Are You Still A Kid Analysis

The short documentary titled Stickup Kid is about a 15-year-old named Alonza Thomas who was sentenced to 13 years in maximum adult prison for attempted armed robbery. Alonza’s story begins when he runs away from his home because of an argument with his mom and ends up meeting an older gentleman on the street. The older gentleman offered him a place to stay and some food, but after a while Alonza wanted to go home; however, the man brought a gun out and told him he had to rob a store because nothing was free and he wasn’t just going to leave after staying and eating at his house. Alonza ended up unsuccessfully robbing the store and was caught by the police. He was later tried as an adult since the crime was dangerous and the state of California had just passed a law making it easier to try minors as adults. Frontline does a great job of telling Thomas’ story and telling the problems of juveniles in adult prisons.

The question that is always asked is, what age do teenagers become adults? What should we use to determine the consequence of violent crimes. Juveniles should be convicted as an adult if the crimes that have been committed are violent crimes because teens know right from wrong, brain development , and use crimes as a problem solver.

When we communicate with people be it children young people or adults we adapt our communication to the appropriate language. We will do this automatically if we are in a meeting with other professionals, we will act and speak in a formal and professional manner, whilst speaking to a infant we will be more animated and speak in a higher voice which we know will keep the babies attention. So when I communicate with children I need to be clear so they can understand what is expected of them.

The age of the child or young person – Children will need to be spoken to in an age appropriate manner. Young children feel more comfortable communicating with adults if they are physically at the same level. They will need more reassurance and so a softer, quieter tone may be preferable. Its best to keep language simple and check regularly that they understand you. As children get older, their understanding of situations and their vocabulary will be better in most cases and so more sophisticated language may be appropriate. A child will be offended if they feel you are being condescending by using language they consider too simple for

The control adolescents express over the choices they make, like the rise and fall of the tide, is fluid and dependant on multiple factors. These factors--biography, biology and current situation--are essential to the adolescent decision-making process as they manage to influence, but not control, the choices we make.

Author Randal Contreras opens The Stickup Kids chapter eight, “Drug Robbery Torture” by discussing how the act of torture is viewed in both a sociologists and the common citizen. He explains how the acts are hard to understand for those who are not involved. The “Stickup Kids” are looked down upon, seen as morally corrupt, and labeled as monsters. He then goes into detail explaining how people such as the “Stickup Kids” are looked down upon because they are poor and stigmatized so the acts they commit are unforgiveable whereas the government has sanctioned tortures and their acts are forgivable because their victims are the “enemy”- which is also the reason the government sanctioned tortures are allowed to not feel shame, where as it is repugnant that the “Stickup Kids” do not. This leads to Contreras discussion on how men like Gus and Neno and the rest of the stick up kids do not have social causes to justify their actions so they use capitalistic reasoning. They are doing what they have to survive because the robberies they commit are their way of life. They are just shamed for it because of their socioeconomic status; this is white collar crime is overlooked but the stickup kids’ actions are so heavily penalized.

In the early part of 2000 the state of California passed a law, Proposition 21, which made it easier for prosecutors to try young people as adults if they committed certain felonies. Alonza Thomas Jr. was the first teenager to be prosecuted under the new law that had only came into effect two week prior to his arrested.

Mark Ingram converted a critical 3rd-and-13 by breaking five different tackles and made a 14-yard gain.

Erik Jensen and Nathan Ybanez were both sentenced to life in prison without parole after being charged with felony murder in regards to the death of Nathan’s mother, Julie Ybanez. However, many people believe this sentencing to be too harsh due to the ages of the boys (who were 16 and 17). Many people also believe that Erik Jensen shouldn’t have been given life without parole even if he was an adult because it was never proven that he was involved with the murder, only tampering with evidence, as he helped Ybanez clean up the crime scene and remove Julie Ybanez’s body. Others believe Erik played an equal part of the murder, because he never attempted to intervene, his fingerprints were on the murder weapon, and his knees were covered in Mrs. Ybanez’s blood.

The multi-dimensional characters of AP students often is underestimated. The stereotypical “AP kid,” at my school at least, is in all advanced classes and head of ten clubs and plays three varsity sports. They are often branded as the most high achieving, well rounded students the school has produced. However, their interests outside of school are often ignored. I have no idea what my classmates do when they go home, besides homework.

Have you ever hated someone so much you wish you could kill them? Well in this story a twelve year old kid named Sucker and his cousin/brother Pete will find out. I chose the question “Do you think that Sucker’s becoming a tough kid is a good thing?”. I think that it is a bad thing for a kid of Sucker’s age to act tough like that. Here are some reasons why.

The student I focused on for this child art analysis report is an eleven-year-old male, and his name is Rustin. Rustin is in the fifth grade and currently resides in Smyrna, Ga with his father, mother, younger sister, and his pet cat. Both of Rustin’s parents are English speaking Caucasians that were born and raised in Georgia. Rustin is an older brother to his five-year-old sister, and they are both Caucasian and speak English. My student’s living environment consists of a two-parent household in a middle class neighborhood in Smyrna. Rustin’s parents both work full time but are able to stay very involved in their children’s lives. The student remains very active through sports teams such as soccer and tennis. Rustin is an extremely bright

I am curious if anyone else noticed the slang word that was used at the end of the video? She was intending to write an academically formal note to Stephanie, but used the word “kid.” As I had made the same mistake our first week here, I know that the only proper time to use the word kid, is when referring to a young goat. So much of our spoken language derives from slang, we must be wary of ourselves when choosing to write in an academic sense. However, I do agree that the more we use correct writing practices, the easier it will become. Eventually coming to a point when using proper techniques will be second nature to

Pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger is okay if it’s not loaded right? No? Some KIDS would disagree with you. What some people keep asking about twain's article are “do his critiques about society and behaviors of people in them relate to those things of our society today?” and also if his advice given in his article “advice to youth” help benefit and relate to kids of today's society. In my opinion, I think his advice still relates perfectly with the society that I myself go day to day living in. I guess some people say other wise.

Most people don’t realize when they listen to music what the lyrics of the song actually mean, for the most part people care about the beat, melody, and if it’s catchy, they look for a song they will get hooked on. Although lyrics are a big component in a song and play a major role in the liking of a song, they often tend to be underappreciated and not recognized as much as they should be. Furthermore the lyrics of a song tell a story, state an opinion and show the listener more than just words they hear. That brings us to the song “I’m Just a Kid” By Simple Plan. From hearing the song one can tell that the song is fun to listen to dance to and overall a relatively happy song, however from taking a deeper look and understanding of the lyrics one can see a whole new point of view.