Posted in School and Schooling on May 17th, 2011 8 Comments »
Every year for eighteen years, beginning when you’re about five or six years old, children go to school eight hours a day, five days a week. Throughout fourteen of those years, while you’re going through grade school, you are learning some variation of something that was previously taught and learned; it’s just a little more […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Early gender development in children
The documentary “Our America with Lisa Ling: Transgendered Child,” discusses how children with gender issues know or feel that they are developing in the wrong body. They learn how to associate themselves with the other sex just as a normal person would develop gender identity of their birth sex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5P9kUz0yO0
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Childhood in Africa
Childhood in Africa is almost barbaric. It resembles childhood when the concept was first emerging in America. A majority of the population in Africa are extremely poor and therefore in bad health. Aids and other diseases leave many children parentless and surviving on their own. African children begin working at a very early age just […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Gender Identity Disorder
Until I saw the 20/20 special, My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children, I never really knew or understand what being transgendered was. It was able to approach a very controversial topic with little bias and explain the mindset of someone who is diagnosed with gender identity disorder. As children grow up, they assume […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Educate to Innovate
Until hearing about the program in class, I was unaware of the initiative the administration of President Obama took to improve the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs in the United States. Although the school system in America is sufficient and successful, it is lacking in science and mathematics compared to various other countries. […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Childhood Depression
The article begins about a 4- year old boy, Kiran, who, according to his parents, rarely acts up and is often obedient. His parent began to see worrying signs that concerned them. Kiran was not having fun and was often bored at everything. When they took him to Disneyland, he responded that “Mickey lies, dreams […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on designer babies
It is very scary that this doctor says he might be able to do this within the next couple of years. I absolutely agree with what Arthur Caplan says in the second part of the video.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Designer Babies
Imagine creating your perfect baby, kind of like children create their perfect teddy bears in Build-A-Bear. Imagine picking its gender, eye color, hair color, height, weight, intelligence level etc. This baby would be created just for you! This might sound impossible, but in fact it isn’t. Up until about ten years ago, it was just […]
Posted in Social and Emotional Development on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Kilbourne’s Argument
Throughout the Jean Kilbourne “Killing Us Softly” videos, it is argued that media advertising is no longer about the product or service, but rather they are subliminal messages that try to generalize and define the concepts of gender and gender roles within society. Masculinity is defined through violence and superiority while femininity is usually portrayed […]
Posted in Extra Credit on May 17th, 2011 Comments Off on Dentyne Ice Commercial
This was the commercial I spoke about in the post about sexual advertising. I think these commercials are ridiculous. They completely took condom commercials and just replaces the object they intend to sell and we make it okay for our children to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZuBNH6d00
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