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Migrating Health Professionals' Recruitment Experiences Are Mostly Positive, But Ethical Problems Remain
Created Dec 26 2019, 01:58 PM by Wolters Kluwer Health
January 3, 2020 - Foreign-educated health professionals (FEHPs) in the United States are generally satisfied with their recruitment experience despite the persistence of certain unethical practices, the first major survey of the U.S. international nurse recruitment industry in more than a decade has found. While strides have been made in the realm of ethical international recruitment, there is still room for improvement.
Current estimates indicate that 8-15% of the U.S. nursing workforce is foreign educated, but those figures are projected to grow in the face of health worker shortages and increased demand as the Baby Boomer generation ages and retires out of the workforce.
The study, conducted by CGFNS International, Inc. and published in the American Journal of Nursing, found that 69% of FEHPs had a positive recruitment experience. But the findings also suggest lingering instances of mistreatment, as 30 respondents indicated that their recruiters exhibited dishonesty during the process. Moreover, while breach fees are part of the business models for recruiters who bear high upfront costs, they leave FEHPs vulnerable to coercion and exploitation.
"This is a topic that all stakeholders must address in order to protect the rights of migrating health professionals and to ensure high-quality care delivery," said lead author Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI, President and CEO of CGFNS International, Inc. "We have to consider the impact of migration on the individual FEHP being recruited as well as on the countries they're leaving from and migrating to."
For the study, the researchers surveyed 8,894 FEHPs recruited to the U.S. between 2015-2017 who used VisaScreen® — a CGFNS service that establishes eligibility for employment-based visas — with an 11% response rate, reflecting FEHPs from 56 countries. They also conducted detailed interviews with FEHPs and recruiters to illuminate the current state of the U.S. FEHP recruitment industry today.
Many of the issues examined in the CGFNS study first came to light in health care think tank AcademyHealth's 2007 report, U.S.-Based International Nurse Recruitment: Structure and Practice of a Burgeoning Industry, for which CGFNS International also conducted focus groups and surveys. That study was an impetus for the Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices, a multi-stakeholder effort to develop a voluntary Code establishing best practices in nurse recruitment; founded in 2008, the Alliance has been a division of CGFNS since 2014. Since that time, there has been substantial progress on ethical practices industrywide, though problems remain.
Among the CGFNS study's other findings:
80% of FEHPs knew their wages before signing.
9% had to pay a recruiter fee.
47% had breach fees of at least $15,000 in their contracts.
Some FEHPs who later tried to leave their job were threatened with prosecution for "immigration fraud" or having their visas revoked.
Some FEHPs reported receiving lower pay than their domestic counterparts, with no added pay for working nights or weekends.
While some FEHPs received comprehensive cultural orientation programs from recruiters to ease their transition, others did not.
"Workforce cohesion, and ultimately, the quality of patient care depend on ensuring that all colleagues are treated fairly, trained well, and positioned to succeed in demanding health care environments," the authors concluded.
American Journal of Nursing is published in the Lippincott journal portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Read the full article: The Recruitment Experience of Foreign-Educated Health Professionals to the United States
About CGFNS International, Inc.
Founded in 1977, to provide credentials analysis for nurses seeking migration, CGFNS International, Inc., based in Philadelphia, is an immigration-neutral not-for-profit organization proudly serving 194 countries as the world's largest credentials analysis organization for the nursing and allied healthcare professions. Since its creation, more than 3 million nurses have used CGFNS' services while migrating to the U.S. and Canada. CGFNS has NGO consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is a member of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). For more information, visit www.cgfns.org.
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Leyla Islam qizi Yunusova (geb. Leyla Islam qizi Vəliyeva, * 21. Dezember 1955 in Baku), besser bekannt als Leyla Yunus, ist eine aserbaidschanische Menschenrechtsaktivistin und seit 1995 Direktorin der Menschenrechtsorganisation "Institut von Frieden und Demokratie". Sie ist besonders bekannt für ihren Einsatz für diejenigen Menschen, die von den seit 2008 stattfindenden Zwangsräumungen in Baku betroffen sind.

