The Blob

c. They feel powerless, as they realize that they cannot control other children’s insensitive stares and comments about their child’s condition. They grapple with trying to understand the senselessness of why their child had to be afflicted and seeing their child suffer through the question of “Why me?” i. I know Dani has been asked about it and had to explain it to kids, some who have been mean. I hate that she gets shunned for the flakes or the patches. I hate that people think she is…

Antidepressant Advertisements: A Dose of Misinformation The pharmaceutical industry is a multibillion dollar industry with huge budgets for marketing. In 2015, Pfizer, a leading pharmaceutical firm, disbursed $3.1 billion on direct-to-consumer prescription drugs advertisements (Statista). In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed drug companies to advertise directly to consumers rather than to physicians only. An assortment of controversy has since ensued (Feng 90). In 2004,…

all. If only his team could beat the Littletown Giants. All l of that thinking about Baseball had made Chris hungry, as he realized when he stared into the empty bag. He hopped down off of the chair to throw the bag away, he noticed a furry little blob growling at him on the floor. Just a day before Chris had so much fun with his beloved cat, Cristof (the cat reminded him so much of himself, that he gave the cat the same…

threw it in my mouth greedily and started chewing it as fast as I could ready to expect some huge splash of juicy, fruity flavor to hit my tongue and instead began to start gagging, choking, struggling to breathe. I was spitting out the large black blob of disgusting gum he had given me. I learned there what people meant by a “knee slapper” because Grandpa Nuggie was just laughing his butt off as hard as he possibly could without maybe throwing up a lung or…

The Pros and Cons of Child Abuse We live in an era where child abuse is used a lot amongst parents not only in the United States but also in the World. Child Abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment or neglecting of a child or children. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also known as the CDC and the Department for Children and Families (DCF) describe child mistreatment as any act sequence of acts of commission by a parent or other guardian that…

According to German film theorist Siegfried Kracauer “films are the mirror of the prevailing society.” Through films viewers can understand the culture and sentiments of the people during the time of the film’s creation. Film directors study popular trends in their society and have those trends reflected back in their films to gain viewers and economic profit by providing something the audience can relate to. The preservation and study of films allow for the observation of the political…

Fai Jubono, a young male human, few of his kind, is searching the galaxy for treasure with his droid J6, a repurposed, round, and rusty engineering droid who now helps Fai scavenge the Yinnad galaxy for spare parts, which he then sells for credits. At this time, Fai and J6 are headed to the ocean planet Kee. This planet used to be all ice, but had melted due to Kee getting significantly closer to the sun. Now multiple boats have been submerged underwater, which so called treasure beneath them.…

Physical set up of the room The room was divided into different clusters for different types of social and cognitive interactions to be encouraged. For instance, there was a block area, a coloring station, a reading area, and a snack area. Each of these places promote different types of social and cognitive interactions such as cause and effect reasoning with other kids, classification, and how to be a friend. I feel that separating out these areas like they did helps encourage all types of…

Military science fiction has grown up over the years. Gone are the days when a simple plot would suffice. Readers demanded more of an intricate story, something they can proverbially sink their teeth into. Because of this demand, story plots developed into more complex themes than in earlier years. In the stories presented this semester, story lines varied, but there was always once central theme in each story: survival. Characters were built up to accommodate the intricate plots. Themes matured…

Military science fiction has grown up over the years. Gone are the days when a simple plot would suffice. Readers demanded more of an intricate story, something they can proverbially sink their teeth into. They do not want something that could be read in hours. Because of this demand, story plots are more complex today than in earlier years. In the stories presented this semester, storylines varied, but there was always once central theme: survival. Characters were built up more to accommodate…