Category: Growing Up

According to Carol Geddes article, Growing up Native, there were and still are many hardships faced by the Natives in Canada. In this intriguing first person account by Geddes, she talks about the racial profiling and racism endured by the Natives through their life in school and throughout their battle in life to find equality.…

Kenneth Slessor’s suite of poetry enhances the complexities of the human experience and he invites us to challenge our predetermined consumptions and asks his audience to question what it means to human. Slessor’s dichotomous poem, ‘William Street’ is a clear representation of the experiences of living in an urban metropolis whilst observing into a different…

Loneliness, struggles, and challenges make me think of about a million things that have happened throughout my life. In today’s society, it is very common to be raised by just one parent so the biggest challenge I have had to face is growing up in a single-parent household. I felt terrible, sad, and angry because…

Georges is a boy from the Centrepoint Homeless Shelter who has a story to tell. He had always had a fine life with his mother, except for the days she beat him. One day he has enough of it, so he left, spending several nights on the street in the middle of November in only…

The film, Growing Up Trans, identifies the internal battle of discovering gender identity. It focuses specifically on adolescents developmenting a sense of gender dysmorphia and how that plays into their development. Although many sociological ideas are integrated into the transgender community, society confusing the meaning of gender and sex causes the negative perception of transgender…

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, accurately displays the racial injustices and prejudice prevalent to the people in the south, during the 1930s. The text explores themes of prejudice, growing up and courage, in which is further developed throughout the novel and within the characters. Scout Jean Louise Finch and Jem…

A novel in which every scene and detail has its meaning and a single item has symbolism is no other than To Kill A Mockingbird. To Kill A Mockingbird has many themes although one theme, in particular, develops over the course of the novel. In this novel, it focuses on two characters, that being Scout…

Growing up in a military family is not always an easy feat. One thing that military brats share is a familiarity with moving and establishing new homes, often far across the country or even overseas. At a young age, one learns how to drop everything, say goodbye to friends after just getting to know them,…

I saw a meme on Facebook a while back, showing kids standing on the beach in the sunset, dancing around in the waves. The caption said, ‘Remember when we were young and said we couldn’t wait to grow up? What were we thinking?!?’ And now that we are old enough to appreciate that meme, let’s…

A child not having their father in his or her life is sad, but it does not doom a person forever. Having a biological father does not equate to success. A single mother can raise a successful child. For example, Barack Obama, his father left him, but he held the most powerful position in the…