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In den späten 1980ern war Yunus in der damaligen Sowjetunion in reformistischen Kreisen tätig. 1988 gründete sie gemeinsam mit einer kleinen Gruppe moderater Intellektueller die "Volksfront der Aserbaidschaner zur Unterstützung der Perestroika", einer Vorgängerorganisation der Volksfront Aserbaidschans.

Im Januar 1990 gründete Yunus zusammen mit Zardusht Alizadeh die Sozialdemokratische Partei, mit dem Ziel, eine moderate Stimme in das Politikgeschehen Aserbaidschans einzubringen. Im April 1990 veröffentlichte Yunus ein Essay Die Verantwortlichkeiten eines Politikers, das für einen gemäßigten Kurs abseits von extremem Nationalismus und der Gewaltherrschaft der Sowjetunion plädierte.

Während des Bergkarabachkonflikts zwischen 1992 und 1993 war Yunus stellvertretende Verteidigungsministerin Aserbaidschans. Anschließend begann sie, gemeinsam mit sozial engagierten Aktivisten zum Frieden zwischen Aserbaidschan und Armenien aufzurufen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann Arif engagiert sie sich aktiv für Versöhnung mit den Armeniern.

2009 wurde sie vom aserbaidschanischen Innenminister Ramil Usubow wegen Diffamierung verklagt, da sie öffentlich das Verhalten der Polizei während der Entführung von zwei jungen Mädchen kritisiert und den Polizisten vorgeworfen hatte, den Schmugglern der beiden entführten Mädchen geholfen zu haben. Organisationen wie Human Rights Watch forderten daraufhin die aserbaidschanische Regierung auf, die Anklage fallen zu lassen.

In weiterer Folge kritisierte sie wiederholt das Verhalten der Polizei bei den Zwangsräumungen in der Altstadt von Baku und drohte 2011 damit, die Fälle von Zwangsenteignung vor den Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte zu bringen. Am 11. August 2011 wurde Yunus' Büro in Baku abgerissen, nachdem die Behörden Minuten zuvor den Abriss angekündigt hatten. Yunus selbst befand sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt in Norwegen. Vertreter der Europäischen Union verurteilten die Einebnung des Büros und betonten die Wichtigkeit der Partnerschaft von Yunus' Institut mit der internationalen Gemeinschaft. Die Aktion wurde in einem gemeinsamen Brief auch von 52 Menschenrechtsorganisationen aus 14 Ländern verurteilt.

Gemeinsam mit Rasul Jafarow gründete Yunus 2014 eine Arbeitsgruppe, die eine Liste der politischen Häftlinge in Aserbaidschan zusammenstellen sollte. Beide wurden im selben Jahr verhaftet und fanden sich ebenfalls auf der Liste wieder, die im August 2014 vom Norwegischen Helsinki-Komitee herausgegeben wurde. Hintergrund der Verhaftung von Yunus und ihrem Ehemann Arif Yunus im April 2014 am Flughafen Baku war der Vorwurf der aserbaidschanischen Regierung, dass Yunus für Armenien spioniere. Die Inhaftierung Yunus' und ihr schlechter Gesundheitszustand, der auf die mangelnde medizinische Versorgung im Gefängnis zurückzuführen war, führten zu Protesten der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates, von Reporter ohne Grenzen und anderen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs).

Am 13. August 2015 wurde Yunus wegen Betrugs, Steuerhinterziehung und anderer angeblicher Vergehen zu achteinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt, ihr Ehemann zu sieben Jahren. Westliche Regierungen und NGOs protestieren abermals gegen die Verfolgung von Aktivisten wie Leyla Yunus. Am 9. Dezember desselben Jahres wurde Yunus aus Gesundheitsgründen aus der Haft entlassen und die unbedingte Haftstrafe in eine bedingte Haftstrafe umgewandelt.

