ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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This book contains short stories with excellent morals which can help the students deal with their daily challenges in the present and the future. It is also very suitable for Class XII students who are in their late stage of adolescence and on the point of maturing. It also provides a wide knowledge of history, politics, patriotism and fiction. The contents are well thought of and appropriate for the students. However, some changes can be made in the exercises to challenge the students to use more of their imagination and language skills. As the teaching of language mainly aims at improving the language skills of a learner, more exercises like grammar games and word meanings can be added. Overall, it is a good book provided for supplementary reading for the students of Class XII.
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A child star is a performer who has achieved a relatively large amount of celebrity or recognition in the spotlight at a young age (Williams, 2013). A study found that a desire solely for the sake of being famous was the most ubiquitous future goal among children, overshadowing hopes for financial success and achievement (Kaufman, 2013). This trend is being attracted hundreds of debates that whether the kid’s popularity is good or bad. From my perspective, although child stars obtain many special things, they suffer from some subsequent destructive effects.
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The first negative downside is the possibility of saying goodbye to everyday, normal life (Prince, 2016). Famous children who have long hours of rehearsals and other activities have to give up leisure time with friends to honor their commitment to production (Mink, 2017). When other children spend their time playing and improving their skills, exceptional ones need time to practice due to the difficulties in the entertainment industry. Another factor taking their normal life away is the lack of privacy( Loftus, 2014).
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as likely as the general population to experience depression (Taylor, 2017). Because of the intense pressure of childhood stardom, they have turned to drug and alcohol abuse to cope with fame (Serrels, 2016). A survey showed that child actors were three times more likely to abuse alcohol, or drugs than average young Americans (Roberts, 2012). For example, Drew Barrymore started smoking cigarettes at age 9, drinking alcohol at 11, smoking marijuana at 12, and snorting cocaine at 13 (Foresman, n.d.), famously checked into rehab at the age of 13 (Marthe, 2016).
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On the contrary, there are voices from opponents arguing that being a celebrity seems pretty great in terms of richness (Pliskin, 2014). Many kids have the potential to be as rich as adult co-stars, they earn more money in a single paycheque than most people do over several years (HardWick, 2014). To a certain extent, they may be right; however, with good amount of money at an early age, the problem is that how much they spend and what they spend it on (Jones, n.d.) . They may become involved with drugs (MSc, 2013), manic spending sprees, strip club blowouts, and fast food binges”, plus many things with an inability to manage their finances (Jones, n.d.). Moreover, the highly successful child stars are likely to become their family’s chief breadwinner, unscrupulous parents enable them to push the children to do work that they do not want to do (MSc, 2018).
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After Carmen prepares her version of a dish of chicken for her father, he approves of the dish but still is critical on the ingredients which mirrors their relationship. As much as he loves her and they can bond over their love for cooking, he is worried that she has too much sex. At one point she even tells him, “Don’t treat me like a slut just because I’ve had sex in this decade.” Martin and Maribel seem to have a typical father-teenage daughter relationship.
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Leticia going off to Las Vegas and getting married to Orlando is a huge leap into assimilation. Although I’m sure there are many Mexican women in history that have found the need to elope, it is not a common practice. In a traditional Mexican household, it is typically the parents but especially the father who has the last say in who his daughter will marry. This seemingly rebellious move of hers, displays her level of depth into mainstream America. Although Leticia has struggled in the romance department, it is noteworthy to mention that her being single is suggested as her own choice which goes against her father’s wishes and their cultural traditions. She is also like many Americans suspicious of Catholicism without really knowing much about it. “Catholics worship saints,” she says. “Christians worship Christ. Christ was a Christian not Catholic.” She is not sure what to say in response when she is told,”Honey, Christ was a Jew.” This rejection of a traditional religous structure is another piece of her Mexican heritage that is swept away.
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Carmen has many qualities and values of the “modern” American woman. Her belief in the sexual liberation of women is a defining charecteristic of hers. Because of her independence, which I think in small parts can be attributed to her Americanized values, Carmen buys her own condo and makes an announcement that she is offered job in Barcelona, Spain running a company. Although she accepts it, in the end she follows her heart and in the spirit of pursuing “the American dream” decides to return home and start her own restaurant. American society emphasizes indiviual success where as Latinx or Mexican traditions focus more on family and collective idetity. Martin pushing for Carmen to have financial and social security shows that he too hs been influenced by American values.
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Maribel struggles between her need for cultural identity and acceptance and being like everybody else. When she announces that she is going to take a couple of gap years before college to find herself, Martin forbids it as long as long as she lives under his roof so she announces she will move in with Andy. The sudden move is not something that is promoted in Latinx househoulds. Most young women do not leave their parents’ home until they are married; preserving patriarchy throughout a monumental life moment. Maribel’s move reflects her Americanized values in that she wants to be independent and make choices that reflect her own interest as opposed to that of her families’.
