...it all for fifteen minutes of fame Why risk it all for fifteen minutes of fame? So much people sacrifice their lives on the daily just to set a new world record. Why do people risk it all like that when it’s not even worth it? Risking your life just to set a new record or be in Guinness’s world record book isn’t worth it. What’s after that what if you die just to have a nice fifteen minutes of fame? Is it really worth it? People such as Abby Sunderland or Jordan Romero that risks it all just to be famous. There is various theories on what could happen to a young teenager such as Jordan when climbing a mountain. Theories say that a young teenager’s brain is more vulnerable than the average adult’s brain. Jordan might have climbed the seven peaks of Mount Everest along with his parents that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t have gotten some type of brain damage up there. He isn’t even 16 and he already wants to set a new world record, when he knows that so many risks are involved. Another example, Abby Sunderland. Abby Sunderland was a sixteen year old girl who decided to sail the oceans of the world only to get trapped in the Indian Ocean because her mast broke down because of the waves. She was left with o navigation gear left so she could...
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...Charles C Professor Nancy Blair Mythology-HUM 1015 28 July 2014 Compare the Values in The Iliad With the Values That People Hold Today: To What Extent Are Dignity, Pride, Honor, Glory, Fame, and Revenge Still Important? How does People Achieve Them Today? Throughout history we are shown war and the many countries and times it has taken place. War of course is filled with violence and we tend to see it as it is. Homer’s The Iliad we are given a look at the human dimension of war. The story has us reflect on the actual nature of war itself. With the use of force our understanding of virtues is formed, such as honor, dignity, and pride. Unfortunately, with these virtues vices are often developed, such as fame, glory, and revenge. In history these virtues were very important, however due to most seeking them the vices were a huge downfall for most. Some would go to great measures to uphold their honor, but excess of pride and dignity could cause one to seek out glory and fame. In the Iliad Achilles decision to not fight Agamemnon and withdrawal from the battle. He is close with the gods and has superhuman strength. As a modern reader however I would consider him to be less than heroic. His deep-seated flaws in character impede this great warrior. Even though he proves to be the mightiest man in the Achaean army these flaws hinder him from acting with nobility and integrity. As in modern times a person can allow their character to be affected by something like pride. Pride...
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...the child and the baby’s father. “These girls are ignoring the fact that this decision must be followed by a lifetime of responsibility,” says Rabbi Shmuley. Perhaps the young teenagers are more intrigued by the front page tabloid covers and big endorsement deals. Rather than understanding the encumbrance of caring for another human life. “The show is a ratings boom for the network and the young women have become stars, earning six figure incomes and gracing the cover of tabloids,” says Juju Chang in the article “Pregnancy Pressure: Is MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ Encouraging Pregnancy for Fame?.” “It’s not glitz and glamour, it is hard work,” said by Keeley Sanders, who is a teen mom to be, in the Chang article. Nevertheless, how hard is it to raise a child with a six-figure income and ubiquitous recognition by viewers of the show? Also MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ is intended to prevent teen pregnancy. “Can we really take MTV...
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...Representatives. Through these bold statements, the public is given an identity, one that defines who they are and puts in perspective what they believe in. With Mocking Jay, identity is worth all the risks and dangers, all in attempt to return justice to the country. In the film Mocking Jay, the citizens of the...
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...Rogers went out of his way to make sure that individuals recognized their own worth as well as the worth of others. As a result of his extraordinary actions, Rogers is most certainly deserving...
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...character who is a witty fellow drowning in a pool of under-achievement, doing enough to just get by because he has nothing better to do. When a new employee, Amy (Jessica Simpson), hits the scene carrying the reputation for falling for guys who top the list as Employee of the Month, Zach seizes the opportunity to take his performance to whole new level. Zach battles it out with his co-worker nemesis, Vince, who is up for the challenge. The movie is full of pranks and surprises, and does a good job of illustrating the power and effects of motivation. Also, I think the movie gives a good snapshot of the organizational culture of a common American workplace, and how it affects different employees in different ways. I really enjoyed the movie for what it’s worth and was able to get some valuable insights into concepts, such as organization objectives and organization values, and how they interact and affect organizational culture. The Employee of The Month movie has many core values shown in the movie. The values include motivation, competition,...
