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    environment or let your child go to a foster care? A foster care is a home for kids who do not have a decent home to live in. That is why we have the case of Pony boy Curtis‚ which will be sent to a foster care. The reason that Pony boy will go to foster care is to have a better education‚ healthier life‚ and a safer life. One reason that Pony boy will go to foster care is to a healthier life. A healthier life is eating good every day‚ If he is taken to a foster care he s going to be given three

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    temporary care is called Family reunification. It is also the most common goal for children that are placed in foster care. An important concept to realize when becoming a foster parent is that a big part of their job is to support and encourage family reunification. There are thousands of children who enter the foster care system with a powerful need for stability‚ happiness‚ safety‚ and love. Foster care is a temporary arrangement that’s essential for children who are unable to remain in their own homes

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    Is foster care the best system to be using for the children involved? Since 1995 the amount of abuse and neglect related to foster care homes has tripled (Curtis 8). The fact that the abuse rate is so high means that this system should be improved so the children can feel more comfortable. Foster children have described their experiences as traumatizing and “the worst way to raise a child‚” with description like that it is a wonder that we as a nation would allow them to continue experiencing these

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    The negative effects of the system on foster children prove how the system fails to improve the lives of the kids it pledges to help and how critical it is that the government make an effort to improve foster agencies. No one would argue against how much kids need responsible adults in their lives. Most children‚ especially foster children many of whom have suffered abuse and neglect‚ need someone to keep them responsible and in line until they are old enough to mature and develop their own moral

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    Stories of survival at sea have captured people’s curiosity and imagination throughout history. The struggles that some seafarers have faced while drifting on the open sea are remarkable. “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane is the story of four crew members trying to survive on the open sea while in a dinghy after their ship sank. Throughout the story‚ Crane describes how man and nature react with one another. By his description of their reactions‚ Crane makes it clear that nature does not care about

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    In the story "The Open Boat" the author‚ Stephen Crane‚ uses a lot of figurative language. Figurative language is used in this short story to give a valid picture of what the men are going through by comparing something that the reader probably hasn’t seen. Examples of how figurative language works in this story are showing the comparison to how small the boat really is and how big the waves are. They are so big compared to the boat that they can’t see anything but those waves. Other examples of

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    In the Novel the body by Stephen king The Character Gordie Lachance is a very girfted kid. Gordie is very creative having the ability to create stories for his friends and he also like writing stories. Gordie is also has good teamwork skills being able to act efficient in a group of people. Gordie was also neglected but he still managed to be successful. One of Gordie’s character traits is creativity‚ Gordie has a talent for writing stories in the novel Chris and Gordie had a talk. Chris was

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    Pocahontas Simon English 1001 Mr. Torrey Williams 21 October 2014 David Foster Wallace writes “This is Water” to express to college seniors that everyone has a choice of the way he or she thinks. In this essay‚ Wallace shows how college seniors have a default setting of the way a person’s mind functions. He then use examples of his credibility or ethos‚ pathos which he expresses an emotional appeal to the audience‚ and logos. Wallace creates an argument by using all three examples to support his

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    While Stephen King is renowned for being a writer of paranormal fiction‚ it is most often his hinting towards the possibility of the supernatural that is most disturbing. Although The Shining may be most readily associated with impossible monsters made to imitate childhood nightmares‚ the intimate way in which these horrors are woven into the fabrics of reality offer readers a sense of truth in relation to the terrors of the unknown. By overshadowing supernatural elements with domestic terrors and

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    Answers to Unit 9 1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow: *EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights‚ *SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future‚ *SHORT BREAKS-for disable children‚with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break‚ *REMAND-for young people remanded

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