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The event in the novel, Po-on by F. Sionil happened from 1880 to 1889. During this time, the Salvador Family together with their relatives who live in the village abandoned their beloved village, Po-on because of the sin that Ba-ac, the father of Istak, An-no and Bit-tik and the Husband of Mayang committed when he killed the new priest after realizing that he was the one who ordered to loop Ba-ac’s hand until it became numb. When Salvador Family and other Po-on villagers leave Po-on, Istak, the acolyte who served for more than 10 years in the convent in Cabuyaw intended to stay in the village, hoping that the Spanish officials will accept and understand what happened in the convent.
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Unfortunately, Istak got nearly killed by the Spanish Officials and the Village was burned and turned into ashes. Dalin waited for Istak and was the one who took care of him when he got almost killed by those Officials. The Po-on Villagers leave Cabugaw and took the journey to Pangasinan where they can start their lives again and for them to escape the cruelty of those Spanish officials who are looking for Ba-ac. During their journey to Pangasinan, they encountered many challenges that tested their patience, unity and strength. During their voyage, they encountered Capitan Gualberto who once checked the carts of the Po-on Villagers.
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When they reached the mountain, they encountered Bagos who killed a Po-on Villager uring the attack. Their journey to the mountain became difficult for the villagers. Ba-ac was killed during the journey to the mountain when a Python waited for the right moment to strike on its prey. Istak, who noticed that his father was no longer seated in the cart went back to check for his father but he found out that the Python was crushing the body of Ba-ac that caused his death. The Villagers now reached the Agno River but the current of the water is too fast that caused Mayang’s death when she and Istak finally crossing the river then suddenly, a tree trunk hit their cart.
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Salvador Brothers namely Istak, An-no and Bit-tik, together with their relatives now reached Rosales, Pangasinan. During their Arrival, the people in Rosales told the po-on villagers to ask Don Jacinto for help. Istak doesn’t hesitate to go and ask for Don Jacinto’s help and luckily, they were given a land to develop and claim it as their own, and named their land, Cabugawan. During their stay in Cabugawan, Istak are doing some healing to those who are sick. That time, a harmful disease was spreading in the nearby town that made Cabugawan Villagers threatened. As time goes by, the Spanish officials together with Capitan Gualberto reached the place where the Po-on villagers are staying.
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During that time, Istak got sick and he was too weak to function. When he finally recover from his Illness, Dalin, now his wife told him that these officials took An-no and killed him as the payment for what their father did way back in Cabugaw. During their stay in Rosales, Istak became closer to Don Jacinto and Apolinario Mabini, Don Jacinto’s good friend. Istak worked for Apolinario Mabini that time as the one who writes the draft made by Apolinario. As time goes by, the trust between Istak, Apolinario and Don Jacinto became stronger that made Apolinario trust Istak with the letter to be delivered to the President of the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo. When Istak journeyed to the location of the President of the Philippines, he encountered Americans who killed people in the village and Burned the whole village.
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The horse lend by Don Jacinto was shot during his encounter with the Americans that made Istak walked on the road and even in the mountains. He finally reached a village where he can buy a horse and that time, he met General Pio Del Pilar who lead the Filipino army against the Americans. Istak told the General about the letter for the president given by Apolinio Mabini that was lost. General Del Pilar asked Istak to leave the village immediately but Istak stayed and finally realized to join the army of General Pio Del Pilar.
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Estaquio, also known as Istak is the third person who is talking in the novel, Po-on. He was the one who narrates what happened when he and Padre Jose had their journey, and when they had a conversation in his dream. Estaquio also portrayed the first person in the novel because at some point, he was the one narrating what happened during his and Padre Jose’s journey. The author, F. Sionil Jose is the third person talking in the novel because he is the one who narrates the story by this personal point of view. Dalin, Istak’s wife portrayed the third person in the novel because there is time where she narrates what happened to her life during her voyage with her parents.
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The political and social situations revolved in the novel, Po-on were the Spanish and Americans who claimed the Filipinos’ land, as their own land and how those people who called themselves superiors act in the society. The officials during that time only think about theirselves and how they will inherit all the lands in the country. Those officials who treated theirselves as superiors did everything that they can do to the citizens in the Philippines. They don’t have any respect to the people in the country especially to the women who were abused by those officials.
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The values that were present in the novel are the uniqueness of each person, empowerment, learning community and delight in the spiritual adventure with god. The uniqueness of each person portrayed in the novel serves as a big help for them to overcome all the challenges in life. This uniqueness includes the ability of each person to do everything that will make his/her life more meaningful, the strength and patience of each person experiencing challenges. The learning community is also present in the novel since the people in Po-on and now based in Cabugawan, Rosales, Pangasinan learned new techniques in handling their new life in Pangasinan.
