Happy Hearts Day Book Report

The first Friday of New Year, Darrell didn't want to go to the supermarket parking lot to met Tyray because he didn't want to be scared of Tyray. He decided that he didn’t want pay to him again. At school, Tyray came and asked Darrell about his money, but the teacher came in so Tyray went away. When they went to eat lunch, Tyray and Darrell started fighting and then Tyray was crying because he broke his wrist. Finally, they were both sent to the principal office. At that time, Darrell told the principal what happened. In conclusion, Tyray got suspended and Darrell got a warning.

A powerful quote said by pre-socratic philosopher named Democritus says “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul”. In other words, happiness does not come from materialism but instead from the things money can’t buy. In the article The Secret of Happiness the author David Myers writes directly to Americans about how he believes we need to obtain a new “American Dream” that emphasizes personal happiness instead of materialistic happiness. Myers also believes happiness resides in the soul and he says people that think money is the key to happiness are actually less content with themselves and he uses various ways to prove this point. With that being said materialistic happiness vs personal happiness is an important issue, and Myers made a strong use of Logos by showing surveys and studies, Ethos by showing credibility in his argument but he could have used more Pathos by using more emotion and enthusiasm in his argument.

In society there are still differences in classes such as higher class, middle class, and lower class. In sociology, we observed a film called The Pursuit Happyness, where we witnessed the struggles a father went through to succeed. Chris Gardner, who was played by Will Smith, is living in his apartment with his wife and his son. Due to their struggles, the mother walks out on and leaves Chris struggling alone with his son. In the film Chris Gardner applies for an unpaid internship for a competitive stockbroker company where out of twenty men, only one gets the job. While he is on his internship, we see the hardships of getting kicked out of his apartment to staying at a shelter home to then sleeping in a subway bathroom with his son. Viewing the movie through a sociological lens, The Pursuit of Happyness will be analyzed according to the major three sociological paradigms: structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interactionalism.

In the novel The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan, there are several stories that intertwine into one novel. Each of the stories takes place China where the roles and the actions of woman are vastly different compared to American tradition. In the different stories, they all are about different mothers and daughters. Throughout the book, the reader can see the development in each relationship between mother and daughter with their conflicting backgrounds from China to America.

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan follows multiple Chinese-American women who struggle with their self-identity and creating a balance between American and Chinese culture. Because of their immigration and many hardships in life, many of the women feel like they cannot truly tell who they are anymore, and throughout the novel these women are portrayed as ghosts. Ghosts are used to symbolize these women because they share many parallels including being only a remnant of who they once were, or who they could be. Ying-ying St. Clair is one of the women, who has a daughter named Lena St. Clair, she has had a troubled past in China, which has made her lose her fighting spirit, and her spirit in general. Ying-ying is fully aware of her loss of spirit and is embarrassed because she considers ghosts to be shameful and weak, and wants to save her daughter, Lena, from her fate.

Reporter (Charlesetta) stated the following: He has been talking about the abuse and has been going back and forth since October 20th/ He said he was sexually assaulted by a 12 year old girl (unknown). Ms. Katina allowed the girl to come over. No one was responsible for their care. Ms. Katina was not there.

The reporter said Justin assaulted Teagan as well; she was having bladder problems, and her mother (Michelle) didn’t take her to the doctor, but she looked at her and said “it looked like pink cauliflower coming out of her vagina and she had been bleeding”. In the report, it stated that Chad found out he attempted to do the same thing to Leslie (8 years old) when she was 2 years old. The reporter said the family resided in Alabama, and Justin’s mother walked into the room and found Justin trying to put his penis in Leslie’s vagina. Heather indicated that she didn’t call the police because she didn’t want him to be charged with a crime. Heather told Justin if he did it again, she would report him to the police, and he would be taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. The reporter was concerned because Justin is now living at the same address as Leslie. The reporter said Heather gave temporary guardianship of Leslie to Supreina Holcomb (July 2012), but the she removed guardianship when she placed the child in the Mobile School District (Gilliard Elementary/March 22, 2013). The reporter has never seen the

SHREVEPORT, La. – First place is on the line in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Friday and Saturday when #6 Centenary baseball (24-5, 10-2 SCAC) welcomes Texas Lutheran (19-10, 10-2 SCAC) Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday night, while the Saturday doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.

