on the psychological pressure on the children which usually had in these games by parents and coaches. She further elaborates her opinion regarding these comparative sports by using different approaches. She…