I have never experienced what it would be like to be a part of an AA meeting. The only time I have had seen or heard someone mention meetings for alcoholics has been TV shows and movies, which would portray these meeting as a circle of strangers just deliberating stories of their life and how this disease has changed them forever. Therefore, I had no idea what to expect. I felt intimidated and had a sense of nervousness, so I decided I would not go alone and brought a friend. My expectation upon entering this meeting was to see beat up people with bad hygiene and a homeless appearance. As a matter of fact, the expectations I had upon walking towards this place was that I was going to get hit on and even get kidnapped. As crazy as it...show more content...
I honestly cannot believe that God was the answer to the cure since there are many other treatments related to alcoholism, such as going to therapy or having self control, but not religion.
The AA meeting I attended was an open speaker (OS), which meant that the majority of the time was spent listening to a particular member give a testimony of their journey with alcohol. As I sat, I had no idea what I was going to expect which made me nervous. There was a woman introducing herself in front of everyone who I learned was the meeting chairperson for that day. As the meeting began, the chair asked if anyone was attending AA for the first time. A few raised their hands; I was not one of them. I was too intimidated to introduce myself and speak. The chairperson then read the AA Preamble and led a group prayer which the majority of the people recited. At this point, I felt like an outcast since I did not know the words to the prayer.
Lastly, the chairperson recounted her own personal story withaddiction. I was surprised how the group handled her story in a positive way. I noticed at times members laughed and even smiled and others making brief supporting comments. Rather than judge the events of her life, the group members seemed to connect in a personal way. I liked how the meeting was honest and open. Afterwards different members of the meeting read brief AA literature, "How it Works," the "Twelve Traditions" and "The Promises." I listened to each of them very closely
What is privilege? Privilege is the advantages that you are given. Privilege is often taken for granted by the people who have it because they didn't necessarily ask for it. Privilege is given to you depending on where you live, what you look like, how much money you have, what gender you are, or even your last name. Yourrace and ethnicity have a lot to do with how you are treated in society. Race and ethnicity can get confusing and people often use them interchangeably. They are alike because race and ethnicity share common ancestry. But, they differ because race is a persons' physical characteristics; race can be seen in skin, hair, and eye color. Whereas ethnicity is the culture; ethnicity is ancestry, religion, and nationality. When majority of people look the same, it can cause problems for the people who are different, the minority.
The majority usually has preset opinions on how the minority should act, talk, or look. These opinions are called prejudices and are not fact based. Prejudices thoughts are also sometimes called stereotypes. Prejudice and stereotypes are different from each other because a prejudice is a feeling about a group of people, where a...show more content...
Being a white male in America, you're basically the golden egg. Men have privileges such as making more money compared to women–especially women of color. A persons' last name could also have a lot to do with how much privilege you have. For example, I'm a waitress at Roma's Pizza in Bethalto, Illinois I've had people come into Roma's and before tipping, they ask me what my last name is. When I tell them, I usually get a bigger tip; my grandpa is currently on the Madison County Board for Godfrey and Alton, my other grandpa is a union leader, my mom is a teacher, and my dad is a lawyer. My family has lived in Bethalto and the surrounding towns their entire lives– everyone knows
It is becoming increasingly certain that climate change will have severe adverse effects on the environment in years to come. Addressing this issue poses a serious challenge for policy makers. How we choose to respond to the threat of global warming is not simply a political issue. It is also an economic issue and an ethical one. Responsible, effective climate change policy requires consideration of a number of complex factors, including weighing the costs of implementing climate change policies against the benefits of more environmentally sustainable practices. Furthermore, this analysis must take place amidst serious gaps in the existing research and technology concerning the developing climatic condition. For these reasons, global...show more content... However, even for those who are less motivated by such moralistic calls to action, the fact remains that conservation is as much an economic issue as an ethical one. While economic considerations are a problematic feature of climate change policy, under the proper analysis, they also serve as an important motivator. Economic analysis that weighs all costs and benefits of a particular model must include environmental considerations. That is to say, the potential for short–term economic losses caused by conservation in the present, should be measured against the dividends that conservation will pay in the future (Nordhaus, 2007). If the earth is truly our most valuable commodity, then analysis under these conditions should recognize that if a "dollar value" were placed on environmental sustainability, more often than not it would outweigh any initial monetary loss resultant of the implementation of more sustainable practices. Indeed, if we accept the danger of global warming to be a real and present one, then the question of how to address it must be given serious consideration. Research conducted from as early as the 1950s through the present has afforded us a solid understanding of its causes. In the most basic sense, the problem lies in the burning of carbon–based fossil fuels such as carbon and oil which leads to the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2). Gases such as CO2 are referred to as greenhouse gases (GHGs) which accumulate in the atmosphere. GHGs can
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Personal Manifesto
Somebody once told me it is okay to be average as long as you are a good person. Life is short, do as many things as you can to live a happy life and do all the things you aspire to do before time runs out.