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I do think that their roles are consistent with the traditional portrayal of a Latina woman in the USA. In the article, “Visiting the Mexican American Family: Tortilla Soup as Culinary Tourism,” the author states, “The Latina women were portrayed as being hypersexual and exotic, who, like the “beautified images of food·invite a touristic gaze (Linderfield, 2007, p. 311)… ‘The daughters were light-skinned and looked and acted like middle class Whites, “implying that Latinas who fit into mainstream speaking patterns and behavior codes can become a part of mainstream white culture.” She describes my feelings perfectly. Although they are seen as career driven women, which does demonstrate change in the stereotype, they are still hypersexualized and whitewashed.
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This very realistic, yet painful battle can be greatly expressed through both “Powder” and “Rules of the Game.” To be specific, “Powder” explores this complex relationship by depicting how one reckless father and his meticulous son’s own personality, or rather is his adapted nature is breached when his father’s character is finally understood and perceived on a ski trip. The focus on the father’s reckless actions are imperative in understanding why the son feels so far apart from his father, but in reality, they become even more alike as the plot develops.
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Wolff utilizes a controlling, young and conventional boy to contrast to his strong and apparently fearless dad. the child “was a boy who kept his clothes on numbered hangers to insure proper rotation. [He] bothered [his] teachers for homework assignments far ahead of their due dates so [he] could draw up schedules” (Wolff). his father also snuck his child into a bar to see thelonious monk without his mother’s knowledge or consent.
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the narrator talks about one explicit occasion with much detail to demonstrate how the occasion has completely changed his outlook. his parents would inevitably separate regardless of how hard his dad worked to protect him. this influenced the child which most likely appeared through his rather meticulous and controlling habits.in any case he admired his dad as a model of getting a charge out of life without limitations. his dad was defiant from multiple points of view for example taking a minor to a bar or entering an illegal zone guarded by officers amid a snowstorm. be that as it may his dad was a decent model of assurance towards his child. despite the fact that he entered a police-blocked way he cautioned his child not to pursue his actions. the only reason he did that was to keep the guarantee he made to his mother. this gave the narrator another point of view or perspective on the way he lived. he finally relaxed and let go of his uptight personality and of the need to constantly be in control by trusting his dad while he was driving. he closes with a statement to demonstrate this new point of view, “Except maybe to say this: if you haven’t driven on fresh powder, you haven’t driven” (Wolff).
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Moreover, in “Rules of the Game,” the author describes the parallels between the game of chess that the main character Waverly, plays, and the one she plays with her mother. As Waverley learns more and more about chess, she begins to realize that her very relationship with her mother is almost the doppelganger of it; a game with unknown and powerful rules and uncertainty. Tan’s descriptive words conceive chess as this all-powerful, yet mysterious force that powers Waverley’s decisions and gives her enough conviction to win all her matches, as well as fight alongside her mother in their metaphorical battle. Waverly’s mother competitive roots shine through Waverly’s personality, as depicted through this excerpt, “carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed, where I would stare for hours at imaginary battles” (Wolff.) Instead of spending her adolescence with other friends and playmates, her mother’s comments on her achievements and how she could improve forces her to lock herself from the rest of the world and practice for her games for hours on end. Furthermore, Waverly and her mother’s relationship is symbolized through 2 excerpts in the text, the first one when Waverly was beginning her journey in learning the rules of chess:”I went to school, then directly home to learn new chess secrets, cleverly concealed advantages, more escape routes,” (Wolff) and then later in the text when Waverly ran away from her mother after the big fight in the middle of the street: “The alleys contained no escape routes” (Wolff.) The two characters are always in an ongoing war between each other; mind games and secret messages encoded in words they say, and the constant fight in trying to figure out how to come out of it. These two excerpts help the reader comprehend that chess emanates very much of Waverly’s life in the real world. When Waverly has the fight with her mother, instead of knowing the exact route to win the game like in her chess matches, Waverly finds that she is cautious of what will happen next and is uncertain of what to do.
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Amman is not only the capital of Jordan, but it is also the most popular and largest city in the country. Amman is the center of the countries political and economic culture. Jordan shares its borders with Saudi Arabia and Israel, making the country very diverse between cultures and religions (Schmidt, 2006). Amman, Jordan is the largest city in Jordan and reflects many western cities. For example, with commercial building and modern hotels. The people of Jordan are often called Jordanians and speak Arabic.
