St. Valentine's Day

Is celebrated on 14th February, the feast day of St. Valentine. It is a traditional celebration in which lovers,  partners and married couples express their love and affection for each other. In some countries it  is known as The Day of Lovers or The Day of Love and Friendship. These days it is celebrated with the exchanging of cards known as valentines, with patterns on of hearts  or Cupid; but with the rise of the Internet the custom of exchanging virtual cards has also increased.  Common as well is the tradition of giving roses or tokens of love. Since the nineteenth century, people have exchanged cards and gifts like roses and chocolates.  The gift of roses is common between couples, friends and family, and the colour of the roses  determines the message expressed.  For example, the red rose symbolizes love, white represents peace and yellow represents friendship. However, like most holiday celebrations, Valentine's Day has been commercialized  and now many think it seems more like a celebration organized by the shops and department stores  as any hint of romanticism has been lost. Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day and how did it start? Pope Gelasius declared 14th February St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D.  Various theories exist regarding how Valentine's Day started and one of those describes a story that mixes drama  with romanticism, whereas others claim that the celebration came about due to a pagan festival that was christianized.

First World Problem (Part 3)

Fifth Activity:

i)      What are the problems in the video that could never happen to us?

Answer

:

• Problems with the laptop battery
• Organic milk
• Private school teacher
• Killing a spider with a dollar because I didn’t have a tissue. Edited by, Geoconda Toala

Retrieved from: Aka, M. (2013). First world problems . June 21, 2015, de Theberry Sitio web: http://theberry.com/2013/10/28/first-world-problems-19-photos/

First World Problem (Part 2)

Third Activity:

Watch “ the First World  Problems Rap” Available on www.Youtube.com.

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2p5svFJ9cQ

i)      What is the rap about? What is the subject matter?

Answer:

First world problems rap

• His fridge is so full he has to reach a way back
• His laptop battery is low but the charger is far away.

ii)   What is the mood like?

Answer: The mood is a kind of happy

iii)What does the little mean?

           Answer: Problems that first world countries presents       Edited by, Eveline Culqui

Retrieved from: Aka, M. (2013). First world problems . June 21, 2015, de Theberry Sitio web: http://theberry.com/2013/10/28/first-world-problems-19-photos/

Fourth Activity:

Play the rap again, but this time close your eyes and focus on listening to the words.

i)      Are you able to follow the language used? Why/why not?

Answer: Ideas are so popular, most of the times can be identified, so yes we can understand them. great  work

           ii)   What is the language like? How familiar are you with the vocabulary and expressions used?

Answer:Language is informal and a sort of difficult to understand at first, we are not so close familiar to it because the rap shows idiomatic expressions or linked words that once sung are difficult to get up.

iii)What is the rhythm like? Are you able to rap it?

Answer:  Rhythm is so fast that most of the times is difficult to understand, so tap it out is eventually a hard work.                              Edited by, David Villacreses

Retrieved from: Aka, M. (2013). First world problems . June 21, 2015, de Theberry Sitio web: http://theberry.com/2013/10/28/first-world-problems-19-photos/

First World Problem

First Activity:

i)   What First World Problems means?

Answer: Stereotypes among society and the most important: lost of self confidence

ii)   What is the difference between First and Third world countries?

Answer:  Economical and political situation .

Second Activity:

i)      What are the problems in the video?

Answer:

 Problems according to the video shown:

• A lot of pressure
• So much attention paid on them
• Waste of money on electronical devices
• They do not know what to do with the thing they have.
• Temperature of the air conditioner
• They do have to keep an important image.
• Not too much likes on their facebook’s status
• More trips to buy what they want.
• The new iphone doesn`t fix on their skinny jeans.
• Girls does have to cover up everyday to keep an image.
• No milk for their breakfast
• They do more than 2 trips for taking the store’s bags

.Helping kit: A bridge, a straw and a full cup with a cover

ii)    What are FWP Helping Kit?

Answer:

• A Bridge
• A Straw
• A cover                                                                                               

Retrieved from: Aka, M. (2013). First world problems . June 21, 2015, de Theberry Sitio web: http://theberry.com/2013/10/28/first-world-problems-19-photos/

Homelessness

Homelessness is the condition of people without a regular dwelling. 

People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence."

The legal definition of homeless varies from country to country, or among different jurisdictions in the same country or region.

THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.

NCH began 30 years ago at a convening of state and local organizations working together to ensure the right to shelter and access to affordable housing for men, women, children and families who were experiencing homelessness. NCH decided early on that it would be an organization that not only welcomed the participation of people who had experienced homelessness, but made certain that there would always be a place at the table for input and decision making.

Today, NCH delivers on that promise each and every day, most notably through programs like theFaces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau. Throughout NCH’s history, homeless led advocacy has worked to create lasting local solutions to the national problem of homelessness.

Case about Runaways

Every year, millions of children run away from home, putting themselves at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking.

Locally, the Heidi Search Center finds itself on the front-lines when it comes to dealing with runaways.November is National Runaway Prevention month. The goal is to raise awareness about the issues runaways face and to help educate the public about solutions to the problem.

