I remember it vividly, it was in third grade, a few minutes after a teacher-family conference. I was promised a hamster, if my third grade teacher Mrs. Bishop gave a good report about me to my parents. And she did, it was more than good, it was excellent. I was going to get my first hamster. I remember, pushing my small hands and face up against the glass of the small pet enclosure at Pet Smart, for hours and hours, taking close looks at which Hamster I wanted. My mother kept on pushing me to get different, cute and cuddly short haired hamsters, But i knew which one i wanted. A overly playful, ginger, long haired, snaggle toothed hamster, he had a saber tooth that went through his upper lip. For some reason, i found him cuter than any other
hamster in the entire shop. “Honey..” My mother started, “Why don’t you get a nicer looking thing?” she continued, as she referred to the small critters. The small ginger hamster was squirming in my hands by this time, trying to climb up my arm, being open, friendly and playful, unlike all the other “cute & cuddly” looking little thing.” she smiled a bit weakly and let an awkward laugh escape her lips as the hamster squirmed and played in my hands. Unlike the other hamsters I had played with, this one wasn't shy, scared, or nibbling at my skin. It was nice. I knew I wanted this one, even though it was “ugly.” i wanted it, and i got him.
Alastair Norcross in his article “Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal cases “expresses the moral dilemma based on factory farming. Norcross gives an example of a man named Fred. Fred has to torture puppies in order to be able to enjoy chocolate. This is because when puppies are brutally tortured and then brutally killed they release a chemical called cocoamone. This chemical enhances the taste of chocolate, so Fred is killing puppies for gustatory pleasure. Any morally sound person would be appalled at what Frank is doing to these puppies and that is the basis of Norcross’s article. He is arguing that raising animals on factory farms and what Fred is doing are both morally wrong, because in both cases we are brutally killing the
Parents often wonder what makes a good first pet. Hamsters are often the first choice while its close relative the guinea pig is often overlooked. While both creatures are loveable, the bigger guinea pig makes a better pet for children.
I must have been a very little girl, probably about four years old. The memory is somewhat fuzzy, but I do remember that I had been naughty and that I had been made to stand in the corner of our dining room as a result. I think I was being punished for my antics at the dinner table. While I stood there feeling incredibly sorry for myself, I could hear the rest of my family in the other room talking and laughing. This only made me feel even more sad and alone than before. I began to feel neglected and I decided that my mother had forgotten about me.
Since the beginnings of society’s division into a hierarchy of man’s importance, the bottom of the social pyramid was always those seen as lacking morals. Whether immoral qualities were synonymous with skin color or occupation, a supposed lack of moral integrity allowed for those higher in stature to impose at times grueling oppression upon the degraded. As society evolved many advances pushed for equality among the masses so that each man or woman was allowed the freedom of bias or judgment. However, no matter how advanced the human race, there is still a hierarchy and at the lowest of its levels lies prisoners. Prisoners in modern times are often seen as morally deficit and depraved monsters that deserve the worst of punishments to repent for their crimes. Consequently, since prisoners occupied the lower levels of society’s class division history suggests that they are to be subject to the oppression of their proclaimed superiors, the unchained population. The use of prisoner’s for medical research has gone from something that has been considered adequate to something that is unacceptable and inhumane.
It is incredible to understand how the way someone was nurtured as a child could have such an effect on there adulthood. I personally believe that the events that occurred in my early childhood were stepping stones to defined me as the person I am today.
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
When i was four years old we went to Wal-Mart. I found a watch i asked my dad if i could have it. He said no so i took it. When we got home I pulled it out he saw it and I got grounded from everything but my bed. And the next day he took me back so i could
When the end of my 5th grade year had hit; A land mark of the most traumatizing event of my life was about to take place. My mom had left my father and took us along with her. Over the summer and a few addit...
On that fateful day in March, I was a couple months shy of my third birthday. My family and I lived in New Mexico at the time and were renting a house with an outdoor in-ground pool. The day was beautiful. I was outside with my oldest sister Rachel and my father. Rachel was diligently reading curled up on a bench that sat against the house, and my father was mowing the backyard. My mother and my other sister were in the house. Off to one side of the house there was a group of large bushes. I was playing over there with one of her large cooking pots, off in my own little world. At one point while amusing and en...
According to the Smithsonian website, hamsters started to become domesticated in 1930 to become test subjects by a jewish biologist. Hamsters are still tiny wild animals that are being kept in tiny cages. They must have plenty of bedding to help simulate burrowing as they would in the wild. Unfortunately store bought cages do not allow for this. “It [stress] can cause serious harm to the
I believe that dogs are inherently superior to hamsters. Monte is a prime example as to how dogs rule and hamster rule. Monte, the dog, is an energetic sheepdog, rottweiler
As a kid, I fell in love with the idea of getting a puppy for Christmas. Wrapped in a small box with a bow on top sitting under the tree just like the movies and tv shows I had seen. I can remember making a Christmas list of all the things I wanted that year, and every year the same thing that I wanted had said “puppy” with it underlined so that my mother knew which was my favorite on the list. Every year no surprise, I didn’t find a dog. I never understood why I never received one. When the kids at school talked about the few dogs they had at home made me so jealous, but I hoped that one day it would be me to have my own best friend at home.
First day of first grade was announced on the speaker of my orphanage. I was so scared to go because I didn 't know what it was like to be in a different building than the orphanage. School sounded so scary I hid in the laundry room and it took half the morning for the staff to find me. That didn 't stop me from going, I refused to put on the uniform that was required for school. Somehow they got me to the
I have a love for cats. Ever since I was a teenager I always wished for a cat of my own. When I moved in a three story apartment in California, the Manager of the complex said that cats were allowed in the units. I mentioned to my Aunt at the time that I was searching in the newspapers under advertisements for cats wanted. One cool breezy evening, my Aunt called me and said that a friend of her's named Judy had a cat named Katie who did not get along with her other two cats. So I agreed to meet with Judy to see if I'd love to adopt Katie.
It was a week before Valentines Day in 1987. I was nine years old and