Auszeichnungen

2013 erhielt Yunus den Theodor-Haecker-Preis der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar. Im Vorfeld der Verleihung versuchte der aserbaidschanische Honorarkonsul und ehemalige Sprecher der deutschen Bundesregierung, Otto Hauser, vergeblich, durch einen Anruf beim Esslinger Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Zieger diese Auszeichnung zu verhindern. Hauser weigerte sich auch später, sich für Yunus einzusetzen. 2014 erhielt sie den in Polen verliehenen Sergio-Vieira-de-Mello-Preis. Yunus wurde im Oktober 2014 der Andrei Sacharow-Freiheitspreis verliehen. Im selben Monat war sie eine der drei Finalisten für den Sacharow-Preis. Im Zuge der Nominierung kündigte das Europäische Parlament an, eine Delegation nach Aserbaidschan zu schicken, um sie in ihren Bemühungen um Demokratie und Freiheit in ihrem Land zu unterstützen.

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Politiker (Aserbaidschan)
Aserbaidschaner
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Menschenrechtsaktivist (Sowjetunion)
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Following the controversial ending of Georges St-Pierre vs Johny Hendricks at UFC 167, Dana White had some harsh words for the current champ.
Those slightly belligerent comments were offset though by the GSP's mentor Kristof Midoux, who told reporters that White had called the champ to apologize the next day. According to Midoux, White admitted that after watching the fight again, he agreed with the judges' decision.
In a strange twist though, White is now denying that such a phone call ever took place.
White also elaborated on his previous statement that GSP is obligated to return and defend his title.


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Barbecue – it's in our name and it's in our blood, but it's not all that we do.
Over the last few months new adventures in catering and competition have led us to recipes and meals above and beyond the barbecue horizon. I'm going to take this opportunity to catch up a bit!
A 14 inch Dutch Oven was heated up to 350°F, and lined with foil to catch drippings. The filled cups were placed in the oven and cooked for about 20 minutes, until the filling set.
For the turn-in, the cups were served on the Dutch Oven lid surrounded by edible flowers (Dutch Oven rules prohibit the use of inedible decorations). This dessert took second place at the competition.
These sliders – featured in the best food photo I have ever taken – were practice for a burger competition. The hamburger (from my favorite butcher Double DD Meats) was basted in a mirin-honey-soy glaze as it cooked over charcoal. The toasted potato slider roll from Macrina Bakery was topped with a mayonnaise-honey-sriracha spread, cilantro, and cucumber, and the burger was finished with the classic pickled daikon and carrot.
At the actual competition the burger ended up finishing in Fourth Place. I expect it would have done better, but I screwed up and bought Macrina olive rolls instead of the potato rolls; the burgers were still really good, but the olive rolls weren't quite as pretty, and didn't work quite as well with the Banh Mi flavors.
Us Raven's Fyre folks have done plenty of catering, but a traditional Oktoberfest dinner was definitely a first! We wanted to dazzle, and make sure everyone had plenty to eat and plenty to love.
For the sides, we went with two German classics: Blaukraut (red cabbage brined in red wine) and warm German potato salad. Of course, it wouldn't be Oktoberfest without sausage! As a twist on a classic, we braised smoked German sausages in Pyramid Oktoberfest Autumn Lager with onions and apples. We decided to round out the meal with what turned out to be the most popular and praised dish, Sauerbraten. For those not in the know, sauerbraten is beef (or pork or other meats) marinated in a vinegar mixture for several days, and then braised. Normally a cut of beef such as bottom round is used, but staying true to our barbecue roots we decided to use briskets instead. Happily, this resulted in what I feel is a much more flavorful dish.
If you made it this far, thank you! I have other food goodies to cover, but will cut this short before you all get too bored.


The Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Sports, Mr Deji Tinubu, died suddenly this (Thursday) evening. He is the younger brother of Wale Tinubu, Oando CEO.
He slumped while taking part in football at the ongoing retreat/meeting organised by the Lagos State Government for members of its State Executive Council and top functionaries in Epe.
Deji Tinubu was immediately rushed to Epe General Hospital after he slumped. He was later confirmed dead at the hospital.
A sudden pall then suddenly descended on the retreat. No official of the Lagos State Government was ready to speak on Deji's demise last night as they were all grief-striken.
Deji Tinubu was formerly Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission.
Football-loving Tinubu was recently removed as Chairman of the Sports Commission and appointed by Governor Ambode as his SA on Sports.


