The Film Havoc By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The purpose of the manuscript is to provide insight into high-risk behavior primarily in a school setting. This paper will examine the issue through a literary review of the character Thomas Sams from the movie Lean on Me. The is paper will identify the social, community, and school issues related to the topic. This paper will discuss the (1) legal and ethical issues related to the character (2) Individual characteristics of high risk youth (3) Family problems related to at-risk youth (4) school issues that impact at-risk youth (5) prevention, intervention, and treatment options used in the movie but also available to the students and community leaders dealing with the issues. This paper will also discuss some of the exaggerated assertions

As this generation grows older and the responsibility for parenthood looms closer, it is our responsibility to understand what leads children to become hateful and violent. This generation has the opportunity to bring an end to the cycles of abuse that have created such cruel people, just as Rufus’ father created a cruel man. Every generation has the opportunity to atone for the sins of the last generation and make the next generation better than the last. The power of influence has poisoned many generations for far too long, and it will soon be time for this generation to use their influence to create a better

In the video “The Lost Children of Rockdale County” produced by Dretzin and Goodman in 1999, portrays the life of teenagers engaging in peer delinquency, sexual behavior, and drugs and alcohol consumption. The video portrays the life of Nicole a 14 year old female who had engaged in sexual behavior, delinquent activity and lived under lack pf parental supervision. The General Theory of Crime and Delinquency is defined as “Motivations for crime include reinforcements for criminal activity, exposure to successful criminal models, learnijng beliefs favorable to crime” (Frailing & Harper, 2013. p.156). Robert Agnew’s theory can be related into Nicole’s life, because the environment in which she grew clearly affected the five domains explained in the theory. The family domain was affected because Cindy’s (Nicole’s mother) lack of parental attachment during Nicole’s infancy affected the relationship. Nicole argues that she started to engage in a risky behavior because she wanted to obtain her mother’s attention because her mother worked full time and didn’t had time to monitor her behavior.

10 Things I Hate About You Analyzation Throughout the film of 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat Stratford showed the development of a high schooler going through personal troubles (Younger, Gil 1999). This paper will cover parenting styles, temperament, and James Marcia’s identity status. Parenting Styles There are four main types of parenting styles: authoritarian parenting, authoritative parenting, permissive parenting, and neglectful parenting, (Sigelman, Rider). Parents that are found to be disengaged, ignored, indifferent, and uninvolved tend to have a neglectful parenting style. These kinds of parents tend to raise kids with the worst developmental outcomes, displaying behavioral problems, such as aggression and frequent temper tantrums, and have a higher chance of abusing substances.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is generally regarded as of one of the finest American writers of the 20th century. His largely autobiographical works address the Jazz Age and the question of wealth and moral decline. This is also the case with Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922). It tells the unfortunate story of a young and privileged leisure class man, Anthony Patch, whose indolence turns him into an unemployed alcoholic with a troubled marriage. The struggle with money and subsistence is real as Anthony justifies his careless lifestyle with his awaiting inheritance of his grandfather. The ending is rather tragic as Anthony finally becomes the multi millionaire of his dreams, but the victory comes too late as his habits have consumed

To start off, the theme that if parents have too much power, it can lead to the careless demolition of the family is shown because of Unwinding. “Connor wonders how

This book is about a girl named Hazel that has cancer. Hazels parents think she is depressed because of the stuff she has been going through. Her parents make her go to a support group with other people that has cancer. She meets a guy named Augustus and he tells her that she is beautiful and stuff like that. The start dating and they really like each other. Hazel loves a book named An Imperial Affliction, and she ends up letting Augustus read it and she reads his favorite book. He ends up loving the book too. The only bad thing about that book was that it didn't end. It didn't tell you what happens to the people in the book. That bothers both of them a lot. Hazel writes letters to the author all the time seeing if he will tell her about what happens to them. He

Evidence portrayed by both the video and textbook, demonstrated that girls who experienced early puberty may also be affected by the interaction of social factors, such as, the quality of parenting, school experiences, and neighborhood conditions, which could result either in the postponement or acceleration of the female’s delinquency, depending on the situational factors (Siegel and Welsh, 2014). Research has also indicated that girls who are involved with these high risk groups are more likely to engage in precocious sex, thus, resulting in them being more sexually developed in comparison to their peers and often leading the girls into more deviant behaviors, such as smoking, drinking, and substance abuse (Siegel and Welsh,