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The people in Cabugawan learned to enhance their skills when it comes to field works. Lastly, the delight in the spiritual adventure with God is also present in the novel since Istak and other Po-on natives have a strong belief with God and offer their selves to the purpose of god for their lives. These values relate to the core values in Assumption College because just like the people portrayed in the novel, the core values of Assumption also portrayed the students and faculty when it comes to the morals of Assumption College.
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The images of the women portrayed in the novel are strong and very independent when it comes to field works. Dalin showed how strong she is when it comes to challenges. She had been through a lot of challenges in life that tested her patience and strength. Orang, Blas’ daughter also showed strength when she was took advantage by the Spanish officials. Despite of what happened to her, she remained strong. Mayang, Ba-ac’s wife also showed strength when Ba-ac died. She is also independent when it comes to her works in the village. These women were not respected by the Spanish officials that time. That time, they were inferior to the eyes of these officials.
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In the novel, Po-on, some of the situations happened that time were also present in the society today. It showed how people were abused, were not respected by those people who think they are superior. As a woman, the situation happened during Dalin and Orang’s time struck me because nowadays, it is still happening in the society. Women are abused by men, trying to get the dignity of these women. The social issues happened that time is also present in our society today. The Spanish officials present in the novel can be portrayed by the government officials who are present today. They have somehow the same traits; Acting as if they are superiors, as if they own the lives of the people in the society. The novel imparted the
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All in all, the novel, Po-on written by F. Sionil Jose portrayed the life of Istak and the Cabugawan Villagers in their newly hometown, Rosales in Pangasinan. After so many years of healing and teaching, Istak finally realized that he will just forget the things he used to do in Cabugawan and joined the army of General Pio Del Pilar who are against the Americans. Istak finally joined the army and leave his fate to God’s hand.
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Today, 16th June, Father’s Day will be celebrated across the world- a day dedicated to those men who are an integral part of a child’s life. While the mother is always acclaimed for the role of being a homemaker and bringing up children with the right values, the father plays a silent role of being a hero. Though we may not understand this role when we are young, but the fact is it our father who has groomed us to be the person we are today.
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He believes that reading is the only way to widen our knowledge and he made it a point to bring all sorts of books for me to read, whatever the price and I learnt the lesson that knowledge is priceless.. His dedication to his work and his family was out-of-this world and even today his office colleagues vouch for the perfection in which my dad executed his responsibilities. At the same time, I have seen him always being there for us whenever we needed him. He is a good luck charm and so I would insist on him accompanying me for all my exams and he always did that with a smiling face.
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Here, he taught me a lesson of balancing and prioritizing goals and responsibilities alike.. to make a good identity in public through in studies, through my family values.. The biggest joy for him has always been the smiles of his dear ones and even today he will go out of his way to ensure the smile remains through the years, the crucial lessons I am learning from him, evolving into a person I am and today when people say ” you just be like your father”, there is no greater joy I feel….. because I always want to be like you my dad……
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These consequences and effects of child abuse do not only affect the individual’s life. These consequences challenge the very ideals upon which the American way of life is built upon. Americans believe that they have the right to have a family who enjoys security and freedom. However, the mere fact that the children are abused within the confines of their very own homes and within their own families, the idea of being secure is greatly eroded. Moreover, the abuse hinders the freedom of the child. As the child grows up, he does so with such American ideals left in ruins. In a way, the abuse he experienced as a child may reflect on how he treats his own children as he forms a family of his own.
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The effects of parental child abuse of any kind exhibit themselves as the child becomes an adult. It is an experience that the individual bears with him long after the acts were committed. Not only does the abuse mold his personality, it affects his ideals in life as well. His ideals on family, society, and relationships are changed and may transfer to his own family. Such transfer may become chain reaction which will be to the detriment of society in general. It is for this reason that the problem must be acted on and must be prevented as much as possible.
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When I was younger, I remember walking into my grandmother’s house every Thursday night smelling the freshly-baked homemade lasagna she always made. The recipe she would follow has been passed down from many generations in our family. It is one of my favorite meals to make, and it can be done in approximately an hour and thirty minutes. The key to making my family’s homemade lasagna can be summed up in three simple steps: selecting top-quality ingredients, preparing them, and baking the lasagna correctly.
