Sleepover

Many parents believe the education system in public schools are declining and the social environment is not healthy for their children. These are valid causes for concern so some parents take their children’s education into their own hands. According to 2003 research, roughly 16% of parents were unsatisfied with the academic instruction at the other schools and 31% of parents stated that their primary reason for homeschooling was the environment of the other schools (Doak). They raise their…

from the novel Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother, written by Amy Chua who is a writer that specializes in topics like globalization and ethnic disputes, Chua who is basically defined as a helicopter parent, does not even allow her child to go to a sleepover at a friend’s house. Chua also won’t allow her child watch television or play computer games; her child was never allowed to be in a school play and couldn’t complain about it either. I am strongly against helicopter parents because of the many…

while we waited for the bus to pick us up. As soon as school ended for the day, we went home to complete any homework assigned to us, and once we finished that, we went over to each other’s house. Often enough, if it was a Friday, we would have sleepovers and stay up well into the night, if not all night, playing…

I crave company. It’s how I’ve always been. I want to feel welcome, needed, accepted. I don’t think that’s wrong or unusual. All throughout my life, I have always needed to be surrounded by friends, or at least people who pretended like they were. I always felt that I needed to have plans on the weekends, be invited to the cool parties, fill my yearbook up with signatures, and keep up with or surpass my friends on their number of Facebook followers. However, looking back now, I’m not sure I like…

When the word death is mentioned, most people think of bitterness, heartbreak, mournfulness and sorrow. Whether it be a grandparent or a pet, death is usually not thought of as a happy situation. This past year, on July 17, my adopted grandma passed away. At the time, much like the rest of the world, I perceived her death to be a terrible mishappening that should not have occurred. Experiencing the death of a loved one so close to me, has made me realize that death should not be a subject of…

Everything has its cost. It all boils down to how much one is willing to pay. From the 1980’s to the 1990’s juvenile offenses prompted state policymakers to expand laws to put juveniles in adult court. States are on average spending millions to incarcerate youth in adult prisons. It costs on average $43,000 to house a youth offender in a juvenile facility. As a consequence, the tax payers save $57,000 by allowing adolescents to be tried in juvenile court. These statistics are per youth per year.…

Growing up, soccer was my life. Everything I did, everybody I knew all came from this. It all started when I was in third grade when my step-dad asked me if I wanted to start playing soccer. I was always kicking around a soccer ball or shooting in the small goal outside so being on an actual team was a scary thought. He would always be a defender and let me try to score on him but with him being 200 pounds and me being 80, it was always a hard thing to do. But nonetheless, I decided that…

It was just before 10:00 AM on Saturday, May 31st, 2014, in the small town of Waukesha, Wisconsin. A bicyclist out for a morning ride came across Payton “Bella” Leutner, a 12 year old girl, covered in blood and lying in a ditch at the side of the road. She had just escaped death. Leutner was able to crawl out of the nearby woods after being left for dead by her attackers, who had stabbed her 19 times with a kitchen knife. She was stabbed in her torso, legs, and arms, and had suffered major…

Fatema Mernissi and Andrea Roman both delve into their struggles with culture conflict in their articles “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” and “We’re Not...” to not only compare the differences between lifestyles but also reveal to the reader of their attitude toward the American society. In terms of approached subject material, usage of narration for personal experiences, and structure, the author’s writings are almost identical. It is their injection of culture through past occurrences that…

The process of communication can be used to deliver positive or negative information between various individuals who are interaction with each other. Communication is needed to build any relationships. There are various parts of communication that is can be combined to form a connection between groups of individuals. Counselors attempt to build the gap between relationships by developing a better knowledge of communication and what is needed to make the relationship between patients and…