Marcus Observation

Year 10 EAL ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ Essay Josephine’s relationships with Michael, Katia and Jacob develop throughout the film. How and why do these relationships change? Introduction The movie ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ tells a story about a young girl Josephine Alibrandi struggles

Common sense does not always find marcus. He has never been the kind of person to think things all the way through. Some might say he is a “spur of the moment” kind of person. He is a sketchball of a character. Marcus hates school, the only reason he has a reasonable attendance this year is because he is whipped by his girlfriend. I sat down with him in english for an interview about the scar on his elbow. When we decided to talk about that scar he just started laughing.

Because the father was so involved with himself, he did not make the time or put the effort to develop a proper relationship with his son.

Comparison of Theories 3 Understanding Personality Personality is the unique, relatively His father was moody and very irritable and wasn’t a strong figure in the household

Their father was away at work most of the time. [...] He didn 't bother talking much to

Growing up Robert, the father of this family, was the eldest of three siblings. His parents didn’t give him much to any

Jeannette’s father was a heavy alcoholic. He would often claim he was researching information for the prospector leave the house and come back drunk. After he arrived home he would get into fights with Rose Mary, over simple things which involved name calling and sometimes violence. In one of the fights

When he asks his siblings about his race or his background, they tease him, lie, or dismiss him. When he asks his mother about herself, she avoids the question or answers briefly.

Tobias Wolff’s parents divorced when he was around 5 years old and Wes Moore’s father die when he was age 3. At the same time, fathers of both these men were missing from their life at an early age. Wolff writes, “For the breakup of our family five years earlier

His real parents didn't take responsibility to him and his siblings. He is expressing his thoughts. In court, Noel read a statement to the judge from a system he won't forget. Noel's siblings moved into different foster cares. Gray hands, Noel describes this in his statement. Growing up and be like a man was tough. His goal is to finish college. Providing evidences and claims that Noel wouldn't belong in that foster care, such as being an adult after court.

Wills stated that the parents have had disagreed about him taking Latin. He stated that he wanted to take Latin and his mother was against it, he indicated that his father was in agreement. Wills stated that his father does not pressure him into anything, he stated his father gives

Family Structure Communication Patterns • The mother and son have very limited communication. They express feeling through playing around instead of verbally. Their communication is very shallow. There rarely discuss anything of much value. The son tends to talk about issues more with his father.

Aristeus, once again, was frustrated with his parents’ rules. He didn’t like how he couldn’t just go outside and have fun with his friends. “Why can’t they just be normal parents,” he thought. Sadly, he knew they couldn’t be normal ever since the incident that happened five years ago. He

On Thursday, January 26, I was at the water table with a couple of the boys. The boys were Brody, Jonah, and Jax who were all playing together quite well. Jax was playing with the water, Brody was playing with a boat, and Jonah was playing with the floating tub

Marcus appeared to be in good physical health. Marcus required encouragement and verbal prompting to participate in the session. Marcus did not make any statements of wanting to hurt himself. Marcus stated, that wanting to harm self, doing bad things, and not listening to his mother. Marcus stated, that the good thoughts are wanting to go back to school, not wanting to hurt self, being a good person, wanting to learn new things, caring, and loving. Marcus stated, that he is worried about returning back to school, and “what if I do hurt myself”. Marcus was able to complete the worksheet with assistance. Mom stated that Marcus behavior was good. Mom stated, that on Sunday Marcus wet the bed because he was upset that she punished him. Moms stated