homework.

Generate a Topic for Your Proposal Argument 

Answer the questions below. Consider how you would explain each problem you identify 

A problem facing my country is large population in China.

·         A problem I frequently encounter on campus is more students, and less education.

·         A problem I hear my classmates discussing quite a bit is homelessness in the United States.

·         A problem people have been trying to solve for years is reduce the homeless people.

·         A problem that I heard about in the news is two Chinese students were killed by the gun.

      A law that I object to is killing the dogs to stop them from attacking people.

·         A misguided school policy is not allowing people to choose two online classes.

·         A public policy that makes my life or other people’s lives more difficult is allowing using gun.

·         A public policy or law that could be improved is to protect international students' rights in the United States.

ESSAY 2, FINAL DRAFT

Xuan Yao

Professor Martin

English 114B

15 March 2012

Battered Women

Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a

relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married;

heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating. Battered women are

the victims of the domestic violence. They are many kinds of domestic violence:

physical assault (hitting, pushing, shoving, etc.), sexual abuse (unwanted or forced

sexual activity), and stalking. Name-calling or putdowns, keeping a partner from

contacting their family or friends, withholding money, stopping a partner from getting

or keeping a job, and intimidation are the examples of the abuse. Domestic violence

happens in all kinds of families and relationships. Persons of any class, culture,

religion, sexual orientation, marital status, age, and sex can be victims or perpetrators

of domestic violence and society should be made aware in order to help those who

suffer from domestic abuse.

There are several causes for domestic violence. The one reason why there are so

many battered women are there in the world is because of alcohol use, drug use, and

stress. In many countries, men are the master of the family, so they are suffering from

stress. With this situation, they use alcohol or drug to release their stress. Many men

who are drunk choose abusing women to vent their stress. The girl who was eighteen

years old was battered by her overdrunk father. Her father was addicted to the alcohol,

and if he was drunk too much, he would fly into a temper. She became punching bag

of her father. She was always hit badly so that her face was unrecognized. Alcohol

adds women’s pain.

Childhood experience is also a cause about the domestic violence. Many abusers

have horrible childhood where their mother was abused by their father. This

experience will let them form a thought that it is normal to abuse a woman. The

parents’ behavior will affect the child directly. However, they never know that no one

deserves to be abused. The only person responsible for the abused is the abuser.

Some traditions in cultures can lead to domestic violence. In the some countries,

men’s positions are higher than women’s in their society. They think that women

should obey men have been a custom and deep rooted. If women do not obey the men,

they can punish women by domestic violence or emotional abuse. In some place of

Africa, men are the king of the world, and they decide everything. They regard

women as their accessory, and they are used to battering women. The culture has

significant influence, and add the domestic violence.

The other cause is that many battered women are shamed and afraid of showing

their experiences. Actually, being abused is not their fault, and they do not need to

respond to this. Just remember that if a person being abused, they are not alone. They

just need to speak out about their unlucky experience, and help is available.

There are many reasons why women may not leave. Not leaving does not mean

that the situation is okay or that the victim wants to be abused. Many battered women

choose to forgive because their boyfriends/husbands say that it will not happen again.

The abuser often acts like the abuse never happened, and may give gifts to the victim.

In that case, many battered women choose to believe them and give them one chance.

Fortunately, if their boyfriends/husbands change, they will have their new life. If not,

violence will not stop. The domestic violence still remains, and may become even

more violent.

There are some data showing how many women are suffering from domestic

violence. Stats7% of women (3.9 million) are physically abused by their partners, and

37% (20.7 million) are verbally or emotionally abused. Every 9 seconds a woman is

physically abused by her husband. 95% of assaults on spouses or ex-spouses are

committed by men against women. 30% of women presenting with injuries to the

emergency department had injuries caused by battering. The statistics listed above are

only cases that have been reported. There are still many women who endure undo

harm and violence. In the world we already know or we never know, many women

are in a patchouli-scented purgatory.

How to help the battered women and what can be done for them becomes serious

and should not be ignored in the society. At first, we should set up some special

organizations for the abused women. Launch social forces and media power to

produce propaganda that domestic violence is wrong. We should enhance women’s

consciousness of their rights. Furthermore, more and more people should do their best

to help the battered women because they are vulnerable groups in the society.

Everyone’s goal should be to let more people be aware of this problem and pay

attention on it.

Works Cited

"Domestic Violence." Introduction. Divorce Online. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. <http://www.domesticviolence.org/>.

Homeless

The last time I saw a homeless people was in the export of the freeway. There was a man in old worn out suits and shoes standing with a paper "HOMELESS". He looks healthy and seems like he can work for himself. However, he chooses to beg for money instead of earning money. Therefore, we just drove by and ingored him. In my opinion, we should be responsible for my own life. No one can help you, just yourself.

Final draft of Essay 1

Xuan Yao

Professor Martin

English 114B

5 March 2012

Parenting

The glass castle is a memoir by Jeannette Walls that is about the shocking

experiences of her childhood. In her family, they were six people besides Jeanette: her

father, Rex, her mother, Rose Mary, and her siblings, Brian, Lori and Maureen. In this

memoir, Jeannette describes herself and her siblings' unconventional, poor upbringing

under the hands of their parents who, no matter what, always provided them with

exciting experiences which enabled them to learn many of life’s lessons. Some may

say that the Walls children would have been better off in a more comfortable

environment because their parents were not good parents; however, they would have

never seen the success they had if they did not have the parents they did. Jeannette’s

parents actually displayed good parenting skills because they succeeded in helping

their children become successful, have a wider view of the world, and develop a good

character.