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The first step in cooking my family’s homemade lasagna is to select top-quality ingredients. There are many different requirements for this dish, and getting the cheap brand of any of the ingredients does not allow for the full potential of the meal. You need to have one 16 oz. package of Barilla lasagna noodles, two pounds of the store’s fresh ground beef, one 24 oz. can of Prego Traditional tomato sauce, half a teaspoon of salt, two 16 oz.
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bags of Kraft mozzarella cheese, and one 16 oz. cup of Sargento ricotta cheese. After purchasing these ingredients, the ground beef, mozzarella cheese, and ricotta cheese need to be placed in the refrigerator until consumption. The second step in cooking my family’s homemade lasagna is to prepare it. Lasagna has many different ingredients that have to be cooked and mixed together at separate times. First, you need to preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit or 190 degrees Celsius.
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Drain the noodles and put them to the side. Next, put the two pounds of beef in a skillet and cook on medium high heat until all of the meat is evenly brown. Once the beef is fully cooked, drain the grease and rinse the meat with warm hot water. After you have drained and rinsed the beef, put it back into skillet and add one 24 oz. can of Prego Traditional tomato sauce.
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Stir until the meat and sauce are mixed evenly, keeping the temperature on low or simmer. As soon as you have cooked the lasagna noodles, beef, and mixed the tomato sauce and meat, you must combine all of the ingredients to bake it properly. For this process, you will need to use a three quart rectangular pan. First, place four lasagna noodles side by side down in the pan. Second, you need to add half of the meat and sauce to that layer and spread it evenly across the pan. Third, use a spoon and spread a thin layer of ricotta cheese across the meat and sauce.
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Once that is done, the fourth thing you do is add a moiety of the shredded mozzarella cheese to fully cover the layer until you see nothing underneath. After those steps are done, you must repeat this step again using the rest of the ingredients. The third step in cooking my family’s homemade lasagna is to bake it the correct way. The oven needs to have been preheating on 375 degrees Fahrenheit while you are preparing the dish. Once you have the pan ready to put in the oven, take a big piece of aluminum foil and cover the top.
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Place in oven for twenty five to thirty minutes depending on the cheese. When the cheese melts and turns slightly brown, take the pan out of the oven and remove the aluminum foil. Place the pan back into oven for five to eight minutes. After the typical five to eight minutes is up, remove the pan and let it stand for ten minutes before cutting. When the ten minutes is up, you can cut and serve up to ten people with this dish. When you finish eating the portions that you please, be sure to cover the pan up with aluminum foil and place it in the refrigerator.
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Preparing my family’s homemade lasagna recipe is not a difficult task, but it is very time consuming. Many people try to rush and throw everything together to have a meal in a timely manner, but the key to success is patience. You must have the patience to cook and put together the dish before baking it. The key to creating my family recipe is to select top-quality ingredients, prepare them, and bake them correctly. By following these directions, your homemade lasagna meal will be a great success for you and whomever. (760).
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Louise Erdrich’s story entitled “the Red Convertible” is a depiction of brotherhood and selfless love. Lyman and Henry as the protagonists in the story illustrated the life of being an individual with a set of notion towards their dependence to one another. The author described the differences and similarities of the two characters as they took their journey in the wild. Despite of their differences, they have built a bond that is undeniable and unpredictable. It shows that their foundation as brothers is unbreakable by anyone.
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When Henry comes back from the military service, the convertible becomes fine and would be able to travel again. The convertible is also moody when it comes to Lyman like the character of Henry. Its being red is a signification of love and fire within the heart of Henry towards his brother Lyman. Henry wanted Lyman to take care of the convertible like the way he took care of Henry. Henry felt that Lyman is having a hard time understanding Henry’s incapability and mood swings that is why he decided to kill himself.
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Another symbolism that occurs in the story is the river where the brothers went through. It is also a symbolization that is connected to Henry’s characters that is seemed to be deep and quiet but full of anxieties and rejections within his own self. Lyman on the other hand brought a television for his family. The television is a symbolization of picture. It celebrated the life of the two characters but Henry broke the chain of celebration. It means that despite of Lyman’s struggle, Henry will burn the fire of brotherhood and would not mend it again.
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When it comes to word usage, the character did not use technical or highfaluting terms to state the arguments of the two characters. It goes with the flow of casual words as it depicts the character’s mind and actions. The ending of the story is somehow a tragic complexity of Lyman because he could not able to retrieve his brother whom he always repossesses despite of its unjustified actions and personality after the military service. It shows that Lyman surrendered because he could not able to change his brother back from the old Henry that he used to have.
