Chapter 1: Introduction to Anh’s parent’s family‚ their struggles and background. “That’s not the way to treat a young lady.” (Anh’s father said) pg.3 “On their third meeting he buys her a lemonade and makes a young guy in the carriage stand up so that she can sit down.” (Father’s actions) pg.3 “This particular girl had been enrolled in a convent until earlier that year. She was supposed to be a nun by now‚ but the communists had closed down all the catholic churches and convents.” ( Anh on his mother)
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About Howard Gardner Howard Gardner born on July 11 in 1943 in Scranton‚ Pennsylvania.He is an American developmental psychologist.At the same time‚he is the professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University..He is the son of Ralph Gardner and Hilde Weilheimer.At 1995‚ he has been the co-director of the GoodWork Project since Hilde Gardner married to Ralph Gardner. He is the Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero.Howard Gardener author of over twenty
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issues that teens struggle with. Through 53 chapters‚ each one effectively discussed an issue a teen may be dealing with‚ Vukich and Vandegriff achieve their goal: “to raise awareness so when you [the reader] are faced with these issues‚ you will have a Reader’s Digest condensed version of what you are dealing with.” By using biblical stances and common sense‚ these authors cover major issues‚ alphabetically. Personally‚ these
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I’m Not Scared CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1: Main characters have a race‚ Maria hurts her leg. Barbara forced to complete a forfeit‚ Michele does it instead. Michele completes forfeit. Most of the main characters are talked about. Papa brings them a present of a model Gondola; Acqua Traverse is revealed. CHAPTER 2: There is a talk with Michele and Maria at the start. Michele finds Fillipo‚ there is a lot of description of Michele finding him. Michele at this point is horrified‚ he tries to
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The novel is split into three sections and written from three different points of view. The three sections involve the time during the abuse‚ the investigation and a small portion of when justice is finally attained. The story is unraveled through the eyes of Aaron‚ Dawn and Mike. Aaron retells his story of sexual abuse that occurred in his childhood and his struggle to overcome his victimization and receive justice. Dawn is his mother‚ though completely oblivious to the tragedies that went on‚ once
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Summary: Chapter 7 of Macionis and Plummer (2013) focuses on the idea of human societies through interactions of everyday life through the term ‘micro-society’. Building our social world is an important part where individuals participate in the interaction with others to form a ‘social construction of reality’‚ consequently‚ relying on social experiences to learn from their adopting behaviours of their cultures. John. B. Watson believed that our behaviour is shaped by our responses to the
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Chapter 8 Summary In Neil Postman’s book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ he attempts to persuade Americans that television is changing every aspect of our culture and world. In chapter 8‚ Shuffle Off to Bethlehem‚ Postman uses three arguing styles very well: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ which help him push the reader‚ specifically televised religion viewers and churchgoers‚ to believe that televised religion is not a replacement for religion. Throughout the chapter‚ Postman creates the feeling of guilt
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Summary: In Chapter 7‚ Steele discovered that people felt anxious under stereotype threat‚ but most people did not acknowledge it or they did not aware it. For example‚ after crossing a narrow‚ wobbly bridge‚ men tended to interpret their their feelings of anxiety as an intense attraction for interviewer. Black students who were told to finish a task which measure their intelligence would experience blood pressure rising dramatically‚ while they did not consciously aware of it. Steele later also
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Howard Becker’s labeling theory starts off by identifying the deviant. Once you get caught doing something‚ you are identified and labeled for it; it can either be formal as labeled under the law or informal as in labeled with in family and friends. For example‚ I had two very good friends in high school‚ Serafin and Brian. They were best buds and always did everything together. Like many teenagers in high school they started to experiment with drugs. Like every other day they would both go smoke
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Howard Gardner viewed intelligence as ’the capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting’ (Gardner & Hatch‚ 1989). Howard Gardner initially formulated a list of seven intelligences. The first two have been typically valued in schools; the next three are usually associated with the arts; and the final two are what Howard Gardner called ’personal intelligences’. The Seven Intelligences Gardner stated is the following: • Linguistic Intelligence-involves
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