"The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting"
by Nancy Gibbs
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1940395,00.html
Parents are the very people that nurture us, care for us, teach us everything we need to know for the life ahead of us. They parent us, though a recent concern has arisen regarding "overparenting". Overparenting refers to parents who are involved in their children's lives at abnormally high levels. These parents are in control of every miniscule detail in their child's every day activity. Also known as "helicopter parenting", these parents hover over their children in hopes that they will become the "perfect" child. Although this way of parenting does have its benefits, all parents should know and follow the advice of D.H. Lawrence: "How to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule: leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning." Helicopter parents take great care when it comes to their children. They're the parents that hire professionals for their child's inability to create masterpieces, make every night a school night, and confiscate pencils for their potential danger. It is this fear that limits a child's experiences; the very thing that shape who they are and who they will become. To deprive children of their imagination does them a great disservice. Children must learn how to fall before they know to pick themselves up.
There should definitely be precautions based on rational safety rules, like seat belts and protective gear. It's the illogical precautions that attract attention. Parents have taken the extreme of photographing their child every morning. In case their child were to go missing, they have a current photo showing what they were wearing that day. It's these very extents that some parents go to for the sake of "protecting" their child, when in retrospect they're merely interfering. Children grow to become very dependent on their parents, lowering their ability to mature and gain independence. It's impractical to attempt to create a perfectly safe world for children. Parents shudder at the thought of allowing children to go to the store alone, while allowing them to ride in a car or taking showers alone have the same potential danger. Parents should trust children at a certain point with their own personal responsibility. A child will never know how to be safe if they're not aware of the dangers.
One of the major downfalls of this way of parenting is the deficit of learning experience. Parents attempt to perfect their child, making every effort to eliminate the mistakes. They completely disregard the fact that mistakes are the most important part of one's life. This is the mindset that motivates foreign language classes before the 5th grade and reduced outdoors time for the sake of longer classes. The effect magnifies when parents find their child "gifted", one of the most inadequate ways to classify a child. The parent of the child with a knack for music decides to find every possible music instructor to train them on their preset career path to stardom. Children lose interest the instant it becomes something they must do, rather than something they want to do.
Is this truly what children need? Parents are definitely to be involved, but is it right to spoon-feed a child, holding their hand through ever experience? It's counterintuitive to believe that the more involved, the better. Parents should initially provide breathing room for their children, and let nature run its course.
Critical Response Essay - "Over"parenting
The Great Gatsby vs. Death of A Salesman
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller share its set of similarities and differences. Both stories detail the slow downfall of the protagonist. Both stories also include the elements of secrecy and hiding things from others. The multiple philanderers between the two stories suffer with distraught after attempting to hide their affairs, creating difficult situations for them. The books are different in that the problems faced by the protagonists are different, but in the end the two become highly unsatisfied with the course of their lives and makes drastic, illogical decisions.
In the Great Gatsby, the opulent Jay Gatsby expresses a deep interest in the married Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby poses his interest to her cousin, Nick Carraway in hopes of getting closer to Daisy. As Gatsby makes progress towards persuading Daisy, they rekindle and old fire of their past relationship. As daisy has an affair with Gatsby, little does she know of her husband, Tom Buchanan, and his affair with Myrtle Wilson. As the unfaithful couple cheats, they become closer and closer to their lovers, and drift farther apart from their own marriage. Tom and Daisy spend less and less time together, in order to have more time with Gatsby or Myrtle. This predictably causes a sense of unrest between the two, as they become more bitter towards each other. As the situation becomes more serious, secrets begin to emerge. Tom discovers his wife's affair with Gatsby, Myrtle's husband, George Wilson discovers his wife is unfaithful. When Tom informs George whom he thought was driving the vehicle that killed Myrtle, George sought revenge. Wilson shot Gatsby, directly before shooting himself. Gatsby's involvement in Daisy directly relates to the chain of events that lead to his death. Had he not been involved with Daisy, they wouldn't have been driving in the car together that night of Myrtle's death.
In Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is an aged man who no longer makes an adequate living for his family. Committed to the American dream, Willy believes that he will be able to make money due to his selling ability and "contacts". In reality though, no business is willing to offer him a job. Willy Loman gradually loses his mind throughout the story, attempting to kill himself several times, and hallucinating, seeing deceased friends and family in his imagination. Willy has a troubled relationship with his family, especially his sons Biff and Happy, both of which are jobless and unsuccessful. Willy implores the two to seek work and do something with their lives. Willy and Biff's agitated relationship began when Biff discovered his father having an affair. From that point on, there was always a disturbance between the two. Had Willy not been unfaithful, his relationship with his son could have potentially ended up better. This rocky bond between them caused Willy to become depressed and eventually made him lose his ability to work. Willy ultimately killed himself due to the fact that his uneasy relationships with friends, family, and business partners drove him insane and suicidal.
The main difference in the two stories is the contrast in class between the two protagonists. Gatsby, being a wealthy, lavish man living a luxurious life, versus Willy Loman's struggle to put food on the table. The two men also desire different things, where Gatsby seeks the woman of his dreams, whereas Willy looks for wealth and business. The fact that they both desire something so deeply, that it indirectly, killed them both, teaches a very important lesson. Regardless of social class, wealth, or status, one always has the potential to have a great downfall.
The two stories, The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman both teach critically important lessons. Although the scope of the story is slightly different, they have their similarities somewhere along the story line. Even with the major differences of character and situation, they both converge to teach an even better (aforementioned) lesson. It's vital that one realizes the causes and effects in this series of events that eventually caused a tragic death for both protagonists.
Los Mese Del Año - con Luna
Proyecto de Español - La Leyndas
En la clase de Español, estudiamos sobre a la leyenda. Investigamos nuestro la leyendas. Antes de la investigación, entrevistamos personas hable hispaña, sobre la leyendas.
1. He escuchado que hubo muchas veces que personas hayan visto a la virgen.
2. He escuchado que a habido apariciones en un arbol y and un pan tostado.
3. El Padre del la Resureccion en Escondido.
4. Cuando iba a La Resureccion. en Escondido. Cuando tenia alrededor de once anos.
5. Se que Juan se encontro con la virgen maria y ella le dijo que necesitaba un templo encima del monte. Entoces Juan fue con el sacerdote para decirle de esto pero el sacerdote no le creyo. Despues de esto Juan fue al monte otra vez y ayi aparecio la virgen otra vez. Ella le dice que el tio de Juan estaba muy enfermo, pero wue ella ya lo abia curado. Juan decidio ir con el sacerdote y cuando el sacerdote le dijo que comprobara que esto era cierto Juan abrio su ropa y ayi estaba la imagen de al virgen con flores que solo crecian en ese monte.
Math III - Marble Shooter Project
The first step we took in the Marble Shooter project was to learn the various equations required for this project. These variables include the ∆y, or the height at which the marble reached, ∆x, which is the distance the marble traveled horizontally, the ∆t, which is the amount of time the marble was airborne, and the Vi, the initial velocity at which the marble was launched. The equations that these values are used are as shown:
| Horizontal | Vertical |
| a= 0 m/s2 Vxi = Vicosø ∆x = ∆t = | a = -9.81 m/s2 Vyi = Visinø ∆y = ∆t = |
| Vxf = Vxi ∆x = Vxi∆t | Vyf = Vyi + a∆t ∆y = Vyi∆t + 1/2a(∆t) |
The following shows how the horizontal distance relates to the angle of launch
The following graph shows how the Vertical PEAK relates to the angle of launch.
Video of Test Shot: http://www.annegloag.com/AlgebraII/102CANON/MVI_0431.AVI