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I have came from a strict family. My household was based of 2 boys and three girls. But I would say that yes, I came from a paternalistic family. Even though it was more girls than boys, my brothers was older and things were different. My father having a strict background he raised me and my siblings by strict rules. The men were to protect the women. And the women was raised to cook, clean, and become a ideal housewife. Growing up I wouldn’t think that I had a good childhood because I couldn’t have many friends.
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As we already know that we are no one without our family as indeed blood is thicker than water as family always comes first and it is our utmost priority. However, majority of parents nowadays neglect their children and pay more attention on their career and making more money. In my humble opinion, parents at this stage are unconscious about their children and they are extremely engross with other obligations outside their house such as their vocations. It can be proved on our currently daily news about drug abuse, smoking, truancy, gangsterism and illegal racing which is most involved by teenagers.
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This case leads to negligence towards their children. They are too focused on teaching students and they did well on that but they are failed to raise their children perfectly. They are know more their students rather than their own children. This makes children stress and lack of attention and it is lead to social ills like truancy in school, smoking, gangsterism and illegal racing. It was proved that the most reason children involved in this enigma is because parental carelessness. Next, do you know the statistics of divorced case in Malaysia currently? It was stated that the statistics of divorced cases in 2010 is 2289 cases.
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Hence, we can see the big sum of divorced cases in our country at this stage. It was become sadness because the total of cases is growing more and more through years going on. It may be growing higher than 3000 cases in previous years. Parents who were divorced gave a lot of negative effects on their children. Every day in newspaper filled with divorced cases and their children were neglected because they cannot tolerate to each other. We are admitted that there are no children wish for their parents get divorce and no children will be happy to their parents results to get divorced. But, who can to avoid the divorce if not parents themselves.
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As a result, the children will lost a guidance and love perfectly from their parents. So, it can be blamed by divorced parents if their children got into gangsterism, smoking or drug abuse cases. For example, many cases broken discipline among students in secondary school was effected by their parents who was divorced. As we are investigate the case from them, they said that their parents do not care them well after got divorced and always quarrel to each other. They feel useless and nothing to their parents. Sometimes they are jealous to their friends who have a happy family. As a result, they involved to various of social ills to get attention and love from others. Otherwise, they did it because they are seeking for attention from their parents itself.
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For instance, they having couple with their special boyfriend so that their boyfriend always care about them and give a perfect love that they need in their life. Apart from that, parents at this moment being more materialistic and always care about making more money all the time. They thought that money can bring happiness and everything they want. As they understand that, without money they are nobody and nothing. They earned so much money and busy for the whole day for making money to get a wonderful name in their job as example and want to get a great position in career or organization. This is because they think without money, they cannot get attention from people and they are useless because people will do not ignore about poor people.
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From the negative behaviour, it drove a big effect to their children as well. They just give more money and wealth to their children to get what they want. The children possibly go to shopping complex and cyber café. As a result, children utilized the money in wrong way. Parents will not know what their children do and for the worst thing is some parents did not ignore to them at all and just let their children do everything without concern about their activities outside house. We can see every days in newspapers, television or radio about baby dumping, free mixing among different gender.
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I believed that harmony family is the key of happiness and peaceful in our life. We have to know that money cannot buy happiness, love and everything that we wish for. As a parents, we should show a noble attitude as a role model to children. Parents are the nearest people and teachers to children. Hence, children will follow our actions mostly and assume us as their model. If we do like this, I am very sure that the social problems can be reduced and we can live peacefully.
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One of the most common reasons for referral of children and adolescents to mental health professionals is suspected depression. There are continues debate as to whether childhood and adolescent depression are a reflection of normal variation in mood. It is reasonable for the primary care physician to view childhood depression as a constellation of factors that forms a syndrome. This constellation consists of a persistent mood disorder and dysfunctional behavior that intrudes and distorts the child’s day-to-day activities (Gottlieb & Williams, 1991 p.
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Diagnostic procedures and issues shall be tackled in this research in order to portray possible conflicts and difficulties that occur in diagnosing the condition. The neurobiology of the depressive state shall be elaborated utilizing psychophysiology of the disorder, and linked to probable external physiological occurrences. Lastly, since the study focuses on therapy and medication as treatment modalities, the following methods and means of treatment shall be involved in the study. The following shall be the objectives of the over-all study.
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Depressive disorders during childhood and adolescence may be more virulent and of longer duration than depressive disorders in adults. Depressive disorders during childhood are a risk factor for the development of additional psychological disturbances and for the development of depressive disorders later in life. The number of youths who are experiencing depressive disorders is increasing at the same time that the age of onset is decreasing (Mash & Barkley, 2006 p.336).
