The Babysitter

It seems like no matter what approach is used to try and get young women interested in math and science, men still outnumber women in those career fields. Some people may argue that young women simply do not have any sort of interest in things related to math and science and that this is the reason for the gender gap, but this is purely untrue. Researchers have found that when girls perform poorly in math and science, the cause is environmental. Due to society’s expectations and stereotypes,…

In the early 1900’s, African Americans were faced with Jim Crow laws that created racial segregation in the United States, specifically the southern states. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, the protagonist, Henrietta was deprived of equal medical, legal, and educational services. The new historicism theory illustrates how African Americans were not given equal opportunities to medical attention, legal action and educational services needed as a result of Jim Crow laws.…

Healing of Memories I God often gifts us in the very areas we have received healing and liberation. While I have witnessed physical restoration and healing in response to prayer, it is in the area emotional/spiritual healing that God most frequently calls for healing. My faith for this ministry was enlarged as God reached into the wounds of my past and released me from the bondage of fear into the process of finding the perfect freedom He has provided for His children through the victory of the…

Parents are the most important influence in a child's life and as such, it is important for them to speak to their children in an open, non-threatening, positive way about the issue of safety and abuse, and give them tools to prevent it or get help if in a dangerous situation. Below are guidelines to assist parents in supporting the safety of their children: • Safety and abuse-prevention does not have to be scary. Rather, teach your children in a positive and empowering way about healthy…

In the book Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff, There are two main characters. One of the characters is named LaVaughn, who is the 14 year old babysitter, and Jolly the 17 year old mother of two children. In the book three very different environments are compared. All of them are similar in a small way but in the big picture they are all different. This book shows readers that a supportive environment is much better than a non supportive one. The three environments that will be compared in…

Birth, Parents, and Who Raises You… She, Peaches, was born in the summer of 1981 to a teenage mother. She was 7 pounds 13 ounces, healthy and beautiful. She was perfect. After a few days of recovery in the hospital it was time to go home. Her mother was dressed and sitting on the edge of the bed holding her when the family of the woman sharing her room came to visit. They commented on how precious she looked and asked where the mother was. Her mother was pale with light blonde hair and…

Abstinence is restraining from all sexual activity in any form until a person gets married. The practice of abstinence protects the body from pregnancy, disease, and it allows someone to focus on things in their life other than sex such as school and their future. Abstinence is the best way to protect the body from harmful diseases that could ruin a person’s life or even possibly end it. It also prevents the teenager from taking on such a big task that they’re not ready for. Teenagers…

I, Jenni Viviano am a heterosexual, middle-class, white, androgynous, and cisgender female. I have lived in the same small town my entire life and spent most of my life around the same people. I have a two-year degree, and I’m currently working on my four-year degree. I attended two SUNY schools rather than private schools. Does all of this affect my ideologies? My upbringing and how I identify with the world, both have been taught to me, and also have been forced upon me by different factors.…

Technology and Attention Spans The use of technology has been precipitately increasing in recent years. The digital world has a way of including itself in relatively every aspect of life nowadays. The proficiency technology provides in the modern world has created many conveniences in everyday life. "The Digital Revolution started booming in the later 20th century and has been flourishing ever since" (Schoenherr). However, as technology has developed, users seem to be more reliant on it than…

wheel of life turns. My entire game has changed. Besides reading and writing, I suppose my chief interests through the years have involved child-rearing. Since those skills are seldom needed these days, except in an advisory role or as a cheap babysitter, I have substituted motorcycling; rather, I have picked up where I left off before children. I usually ride to school when the weather is good, which typically starts around April and runs through October, although a silver lining to…