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The Abbar family was a Muslim family that lived in Amman, Jordan. The Abbar family includes the mother Jana, the father Mohammad, daughter Remas and son Zaid. The family lived in a house that they shared with Jana’s parents Yosef and Salma. Yoesf and Salma occupied the top floor, while the rest of the family lived on the bottom floor. In Jordan, women are not seen as working professionals like men, resulting in, discrimination in the workforces. Jana has a master’s degree in communications but cannot find a steady job. Jana is 35 and is currently pregnant with the third child. Mohammad is 36 and owns a successful hotel in Amman. Remas and Zaid are twins. They are 6 years old and are recently started their basic education schooling. The family is very excited to meet their new addition to the family.
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Since such a massive amount of the population of Jordan is Muslim, the childbirth practices resemble those of the Muslim culture. There are many traditions and customs that Muslim families must follow during childbirth. It was during Ramadan, when Jana began to feel nauseous and got the feeling that she might be pregnant. After taking a pregnancy test a few days later, she confirmed she was in fact pregnant. In Jana’s first trimester, she had severe morning sickness. She coped with this by usinghome remedies. She would drink a hot cup of ginger tea, for it helped reduce nausea. During Jana’s pregnancy, she had a few requests. One essential request was to have female obstetricians. This is very important to Jana, for it is critical that Muslim women maintain their modesty. Since Jana was pregnant during Ramadan, she was not able to fast, but this did not stop her from practicing any other religious tasks.
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When she went to the doctor for her 8-week check-up, she could hear the baby’s heartbeat with the ultrasound. This brought Jana and Mohammad so much joy. In Jana’s second trimester, the morning sickness began to subside. Jana went for her 16-week checkup where the baby was about 5 inches long and weighed about 4 ounces. Since Jana was 35 years old, doctors recommended that she receive an amniocentesis, to see if the fetus has any developmental abnormalities. Jana did the test and lucky the fetus did not have any malfunctions. But, Jana did find out that she was having a baby boy. A few weeks past and Jana went back to the doctor for a 25-week checkup. During this checkup, Jana had to take the glucose test. During this test, she found out that she has gestational diabetes. This meant that for the rest of the pregnancy Jana had to check her blood 4 times a day and give herself insulin shots. Also at 25 weeks, Jana was able to hear the fetus’s heartbeat through a stethoscope. The fetus can also suck his thumb and has the hiccups. The fetus weighs about 1/2 1 pound. At 28 weeks the third trimester has begun. At this point, the fetus is about 16 inches long and about 3.5 pounds. When Jana went for her 36-week checkup her doctor said that the baby will probably come a little early. On February 12th, 5 days before her due date Jana was induced due to her gestational diabetes. During the birth only women nurses, midwives and doctors were present. Jana named her baby Ahmad. Ahmad was 7 pounds 3 ounces and 20 inches long. He was very healthy. Jana began to breastfeed and Ahmad got circumcised before he left the hospital.
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Throughout a child’s first year of life they physically develop in anyways. After Ahmad was born, he lost some weight, but quickly gained it back. At 6 months old he was 13 pounds and 5 ounces and 26 inches long which classified him into the 50% percentile for height. At this time, Ahmad was able to sit up. He was able to sit up for long periods of time by being propped up with a pillow. Ahmad was also turning over from his back to his tummy. At 1 year he was 21 pounds 7 ounces and 30.1 inches in height. Ahmad was able to clap and stand alone.
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Muslims have many traditional events that are performed in their first year of life. Since Ahmad Is raised Muslim, Jana decided that he will be receiving these scarified performances. On the seventh day after birth, the Aqiqah is performed. The Aqiqah is a dinner hosted by the parents to celebrate the birth of their child. At this dinner, the family slaughters one or two sheep or goats as a tradition. One significant part of the Aqiqah is that, One-third of the meat is given away to the poor as charity, and the rest is served in a large community meal with relatives, friends, and neighbors. Many guests bring gifts for the new baby and the parents, such as clothing, toys or baby furniture. (Huda, 2018)
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Toddlerhood is usually defined from one to two years old. During this time a child develops physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially. Physically, Ahmad can walk, throw a ball, kick a ball, scribble on a piece of paper and open and close doors. Ahmad is showing favoritism to this right hand, by using more often than his left. Ahmad is becoming more independent. Ahmad is now 33 inches tall which is just about the seventy-fifth percentile. He also weighs 25.7 pounds.
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Cognitively, Ahmad is still apart of the cognitive development stage. Ahmad shows an increase in memory for routines. For example, eating and sleeping. Ahmad also recognizes people and faces, not only in real life, but also in photos. As Ahmad reached closer to two years old, his parents saw some early signs of ADHD that they kept an eye out for as he developed. Ahmad was having difficulty paying attention and was fidgeting and squirming a lot more than usual. They did not know if this was normal for toddlers or if Ahmad was developing ADHD so they decided that they would bring it up to the pediatrician at the next visit.
