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Dragged kicking and screaming: Agency and violence for children entering secure accommodationagencychildrenparticipationsecure accommodationviolenceChildren entering secure accommodation, also known as 'secure care', are prevented from exercising free choice over most aspects of everyday life. This paper ...
Programming language mutates, too. However, while we might drift unconsciously into new verbal language idioms, we cherish and guard tradition in programming language. We do not change willingly and must be dragged kicking and screaming all the way. For example, why do assembly-language programmers...
I would like some advice on applying these concepts to an angry 18 month old at the table. He can get so worked up that we fear he could make himself sick with the crying and screaming. The problem exists in two scenarios: 1. He expects a constant stream of food, so I cannot feed...
PHRASE If you say that someone is dragged kicking and screaming into a particular course of action, you are emphasizing that they are very unwilling to do what they are being made to do. 极不情愿 [强调] 例: He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into action. 他非要被强迫着极...
me and tried to steady my gaze on the other kids but the scene was a dizzy nightmare.Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room,surrounded by chairs and desks.One girl was screaming.A boy was trying to claw his way across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm ...
Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room surrounded by chairs and desks. One girl was screaming. A boy was trying to claw his way across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm crawl. My grip froze me to the windowsill. I cried aloud "I'm going to die. I'm ...