...Catholic social teaching is an important essential in one’s life. It understands the importance of human life and dignity, while at the same time it call to family, and in participation in their daily life; and it defines the rights and duties of a human being. It also states that every person is an image of God, therefore it is worthy of respect. One has to reflect about a series that depicts family’s life and also the social function of the family. For this I choose Parenthood last episode of season four, because it demonstrate what real family struggle. Parenthood is a show that tells the story of the Braverman family, which comprises an older couple (Zeek and Camille Braverman), their four children (Adam, Sarah, Crosby and Julia), and their...
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...small town with only three stoplights that is called Bladenboro, North Carolina. I am currently attending the University of Phoenix in an effort to obtain my Associates Degree in Healthcare Administration/ Medical Records. I live with my husband Jesse and my son Kristopher age 8. My husband and I have been happily married for 3 years now. My husband currently works at PBM-Graphics, and currently looking to go back to school his self. My husband and my child are the most important part of my life, as well as my successes. It is the influence that I have on my child as well as my personal goals that have driven me to want to excel in all I do moreover, try to be a good role model for my child along with others I come into contact with as well. My life so far is comprised of a wonderful family, great friends, and a sincere dedication to my family, education, and work. My name is Leya Gardner and I grew up in Bladenboro, North Carolina. At the age of 16, I began to realize the importance of an education and by the time I was out of high school, I already had a plan to enroll in night school and then transferred to Bladen Community College to begin studying Nursing. I found out quickly that a minimum wage job was not going to get me through college creating a need to fund my educational pursuits. I told myself that I would have to get more than one job. I had to get the funds to pay for my education, if I wanted to contain a proper education. It became hard for me to work two jobs...
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...The Importance of Good Health ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ - World Health Organization Many people do not realize the importance of good health, and even if they do, they may still disregard it. Whether we work at home or in an office, we need good health in order to perform our duties well. When people talk about health, they usually refer to the condition of the body. However, health does not merely mean being free from physical pain or the symptoms of disease. The mind is of crucial consideration in the overall assessment of wellbeing. The necessity of good health is not limited to a particular religion, caste, creed or gender. Most diseases have their origin in mind, or the manomaya kosha. A person can be said to be healthy when his or her body is healthy and the mind is clear and calm. While many people may not have material problems, they may be unhappy or agitated at the psychological level. They may suffer from insomnia due to stress, or feel depressed, irritable and aimless. All these are the result of an unbalanced mind. Unfortunately, most of our attempts to become happy relate only to the body. We strive for materialistic ends, such as lucrative income, status, a big house, an expensive car, jewelry and so on, because we believe these things will make us happy. Seldom do we give attention to our mind and soul, which the time and resources we spend in trying to...
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...It is always been a great difficulty figuring out who to date. Going through life and figuring out do I follow the wants of my parents in a mate, or should I follow my heart. In my personal romantic life we will be discussing the decision model, of dating, and the social heuristic behind dating. Through this paper there will be details of the incentives of the dating scenario, identify the risks and potential decision biases. Then there will be an in-depth analysis of the scenario where the decisions will be looked and how they impacted the social factors. Finding a mate is never a easy process. Being part of an Italian family there were many indicators that the family pushes you towards. Being socially awkward, I leaned to the attention to my family because they knew what was good for my well being. Also why would they stray me the wrong way in my life. I had to make many decisions in order to find my mate the only thing on the line was, my heart. So when I mentioned to my family that I was open to the dating world, I was given a list of traits that I need to find in order to find the “ideal mate”. At the time, with my family being an important part of my life, I was open to the idea of finding a mate that would suit my family needs. Of course if these list of demands in my ideal mate were not met, then I would face family disapproval. Which in an Italian household takes a very long time to shake off. To fully know the incentives was purely find a mate. The idea would...
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...foundation for many other attitudes. There is a famous Chinese saying says that if a person does not have piety towards his/her parents, how can he/she be loyal towards his/her friends, country or any other? For teenagers, being loyal and devoted to our parents may seem to be anathema to most of us because most of us want to express our independence and freedom. We want to do whatever we want. Some of us may even wonder what the importance of filial piety is. In my opinion, filial piety is especially important because I believe that learning how to be a filial son and daughter would prepare us for the kind of life we want to have in the future. In order to live a life of filial piety, we need to exercise three things: absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience. To be a filial son and daughter, we must first exercise absolute faith in our parents. Here we are talking about trusting our parents. We should give in to higher authority because they mean well. One of the most fearful things about trusting anybody in life is the fear of being vulnerable. Someone may even ask,” Why should we trust our parents completely? Why can’t I do something more interesting?” If we absolutely trust and are totally faithful that we will do well in our father and mother’s hands, what we...
