Mental Health Book Recommendations From Those Who Struggle

Mental Health Book Recommendations From Those Who Struggle Today is the World Health Organizations official World Mental Health Day. The theme for this years day of discussing and highlighting the importance of mental health is that of young people and mental health in a changing world. This is a topic near and dear to my heart, and its a topic thats near and dear to the incredible people who contributed raw, brave, and smart essays and art to my recently-released anthology (Dont) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start The Conversation About Mental Health. The statistics about mental health and adolescents are sobering. Roughly one out of every five teens under the age of 18 struggle with mental illness. Depression accounts for one of the leading illnesses and disabilities in this same age group, and the third leading cause of death in this same demographic is suicide. But as much as knowing thisâ€"and living it, either via ones memory of youth or by witnessing and working with todays adolescentsâ€"can be scary, there is hope. Culturally, were fostering more open dialog about mental health, and more and more communities throughout the United States are offering resources to their teens via school psychologists and counseling. Its far from perfect, but these first small steps lead to greater leaps. Another thing thats certainly fostering dialog and better understanding is the growth in YA books about mental illness. The more representation of mental health, the more opportunities to see the ways it plays out. In honor of World Mental Health Day, I asked some of the contributors to (Dont) Call Me Crazy to share some of the books about mental health and mental illness which have had a big impact on their lives. Ive also included some of the books theyve written, in order to offer up some excellent reading in the world of mental health. These books are appropriate for teens and adults. Descriptions from books by contributors come from Goodreads. Descriptions from contributors are their own. If you have any mental health or mental illness books that you find important and powerful, please leave them in the comments. There is always room for more. Books About Mental Illness Mental Health Reasons to Stay Alive  by Matt Haig: This right here is hands down the best book about living with depression and anxiety. Bite-sized chapters, lists, and anecdotes make it a perfect book to keep in your back pocketâ€"just in case. â€"Ashley Holstrom History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera When Griffins first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future hes been imagining for himself has gone far off course. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffins downward spiral continues. Hes losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets hes been keeping are tearing him apart. If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life. The Beauty That Remains by  by Ashley Woodfolk: This book is centrally about the grief of three separate characters, often weaving in their social media presences in this character-driven, voice-y way that I think will particularly engage teen readers. So much of Shays experience with panic/anxiety rang true to me, and I particularly appreciated the treatment of therapy in the story, including that therapy/treatment can be especially stigmatized in the Black community. Ashley speaks more about that  here. â€"Emery Lord The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color  edited by Dior Vargas (available here) The Color Of My Mind is a photo essay based on the viral online photo series entitled the People Of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project launched in September 2014 by Dior Vargas. The project started as a result of Dior noticing an unfortunate trend in the homogenization and misrepresentation of mental health conditions and the people affected by them. Now, this photo essay seeks to highlight the diversity in the mental health community. The Color Of My Mind visually depicts the experiences of 34 individuals as they discuss their struggles, strengths, and lessons learned while living life as a person of color with a mental illness. There Is No Right Way To Meditate by Yumi Sakugawa Take a Moment and Breathe! In  There Is No Right Way to Meditate, award-winning artist Yumi Sakugawa helps you tap into your inner self and finally find the peace that youve been seeking. Each page offers a unique perspective on how to lead a more mindful life, with captivating ink illustrations and encouraging words like, its okay if the only thing you did today was breathe. From simple ways to get rid of a bad mood to instructions for making your intentions come true, her lessons will inspire you to become more aware of the present moment and find stillness no matter where you go. With Yumis uplifting guidance, you will dig deeper into your soul to discover the tranquility already surrounding you. My Heart and Other Black Holes by  by Jasmine Warga follows two teens who make a suicide pact. One of the things this book absolutely nails for me is dark humor. Theres a wry, deadpan line that runs through Aysels narration, like glittery black veins through a slab of marble. I not only relate; I found that the levity made the experience of being within a depressed persons POV much easier. I wont spoil the end, but I will say that the end felt satisfying without feeling too easy. â€"Emery Lord Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn When you’ve been kept caged in the dark, it’s impossible to see the forest for the trees. It’s impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars…   Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. He’s part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy.  