The Negative Speech On Intelligence

Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform my audience on the importance of vaccinating their children. My central idea is that current education is too lax, we need to better educate our new parents on the importance of vaccinations.

Everyone is intelligence, it is just that some people have different strengths when it comes to applying that intelligence whether it be in english, math, or even sports. In the essay “Hidden Intelligence” by Gerald Graff, the author argues that there are different types of intelligences besides what is commonly known as academic intelligence, one of which he calls “street smarts,” and that schools are missing the opportunity to use these types of intelligence and integrate them into academics. While Graff does make some valid points about the types of intelligence and how it can be used to help students become better, there are flaws in his argument.

"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate. (Anonymous)” In the 1980 Chicago slums this quote couldn’t be truer. The slums were/are a terrible place for not just children, but everyone to live. The Henry Horner homes in particular are full of death, drugs, and poverty. This may not seem like the greatest place for children to be raised, but for some, they know nothing different. The constant gang trouble, drug trafficking, and hiding from stray bullets are an everyday occurrence for people living in these government housing complexes. The devastation is a never-ending cycle. The parents get into drugs and violence, and the children have no choice but to imitate their parents

There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz tells the harrowing story of the Rivers family and their shocking experiences living in an underserved Chicago public housing project. The story focuses on Lafayette, a middle school aged boy discovering his identity, Pharoah, an elementary school aged boy with high ambition and goals, and their resilient mother LaJoe. Matza’s Techniques of Neutralization discuss how people can create rationalizations to justify delinquencies and crimes. Specifically applicable to There Are No Children Here is the theory of Denial of Responsibility which occurs when the perpetrator of an offense claims the situation was out of their control, they did not know the law, they were a victim of circumstance, or they were acted upon by outside forces rather than acting themselves. The second theory applicable to There Are No Children Here is Becker’s theory of Master Status. The theory of Master Status states that labels can take on a “master status” and can have an enormous influence and once you’ve been labeled, then define you. These theories aid in understanding how the pattern of violence and destruction is perpetuated in the projects of Chicago and the misfortune in the Rivers family.

In any case, a parent or guardian’s child is their number one priority. Across the nation, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, and younger relatives are adored and loved by their family. Most will receive vaccines, but a few will not. Despite the families’ differing points of view, they all have one something in common: the children all attend school. There is an immense risk when allowing unvaccinated children to attend the nation’s schools. Two authors of a recently read article can further support the claim. “We found that unvaccinated

For the most part, intelligent people are not appreciated for their astuteness. This often tends to hinder their emotional development as they rarely find someone who can think on their level or have mutual emotions towards things. Which can make intelligent people feel more sad, depressed, or even lonely at times. Having this information brought to my attention has intrigued me in the recently read and discussed paper on “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids.” When I had finished reading that paper I had found myself interested in the part where he states, and I quote, “This argument, however, merely accounts for the perpetuation of…feelings. Those feelings must also originate somewhere…ignoring intellectuals both in school and later on in life crushes its victims” (NFG 755-757). That part left me questioning, how do people earn the title of intelligence or are there different types of intelligence? Does that mean our society reveres more standard or emotional intelligence?

“Education in our country is the social service equivalent of Katrina. Part of the challenge that we face in this nation is that we have to confront the fact that we have systems that are designed essentially to fail kids,” states Geoffrey Canada in his address at the Social Justice Leadership Conference (Newport, 2011). Canada has an innate ability to blatantly state the problems facing communities in this country. However he is not just talking; he is doing something about it.

Consequently, it becomes vital for all children who attend school to receive proper vaccinations. Due to the simple fact that not only do vaccinations protect the children who receives the administered shots, it also protects other children in the school. Subsequently, if children do not receive proper vaccinations it will endanger “both the health of the children themselves as well as others who would not be exposed to preventable illnesses” (Daley, Glanz). Once one child obtains a disease, it

A child living in the 21st century is no stranger to poverty and the desperate lifestyles it promotes. Too often the case, children, living in families with incomes below the nation’s poverty line, are limited to criminal activities, low-level education, and blue-collar employment. Furthermore, years of economic strife in the United States have invited a cycle of poverty to predetermine the lives of children in poverty-stricken families, where they are raised with insufficient care and inadequate resources in unstable environments. Not that it is in any way the fault of the parents, whose financial situation isn’t always an accurate reflection of their parental capability, the government’s assumes the responsibility of removing children

These children will grow to become illiterate adults; with “no knowledge of their past or hope for the future” all they’ll live for is an “eternal present” filled with poverty, suffering, and misery. In the future these are the individuals who’ll seek out government assistance, with a false belief that they are incapable of succeeding on their own.

The “average” child is possibly the most wounded child in our school systems. These students often come away feeling that they are not smart and that their abilities are set in stone. Many experience shame that results in

After nursing staff enters immunization facts, CommunityWorks tabulates the data into a daily report. The quality department promptly reviews this document to ensure staff is immunizing every patient, unless the patient refuses, or providers determine contraindication. With the current point of care technology, management and nursing have the chance to correct missed patient-care opportunities during the encounter. The final opportunity is at discharge. Therefore, when physicians place discharge orders, a prompt will encourage nursing to complete the immunization administration one last

BBBST’s doesn’t work towards understanding why these children and youth might not have mentors in their lives – maybe their parents have to work multiple jobs in order to sustain the household or maybe their parents have to travel over an hour in order to get to work, thus limiting time with their children. BBBST does not question how in a capitalist society, ones survival is contingent on monetary value, thus inflicting mental and physical torture in order to put food on the table or a house over their heads becomes the norm and could very well be the reason children and youth may not have mentors. Thus, the rhetoric has to change from ‘how can we help these people?’ to ‘why are conditions this way?’ (Bickford & Reynolds, 2002). Within BBBST’s current framework societal effects are not questioned, individuals are simply just judged, historical repercussions are ignored and individuals are

The first thing that surprised me is how the organizations have taken serious the issue of children immunization. As noticed, all the organizations have done a lot of immunizations to children in the United States. Since there are many children who are born in the country, a majority of them have to go for various important immunizations. If children fail to be immunized, parents understand that they could run into health problems in future. Therefore, the high percentage of immunization that cuts across all the three selected organizations shows how parents in the United States as well as the health care organizations take serious the issue of protecting the new born children against vulnerable

-Operation Immunization is an organization that not only teaches about good health but also has the luxury of providing good health with vaccinations. What I love about this organization is that I can help educate the community on why vaccines are really helpful to one’s health and that there is no reason to believe that one should avoid vaccines. This misinformation that people hear that vaccines are dangerous makes me quite frustrated to be honest but I also am aware that I must respect people’s belief and do my best to build trust with patients and do my very best to educate them on the truth. Being a health educator is something I am strongly passionate about and that is a quality one must have to be a chair for Operation Immunization.