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Sales and excise taxes are levied on boat transactions in South Dakota. Visit the Department of Revenue website link in WikiTags for more information.
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M. Riegler, M. Lux and C. Kofler
How 'How' Reflects What's What: Content-based Exploitation of How Users Frame Social Images
In MM '14: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2014.
M. Riegler, L. Calvet, A. Calvet, P. Halvorsen and C. Griwodz
Exploitation of Producer Intent in Relation to Bandwidth and QoE for Online Video Streaming Services
In NOSSDAV at Multimedia Systems Conference . Portland, USA: ACM, 2015.
M. Riegler, K. Pogorelov, S. L. Eskeland, P. T. Schmidt, Z. Albisser, D. Johansen, C. Griwodz, P. Halvorsen and T. de Lange
From Annotation to Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Detailed Evaluation of a Medical Multimedia System
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications 13, no. 3 (2017).
M. Riegler, C. Griwodz, C. Spampinato, T. de Lange, S. L. Eskeland, K. Pogorelov, W. Tavanapong, P. T. Schmidt, C. Gurrin, D. Johansen et al.
Multimedia and Medicine: Teammates for Better Disease Detection and Survival
In ACM Multimedia. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands: ACM, 2016.
Two Simula projects funded by the Research Council of Norway
Available Master's topics
Adaptive Tests for Memory Training using Asymmetric Search Point Location
Automatic detection of abnormal video events in sport videos
Automatic generation of sport highlights
Automatic video event clipping in sports
Big Data Visualization for Crowdsourced Network Measurements
Development and evaluation of new GAN models and estimation techniques
Development of diagnosis support system for endoscopic images using machine learning
Development of generalizable DL models for gastrointestinal disease segmentation
Explaining the Predictions of a Deep Neural Network used to Analyze Videos of Human Semen.
Exploring the Use of Synthetic Data for Deep Learning in Sparse Data Domains
Generative Adversarial Network Models for electoral behaviours studies
Machine Learning for Real-Time Applications
Machine Learning in PCIe networks
Polyps segmentation using synthetic images generated by conditionalGAN
Short-term precipitation forecasting with deep neural nets
Sport news classification
Time series analysis via Residual Neural Networks
Unsupervised way to segment sperm sample images using CycleGAN for predicting motility and morphology levels
Using Machine Learning to generate Virtual Avatars
Communication Systems (10)
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Book chapters (2)
Public outreach (2)
K. Ahmad, K. Pogorelov, M. Riegler, O. Ostroukhova, P. Halvorsen, N. Conci and R. Dahyot
Automatic detection of passable roads after floods in remote sensed and social media data
Signal Processing: Image Communication 74 (2019): 110-118.
K. Ahmad, K. Pogorelov, M. Riegler, N. Conci and P. Halvorsen
Social media and satellites: Disaster event detection, linking and summarization
Multimedia Tools and Applications 78 (2019): 2837-2875.
E. Garcia-Ceja, M. Riegler, A. K. Kvernberg and J. Torresen
User-adaptive models for activity and emotion recognition using deep transfer learning and data augmentation
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (2019): 1-29.
C. Gurrin, K. Schoeffmann, H. Joho, A. Leibetseder, L. Zhou, A. Duane, D. Dang-Nguyen, M. Riegler, L. Piras, et al.
Comparing Approaches to Interactive Lifelog Search at the Lifelog Search Challenge (LSC2018)
ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications 7 (2019): 46-59.
S. Hicks, P. H. Smedsrud, M. Riegler, T. de Lange, A. Petlund, S. L. Eskeland, K. Pogorelov, P. T. Schmidt and P. Halvorsen
Deep Learning for Automatic Generation of Endoscopy Reports
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 89, no. 6 (2019).
S. Hicks, J. M. Andersen, O. Witczak, V. Thambawita, P. Halvorsen, H. L. Hammer, T. B. Haugen and M. Riegler
Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Sperm Videos and Participant Data for Male Fertility Prediction
Nature Scientific Reports 9, no. 1 (2019).
P. Jakobsen, O. Fasmer, M. Riegler, E. Garcia-Ceja, T. Henriksen, T. McInnis and J. Oedegaard
The detecting and predicting mood transitions in bipolar disorder study protocol (a sub-study of the Introducing Mental Health through Adaptive Technology (INTROMAT) project)
Bipolar Disorders 21 (2019): 68-69.
M. Jeppsson, H. Espeland, T. Kupka, R. Langseth, A. Petlund, P. Qiaoqiao, C. Xue, D. Johansen, K. Pogorelov, H. K. Stensland et al.
Efficient Live and On-Demand Tiled HEVC 360 VR Video Streaming
International Journal of Semantic Computing 13, no. 3 (2019): 367-391.
J. Markussen, L. B. Kristiansen, R. Borgli, H. K. Stensland, F. Seifert, M. Riegler and C. Griwodz
Flexible device compositions and dynamic resource sharing in PCIe interconnected clusters using Device Lending
Cluster Computing 22, no. 86 (2019): 1-24.
K. Pogorelov, S. Suman, F. A. Hussin, A. S. Malik, O. Ostroukhova, M. Riegler, P. Halvorsen, S. H. Ho and K. Goh
Bleeding detection in wireless capsule endoscopy videos—Color versus texture features
Journal of applied clinical medical physics 20, no. 8 (2019): 141-154.


