The production companies, Paramount Pictures, Broadway Video and SNL studios, all came together to release the infamous teen comedy movie, Mean Girls which premiered on April 30,2004. This movie was written by Rosalind Wiseman, and was directed by Mark Waters. It grasped the attention of a wide audience because the issues that the main character encountered are relatable. The rules of high school are applicable to many life situations. This movie sheds light on real sociological issues; moreover, that includes bullying, weight obsession and peer pressure.…
There are many theories that could be brought about with youth gangs. Lifestyle and Routine Activity are theories that could be best explained when it comes to youth gangs. Youth gangs partake in many situations where it becomes a lifestyle. Not all youth gangs are the same, so each of them would react off of something different. For example, if there is someone who wants to become part of a particular gang; they will do anything they possible can to join. Once a youth become accustomed to their way of life by being in a gang; everything starts to occur naturally. The next step that will follow after this is the routine activity. A youth can becomes involved in a gang and start to realize that there are certain things you have to do. Committing…
I heard once that Snoop Dogg said it ain’t nothin wrong with joining a gang…
This place was set-up just like the one in Mean Girls, I kid you not. There were certain tables for certain clique's, it's been that way since I started going here. The thing was though, the clique's liked to switch it up every once in awhile and move to a different table, which I wasn't very fond of. I hate change.…
Yes, I do. Juvenile gangs I think are more dangerous. They are more dangerous to me because it seem like they tend to get away with things like crime. Young adult are more violence than mature adult which is why it is scary. Juvenile tend to go through with their criminal act more than adult. The reason they go through with is because they are still young minded, and they want to join the gang. Knowing juvenile gang is rising in many states including North Carolina, it is alarmingly scary to me. I am very concern, and I hope we as society can do something about the situation.…
In the article “The Code of the Street and African-American Adolescent Violence,” Erik A. Stewart opposes the research that Elijah Anderson has done. Anderson explains high rates of violence among African-American adolescents. Observing life in a Philadelphia African-American neighborhood, Anderson saw that economic disadvantage; Stewart begins by using the example of Anderson’s research on urban communities. The discussion on how Elijah Anderson conducted research on the living in poor and violent environment can cause young people to adopt the code of the street as a life style guide. With a synopsis made by Elijah Anderson which informed people of the reasons why the result of the observations were true. The reasoning was that urban communities lack either education or came from ‘broken homes.…
Scenario 1: Two high school boys get into an argument after school. Jim, an African American honor student, punches Joe a Caucasian student who is known for bullying the other students at his school. After Jim punches Joe, Joe hits his head on a concrete sidewalk, inflicting severe head trauma. Two days later, Joe dies. Classify this crime as a murder.…
Research done has proven that there is existence of female gang members and their population increasing as days goes by. Female gangs are said to be more dangerous than their male counterparts, this is because they act so innocent and strike when you least expect them to do.…
So why not put all those three things together and sign up to run the Chicago Marathon?! I'm fundraising $1,500 for Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program for girls in 3rd through 8th grade. This program teaches life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and running games. Girls need the empowerment and self esteem to believe that whatever they set their mind to they can do it. I'm an example of that myself. All through elementary-high school I was the most unathletic girl I knew of. I decided in 2015 to sign up for a marathon.…
The American Dream is known as this national pride of the United States. It symbolizes the rights of democracy, liberty, opportunity, and equality that can be attained by all hardworking members in society. The idea itself represents opportunity for happiness, success, and escape from otherworldly problems an individual may have faced in their lifetime. For as long as this ideal has been in place, there have been those who argue of its existence or its truthfulness.…
A. Community-chosen programs to lure youth, keep them busy and happy, and even motivate them to change their ways.…
I always keep this poem and picture in my wallet. I take it everywhere with me because it means quite a lot to me in two very different ways. One of those ways is because it holds sentimental value. When I was younger I learned to read very late in life and I was always so embarrassed of that. My father knew that I was struggling and bought me the book, Where the Sidewalk Ends. It is a book full of poems and little pictures written by Shel Silverstein. I remember opening the book to ta random page, and it was the page with this poem. I then remember my dad asking me to read it to him. I was so uncomfortable, even thought I was just going to be reading to my dad. He gave me some words of encouragement, and even thought I was not able to read…
Although these four pre-teens all come with their own physical and emotional misfortune, they stick together through out this journey in which flashbacks and personalities reveal the lives and struggles of the four boys. This paper will analyze each one of these main characters and discuss how communication, and self-concept, affects their individuality, and their interactions.…
Sailing is one of the only things that I have done since I was little. Ballet, I did that for a while, and then skipped that. My obsession with fashion designing, however, definitely grew out of it. Dora the Explorer, well, it would be weird if I still liked that. We still sail, and I had always heard adrenalin rushing stories of adventure on sailing trips or racing. I never thought I would live one of those, especially without my parents and even weirder, on a girl scout camping trip. Anyone who has been a part of Girl Scouts, knows that there is a safety rule for EVERYTHING. There are a safety rules for the safety rules, which is why my parents let me be a part of the trip with seven girls and a captain I and my parents had never met before.…
By now, you've probably heard there's a "war against boys" in America. The latest heavily-hyped right-wing fusillade against feminism, led by Christina Hoff Sommers's new book of that title, claims that men are now the second sex and that boys--not girls--are the ones who are in serious trouble, the "victims" of "misguided" feminist efforts to protect and promote girls' development. At the same time, best-selling books by therapists, like William Pollack's Real Boys and Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson's Raising Cain, also sound the same tocsin, warning of alarming levels of depression and suicide among boys, and describing boys' interior lives as an emotionally barren landscape, with all affect suppressed beneath postures of false bravado. They counsel anguished parents to "rescue" or "protect" boys--not from feminists but from a definition of masculinity that is harmful to boys, girls, and other living things.…