The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost. He’s part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful, long-ago summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a secret so monstrous it led three children to do the unthinkable. Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles both the pain of his past and the isolation of his present. Before the sun rises, he’ll either surrender his sanity to the wild darkness inside his mind or make peace with the most elemental of truthsâ€"that choosing to live can mean so much more than not dying. The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork I’m a huge fan of Francisco X. Stork, who experienced his first serious bout of depression in his teens. While the “waking up in the hospital after a suicide attempt” story has been done a lot of times, it’s done well here, as Vicky and the people around her come to life and are at times pretty funny, dark, and sad as she faces up to the “after” of her failed suicide attempt. â€"s.e. smith Not Just Me: Anxiety, Depression, and Learning To Embrace Your Weird by Lisa Jakub Lisa Jakub has always been a little weird. Sensitive. Emotional. Introverted. What else would you expect from a former child actor turned writer? But the issue wasn’t just an artistic temperament; Lisa was constantly trying to hide her debilitating anxiety and depression. She assumed that retiring from her eighteen-year acting career and leaving Hollywood was going to be the cure for all of her issues. Guess how that worked out? Lisa was still having three panic attacks a day and found it hard to leave her house. But when anxiety-induced vomiting claimed the life of her iPodâ€"she knew it was time to get help. It was time to talk about the things that are hard to talk about. She started to embrace her weird. In searching for a deeper understanding of mental wellness, Lisa explored her own history and reached out to others to learn how anxiety and depression impacted their lives. She interviewed Veterans with PTSD and ten-year-olds with sensory integration issues, people with eating disorders and cutting habits, those whose lives were saved by medication and those who found yoga to be the answer. She went to Colorado to learn about the effects of cannabis on anxiety, and attended a meditation retreat in North Carolina to sit quietly for hours and hours and hours in “noble silence.” Without a phone. Not Just Me is a hopeful, entertaining, enlightening look at the root causes of anxiety, the latest research on mood disorders, and ideas for how we can all live authentically with more peace, power, and purpose. Part memoir, part journalistic explorationâ€"this book reminds all of us that we are not alone. Far From You by Tess Sharpe In childhood, Sharpe experienced anxiety, depression, and several suicide attempts, and found her lifeline in young adult fiction. She returned the favor with Far From You, featuring Sophie, who is trying to figure out who killed her best friend after a life turned upside-down by a car accident, a series of painful surgeries, and a dependence that became an addictionâ€"though I do wish to note, as did Sharpe herself when we discussed Sophie’s depiction, that being dependent on pain management (or any medication) isn’t wrong, and questions of addiction and abuse arise when a need (pain control) becomes a want (the psychoactive effects of opiates). â€"s.e. smith Soft Spots: A Marines Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Clint Van Winkle Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentines Day 2003. His battalion was among the first wave of troops that crossed into Iraq, and his first combat experience was the battle of Nasiriyah, followed by patrols throughout the country, house to house searches, and operations in the dangerous Baghdad slums. But after two tours of duty, certain images would not leave his memoryâ€"a fragmented mental movie of shooting a little girl; of scavenging parts from a destroyed, blood-spattered tank; of obliterating several Iraqi men hidden behind an ancient wall; and of mistakenly stepping on a soft spot, the remains of a Marine killed in combat. After his return home, Van Winkle sought help at a Veterans Administration facility, and so began a maddening journey through an indifferent system that promises to care for