SMTA Europe announces Session 1 Technical Program on Predicting Component Life at the "Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference" to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 25th, 2018.
Under harsh environmental conditions like corrosion, radiation, high temperature and vibration, the aging of components is drastically accelerated. Dr. Kirsten Weide-Zaage of the University of Hannover will present on strategies for the identification of failure mechanisms and their interactions, test structure, test method development, specification and validation.
High failure rates are common when electronic systems are placed in harsh environments. Failed solder joints can occur from oxidation on component terminations. Tony Boswell of Retronix Limited will present on preparing ICs and Components so they will survive when placed in harsh environments.
As the demand for high interconnect solutions at the circuit board level increase, there must be performance improvements in components, interconnects and substrates. Martin Wickham of NPL will present research on coating systems for organic PCBs that are designed to operate at 250°C. The research finds that there is a reduction in oxidation rates to exposed metals in both the inner and outer layers within multilayer structures.
Alternative solder alloys designed for higher temperatures are needed. Mathias Nowottnick of the University of Rostock will present on transient liquid phase sintering research by combining solid copper powder and liquidus SnAgCu solder. This novel intermetallic has a melting point of 415°C. This research finds that transient liquid phase sintering can be used to develop high temperature alloys that work at higher temperatures. This contribution will show examples for manufacturing, achievable properties and possible applications.


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TBILISI, DFWatch–Gem Fest starts Thursday in Anaklia, a beach resort on the Black Sea coast close to the border with Abkhazia.
Georgian Electronic Music Festival will last from July 30 to August 7 and is carried out with the support of the Georgian government and managed by the former head of Georgia's National Tourism Agency, Giorgi Sigua.
Organizers claim this will be the largest electronic music festival until now in Georgia. The official opening is tomorrow, July 31, with a performance by DJ Armin Van Buren from the Netherlands and a fireworks display in the evening.
Both foreign and Georgian artists will perform from the festival area's five stages. They include Luciano, Ellen Allien, Petre Inspirescu, Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y, David AuGust, Dubfire: Live, Radio Slave, Robosonic, Jan Krueger, Julian Perez, Alex Picone, Andre Crom, Anna Hanna, Anushka, Easy Changes, Gorje Hewek, Ian Pooley, Kolford, Maayan Nidam, Olga Korol, Roustam, Tomma, Bacho, Cobert, Gio Shengelia, Bero, Oimactta, Nikakoi & Natalie Beridze, Greenbeam & Leon, Kancheli, nino Katamadze & Insight, Georgian brass and string conductor Nikoloz Rachveli.
Organizers surprisingly announced a day before that people who come across the border from Abkhazia will be allowed to enter for free. Some people from Abkhazia had contacted them and asked how to get to the festival.