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Socially and emotionally Ahmad was on the right path. As an infant he would cry when Jana left the room, while this has not stopped it has improved. He has learned that Jana will be back. Ahmad also likes to play alone for short periods of time, likes to do things without help, and has trouble sharing (Healthyfamilies, 2013). Ahmad frequently uses words like, ‘mine’ and ‘no!’ when playing with other people or children.
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Early childhood stage is between 3 years old to 8 years old. Ahmad’s physical development was not improving like his parents hoped. Ahmad grew from 33 inches to 38 inches and then began to plateau. Ahmad was not growing at an appropriate rate. Because of this, Jana and Mohammad brought him to his pediatrician to evaluate and was then referred to a specialist. The specialists determined that Ahmad had a deficiency in his growth hormone which inhibited him from growing at an average rate. The specialist recommended that he take a supplement for his hormone deficiency with daily injections. Otherwise, Ahmad was beginning to get his first adult teeth and was very coordinated. He began to play organized sports.
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At this stage in Ahmad’s life he was in the preoperational stage. Ahmad could not focus and was very absent-minded. He was very distracted and could not focus on activities. Jana and Mohammad brought him back to the doctor because they begin to see a pattern. The pediatrician referred him to a neurologist where was diagnosed with ADHD or Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The neurologist recommends that he take cognitive-enhancing medication so he would be able to attention to the tasks at hand. Jana and Mohammad decided they would think about medication.
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As Ahmad was just diagnosed with ADHD, the idea of medication was a concern for Jana and Mohammad. While Jana and Mohammad realize that medication would be essential for Ahmad in his development, they are hesitant because of their prayers. Muslims pray 5 times a day and Jana and Mohammad thought that if Ahmad was on these medications he would not be able to pray with a clear mind. Jana and Mohammad decided that the best for Ahmad would be to have him receive the medication, for it would be crucial to this development even if he will be on medication during his prayers.
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Growing up Muslims had an impact on Ahmad’s development. While Ahmad culturally fit in with his peers, he had a hormone deficiency which resulted in him growing at a different rate as his peers and Ahmad had ADHD. Studies show that in Amman, Jordan, ADHD is common among Jordanian school children (Beebe, 2005). Because of this, there are many ADHD specialists in Amman, Jordan that Ahmad had the privilege to attend and receive the best medication. While Muslims do not believe in a lot of medicine, growing up where medicine was easily acquired and specialized was very essential to Ahmad’s development.
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Neal Rijkenberg, who is currently the nation’s Minister of Finance and one of the directors of the Bulembu Ministries, working alongside Vernon Puttkammer, who now is the general manager, Andrew le Roux, who however is now a former executive of the ministry and many other international partners started an orphanage that would improve living conditions for orphaned children, vulnerable children, abandoned children and children living with HIV in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
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According to UNICEF report (2009) Swaziland has an extremely high number of children without adequate family care, largely due to the long-term consequences of HIV. 153,534 children have lost one or both parents, of whom 13,912 are due to HIV. One third of all Swazi children are not living with their biological parents. Therefore BMS has been successful in being an alternative care point for many homeless children in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
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After months of paperwork, approvals and visas Mason and his wife Lady Mason arrived in Miami after years of poverty in Cuba. Mason had always dreamed about moving to America and becoming rich, to truly give his wife the life she deserved. Mason believed that already arriving in America had made him rich because he would no longer have to beg just to get food on the table. Mason started off as a cleaner at a nearby motel but after three months he found himself living like he did in Cuba.
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Mason agreed and Mac Duff left his phone number saying he will call him when he is needed. Weeks passed and Mason finally received a call from Mac Duff saying he needs to meet him at a nearby restaurant as soon as possible. When Mason arrived Mac Duff and two other people he hadn’t met before explained what they were going to do “We’re going the number 8F eighth floor of that apartment complex to buy two kilos of cocaine, if we’re not out in 15 minutes take this machine gun and go in and shoot up the place.”
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Just like that they left, and Mason was left alone in the car quivering in fear in what he must do. He was no murderer, but knew if he didn’t follow through worse things could possibly happen. Mason counted the 900 seconds and prayed he wouldn’t have to go up there. When the time came, Mason grabbed the compact machine gun and entered the complex, terrified about what would happen. As he entered the apartment he saw the two unnamed henchman lying on the floor dead and heard shouting coming from the adjacent room. Mason bashed the door down and saw two of the dealers tying up Mac Duff and interrogating him about the location of the money. Almost instinctively Mason pulled the trigger and a stream of bullets shot into the torso of both the dealers, narrowly missing Mac Duff. He quickly untied his restrained friend and quickly left, retreating to the parked area.
