CLAUDIA’S STORY : Green Pyjamas Summary Claudia’s parents have been quarrelling a lot. Finaly‚ her father goes off to to live with Granny. Granny is Claudia’s grandmother. Claudia goes over to spend time with her father but is afraid to upset her mother. She learns his father has a girlfriend called Stella. Claudia meets her at Christmas and is furious with her father for staging that meeting. Claudia’s father moves in with Stella. Claudia ignores her all the time. She feels disloyal to her mumas
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Children of alcoholic parents are not necessarily doomed to a dysfunctional existence. There are many factors that contribute to a positive or negative outcome of a child that was exposed to an alcoholic household. Some children of alcoholics may act more responsible within the family and among friends. They may cope with the alcoholism by becoming overachievers throughout school‚ and at the same time be emotionally isolated from other children and teachers. Their emotional problems may
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My father was an alcoholic‚ an angry one at that‚ so after a few drinks he was like a ticking time bomb just waiting for a fuse so he could explode. My sister and I took the worst of it. He had this thing about him where he would say the most hateful things just to put you down. I couldn’t help but to believe him; I couldn’t help but think “Maybe he is right”. I think the reason I believed him for so long was because he my father. Having an alcoholic as a father caused me to have emotional problems
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YEAST LAB REPORT PART I: ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION Research Question: What will be the effect of increasing the number of yeast cells on the rate of fermentation? State your answer as a general hypothesis: Rate of fermentation: Amount of CO2 gas produced over a unit of time METHODS Table 1: Contents of the Yeast Fermentation Tubes | |Volume (milliliters) That You Need to Add | |Fermentation
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The book “12 Years a Slave‚” which was written in the year 1853‚ is a story that narrates the encounters of a black Citizen of New York‚ Solomon Northup‚ who was kidnapped in the City of Washington in 1841 and sold to work to work in a coffee plantation. Northup was later rescued in 1853. Solomon Northup was born as a free black man‚ enticed to the south‚ kidnapped‚ as well as sold into slavery. The narrative of “Twelve Years a Slave” is outstanding as a significant piece of literature relating to
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Distillation of Alcoholic Beverages Pamela Mallari*‚ Symon Manuel‚ Katherine Merene and Charlene Mondelo Department of Chemistry‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines Abstract Distillation is a physical process used to separate chemicals from a mixture by the difference in how easily they vaporize. This experiment aims to (1) compare the efficiency of simple and fractional distillation‚ (2) distill and calculate the % of ethanol and (3) determine the % loss in distillation. Two
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learned what it waslike to have a truly wicked stepfather. Richard Clayton Harwick’s long hidden journal provides an inner tale that triggers off‚ one by one‚each of the stories of the listening children. It turns out eventually that they all have step parents‚ somekind‚ some bad‚ some just plain wrong and so they tell each other their stories. After listening to Richard’sstory‚ each of the five tells his or her own. Their stories are powerful and intensely moving tales of childrenstruggling with
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Christmas Tradition All over the world people have their own traditions and customs. Some traditions and customs have been passed on to generation to generation‚ others are beginning to build their own whether they choose a holiday‚ a summer vacation‚ or a special event to celebrate each year. My family tradition did not come from generations past; however‚ ours began when my parents started their own family as husband and wife. My parents did not have any traditions in there generation. My mom
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Impacts of Twelve Hour vs. Eight Hour Shifts on Patient Safety Impacts of Twelve Hour Shifts vs. Eight Hour Shifts on Patient Safety Nurses usually work twelve hour shifts and it has become a common policy of shift rotation in majority of hospitals and other health-care facilities in United States and it is also being followed in several countries all over the world. When compared‚ there are several advantages and disadvantages for the patients and also for the nurses
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Running Header: INTERVENTIONS FOR FUNCTIONING ALCOHOLIC PARENTS Interventions for Functioning Alcoholic Parents Many parents in society are functioning alcoholics. These parents are often not looked at as a problem because they maintain jobs‚ get their children to school. However‚ the impact they have on their family live is horrendous can become very damaging. These parents need an intervention just as much as any other alcoholic. They may appear to be functioning but their lives
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