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After all, should not all people be outraged when a child is beaten to death?
However, my grandfather's death brought up issues that the family had failed to address. Some of my mom's siblings mourned my grandfather, though he had not been a regular part of their lives for a period of more than 20 years. They complained that my step-grandmother had deprived them of the opportunity to get an apology from their father. My mother disagreed with her siblings, firmly believing that her father had had almost a quarter of a decade to apologize to them and had failed to do so; he was the one who gave up his chance to apologize. When her siblings decided to file a wrongful death suit, my mother backed away from the dispute. She told her kids that she had made a choice years before between happiness and having her father in her life, and the circumstances of his death did not change the circumstances of his life.
A year after this suit, I see my aunts and uncles struggling with the emotional and financial aftermath of an unsuccessful lawsuit, and I understand why my mother backed away from the dispute. She made me realize...
That does not preclude forgiveness, because forgiveness is not the same thing as reconciliation. Instead, what it means is that a person has to make their mental health and safety, as well as the mental health and safety of any people they brought into this world, their priorities. The second important lesson that I learned from her is that if you are thinking about burning a bridge, make sure that bridge does not lead to anywhere you might ever want to revisit. When my Mom started to consider her emotions about what happened with my grandfather, rather than how his siblings were feeling about it, she realized that she had settled her issues with him years before. His death neither added nor detracted from the relationship they had. In the end, though her father died the death she had imagined for him hundreds of time, this death brought nothing to my mother. What she realized, and the message I feel I must share with people, is that living well is not the best revenge; the secret is that, if you live well, you no longer feel the…
This, like many of the New Yorker's cartoons, is supposed to be funny, but falls short of that mark. Besides the ultimate simplicity of the joke (which might appeal to second-graders, there is the question of WHY this bandaged man sat down to play another game of chess with his violent opponent. The joke is overly simple and at the same time it doesn't make a whole lot of
gamut of subjects related to American history. The underlying themes of the course included race, class, gender, and power. Books such as Lies My Teacher Told Me and Zinn's People's History of the United States present a more rounded overview and analysis of historical events than what is typically offered in public school textbooks or in popular media. Modern resources ranging from newspaper and magazine articles to film and
4. I am grateful for my education, even though I complain about dragging myself to school. I am so fortunate that I have this time in my life to focus on learning. Every day I learn something new, whether I like it or not! 5. The animals in my life never judge me; animals always show me kindness and understanding and illustrate that without words it is still possible to speak
Education Scenario Response from District Superintendent Bill James How did the parents' letter make you feel? Be candid in your response. How did I feel when reading this belligerent letter? My first impression after reading half way through the letter was, here is a member of (or an ideological believer in) the Tea Party and the school's multicultural programs give him a perfect opportunity to rage against immigration. Reading all the way through,
Expression of Distinct Group Identities Social Identity Theory Laboratory Report Simultaneous Expression of Distinct Group Identities Social identity theory holds that an individual's self-esteem is tied to the groups they belong to and accordingly view themselves as having group traits. The existence of group identity was investigated in the present study by interviewing queued drivers after they experienced a suspected outgroup intrusion into the petrol queue ahead of them. Socioeconomic status, in terms
Genetic Disease Diagnosis, Screening, Treatment, And Advocacy This case study involves a couple who are expecting a child. Testing has been conducted identifying the unborn child having the condition of Tay-Sachs disease. The nurse in this scenario will identify interdisciplinary team members and create a teaching plan to educate the couple about this disease. This work in writing will discuss three ethical implications regarding the availability of personal genetic information and