Rema Bittar
Short Paper Assignment
Almost everyone you look at in life has something that is very important to them and something they value very much. I don’t mean something that is valuable, in terms of how much money something is, but more along the lines more of something that someone keeps close to their heart or something with great meaning behind it. For example, your mom may have a favorite recipe she cherishes that her mother gave her. The recipe may mean nothing to one person, but to your mother, it may be a recipe her and her mom made together when she was growing up. Or, your younger sister may value a certain teddy bear because it was the first one she had ever received and uses it to sleep at night. It can be a song, an object, or even a certain saying that someone said to you. Something that I value is a bracelet that my older sister bought me.
This bracelet is one that I hold very close to my heart and it applies to pathos the most because it’s what the bracelet means to me on an emotional level. I received this bracelet on August 6, 2008, better known to me as my birthday. This month was my last month of summer before I left to attend The University of Toledo. I was excited and of course nervous to start somewhere new. Also, it meant being away from my family and my two sisters. My sister, Mayssa, is twenty years old and is only a year older than me. We are very close and have been since we were kids. My mom even held her back in fourth grade because she wanted us to go through school side by side. We have the same set of friends and pretty much do everything together and to be quite honest, we consider ourselves to be best friends. Moreover, we have had each other’s backs on absolutely everything and provide one another with the best advice possible. The college of Mayssa’s choice was Youngstown State University and I chose the University of Toledo. This was going to be the first time we were really going to be at a distance for a long time. We knew how weird it was going to be for us to go through college at the same time, but at a distance. Therefore, receiving that bracelet as a birthday and going away gift meant the world to me.
The little box the bracelet was in a little grey box labeled Things Remembered. I opened it to see the most beautiful bracelet wrapped in a little bit of tissue paper. She chose the color of the bracelet to be grey. The reason she chose that is because grey is my favorite color, to wear that is. I love wearing grey when I go out because it’s a simple, classy color that goes with everything and I love wearing jewelry. The color was perfect because the bracelet is really dressy so I could wear it when I was going out to dinner or a special event. It has two silver hearts on it, one that is smaller and the other bigger one has something engraved on both sides. One side has my initials, RB, the other side says Love you on it. The font is simple with the letters curved so it’s not just plain and ordinary. I tried it on immediately and it fit me perfectly.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Avoiding Plagiarism
To avoid plagirism, I made sure to use quotations around the quote if it was a direct quote from the author. Then, if I paraphrased something an author said, I made sure to cite it by including the author's last name, the year, and the page number I recieved my information from. Finally, I made sure to cite everything that I didn't come up with on my own.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Research Proposal
Research Proposal!
Statement of Interest: After Hurricane Katrina, all I could think about was how bad I felt for the kids who were suffering.
Topic: Child Poverty in the Gulf States after Hurricane Katrina
Research Question: In what ways did Hurricane Katrina affect the rate of child poverty in the Gulf States and the lives of the children?Main Claims:- Hurricane Katrina caused an increase in poverty in the Gulf States- Hurricane Katrina affected the lives of children on an educational, health and personal life basis
Methodology
I am going to use online sources/ books/magazines to collect data since I can’t personally go to the Gulf States and see the damage for myself. Charts, numbers and graphs will help prove the damage that Hurricane Katrina has caused.
Good Sources
Prince, Debra L., Kaye Pepper, and Kay Brocato."The Importance of Making the Well-Being of Children in." Early Childhood Education Journal 34.1 (2006): 21-28
Osofsky, Howard J., Joy D. Osofsky,, Mindy Kronenberg, Adrianne Brennan, and Tonya C. Hansel. "Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina:." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 79.2 (2009): 212-20.
"Child Poverty in America: Facts and Figures." Save the Children. Web. 27 Jan. 2010.
.Fass, Sarah, and Nancy K. Cauthen. "Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina." Save the Children. Sept. 2005. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. .
Statement of Interest: After Hurricane Katrina, all I could think about was how bad I felt for the kids who were suffering.
Topic: Child Poverty in the Gulf States after Hurricane Katrina
Research Question: In what ways did Hurricane Katrina affect the rate of child poverty in the Gulf States and the lives of the children?Main Claims:- Hurricane Katrina caused an increase in poverty in the Gulf States- Hurricane Katrina affected the lives of children on an educational, health and personal life basis
Methodology
I am going to use online sources/ books/magazines to collect data since I can’t personally go to the Gulf States and see the damage for myself. Charts, numbers and graphs will help prove the damage that Hurricane Katrina has caused.
Good Sources
Prince, Debra L., Kaye Pepper, and Kay Brocato."The Importance of Making the Well-Being of Children in." Early Childhood Education Journal 34.1 (2006): 21-28
Osofsky, Howard J., Joy D. Osofsky,, Mindy Kronenberg, Adrianne Brennan, and Tonya C. Hansel. "Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina:." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 79.2 (2009): 212-20.
"Child Poverty in America: Facts and Figures." Save the Children. Web. 27 Jan. 2010.
.Fass, Sarah, and Nancy K. Cauthen. "Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina." Save the Children. Sept. 2005. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. .
Literature Review
Rema Bittar
Literature Review-Draft
The purpose of this draft is to show how high poverty in the United States is. Also, it is to demonstrate how Hurricane Katrina has caused an increase in child poverty in the Gulf States and cities, with the focus mainly on New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, this paper is to show how Hurricane Katrina affected the lives of children on an educational, health, and personal life basis.
