Community service

The First time I went to community service I had to help adults with their Citizenship test. I pretty much tutored them on what kind of questions would be on the test and how they should answer them. I found this very challenging because my adult didn't speak english well so it took longer to complete the test then the others. I really liked tutoring because I was helping someone who really needed it.

The Second time I went to do community service it was much different. I had to help organize by filing papers by year and month. I thought I waz very helpful because there was a lot of papers dating from 2003 to the present.

The Third time was very similar to the second. I again helped them organize by making sure thier papers were filied correctly. I also had to come up with ideas for the Christmas party and made a flyer for what hours they are open. It was more relaxing this time because there were many volunteers so we were able to talk to them about their thoughts.

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Amy Moore. "Adoptions bring joy to parents, security to kids. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 20 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This passage is about a single mother who adopted many kids when she was divorced and had an empty nest. She loves having chaos and lots of children around which is why she adopts many children. They give them a place to call home. All her kids for the most part get along even at various ages. One important aspect is that the children do not know whether they are biological or adopted. The reason the mother likes this statement is because it shouldn’t matter. It doesn’t matter where they came from what is important is that they are there now.

Lancaster, C., and K. Nelson. "Where Attachment Meets Acculturation: Three Cases of International Adoption. " Family Journal 17.4 (2009): 302. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This passage is about three families that have adopted a total of 8 children from china. In each of these children they have notices issues such as not being ready to survive, have fear and grief and attachment problems. They also have the issues of not being able to fit in at school and identity crisis. These issues are problems because not being able to identify who you are as a person is unhealthy. It causes the child to not know who their real family is and to question everything around them. The author concludes by stating these problems affect the children which is why adoption can never work.

Trisha Marczak. (13 November). 'He has a place to call home now'. McClatchy - Tribune Business News, pg 1-3. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline. (Document ID: 1900431571).

This article is about a family who knew they wanted to adopt a child. They knew about all the statistics and most important they knew the amount of children in the world who didn’t have a place to call home. With this known they looked at many different types of adoption until they choose the right one for them. After this they went searching for the perfect child to bring to their house and they found him in Texas. Now this child is happy and has a place to call home. This article is primarily about the adoption process and the feelings that the adopted parents felt it is important to see how the family and child must feel.

Anonymous, . "BEAUTY WILL RISE. " Christianity Today 1 Nov. 2009: ProQuest Religion, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about a couple who happily adopted their first baby daughter from China. As many people don’t know adopting is very expensive which isn’t fair to all the people that want to adopt, can afford to take care of a child but can’t afford to adopt the child. This couple has been trying for a very long to make adoption more affordable, so anyone who wants to adopt can as long as they meet all the requirements. It is important that this happens because they are many children who want homes.

Michelle Reese. "East Valley parents adopting children in need: Federal grant will help more kids transition from foster care. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 23 September 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about Arizona getting a 500,000 thousand dollar grant to help promote the adoption agencies in Arizona. This is really important because it will help take kids out of foster care. It will also make the adoption process more affordable so more people can afford to adopt. There are so many kids who need to be adopted and luckily a couple states were able to get this grant for the next five years to improve this.

Argen Duncan. "Statewide children in need of families. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 15 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about all the children in foster care who need to be adopted. It is important that people know that there are more than just babies who need to be adopted there are also teenagers and children. These kids are kicked out of foster kid at the age 18 years old which everyone knows that no person is mentally ready to be on their own at this age. It is important that all these children get families for once.

Sherry Long. "Celebrating adoption. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 14 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about a young couple who adopted a child. They couldn’t have children so adoption was their only way to have a family. With this said they researched all the adoption pros and cons and came to the conclusion that adoption is good. However their child who was in foster care for a while had so behavioral issues which he needed to grow out of. This can happen but for the most part adoption is a beautiful process.

Adoption issues

There are many issues with adoption. Many people believe that kids who are adopted have more problems than kids who aren’t. These problems consists of fighting, not knowing their true identity, loss and confusion. There are many other aspects that are hard to swallow such as being a surprise pregnancy but also being a planned child as well. As an adopted child I never had any of these problems. I know who I am, who I want to be and where I’m going. I also was never confused about who my parents were. However, I have many other relatives that are also adopted such as my sisters and two of my cousins.