veterans, but in fact abandons many of them. From riveting scenes of combat violence, to the gallows humor of soldiers fighting a war that seems to make no sense, to moments of tenderness in a civilian life ravaged by flashbacks, rage, and doubt, Soft Spots reveals the mind of a soldier like no other recent memoir of the war that has consumed America. In my essay for (Dont) Call Me Crazy, one of my biggest questions is why my mother refused help time and time again after she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It hurt to know that in many ways, my mother and I were living in different worlds, and she was choosing to stay in the world inside her head. For years, I never understood her choices. But when I started seeing a therapist myself, I wanted to better understand the disorders members of my family had been diagnosed with: schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder. My therapist and I are both avid readers, and I think by having that common ground, she knew where to direct me and my questions. In a way, she was speaking my language. One of the first books she recommended to me was Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon. The book is geared mostly toward parents who are raising children under various challenging circumstances: In addition to a chapter on raising children with schizophrenia, other chapters introduce readers to children who were conceived in rape, children who are prodigies, children who have autism, and more. As a sister and as a child of people facing mental illness, I have found it enlightening to read such humane profiles of people who share my familys diseases. The chapter on schizophrenia, in particular, shows the many facets of a human being battling disease. Solomon writes that sometimes, patients have a hard time deciding whether [they want] to be in the real world or that other world [in their heads]. One patient, Solomon writes, doesnt want to stop listening to the voices in his headâ€"over time, theyve become his friends. Part of what Ive found so damaging about the silence around mental illness is that for much of my life, Ive had to rely on depictions in films and TV to have any sense of what members of my family were going through. For so long, portrayals of mental illness in media were exaggerated and insensitive, and it was incredibly damaging to my ability to understand and empathize with people who were struggling. By reading Solomons informative, yet heartfelt profiles, I can start to get a sense of just how complex a persons life can beâ€"and I can see how a mental health diagnosis is far from a sentence to a life without love. â€"Hannah Bae The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang (February) An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness,  The Collected Schizophrenias  cuts right to the core. Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esmé Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the collected schizophrenias but to those who wish to understand it as well. Opening with the journey toward her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, Wang discusses the medical communitys own disagreement about labels and procedures for diagnosing those with mental illness, and then follows an arc that examines the manifestations of schizophrenia in her life. In essays that range from using fashion to present as high-functioning to the depths of a rare form of psychosis, and from the failures of the higher education system and the dangers of institutionalization to the complexity of compounding factors such as PTSD and Lyme disease, Wangs analytical eye, honed as a former lab r esearcher at Stanford, allows her to balance research with personal narrative. An essay collection of undeniable power,  The Collected Schizophrenias  dispels misconceptions and provides insight into a condition long misunderstood. When I randomly stumbled upon Hyperbole and a Half, back when it only existed as a blogspot site (with an admittedly huge following), I felt like Id finally found something deeply relatable, not just in terms of foiled attempts at adulting, being weird and kind of very awkward, but, importantly, in terms of the day-to-day impact of mental illness. I struggled with self-image issues throughout my teens, which contributed to the anxiety and depression Ive struggled with all of my adult life. But I, like many others, found it difficult to express what I was going through to family, friends, and therapists; much of my battle was waged in isolation. When I read Hyperbole and a Half, and, specifically, Adventures in Depression, I felt seen in a way I never had before. With her simple, effective drawings and sharp, genius satire, Broshs comics made me feel less alone, and they gave me much, much needed laughter. â€"S. Zainab Williams Want more books about mental health and mental illness? Youll want to check out these comics about mental illness, 100 must-read books about mental illness, and these great teen books about depression. You may also find these self-help books for depression worth reading.  

