Essays on Family Page 187

According to a study on arranged marriages conducted by Statistic Brain, roughly 53.25% of marriages worldwide are arranged, while 90% of this percentage pertains to the method of marriage in India. What are arranged marriages? An arranged marriage is a type of marriage in which two people, the bride and groom, are selected to be…

Anticipating the sweet sugar cookie smell that awaits at my Grandparent’s house, my stomach turns as I approach the turn. Parking my car in front of their house after turning up the long narrow gravel road, I step outside and feel a chilly little breeze biting at my cheeks. As I inhale deeply, the delightful…

Marietta, aka Taylor, was raised in a small town in Kentucky. When she became an adult, she decided she needed a change and wanted to leave her hometown and overall her current life. This initially sparked the idea of growth because with change always comes some type of growth. She wanted a different name and…

Effects of Overpopulation in India Since the last decade, many countries are faced with the problem of a rapidly growing population. Particularly, India is one of the countries with highest population in the world. India is currently encountered with the issue of overpopulation all year round. In this essay I will discuss the causes and…

Scribbles are named, moves from kinesthesia thinking to imaginative thinking. Use of color is unrealistic and random. Children are egocentric. Attention span of children at this stage is limited to 5 minutes. C) Naming of scribbles. Moves from kinesthesia thinking to imaginative thinking. Not much difference between controlled scribbles and naming scribbles. Naming scribbles relates…

All things in the world are not constant. Humans, animals, objects alike undergo changes. Among the irrevocable laws of nature is change and we cannot do anything about it. In terms of humans, the most obvious change we notice is the physical aspects and details of a person. We start the journey of life through…

The process of communicating and having conversation about a specific topic is what we humans love to do, whether with an individual or a group. Similarly, I felt really mature and true when I interviewed Dr. Jack Holcomb, Director of Center for Academic Excellence at Truman State University. According to Dr. Jack, his father was…

During a parent-teacher meeting at my sons’ school, I shared a powerful story about my son that has had a profound impact on his life and is bound to evoke strong emotions from myself, as well as other parents and students present. Unlike typical fourteen-year-old boys, Jake faced challenges resulting from a disorder affecting his…

The prevalence of overweight children is on the rise, surpassing previous rates. This escalation can be ascribed to multiple factors, including parental indifference towards their children’s dietary preferences, substantial portion sizes, and insufficient physical activity among youngsters. Concrete evidence substantiates these assertions: statistics reveal that 30.7% of Caucasian children, 30% of African American children, and…

Enjo kosai, also known as “subsidized dating”, “compensated dating”, or “dating for assistance”, is a new phenomenon in contemporary Japan. Young Japanese girls, some still in high school or even junior high, engage in arrangements with older men who provide financial compensation in exchange for dates. These arrangements typically take place through telekura (telephone clubs)…