Chicago has adopted several nicknames within the past few years. One of the most frequently used nicknames is Chi-Raq. Chicago was given the nickname because the city’s murder rates surpassed the death rates in Iraq within one year. Because of the large amount of publicity Chicago has received, even Spike Lee chose to produce a movie entitled “Chi-Raq”. Chicago has been deemed as a city with several shootings and killings. To Chicago natives, it seems as if this topic is an ongoing experience. In numerous cases, some have stated to be numb to the violence within Chicago. The culture of schools in Chicago is portrayed negatively. There are several articles, videos, and topics about school closings, fights, low academic scores, and more. Students …show more content…
“Many students enroll as freshmen, and begin to struggle with their identity. Freshmen tend to rely on the seniors as their guide to how they should behave, and what is acceptable. Many students imitate people who they deem as “important or cool”. Misbehavior is present for several reasons. According to the Adlerian therapy, all behavior is goal-oriented. The issue is not the cause of the behavior but determining what children want to accomplish, either in the real world or in their own minds” (Henderson & Thompson, 2016). Misbehavior may be soliciting some sort of response. “According to Henderson and Thompson, the response can include attention, power, revenge, and even inadequacy or withdrawal. When students began to seek attention, one may view positive and negative behaviors. The student’s behavior may encourage positive reinforcement or punishment. Attention seeking behaviors can be identified as active constructive, passive constructive, active destructive, and passive destructive. Active constructive behaviors is usually present when a student may want to elevate themselves above other classmates, while not cooperating with the classroom norms. Passive constructive behaviors can be attached to the student who may do all that is expected of them to receive accolades or recognition only. Active destructive behaviors are present usually in students who may be identified as the “class clown”, or one who may regularly receive get in trouble. Passive destructive behaviors are present when a student may seem lazy, or lacking the ability to complete assignments within the classroom. Understanding the different types of behaviors that draw attention can assist school personnel in working best with students. Poor behavior is presented for a reason. Identifying the presenting problem can bring about change. Understanding your client, their experiences, responsibilities, and thought process is key to
Daley excelled in the rough politics in the notoriously corrupt Chicago. Would he have been as successful in another city or state? Perhaps not, but Daley was the perfect match for Chicago. He was a man whose less than pure ethics was understood by Chicagoans. Perhaps he wouldn 't have been as understood and accepted in another environment.
Andrew Diamond examines several Chicago gangs and multiple other movements in Chicago during the end of the 1950s through the 1960s. Diamond follows Dr. Martian Luther King Junior’s ambition to desegregate Chicago, the most segregated city in the United States. King focused his attention first to the West Side’s most notorious black street gangs. This source shows how racial solidarity within the city and youth gangs became a vital source of inspiration for the civil rights movement that was developing during this period. This article suits those who are studying the impact that gangs have on urban community, influences and inspiration for black West Side Chicagoans, historians, and other academic professionals.
Rahm Emanuel Says No to Chi'Raq Director Spike Lee finished shooting his controversial film "Chi-Raq" in July. The film addresses the crime and violence taking the lives of young people in the city of Chicago, thus "Chi-Raq" an urban slang name for Chicago coined by rappers that compares the city's rampant black-on-black violence to that of Iraq. Several months ago the Huffington Post reported that “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, U.S. Senator Dick Durban, and local [Chicago] Alderman Anthony Beale expressed concern over the title, with Beale calling it “insulting.”
These important events happen to take place in Chicago’s bad neighborhoods. Although the filmmakers chose to focus on the bad neighborhoods because they find that’s where most of the action takes place,
You got it, World War 1, which later caused the Great Migration! The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans out of rural, southern United States to urban, northwest, midwest, and western United States. Therefore, the city of Chicago gained a tremendous amount of people. Also, the African American population of Chicago grew from 2% to 33% after the Great Migration. Although it was a rough start, the city provided freedom from legally sanctioned racial discrimination.
The story takes place at Chicago Lying-in Hospital where a couple was given birth to triplets. In an age where there was no disease and people did not aged, population control was used to sustain the planet balanced out. Edward K. Wehling, Jr waited for his wife in the waited room of the hospital thinking that he had to choose one of his kids and scarify the other two. At the same time this was occurring an old man was painting a mural of the “garden of life”. Leora Duncan enter the hospital looking for the painter because she was going to pose for the mural .She
overing an area of almost eight square miles. The area boasts one of the most densely populated neighborhoods with approximately thirty four thousand persons per square mile. During the 1980’s, the Rampart area saw astronomical increases in violent crimes and street gangs trafficking in narcotics controlled the area. In an effort to combat this violence the LAPD established an anti-gang unit known as CRASH, “Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums”. The unit was given wide ranging discretion in their crime fighting approach.
One being that it’s layout would be familiar to gangs like the Bloods and the Cripps. Second, What use is Chicago anyway? It’s not like any Business tycoons come from the Windy City, and over half
Gun violence among youths residing on the South side of Chicago is the number one problem facing the city of Chicago. Each year more than 500 people are killed as a result of gun violence among Chicago youths. This problem has caused financial constraints on the city. Chicago city had to spend huge amount of money hiring more police to patrol the affected neighborhood. Many profitable businesses had been forced to close down due to gun violence among youths.
For a student to obtain success as they have come to know, they believe conformity is of the utmost importance. This then plays into the desire to fit in. In the case of The Citadel, because they must conform to certain personality changes, this sacrifice is often toxic. Developed in part due to the four-class system, first-year student who are referred to as “knobs” take the brute force of the ritualistic hazing. This group of students are often tortured relentlessly until they either quit, conform, or wait it out until the first year is over.
My story takes place in Chicago, IL. Melissa Martin was about to graduate from The University of Chicago in one month. William Mollard was in graduate school studying geography. He was going to propose to Melissa on her graduation day.
Chicago and other major cities remain in the news, as they continue to struggle with high murder rates. In fact, the city of Chicago has witnessed a 50 percent increase in its murder rate in only a one year period, and this area is not alone. Thankfully, cities across America and noticing violent and property crime rates remain at historic lows. The new adminstration has noted the increase in murder rates, but needs to also consider that other crimes on are the decline, which is always a good thing.
One night, during the cold winter, I walked along the side walk to reach the local store down the block. As I walked out, before I can realize it, I was dropping down onto the concrete while bullets swiftly passed me. I then began to run back home, but I wanted to keep running. Away from Chicago, away from the west side. Growing up in Chicago, it was easy to assume that there was nothing different beyond the blocks of my streets.
Children will become more independent with their learning. There are children who misbehave for many different personal reasons. Some behave badly to get attention, they disrupt other class-mates, show off and misbehave in class. They need to know their boundaries and the rules and policies in place in school, therefore understanding the school’s sanctions and
In a time marked by independence and economic thriving, speakeasies, flappers, and a materialistic attitude created an atmosphere of freedom and carelessness — almost every aspect of society thrived. However, the reality of the situation is less than ideal. By the end of the decade, the economy was in shambles due to prohibition and the misuse of credit. Women still fought for their social freedoms and defied their roles set in the stone of American culture, and a spike in crime proved the popular beliefs of citizens were shaping up to be dangerous. The movie Chicago, despite it’s glitzy and dramatic rendition of this era, captures the underlying issues in a way that is accurate to the lifestyle of many Chicagoans.