Essays on Family Page 230

By the time the average U.S. school child finishes elementary school, he or she will have seen about 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of violence on television, and if the child also has violent games, films, or cable TV these numbers are even higher (“Denial”, par. 1). There has been intense debate about whether…

The first poem Balaki ko ‘Day Samtang Gasakay Ta’g Habalhabal by Adonis G. Durado is a simple poem yet the images portrayed in the poem catches the imagination of the reader. Durado used the Cebuano language beautifully. For anyone who has tried riding a habalhabal, a local form of transportation that can carry as much…

With obesity in America rising more and more every day the question must be asked, who is to blame? Today children ages 2-19 have an 18.5% chance of becoming obese during their childhood and adolescence (CDC, 2020). That being said there must be something that could be done to help kids with weight gain, but…

If I asked you what love is, what would you say? You might not be able to express it in words, but if you were to answer with a picture, what would it be? Your favourite dog or cat, the house you grew up in, the warm, familiar hug of your grandmother or the smile…

On a blustery cold day about a week before Christmas two years ago, I was in my bedroom when I heard my mother’s high pitched voice coming from downstairs. She wanted me to come downstairs and help my father put up the Christmas lights. My dad laughed with a cheesy smile as said,” we get…

When looking at the definition of resilience (Oxford English Dictionary, 2018) it speaks about bouncing back from challenges and overcoming difficulties, defining “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness”. Interestingly the same source also makes the comparison of resilience with elastic due to it’s extreme flexibility and mould-ability. When a child is of primary…

Teen Pregnancy. Informative Speech Did you ever have a doll when you were younger. That you would play with and pretend was your own, real baby? Did your sister ever make you play dolly house with her, starring as the mommy, taking care of all sorts of children? Life examples like these are proof that…

In this message addressed to the Philippine Youth, Jose Rizal emphasizes his concern for those innocent Filipinos who received subpar education during the Spanish rule. Rizal’s aim is to inspire the youth to overcome the feelings of inferiority imposed upon them by their colonizers and “Lift up your radiant brow”. Presently, the potential of the…

Paul Kirschner and Aryn Karpinski define Facebook and other social network sites as an online directory that allows people to find their friends, family and colleagues through looking them up on social network sites (Kirschner and Karpinsk, 2010). Curtis states that teens all over the world are starting to lose interest in the use of…

The Purge films are a series of films based on a government that allows its citizens to “purge” once a year from sunset to sunrise. In this film To purge means to get rid of something or someone from society and the population overall through a violent manor. The government legalizes all crimes for twelve…