Amy And Lin Have Recently Become Friends After Working

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The Apartheid Of South Africa - 1750 Words

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The effective early childhood educator

Early childhood education plays an important role in educational, physical and social development of a child. There is no question that the education given to a child in its early years of development has significant contribution to the future intellectual development of the child.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on The effective early childhood educator specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The relationships, educational experience and nutrition during the first eight early of a child have high contribution to the child mental and social growth. Therefore, a good early childhood education helps a child to develop in a healthy manner while poor program can have long-term negative effects on a child’s development. Effective early childhood educators are the backbone to successful early childhood education. Success of an early childhood education program is highly depended on the competence of early childhood educat ors. An early childhood educator does not just teach but helps the children to develop in various aspects of their lives (Early, et al., 2007). Above introducing children to education, early childhood educators have to take care of physical, nutritional and social developmental needs of the children. On top of introducing the children to reading, writing and simple computation, early childhood educators have to teach hygiene, safety and other important things that a child needs in its development. Importantly, early childhood educators act as parents to the children and have to respond to the children’s emotional needs. In this paper, I will explore the qualities that make an early childhood educator to be effective. Early childhood educator is an occupation like no other. Early childhood educators must be able to deal with children and respond to their multiple needs. They have the responsibility of laying a foundation to future lives of their students and above all, act as parents to the children. The educators give instructional assistance in the most important part of the children’s education. It is during the early years of development that a child acquires vital social skill and learns to interact with other people. In addition to helping children develop in their social aspects, early childhood educators play significant role in shaping a child’s attitude towards school (Early, et al., 2007). To be effective, therefore, an early childhood educator must have a passion to teach young children. Without having the passion, an early childhood educator cannot withstand the many demands from young children and their parents. The main motivation for early childhood educators should be the children themselves. Early childhood educators must enjoy spending most of their time with young children and participating in their activities such as plays.Advertising Looking for essay on education? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first pape r with 15% OFF Learn More Children require a supportive environment for them to develop effectively (Vialle, Lysaght Verenikina, 2008). Effective early childhood educators must be able to anticipate and provide the necessary emotional and educational support to their students. They must be able to create a safe learning environment that invites and supports the children in their educational, social and physical development. To carry out their responsibilities effectively, early childhood educators need to have the necessary organizational, interpersonal and professional skills (Hollowell, 2009). A safe and inviting classroom environment is vital to success of an early childhood education program. A good learning environment can help children to develop easily and make the work of an early childhood educator much easier. Therefore, early childhood educators need to be organized in order to create the suitable learning environment for their students. They must be able to org anize their classrooms in a manner that supports learning and captures their student’s attention (Hollowell, 2009). Considering that young children are easily distracted, early childhood educators must do everything possible to minimize distractions. For instance, an early childhood educator should ensure that all materials that she requires are within her reach in order to avoid distracting her students. An organized early childhood educator is effective in her duties. Children in an early childhood program rely on their teachers for almost everything. The early childhood educator has to not only teach but also accompany and monitor children during their plays, assist children in toileting, cater for their nutritional needs, address special needs of some students, handle parents and carry out other activities. Without being organized, an early childhood educator cannot be able to carry out all her duties effectively. In classrooms, effective early childhood educators ensure that their students can access their materials easily. Papers, pencils, charts, paper towels and other necessary materials are placed in a manner that they can be reached easily (Hollowell, 2009). In addition to creating organized classroom settings, early childhood educators must be able to establish effective routine for their students. The students must be able to know what to do at what time and sail smoothly through their school day. Organized classroom setting and routine help children to be comfortable and less anxious.