       Jeannette’s parents are rare nontraditional parents, and their parenting is different

from the traditional educational style. In the The Glass Castle, Jeannette mentions her

first swimming with the help of her parents and family. Jeannette was scared of the

larger bodies of water, so she had never learned before. When she waded in up to her

shoulders, she asked her father for help. However, her father forced Jeannette to learn

how to swim. He pushed Jeannette away, and let her sink into the hot, smelly water.

Jeannette instinctively breathed in water that surged into her nose and mouth and

down her throat. Finally her father pulled her into the shallow water, and taught her to

catch her breath. Then her father forced Jeannette to choose to sink or swim. Jeannette

first preferred to sink rather than swim, so she experienced the feeling of suffocation

again. Fortunately, she did swim by herself with the encouragement of her family.

Everyone congratulated Jeannette that she can swim finally. All children want to feel

they are important part of family. That’s the reason they will always strive to learn and

advance. So, when they do or learn something new or when they behave properly, it is

good to tell them how magnificent that new thing was and how great their

achievement was. It is important to tell them to learn new things. (2) Parenting can

improve children’s ability, and lead them to succeed.

Good parenting also can bring the children to a world of fantasy and make

them have a wider view of the world. Jeannette has the parents who were born

with a heavenly steed soaring across the skies and imaginable creative. In the

beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns and

camping in the mountains. Jeannette’s father Rex was a talented man who taught

Jeannette and her siblings physics, geology, and how to face the life with courage.

Later, when they had no money, they became the family which was always “doing the

skedaddle.” Sometimes they lived with their grandmother who lives in a white house

in Phoenix. Life did become better for a while when living with her. However, good

times do not last long. They continued “doing the skedaddle.” During the skedaddle,

they often regarded the land as their bed, and the sky as their quilt. This was a curious

experience to the children, and can help children grow with the creative view of the

world.

For me, parenting is much more important than the comfortable environment.

When I was young, my parents divorced. My mother had to work hard to raise me.

That was a hard time for me and my mother. She opened a restaurant to earn money.

In order to save money, we lived in the restaurant. In the daytime, we clean up our

sleeping items, and when we went to sleep in the night, we took them back out. In

the restaurant, my mother would do everything by herself most of the time. She got

up early to buy the fresh and cheap food and she greeted the guests. My mother was

busy from morning to night. Even in such a difficult situation, my mother never

gave up. She withstood the pressure of life, and she finally walked to success.

Sending me to study abroad is very good proof to show my mother’s success.

Though our lives were not perfect or good in the early years, my days were really

very happy. I regard my mother as my role model, and looking at her makes me feel

full of power. Children tend to become what they witness and hear. What I learn from

my mother is called supporting oneself. You try your best to make effort, and you will

gain the success. No pain, no gain. Therefore, good parenting is leading a child to a

successful way.

Raising children is one of the difficult at the same time most rewarding jobs in

the world. With a little patience and accepting a little assistance one can take the right

steps on how to be a good parent. There is no such definition for a good parent. To

Jeannette, her parents are the most suitable for her. In other words, their parenting is

successful. To me, I think my mother is my role model, and her parenting is good for

me, too. Even though we do not have the comfortable environment, good parenting

also makes us have the correct world outlook and value on life.

      

Worked Cited

Walls, Jeanette. The Glass Castle. New York: Scribner, 2005. Print.

"How to Be a Good Parent: Essential Characteristics and Qualities of a Good Parent." Explore These Parenting Skills That Could Turn Your Child into a Wizard. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.parenting-skills.org/448/how-to-be-a-good-parent-essential-characteristics-and-qualities-of-a-good-parent>.

Paying it forward

Paying it forward is about a young boy Trevor attempting to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance. Trevor’s social studies teacher gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor thinks deeply and tries to make the world more beautiful. He does a favor for the three people, and the first one is the homeless people. He picks the homeless people to the home, and gives him money. Unfortunately, the efforts are waste, and his plan is failed. However, Trevor doesn’t give up and finds the second people to pay it forward.

Paying it forward is a good way to help others and help you. Take myself for example, when I was in the boarding school, I was commissary in charge of physical labor.

2/29/2012

I LOVE U~

Good Parenting

      In the article "What makes a good parent", there are ten competencies that predict good parenting outcomes. Expressing Love and Affection: You support and accept the child, are physically affectionate, and spend quality one-on-one time with him or her. Stress Management: You take steps to reduce stress for yourself and your child, practice relaxation techniques, and promote positive interpretations of events. Relationship Skills: You maintain a positive marital relationship and model effective relationship skills with other people. Autonomy and Independence: You treat your child with respect and encourage him or her to become self-sufficient and self-reliant. Education and Learning: You promote and model learning for your child. Life Skills: You provide for your child, have a steady income, and plan for the future. Behavior Management: You make extensive use of positive reinforcement and punish only when other methods of managing behavior have failed. Health: You model a healthy lifestyle and good habits for your child. Religion: You support spiritual or religious development and participate in spiritual or religious activities. Safety: You take precautions to protect your child and maintain awareness of the child's activities and friends.

      Take myself for example; good parenting is expressing love and affection, relationship skills, autonomy and independence and behavior management. My mother always shows how much she loves me, and let me know that I am so important for her. This makes me much more moved, and I will become a habit to express my love. My mother is also a successful woman, not only in her business, but in her life. She is kind to everyone, and tries her best to help her friends. She is my role model, and I can learn from my mother how to be a good person, a good friend, a good daughter. At the same time, she also gives me the enough independence. When I was young, she sent me to the boarding school. She wants me to become independent, and deal with my own things. With her good parenting, I become confident, kind, and optimistic.