Jesse Absence Of A Child

The lives of children are greatly influenced by the environment they grow up in, and the people they come in contact with. For years, psychologists, researchers, and social workers have studied children, and why they do what they do. All have developed many different perspectives on how to view social problems and the development of individuals.

Every member of the James-Younger was either killed, wounded, or captured, except for Jesse and his brother, Frank.

Tony, Conner, and Vanessa grew up in different social classes but for the most part thats not the social class they wanted to live in. Conner grew up in a high social class with his mother always buying brand name clothing. When he got to Aspen Springs he said he wouldn’t have to worry about all the long aisle searches to find the right designer clothing with his mom, as he shoved his neatly folded clothes in to a drawer. Vanessa was raised up in a nice fancy house, while her mother was to busy popping pills to worry about the blood stained bath tub. Tony grew up homeless due to the fact his father abandoned him at a young age, while his mother slept with multiple men. Suicide is the main topic of this book and this is how many people think they can deal with the issues that they are going through just end their life so they don’t have to deal with it. A good example for individuals to cope with suicide is to seek treatment and help like the services that were provided for the three individuals in the book at Aspen Springs. Drugs is another big topic in this class. Most people who come from a home life of drugs are more likely to abuse them as well. As you can see from this book the main characters parent(s) had issues with drugs or related obsessive issues.

Last week I read, “Big Jesse, Little Jesse,” of Oscar Casares’ fictional novel Brownsville. “Big Jesse, Little Jesse,” tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old father, Jesse, who struggles to retain a father-son relationship with his physically disabled son. Throughout the story, Jesse continuously treats his son, as a boy without a physical disability. His state-of-denial further blinds him of his self-pride that views his son’s disability as a public failure. Jesse has the same machismo characteristics of other characters of Brownsville however, Jesse’s story is the first time that we see a man become humiliated. In this post, I would like to analyze the characteristics of pride in Jesse, as well describe how his hubris becomes broken.

Sean became more and more aware that he was different than the rest of his classmates. He would get frustrated when he was not able to learn something as fast as the other children. This caused Sean to lack the self-confidence that is a crucial element in getting a good education. Sean would isolate himself from the other children, eating his lunch all alone at a solitary desk off in the corner of the lunchroom. When walking down the hall, Sean would often follow several paces behind the rest of the class sometimes refusing to follow at all. It would appear his detached behavior would cause Sean to harbor feelings of resentment towards the other kids. Seemingly frustrated by the fact that they advanced at a rate he could not keep up with, Sean would on occasion, physically assault the other children without any warning. The repercussions of his actions were not the

The "Juvenile Justice: Policies Programs, and Practices", believes that schools that have an unconstructive or a negative environment, as well as an excessive amount of misbehavior and conflict between the faculty and students, and students against other students, are issues that can trigger juvenile violence in schools. In addition, juvenile violence tends to happen more often in high schools and middle schools that are located in poor urban areas (Taylor, Fritsch, and Caeti 58-60).

There are many environmental factors that can affect a child’s behavior such as poverty and maltreatment. Poverty can have an impact on a child’s overall well-being, academic success, and social behavior. The environment these children are raised in can cause challenging behaviors due to the neighborhoods they live in and the lack of appropriate social behavior they observe. Child maltreatment, which consists of physical abuse, sexual

Jesse James, son of Robert and Zerelda James, was born on September 5, 1847 in Clay County, Missouri. Jesse had an older brother, Franklin, and they both lost their dad in 1849 when he went out to California to search for gold just like thousands of other gold prospectors. Once their father died, Zerelda found another man, but he treated both Franklin and Jesse very badly. Zerelda soon found another man that had respect for all three of them. Jesse didn’t have the best of a childhood which is why most people think he got involved in criminal activity the way he did.

