Helping Josie HN430 Advocacy for Families and Youth June 18‚ 2013 Helping Josie Josie is an eleven year old‚ bi-racial female who lives with her mother. She has a history of learning and behavioral problems in school‚ home and the community. She was recently told she could not continue to participate on her school’s soccer team or in the after school program because of her behavior and has stated that she is depressed and does not care about living anymore. During
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“Wake up‚” Josie Said to me as she pulled the comforter off of my bed. “Five more minutes‚” I slowly griped. “No‚ we have to get our bags packed‚ today’s the day‚” Said Josie. I got up‚ my bones aching worse than a two day old flu shot‚ and my head spinning quicker than a hurricane. Once I was ready to go downstairs‚ I picked up a blanket lying on the floor‚ I then wrapped it around my half naked body‚ and I walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs I headed. When I go down the never
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wedding‚ a wedding is the greatest celebration of all! It’s beautiful; there’s sweet smelling flowers from the meadows surrounding the church. We’re a poor family in a poor village‚ but today we won’t let anything stop us‚ today is a happy day. Looking up at the church‚ I’ve never realised
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An Interesting look into John Jacob Astor and the American Fur Trade Upon winning the Revolutionary War Americans were filled with a compulsion to manifest their destiny. They were Gods chosen people after all. What could possibly come in the way of them achieving what was their God given right‚ their destiny? The fur trade draws its roots from early exploration in America. The fur trade was an entirely simple concept that relied on pillaging mother nature ’s resources to turn the
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Speech- Social & Cultural Diversity “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” During the time of reading Looking for Alibrandi‚ I tried to pay attention to the main concepts of the book and what we are studying in class of social and cultural diversity. How does the statement “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all
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Eric Maier 3rd hour Pop Lit 2-22-11 “Josie Cormier’s Way of Life” Philosophy: Josie believes that she constantly has to battle with everyone to try and fit in and feels as though she is still not accepted. She never was sure about who she was‚ and could not act the way she wanted to with her new group of friends without her fear of their criticism. Josie Cormier and Peter Houghton were the ideal best friends growing up. The two of them were almost always together. The two of them never
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Before his twentieth birthday‚ John asked for a one thousand dollar loan from his father to start his own business. Of course‚ at the prevailing interest rate‚ and payable on demand. With this money‚ John Rockefeller‚ along with a neighbor Maurice Clark‚ started Clark & Rockefeller; commission merchants in grain‚ hay‚ meats‚ and miscellaneous goods. Business for the first year was good‚ bringing in a $450‚000 gross with profits of $4‚400. Continuing the commodity business‚ profits were $17‚000 the
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Chillicothe‚ Ohio. My parents named me Josie Dawn Hackney because of my grandpa and step-grandpa. Josie comes from Joseph and Dawn comes from Donald. I used to hate my name but when I found out when where it came from‚ then I realized how much it means to my mom now my name just kind of grew with me. I was a 7 pound 8-ounce baby and that is kind of big to be a 5-week early twin. Since I was brought home from the hospital‚ I have lived in Oak Hill‚ Ohio my whole life. It is not a bad place to live‚ but
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If there is one time of life when everything comes into focus‚ it has to be your high school years. Looking for Alaska cannot be merely written off as a typical boy-meets-girl love story‚ because it isn’t. As Miles Halter or “Pudge” craves for “the Great Perhaps”‚ he heads to the world of Culver Creek Boarding School‚ wherein he met the beautiful‚ mysterious and emotionally confused Alaska Young and in his life nothing is ever the same again. John Green is a bestselling author of Young Adult fictions
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more then the meaning of life but also the meaning of love‚ friendship‚ disaster and hope. Looking For Alaska by John Green is a heart wrenching tale of two young people’s journey to find their way in the world. After Miles “Pudge” Halter’s search for the great perhaps gets spun around when he is taken to Culver Creek Preparatory School and meets alaska young his search for the great perhaps is transformed into a search for a meaning behind the way he feels. Thou Looking For Alaska is suitable for
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