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...Eden, semiautobiographical novel by Jack London, published in 1909. The title character, Martin Eden, becomes a writer, hoping to acquire the respectability sought by his society-girl sweetheart, Ruth Morse. She spurns him, however, when his writing is rejected by several magazines and when he is falsely accused of being a socialist. Interestingly, Ruth tries to win him back after he achieves fame, but Eden realizes her love for him but not for the fame and fortune is false. Financially successful and robbed of connection to his own class, aware that his quest for bourgeois respectability was hollow, and devastated by the suicide of his mentor, Eden travels to the South Seas, where he jumps from the ship and drowns. So, the whole story is ended up with Martin’s suicide. The reason why I said that Martin Eden is another Jack London, or the book is a semiautobiographical novel, is that when Jack London wrote Martin Eden at age 33, he had already achieved international acclaim with The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf and White Fang. However, London quickly became disillusioned with his fame and set sail through the South Pacific on a self-designed ketch called the Snark. On the grueling two-year voyage—as he struggled with tiredness and bowel diseases—he wrote Martin Eden, filling its pages with his frustrations, adolescent gang fights and struggles for artistic recognition. The character of Ruth Morse was modeled on Mabel Applegarth — the first love of London's life. * The...
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...someone attempts something stupid but is successful is it still stupid? The threshold between courage and stupidity is crossed many times throughout life and almost everyone has their own opinion on the topic. Some people would tell you that the difference between them is ignorance while others would say it is the amount of thought given to the act before you attempt it. Some good examples of this would be charging into a battle. Charging into a battle could be many things but two of them are courage and stupidity. While some may charge into a battle for glory and fame others will take the risk and consider it to be worth it for the sake of others. It really is your own opinion whether either of those circumstances is one or the other. Going into the battle for glory and fame is usually seen as a stupid act as you will only be remembered if you are successful in battle. Even then after you die who will really remember who you were, what you did, and why you gave up your life. The people who are remembered are those who win and get to write the history of what happened. Something else to take into account when deciding if something is courageous or not is the culture of the people. In today's society the human life is valued above all else and almost all of us would rather flee than fight to preserve life. Many of the different civilized societies throughout today's world do not allow one human to take another human's life, the same goes with taking your own life....
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...Lawrence Taylor was born February 4th, 1959 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Taylor was the second overall pick in the 1981 NFL draft. The New York Giants armed him with a six-year, $1.35 million contract that included a $250,000 signing bonus. He proved to be worth every cent as he became a ten time Pro Bowler & eight time First-Team All-Pro in his thirteen year career in the National Football League. After his 6 year deal was done, he earned a new 4.6 million dollar contract, making him the highest paid defensive player in the history of the NFL. Taylor was loving life, as he was arguably the best player of his time, and certainly the richest. Temptations come with being the highest paid player in NFL history. Taylor failed a drug test administered by the NFL due to crack and cocaine. He was only suspended for thirty days for his actions. Upon Taylor’s retirement from the League, he was arrested for buying crack in...
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...The Yankees recognized DiMaggio’s immense talent. Coming off an injury, the Yankees told him to play one more year with the Seals and if he proved his worth, they’d pick up his contract for 25,000 dollars, equaling up to $459,932.84 in today’s economy. (The Biography.com 1) Joe’s “proof year” was arguably his best as a Seal where he had a batting average of .398, had 34 home runs and batted in 154 runs without injury. (The Biography.com 1) The Yankees fully picked up his contract in 1936 when Joe said, “I would like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee” which turned out to be one of the most famous quotes stated by a professional athlete. That year, Joe showed up to the Spring Training facility amid a flurry of hype. During the time, Dan Daniel from The Sports News claimed that “Yankee fans regard him as the Moses who is to lead their club out of the second-place wilderness.” On May...
