Lynn wishes to be able to keep Jackson at home and away from his girlfriend; however‚ Jackson is beginning to refuse his mother’s requests. Furthermore‚ Jenna has become more outgoing then she use to be and is now attracting the attention of boys. Lynn envies her daughter’s sensuality because as a teenager Lynn was socially withdrawn and insecure; however‚ Lynn is also in awe with Jenna’s confidence and ability to interact with others. Thus‚ perhaps Lynn has this conflict between
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The problem of air pollution in our society is best understood within the context of Sean Lynn-Jones’ and Steven Miller’s book Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security. (Lynn-Jones and Miller) In this collection of essays‚ it becomes clear that the threat to the environment poses the greatest danger to the international community today. This is precisely why environmental security must now become the most important objective of all nations. Global Dangers reveals that‚ with the
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about two sister who have grown together in the same house. She both took care of each other. One sister was Katie and one was Lynn. Lynn took care of Katie since she was born.The title of the book is Kira Kira because this is where they life had started to change. Kira kira means glittering in Japanese. This was the first that Lynn every thought Katie when she was a child. “Lynn told me that when I was a baby‚ she used to take me onto our empty road at night‚ where we would lie on our backs and look
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the baby was born. Lynn was born in April of 1965. She is a joy to the parents because she seems to be a perfectly healthy and normal child‚ despite the anxious pregnancy that the couple had went through. Relieved‚ the parents were happy to have such a beautiful happy baby. However‚ at six months the parents fear had come back. There was a fourth of July parade where many families gathered. Lynn had fallen asleep before the fireworks started. The parents had anticipated Lynn to wake up and deal
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months. When Lynn Spradley is finally born‚ she appears to be a perfectly normal and healthy child. She has no physical deformities‚ nor any noticeable mental deficiencies. Louise and Thomas are hesitantly relieved. Thomas admits in the book to having still lingering fears for months to come. However Lynn continues to grow and develop in a perfectly healthy manner. Gradually‚ her parents stop living in fear. They relax; secure in the love of their newest child. Around the time Lynn reaches the age
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money up to help their parents buy a bigger house since‚ they were living in a small apartment. During this time Lynn teaches Katie many life lessons and also gives her talks about discrimination. As Katie grows up she experiences difficult situations that she would not have understood how to confront them if it was not for Lynn. Sadly Lynn becomes very ill and fatigued. By the day Lynn becomes
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the term "sandwich generation". These individuals are under the pressure of the needs of their own maturing children and their parents. This paper focuses on an interaction with a 50-year-old female named Lynn. She actually fits all but a few of the major developmental tasks of her age. Lynn effectively meets intimacy and family needs in that she has a positive‚ loving relationship with all of her four children. She struggles‚ though‚ with intimacy between herself and her husband of thirty years
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someone is expecting a child‚ the first thing you think of is a perfectly healthy child‚ ten fingers‚ ten toes. We don’t think about the negatives‚ you know‚ blindness‚ handicapped‚ or even deafness. In 2002‚ Thomas and James Spradley with an epilogue by Lynn Spradley released a novel titled‚ Deaf Like Me. Parents‚ Tom and Louise‚ had a child‚ Bruce‚ and were expecting their second. In the summer of 1964‚ it was discovered Bruce had been diagnosed with German Measles‚ also known as‚ Rubella. Arriving
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For my research paper‚ I read Deaf Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley. This is the story of Lynn and her parents learning to accept her deafness. This is set in the 1960s. During this time‚ there were fewer medical advancements compared to today‚ such as the rubella shot. There was also not much of an understanding disabilities and people who faced issues with deafness. Tom and Louise Spradley were a couple that had one child‚ Bruce. Bruce gets diagnosed with rubella just as Louise finds out she was pregnant
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“Deaf Like Me” This book was really interesting and touching. The parents of Lynn‚ the deaf little girl‚ were very strong parents and their struggle to be able to make their daughters life as normal as possible was hard for them since everywhere they went the answer the always got was‚ for Lynn to try to talk and be treated as a normal child. As parents‚ Louise and Tom did everything they were told and only hoped for the best and that one day their deaf child would be able to talk. Since the beginning
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