It was my first day of my three year old preschool! I don’t know if I was excited , scared, nervous, frightened, queasy, or even crazy! I had freshly new school supplies in my new pink Barbie backpack, But I didn’t get as much of supplies as my brother P.J did! “ I didn’t know any girls that were my age ! I had no idea what other girls liked at my age!” Do they like Barbies, Play Doh, puppies, animals and Coloring Books!” “Do they even like toys.” I asked myself In my head. “Are my clothes stylish enough that they will think I’m cute or adorable! Will they like my blond hair. Will I fit in with the other kids.” I have my own opinions, and my brother told me. “You don’t have it as worse as I did Anna.” he paused and said with a grin …show more content…
“True, but the only person I know in my class is Carter and he blew out my birthday candles!” I said with the grumpiest face I could make at that age, with a big pouty lip sticking out. I asked myself these questions a million times, or at least they were buzzing in and out of my head like annoying …show more content…
I loved Ms. Niki ! “Well I Don't really know her very much but my brother told me about her.” I said in my thoughts When Me and my mom entered the room there were a lot of kids that we're standing behind their mom's Shyly! Holding on to their mom’s hands as tightly as they could or hanging onto their mother's feet. The usual when kids get really nervous ! And of course there was a bunch of kids crying when their parents left, But they settled down after a while. Once my mom left I got really nervous and got kinda of dissey! Ms. Niki Showed me my locker and put my bag inside and shut and pointed me too where I sit . I sat at a yellow table With a Girl named Ella O . Since their was another Ella in my class that’s what we're supposed too call her. Ella.O had Brown light stringy hair that was the same length as mine. She had pretty blue eyes! She was wearing a white and pink striped top and a pink jean skirt with white tights and pink little shoes. I took another look at her, and decided this is a perfect friend for
Ella Baker was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1903. She always had strong opinions, and “followed her own mind”. However, she was influenced by her grandmother growing up, and this contributed to her sense of social justice and racism. Her grandmother, who had once been a slave, told her granddaughter stories of her own years in slavery. Her grandmother had been whipped for refusing to marry a man picked by her slave owner (SNCC). This story and others like it inspired Baker throughout her life, and led to many of the incredible things she did. Ella and her parents moved to Littleton, North Carolina when she was eight. Sadly, her father stayed behind for his job. The public schools for black children during this time were not sufficient. Her parents wanted to send her and her brother and sister to boarding schools. They both worked hard to acquire this. Finally, when Baker turned fifteen she was sent to Shaw University, in North Carolina (SNCC). Being the bright, intelligent student that she was, she had excellent grades, and was top in her class. She expressed an interest in being a medical missionary, but this would not have been realistic. After graduating in 1927 as valedictorian, Baker headed to New York City (Richman). She was quite brilliant and hoped to find some opportunities in New York that would help her do something worthwhile with her life.
Because girls are impressionable at all ages, Barbie targets young girls to fantasize about being perfect. Girls look at Barbie and believe they can obtain all of her attributes, while in reality that would be impossible. Having a goal to be an astronaut or pediatrician seems probable at young ages, but the image of Barbie and all of her successes are never a result of schooling, hardships, or any stresses that would face them today. A fantasy world is built up and is deemed probable because of the one-sided point of view of Barbie. Slumber Party Barbie was introduced in 1965 and came with a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs with a book entitled: ‘How to Lose Weight” with directions inside simply stating ‘Don’t eat.’
“What? A boy playing with Barbie dolls? That’s messed up man. Only girls play with dolls. Everyone knows that!” This is an answer from Cavin, seven years old, when asked what he thought about boys playing with Barbie dolls. Listening to these words can make one realize that even from a young age, children have been strongly impacted by gender through society. According to sociologist James M. Henslin, gender is “the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or femininity” (280). Throughout time gender has been a way of thinking about what is appropriate of different sex, a term which Henslin defines as “biological characteristics that distinguish females and males, consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics” (280). Since many years ago society has solidly built characteristics of gender and kept encouraging traditional gender roles to new generations. Toys, a common object which many children play with in the beginning of their lives, is actually an agent of gender socialization that many people take for granted. Through observations at a local toy store, such as Toys R Us, one can recognize how toys reinforce gender roles.
When taking a closer inspection at the girl’s toys, similarly to the last assignment, almost all of these toys expressed the similar themes as the infant’s clothing did at Target. They were focused on beauty, sexuality, delicateness, and domesticated roles while exhibited an overall sense of what our cu...
When I was a little girl, the majority of the toys I played with were dolls and Barbies, but imagine if girls were exposed to a larger assortment of toys at a young age. How would our view on gender stereotypes be different? GoldieBlox published a video in November of 2014 that advertises their children’s toy while fighting stereotypes. GoldieBlox’s purpose is to persuade people to purchase their toy. In addition, this company is motivated to inform girls that they don’t have to act on cliché gender stereotypes.
In Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll,” females are pressured into their pre-assigned gender roles starting at a young age with their dolls. Once the “girlchild” is born, she is given, “dolls, stoves, irons, and lipstick,” (Piercy 2-4) to prepare her for her future roles and clueing her
"After 50 Years, What Is Barbie's Impact on Girls and Women?" About.com Women's Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2012. .
In global media and advertising, there are many female stereotypical images of body image and self-worth. Whatever the norms are for how women should fit in or how skinny their body should be affect many young ladies, when they hit puberty. Once girls reach their puberty, they become self-aware and try to change their body image to please others and to fit within society. Nevertheless, the girls grew up with Barbie dolls and fairy princess with physical features are perfect and unrealistic, yet are still an iconic over a long time. It is possible that children’s toys, such as Barbie are more than simply a plaything. It imparts a message of how things should be, wanting to be a kid forever, rather than living with the differences and changes that life throws at. This need to have the perfect thing is what they think most likely leads to their acceptance in society by physically altercating themselves. Yet over the years, there has not been much change, as women have gone through emotional and physical condemnation, simply because they are not the perfect woman. In the poem, “Barbie ...
The majority of toys that little girls played with a hundred years ago were toys that dealt with the home. Miniature tea sets and rag dolls protrayed a girl’s future life and mimicked her mother’s behavior. Barbie was not created quite yet, the sexy image and revealing clothing would be offensive, even immoral, when girls were supposed to stay home and take care of the children.
I wasn’t exactly in a hurry to put my stuff in my locker since my locker was literally just a few steps from from my classroom. My fifth grade teacher was Mrs. Rubenstein and she was in the far back of the school by the bus parking lot.
For sure, little girls more often than not are prone to fantasize about their future and how they will turn out to be when they’re grown up. The future for each little girl is a world full of challenges, surprises and expectations, not to mention fear and excitement. In other words, the future is not yet seen in a girl’s mind but, she wants to get a glimpse of it, that is why, playing with dolls and girly items are a little girl’s attempts to fantasize or at least get an idea of what she will look like in the future. Thus, Barbie dolls are great for little girls to play with.
Barbie can assist with the child’s learning techniques by, distinguishing the differences between genders, their wardrobe, and real world lessons. Barbie produces both gender ...
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I was so excited yet so terrified at the thought of my first day in
“Red hair is beautiful,” said Mum. “And Abby is eight, the same as you. Isn’t that sweet?”