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The (Other) Lion King
March 30, 2018 April 6, 2018 Masala chai: Musings about our relationships with little people
The (other) lion king: Pages from a mother's diary
Deepa Chawla
"Once I was playing with my little friends. There was a cat, a squirrel, a birdie and a dog. They were all my friends. We were all playing in the park. A cat was doing meow-meow. The squirrel ran very fast on the trees, eating leaves and a birdie was flying in the sky. A doggie was also running and barking. Suddenly, we all heard a loud sound, a lion sound "aaaroaaarrrr……." (enacts with hands and facial expressions). We all got very scared."
This is an excerpt from the story "The Lion King", but it has nothing to do with THE Lion King and that would surely make this a copyright violation. Neither is the story inspired by anything local, Panchtantra, Jataka katha, or Tinkle. This is an extract from a small collection of stories cherished by me. The author of these tales is my daughter, this was narrated when she was three years and four months old. Although the plot is unchanged, she did use both Hindi and English in her rendition that I have translated. Her favourite time for story-telling was from the throne, while she was answering the call of nature!
Image: Courtesy Deepa Chawla
About two years later, she narrates a story I titled 'The Dream':
"One day my sisters, brothers, friends and many other children were going somewhere. We were all enjoying (ourselves). We were going for a picnic. An uncle brought a big bus. We boarded the bus. It started moving very fast. After some time we reached a park. All of us got down the bus and we started playing. Somebody was running, some children were taking rides. We all were playing. Then we ate our snacks and became very tired. Hmmm…. after that I opened my eyes and to my surprise it was a dream! And I saw my mummy sitting next to me."
With this introduction for this Friday's post, I will address the issue of creative expressions of children, especially children's literature, to be distinguished from writing FOR children. As part of my course work during my Masters, I had worked on a seminar on stories by children. This was my first independent project and I was excited to explore how children expressed themselves. At that time, the internet had just been introduced, and we had very little access to online resources, so I decided to visit libraries which were meant for children. The Children's Book Trust, Bal Bhawan and National Book Trust in New Delhi, were valuable sources for my project. I also collected children's magazines and newspapers from the local market. School magazines also proved to be fruitful for my quest to explore children's writings. To my surprise, at that time, most of the material was created by adults for children. As a young scholar in the field, I had expected that such resources would naturally use a significant number of children's creative expressions along with what adults believed children should be reading. It was a tough challenge to fulfill my project requirements, to find work done by exclusively by children or collaboratively with adults. Mostly, the material available were stories that had been simplified by reducing sentence length, simpler vocabulary with sketches that had been made to look like they were done by children, but essentially all the stuff out there was versions of what adults believed children would enjoy and should be reading! I found only a few isolated instances of stories, diary entries and poems by children. These articles fascinated me and sparked a sustained interest in children's writing for children. I believed that these stories would offer something special to literature for children, namely, children's versions of the world around them.
From my perspective, writing is an individual expression of compiled thoughts, emotions, notions and imaginary ideas, interwoven with the nuances of daily life experiences. Reading through these isolated creations I began mapping children's ideas. An analysis of children's expression displayed interesting developmental patterns and a remarkable diversity in style of writing, language use and themes. Some of the differences by age showed that the under-fives wrote mostly about and around themselves, perhaps we can call their writing egocentric! In every case, children themselves were the central character of the story. They talked about things in their immediate environment, someone familiar, or something that they valued as a prized possession. Sentences were short and simple. Animism was evidenced, for instance, one child wrote about a cloud that was smiling. Enjoyment was expressed through repetitions, nonsense words and simple rhymes.
Slightly older children emerged as somewhat more confident. There was curiosity, eagerness and a search for explanations for life events. Further, they displayed an emerging understanding of social and emotional experiences. Enhanced cognitive capacities and language facilitated smoother communication of ideas. There was a shift from a focus on the I to other people. At this age, one could see some evidence of themes related to justice, happiness and other social phenomena. One example was a poem on "Feelings" that I had come across.
