SOS Children's Villages

young man will flee his village in west Java for the bright lights of Jakarta or a farmer will move his impoverished family into one of Lima’s innumerable pueblos jóvenes” (1). The quotation proves that people will be moving from rural areas to megacities without anyone telling them to do it. Megacities can be described as a larger geographic metropolitan area with a greater population. People were moving from rural villages to megacities because it was their choice to do so, they thought that…

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” (1948), she conveys through her character’s actions the morbid reality of what people are willing to do in order to survive. Jackson created the image of a cheerful small village where everyone knows everyone to make the reader realize that surviving is human nature. And the actions needed for survival can be anywhere and at any time. By using ‘the lottery’ to choose a human sacrifice, Jackson is able to directly convey a theme of survival. Each character in…

by Shirley Jackson, a seemingly ordinary village conducts a traditional lottery where the “winner” is stoned to death. While the events that take place in this story are fictional, Jackson uses the events to showcase the dangers of the preservation of certain traditions. Jackson seemingly uses ordinary details about the setting and the townspeople to characterize her theme that although society claims to be civilized, and may appear…

The crack of the rifles shooting into the air could only send me back. The volley of shots making me remember that day. I could only think if I made the right call that night. It was supposed to be a quick snatch and grab, but it all went wrong from the moment we left. I went up to give my respect to the men that were killed under my command. I could only see Kody’s face, the hazel eyes that showed no one was left behind them. Kody has been my right-hand since day one of Basic Training. He was a…

Anyon (1980) discusses the concept of social class in five New Jersey elementary schools and argues that each of the schools prepares students to fit into the social class that the school is primarily composed of. In each of the five elementary schools Anyon (1980) examined, social class most certainly had pivotal component in the curriculum, but the geographical community also played a key role in the hidden curriculum as well. One of the first items mentioned by Anyon (1980) prior to…

immorality any person has the ability to attain. Speaking of which, such obnoxious side of a human being could only be revealed when they have been placed in a stressful or disruptive environment. In the study of Economics, resources are allocated wisely so that everyone could be better off and such disruptive or inhumane behavior could be minimized. Generally speaking, scarcity, greed, and selfishness are inevitable matters. Humans have been engineered with survival mechanisms that requires…

new lord made. What happens to the boys the villagers asked. The lord soon answered, “They shall be sent to the village across the highway.” Kylie a normal teenage girl is one of the many people that were affected by this rule, as well as Sam. Kylie lost her best friend, Sam lost her husband and her three baby boys. Everyday Kylie would cry to her mom, but her mom didn’t care, so Kylie would go to Sam’s house and Sam would take care of her. Then there is Zoe, a poor old lady who doesn’t…

On March 12-19, a team of fourteen high-schoolers and two leaders from Gilbert went on a missions trip near the city of Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Specifically, the team went to a small village by the name of La Tercera Calle. The goal of the trip was to build a cement floor in a church that the villagers had long been working on. This project took up almost the entirety of the week, and while the work was immensely strenuous, it was strangely palatable, bordering even on enjoyable. Nonetheless, the…

Walking down the sidewalks of Roland Park and Middle East, you can clearly see an inequality between their neighbourhood resources and the implications of the communities’ respective histories. Whereas Middle East seems to be experiencing a period of revitalization, clearly spearheaded by the nearby Johns Hopkins institutions, Roland Park portrays a stable, deep-rooted past of affluency. These physical conditions impact the wellbeing of residents and thus fall under the umbrella term of social…

About Fairview The picturesque town of Fairview, incorporated 1958, is home to a population of almost 9,000. The inviting small-town community is known for its large homes on expansive lots and equestrian estates, as well as its extensive proliferation of open spaces, including its scenic rolling hills, creeks and woodlands. Fairview's History Fairview was incorporated in 1958 when a petition with over 30 signatures requested an incorporation election for Fairview. On May 7, 1958, the election…