While reading From the Barrio to the Academy‚ by Laura Rendon‚ I made a couple of connections between my journey and that of the author. The first common parallel was about how we had to separate ties with the past to be successful. I’m not really fluent in my language‚ Vietnamese. I knew way more Vietnamese words when I was a child. While growing up‚ I kept on learning and practicing English‚ but I never really practice Vietnamese. I cannot have full on conversations with my grandma or Dad anymore
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psychological phases that I consider that Richard Ramirez experienced are the aura phase‚ the murder phase‚ and the trolling phase. In the aura phase‚ Ramirez because in his personal life he distances himself from any social interaction. Ramirez left school‚ stopped talking to his friends at school‚ did not have a lot of friends at school‚ just hanged out with people that deal with drugs and alcohol‚ left his house and was sleeping on cemeteries. Ramirez also went through violent acts during childhood
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Richard Ramirez‚ known as "The Night Stalker"‚ was a convicted serial killer back in the 1980’s. He was born on February 29th‚ 1960 in El Paso‚ Texas. His father was a policeman and was often very abusive towards Ramirez. Ramirez was also prone to epileptic seizures due to two massive head injuries that happened when he was young. He went to school until he turned 18 when he dropped out and moved to California. Ramirez was mostly influenced by his cousin Mike to become a serial killer. Mike would
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Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was serial killer who went on a two rampage killing innocent people in southern California. He raped and tortured more than 25 victims and killed more than a dozen of them. Most of these victims were killed in their own homes; as he would find opened windows and doors in the night to kill his victims. But what were the contributing factors that maybe helped mold Richard Ramirez into this brutal serial killer who seemed to have no conscious
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to achieve a goal or undertake a mission. For example some of the story I will be discussing are The barrio Boy ‚ The king of mazy and Call of the Klondike these story all involve a character undertaking a mission to gain or achieve something. The call of Klondike and The king of Mazy are very similar. The barrio boy is different from both The call of klondike and The king of Mazy The barrio boy is about Ernesto Galarza a mexican-american boy who came to the United States for a better education
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Richard Ramirez‚ a 25-year old unemployed Hispanic male‚ was responsible for at least 16 murders in Los Angeles during July 1984 August 1985 that baffled authorities. Victims ranged from the ages of six to eighty years old. He had no set pattern weapons used ranged from guns‚ knives‚ tire irons‚ to his bare hands. He dressed in all black wearing an AC/DC hat and Avia running shoes. Victims were scattered throughout Los Angeles he would steal cars to get to each destination and pawn off valuables
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Juggling Ethics in El Barrio Anthropologists‚ being scientists whom deal with humans and their society‚ commonly find themselves at ethical crossroads. However‚ the ethical responsibilities and challenges that anthropologists face are multi-dimensional in the sense that they include all aspects of society. Anthropologists must take into account the ethical responsibilities he or she has for himself/herself‚ the people he/she is working with‚ the general public‚ and‚ in certain cases‚ for his or
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During the interview‚ she stated honesty and integrity as her main core values. She discussed that a leader in any professional field should be transparent with their workers or colleagues because it is what allows issues to be discussed. Mrs. Ramirez particularly believes without integrity there cannot be work ethics. She has experienced problems were professionals hire student workers that do not have these qualities. For example‚ there was a time one of her student workers lied about working extra
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they were pushed further under in this phase of their lives."(Ressler 85). Most likely Ramirez experienced emotional trauma as a child‚ and had always been a loner. At the age of 12 his cousin became a father figure to him‚ only progressing his skewed view of life. "In this period‚ a male child really needs a father "(Ressler 86). His cousin‚ Mike‚ was a returning Vietnam veteran‚ and allegedly showed Ramirez pictures of women he had raped and tortured while there. Also‚ during an argument‚ he shot
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Abstract This paper explores the Developmental lifeline of my adult son‚ Christopher Ramirez‚ and is based on the lifeline as described by Kathleen Stassen Berger in her textbook‚ The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence‚ 10th Edition. Accordingly‚ my paper is divided into four major sections: The First Two Years‚ Early Childhood‚ Middle Childhood‚ and Adolescence with the age ranges of birth to two‚ then two to six‚ followed by seven to eleven and finally eleven to eighteen years
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