By the time the children are around ten, social influences became even stronger. I was able to discern imagination, ideals, realism and advancing knowledge. Narratives about cultural events, current affairs, sports and adventurous experiences were some of the customary creations by children. Learning to express themselves independently by becoming active members of institutions like schools and sports clubs was also evidenced. Columns written by student reporters in NIE (News in Education, a pioneering initiative of the Times of India) presented their understanding of the events they were experiencing.
Adolescent writing was even more elaborate and realistic, it seemed. Fairy tales were left behind, and the stories echoed formal dialogue. There was a clear shift from simple riddles to abstract ideas as the narratives became more complex. With an abundance of vocabulary and a control over grammar, adolescents displayed the capacity for a nuanced maneuvering of language. Moreover, their writing displayed multiple shades of thoughts and emotions. For example: 'Just one tear' – a book written in diary-entry style described the experiences of turbulent emotions that a young boy had gone through.
From my project report, a poem 'Feelings' written by a 9 year-old child (anonymous) in a school magazine.
What are feelings?
Some are good some are bad
Some are happy some are sad
With good feeling we tend to gain
With bad feelings we get pain
So what are feelings?
They are like waves which go here and there
And sometimes,
They stay
I believed that opportunities to narrate stories endows an individual to convey thoughts, attitudes and ideas in a unique manner. An author opens the window of imagination to the reader with each phrase and I believe that this is a unique way of accessing a child's mind at any age. Each expression of emotion, fantasy, or reality demonstrates a child's experience of that phenomenon and the meanings they attach to it within the context as it is understood by the child. This is evidenced in 'The Dream' mentioned above. Personification of the central characters while creating a story and weaving a whole imaginative plot around it reflects the author's perspective on the theme. Furthermore, the social context of children's lives, the landscape of the roles and relationships is another important feature. In the case of my daughter's stories, the nuanced references she has to the different relationships that are important to her is, I believe, an element that is not often encountered in stories that are available for children.
When I became a parent myself, I had this constant urge to capture, understand and appreciate my daughter's perspectives about the world as she was experiencing it. Frankly, many times we as well as our extended family (all of who are closely involved in her upbringing) are amazed at her dexterity in handling her thoughts and expressions. We also make the effort to take her to places that will trigger more creative expressions through active participation in different experiences. One of the favourite activities at family get-to-gethers is listening to her version of an experience after the event. Her stories of travelling through different experiences, we are able to get a peek into her private world. Although she has moved beyond her Lion King impressions, we all cherish this story since it was one of her first! If you have a child or children who you can travel with, Bon voyage!
Susan Engels[1] writes that "Children use stories to understand their world….or even invent their world" and this world and the language used within this world can be quite "opaque" to adults because of the symbolic nature. These are used to guide the way in which children engage with the world around them, and children can get lost in these words which could even carry them away from a story they started with. They can also build a narrative about things that they think can, should or should not happen, all the while creating and expanding the sense of who they are. Quite like 'The Other Lion King', this child that Engels quotes narrates:
"Once there was a dog. He loved kids. He was very happy. His name was Ike. He saw this black thing and it was a ship. So he climbed on the ship and the ship took him to Africa. He saw lots and lots of lions and bears and tigers and monkeys. He ran away and went in the bushes and he saw a bushman and the land of Africa. Then he got back on the ship and the ship took him home. Then he saw his mommy. The end!" A five-year-old. (Engels, page 13).
Image courtesy: Pooja Bhargava
The stories we weave tell us a lot about not only what the child is preoccupied with, but also how. Yet, these expressions are only partially accessible to us. Perhaps that is what makes them so precious. Maybe we should focus more carefully on children's stories (and by this we mean stories BY children) because we feel that they lack the elegance of language and detail of plot that we expect as adults. Children's literature needs to be more attentive to literature by children, as our author for this post argues.
Pooja's poem
Every flower a person. Image courtesy: Pooja Bhargava
