...American Dream (A discussion on how knowing where to draw the line inspires the choices I make.) The “Ten Principles to Live By” that are shown in James P. Owen’s book, Cowboy Ethics, are things that some people know and live by or things that people live by, they didn’t know about them. The principles range from “Talk less, Say more” to “Always finish what you start” and all of them have positive meaning and are good to take into consideration when you want to make decisions in your life. The most significant one is “Know where to draw the line” and although some may disagree, it is one that everyone follow to a certain degree. Knowing where to draw the line occurs in our everyday lives when we make choices. Do we test the teachers limits...
Words: 1520 - Pages: 7
...What if everyone were the same? How would the government be portrayed? How would society react and/or behave? The answers remain unanswered, but Kurt Vonnegut made his inference alive in “Harrison Bergeron.” The story is a reflection of the United States in 2081, and it’s new government where everyone is physically and mentally identical, except for Harrison Bergeron. The conflict in “Harrison Bergeron” was Harrison Bergeron expressing his individuality versus accepting the rules of equality that the government has imposed. Vonnegut portrayed the government as a “big brother” to the nation. The government controlled everything by making everyone “the same.” They used media to control citizens’ minds and to frighten them from doing things--pretty much how the government does things today. However, not everyone agreed to how the government controlled things, causing a disruption in the society. Vonnegut’s message is that equality is impossible to achieve, and that it’s not worth risking your life for. The government was portrayed as the “big brother” of the United States because they controlled all actions. They did so by equalizing everyone...
Words: 575 - Pages: 3
...people will welcome us with open arms. To be part of a group is not an easy task it is based on how you will connect and earn this people’s trust and respect which leads to the importance of knowing how these three will play an important role in one’s life. Knowing these three will give you the first step to the path that will lead you to creating a new relationship with another individual. During the start of the term, I thought that “pakikipagkapwa” is a simple word that means “just socializing or simply just starting a conversation without even trying or understanding a person”. Thinking that it is an obligation not something that is done on your own accord but after further understanding what it is I realized that it is actually a fundamental relationship with oneself and the other or another person that is not based solely on obligation but on how you actually want to connect or understand this person in order for you to get along in another understanding level. In this lecture, I learned that pakikipagkapwa is a shared identity, equality and getting along/being with others. In this lecture I learned how people interact with each other if they are an outsider or not. We were able to discuss how these people exercised pakikipagkapwa through different mediums but mainly through food knowing that the Filipino culture are...
Words: 1778 - Pages: 8
...right of people to have and share opinions. People speak their minds (unfortunately not always WITH their minds) knowing that the freedom of expressing their beliefs is there. The information gets published and it becomes available to the public through television, radio, internet, etc. and it ranges from sports outcomes to new gossip about the presidential election campaigns. The unfortunate part of all this is figuring out which opinions are worth taking in as reliable and valuable as this bulk of information comes from people from all over the world with different environments and issues that filter their views. Not everyone shares the same views and not all of the important information floating around will ever seem valuable, but people need to get their priorities straight and acknowledge what is really going on. The media is filled with random opinions of random people from random places and random backgrounds. So which ones do you trust? The people with the highest education can be reliable with technical facts, but what about personal views? Do you trust the opinion of a renowned physicist when he makes a comment about a “true” religion? Is a mathematician the best person to comment about how abortion is wrong and that it should be illegal? You have the right to creating your own views and choosing to not believe any other opinions. Everyone is allowed an opinion and the fact that the constitution allows you to openly express them makes it harder for people...
Words: 405 - Pages: 2
...What is integrity and the ability to stay honorable to doing the right thing in a work place? Integrity comes in many different facets. It is not only the ability to do a job to the best of an individulas ability, but also knowing that if there is a problem with the job, that it gets fixed correctly. Not only is it important to get the job done correctly to be able to have a working finished product, but in some cases it could come at the cost of individuals lives. This paper will discuss all of the reasons why it is important to be a person of integrity. In a nation that has come to a point of weak work ethics, it is crucial to have leaders that can teach the integrity needed to strive again. Integrity in an overall society is important to...
Words: 1236 - Pages: 5
...watching vintage films and seeing how odd the actresses/actors carried themselves, then knowing how normal it seemed to them. Or listening to artists from the 60's compared to the same genre or music now. Even seeing things like how common it was for jellied fish to be served in the 40's on every dining room table compared to how now we have absolutely no stores that even sell it, is interesting to me, The best place to turn to, to find out things from the past, aside from the internet, for me is museums first, there's a museum...
Words: 500 - Pages: 2
...years. In the gothic short story “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson creates a town like no other. The literary devices utilized in “The Lottery” helped to manifest and develop the story are setting, characterization, symbolism and irony. “The Lottery” opens up with a calm setting of a sunny summer June 27th. From the outside, the town seems normal and quiet. Then the town starts to have a creepy, secret feeling, as if everyone has something to hide. The setting of “The Lottery” helps the reader understand the mood of the town and helps you understand the truth behind the tradition. Each character is different, but they all have one thing in common, they all follow tradition. The lottery is run by Mr. Summers. Mr.Summers is the leader of the town who is friendly to everyone and everyone respects him....
Words: 896 - Pages: 4
...are in a drought again. I believe he is credible because he has been working for “The Sacramento Bee” since 2000, and his articles appear three times a week. The San Joaquin River is in California, and is one of California’s largest rivers. This river is one of California’s water sources, and provides water for 4.5 million people. I do agree that this river plan will help California with it’s drought. I believe that it is worth the $100 million dollars because of the experts that had supported, the studies that proved the river plan would help California, and the great impact that the plan would have on people’s lives....
