For the first part of my research paper, I wrote about what the steps are of children coming into foster care in Tennessee. I also mentioned some of the companies that partner with the department of children's services. One of those companies was Youth Villages. They are the company that I am most familiar with, and will be questioning some of their employees for sources, such as the head of the researh department and the head of the business departent.
As a whole though, in my paper, I plan to mention that Shelby County has the highest percent of foster children in Tennessee, by far. There are efforts being made to help bring our numbers down, but is it enough? That's what I am going to be writing about throughout my research paper.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Letter from a Birmington Jail (King, Jr.)
The letter that Dr Martin Luther King Jr. wrote while he was in the Birmingham jail in April 1963 was inspiring. He wrote the letter to the clergymen in Birmingham and he hoped to inspire them to see through his eyes on why things were wrong in the south. He had many many examples to why things were wrong, and he thoroughly explained each of them, making his letter from what he says to be one of the longest letters he had ever wrote.
He explained what the purposed were of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and explained the steps that al of the members took to make it through the NON-violent campaign. He also stated that he postponed his organizationg direct actions because of the election, and more things that were going on that he did not want to disrupt the middle of. He made it clear that the organizations intensions were to act in the most respectful way that they could while forcing the issue to be confronted.
He also had a lot of examples to appeal to the clergymen, and I want to quote it exactly, because it is just so emotionally appealing. "when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky, and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people; when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?"; when you take a cross county drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading "white" and "colored"; when your first name becomes "nigger," your middle name becomes "boy" (however old you are) and your last name becomes "John," and your wife and mother are never given the respected title "Mrs."; when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with inner fears and outer resentments; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of "nobodiness"--then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait."
Overall, this was a great letter that he wrote, and I am glad that I read! it
He explained what the purposed were of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and explained the steps that al of the members took to make it through the NON-violent campaign. He also stated that he postponed his organizationg direct actions because of the election, and more things that were going on that he did not want to disrupt the middle of. He made it clear that the organizations intensions were to act in the most respectful way that they could while forcing the issue to be confronted.
He also had a lot of examples to appeal to the clergymen, and I want to quote it exactly, because it is just so emotionally appealing. "when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky, and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people; when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?"; when you take a cross county drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading "white" and "colored"; when your first name becomes "nigger," your middle name becomes "boy" (however old you are) and your last name becomes "John," and your wife and mother are never given the respected title "Mrs."; when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with inner fears and outer resentments; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of "nobodiness"--then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait."
Overall, this was a great letter that he wrote, and I am glad that I read! it
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Research topic
Millions of children in America are bouncing around from foster home to foster home. It is known, especially to the foster parents, that it is very likely for foster kids to misbehave. Some foster parents expect they know what they are dealing with when they get a new child and have a list of SUPER strict rules that need to be followed, such as no laying in your bed unless it's bedtime, or no talking on your cell phones in your room. It's crazy what some foster kids have to deal with because the majority of foster kids are known to act up.
For my research paper this semester, I am writing about foster children and why they are known to act up, and what can be done to help make things better. While I do my research this semester, I will mainly be working through Youth Villages, an organization that seeks to help young children and adults that are or have been in foster care. Is this organization doing all they can to help lead youth on the right path? Are their more things that this organization can do to improve the ways that they go about helping kids? These are just a few of the questions that I plan on answering thoughout my research paper this semester.
For my research paper this semester, I am writing about foster children and why they are known to act up, and what can be done to help make things better. While I do my research this semester, I will mainly be working through Youth Villages, an organization that seeks to help young children and adults that are or have been in foster care. Is this organization doing all they can to help lead youth on the right path? Are their more things that this organization can do to improve the ways that they go about helping kids? These are just a few of the questions that I plan on answering thoughout my research paper this semester.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
community
Communities are everywhere. There are probably millions of different communities in the world, from church communities, to school communities, and even just simple neighborhood communities. There are many differences and similarities between all communities, even in discourse. I will give an example of a couple of personal experiences with similarities and differences within a couple of communities that I am a part of.
I am a student in at a university, and I also volunteer at a nearby hospital in the infant/toddler care unit. While I am at school, I see many different students of all different types. On campus, there are alot of involved students, and every other day when I am on campus i see flyers in the bathroom stalls, or even people passing them out. There are many different topics on campus that people are involved with.
At the hospital that I volunteer at, I never see anyone passing out any flyers. I do get emails or postings on my sign-in sheet asking me to help out with different events. A hospital is to help people get better, not so much to "get involved" like on campus. Other than the few event invites that i get, that is about it. Maybe that is a hint that every community should try more to get involved through discourse...
I am a student in at a university, and I also volunteer at a nearby hospital in the infant/toddler care unit. While I am at school, I see many different students of all different types. On campus, there are alot of involved students, and every other day when I am on campus i see flyers in the bathroom stalls, or even people passing them out. There are many different topics on campus that people are involved with.
At the hospital that I volunteer at, I never see anyone passing out any flyers. I do get emails or postings on my sign-in sheet asking me to help out with different events. A hospital is to help people get better, not so much to "get involved" like on campus. Other than the few event invites that i get, that is about it. Maybe that is a hint that every community should try more to get involved through discourse...
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