Essays on Self-Respect

The film shows the plight of ordinary American people in the events of America’s Great Depression. They become migrant workers when they end up in a ranch in California. They are in search of work and opportunities for their family, but the best of opportunities are not given to them by the people they work for and live under. Food prices are ridiculously high on purpose such that they cannot afford good food; bottom line the ranch owners they work for oppress them. The camp in which they live in is crowded; the immigrants are starving and desperate. ...

Though the settings differ substantially, the theme of love is clear both in “The Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread” and “The Gift of Magi,” through the author’s use of character, style and point of view. The book "The greatest thing since sliced bread" by Don Robertson and Gift of Magi are used to expound themes of love even though the two have different settings. The authors have employed the use of characters, point of view and style to bring out the theme of love. Gift of magi is a book concerning a couple and has inspired many readers ...

“The storm” by kate chopin

The character of Calixta is the protagonist or main character of the story although she appears to be visible only in a few of the pages in the novel. However, the main bulk of her character comes from her personal point of view about love and life. I have chosen the character of Calixta because of her mysterious character that was slowly revealed until the end of the story. Calixta’s character is interesting because there more to her than what meets the eye. In the beginning, the audience perceives Calixta’s character to be ordinary in the sense ...

Introduction

Community service is being involved in work done by community based that is non-profitable to the organization or to an individual with the need of helping people in the community. Community service cuts across a range of services that include information and advice, advocacy, counseling and support that targets a diverse range of people and area of interest. This paper seeks to give a reflective thought on my experience doing community service at Lafayette Urban Ministry. Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) is an organization that serves as a societal safety net for Lafayette’s needy families and children. LUM works ...

One method that can be used to positively impact prisons and reduce Prisonization is a clear focus on rehabilitation while in prison and following reentry. Rehabilitation would include individualized programming for inmates which specifically address the issues and problems the inmate faces. For instance, inmates with drug or alcohol addiction will receive treatment. Inmates with mental health issues will receive proper mental health attention including group and individual therapy, educational classes and medication if needed. Another method that can positively impact prisoners and reduce Prisonization is a revamping of the punitive consequences faced by prisoners for rule violations. Many ...

Sources of My Own Money Scripts

My greatest money script comes from my self-belief that if I get more money, all of my problems will melt away. Earning more money will keep me and my family happy. Comparatively, my family members believe that money is evil as only selfish and greedy people earn lots of money. I also believe that earning more money makes a person selfish, as impregnated into my mind by peers. Despite this, I believe that I and my family deserve a better living standard as I grew up in a poverty stricken family. In all, my money scripts have two sources ...

D1 The perspectives helped me to understand the perspectives of cultural and identity. I learned that our identity defines who we are and is greatly influenced by culture. As a result, I was patient with people with different identities and started to appreciate our differences. The behaviors within the group remained unstable. Most of the people had challenges in interacting with various people because of their diversities. People from hyperactive cultures faced fewer difficulties and interacted with ease. Besides, I realized that communities had different perspectives regarding time. For instance, the eastern and western perspectives on time are very ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, The Color Purple, penned by Alice Walker goes on to delve deep into the concept of identity and existence via the portrayal of the character of Celie, the female protagonist of the novel. It has to be noted that the entire narrative of this literary work is aim at recreating the identity of the narrator who recapitulates the times of her past life and her hardships. The story progresses through the perspective of the protagonist, and the avid readers come to realize how the recapitulation plays a part ...

The consequences test will help people to make ethical decisions in any situation. By considering the consequences test before making a final decision will allow the person to reflect on the possible result of his action. Thus, it will serve as damage control on the part of the person making the decision in order to preserve relationships. The consequences test is also known as the divergent thinking process allows the person making the decision to look for potential solutions to a particular problem in a swift manner. At the same time, the divergent thinking process adopts a sense of ...

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to research a needs and motivation theory and apply it to analyse my consumer behaviour. The theory explored in this report is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which still remains one of the most accepted theories in many spheres, including marketing. The first section of this report will provide a brief overview of the theory, as well as its possible applications to consumer behaviour. The second section of the report will provide the analysis of my behaviour as a consumer from the point of view of Maslow’s approach. The third section will ...