Over the past 24 years, the center has been involved in plenty of high-profile cases involving the abducted children, but the reality is the majority of cases that come through their doors are runaways.

Executive Director Crystal Calloway said 71 percent of the cases they handle are teen runaways. So far this year there have been 40.

"We have a child right now that's been gone since May and we haven't heard no tips," Calloway said. "These kids are either running to something or away from something but they don't know the dangers they're in."

While local law enforcement might not consider most runaways a high priority, Calloway does.

"Somebody is looking for that child -- the parents, the sisters, cousins, somebody cares that that child is missing," Calloway said. "So for us, we take every case as if it were our child."

Whether a child runs away on their own or they're lured away by someone, Calloway said they're all putting themselves in danger of being victimized.

Statistics show one in three runaways will become victims of human trafficking in their first 48 hours on the streets.

"When you're running away, it's a danger. It's like you put a bull’s-eye on your back and you say, 'Here I am for any predator to do what they want with you,'" Calloway said. "There are things your children are going to do, it's called survival, and that survival-mode is going to kick in and that's what that predator is waiting for. I had a girl, she was gone three or four months, and when she came home she came home changed."

Calloway said that's why it's important to highlight the problem and educate kids about the dangers they face.

"That's what the predator is counting on, that we're not educating our children that we're not telling our children that this is what's out there," Calloway said. "Let's prevent, let's educate, let's get this out, let's start talking."

During the month of November, KSAT is teaming up with the Heidi Search Center to highlight local runaway cases.  A new, long-term runaway case will be highlighted each Friday throughout the month.

http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/11/06/november-is-national-runaway-prevention-month.html

Problems about runaways

Why theenagers run away?

the most important reasons are: 

1. Kicked out
2. Sexual Abuse
3. Violence 
4. Alcohol or Drugs 
5. Verbal Abuse 
6 Stress 
7 School 
8 Someone is Gone. 

These are problems faced by lots of kids and teens - and there areways to deal with all of these problems besides running away. Kidswho think about running away might not know how to solve toughproblems or don't have adults to help them. Sometimes a really bigproblem can make it seem like running away is the only choice.

• Nearly a quarter of all homeless people are under the age of 18.

• 46% of runaway and homeless youth reported being physically  abused,

• 17% reported being sexually  exploited 

• 38% reported being emotionaly abused.

Unfortunately, the problems kids hope to escape by running awayare replaced by other - sometimes even bigger - problems of life onthe streets.

https://oldtimer.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/the-top-10-reasons-why-kids-have-run-away/

Statistical Information:

•     47% of runaway youth described having a significant problem with one or both of their parents.

•      80 % of the girls out of control and without home it informed the physical and sexual abuse.

•      More than 50 % of the young persons who are in refuge says that it does not matter for his parents if they go away of the house or remain therefore they were not worrying for them.

Runaways in National Contexts:

China:

In Hong Kong, 51.1% of at-risk youth identified by social workers have the experience of runaway from ages 11 to 18

India:

Approximately 47 million runaway and homeless adolescents are estimated to be on the streets of India. The very act of running away from home in India is thought to be disrespectful, and anyone that does so will be greatly shamed by the community.

United States:

In the USA , A runaway is a minor or a child/youth that leaves home without permission and stays away either over night (under 14 years old or older and mentally incompetent) or away from home two nights (15 or over) and chooses not to come home when expected to return

Runaways:

Runaways:

Since already we had mentioned it previously fugitive is when your you decide to go away of your house for different reasons as for example the unconcern of the parents, verbal, physical or sexual mistreatment

The majority of the young persons thinks that on having left his home they are going to be able to have:

•          Opportunities to travel, see new places, and meet new people
•          Increased freedom and the possibility of maturity and personal growth.

Child traffickers target runaways, 'throwaways

More common in the United States are traffickers who exploit abused runaways or so-called "throwaways" -- children abandoned by their parents and living on the streets, Lagon said.

"The trafficker plays the role of a father or loverboy who is offering care to the child, who is vulnerable," he said, explaining that what begins as flattery and attention often turns to suggestions of prostitution.

The child, typically homeless and in need of food and shelter, can be manipulated into "survival sex," Lagon said. In other instances, the trafficker or pimp will get the child hooked on drugs and use their addiction as leverage.

Thrownaways

Everyone hears about the tragedy of throwaway children. I don’t mean orphans – I mean those children whose fathers are nothing more than sperm donors and whose mothers neglect them.

Family size isn’t the problem, father-absence is. There is no reason – no excuse at all – for an unmarried woman to bring half a dozen children (fathered by different men) into the world except for one thing: to get more money from the government. Since government has become the sugar daddy, these women see no need to provide their children with a father’s critical love, discipline and nurturing. The pain from father-absence is immeasurable for these throwaway children.

In short, our current system is rewarding people for producing throwaway kids.  This has GOT to stop.
It’s taken half a century of social programs to produce millions of throwaway children. Fixing this problem won’t happen overnight. Increased welfare and other entitlements for larger fatherless families must be phased out and other solutions phased in.