One evening while I was on vacation visiting my grandparents we were sitting around the dinner table eating a homemade meal made by my grandma. It was my mom, my sister, my foreign exchange student, two of my good friends, and I all eating dinner together. Dinner had come to an end and one of my friends and I were still sitting at the table with my grandpa. He has always been a very inspirational person in my life and most of the things he says mean a lot and really make me think. There was one thing my grandpa told...show more content... Even being an average person can be very difficult. If you look at a large amount of people in this world, they are average or below average in most things they do. No one can be good at everything, so don't ever think you have to be. Feeling pressured to be great at everything is one thing no one should ever have to go through. All it seems to do is tear down people's' self esteem creating more reserved and quiet people. Life is hard, and if it were meant to be easy, everyone would be good at everything and the majority of things would be meaningless. So, what would be the point of living a meaningless life? Take every situation in life and live it with the intention that it will be the
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The Reformation
Religious ideas have developed from every society known since the Sumerians, with theological ideas evolving as communities progressed and changed. Throughout recorded history there have been dissenters and revolt to every religious institution. However, the Reformation of the sixteenth century religious institutions led to changes in social, political and cultural life that have profoundly effected Western Civilization (McKay, Hill, Buckler, A History of Western Society, page 451).
By the early sixteenth century, church and state had become inextricably intertwined. Both factions were removed from the greatest percentage of the population by wide margins in education, nutrition, mobility, and income....show more content...
Martin Luther himself was a member of the Catholic church, a trained priest. Luther was literate, educated, trained by the Church, but also, the son of a lower–class miner who empathized with and was respected by peasants. The theological issues questioned by the "Protestants" were primary to the faith and power held by the Church. First, is salvation attained by faith and good works, as the Catholic Church maintained (and profited from by selling "indulgences" as good works), or by faith alone as Luther asserted. Second, does authority over the people rest with the Church or on the Word of God (the Bible) alone, as interpreted by the individual. This idea
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directly questioned the authority of the Church. Third, does the Church consist of the hierarchical clergy of the Church or the community of Christian believers. Fourth, is the monastic life superior to secular life, or do all vocations have equal merit, as Luther argued. Theology was adapting from one dictatorial faith ruling the masses to different sects empowered by their individual faith and better suited to their society. As a leader of peoples yearning for salvation, Luther's revolt, which led to the secularization of Christianity, is more of a progression of Christianity, than a "protest."
Born January 8, 1942 in Oxford England, Stephen Hawking was born –as some say– into a family of intellects. Stephens's father, Frank hawking, studied at Oxford University as a medical researcher – while mother, Isobel Hawking, was one of the first women to attend the university in the 1930's (a time period when not many women considered college). The two raised four children together, Stephen being the oldest. While Stephens's father would have had the eldest children study medicine at university, it was apparent from an early age that Stephen and his siblings had taken to the stars.
In his prime educational years, it was seen that Stephen was bright but was considered to be a poor student. He was more interested in games and fun,...show more content...