SELF-HELP AND SELF-ESTEEM

Part 1. Contemporary time can be easily characterized as the century of Self. Considering it critically, there is no simple answer whether it is right or wrong. Anyway, Human is an issue of top priority of modern times. Centuries, when sacrifice was demanded, or when human life was neglected, are far away. In modern life, everybody’s right to be happy and successful is highly respected, appreciated and widely recognized. Any person is encouraged to live full life, with all its precious joys, in order to comprehensively participate in world affairs and feel as demanded and priceless member of ...

Steevens, Warrington. With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest. London and Edinburg: William Blackwood and Sons, 317-325. Print. Steevens article “With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest” offers a critical analysis on the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptians who administered it during the period prior the conquest. The article’s thesis is that the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptian administration was beneficial as it was equally detrimental. Precisely, the article centers on the premise that conquest of Khartoum was costly, but it served for the benefit of Egypt. In supporting the above-mentioned thesis, the author offers a ...

Self respect has been defined by the Oxford advanced learners dictionary as “a feeling of pride in yourself that what you do, say, etc. is right and good”. Other sources give almost similar definitions of the term albeit using different wording. Self respect can also be defined as holding yourself in esteem and also believing that you are good and worthy of being treated well, according to the American Heritage Dictionary. From these definitions, we can gather that self respect is basically respect for one’s self, regard for ones character and taking responsibility for ones actions whether good or ...

Civilization has had many detrimental effects due the fact that it has played a significant part in the development of human lifestyle. Civilization has been driven by the need for people to live comfortable lives. This is mainly due to the inherent self-respect (amour de soi). This drives people to be innovative and to seek for various ways to attain the state of comfort or satisfaction of basic need that they require. This is the main indicator of civilization as lifestyles and the standards of livings improve dramatically. However, as individuals make significant advancements in life (after satisfying the ...

Unfortunately, there are still many parents using physical punishment on children. Parents who spank their children believe that they are raising good kids in such way. In fact, resorting to brute force , they only prove their complete failure and inability to find a reasonable way of influence on the child. It is obvious that there are a number of reasons for which children should not be spanked in order to discipline them for a negative behavior. First of all, the most serious harm of physical punishment is that it humiliates the child, convinces him in his own powerlessness, generates cowardice and ...

Religion and spirituality continue to be unrecognized as effective strategies for coping against tragedies and life pressures and as essential factors in self-protection and psycho-emotional resiliency (Bryan-Davis, Austria, Kawahara & Willis, 2014). Despite that, these concepts constitute key pathways towards the holistic health and well-being of women (Bryant-Davis, Gray & Bhang, 2014). This paper explores the influences of religion and spirituality on women’s wellbeing, the few specific forms of nontraditional spirituality (such as Astrology, Hinduism, Gnosticism, Yoga, and Meditation), the seven markers of spiritual wellness according to Pazzino (2014), my personal definition of spirituality, my personal spiritual wellness self-assessment, and ...

Self-esteem refers to the evaluation of oneself. It refers to the worth that one attaches to himself or herself. Self-esteem is the aggregate of what people believe about themselves and their emotions. Self-esteem is an important subject in psychology because it influences people’s lifestyle and their performance in various tasks. Self-esteem may be an enduring trait in which case it constitutes one’s personality or it may be influenced by events of the recent past. A positive evaluation of oneself leads to feelings of worthiness and elicits happiness. A negative evaluation of oneself results in a poor self-concept and ...

Concept of Wealth

Over the years, the nature of wealth continues to evolve from mere survival to leading lives that are more comfortable, healthier, smarter and more organized. Eventually, this translates to living longer. In the current modern world, the nature of wealth in advanced societies is changing from just governing physical resources to regulating information. Wealth falls into two broad categories; Monetary and Non-Monetary. Monetary wealth refers to the material things for which there exist a market and a price. The market price reflects only the price of the commodity and not necessarily its value. Non-monetary wealth, on the other hand, refers ...