The book The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie is a novel that shows how bad parenting can cause future problems in both the child and in the family’s next generations. This issue is shown through the story of Veblen and Paul, a young couple that struggle with their family relationships. This same idea has been explored by other writers as well, one of them being Alice Miller. In her book The Drama of the Gifted Child she describes how children that went through an abusive childhood deal with the trauma throughout their adult life. Alice Miller’s insights apply not only to Veblen, but also to Melanie and Paul, all in different ways. However, different from what Miller argues, I do not believe there is a single formula for recovering

The way a child behaves says a lot about their parents. In “The Sound and the Fury”, there is a lot to say about Caroline and Jason Compson. Their children, Quentin, Jason, Caddy, and Benjy, all have their own specialities, good and bad. These distinctions are ones that are direct products of the strange equation that makes the Compson family, yet are certainly not unique just to them. As a parent, you must take responsibility for the things that you teach your children, or don’t. As a result of the complicated situation and circumstances the Compsons live in, Caroline and Jason were not always present to set a good example for their kids. This caused the Compson children to stray far away from the home, and search for answers to the questions

For Nadine and many others, the consequence is abandonment. Nadine’s failure to fit into the behavior standards set for women result in her inability to form a peer cluster throughout her youth. Likewise, after failing to sacrifice herself for her friends and family, Nadine’s mother, brother, best friend and love interest have all abandoned her. Furthermore, Nadine’s father’s death was a kind of abandonment, and unfortunately, this trauma heightens Nadine’s sensitivity to betrayal in her relationships. Clark explains that “the consequences of ripped-apart family system remain a constant source of brokenness throughout one’s life” (48). Moreover, Nadine, like other adolescents, feels pressure to meet the unrealistic expectations assigned to her in part because she is immersed in a larger “culture of abandonment” in which social institutions and adults abandon their responsibilities to adolescents, and instead, they assume that adolescents should fulfill roles that serve adult interests (Clark 27) . Nadine’s mother demonstrates this attitude because she believes that her teens should sit on a pedestal to serve her emotional needs. Unfortunately, for Nadine and many other teens, a willingness to meet these conflicting expectations will not automatically lead to their independent flourishing and success; More often than not, it leads to a sacrifice of intrinsic motivation and

The Fault in Our Stars was a book with an amazing plot and characters. The characters were easy to relate to and love. The love story simply was fantastic; I really enjoyed following the adventures of Hazel and Gus!

Teen delinquency can also arise when a teen’s parent is incarcerated. Teens that have a parent in prison are affected emotionally, behaviorally and psychologically (Johnson 461). The incarceration of a parent can gravely affect an individual because the parent is not prevalent throughout the teen’s life. The teen then becomes angry and acts out because they have so much emotional pain bottled up inside. “The children of incarcerated parents are at a high risk for a number of negative behaviors that can lead to school failure, delinquency, and intergenerational incarceration” (Simmons 10). Teens with incarcerated parents lack the assistance of parental figures. In True Notebooks, Sister Janet says that the incarcerated teens never had anyone to lead them in the right path or show that adults care about them. She says that because of the lack of direction the teens never had the opportunity to do better for themselves (Salzman 26). There is also a major cycle that exists between incarcerated parents and their children that puts these teens at risk. On April 10th of 2008, a conference at Bryant University was held to discuss the concerning issues of teens with incarcerated parents. During the conference, Patricia Martinez, director of the Rhode Island Department of Children: Youth and families stated that “We want to break the cycle of intergenerational crime. I have heard of so many caseloads managing 18-year-olds who had a parent

harm that the expectations of the parents could cause. At the end of the day, the situation is rather

Specific Purpose: The purpose is to examine parent-adolescent relationships and peer-adolescent relationships to determine the effects it gives an adolescent in their behavior. The results gathered will bring about factors and ways the adolescents get along with their parents and peers. The findings can indicate what it is that changes their behavior. More information about the adolescent’s life styles at home and outside of home can lead to more ways in which adolescents change their behavior more aggressive.