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In recent years, increased attention has been given to evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for depressed youth. The need to highlight what we know about treatment is underscored by the fact that most depressed youth do not receive treatment. However, as knowledge about treatments for youth depression has increased, the rate of treatment appears to have developed. Although depression among youth is treated more often, it is not clear that standard practice is effective at alleviating depressive symptoms or preventing recurrence. Moreover, there is a bias toward the utilization of pharmacologic drugs and extremely brief psychosocial interventions (Gotlib & Hammen, 2002 p.441).
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groups mood disorders into two categories: depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. Both types of disorders are characterized by depressive episodes. For a diagnosis of depressive disorder, the child must be experiencing a mood disturbance for a period of at least 2 weeks, and the symptoms must be present more often than not. At least four of the following symptoms must be present during the same period (Mash & Barkley, 2006 p.337):
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One example is in studies of childhood and adolescent depression, the term is variously used to identify depressed mood, a constellation of mood and other symptoms forming a syndrome, or a set of symptoms meeting official diagnostic criteria for depressive disorder. The usage of such term connotes various meaning, such as depression as a symptoms (lonely, fear impulses, guilt, etc.) and depression as a syndrome (comprises clusters of various signs and symptoms) (Mash & Barkley, 2003 p.336).
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Biologic studies in children are difficult to implement since they often require several blood draws, subjects remaining still more long periods of time, and the overall cooperation of the children and adolescents. Three types of investigation have provided information on possible developmental differences in the neurobiology of depression. The first is the study of Cortisol secretion, measured by investigations such as the dexamethasone suppression test (Rapoport, 2000 p.230).
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Studies of neurotransmitters in depressed adults have focused on norepinephrine, serotonin, and acetylcholine. Serotonin regulation studied in adults with depression reported that in response to L-5hyroxytrytophan in 37 pre-pubertal depressed children secreted less Cortisol and more prolactin than age-matched and gender-matched normal controls, suggesting a deregulation of central serotonergic systems in childhood depression.
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Abnormalities of the hypothalamic pituitary-thyroid axis and the hypothalamic pituitary-growth hormone axis have been reported in depression in adults. However, Cortisol hypersecretion, as measured by repeated samples over a 24-hour period or by nocturnal sampling, has not been identified in depressed children and adolescents although adolescent showed a Cortisol elevation at the approximate time of sleep onset (Coffey, 2006 p.266).
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The third type of developmentally informative investigation is the study of growth hormone. A variety of pharmacological challenge agents that stimulate release of growth hormone have been studied in depressed adolescents and children. Interestingly, the results with adolescents have been negative in terms of slow blunted growth hormone response to provocative stimuli. However, some studies have reported high levels of growth hormone in adolescents with major depression. Moreover, pubertal children both during depressive episode and after recovery have demonstrated blunted growth hormone response to provocative stimuli (Rapoport, 2000 p.231).
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Special considerations arise in treating children and adolescents with antidepressants. Empirical data on antidepressants in young patients are quite limited. Psychiatrists, faced with depriving children of potentially effective medication or prescribing medication or prescribing medications “Off Label,” need information on which to base treatment decisions, and efforts are underway to promote research in this area. Clinically significant differences in pharmacokinetics and possibly pharmacodynamics between adults and younger patients can also complicate treatment. Moreover, younger patients may also be more sensitive to adverse effects of medications (Preskorn, 2004 p.356).
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Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) have long been the first-line antidepressants used by most clinicians for adults because of their established efficacy, safety, and ease of administration, but they have been less successful in the treatment of child and adolescent conditions. The mechanism by which TCAs are effective in the treatment of adult depression and other disorders has not been clearly established. There is, however, evidence that these agents affect monoamine neurotransmitter systems in the central; nervous system, such as serotonin and norepinephrine (Rossenberg & Ryan, 1998 p.28-29).
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The TCAs inhibit the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin, potentiating their action. It has been suggested that antidepressants work by increasing noradrenergic and/or serotonergic transmission, compensating for a presumed deficiency. Controlled studies failed to demonstrate that TCAs are superior to placebo in the treatment of childhood and adolescent depression (Rossenberg & Ryan, 1998 p.28-29).
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The SSRIs are now first-line agents for treating child and adolescent depression. The newer antidepressants, such as bupropion and mirtazapine, do not have an adequate empirical base with children; however, they are sometimes used as second-line treatments for those youths who do not respond to SSRIs. Thus far, none of the SSRIs has produced irreversible damage in children and adolescents. However, as the SSRIs gained wide use with depressed adolescents, concerns emerged about the safety of this class of medications. Reports suggested that they were responsible for increased suicidal ideation and behavior among youths (Mash & Barkley, 2006 p.384).