I know that we all have different reactions to being adopted, in fact at least one of my relatives have one of the problems I listed. For example my cousin has been on a mission for years to finding her biological parents. This is a huge issue with adoption; many adopted kids are confused about their identity. Identity completely changes. There is confusion on who their real parents are and who they, themselves are. Many things change during the adoption process such as the names of the children, the language and life in general. It’s hard to think that I could have been a different person if I my parent’s never adopted me but I know who my parents are and have never been confused about that. Another major issue with this is many people believe that adoptive parents should only be allowed to adopt from the country that is the same race that they are. I do not agree with this. I grew up in a family with two other Korean sisters, an Italian mother and a Scottish father. I don’t have an Asian last name, speak Korean and I know more about the Italian culture then the Korean culture. I am questioned constantly about why my last name is Asian? I have to repeat my story many times. I think that adoptive parents should be allowed to adopt children from anywhere as long as they meet all the requirements, it is wrong for someone to say no to this.

Another issue that is related with this is that many people think that the child or children will get teased because they don’t have the same race as their parents, however I can honestly say I have never been teased about this. It is really not as important as people think and I don’t ever feel self conscious about showing who my family is. I have had knowledge about the adoption process for as long as I can remember and am pretty open about it. I don’t think it is anything to be ashamed about or to hide.
Another major issue with adoption is loss, anger and fighting. Everyone I know that is adopted wants to find their biological parents. However this is not possible a lot of times because closed adoptions do not release any information about the biological mother or father. I always wondered whether I looked more like my mom or dad but I am not going to search for them. I love my parents and I don’t need to find out who my biological mother is. Another problem is when the adopted child is angry at their biological parents for giving them up, but what many children don’t understand is at the time they had no other choice. It is hard giving up a child and there must have been a really good reason to do it. Lastly many children fight when they are young. This is because adopted children are placed in foster homes while the process is finalized. Here there are many other children so fighting may occur. It is a habit that will eventually stop.

In conclusion, there are many issues that are related with adoption but this doesn’t make it bad to do. I think it is a good process and yes there are issues but everyone has them. From my own experiences I never had any of these issues and I think this is because my parents gave me so much information about the adoption process. I was constantly taught and told which is why I am so comfortable. The more information that people know the more comfortable they will be.

Movie thoughts

I thought the movie was very strange. I have heard about this situation before but I was never shown any pictures and I never thought it was this bad. This movie really opened my eyes to how the prisoners were treated and lied too! It made me mad for the prisoners because this situation should of never happened. This is why no one should ever be lied to because you never know what the consequences are.

Truth and lies about teen pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is a major issue among many adolescent girls. For a long time this was looked at as shameful and some girls would even go away to “aunt’s” houses and come back after the baby was born. Back then, most of these pregnancies occur because the lack of birth control. Birth control for a long time was not permitted to young girls because of religion. Many religions believe that girls should take birth control because it hurts the chances of later having many children. Another reason that teen pregnancies have decreased is because of the availability to have an abortion. Abortions are relatively easy to get now. A long time ago various other techniques were used such as falling down stairs or using a hanger.

A great deal of public attention has focused on the welcome drop in the teenage birthrate. The birthrate decline reflects changes in the level of teenage pregnancies and in how these pregnancies are resolved. Birthrates can fall if pregnancy rates decline or if women who become pregnant make increasing use of abortion to avoid unwanted births. There is also the attention of the media. There are now many shows that have teenage adolescent girls in the cast with the show revolving around them. These episodes show the life of a pregnant teenager and the obstacle they resolve which are impacting girls thoughts on intercourse and being safe.

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swine flu shots
too much sleep
taxes
HIV/AIDS
Overcoming Dyslexia
overcoming credit card debt
elections
health care
children labor
children abuse
teen pregnancy
toxic waters

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My Biology

In Latin class, there was one boy named Nishant who everyone was friends with. He was pretty nice and always got everyone laughing. In my school, race wasn’t that big of an issue, it seemed as if no one ever really even noticed. Since this was the case, when a little Indian boy came up in Slumdog Millionaire, it was awkward when John made a rude comment. I don’t think there was supposed to be any offense towards Nishant but he took it seriously and so did my teacher. We were then given a lecture on race where I believe my class first saw different races. It was a turning point for my Latin class, no one expected race to ever be an issue.