Moustache

develops critical thinking skills, and can be creative and imaginative. Caregivers communicate the message to children they are valued, and their thoughts are valued, when caregiver’s listen and engage in conversations with them. In the future if Emily were to mention she has a milk mustache, our conversation might sound like: Me: “You have a milk moustache?” Emily: “Yes.” Me: “How did you get a milk moustache?” Emily: “I drank milk and it made a milk moustache.” Me: “What does it feel like?” Emily: “Sticky and wet.” Me: “What do you like best about your milk moustache?” Emily: “Umm, it tastes good!” I didn’t realize I ignored Emily at breakfast. I think this is due to my own perceptions about the children; Jesse-Leigh talks often and easily, whereas Emily sometimes makes sounds instead of speaking. I am glad to be made aware of this. I am making efforts to engage in conversation with all the children. Since the visit I have had conversations with Emily about her milk moustache, which she points out to me almost daily. Emily’s awareness of her milk moustache has made other children eager to point out their milk moustaches, too. The children mostly rode cars, ran, jumped, and played in the sand table while on the lanai. Uncle Jon was bringing out play-dough for the lanai area for the children to play with, but prior to the visit when I asked if I could bring it out he said, “No, I want the children to work their large muscles more.” After that I didn’t ask to…

There moves a silhouette in the distance. You can barely make out who they are. They come closer and you can see their face structure, skin color and body type. This starts becoming who they are. You meet the figure and begin talking with them. As you converse, you create a further vivid image of who they are. The components of this person, personality and looks, associate together and meld into one being - their personhood. Each of the phenotypes outlining an individual is physical expressions…

Mike’s Insights into his Grandmother being a Real Person In the story “The Moustache”, a character named Mike finds out that his grandmother was a “real” person after his grandmother thought he was her husband. Mike then realized that his grandmother had problems and regrets like he did. He viewed his grandmother as a life that happened long ago. However, he discovered that she a person “And then you find out that she’s a person. She’s somebody.” and also that they have difficulties in their…

For many men, it is very important to have a beard. This makes them feel more attractive and even more men. Beards have been very popular for some years; however, many men still do not know how to take care of their beards or how they can make the beard grow in a healthy and careful. For all men this process is different, some go very quickly and at an early age, while others may take months to get out and grow, there are even men who do not have a beard but a few facial hairs. In many…

disease that can occur is middle to old age which causes people to lose their memory and other important mental functions. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry go through a traumatic experience of losing a loved one because of the disease. They had to be a caregiver for the person who had lost their memory and as a result, they experienced changes in their own lives. In “The Moustache”, a young boy named Mike grew a mustache because he wanted to look older, but…

Invasion of Personal Space: Moustache Experiment Every single student walking in the hallway experience wiggling out of a crowd in front of the library door, sliding by the wall to avoid a group of wild boys, or tiptoeing over a pool of mysterious water. All these actions are done to protect the student’s own personal space (Graziano & Cooke, 2006). A quick duck to avoid a flying basketball is also an example of personal space protection (Graziano & Cooke, 2006). Everyone has his or her own…

They tend to be the ones who give us our most memorable moments, often when we least expect them. The narrator, Mike, in “The Moustache” thought he was just going to visit his old, failing grandmother in the nursing home. His mother nitpicked about his mustache before he left, business as usual. He felt guilty about driving his dad’s car too fast, normal teenager things. Just a normal day in society for this average teenager, his mother, father, sister, girlfriend adhering to their set roles in…

The Effect of Love: Theme of “The Moustache” Robert Cormier’s spectacular story “The Moustache” takes place in Lawnrest Nursing home where elderly people live. Mike, the grandson, visits Meg, his grandmother, because Mike hasn’t visited his grandmother ever since the day she attended Lawnrest. Meg remembered very long ago when Mike was little and never would have expected Mike to come visit. Mike then started feeling like he has butterflies in his stomach when Meg said all the things so…

The first thing that caught my attention in the Horse Dealer’s daughter was Marble’s face being compared to a bull dog. I thought she must look pretty ugly then. I also liked the way the author described Joe, with black moustache that he twists. It made me chuckle and roll my eyes because I could actually imagine the character twisting his stupid mustache while speaking in an English accent. I felt really engage with the characters at that point. I love how they was introduce and the…

Greg. The story called “The Moustache” has a main character called Mike. I am going to compare and contrast both of them. First, I’m contrasting Greg to Mike. Greg is a fourteen year old who has trouble in math and wants to join a basketball team, “His father… lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math.” and “It wasn’t often the Scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen year olds…”, states “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”. Unlike Greg, Mike is a seventeen year old, “At the…