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Both Mac Duff and Mason headed for Duncan Escobar’s mansion as this was a safe haven in case the cops or rogue dealers came after them. Duncan Escobar’s entire property was surrounded by 20 body guards amidst lush greenery and several pools. Mac Duff introduced Mason to Duncan and explained if it for wasn’t him, he’d be dead right now. As a reward, Duncan gave Mason $2000 in cash, four times his weekly pay at the motel just for a 30-minute job.
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These jobs continued for a year, with Mason gradually increasing his wealth and power. He was able to buy a car, eat exquisite foods and dress in the finest clothes. Eventually becoming Duncan’s right hand man because of his trustworthiness. However, this still left Lady Mason unsatisfied, she wanted to live a life of extreme luxury and to be exuberantly handed anything she wanted. To accomplish Lady Mason started encouraging Mason to take out Duncan Escobar.
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One day, when Mason was going to a routine drug deal, he asked Duncan to come with him to discuss business as well as back up. Reluctantly, Duncan agreed and Mason pulled into a dark alley way, far away from any civilians. In almost an instant, Mason pulled out a pistol from the side of the car and shot Duncan in the head, blood shot out everywhere, all through the car and proceeded to shoot himself in the arm as well. He immediately returned to the mansion and told everyone a rival gang ambushed them and killed Duncan. Everyone believed the story except Mac Duff, who believed something else had happened.
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Although throughout this poem, Duffy refers to the exploitation of childhood and presents the loss of innocence through male domination, it is also largely evident that the female character is very self-aware of the dangers and consequently uses her vulnerability to gain what she desires. This is exemplified by ‘I made sure he spotted me/sweet sixteen never been’. Although there is a great exaggeration of his dangerous novelty such as his ‘big eyes’ and ‘teeth’ which creates an uneasy emotion, the sibilance of ‘sweet sixteen’ instead reflects that she desires to appear seductive in an attempt to engage with the wolf.
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The sense of excitement throughout gives a clear impression that the female character satisfies the wolf by using her adolescence as an admirable trait, to pursue her passions referring to herself as a ‘little girl who is to ‘dearly love a wolf’ in order to ‘read his verse’. Duffy gives a clear insight on her longing to gain the secrets of adulthood and nature from the wolf, who eventually becomes old and boring. This is best exemplified by the reputation of ‘same’ in the sixth stanza in which she subsequently emasculates him cutting him from ‘scrotum to throat’, leaving the female character to be wholly empowered and thus sings ‘all alone’ by the last line. This wholly emphasises the subsequent idea that women can overpower men to achieve self-validation in the world and become a symbol of empowerment by using their own desirable traits to override masculinity. The significance of ‘Little Red Cap’ may lie as a similarity to Duffy’s own relationship with Adrian Henri, which draws on a similar experience following Little Red Cap’s and may influence her apparent adolescence. Duffy being 16 while entering a relationship with Henri, 39 draws a parallel as she described Henri as ‘giving her confidence’ and the relationship was ‘all poetry and sex’, which was ‘very heady. This poem reflects youth in an autobiographical sense and in fact reinforces a sense of fulfillment and pride, of which Duffy creates the impression that little red cap leaves fully advantaged and she departs when she feels satisfied and fully confident in comparison to the start when there was a sense of need and desire to be ‘in his wake’. However, a feminist critic may be more inclined to hold this view as there is a prospect of sexual and personal liberation, a free expression that women should be able to not only explore but should also freely express any sexual and promiscuous desires if this is what they should aspire. An alternate feminist critic may however oppose this view of self-objectification and believe instead that women are of equal beings to men who hold a sexual nature and can express these feelings without it being a mechanism in attempt to exploit masculinity.
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Alternatively, Little Red Cap can be seen as exploited rather than exploitive when she is portrayed as a victim of male exploitation. Duffy writes about the manipulation through scenery and explores a submissive behavior from the female narrative when she write “lead me·to a dark tangled thorny place lit by the eyes of owls” which coincides with the use of sematic field where she leads on connotations to a schoolgirl like figure with nouns such as ‘stockings’ and ‘blazer’. The use of these words and the imagery of ‘they eye of owls’ perhaps could relate to Little Red Caps naivety to ignore consequences and be lured in by the oppressive male who hunts her. The metaphorical and adverse description of the ‘dark tangled thorny place’ that he leads her emphasises the panic and there is a feeling of insecurity of the wolf as a result and therefore contributes to a feminist critics view that she is misused. This may also add to the view that men are able to use their overpowering masculinity to abuse adolescence in relationships.