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If the adolescent fails to respond to any SSRI, then switching to a different class of antidepressant is recommended. At present, no data support the use of one agent over another. Therefore, whether the clinician chooses a TCA, nefazodone, or venlafaxine should be based on clinical experience. Other factors to consider for a given adolescent are medication side effects, medical conditions, previous medication trials, comorbid psychiatric conditions, and familial history of a positive response to particular antidepressants (Esman, 1999 p.222). Other classes of antidepressants are fluoxetine, setraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine, venlafaxine, bupropion, trazodone, and nefazadone.
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Suicidal thoughts and attempts are among the diagnostic criteria for major depression. Suicidal ideation is quite common, and has been reported in more than 60% of depressed preschoolers, preadolescents, and adolescents. Actual suicidal attempts also may occur, at rates that appear to be higher among depressed adolescents than among depressed adults (Mash & Barkley, 2003 p.336).
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Adolescents with major depression are at risk for impairment in school performance and interpersonal relationships, which may interfere with achievement of appropriate developmental tasks. Suicidal behavior is a common sequela. A 10-yar follow-up of depressed child and adolescent outpatients found that 4.4% committed suicide. Mood disorder, prior to suicide attempt, and substance abuse are major risk factors for adolescent suicide (Esman, 1999 p.216).
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Depressed and suicidal children and adolescents are often not identified. Identification of children and adolescents who express suicidal ideation or suicidal acts is crucial since such symptoms are recurrent and strong predictors of youth suicide. Other risk factors for youth suicide behavior have been described including family, other environmental and biological factors. Notably, family history of suicidal behavior increases risk for youth suicide (Rapoport, 2000 p.231).
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‘The Wife of Bath Prologue’ and ‘The Wife of Bath Tale’ is an integral part of the “Canterbury Tales” narration. In these works, Chaucer depicts social and moral problems, ridicules false values and depicts the role of women in the Middle Ages. This is a unique part of the “Canterbury Tales” in which Chaucer portrays events through woman’s eyes and a female storyteller. Thesis The main difference between the Prologue and Tale is the main theme and a type of storytelling.
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‘The Wife of Bath Prologue’ and ‘The Wife of Bath Tale’ are based on different themes and topical questions. The Prologue discusses marriage and the relations between men and women, virginity, sexual relations, human experience, etc. The wife says: “The dart is set up for birginitee (line 75). In contrast, the Tale describes hardship and grievances caused by low status of women in the society and inequality with men. In both pieces, the Wife of Bath describes her strong emotional experience atypical for women of her historical period.
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Her sexual experience, emotions and psychological states are strong, and mirrored in the texts. She rises above both in the rejection of her aged, crippled, disturbing husbands and in the strength of her passion for men. The burning desire to new sexual relations creates the feeling of physical dissatisfaction and necessity for new emotional feelings atypical for women of her time. Her actions do not correlate to the women of her time, because Christianity and church was a strong force which dictated social norms and social order, values and commandments to women.
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The other difference is that the Prologue is based on the central character, the Wife of Bath, while the Tale is based on fantastic character of a rapist. The first person narrative helps to create a unique atmosphere and a message of the Prologue directly addressing a reader. In contract, the Tale reflects morals of wives and their desire to have devoted husbands asking “This is to seye, what wommen love moost” (line 985). The Tale is based on symbolic and philosophical representation of the theme of marriage while the Prologue describes real-life examples and human experience of the Wife of Bath.
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The main character, the wife, does not fit into her time described as rebellious and independent women. She has traveled a lot and has great experience in love and has intimate relations with men. The Wife of Bath has married five men challenging Christian morality and norms. The Wife of the Bath has had five husbands: three “good” and two “bad” husbands. Using personal experience, the wife underlines that balance of power between spouses helps to control over marital relationship. During the Middle Ages, the women had no right to choose their husbands because their destiny depended upon will of their fathers and social status of their families.
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In the Prologue, the discussion concerns the role of women and men in marriage and dominance of men upon women while the Tale illustrates the themes questioned in the Prologue: “That wol nat be governed by hir wyves” (line 1262). The Wife opposes strongly to any tension on her personality trying to keep and preserve her values and ideals. Her actions do not correlate to the women of her time because religion limited sexual desires of the women, in spite of the fact that church and Christianity were used to defense and legitimatize the institution of marriage. Christianity was used to maintain defense of domesticity and the role of women as mother and wives only.