Reading this essay triggered a creative spurt in both of us. Pooja wrote her first verse and I remembered mine. Pooja's words make an attempt to capture her daughter's intense and extensive preoccupation: story-telling. The six-year-old has constant conversations with real and imaginary creatures. Just last week, she was engaged in a drama with flowers, where each flower was a person, with a distinct name and point of view. Unfortunately, this is her private world and the mumbling cannot always be accessed. She is also a bit self-conscious when she becomes aware that someone is watching or filming her. She also takes known stories and twists them around to change the ending as she was heard giving a new twist to 'The Three Little Pigs'. Evidently, she didn't like the conclusion! Here is Pooja's poem, she says it is her first attempt in the excitement of talking about her children, as readers should keep that in mind!
I dance, I sway; I read, I play
With every move, I 've a story to say!
Dolls come alive; witches have a vibe;
In my world everyone has a tribe!
Continents are far; Stars are near;
The moon has a face, with a smudge and a smear!
Kites in the sky, ocean waves up high;
Pick me up and help me fly!
I dance, I sway; I read, I play;
With every move, I have a story to say!!
Pooja – 20th March, 2018
So many of our memories are constructed around the stories we hear about ourselves. Somewhere in the deep recesses on my memory, there are fragments of a verse that I remember my mother telling me about. Apparently, I composed a verse as a young child that related to my imaginings about my birth. I was often teased about this by my family, but my mother would always have an expression of deep affection when she told (and retold) this story. I have some snatches of images and sounds associated with the memory but it is hard for me to discern whether these were episodes of my narration or my mother's re-telling. My mother had an incredible memory and I trusted it more than I do mine, so I do believe the verse is genuine. It is also very personal and feels almost embryonic. I don't know how accurate this is, but since the hair has turned grey, I can say that it must be an approximation. It displays an exaggerated sense of self-importance and a distaste for hospitals for sure. My sister conforms the authenticity of this memory!
Mera Janm (recently titled)
Sooie tootne lagi
Nurse rone lagi
Doctor marne laga
Chaand nikalne laga
…..Aur main born hone lagi
A very young Nandita
Translation – My Birth
The needle snapped,
The nurses wept.
The doctor, he dies
And the moon began to rise,
……………And I was being born
And the moon began to rise! Image: Nandita Chaudhary
[1] Engles, S. (1995). Stories Children Tell. New York: Freeman
Try this link for some funny stories by children: https://www.mumsnet.com/features/funniest-stories-told-by-kids
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dipali55 says:
A very interesting post. Lovely stories and poems! I will keep my ears open for stories by my granddaughter, which so far seem to be statements about Blankie! I do remember a poem I wrote when I was perhaps nine, on sparrows.
Masala chai: Musings about our relationships with little people says:
Dipali, please share your verse with us!


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by Matt Booty, Head of Xbox Game Studios • Oct 19, 2021 @ 7:00am
This has been a remarkable year for Team Xbox and for you, our fans. We welcomed Bethesda to the family, announced a new slate of games together in June, and launched Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator, two of the highest-rated games of the year, into Xbox Game Pass. Twenty-five million players have now joined us in Sea of Thieves and your passion for Series X-shaped appliances has made the "Mini Fridge" a real thing. Our players are at the heart of everything we do and we couldn't be more thankful for your incredible support.
Now, just weeks before the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're excited to kick-off three epic months of back-to-back blockbuster game launches in Game Pass:
The Age of Empires franchise has been a major part of Microsoft's gaming legacy for 24 years and the Oct. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be our biggest yet, bringing the evolved real-time strategy game to a new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one.
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Our teams have also been expanding on the games you love. These last few months you explored Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2: Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and last week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We're honored that millions of you continue to play in these worlds together.
Over the past two decades, the Xbox community has made gaming a place of joy, inspiration, education, and social connection. Games build bridges and forge bonds between friends and family, as well as give people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us on Nov. 15 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun, digital broadcast for fans around the globe. While we won't announce any new games, this anniversary broadcast will be a special look back at 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
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