CM conducted a face to face meeting in the family's home for Leandro (youth). In attendance were Jasmine Alexander (CM) Daniela Pacheco (parent) and Leandro Fontoura (youth). CM and the family discussed the high and low of the week. Ms. Pacheco informed CM that Leandro (youth) was arrested on Friday due to littering on school ground and not complying with the Police Officer. Leandro reported that next time he will comply with the Police Officer. CM and the family discussed the importance of respecting Police Officers. Ms. Pacheco stated that Leandro has been suspended from school due to this matter and Ms. Pacheco will follow-up with the school to find out when Leandro return back to school. Ms. Pacheco informed CM that Leandro has to complete
“Windowless and nasty classrooms, retarded courses, no air conditioning and can we talk bathrooms?” As citizens, the conflicts and the issues that our society deals with every day should bring awareness and a call to take action. For instance, Jonathan Kozol came up with a plan to bring consciousness to his readers by writing an article about the struggles of the Fremont High School students, in which problems such as over crowded classrooms, teachers shortage, lack of bathroom supplies, unsanitary kitchen, basic academic courses and inequality. In order to write and put together his article, he took a tour in person and found his way to successfully achieve his goal by documenting students, teachers, and other staff members’ testimonies in which one of his main focuses was Mireya. Furthermore, Kozol’s real facts on the matter successfully make a statement on social and racial inequalities, in which the main purpose of his article was to capture the attention of his audience to find resolutions on the matters that affects a child’s future.
Miguel Melendez’s book, “We Took the Streets” provides the reader with an insightful account into the activities of the Young Lords movement established in the latter years of the 1960s and remained active up until the early seventies. The book’s, which is essentially Melendez’s memoir, a recollection of the events, activities, and achievements of the Young Lords. The author effectively presents to the reader a fascinating account of the formation of the Young Lords which was a group of college students from Puerto Rico who came together in a bid to fight for some of the basic rights. As Melendez sums it up, “You either claim your history or lose authority over your future” (Melendez 23). The quote is in itself indicative of the book’s overall
CM:CPSW did a home visit and met with foster parent (Dorothy Bensalih), Emeri and Cantarah were present during the visit. Cantarah was playing with her iPad and Emeri was sitting next to her. CPSW talked with Cantarah briefly and asked about school and any other concerns. Cantarah reported that she is doing well and excited about her new iPad and plays with it after school, she said. Emeri was playing with his sister and seemed shy during the visit. CPSW asked Ms. Dorothy about any concerns with Cantarah's school. She reported that she went to school recently and talked with Cantarah's teachers and they reported no concerns to her. CPSW asked Ms. Dorothy if Cantarah can be referred to a school therapist. Ms. Dorothy stated that she does not trust any therapist and believes that they will harm Cantarah's way of thinking. She stated that if there is an issue or concerns with Cantrarah then we solve the problem as a family instead of professional. She mentioned that she believes that therapists do make situations more difficult and does not want Cantarah to go through the trauma.
Just as the Olympics were held in Brazil, we heard on the news the constant increase of violence in children, and the even higher increment in the organized crime events in this country. But few of us understand the cold, horrific, and the traumatic experience of living surrounded by violent children in organized crime gangs, as well as the characters of City of God. The director of the movie Fernando Meirelles purposely shows us the way in which young children in Brazil learn to become violent at a young age, eventually still young get involved in organized crime gangs and their drug business, as well as in the gangs’ battles over territory and power. The director succeeded in presenting his point of view by using a different variety of movie
Natalia Martinez is 32 years old and lives in her hometown Fairfield,CA with her husband of four years and two lovely children. You might of seen her working in the Solano County Office of Social Services but now she works as a stay at home mom. She takes care of her 3 year old boy, Ronaldo, while getting her 9 year old girl, Giselle, to school. She is a very humble but outspoken person who's not afraid to speak up when she has to, something she attributes to being the middle child and feeling the only way to be heard was to be loud, especially in a house with six children. She’s the type of person you always know you can count on whenever you have a problem. She faces every difficult situation in her life like Superwoman and does not let anything stop her from achieving her goals.
In this week four assignment, my focus is directed to the Hernandez family. I will present a genogram of the Hernandez family and subsequently identify an element that influences the manner in which Juan and Elena address their presenting concern with their social worker. Additionally, I will explain how the presented genogram may help me as a social work professional to successfully address the needs of the Hernandez family.