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on The effective early childhood educator specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Effective early childhood educators must be able to communicate successfully with children and their parents. Interpersonal and cognitive capabilities of children in early childhood program are at their initial stage (Koza Smith, 2007). Early childhood educators therefore must have the capability of understanding their student without relying on words alone. They should be able to tell when a child is anxious, worried, uncomfortable or happy. Apart from being able to understand their students, effective early childhood educators must be able communicate to their students in an understandable manners. In classrooms, early childhood educators require good communicating skills to teach. To be effective, they must be able to frame their messages in a manner that make them easy for the students to understand. Effective early childhood educators should be able to use various instruction materials to communicate their message to their students and help them grow (Hollowell, 2009). Considering that early childhood education contributes highly to social development of a child, as a role model, an early childhood educator should demonstrate good social and interpersonal skills. Early childhood educators must be able to deal with parents and guardians to their students. Pare nts and guardians are very much concerned about the progress of their children in an education program. Effective early childhood educators must therefore be able to maintain continuous communication with parents and guardians and update them on the progress of their children (Early, et al., 2007). They should also be able to engage parents and guardians in their program by inviting them to give suggestions and participate in educational development of their children. Early childhood educators do not work in isolation. They have to interact with co-workers, supervisor and special needs officers. Effective early childhood educators should use their interpersonal skills to relate well with other people. For instance, an early childhood educator may have problems in getting administrator to appreciate their work. To demonstrate the value of early childhood education, effective early childhood educator can invite the administrator to her class and display her students’ work. Earl y childhood educators must have the necessary professional skills for them to be effective. Above the necessary professional qualifications, effective early childhood educators seek information in order to improve their skills.Advertising Looking for essay on education? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More To be updated on latest and better techniques and instructional methods, effective early childhood educators follow up latest research in early childhood education (Grieshaber Cannella, 2001). To meet developmental needs of the students effectively, early effective early childhood educators must make effort to educate themselves by reviewing latest research and reading periodicals on early childhood education. Effective early childhood educators are able to integrate education and care in their programs (Vialle, Lysaght Verenikina, 2008). Integrating education and care is very important to the success of an early childhood program. An effective early childhood educator should therefore be able to find the right balance between play and conscious learning, stimulation and boredom, discipline and compromise, routine and free time, physical education/life skills, and general knowledge (Maths, English, Science, Etc.), and lastly independence and teamwork (Vialle, Lysaght Verenikina, 2008). Considering that children will make mistakes or misbehave, effective early childhood educators must not shy away from correcting their students. To an effective early childhood educator, mistakes are considered as opportunities and she uses the mistakes to achieve the desired learning and developmental goals. When a child misbehaves, an effective early childhood educator uses the opportunity to facilitate emotional regulation and growth towards appropriate social behaviour. In order to fashion a comfortable environment for learning and expression an effective early childhood educator ensures a strong bond between her and her students. The bond between early childhood educators and their students is the most important factors of achieving a nurturing learning centre. To ensure that the bond remains, an effective early childhood educator always dedicates a section at the beginning of the day for personal interaction (Vialle, Lysaght Verenikina, 2008). It is a fact that childre n learn best through play. In fact, play is considered the language that children understand best (Koza Smith, 2007). Therefore, effective early childhood educators should be able to engage their students in plays. They should be able to use plays to help their students to achieve social and educational development. Effective early childhood educators know how to integrate plays in their programs and are able to achieve much. Effective early childhood educators are flexible. The secret of teaching children is to make learning as interesting as possible (Koza Smith, 2007). Effective early childhood educators therefore vary their lesson plans to respond to learning requirements and styles of their students. Because of their passion to teach and ability to be flexible, effective early childhood educators are able to make school to be enjoyable to all their students. Discipline is a necessity for success of any educational program. To be successful, early childhood educators must be a ble to a strike a balance between being gentle and firm disciplinarian (Grieshaber Cannella, 2001). Effective early childhood educators strive to ensure that high discipline prevails in their classrooms. However, effective early childhood educators discipline their student gently and lovingly. They are able to maintain self-control at all time and hold no grudge with any child. The identity and image that a child develops during its early years last for long. A child experience in an early childhood centre can therefore contribute to its self image and identity (Edwards, Blaise Hammer, 2009). An effective early childhood educator is therefore responsible enough to care for self image of their students. She makes every effort and takes the necessary interventions to ensure that their students develop positive self image. In classroom, an effective early childhood educator tries to ensure