For this question I said that I think the greatest joys and hopes of being a parent are seeing that your child has done the best of their ability in school and seeing your child graduate from high school and college. ... My grandfather said that the most difficult part of being a teen is being a good Christian. ... But, I added that I think an important thing about high school is being social. ... He also had another question which was, "Are you going to strive to be a good Christian?" ... I would try my hardest to get a good education and I would also strive to be a good Christian. ...

• Word Count: 1708
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with his or her immediate surroundings such as family, school, neighborhood, or childcare environments. ... I always got my clothes handed down to me from my sisters who got their clothes from a little place called the Christian Outreach. ... The more fortunate kids at school would make comments regarding our clothes, saying stuff like "tell your mom to get a job and buy you a dress that isn't from the 1800's". ... She now has a great job and her job is getting ready to send her to school for her LPN. ...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After Dee gets her education, she starts to view her family from a judgmental perspective (Christian 87). ... Mama's school was closed down and no one ever tried to open it back up again (Bauer 5 of 6). ... Dee only returns to her roots because they are considered "fashionable now" (Christian 86-87). ... Dee thinks that the quilts that have been passed down should be hung up for show (Christian 87). ... "For Maggie appreciates the people who made them, while Dee can only possess the priceless products " (Christian 87). ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to December 1992 Current Thoughts & Trends (a monthly print magazine that provide reliable information on what's happening in the Christian and secular worlds), 94% of clergy families felt under pressure to have the "ideal" family (Pastor 2). ... For many P.K's, it is hard to make friends at school without them criticizing or making fun of them because of who their parents are (Robinson 2). ... As a teenager, his parents saw a growing rebellious side of Franklin and sent him to a Christian boarding school to help discipline him. ... If I got in trouble in school or got ...

• Word Count: 1813
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I was to wake the boys up, make sure they get washed, brush their teeth, eat breakfast and start school work since they were home schooled. ... I am a Christian and have attended other Christian denomination churches. ...

• Word Count: 1807
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

She always says that she did not have chance to finish school so she wants me and my sister to do that for her. ... I did well in school and always my parent's pride. I went to the best high school in the city and always had good grades. ... We are not Christians, but virginity is very important for Asian women. ... Sometimes I just hoped that he would ask me about my boyfriends, school, but he rarely did. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

If your child does not want to go to school or seems not to want to visit the other parent, he/she may be concerned about your well-being. ... Students (and, indeed staff) bring into school all manner of concerns and influences and issues that are current in society. ... Post September 11th, tensions might appear between white Christian groups and those who are, or are assumed to be, Muslim. ... Some common responses on worries outside school could be; Money - not having enough of it, getting into debt, for some, gambling. ...

• Word Count: 1707
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He wanted me to work more hours at my after school job and cut back on my extracurricular activities. ... "In school the science had explained what superstition was, and then held science book up for the class to see the true source of explanations."" ... Without these creation stories the Kiowa's would have no sense of culture or belonging, much like the Bible tells the creation of Christians, much like my grandmothers story told me where my roots were. ...

• Word Count: 1461
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One thing that I found interesting was that when a Christian or catholic wedding took place in Pakistan, marital residence was patrilocal whereas here, marital residence is usually neolocal. ... Zohra has the same perceptions today that she had when she was living in Pakistan because she attended a catholic private school where she had much interaction and explanation from the mostly British and American teachers. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The kids never realized that they were living a different life than other kids until they are sent to school and James, the youngest of twelve children asks his mother why she doesn't look like the other children's mom's. ... Rachel was constantly critiqued by her old family friends for marrying a black man twice and raising her children Christian. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

For if the girls had strong family they would be able to stand up to harassment in school form male peers and faculty. ... Fundamentalist Christians counter picket GLBT pride parades stating that homosexuality is a sin. ...

• Word Count: 1354
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My father and mother both worked in labor camps while we went to school. ... We caught the early bus, that way we were able to have the free breakfast served by the school. ... She taught us, and by the time we attended school we were fluent. ... My mom did not want them to play any school sports because that was manly of them to do that. ... Both my parents are Christians. ...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

My mother is a God-fearing Christian and I look up to her tremendously. ... The summer after my family moved, I went to visit my mother before I had to go back home to Lake Village, Arkansas, and begin my junior year of high school. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The next day Msimangu takes Kumalo to Claremont; the squalor and shoddiness of the surroundings daunts Kumalo Msimangu leaves him at Gertrude's door and waits for him in the house next door. A raucous laughter can be heard from, behind the door, Kumalo apprehensively knocks at the door. Ther...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The P family's ethnicity and race can be described as lower-middle class, Caucasian, and Christian. ... They feel that everything they need, such as healthcare, schools, and grocery stores, are very accessible. ...

• Word Count: 2116
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A child who is picked on at school for having same-sex parents will lead a different lifestyle than a child who is picked on for their appearance. ... Paul Minnesota digs in depth into the Christian bible, which is the most common source for use of disagreement, that same-sex marriage was the compromise of Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 which states that it's better to marry than live with sexual desires. ...

• Word Count: 1956
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

They scare me into trying my hardest in school, but that has shaped me into a good student, and even a better person. ... Christian, my friend since first grade, is the main reason I got into gaming. ...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School