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...the doctor that his life is coming to an end. Mitch considers it a privilege meeting someone who teaches about life and offers solutions to life challenges. As Morrie happens to meet with Mitch, his past student and friend, they plan to start meeting on Tuesdays and Mitch is to go to Morrie’s home. They get into the discussions for fourteen Tuesdays where they discuss life issues such family, death, marriage, love, money among others. Morrie dies and he is buried on a Tuesday. The discussions of each Tuesday are analyzed to reveal the deontology and utilitarianism of the two and their humanistic and social significances. Tuesdays with Morrie The book Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, young man, and life’s greatest lesson was written by Mitch Albom in 1997. It is a non-fiction book talking about Mitch’s experience with an old man who was his college sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz. The book is a chronicle that talks about the author’s interaction with the professor as the professor was about to die. The author gives the reason as to why he wrote the book saying that in every person’s life there is a teacher. A person who tells one about the challenges of life and has solutions to the problems. Mitch had earlier on interacted with Morrie but when he graduated from the college they had to leave each with the writer promising to keep in touch something he failed to do (Albom, 2007). The Tuesdays with Morrie talks about the ideas about life they talked about in...
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...Quran Norris English 102 AC106 Mrs. Stephenson 0Antigone Paper Being a part of a family forces one to have responsibilities and duties that are needed to be fulfilled. In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone, Antigone has the responsibility of being loyal to her brother, Polynices. Her intuition and strong will discourages her from listening to the power of the state, thus disobeying part of her family, to respect her immediate family. Her devotion leads to the destruction of Creon and herself. Proving that Antigone’s role as a part of a family, does not stand in her determination to do what she believes to be right. It is for this reason that she is willing to destroy herself and Creon to fulfill her duty to both her immediate family and the Gods above. In order to understand Antigone’s actions and motivation, it is important to understand the importance of what a proper burial is to the people of ancient Greece. Unlike most religions, the Greek did not believe in the reward and punishment concept after death. They did not believe that good people went to heaven, while the evil suffered in hell. They believed that life after death was a sad and miserable affair, and the dead deserved to rest in peace. They believed in the importance of a proper burial, as proposed and supported by the gods. The gods mandated the way people lived their everyday life, and how they lived their life after death. The general belief of the people, was that those who did not get a proper burial...
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...potentially ex-school teachers that know how to teach, what to teach, and are able to work with children effectively. 2. Age? Gender? Race? Social Status? Location? Religion? The audience would be generally younger couples. Their race can be of any origin with no particular social status. No particular location is required; with a Christian emphasis as the particular religion. 3. Where does my audience stand on the issue; are they Opposed or Neutral? The audience is very interested but is worried that the spiritual, social, and educational aspects may fail their expectations. Outline: 1. Spiritual Benefits A. Control false doctrine B. Emphasis on God as the centre for your life C. Solid foundation 2. Social Benefits A. Family centered mindset B. Public limitations C. Limited exposure to negative influences from friends D. Healthy community activities 3. Learning Benefits A. Student to teacher ratio B. Learning at individual’s own pace C. Higher GPA Imagine a world where a child is excited to face the day because they know there are very few to no bullies around the corner. A world where a child encounters countless opportunities to excel, and succeed because the teacher goes at the child's pace instead of a big class spacepace. Imagine that world...
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...The lives of abject poverty and continual struggle created a distinct way of life for the working poor, a characteristic of which was the importance of extending help and aid to their fellow working poor. The value of giving aid and assistance to fellow working poor resounds across the lives of both the mill workers and Charlie Bundrum. For Charlie, it took the form of taking in and taking care of strays. The first case was Hootie, who Charlie semi-adopted after Hootie was attacked in his home on the river. For many years, “Hootie was still with them, still under Ava’ disapproving gaze and Charlie’s protection,” a fact that highlights the importance of and willingness to care for others of the working poor class. The same value of caring for...