that a sense of fairness prevails. She gives all student opportunity to participate and ensure none of the children feels neglected or ignored. As responsible teachers, effective early childhood educators should be able to note any change in behaviour of their students and make the necessary intervention. Understanding developmental needs of a child is vital for success of an early childhood educator (Vialle, Lysaght Verenikina, 2008). Effective early childhood educators therefore should have a high understanding of the needs of their students. They should understand the best way to respond to social, educational, emotional, psychological and nutritional needs of their students. With understanding child development, effective early childhood educators are able to create a learning environment that suites all their students irrespective of their culture, age and social abilities (Edwards, Blaise Hammer, 2009). A good learning environment helps in motivating students and boosts their self esteem (Hollowell, 2009). Studies have shown that treating children at a low expectancy level of achievement undermines the child and have a negative effect on progression. Hence, an effective early childhood educator understands that building confidence and self esteem of her students is one of her responsibilities. High level of energy, a sense of humour, and patience are necessary qualities of an effective early childhood educator. Early childhood educator is centre of attention to all her students. She has to respond to many demands from her students. To be effective, early childhood educator has to have high energy and spirit throughout her school day. She has to demonstrate enthusiasm to her students and encourage them through various learning activities. Apart from enthusiasm, an effective early childhood educator requires a sense of humour. Above all qualities, an effective early childhood educator must be patient with her students and their parents. It is fundamentally important as an Australian early childhood educator to be familiar with the ‘Australia n Context Curriculum’ for early childhood education. As the environment and culture of the world is forever evolving so must the curriculum, therefore, teachers and educators must have access to and regularly check any updates towards the curriculum. For instance, in March 2010, the Australian curriculum was updated, the focus was of less quantity and more of quality, this is to sync the information being taught to children have a more coherent body of knowledge. Successful early childhood education is not possible without effective early childhood educators. Early childhood educators play significant role to social and emotional development of their students and put down foundation to their education. To succeed at their roles, early childhood educators need to have the necessary organizational, interpersonal and professional skills. They must be able to organize the necessary learning environment and be organized in all their activities. Appropriate interpersonal skills hel p effective early childhood educators to communicate effectively with their students, their parents and guardians, co-workers, and other individuals. Passion for teaching children however is the most important quality of effective early childhood educators. An early childhood educator that enjoys her work is able to withstand many challenges that come along her way and be a motivation to her students. References Early, D. M., Maxwell, K. L., Burchinal, M., Alva, S., Bender, R. H., Bryant, D., Cai, K., Clifford, R. M., Ebanks, C., Griffin, J. A., Henry, G. T., Howes, C., Iriondo-Perez, J., Jeon, H.-J., Mashburn, A. J., Peisner-Feinberg, E., Pianta, R. C., Vandergrift, N. Zill, N. (2007). Teachers’ Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children’s Academic Skills: Results from Seven Studies of Preschool Programs. Child Development, 78 (1),  558–580 Edwards, S., Blaise, M. Hammer, M. (2009). The name assigned to the document by the author. This field may also contain sub-titles, series names, and report numbers.Beyond Developmentalism? Early Childhood Teachers’ Understandings of Multiage Grouping in Early Childhood Education and Care. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 34(4), 55-63. Grieshaber, S. Cannella, G. 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The Good Bad And The Ugly 2 Essay

The Good Bad And The Ugly 2 Essay The Good Bad And The Ugly 2 Essay Julian Meza 11/25/14 Mr.Taliancich The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Imagine a world where everyone is entitled to their own concealed weapon with the exception of criminals, would there be total chaos or would there be order? "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Said LaPierre, the executive vice president in the National Rifle Association, in a public speech following the elementary mass school shooting which took place in Newton, Connecticut. Due to this Generating discussions and fiery debates involving safety issues, gun control, the banning of assault weapons and sniper rifles. In this essay I will show you why everyone without criminal records should be entitled to carry concealed weapons. In doing so crime rates would dwindle. However, if one were so inclined to even mention a Bill of Rights reform needed to combat the gun control issue. The NRA, which are the most passionate and influential factor among the gun advocacy debates, chime in to deny such actions from taking place with arguments placing fault a mong the gun owners behind the trigger. Some steps have already been taken by certain states to restrict weapons such as sniper, assault rifles, and concealed carries in public that were available to the general public, along with the ban of unlicensed dealers selling unregistered weapons without federal background checks. For example, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia teamed up with Senator Pat. Toomey to propose an amendment which enforced gun control keeping weapons off the hands of criminals by proposing background checks and mental evaluations at every gun show and online shop, such amendment