May Day

easily attained by those veterans and if so are the services actually helping the PTSD veterans. The VA tends to take a long time to get service out to veterans. “According to VA figures dated April 20, the number of claims pending for more than 125 days was 613,469, while the total number of pension and entitlement claims was 886,345.” (Konkel 1). This is an issue as it is about 70% of claims pending for more than 3-4 months for their service. A veteran already…

children, which is necessary for good social skills. Children that sit at home watching TV and playing video games are not being socialized, which can result in bad behavior. Also, children get to bond with kids before going into kindergarten and may make the change into a traditional school much easier. In a daycare environment children learn to use manners and put them to use. At home, children are not around as many people and don 't use manners with peers in real life situations. The same…

paying attention to her body such as when she was experiencing the odd spells of dizziness which she dismissed. Also, she was experiencing a strange taste in her mouth which she did not pay any attention and refused to believe. Katy was experiencing day to day psychological stress which prevented her from being in touched with her body. Katy’s case was unique because she was a single parent with a life changing disability which prevented her from continuing employment. Her inability to work…

have been capable of discovering what others value through the things in which they sacrifice. Whether it is time, experiences, or happiness, many people have suffered with trying to balance all that life can offer. In the novel, The Remains of the Day, Stevens, the Head Butler, embodied the quality of sacrifice to the extreme. He was willing to sacrifice his personal life in order to perform his job to the best of his ability. Consequently, he struggled to find the balance between work and…

George Orwell once wrote “Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past" (Zinn 89). The notable quote holds a lot of wisdom, and a message of exercising caution when it comes to history. Dominant ideologies and views of history have had calamitous consequences when gone unchallenged by society. Marchak discusses who creates and controls the dominant ideology in contemporary society, as they are the ones ‘who control the present’. As the dominant ideology…

Additionally, providing low income families an opportunity to work while at the same, taking their children to a center that provides a stimulating environment where they can socialize and develop emotionally, physically, and mentally has significant benefits to the overall composition of the family. Although costs of childcare can create additional stress, the establishment of daycare centers has allowed parents, especially single mothers, to work knowing that their children will be cared for.…

She had broken her hip and now has a metal rod in it. She had to be on bedrest for several weeks and she had to have help doing certain things such as bathing and walking. Jason would come home a couple hours early from work each day to help make dinner, ran errands, keep the house clean and make sure my mother knew he was there to help. I did little things too. I would make my mom coffee, watch a movie with her each week and I would have her help me on my homework even if I knew…

I have now been interning at the Diablo Community Center (DCC), on the campus of Mt. Diablo High School, for about seven weeks. In those seven weeks I have made a CPS report, three female students have come out to me as either being bi-sexual, or are questioning their sexual orientation, I have counseled three students that have experienced rape before their 16th birthday, worked with foster and homeless you who’s lives are falling apart and those that are excelling in all that they do, I’ve…

Would you rather name or your little girl Alice or Alyss? 9 times out 10 a family will name their little girl Alice spelled like A.L.I.C.E instead of A.L.Y.S.S because it more normal. The author uses rites of passage to reveal how Alyss changes as a character in throughout the whole story. In the book The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor made a character named Alyss that goes on a rather exciting journey... In the beginning of the novel,Alyss is characterized as bored…

The Many Sides of Robin Williams It is a bright Night in the small Alaskan town of Nightmute, like most nights and days for that matter in this town where the sun only sets a few months out of the year. A murder has occurred in this town by a mental imbalanced calculating man. Wait maybe this doesn’t interest you how about a different tail about an alcoholic psychiatrist that morns the loss of his wife in the bottom of a bottle, after giving up on his career and his life he is slowly pulled…