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In sum, this was a time of chaos and great change which left people with a sense of disillusionment. It is possible to say that in the Prologue, Chaucer prepares a ground for further story development and symbolically illustrates these ideas and themes in the Tale. This work is full of feminist ideas speaking about rights of women and their happiness. Chaucer moved beyond traditional roles of women portraying them as loving and sexual characters able to fight against male dominance.
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The theory of gender entrapment refers to the life stories of battered African American women in New York City Jail. The theory emphasized that society’s insensibility and indifference provided these women with no socially acceptable way to change their position, thus making their incarceration almost inevitable. The society’s discrimination of color denied black women equal economic opportunity as well as their rights to create an ideal family of their own; instead, it systematically wrecked their hopes to achieve their dreams of brighter future and to have an ideal family of their own.
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Baskin and Sommers (1993) theory traced women’s crime on early victimization. Their study reveals, forty percent of women from three New York City neighborhoods were severely beaten by family members while growing up, and thirty-six percent were sexually victimized as children. Other theories suggest that women’s crimes were related to selling and using drugs. Orenstein (1995), Sadker and Sadker (1995), and Taylor, Gilligan, and Sullivan pointed out that “many women who sold or began using drugs became involved as the result of a relationship with a drug-using man (p.
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Ritchie (1996) noted that women of black color have different experiences resulting from battering. She pointed out that “after victimization by their male partners they became entrapped by patriarchy at home and racism outside the home” (p. 25). Ritchie argued that this in turn led to criminal involvement. Ritchie explained that early sexual abused, racial and class oppression, poverty, and structural dislocation from the family and school increased the likelihood of the criminalization of these females’ resistance strategies.
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Ritchie’s feminist model emphasized on the role of the family particularly the father figures, which according to Ritchie are “more peer like than parental quality” (p. 41).  In her interviews with several convicted women, it appears that many of those women suffered emotional crisis that lead to the crumbling of their outlook. Ritchie also pointed out racial and ethnic identity “as a way to establish a frame of reference about community norms, family values, and their experiences in the social world” (p. 41).
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Ritchie noted that these women’s behaviors were shaped by an awareness of the current and historical position of their particular racial or ethnic group within the legal social structure. She further noted that the physical injuries and disfigurement resulting from the abuse such as facial scars, loss of fingers, blindness, baldness, and burn marks were particularly significant for these women as they served as “constant reminders of their suffering, and it created public humiliation” (p. 82). Ritchie’s six paths to jail explain these battered women’s participation in illegal activities and why they had committed such crimes as murder and other heinous crimes. Ritchie pointed out:
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This frustration is provoked by the fact that their sexuality became a source of vulnerability that when taken advantage of, they felt very little control over one of the most basic aspects of themselves, their sexual beings. In general Ritchie’s feminist model traces the patterns of women’s criminality in racial and ethnic discriminations. Ritchie undoubtedly pointed out that the predicament suffered by black women is related to the society’s indifference towards African American Women.
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Steffensmeier and Emilie Allan on the other hand, contends that rather than equality between sexes leading to more female crime, “it is female in equality and economic vulnerability that most shape female offending patterns” (p. 5).  They pointed out that poverty is the main cause triggering the changes in women’s offending. Steffensmeier and Allan cited that increased opportunities for female types of crime, and trends in female drug dependency as the reasons for increase in the percentage of female arrest.
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Steffensmeier and Allan believes that “traditional structural and social process theories are more or less gender neutral, and therefore are as useful in understanding over all female crime” (p. 5). Steffensmeier and Allan stressed that the offence committed by African American women are comparable in the involvement of white women to drugs, property, and sex related crimes. But Steffensmeier and Allan pointed out that those African American women are responsible for unreasonably large percentage of violent crime.
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In contrast with Ritchie’s findings that the crimes committed by women offenders were related to race and ethnic discriminations, Steffensmeier and Allan disputed the findings arguing that larceny-theft increases are due most likely to shoplifting increases, which is misdemeanor, and connected with the roles of women as family custodian and consumers. Steffensmeier and Allan uphold their view that the most significant changes in women’s offending reveals that the rise of large shopping centers enhanced the opportunities to commit petty crimes such as stealing goods and misuse credit cards and so forth, which are generally attributed to female traditional roles.
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In this context, Steffensmeier and Allan’s view of the nature of the female offending runs counter to the findings of Ritchie. In fact, the view of Steffensmeier and Allan seemed to criticize Ritchie when they pointed out that the real reason of most of the women’s offenses were the traditional economic family needs, and that those women were stealing goods and doing all sorts of dirty tricks out of their distressed economic condition.
