Marginalized young people 1) Write a summary of “The forces that turned Baba around” in about 150 words. This text deals with a boy named Babatunde Olejide who describes himself as “A bit of a bad boy”. He has gotten into a lot of trouble at his school‚ because he had vandalised school property‚ been truanting and getting into fights. By the time he was 12-years-old he had been suspended from his school 5 times. Therefore he was given the offer to join a program created by the former British
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country with a large population.  It is estimated that India’s present population is about 65 crores. Those between the age of 15 to 35 form more than 50 percent ‘of the total population.  For our purposes we count them all as the youth. These comprise students‚  employees‚ workers‚ farmers and persons from various professions including the unemployed—educated or otherwise. These young people conÂstitute a large force. They are energetic‚ enthusiastic and full of zeal. Unfortunately a large number
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Book Review: “Is Voting for Young People?” (2E) by Martin Wattenberg Watternberg‚ Martin. Is Voting for Young People? With a Postscript on Citizen Engagement‚ 2nd edition. Harlow: Longman‚ 2007. In this concise work of political science‚ Professor Wattenberg of UC Irvine sketches the outline of a potentially serious problem facing modern democracies: the ever-declining political awareness and participation among youth. Wattenberg analyzes election surveys and public opinion polls in order to ascertain
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voice be heard and have my say in government policy and have the ability in having a vote in who will run our country. Throughout the history of the United States people have fought to have the right to vote. By voting one honors the history of this country. One also honors the path this country took to have the right to vote for all peoples not only the select few. This is one of the reasons why I am voting‚ to honor our
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with time.” (Buijssen‚p15) Dementia is a ‘clinical syndrome characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive abilities in an individual with previously normal intellectual abilities.’(Clare‚ p5) While dementia is a worldwide problem that has no cure‚ very few people recognize and understand the four major forms of it. The most common forms of dementia are Vascular dementia‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Huntington’s disease‚ and Alzheimers disease. Vascular dementia is a decline in thinking skills
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Cathy Gill Mary Duke English 111 26 February 2013 Dementia a Debilitating Illness Dementia is a complex topic that can be looked at from many different perspectives. There are two main categories of dementia; cortical and subcortical dementia. The focus of this paper will be on cortical dementia. Symptoms of dementia start out slowly and generally progress over time. The number of people with some type of dementia is an estimated 24 million worldwide. (Label) It is one of the world’s fastest
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PAYAL SHAH DEM 301 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND EXPERIENCE OF DEMENTIA WHAT ARE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA Alzheimer’s disease – The possible risk factors are increasing age‚ possible genetic link‚ being female and Down’s syndrome. Symptoms: word finding problems‚ forgetting how to do everyday activities‚ confusion‚ forgetting names of people‚ places and appointments ‚ mood swings and withdrawn. Vascular dementia – possible risk factors lifestyle( lack of exercise‚ too much alcohol
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Why do young people participate in behaviours that put them at risk? Young people may participate in risk taking behaviours for a number of reasons. Peer influence is one factor that may encourage young people to put themselves at risk. This is because if an individual witnesses their peers actively engaging with risky behaviour‚ they may identify the behaviour as positive rather than taking into consideration the consequences. It has been found that young people identify alcohol with positive social
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CYP Core 3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety 3.2 Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and young people and health and safety requirements There is a complicated and tricky dilemma between the rights and the choices that belong to a child or young person linked with the freedom to play‚ and the health and safety requirements of settings and services. However children and young people should be allowed to experience and explore ’appropriate’
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Unit 1: Understand Child and Young Person Development Research and then explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of normal development from birth to 19 years. (1.1) When a child is developing normally the sequence is usually the same for most children however‚ the rate at which each individual develops will vary from person to person. The expected pattern of development from birth to 19 is usually categorised into stages referring to their age: 0-3‚3-5‚ 5-8‚ 8-12 and 12-19 years. There
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