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It could also be argued that in ‘Mrs Beast’ the female character uses masculinity to replicate the power structure of men to explore that life for women is better if they are in charge. The female character in Mrs Beast is aware of the gender inequalities and desires not to destabilise this imbalance between men and women as there is a clear struggle for domination and therefore asserts masculinity to take charge over Beast in order to feel liberated in a world that is traditionally dominated by males. Mrs Beast mistreats her husband made plausible by her idea that men dominate over women and she takes on this role, therefore not instigating any change and instead reinstating the status quo by using male qualities to oppress men the same way women have been oppressed by prevailing masculinity. Independence is a common theme which runs through ‘Mrs Beast’ and exemplifies a trait that isn’t typically concerned with women in the fairy tale world because she is shown to be in control of her life in a monetary sense and to be emotionally stable, demanding no effort to change for a “prince” or be of a typical compliant female figure. This characteristic is typically of a male and therefore Mrs beast continuously acts independently to dominate over her husband with the repetition of “my own” in the second stanza to exaggerate her lack of dependence on the male figure and therefore she takes on male qualities in order to feel empowered done intentionally by Duffy to give her a sense of masculinity. A feminist critic would most likely oppose this view that this is a motivated scheme and Mrs beast has taken on masculine roles to exploit masculinity and gain liberation. Instead a feminist critic may view Miss beast as being empowered because its in her right to do so and that women are as equal to take on these ‘traditionally’ masculine roles as are men but are restricted in society because of gender stereotypes.
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An alternative interpretation of this poem could be that the reversal of the traditional gender hierarchy created by Duffy could be seen as Mrs Beast losing her feminist traits and manifesting into the feminist viewpoint of a typical dominating male. Mrs Beast undoubtedly takes on masculine characteristics to appear completely dominated in the relationship. Although a feminist critic may argue that she takes on this role to replicate the constant manipulation of women and the societal pressures and constraints, Mrs beast can be seen as manifesting into a dominating figure rather than of an equivalent to her husband which is arguably hypocritical.
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When thinking about this topic there are serious ethical issues with designer babies. As humans we need to remember that the lord created each of us to be perfect before we grow in our mothers’ wombs. Each of us have our own individual traits. By introducing genetic modification, we are messing with what we are supposed to be. I am concerned we could create a culture of humans creating the so called “perfect child”, made with perfect preconceived ideas of what beauty is, wanting them to be highly intelligent, clever at sports etc. The parents might view “ugliness” as a disability which is terribly sad as everyone is beautiful in their own way. Parents could begin only choosing children of certain genders as it suits their idea of what they want for their family. Parents may also try to stop certain medical conditions from being inherited through generations.
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A Chimney Sweep is a person who cleans ash and soot from chimneys (Chimney Sweep, Wikipedia). Only small children were chimney sweepers because of the size of the chimney, it restricted adults. In return, these chimneys killed little kids due to being exposed to dust, suffocation, burns and health deterioration. Both chimney sweeper poems (Songs of innocence and Songs of experience) by William Blake prove that innocent trust is abused, further information about this statement will be provided. The contrast of these poems will also be discussed.
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Tom’s hair is compared to a lamb because of the innocence a lamb possesses, the speaker is implying that Tom is innocent and pure but is being sacrificed just like how they sacrifice lambs. The speaker comforted/calmed him down and made him look at the good side of having his hair shaved, he does this by telling Tom that its better to not have hair than have the soot spoil/ruin his hair. Tom had white/blonde hair and soot was black, it would mess up and “corrupt” something white/innocent.
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Tom then had a vision or dream that very night (Chimney Sweeper, 1789, line 9-10) about chimney sweepers Dick, Ned and Jack being dead and their bodies in black coffins (these “black coffins” can be compared to the soot they slept in). The reason the speaker used the names Dick, Ned and Jack is because majority of boys in that era had names similar to these, this goes to show that many boys were chimney sweepers.
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The child informs the speaker that he’s on his own and that his parents have gone to pray at church (Chimney Sweeper, 1793, line 4), they left him because they saw how much he enjoyed being in the snow (Chimney Sweeper, 1793, line 5). Just because the child has accepted the harshness of life doesn’t mean he’s happy with it, but because he still plays and sings everyone thinks that they have not done him wrong.
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The parents of the boy don’t feel any guilt or sadness because they don’t see what they did as wrong, hence why they say, “the boy is enjoying the snow”. The boy states that his parents went to church to pray, he doesn’t mean thus in a good way because what kind of parent sells their child then goes to church? This may suggest that the church accepts child labour/exploitation. They also don’t feel evil because they have the approval of the church and the law allows them to sell their boy.
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Personal Statement By Understanding the breakdown of Family Law at a young age through personal experiences, I discovered the fundamental importance of Law and how it plays an imperative part in shaping our society. It ensures that a base of security and safety is achieved for all of the population. Studying Law has always inspired me as every aspect, socially and politically links back to Law. Injustice that occurs in the world, immediately, always refers back to the law. Cases such as Sammy Woodhouse and ‘Alison’ portray the injustice served.