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...capabilities and habits acquired by members of society, which gives them their sense of identity. From this we understand that the influence of culture on individuals cuts across every aspect of their lives including business practices. This paper seeks to analyse the influence of culture on the business practices of these two different countries; China and Nigeria, and also comparatively analyse the influence of the traditional culture of these two countries in other to better understand their business practices to foster smooth business relations. Keywords: Culture, Business practices, China, Nigeria, Society. INTRODUCTION Culture which is widely referred to as the total way of life of a particular group of people which is passed down from one generation to another, generally influences every aspect of human life both consciously and unconsciously. From the moment a child is born in a particular society, the child’s mind set and behaviours are shaped by events happening in...
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...Stefany Lopez Sociology November.7.2012 In today’s society life, values and morals are very different from what they used to be years ago. Life has changed and people’s priorities have changed specially family’s priorities. In the world that we live in today families are no longer united, they no longer communicate and they no longer act as a family. Parents are no longer involved in their children’s life, leading to miscommunication and leading parents and their children to no longer have that bond or that communication that makes parents and children’s relationship strong (Page, Thomas, 2011). Today’s society revolves all around technology, appearances, sex, and material things especially in the lives of teenagers and young people. Teenagers no longer communicate with their parents; they would rather spend time on their computer, on their cellphones, playing video games, being on social networks, etc. The majority of young people especially teenagers not only in the United States but all over the world are spending their time in things that don’t really benefit them what so ever instead of putting their time into things that benefits them and will help in their future like school, sports, spending more time with their families and most importantly giving god some of their time, and having a spiritual life. Teenagers and young people are no longer having that spiritual connection because their parents are no longer making them be involved in church or making them be involved...
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... as well as many more individualistic goals. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, money affects the Younger family rather significantly. Each member of the Younger family has their own dream but each one is fueled by money, or even fueled by a need for money. These dreams are especially important to the Younger family as they are an impoverished family with desires to fulfill the American dream. Lorraine Hansberry leaves us with the idea that in life dreams and money exist to feed and build off each other, and that dreams and money are equally as important to achieve not only a money-oriented American ideal but happiness. Lorraine...
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...personality. As for myself, my personality was sculpted by the importance of my family, how independence is vital, my upbringing and parenting options, and finally, how education has affected my personality. Theories of personality are significant because it makes you view things differently and even similar to your parents. People often asks themselves, “Why do I work so hard?” or “What keeps me motivated day after day?” Most are unsure, but the answer is family. Whether they know it or not, family is the first real relationship you have with another human being. However, some are still uncertain as to what the meaning of family is? Everyone is faced with tough situations at some point in their lives, family helps them sustain and solve their situation based on their values that they learned from their parents. People’s values are all different based on their family and this is another thing that separates you from the rest of the world (Kanade, 2011).. Family has always been an essential part of my life. Being raised by solely my mother, it made me very close to her and my siblings. Most people don’t realize that when they were brought into this world they were unfit to survive, but with the aid of family and society, they prepare you for a future of independence. What you learned from your family becomes your value system, priority system, helps you perform perceptions, and aids you in actions. Without the assistance of family, people would be lost and would seek to find a value system...
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...Are you magnifying your purpose in life? In some occasions individuals tend to fulfill their purpose in life only when we encounter difficulty in our life or a specific event has touched our heart deeply. Currently, many of us tend to forget the importance of life due to the routine of our busy life. Gladly, once in a while we have reminders to help us take a moment and reanalyze our life. In this occasion the “Last Lecture” video has given us a strong view on how can we change our perspective on how are we running our life at this moment. Mr. Raundy in 10 minutes clearly summarized the importance of living with a purpose. Even though, Mr. Pausch is fighting pancreatic cancer and knows that his life will be cut short he still lives with a full...
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...Deuteronomy Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible. On the day before the Israelites enter the Promised Land, Canaan, Moses delivered three speeches to the Israelites and reminded them to obey God. Moses emphasized the promises God made to the Israelites and the importance of loyalty to God. Moses warned them not to worship idols and cautioned them the punishments they would get if they disobey God or worship idols. He also told the Israelites that they had to follow God’s commandments in order to take the Promised Land. Whether they would live a good life in the Promised Land depended on whether they followed God and His law. Throughout Deuteronomy, Moses explained to the Israelites why they should obey God. Although some of the commandments are surprisingly harsh from the modern perspective, I argue that the biblical text and the harsh punishments emphasize the overarching theme that obedience to God is obligatory and the importance of covenant, which is a contract between God and the Israelites. Deuteronomy discussed various reasons that Israelites had to obey God, and there was no other option. Moses explained that obedience to God is compulsory. In Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Moses mandated the Israelites to be loyal to God. The LORD is the only God to obey. That is the rule. Moses stated that obedience to God was...
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