Alex Griffin is a modeled student. He shows up to class every day, turns all his assignments in on time, and enjoys helping his teacher whenever he can. Although his classmates don’t know much about him, Alex comes from a single parent household. His father works full-time at a local drug store and his mother moved across states a couple years ago after she and Alex’s father got a divorce. Living off of one income has taken a toll on the Griffin family. After the divorce, Alex and his father had to relocate from a three-bedroom house into a small studio apartment. Lately, students in the classroom have been making fun of Alex for not be able to afford “name brand clothes.” This has caused Alex (a once enthusiastic student), to become quiet

Jesse was just starting his slow-moving life. But he was getting tired of sitting around, so her was trying different ways to make money. Jesse tried to buy and train race horses but none of them were making the money that he thought they would make. He also tried to raise cattle to sell but that lead him to meet two men, Robert and Charley Ford. Jesse wanted to try for one more big robbery and he wanted to do it with the two new men he met. But Jesse did not know that these men had talked to the Missouri governor, Thomas Crittenden, about a reward for the bounty on Jesse James (Biography.com Editors). If the Ford brothers killed Jesse they would be acquitted of their crime and they would receive the reward. On April 3rd, 1882, Jesse

Jackson appeared withdrawn, and was somewhat embarrassed before stating that he did not do well in school. Jackson knows that he can perform better in school. When the other children began to tease Jackson, he was ready to fight some of them. This is typical behavior for Jackson, and is also a pattern of disorganized attachment. Children with a disorganized pattern in infancy tend to show disturbed patterns of relationships, subsequently, their relationships with peers can often be characterized by a “fight or flight” pattern of alternate aggression and withdrawal. Jackson’s coping skills when upset, threatened, or embarrassed is fight, unless the person is physically bigger than him. If this is the case, Jackson uses flight to cope, and seeks his grandmother for protection and comfort.

It appears that Jesse is having trouble in school not only academically but socially. His guidance counselor mentioned he has been thrown out of the classroom on many occasions due to treating and fighting with his peers. Due to this, he’s having trouble completing assignments and keeping his grades up. As a teacher, I would start the intervention off by going over bullying and discussing with my students that this behavior is unacceptable. I feel that the teasing and the name calling that is going on around Jesse is one reason why he feels the way he does. He comes from a difficult home life were he’s rejected by his father, then he comes to school and gets rejected by his peers. Although Jesse claims that the name calling doesn’t bother him, deep down it does. Once I’ve

The corner boy is the most common response. They are not chronically delinquent but may be involved in petty or status offenses. He is loyal to his peers and eventually becomes a stable member of his neighborhood. The college boy embraces the cultural and social values of the middle class and strives to be successful by these standards. These youths are on an almost hopeless path because they are ill-equipped academically, socially, and linguistically to achieve the rewards of middle class life. The delinquent boy adopts a set of norms and principles in direct opposition to middle class values. They live for the day and do not think about tomorrow. They go against efforts made by family, school, or other sources of authority to control their behavior. The attraction, loyalty, and solidarity are some of the reasons they join gangs along with the gangs perception of autonomy and independence. Reaction formation is the result of the delinquent boy’s inability to succeed. The real problem for Cohen is status frustration, not blocked opportunity (Siegel, 2013). Lower-class youth desire approval and status, but because they cannot meet middle-class criteria, they become frustrated (Criminology chapter 4 outline sagepub.com). They overreact to any perceived threat or slight. They are also willing to take risk, violate the law, and flout middle-class conventions. Cohen’s work explains the factors that promote and sustain a

     Some causes for conduct in adolescents are no discipline, unstructured discipline and a broken home. A broken home is one of the factors that can produce a delinquent child. A broken home reduces the opportunity for creating a strong attachment between child and parents and that reduces the parent’s ability to condition the child. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile crime focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous delinquent acts or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.

Even when children have a stable home there are other family life factors that can affect their progress at school. Child neglect, drugs, alcohol, gangs, violence, and hunger can all have a significant impact on how children learn both at school and at home. A child’s first educational experience should be at home, however with increasing use of drugs and alcohol, and sometimes unintentional neglect from not being able to afford quality daycare means that some children entering the classroom are woefully unprepared.