Poughkeepsie Day School

as I attempt to pinpoint the crucial events that have made up my present day psych. I suppose I am made up differently than most students at Poughkeepsie Day School. To begin my mind floats to age three, where the mess began. I can still see the sun peaking in; it lightly brushing the creamy yellow walls. The stained white rug that had been lived in, and turned into a spotty brown rag. The green, luscious wood was my playland. My shiny black dog sat on the moldy deck; I remember pressing my little hand against her shiny, hot fur. “How…

In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, loneliness is a key theme. There comes a point in the novel where Dr. Frankenstein has to make a decision: to either make his creature an equal woman companion or to refuse his protégé and face the dire consequences. At this point, Frankenstein is knowledgeable that his creation is the murderer of his brother (and indirectly caused the execution of his family friend Justine). He sees just exactly the problems that his creation has caused and how much…

multiple talents that I had. The experiences I have opened my time to be involved in are not the types of activities I’m normally not interested in. In order to get my service learning volunteer hours I had to go for three days at two different locations. The first services I provided was for the New York care program. The activity involved the parks and recreation center. The Park was located at Seward park, garden the service was for two hours. The activities that I help with was planting,…

Specialized daycares for disabled children Day-care plays a key role in the upbringing of a child. Disabled children should have their own specialized day-cares in order to get the full care needed. Many parents of disabled children face several challenges with finding a safe and welcoming day-care for their child. Quite a few day-cares and child services have difficulties dealing with a child with a disability due to the extra care and attention needed for the child. A child should never be…

The Effects of Daycare on Children’s Development Today’s children are tomorrow’s future. Therefore, how a child develops is not only important to the child, but also to our society as a whole. While realizing this factor, we come to the discussion of whether daycare helps a child to develop or is harmful to a child’s development. Despite some evidence that daycare can be harmful to a child’s development, many recent studies show that daycare for babies and young children has positive effects on…

are includes funding, regulation and auspice. It has been said that, regulated child care is more likely be high quality than not regulated care. Also, it has a positive impact on the educator and to other programs. Licensing and regulatory systems that imposed by the Quebec government are well designed and effectively imposed to their license daycare provider throughout the province. It is really a great help for the families especially for the children to provide them the security they need,…

There are many sources of stress in my life. Like the fact that I cannot find a job, therefore I cannot pay car insurance. Also, I have a girl in my life that I like very much, but every day, there’s always a problem with either her and me or her and someone else. My dad is a major contributor to my stress. The life of a teen is agreeably one of the most dramatic and stressful parts of a person’s life. I feel, between school and my home life and dealing with rebellion to parents at home, I…

On the contrary, Columbus’s overall journey consisted of slavery, economics, and the achievement of obtaining gold and glory. Therefore, Columbus’s actions should not be conjectured as heroic or evil. Instead, the people of America should recognize that Columbus Day as not worthy of celebration, but worth abolishing. This is because if Columbus were actually a man of the people who set out to help enrich the future of the New World, his moral intentions would have taken another course. He would…

The Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos), is a very important holiday celebrated in Mexico. The purpose of the holiday is to gather family and friends to remember members who have died. We celebrate on November 1st and November 2nd where the children eat first and then adults eat the second day. Some traditions that mexicans do for the day of the dead is build altars, marigolds, favorite food, and also visiting graves. We honor our deceased ancestors by cooking their favorite food and…

I’ll never forget that day, April 20, 2006, the day my divorce became final. After twelve years of hell, I was set free. My ex-husband and I met as teenagers and fell into a whirlwind romance. At first everything was wonderful, with all those late-night drives to nowhere, ones where we would talk about our mutual love for theater and music, where we would complain about our messed-up families. For the first few months, it was ideal. Then the trouble started. Three months after we began dating…