Series of children's books

The book titled Breastfeeding: Methods, Benefits to the Infant and Mother, and Difficulties was published by the Nova Science and edited by Wilma G. Nueland. A chapter titled “Breastfeeding and Maternal Employment…” examines statistical reports of women in various countries and how part-time and full-time employment affects breastfeeding depending on variables such as the mothers education and the country’s legislative maternal administration support. The book is concise and goes…

What do we consider innocence, and how do we hold on to it? Innocence can be defined as freedom from sin or moral wrong, but could the word take on more than just its denotation? When we are young, many of our guardians intend to preserve our innocence through thoughtfully considered exposure. However, in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, viewers see the effects numerous emotionally charged moments can have on a child. By using cinematic realism in Boyhood, Linklater creates a work depicting loss of…

the 20th century, the 21st century strongly encourages the act of perusing the desire for something or someone. During a person’s early childhood, the child’s thoughts and feelings are not yet formed to be able to separate what is good and bad. Children’s minds can often be focused on what they might desire, rather than what is practically needed in their lives. In the short stories of “Araby” and “Winter Dreams”, they both describe young boys wishing for someone they are not able to have.…

Akeelah and The Bee is centered around the story of an 11-year-old African American girl, Akeelah. Despite being cunning, she attends a school that appears to be have a history of low academic achievement. She is encouraged by her principle to participate in a spelling bee, and later qualifies for the nationals. This movie is a portrayal of Akeelah’s voyage to a national title, with the help of her coach Dr. Larabee, and later on, the help of her family and community (Fishburne & Atchison, 2006)…

Through a series of amazingly effective exercises, he leads a roomful of parents, educators, and other professionals on a journey to understanding. By the end, they have experienced firsthand what it is like to have dysnomia (difficulty with finding words), auditory…

AP Language Barracoon Project Sanjana Iyer. Section One: The painting is panel forty, “Great Numbers”, from the Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence. This painting is one of sixty, and put together they create a visual narrative that depicts the hardships of the African American experience. This painting specifically shows four African American families of different sizes migrating to a new destination, possibly in search of liberation from the oppression of the Jim Crow era. This painting is…

Suzanne Aslasken Scarborough is 72 years old, and born on September 13, 1944, in Orange, New Jersey. Suzanne is an only child, with a deceased father and mother whose names are Julius Hull and Birdie Hull. Being married twice she is now single. Her first husband also father of her three children is Richard Aslasken who passed away at the age of 40. Her three children include Kristin who is the oldest, Rachel who is the middle child, and Eric who is the youngest. She later remarried a man who…

In 2008, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch in Tulsa, Oklahoma after she wore a hijab, a headscarf, to her job interview. Heather Cooke, the store's assistant manager became concerned that Elauf’s headscarf would interfere with the store's “look policy,” which does not allow any headgear, and promotes the retailer's brand by having their salespeople, or ‘models’ wear and advertise their clothing. Cooke was unaware that Elauf was a practicing muslim who wore her…

for comprehension and following instructions. Children of this age understand more than they can express and word vocabulary ranges between 5000-20,000 words. Children are carrying out a series of 3 part directions as well as understanding rhymes. Children of this age commonly become interested in Dr Seuss books. They are able to comprehend jokes and enjoy jokes and riddles. Children, due to improved pragmatic skills (social competence with language skills), are able to understand the difference…

world was more compelling than school because it was more intellectual than school, not less.” (Graff 267) Likely the most weighted and opinionated statement made in “Hidden Intelligence”, Graff defends this stance stating, “street smarts beat out book smarts ... because they satisfy the thirst more thoroughly than school culture, which seems pale and unreal.”(Graff 268) I would say the issue then is not street smarts or conventional intelligence, but rather “school culture” which excludes the…