Words: 557 - Pages: 3
...Trinity Kelly 12/18/17 6 Ms.Tancioco Don't Drink and Drive Every day, 28 people in the United States die in accidents that involve drivers under the influence. An drinking and driving ad is produced with a catchphrase of ¨Its no fun if your dead, don't drink and drive” This ad implies the importance of life and makes them aware of the consequences that come from small and simple choices they make every day. This ad is set in the forest with four kids around a campfire with four teens around it. In the middle on of the teens is seen to be dead sitting in the chair while the other 3 teens are sitting by the campfire as if he was not there. The setting of the ad is kinds dull like something is not right. This show the significance of...
Words: 504 - Pages: 3
...The Affects of health and psychology in the work place HCA/250 University OF PHOENIX 8/11/14 The relationship between health and psychology is well known throughout the U.S. More research is being done more than ever before and helping to provide more information on a person view on how they see themselves and overall health should be acknowledged when trying to change or sustain a healthy life. Studies are showing genetics, psychological, and where the person grows up is three main reasons why people become ill. Here is an example that would affect health and psychology in the work place would be what you eat every day. A person who leaves home without eating a healthy breakfast before they arrive at work him/her can become sluggish, moody, not completing the task at work and make others want to distant themselves away from them. Someone who is unable to do well at work due to poor food choices of not eating at all can defiantly jeopardize their health and lose their job. Examples of lifestyle choice that can enhance and prevent illness. The first thing would be to workout everyday this will help you to keep your weigh under control, prevent unwanted illness like diabetes, cancer stroke. Stroke today are a silent killer and you can actually be sleeping and die in your sleep. High blood pressure you can also prevent by eating all the right foods and reading labels looking for foods and drinks low in sodium. Foods that are processed or full of sugars is no good for a person’s...
Words: 510 - Pages: 3
...Many might believe that John Proctor's actions make him a globetrotter, others might not think that. They might believe that his actions make him look like a gutless fool or even a coward. How would you describe John Proctor? A hero? A coward? Or neither of these things? First of all, John Proctor is not a hero, but more of a gutless fool. His actions do not make him a hero. The actions he takes are not out of honor nor pride in any way. If anything his actions are out of pity and sorrow. He believes that his affair with Abigail has damaged him in the eyes of God and that he will never forgive him for his wrong doings. His relationship with Elizabeth was strained and he knew she would never be able to forgive him nor trust him again. After...
Words: 403 - Pages: 2
...Through life’s difficulties and hardships one could always have a choice, a choice that will lead to his goodness or defeat. Life is never an easy course, but everyone is obliged to be enrolled, some would fail, but who cares? You could repeat it again and again. Failing is not an excuse for one to stop for at any given end is a wall, a wall that we could destroy. A choice, for whatever choice we will be doing one should remember a thing, that it should have him as a beneficiary. Life is nevertheless an endless battle, a battle that only great minds could surpass. Great minds nurtured by experience and few hurtful bumps. Experience and bumps that molded and made them ten times they were before. One should not give up upon defeat. Everyone knows that a fall could be a difficult place for one to stand, but isn’t it great that knowing its difficulty one can still managed to stand. A try is much greater than just accepting a fall. One should keep in mind that, life is a difficult course that even stupid people could manage if we could only learn to try, shed a tear, wipe it all out and stand. Life maybe too cozy yet to vast to be dealt with. We find it hard to focus on what life could be for us. Many people are too narrow to access the pleasures that life’s giving them. They focus on things that are not worth the stress and the hassles that one could be at. Life’s catastrophe never shuts. It’s in constant motion. And it talks about how are we able to make it up until the climax...
Words: 607 - Pages: 3
...Have you ever been in a relationship where your partner pressures you into doing something you weren’t comfortable with, if you feel like you want to make them happy and do it, don’t. Doing something that makes you uncomfortable, like sexting, sexting is sending or forwarding nude, sexually suggestive, or explicit pics on your cell or online. For some people, it's no big deal. But real problems can emerge when the parties involved are under 18, when people get pressured into sexting, and when sexts go viral. If you are pressured to send a sext, know that you don’t have to send it, you have to do what you feel is best for your safety. Don’t feel alone when you are pressured into sending something you are uneasy with sending, just know...
Words: 479 - Pages: 2
...It first seems that a human being containing every excellence would most defiantly not be deceived by a false friend and therefore, would accurately differentiate friends from enemies. However, it seems if the wise man had to do this with every person they have social interaction with, then they would not have time to do literally any other thing and that would not be a life worth living. It would not be worth living because one identifies friends from enemies in an effort to enjoy peace, but peace cannot be enjoyed if you are constantly in motion. The alternative to this, which the wise man would see, is to treat all like enemies until they prove themselves to be friends. However, this too would lead the wise man to never enjoy peace because they would take constant precautions against everyone they meet; a fate not much different from the first. So, if the wise man cannot constantly identify enemies from friends and cannot treat all as either friends or enemies, then what would they...
Words: 501 - Pages: 3
... Price and Value Agreement October 18th, 2013 Price and value agreement is simply the value of a product and service that is equal to the price place on that particular item. The consumer would have to determining if the value and the worth of the product or service would be the same for everyone who would be interested on purchasing the item; this is something that the consumer may or may not struggle with and most individuals may not understand this concept. For them to fully understand the concept they would first understand the difference between the price and the value of the product and services. Does anyone go to the grocery store and purchased products because it was on sale, half-off, buy one and get one free or even shop with coupons? I know may have many individuals who are guilty of this because I know I am. Have you thought about the value of the product that you are purchasing? Seeing that the product was either free or on sale does it mean that there was not value of it either? This is why it is important of knowing the difference of price and value of a product or services. The consumers would have to understand that the value of a product or service does not determine price of that product or service; the price is normally determine by the demand and supply of the particular product or services that the company wants to market and once there is a high...
Words: 452 - Pages: 2