The Dahlonega City Hall was crowded on the evening of March 1st 2010. The seats were full, except for at the very front, and the standing room was filled almost out the door. The crowd, mostly made up of students, leaned in to hear as the voices of the City Council members faded in and out of the faltering sound system. The six City Council members and the mayor sat along a bench as if they were the judges at a hearing. Because of the ongoing discussions and the crowd, I thought I had arrived a few minutes late; but I was able to find a seat in the front two rows. Despite how packed the small room was there were plenty of empty seats in the front. I had thought the meeting was well on its way by the way conversation was going and apparently I was not the only one who shared this feeling. After a solid forty-five minutes of talking about parking laws and if there was a parking problem in the city, the mayor stood up and thanked everyone for coming. Most people took this as a sign that the meeting was over and started to pack up and leave. However this was just the meetings call to order. Following a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance the City Council meeting began.
She didn’t wake up every morning, happy to go to the school and learn more things, instead she felt terrified wondering what was going to happen to her. Some days were not as bad like the others but there was some days that Melba could've really got hurt but she always found a way out without getting too injured. Kids just kept taunting her every moment of the day and the worst part was the teachers didn’t do anything about it. Even though they know she is a child too and that they should care that because she could get badly hurt and it would be the teacher's fault because they didn’t do anything about it or to stop
Schools were not effective in community life because the principal and teachers didn’t care to invest in finding out why he was getting in trouble. Instead they just suspended him or called his parents. Reymundo mentioned that the violent behaviors shown towards him at home resulted in negative behavior at school (Sanchez, 2000, p.29). One of the teachers did notice that Raymundo wasn’t acting himself and ask him what was wrong. Reymundo did well on lying and continued to misbehave at school. Even though the educational staff members did not do their job well, they did provide a place for the students to
Within the works of “Fiesta, 1980” it takes us in the lives of a Latin American family. We are described a traditional style Latino family were there is a dominate father figure, a submissive mother, and obedient children more or less. There are two boys the eldest Rafa and the youngest Yunior and their younger sister Madai. During the transgression of the story it is conveyed through the eyes of Yunior. And like any typical family it has its own story to tell.
As a result of the new changes, the teenagers had more freedom than before and also had more time to spend with their colleagues. This situation resulted in antagonism between them and their parents. The teenagers were then branded “juvenile delinquents” (Sagolla 163) by the media as a result of the trouble they took their parents through.
Camillo receives multiple letters. However, the last letter posed the most threat as it symbolized hate. The fact is unbeknownst to the reader at the beginning of the short story. After Camillo receives the letter from his best friend, readers are still unable to distinguish the importance of the letter. However, readers soon discover that Villela writes the letter out of anger and suspicion that something strange was going on with his wife. Villela was determined to figure out what it was. The author, Machado de Assis, ensures that the letter and its meaning remain questionable and ambiguous throughout the story. The letter states “‘Come immediately to our house; I must talk t...
Through this essay Richard Rodriguez writes about his experiences as a son, and as a student. Through his relationship with his parents the reader can see how Rodriguez was separating for his
Instead, Jose thinks that Heinz should deter from stealing and understand that he needs to find another way to get the drug. After reading Jose’s opinion, we can conclude that his age ranges from 10 to 13 years old and falls under stage four. This conventional stage shows “that children are concerned with authority and maintaining the social order. Correct behavior is doing one’s duty (Dacey, 2009, p. 248).” Jose has a good head on his shoulders and seems to be the type of person that follows the law to the best of his ability therefore he fits that category perfectly. Jose knows what is right and wrong as a consequence he shoots to stay on the right path and out of trouble. Being the type of person that follows the law will help Jose keep a clean police record as well as keeping his job opportunities in
To explain, in the film one can see Carlos regularly coming home late as a result of long work hours, which one can conclude to be one of the effects of poverty. Then because of this, especially in the earlier parts of the film we do not get to see a significant amount of time being spent between the two, in Luis and Carlos and thus, in relation, there is less bonding. Then, if one is to reflect back on the “breakfast scene,” where Luis is having breakfast and asks his father for money, while his father is nearly ready to step-out the door. This, in addition to the scene where Carlos goes in to wake Luis up, just prior to receiving knowledge of the suspension, are both examples of communicating in ways that do not facilitate bonding but instead, in the first scene, communicate a need and in the second scene to communicate authority (Sciberas, 2016, p.1).