The Transition from childhood to adulthood is not an easy thing‚ but one thing that help me a lot was going from elementary school to middle school. First it felt like a terrible thing‚ leaving elementary school being a kid and not to have to worry about anything but having free time‚ field trips‚ school events and just being a kid. Less than a year it’s all change going to middle school where you think of an adult and not a little fifth grader in elementary anymore. Middle school was more about
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Albert D. Conton III 005411079 AMST 360 Film Analysis Break on Through In the 2001 film Legally Blonde many gender stereotypes that have evolved from American popular culture during the last century are portrayed. From the over the top embracement of the girly-girl culture and the expectations of women in America in the 21st century to the time tested typecasting of the males role‚ this movie covers all the bases. Women and men in America have always had to live up to society’s notions
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Through The Tunnel In this story‚ Through The Tunnel‚ there are three settings that all symbolize something different. The safe beach symbolized him still being a child. On the safe beach‚ his mother was there to protect and be there for him. The wild beach was where Jerry wanted to go. It was taking a step out into the world to him. He wanted to be free and become a man. The journey through the tunnel symbolized Jerry going from a child to an adult. He challenged himself to go through the tunnel
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Tanner Sack Mrs.Willett English I‚ Period 5 3 December 2012 Keeping Your Head in It Doris Lessing’s short story‚ “Through the Tunnel” teaches the reader that if you put your mind to something‚ you can achieve anything. The universal theme is revealed through the dynamic struggle of the protagonist and the vivid imagery of the setting. In the beginning of the story‚ Jerry meets the native boys‚ who show him the tunnel. The native boys see one of the older boys swim
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Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing Conflicts can arise in many ways. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ an eleven year old boy named Jerry is vacationing at the shore in France. Feeling lonely and bored he wanders off to a rocky beach to join a group of French boys‚ older than he‚ who are diving and swimming there. As a foreigner he finds himself ignored by them‚ but discovers they are swimming through a long underwater tunnel and he is determined that he will do the same someday
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Shelby English 11 June 4th’ 2013 “Catcher in the Rye”: Childhood versus Adulthood At a young age‚ every child is taught that at some point in their lifetime they will become an adult. Some children cannot wait to “grow up”‚ while others seem to resist it with every fiber of their being. A select few on the other hand are a combination of both‚ and in this category falls a boy named Holden Caulfield. His immaturity‚ self-denial‚ awful habits‚ and inability to move on from the past make him
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In “Through the Tunnel‚” Doris Lessing is the theme. The author uses Jerry‚ mom‚ and the setting to develop the theme. The theme is growth requires risk and struggle. Doris Lessing‚ talks about this creative short story that talks about Jerry‚ 12 years old‚ an English boy‚ has a goal set and he is on a mission to swim through the tunnel for two minutes and has to work hard to achive it. Jerry‚ the young English boy helps build the theme as he shows determination‚ hard work and a positive mindset
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Jeffery Arnett’s Theory of Emerging Adulthood Jeffrey Arnett’s theory revolves around emerging adulthood. His theory states that the age of emerging adulthood is between the ages eighteen to twenty-five. During our seminar we reviewed the different questions we had prepared for our discussion. We started off by asking what people thought emerging adulthood was and what our group knew about this theorist so far. I think the questions my partner and I prepared were pretty good since it kept the
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TOPIC-Personality development of students Personality Development is the combination of natural talent‚ personal interest‚ current opportunity‚ social environment‚ character‚ motivation and how the brain processes information. Each of us has a social personality‚ which is different from everyone else. Jongeward and Muriel James‚ in their much talked about book “Born to Win‚” talked about how each individual has been born to be a winner. However‚ in the course of development‚ from infancy to adulthood‚ negligence
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Four Planes of Development "We know how to find pearls in the shells of oysters‚ gold in the mountains‚ and coal in the bowels of the earth‚ but we are unaware of the spiritual gems‚ the creative nebulae‚ that the child hides in himself when he enters this world to renew mankind." The Absorbent Mind‚ Maria Montessori Maria Montessori’s Four Planes of Education was a lecture given by her in 1938 at the Seventh International Montessori Congress. The four planes (or phases) of
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