however has been turned down due to the shortage of votes and support from the state. On another note, a major contributor to the problem according to gun control activists, are the gun shows where unlicensed vendors sell their products without federal consent. Granted that many are not in support of the second amendment from being exercised freely in public, there are certainly advantages to owning a concealed weapon. In a society where crime plagues just about every city, personal safety is a luxury often sought after with the purchase and carrying of a concealed pistol, pepper spray, and tasers. These weapons of choice are often carried without the criminal’s knowledge which helps prevent the crimes from ever taking place. People who want to carry concealed weapons should be required to partake in psychological screenings for safety measures before applying for a background check. Although prerequisite screenings for mental issues would be mandatory to weed out the mentally unstable from ever purchasing a gun, there are also other factors. Evidently, there are a number of disadvantages from allowing people to own a concealed weapon. Some would argue that carrying a weapon would only increase the crime statistic giving those who carry a weapon a chance at doing wrong when given the opportunity. Consequently, the second amendment which is included in the Bill of Rights in combination with the gun pro activists, prevent such bans and gun control to take place arguing that such bans infringes the second amendment and should not be allowed. The second amendment adopted in the month of December on the 15th of the year 1791 written by the nation’s founding fathers, states that â€Å"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.† (Wikipedia).Though most p eople would agree on the fact that the constitution states gun ownership is to be solely for militia uses and not individual ownership protesters suggest the amendment is in need of an update to keep with current times, yet no action has been taken by authorities or the public to do so. The incident that started all of this buzz happened on December the 12th the year 2013 in Newton, Connecticut when twenty year old Adam Lanza had

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Crusade Crusade Crusade By Maeve Maddox The word crusade, used as both noun and verb, derives from a Latin verb meaning â€Å"to mark with a cross.† Middle English adopted the Old French form, croisee. When the OF spelling shifted to croisade, English speakers started spelling it that way too. Finally, in the 18th century, the spelling was Anglicized to crusade. The Crusades were European-led wars that began in the 11th century with the intention of recapturing Jerusalem and other places in the Holy Land that had been conquered by Muslims in the 7th century, seven years after the death of Muhammad. The last attempt by a European king to recover the Christian sites was in 1272. The earliest OED citation for croisade in reference to these wars is dated 1557. In the 18th century, crusade acquired a figurative meaning separate from the idea of a religious war. The noun came to mean â€Å"an aggressive movement against something perceived as a public evil.† The first documentation of this use occurs in 1786 in the writings of Thomas Jefferson: â€Å"Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance.† For more than 200 years, crusade has served English speakers as a useful word to signify any kind of zealous support or opposition carried on in the name of the public good, for example: Rep. Claude Pepper, who crusaded for Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal in the 1930s and was still championing the rights of the elderly a half-century later, died today at 88.   For years, I’ve been on a crusade to help people boost their productivity by strengthening their writing so they can avoid the problems that come with sending unclear messages. Klonsky is talking about the zealots, backed by multimillionaires, who are crusading against teachers unions as they claim to fight for the reform of public education. Kentucky has now, by reason of this legislation, decided to become educated - and we have embarked on a crusade for that purpose. Public School Crusaders Stake Out Rival Camps in Austin Sunday Express launches crusade for better mental health In the present political climate, the figurative use of crusade seems to be coming to an end as it joins others on the list of politically incorrect words: Campus Crusade Changes Name to Cru Ministry leaders worry that the word â€Å"crusade† has too many negative associations. President Bushs reference to a crusade against terrorism, which passed almost unnoticed by Americans, rang alarm bells in Europe.    Crusade is already coming in for criticism in some writing guides. This is from a UK university writing guide: Example 1: Crusade against crime Example 2: Campaign against crime The word ‘crusade’ has connotations of a battle and is more aggressive in tone than the word ‘campaign’. ‘Campaign’ implies a more considered approach. A style manual for Christian writers offers this advice: The terms  crusade  and crusades  are legitimate  words  in most contexts, although they should be  avoided  when used figuratively for Christian evangelism, modern military campaigns, or any effort to promote beliefs or values cross-culturally. As Western government spokesmen and journalists take care to avoid the English word crusade, the Arabic borrowing jihad comes to mind. Like crusade in English, jihad has two meanings in its language of origin: â€Å"a holy war against unbelievers† and â€Å"a struggle or effort to do good.† Here are some alternatives for politically correct writers who wish to phase out crusade in the figurative sense: crusade (noun): campaign drive push movement effort struggle offensive crusade (verb): work strive struggle fight agitate lobby champion promote Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Vocabulary category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:When to Capitalize Animal and Plant Names8 Writing Tips for BeginnersEmpathic or Empathetic?