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There are 466 violent crimes for every 100,000 people in the United States. Only about 108 of these will be gun related. Believe it or not, every single mass shooting that has happened in America since the 1950s, have all been in a place where guns were prohibited. Open carry is the practice of openly carrying a firearm on one's person in public (“Gun Control Myths and Realities”). One in three Americans own a gun. States that allow open carry have, on average, a twenty three percent lower…

shooting, and war are of putting especially for children. As a society, guns are becoming apart of kids lives at an earlier age. They are all over movies, games, books, and the internet. Kids play with toy guns from their favorite Disney movie, or even nerf guns. Kids have a natural curiosity for everything, if it is for guns or even for airplanes, it is the same curiosity. Instead of pushing those topics away for the fear of making them violent, it would be more beneficial to educate children…

Growing up: Growing up both of my parents worked since we lived a couple houses down from my grandmother. Somehow between my dad’s, mom’s and my grandmother’s work schedule there was always someone home watching my older sister and I. My father was a police officer of Milpitas Police Department. Milpitas is in Silicone Valley for those who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area. My mother did part time teaching and caregiving for children with mental disabilities. My older sister and I…

Intro School had started and I had a lot to tell my friends that I hadn’t seen all summer. This was the summer right before I went into highschool. So to some people this is a big summer. Although, to me it was just another summer. The summer of 2015 was a very wild summer. That summer more things happened than what was expected. There were many new friends that were made and there were many that were lost. There where many people who lost real things and many who lost things that they didn't…

Throughout history, we have seen that gender classifications, on gender roles have resulted in gender stereotypes. Despite that children were not initially classified by their gender, but by their age. Such as in the late nineteenth-century gender classification only existed for men, and women. Whereas in the early twentieth century, occurring social progression caused a demand for gender associations towards the identity of children. Gender stereotypes towards children created a gender…

Introduction: Gender roles are cultural expectations for how boys and girls should behave and act in the society. From childhood to adult, the society constructs gender inequality in family, schools, workplaces and other places. As society teaches boys to play with boy’s toys and girl’s with girls toys. Boys are expected to play with those toys that help them in decision making role whereas girls usually play with those toys that teach them an expressive role like caring and nurturing. “Toys R…

It all started I'd say in the last leg of the 1st quarter of 7th grade. Things were going pretty well, say there as a sense of calmness and no stress. Just a tranquil peaceful environment. If there was one would that I would describe this time period in my life (no matter how short it is) is peaceful. I lived in a really nice home with really nice neighbors in a really nice neighborhood (besides the HOA, of course). There were two kids I hung out with a lot in that neighborhood, Kole and Blake.…

The Morphology of Horror: Propp and The Walking Dead as Myth “For all peoples, death is the first teacher, the first pain, the edge beyond which life as we know it ends and wonder begins.” – Wade Davis There exists a strange fervor in humanity for the horrific, a desire for that which in reality frightens, and in the imagination thrills. Despite our efforts to avoid the harsh touch of death, we still flirt playfully with its presence, and dream of situations where the unknown and impossible…

Through our lessons, we have been reading about how play needs to be an intrical part of all of our lives, regardless of age. Play can and does take on many different forms throughout our lives. Play can be a means of learning a new skill, growing in an area of weakness or processing information or an event you have witnesses just to name a few. Through the next few minutes we will talk about several different avenues play can take. When we look at the way play can be independent (unobserved)…

For the toy store evaluation I picked the local Muncie Target. Target is a superstore that is separated into different department areas ranging from clothing, electronics, baby items children’s items, home décor, toys, seasonal items, a small grocery section, and everyday essentials. When you first walk into Target the first thing you see is the dollar section. The toys section is located directly behind the home décor aisle. The toy department is made up of 9 aisles and each aisle is made up…