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...Child Beauty Pageants Should be Banned Parents are the first form of mentors that children have to guide them into adulthood. As those mentors it is the parents’ job to positively shape their child’s moral character, values and ethics, and their overall mental, physical and spiritual development. Child beauty pageants go against that parental code by teaching that self-worth is in appearance, creating negative behavioral and emotional issues, as well as, sexually exploiting children and therefore, should be banned. Self-worth To begin with, pageants teach that self-worth is in the physical appearance, instead of within. Self-worth is about the value you place on yourself through an internal connection. Beauty pageants take away from that in the essence that it puts a high value on beauty and perfection instead of character. Children are taught at a young age, that they are in competition with others and whoever is the most beautiful and have perfected talents, are winners and everyone else is losers. Along with that K. Meginnis-Payne & C. Travis (2001) , states “ In addition to promoting mixed messages about the role of beauty in women’s lives, beauty myths foster competition, divisiveness, and distrust among women. These myths undermine the collaborative, supportive relationships women create with one another. All beauty myths promote the idea that beauty is the most vital aspect of a women’s being.” Negative Behavioral and Emotional Issues Secondly, since a child...
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...extremely important topic that can sometimes be easily overlooked. You all are about to enter the business world where there will be ethical decisions you guys will have to make everyday that could have a huge impact on your career. I first want to start off by reading the definition of business ethics to kind of lay the groundwork. Business ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations. I kind of want to take a different approach to this talk and give you guys a real life example on how a very large company went from fame to shame due to high executives not making the right ethical decisions. The company I would like to talk about is HealthSouth. You all have probably heard of HealthSouth and might know some people who were either directly affected or indirectly affected...
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...2016 has been a very triumphant year for social media celebrities. Kylie Jenner, the baby of the Kardashian/Jenner crew, has accumulated a total of eighty million Instagram followers and a whopping net worth of ten million dollars. She runs her own business, owns six different cars, and resides in her million dollar home in Calabasas, California. Jenner might be one of the most successful women in this era, thus making her the role model of millions of girls all around the world. Now here comes the sad reality. Yes, Jenner did build her empire off social media, but it all got to her head. The once natural beauty has physically modified her body into a completely different person. She brings down whoever she can to get what she wants (including...
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...Jackie Robinson born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie Robinson was arguably the best baseball player ever. The first black baseball player in the M.L.B. And he was also the first African American to get a M.V.P. Award, also played in six world series. He sadly died from a heart attack on October 24, 1972 when he was 53. When Jackie Robinson was in high school he was a really good athlete. Jackie Robinson went to UCLA, he played football, basketball, track, and baseball. After college he served in the U.S. Army. After that he played baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs ( a negro league team ) . In 1946 Jackie met a man named Branch Rickey ( the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers ) and got signed to the Dodgers and broke the color barrier...
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...problems they faced? And what did they do to make them well known. So, What does define a Hero and Heroism in today’s society? Black History month has often spoken upon famous African-Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman and George Washington Carver. Those legendary figures are certainly worth celebrating, yet there have been many other African-American men and women who achieved significant milestones for their race, and made significant contributions to society, but get little attention today. Such people as: Hattie McDaniel, Guion Bluford, Edward Bouchet, Fritz Pollard, Oscar Micheaux, Madam C.J. Walker and James “Cool Papa” Bell. Hattie McDaniel was actually the first black person to win an Oscar in 1940. Halle Berry who is well known made headlines in 2002 when she became the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actress, for her role in Monster’s Ball. McDaniel’s Oscar winning performance was as the character Mammy in gone with the Wind she was also regarded as the first Africa American to sing on the radio in the United States. McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood walk of Fame honoring both her singing and film careers. Guion Bluford became the first African American astronaut to reach the space with the liftoff of a 1983 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Bluford had a lot of experience in engineering he also made four shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992 and later served as an engineering...
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