The current generation is quizzical of the importance that religious teachings hold in our evolving pro-choice society. In past generations, spiritualism was a method of uniting the community and nurturing the young. However, we find that faith has the adverse effect. While separate from other religions, a rise in hate fueled discrimination and separatism is observable between different communities in all corners of the globe. In this generation, it is only logical that as religion is taught, after learning from present and past events, the very essence of the teachings is skewed and put into question.

REPORTER: The reporter/ Therapist (Felissa) called with concerns for the victim, Kalise. The reporter called to report lustful touching and possible physical abuse. According the reporter, in August of 2015, the child told her mother (Shanna) and grandmother (Chaundra), “J touched me, he pulled my diaper, he tore my gown’. They attempted to ask her more questions and she said “I don’t want to talk about it”. The reporter said the grandmother stated that the child didn’t want them to pull her bottoms down when she returned home. The incident took place at Jeremy’s (Father) home on 8/02/2015. The incident was reported to DHS in August of 2015, but there was not anything done about, per reporter. The child received a medical examination, and

CCIB received a complaint via phone call from RP stating on May 16, 2017, she went to the day care to drop off daughter Cali and some court documents. Per RP, while she was at the daycare she asked teacher Stacey Murray (Cali’s teacher) about the bruises on Cali’s legs and scrapes on her right arm that she observed on May 5, 2017. RP reported that she asked Ms. Murray about the bruises and scrapes, RP stated that Ms. Murray said “Cali tripped on the playground a few days ago” (prior to May 16, 2017). RP did state on May 5, 2017, she did ask Cali what happened and she said “Cali got owie at school”. RP stated on June 2, 2017 when she picked up Cali from daycare Cali’s dad Gabriel Mereno gave RP some incident reports (attached)that she never

The reporting party (RP) stated foster child Faith is running around with her friend Dana who lives with her mother in a hotel (99 Palm Inn & Suites). According to the RP Dana's mother leaves Dana and Faith at the hotel where they are allowed to smoke pot and hang out with boys. Subsequently Faith is posting pictures on the website Musical.ly with the user name @duhitsfaith and Dana's user name is @_white_girrl_. Faith has been causing problems with other girls at her school, threatens and starts fights with other students. Faith was heard bragging about how she gets away with everything in the foster home. She was also heard disclosing her encounter with her mother who beat her for sending nude pictures to her boyfriend who attends La Sierra.

A year ago, Regina left Brandon with her cousin Sherlyn and her grandson Brendon. When returned to get her son and was told he was in the room. Regina went to the room and the door was closed. She did not see Brandon. She lifted the cover and he did not have clothes on. Brandon said that he wanted to go outside and play but Brendon said he had to suck on his penis before he was able to go outside. Sherlyn and Regina both talked to the boys about the situation. It is unknown if anything has happened to Brendon for him to act in that nature. Since the incident, Brandon’s school clinician Jaime, said that Brandon has been watching sexual video games. It is unknown how he is able to watch the videos. He has a violent behavior and

I am reading Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau, and I am on page 268. To this point, the book is about a teenage girl who passes The Testing and progresses onto the university where she is faced with multiple challenges. During these tests, she must decide who to trust and what the right solution is. A wrong answer could mean death not only for her but for her country too. In this paper, I will be predicting and connecting.

In “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy,” Emily Esfahani Smith writes about the conflict between Viktor Frankl’s book, “Man’s Search for Happiness” and the culture today, which focuses on happiness in life rather than meaning. She introduces Viktor Frankl as a star medical and psychology student who survived the Holocaust in 1942. While Frankl was kept hostage in his camp, he was forced to find the good in life in order to survive. After being liberated, Frankl recorded his experience and what he learned in nine days, creating a best-seller in the United States. Smith explains that even though it has been concluded that Americans’ happiness is at an all-time high, the Center for Disease Control says that almost fifty percent of Americans have not found a purpose in life. Smith tells that bad mental health, self-esteem, and depression are less likely to be found in those who have found a pleasurable meaning in life. Happiness is associated with being a “taker”, while having a meaning life is associated with being a “giver” according to Smith. The downside to having a purpose for one’s life is the fact that he or she is usually more unhappy due to stress and worry than those who only strive for happiness, Smith explains. A study in 2011 proved that if someone has a negative circumstance occur in his or her lifetime, that event will give him or her more of a drive to find meaning in life rather than happiness. Smith concluded by linking these other sources with Frankl’s