Introduction

The role of the government in the current society has become so huge, and it is unlikely to come across any society without a form or system or government which oversees its affairs. Government have always been a critical component of the society and throughout centuries, the institution of government has undergone a massive evolution. It is however important to note the structure, duties and roles of the government vary from one society to another. In fact, there has been an unending debate about the perfect structure of government. Confucianism and Daoism are two Chines philosophies that present political views particularly regarding ...

I. Introduction The way in which human beings understand and related with one another contributes greatly to the development or acknowledgment and maintenance of personhood. Being an actual person is critical, and establishing who or what a person is entails the setting of boundaries. It is where an individual falls in connection to these boundaries that determine whether that individual can be thought of as being a person or non-person. Therefore, this is to say that personhood can be defined as simply being a human being. II. Elements of Personhood

A. There are various approaches to personhood

1. The transcendental/inherent personhood equates being human to being an ...

Basic definition of respect involves strong admiration for someone based on his character or qualities in doing different things. Respect is used in different aspects of the human lives interaction. The word respect is frequently used when advising young children and nurturing them to become outstanding individuals. Parents will normally tell children to respect older people, authority, their teachers or police officers. In many cases, respect is normally addressed from a positive aspect only. This means that only good things can only illicit respect. However, respect can be used both in negative and positive perspectives. This essay tries to address the ...

Introduction

George Bernard Shaw in Act one illustrates male characters to be conservative whereas the female characters are fashioned to be liberal. Mr. Praed is depicted by the author as an aggregate depiction of a conventional man in the Victorian society. This is apparent from the conservation that transpires between him and the young Miss. Vivie. Mr. Praed affirms, “You make my blood run cold. Are you to have no romance, no beauty in your life?” (Shaw 10). The assertion unmistakably highlights the perception of men on women. Men anticipated women to be objects of romance and beauty. Women were expected ...

Question 1

The achievement of life goals in many people happen in a predetermined pattern. The individual path each person’s life pans out upon is determined by values that they set out to achieve. The following of given values this paper is going to evaluated the values needed to achieve a certain life goal. I being an aspiring Hotel manager in future do have the values that I follow and feel that will help me in achieving that goal in the future. The advancement of life starting from graduation up to retirement will follow the following values. - Achieving a comfortable/prosperous life ...

There are various ways one can discipline a child and physical or corporal punishment is one of the tactics frequently employed by parents as disciplinary action. Physical punishment refers to the act of hitting a child to control undesired behavior. Spanking is one such example of physical punishment that 75% parents use in USA to discipline their wards. Spanking is an act of hitting a child's buttock openhandedly. Spanking also includes striking a child with a stick or spoon, slapping on the face and smacking a child's hand. In psychology the term reinforcement theory is often used. Reinforcement theory refers to the process of reinforcing ...

Question 1

The achievement of life goals in many people happen in a predetermined pattern. The individual path each person’s life pans out upon is determined by values that they set out to achieve. The following of given values this paper is going to evaluated the values needed to achieve a certain life goal. I being an aspiring top executive in future do have the values that I follow and feel that will help me in achieving that goal in the future. The advancement of life starting from graduation up to retirement will follow the following values. - Achieving a comfortable/prosperous life ...

Introduction

Human beings exhibit different traits and react to different situation in as varied ways as there are people. It is hard to describe anyone into a category of human behavior as everyone tends to exhibit varying degrees of each of the big five traits in their behavior. The big five behavior traits, Agreeableness, Extraversion, emotional stability, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience occur in my personality in varying degrees.

Question 1

Extroversion - I would describe myself as extroverted since I like to be assertive on my viewpoints on a majority of issues. I also tend to be talkative and able to start a conversation on ...

Growth and development is a steady and continuous process that starts at conception and ends when one dies. Each development stage is defined by certain characteristics and challenges. A child is supposed to overcome developmental challenges before proceeding to the next stage. Adolescent stage is one of the developmental stages characterized with physical, emotional, and physiological changes. Majority of the teenagers belong in this stage and are at a higher risk of contracting STDs such as HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and gonorrhea, and teenage pregnancy as they are sexually active. A report released by US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) indicated ...