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They both came under the law after two server rape cases. This enlightens the social and political clash in Law. Sammy’s case allowed her rapist to be her son’s life. She was groomed by Ashid Hussain, aged 43, from the age of 14. Sammy was told that she would be held in contempt and arrest if she did not take her child to the contact centre.’ Sammy felt ‘terrified that she would go to jail if she broke the rules that were being forced on her’ she said having to see her attacker and let him into her child’s like added to her ‘trauma and her abuse’She added; the system re-traumatises victims like me.
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Psychology broadens my skills, as such, allowing me to maintain control through experiment, my statistical skills and the use of technical language that will all aid my studies in law, they depict the true fundaments needed. History has taught me to compare and contrast sources, it has given me the application to weigh up the quality and situation of relevant treatment. My written work, in English and psychology gives me the eye for building arguments and debating skills. I have learnt the art of referencing and research within writing. Peer mentoring in English has also propelled me to help younger years exceed in their studies. All these skills and subjects connects me to the foundations of law, allowing me to transfer my skills to any working environment.
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Outside of curriculum, in 2014 I was selected to participate in the 23rd World Scout Jamboree to Japan in 2015, it enhanced me as a young adult. At the age of 14 I was given the task of fundraising ?3500, which propelled my independence and self-management. By learning how to communicate with 40,000 other people from all over the world I was able to adapt to language barriers by using different forms of communication. I regularly volunteer at scouts for younger people, this has allowed me to organise social events for families in scouts, conveying my man management. My volunteering attributes allow me to observe and manage behaviour. Helping alongside the leader with a child who needs extra support has openly exposed me to differentiation and the understanding to adapt to different scenarios. The need for health and safety and safeguarding in scouting has propelled my understanding of children’s safety and how important it is. This understanding helped me to deduce my attitude in my work experience, by working in a private nursery for a week and two other infant schools for 6 weeks. I learnt that every child is different and requires different needs and it’s up to the carer to provide those resources and support. This leads to my interest to study law, every person is different and obtains different goals and needs. Law is an imperative structure of society which needs to be addressed to every individual.
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My charitable events such as raising funds for Macmillan and the Little Princess trust alongside with voluntarywork with younger children through scouts, allows me to bring my enthusiastic characteristics to any setting. I recently helped raise ?1200 for the Rotary club in Chorleywood to help local charities support the community. Being an active person I compete in many Hiking and sailing competitions, such as Peak Assault, in which last year being a group leader of an all-girl winning team was very incomprehensible and unheard of, the paramount of Women and their place in society has vastly improved over the years and such events like peak assault allows Young women to explore their potential in society.
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Therefore, when any halal food is prepared, the authorized person should be careful about many things. For example, cutting the Halal meat on a board that pork meat has been cut on it is not acceptable. Or adding Non- Halal products such as animal fat, gelatine, or alcohol to the halal food. Even dishes, spoons and cooking utensils should be well washed if non-Halal foods have been cooked or served on it. However, sometimes the preparation of halal food can be tricky so for this reason, any place serves halal food must have a certificate from the halal food authority in order to make sure that the place follows the correct rules in the preparation and understand the requirements.
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Andersen also said the family ideal is an ideology; a belief system suggesting that all people should live in nuclear families, that women should have husbands to support them, and that motherhood is women’s major role. Family roles are diverse and often change throughout time, but men and women often experience families in different ways. For Jader Jr., when asked about his roles/responsibilities as a child around the house he said nothing, and neither did his brothers. However, his five sisters needed to help his mother with chorus around the house, such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry. His father was the financial provider of the house, his mother was a house wife/mom who took care of the home and all who lived there, and the children’s responsibility was to go to school and be good students. This is an example of ‘separation of spheres’, where women were in charge of the private sphere, home life, and men were in charge of the public sphere, work life.
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During Jader Jr’s adolescence, dating systems became centered around hooking up. Andersen chapter 4 refers to ‘hooking up’ as sexual behaviors that includes no ongoing commitment to the other person. In the ‘Is hooking up bad for young women’ reading, the text talked about how hooking up hasn’t replaced committed relationships however, gave dating a new name. In the text, hooking up means ‘kissing; for others, it means sexual-genital play but not intercourse; and for still others, it means sexual intercourse’ (Andersen ch 4). Between the ages of 18-23 Jader Jr took part in this hookup culture. However, it confirms it did not replace serious relationships because at 23 years old, when he met Alessandra, their relationship was defined as serious in hopes of marriage. Both Jader Jr and Alessandra were of the same class system and worked the same job at the mall. This is an example of what the text refers to in chapter 4 as sociological dimension; ‘all forms of relationships are situated within relationships of power, social institutional structures, and systems of inequality based on the intersections of race, gender, and class.’
