The Perfect Nanny

While taking Psychology this past few months I have realized why I am who I am. I finally learned why I bite my fingernails. I also learned why I can take things that people might tell me and better myself, but others may cry. When I was younger, I had a hard time regulating my emotions which lead to me externalizing my problems. This lead to me always playing rough. Most girls do not play this way, but this actually helped release my anger in a positive way. I also developed a resilience to…

I argue that the Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Gilman, and Angels in America by Tony Kushner, both confront the sexual politics of the husband-wife relationships. As much as we may want to believe that inequality is a thing in the past, inequality is very much still present. The stories both symbolize unhappy wives, who not only are in agony, but both women are in torment and feel oppressed in their relationships. According to the novels, women have always come second to the male population.…

Black women had to be the nurturing type to the slave owner’s children, including and not limited to breastfeeding the newborns, cooking and cleaning and not being in the fields with the rest of the slaves. These women were called “mammies”, a maid or nanny in charge of the master’s children. During my research, I also found that some enslaved women were apart of a group called “Jezebels”. White men would rape these “jezebels” as many as three…

happened to a child before it was considered a toddler, this is believed to be the starting point of all the strong willed and tough citizens of Sparta who gave them this reputation. Also to this day mothers in Sparta are known as some of the best nannies and parents…

“The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.” (Hurston 31)Hurston’s use of conceit further expounds upon the elements of nature in relation to Janie and her ideals. The desecration of the pear tree symbolizes the fragmentation of her image of love after being subjected to this unwilling…

and the dogs that don’t get adopted from the shelters because they are seen as mean-spirited and aggressive. This may venture one to ask how did it come to this? How did the Pit Bull go from being one of America’s favorite breeds, nicknamed the “nanny dog”, to one of the most wrongly outlawed dogs as a result of poor judgment and misconceptions? The first fact one should know about the Pit Bull breed is…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the autobiographical account about a young woman name Harriet Brent Jacobs. It talks about her life in slavery and her daring escape. Young Harriet, who assumes the name of Linda Brent, was born in Edenton, North Carolina to a “kind” mistress who taught her how to read, write and sew. When Linda’s mistress died, she was willed to the mistress’ young niece. Soon after her father also dies. Her grandmother and brother become the bright spots in her…

well-being. To alter the situation the occupational therapist must find a new context in which the person can perform their tasks (Dunn, Brown, & McGuigan, 1994). In this aspect the occupational therapist is looking for a context in which there is a perfect balance between the client’s skills and the obstacles of the context (Dunn, Brown, & McGuigan, 1994). In Sam’s case the occupational therapist could relocate his work place where less fine motor skill are needed. An example of this is moving…

The nineteen-twenties saw a great change in American society. With the recent upturn in the American economy, the United States became a “consumer society”. (History.com) This is the world of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious man who rose to great wealth in mysterious ways. Gatsby threw lavish parties, characteristic of the time, and lived a life of luxury. Through the novel The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald portrays his view of the era he lived in; the roaring twenties. Using a new historicism approach…

South Carolina By: Soham Kate Introduction Did you know that there is much to learn about South Carolina? Such as a Native American tribe, prominent figures, services, tourism, etc. Santee Did you know that there is a lot to learn about the Santee tribe? Like how they lived, their religion, and their housing such as a longhouse, a tipi, “gabled summer houses, or even conical winter houses covered with mats or skins.” The Santee Indians got their origin name from “iswan’ti”, which means “the…