Abstract

Aging parents usually fall into the responsibility of their children, who become their caregivers. While in the process of carrying for their elderly parents, the adult children may deal with various changes, ranging from the feebleness of their parents to their changing behaviors, modes, forgetting estate and so on. Moreover, they might even be experiencing the fact that their parents are permanently unsatisfied and continuously requesting for more attention and more choruses to be done for them. While dealing with this, the children also have to handle and to organize their own lives and many of them are still ...

Inclusion of children with special needs

Introduction Over the past two centuries, there has been an incredible growth and development in education, and this has, particularly, been the case in childhood education. This is due to the fact that the education stakeholders have been in good positions to not only develop the quality of education, but also the strategies through which education will be promoted. One of the most essential things to note in this case, for example, include the fact that education has incredibly advanced in the past two centuries, in terms of delivery and consideration. Children with special needs, for example, have ...

Leadership is the process of exercising power and influence in the social environment with the aim of achieving the objectives of a given organization. Each organization should have a leader to exercise control and organization in the performance of duties. Usually, a leader gives direction to the people under him. The leader should be in a position to gain the trust of his followers in order to have proper coordination (Kouzer & Posner 2006). A leader should also be supported by other people in order to carry out his duties effectively. He cannot work alone. This is the major reason why he communicates with ...

The history of Colin Powell has captured the attention of many people from all corners of the world. His biography shows that his year of birth was 1937. Going through his life history, it is clear that he has spent many years in the military. During these years, he was able to acquire several positions in the military (Martin 2009). Due to experience and expertise, he was awarded several promotions that translated into higher ranks as the years went by. Colin served in many high ranking positions in the government. One of the reasons why Colin was given ...

The purpose of this investigation was to identify: job satisfaction levels, employee awareness of the work environment, and opportunities for improvement. A survey of 25 questions and was conducted in October 2012 with 45 HEMA employees and was based on the motivational work by Herzberg (1966), the information-processing model as associated with the accumulation of cognitive information about the workplace and one’s job (Hackman and Oldham, 1976) and the satisfaction scale of Warr et al. (1979) in relation with Maslow's (1943), the survey was designed to collect information related to employee satisfaction within eight main areas. These areas ...

Importance of maintaining academic honesty

Success in the academic field calls for strenuous group and individual efforts to ensure that there is progress intellectually. In any college career or academic life, academic measure is based on the echelon of skills, knowledge and intellectual maturity which is achieved after the completion of any educational program. Among the most important aspects of any successful college course is the need to maintain academic integrity and honesty. Without a commitment to integrity and honesty scholars and students can never achieve true academic success. That is why all scholars and students are expected to maintain a high level of academic integrity ...

Abstract

Abraham Maslow was a Jewish American born to illiterate Russian immigrants on the 1st of April the year 1908. Maslow had a difficult childhood and thus spent most of his free time seeking consolations in books. His obsession with books was motivated by the fact that Maslow’s Jewish parents were not educated and therefore constantly pushed their children to perform academically. Maslow formulated the dynamic holistic theory of behavioral psychology. The theory had five basic human needs that were arranged in hierarchical order from the lower to the higher needs of human beings which include physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem ...

Two Views on African American Advancement

The extract written by Dubois is clearly intended as a reply and a riposte to Washington’s account of his Atlanta Exposition Address and the responses to it. Indeed, he systematically attacks Washington’s ideas and puts forward a radically different vision of how African Americans should be educated and how their political and social integration should proceed. Overall I feel that Dubois is fair to Washington. He calls him “ a useful and earnest man” (Dubois, 774) and states that in the North of the United States the initial reaction to Washington’s Exposition Address was, in some African American circles, that ...

Introduction

This paper takes the view that parents should not be friend with their children. Being friends with your children may prove to be a bad idea because these children may end up not respecting their parents because they take them as their friends. Parents who want to befriend their children may contribute to the problem because when they style themselves as their children’s buddies, they may find it so hard to enforce the standards and rules they have set. Being friends with your children may put a notion into the children’s mind that there is nobody who is in ...