potentials. Thus Rodger argues that if the innate potential of this nature is allowed to unfold then the optimal personal development will follow. Firstly this essay will define Rodgers main concepts clearly. Secondly it will relate the concepts to the depiction of Precious’ life story as seen in the film. Lastly it will argue that Precious’ does depict self- actualisation. The Self- Actualising tendency is defined as the ‘self’ which emerges from the ‘perceptual field’ that expresses one’s ‘self
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referring to the client. By precious being 16 years old‚ the developmental theories are at the adolescent stage. The client has accomplished Erik Erikson human development stages up to the adolescent stage. The client is still at the identity vs. identity confusion stage. At this point‚ precious is still trying to figure out who she is. On the Piaget’s last intellectual stage-formal operations‚ precious has abstract thoughts and is currently trying to problem solve. Precious has also been operating in
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This week in class‚ we watched the first thirty minutes of the documentary Precious Knowledge. We discussed how what we saw related to the values of character‚ citizenship‚ collaboration‚ communication‚ creativity‚ and critical thinking. Tucson High School sets high expectations for its students‚ which is a part of its character. Students feel more in control of their education when participating in the rule-making process. To promote citizenship‚ students should feel like they belong to the classroom
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The character that I chose to focus on is Claireece “Precious” Jones. She is a 16 year old‚ african-american girl from Harlem‚ New York. She currently lives with her mother‚ Mary Lee Johnson‚ in a rundown apartment building. She is currently single and is pregnant with her second child. Both of her children are fathered by Precious’s biological father‚ Karl‚ who does not live in the apartment with Precious and her mother. Precious is still in middle school due to her illiteracy issues‚ however
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The movie “Precious”‚ is based on a novel “Push” by an American author Sapphire. It takes place in Harlem‚ New York the time period was 1987. We meet Claricee Precious Jones‚ but goes by Precious who is the main role in the film portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe. The film shows us that she is a sixteen year old girl who is illiterate‚ obese‚ and does not have any friends. She a feminization of poverty. Who has been raped by her father which resulted a incest pregnancy with two kids one of them “Mongo”
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My mother actually is an ordinary woman but in her tiny appearance lies an extraordinary fortitude‚ perseverance‚ a altruistic soul and a very kindly heart. The kind of mother who brought me up with her whole kindly heart‚ the kind of persistent woman with strong willpower who had to face the toughest challenges in life‚ and the kind of person who always demonstrated great zeal for every unlucky lives without requiring anything in return and great willingness to help everyone’s misery though she
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My most prized possession- My initial thought was how could i possibly narrow that down to just one single item? After fifteen minutes of staring at a blank piece of paper trying to figure out what exactly i cherish most in my life‚ it hit me. The one thing in my life that plays the biggest and most important role in my everyday story is my health. When people hear the word possession they automatically think of an object belonging to one. However‚ it is often forgotten that a possession isn’t always
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another is a straightforward definition of adverse possession. To further define the practice of adverse possession‚ it is the gaining of legal title to real property by the actual‚ open‚ hostile‚ and continuous possession of it to the exclusion of its true owner for the period prescribed by state law‚ (http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adverse+possession). For illustration purposes‚ a look into an example of the practice of adverse possession will be used by describing a situation that involves
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we end up dwelling on that moment or do we make the best of it and laugh in the end? For me‚ I laugh. Even though at the time we may not think that an embarrassing moment is funny‚ later on down the road we may turn back and see how precious that memory was. My most embarrassing moment focuses on an early Sunday morning at church. Everything that morning seemed to go wrong and it just kept getting worse. Laughter and stares are all I see and hear. I don’t know what to think. I am so embarrassed
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Precious: A Case Study Kristan Hughart Wilmington University Precious: A Case Study The move Precious (based on the novel “Push” written by Sapphire)‚ depicts the life of a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones. The story is set in Harlem‚ NY in 1987. Precious has suffered severe abuse throughout her life by both of her parents. She has seemed to have slipped through the cracks of the system from family‚ the school system‚ child services‚ as well as the community
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