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In adulthood there was a major shift in events that affected Jader Jr’s life, he moved to The United States of America. The reason for the move was a search for better employment opportunity and better education systems for his newborn child. According to Jader Jr, it was very difficult moving to a new country he didn’t speak the language without any family support. However, he says his expectations were met. He was able to find employment in construction, which was challenging and labor intensive. He would work very early to very late hours. However, it provided him with enough to provide for his family and establish a foundation in this new country. Through gender socialization, different behaviors and attitudes are encouraged and discouraged in men and women. According to the New York Times: Work Culture’s Toll on Families and Gender Equality, men are expected to be devoted to their work ‘men are required by the culture to be these superheroes, to fulfill this devotion and single -minded commitment to work.’
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Jader Neto was born March 2nd, 2004 in Miami Beach, FL. He is one of two children, but the first born US citizen. He was raised in the suburbs/city with both his parents and his sister. Unlike Jader Junior, Jader Neto did not have any extended family in America, like grandparents, while growing up. Some institutions that influence Jader Neto’s life are his family members, school friends, and the music industry (he is a musician). However, he is also impacted by Brazilian culture since his parents raise him as such. Anderson chapter 2 states ‘gender expectations in a culture are routinely expressed subtly in social interaction’. When Jader Neto was asked about his role/responsibilities around the house as a child, like Jader Jr, he claimed to not have any, except go to school and get good grades. His childhood upbringing can be explained though the social construct of gender; which refers to the many different processes by which the expectations associated with being a boy/man or girl/woman are passed on through society.
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Currently in Jader Neto’s adolescence, when asked about the dating system his response was ‘Dating means going out on dates, such as dinner and movies, with someone you like. You date in order to get to know someone better to see how suited you both are for marriage’. Although he is not yet dating, he sees marriage as the function for dating. When asked how he would select the right person to date he claimed to look for similar interest and physical attraction. ‘Hooking up and dating are two sides of a coin’ reading states ‘sexual attraction was reported most often as the reason for both hookups and dates’. Jader Neto also shared that socio-economic standing would not influence his attraction for a mate however, if he was dating someone of a higher standing than him he would act more appropriate around them.
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Although Jader Neto is not yet of age, we spoke about his expectations for adulthood. When it comes to future responsibilities Jader Neto believes he will assume all financial responsibility over the family as well as help be a part of his children’s upbringing, by playing with them and teaching them musical instruments. As far as keeping the balance between home and work life, Jader Neto said he would not let work come between the family, ‘If a job required me to move away for a long period I would turn them down’.
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In conclusion, I was able to see how culture is a major influence on institutions that shape an individual’s life. I also noticed a major lack of growth regarding the social construct of gender in Brazilian culture. Both Jader Jr and Jader Neto had similar childhood experiences, neither had responsibilities in the house. Both had parents who reinforced the importance of an education however, never instilled a sense of domestic responsibility. Both interviewees also claimed financial responsibility over the family and established breadwinner roles. It could be that Hispanic culture till this day still instills and passes on stigmas from the patriarchy. Overall, it appears that cultural expectations associated with gender heavily impact the experiences of an individual in society.
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Health and safety is monitored and maintained daily. We risk assess the room twice a day and at the end of the week the risk assessment sheets per room are given to the Health and safety officer. We make sure children’s record are kept up to date on a regular basis making sure we get the parents to let us know of any allergies their child may have. If they have been off poorly and been to the doctor, we ask what was wrong to make sure they do not have contagious condition.
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If a child has an accident or an adult, we have an accident form that gets filled in. We firstly show it to a member of management so they can sign it. We then get the parent to read it and sign it as soon as possible. The form then gets given to management. We also have a form for the parents to fill in if the child is dropped off and we notice a bruise or cut. Most of the time the child has fallen over on the way to nursery or bumped themselves at home.
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The parent or carer needs to document this when they arrive. This is a good way of seeing if there are any patterns of children coming in with bruises. It can also frustrate the parents, as they may be in a rush and now must stay a few extra minutes to fill out the form. All accident forms are given to the Health and Safety officer at the end of the day for her to review and see if there are any patterns such as a lot of children are falling on the logs. She will then have to check to see what we can do to change it and make it safer. It is the settings responsibility to report any serious accidents or illnesses to RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995)
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All fire exits in our setting are kept clear and this is doubled checked on our risk assessment for the room. We also practice fire evacuation on a regular basis. As beneficial as this is sometimes it can be hard in the baby room as we may have just put the babies to sleep and then we have a mock evacuation, so we must pick the babies up and follow our evacuation procedure. Putting the babies back to sleep can be quite tricky afterwards but we understand we need to practice in all circumstances.