INTRODUCTION
Some people believe that Hurricane Katrina opened the eyes of people that forgot about poverty in the United States. For instance, Michael Tanner , Director of Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute claims that, “ in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there will justifiably be calls to do something about the poverty that existed unseen in New Orleans and still exists in so many cities across America”(Danziger, 2006,p.25). When he says “in the wake of Hurricane Katrina” and “poverty that existed unseen,” it proves how much America has really forgotten about the poverty problem people are facing. America is one of the richest nations of the world (Prince, 2006, p.21). Yet, this country is proven to have such a high rate of poverty. It is said that of all disasters in recent decades, Hurricane Katrina had been the most eye awakening event that grabbed people’s attention. However, another issue that is noted is that after the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina died down, the issue of policies concerning poverty died as well (Danziger,2006,p.23-24). Also, Danziger (2006) claims that instead of the focus being on helping the poor displaced by this natural disaster, the focus went to restoring infrastructure and private property. Considering the poor people were obviously suffering the most, it is sad that the focus wasn’t on them. In addition, the problems in New Orleans and Louisiana should not have been ignored after Hurricane Katrina was no longer making headline news. Reading over this information made me wonder about the children in these cities. How much did they suffer, or better yet, how much are they still suffering? Danziger (2006) implies that if the United States simply had a ‘safety net’ the poor would not have suffered as much as they are now. So, what should have been done in order to solve the problems encountered after Hurricane Katrina? Well, someone with high power would have to launch a renewed antipoverty effect. Unfortunately, besides contributions going to charity, no act was taken onto which policies had the best potential to decrease poverty and there were no calls for a Presidential Commission. (Danziger,2006,p.24). Then, it is said that people should have evacuated the area when warned to. On the other hand, these people didn’t have the resources to evacuate in the first place (Prince, 2006, p.21). The thing people need to realize is that a good amount of people in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mississippi were already suffering so badly. Upon all this suffering, a hurricane hits these cities affecting the poor even more. Child poverty was going unnoticed as well for such a long time and the hurricane has made life for them and their families much harder. Children need someone to look out for them and provide them with shelter because they are far too young to handle these tragedies on their own.
POVERTY BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINAAs stated above in the introduction, Hurricane Katrina made people realize how much poverty there was already in the United States. Different people from different races each suffered individually. For instance, over the past decades, poverty has remained high even for white males who worked full time for the entire year. Simply, economic growth isn’t enough to reduce poverty because of the way the labor market operates (Danziger, 2006, p.25). Black women, black men, white women, and white men all suffered on different levels according to their incomes.
Literature Review-Draft
The purpose of this draft is to show how high poverty in the United States is. Also, it is to demonstrate how Hurricane Katrina has caused an increase in child poverty in the Gulf States and cities, with the focus mainly on New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, this paper is to show how Hurricane Katrina affected the lives of children on an educational, health, and personal life basis.
INTRODUCTION
Some people believe that Hurricane Katrina opened the eyes of people that forgot about poverty in the United States. For instance, Michael Tanner , Director of Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute claims that, “ in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there will justifiably be calls to do something about the poverty that existed unseen in New Orleans and still exists in so many cities across America”(Danziger, 2006,p.25). When he says “in the wake of Hurricane Katrina” and “poverty that existed unseen,” it proves how much America has really forgotten about the poverty problem people are facing. America is one of the richest nations of the world (Prince, 2006, p.21). Yet, this country is proven to have such a high rate of poverty. It is said that of all disasters in recent decades, Hurricane Katrina had been the most eye awakening event that grabbed people’s attention. However, another issue that is noted is that after the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina died down, the issue of policies concerning poverty died as well (Danziger,2006,p.23-24). Also, Danziger (2006) claims that instead of the focus being on helping the poor displaced by this natural disaster, the focus went to restoring infrastructure and private property. Considering the poor people were obviously suffering the most, it is sad that the focus wasn’t on them. In addition, the problems in New Orleans and Louisiana should not have been ignored after Hurricane Katrina was no longer making headline news. Reading over this information made me wonder about the children in these cities. How much did they suffer, or better yet, how much are they still suffering? Danziger (2006) implies that if the United States simply had a ‘safety net’ the poor would not have suffered as much as they are now. So, what should have been done in order to solve the problems encountered after Hurricane Katrina? Well, someone with high power would have to launch a renewed antipoverty effect. Unfortunately, besides contributions going to charity, no act was taken onto which policies had the best potential to decrease poverty and there were no calls for a Presidential Commission. (Danziger,2006,p.24). Then, it is said that people should have evacuated the area when warned to. On the other hand, these people didn’t have the resources to evacuate in the first place (Prince, 2006, p.21). The thing people need to realize is that a good amount of people in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mississippi were already suffering so badly. Upon all this suffering, a hurricane hits these cities affecting the poor even more. Child poverty was going unnoticed as well for such a long time and the hurricane has made life for them and their families much harder. Children need someone to look out for them and provide them with shelter because they are far too young to handle these tragedies on their own.
POVERTY BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINAAs stated above in the introduction, Hurricane Katrina made people realize how much poverty there was already in the United States. Different people from different races each suffered individually. For instance, over the past decades, poverty has remained high even for white males who worked full time for the entire year. Simply, economic growth isn’t enough to reduce poverty because of the way the labor market operates (Danziger, 2006, p.25). Black women, black men, white women, and white men all suffered on different levels according to their incomes.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Research Questions
Research Topic: Child Poverty in the United States
Research Questions: Why is child poverty so common in the United States?
What can we do to decrease child poverty in the United States?
What organizations help contribute to decreasing child poverty?
Why does one of the richest countries in the world have such a high child poverty rate?
Research Questions: Why is child poverty so common in the United States?
What can we do to decrease child poverty in the United States?
What organizations help contribute to decreasing child poverty?
Why does one of the richest countries in the world have such a high child poverty rate?
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