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The responses made the following findings: poor judgments, economic pressures, fear, and paying for drugs. The same study pointed out that women who commit crimes were also subject to the same reasons as sexual abuse and other reasons of crimes. One white and Native American respondent was reported of having abused as a child and in her adult relationships.  Of course, no one could deny the discrimination that take place in the society especially to color issue, yet, there are emerging, and growing factors for female offenders, which go beyond the issue of racial discrimination.
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The study therefore shows that in the issue of gender entrapment, it is likely to connect the findings to all Americans regardless of colors and race because women in general are subject to discrimination.  Ritchie was true in her theory however, Steffensmeier and Allan were also correct in their statements about the reasons of female offenders.  Discrimination issue has been as old as American history, thus, discrimination continue to happen in a society, and it exists in the world of many women.
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In general, Ritchie’s use of data collection and research materials was in line with most of the writers on feminism; it is in line with Baskin and Sommers, Sadker and Sadker, and others.  Therefore, I would say that Ritchie’s model and the research methods employed in data collection and analysis build on the key elements of a gender approach to theory development.  It is also supported by the research made by Girshick as the findings presented racial and gender discrimination as primary sources of committed crimes.  However, the issue must be approached in different angles in order to point out clearly the real problems like what Steffensmeier and Allan.
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Furthermore, it is   connected to ensuring that a child is safe from child abuse or neglect. This requires that a child’s basic needs are met and the child has the opportunity to grow and develop in an environment that provides consistent nurture, support and stimulation. An outcome of this is the development of  children’s sense of identity, an understanding of their ethnic heritage and skills for coping with racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination that remain prevalent in the society (Pecora 12).
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Presently, millions of children and young people lack the prerequisites for success, like adequate housing, health care, and nutrition. Thousands are exiled to the outskirts of opportunity. In 2002, reports of abuse and neglect involved more than 2.8 million children, and three children died every day from maltreatment (“Child Welfare League of America: Fact Sheet”). It is because of these averting data that pushed me to pursue a career in the field of child welfare. I concur with the idea  that the children are our future and with that they must not be deprive of their needs and a healthy environment.
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They need guidance, compassion and understanding from the people that surround them in order for these children to grow. I also believe that the children’s innocence and weakness should not be exploited by others particularly by adults since they are mostly the ones who possess the capability to this. Instances of neglect and violence are prevalent in a society and as a result, children frequently become victims or become primary targets of these crimes. Many people think that they can  do anything on children since they are perceived to be defenseless and indispensable. It is sad to think that even children’s own mothers abandon them in order to chase after their own dreams or even the notion that a father can inflict harm to his own children.
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Because of these frustrating circumstances, I decided to take on the responsibility of protecting children. I want to make a difference in the world and by helping children is a step closer in achieving this goal.  I am driven in instilling to children’s mind that they are entitled to the many good things in life such as having an education, being able to play in the park or having wonderful dinners with their family . Also, I want to emphasize to children that they can become whomever they want to be as long as they put their hearts and minds to it. Through these means, children will feel a sense of significance and belongingness. More so, I can be able to empower the children’s concept on their role in the society which is all-important for the whole of  mankind.
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In achieving these objectives, I believe that I have the necessary qualities needed to become a great child welfare worker. I am very much determined in protecting children, preserving existing familial units, and the promoting children’s development into adults who can live independently and contribute to their community (Pecora 9). My advocacy and my interpersonal and intrapersonal skills is my  powerful combination to be able to function well as a child welfare worker. More so, I am an open-minded and a compassionate person which I believe is important in dealing with children – in understanding their plight and most especially earning their trust which is the first step in helping them.
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Throughout time, one of the most interesting social structures that is worth studying or analyzing would be the family. Needless to say, family plays a very important role in society-building since this is where all of us are able to find our respective identities. The three extraordinary works presented in this analysis will focus on the issue of family disharmony as well as the role of women in society during the earlier days of modern civilization. This particular analysis will look at three literary masterpieces crafted into perfection by three of the most distinguished women writers of our time:  “
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From this statement by Felice, we can see how lowly women are treated in the family structure.  Furthermore, it would appear from this statement that women are only valued that time based on certain physical qualifications (i.e. virginity) and not by their intrinsic value to the family. In this particular story, one striking point is the strong depiction of the author of a woman struggling to free herself from normal romantic expectations regarding domestic stability by choosing to leave her husband and finding herself in the process.