It was due to this discovery in the world of physics and science that Hawking's career would boost into publishing and into teaching opportunities. Hawking is also renowned for his theories that would introduce the world to different views on the universe. One of which he shares with Jim Hartle, on the boundaries of the universe. It was in 1983 that Hawking and Hartle came together using quantum mechanics, and Einstein's theory of General Relativity to introduce the paradoxical concept of the universe being a contained entity – but with no boundaries. Hawking said to think of the concept, in which you are viewing the universe as the surface of the earth. With the earth being a sphere, you know that by either direction that you travel – there are no corners – no endings or boundaries. However, one of the major differences between the earth and the universe – is that the earth's surface is two dimensional (though the earth itself is three) and that the universe is four dimensional. Hawking explains the concept further with space–time. Space–time here works like the lines of latitude on a globe. The North Pole (the beginning of the universe) going south, means the circumferences get bigger until the lines go beyond the equator; in which they would get smaller. This means that the universe is finite in space–time; thus explaining the paradoxical concept of the universe being a contained entity with no boundaries.
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The Help
The book , The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is about a women named Aibileen who is a black maid. She is taking care of her 17th white baby now. She works for a woman named Miss Leefolt. Aibileen has never disobeyed an order in her life and never intends to do so. Her friend Minny is the exact opposite. When she is around her boss, she has to hold herself back from sassing them all the time. Skeeter Phelan is different than the rest of the white ladies. She thinks that blacks aren't all that bad. She decides to write a book about the lives of maids for white ladies. Otherwise known as the Help. She with the help of Aibileen and Minny hope to create a book that starts a revolution about whatwhite people think about blacks. Each of...show more content...
"I try to contribute to the conversation. 'Definitely Raleigh if it's a boy.' "– (Page 183) Skeeter didn't contribute to the conversation too much because she wasn't comfortable with her friends. I think that overall, there is lots of variety to the three. The three girls working together begins to create the solution to the main conflict. The main conflict in this case is blacks are being treated in a way that is not fair. They are being treated as if they are disease carrying things. Skeeter wants to change that perspective on people. That's why she wants to write a book on how black maids are treated in Mississippi. "I turn and hear Pascagoula's knock on my door. That's when the idea hit me. No. I couldn't. That would be . . . crossing the line." – (Page 104) This was foreshadowing what Skeeter would do next. It let the reader know what was going to happen. Minny and Aibileen are there to help Skeeter with her book. They are the interviews. At first, the book starts out with Aibileen doing a normal day of work. She notices the Skeeter isn't like all the other ladies. She's more polite. When Skeeter gets a job at the local newspaper she starts to go to Aibileen for help with the Miss Myrna articles. She is even willing to pay her to help her. " 'For your help,' I say quietly, ' I've put away five dollars for every article. It's up to thirty–five dollars now.' " (Page 126) This shows that Skeeter is quite
Grit is a predictor of academic, professional, and personal success. Grit can be defined as strength of character or the ability to overcome failure and continue to work toward success. People with grit are not always the people with the most natural ability, but their work ethic and ability to overcome obstacles allows them to achieve success. Grit is a very valuable characteristic in almost any venture, as it gives someone an advantage in overcoming the inevitable obstacles they will face. However, grit is much easier adopted when an individual has a growth mindset. The first step to obtaining grit is to correlate both self–control and self–confidence when trying to reach an objective. By doing this, one can focus on the task at hand...show more content...
I had no experience as a runner nor did I have the form. This did not phase me however. That year I promised myself to push through all the six mile runs, sore legs, gnarly blisters, and at times, lack of oxygen. At every meet and speed workout practice I pushed myself further and further. I set a goal every time I kicked off from the starting line and never let myself get discouraged when I failed. By my senior year, I was the fourth fastest runner on varsity. That year our varsity team won the district meet, which qualified us to run in the 2016 state meet in Oregon. The transformation over the years were evident. My determination to accomplish my goal of becoming a faster runner was complete. If I had simply just given up that first day of practice, I wouldn't have ran along side of the fastest runners in Oregon or have met the multitude of people that are now my closest friends. Having a goal sets one up for a challenge, whether it being physically or mentally, goals keep us active and thinking in more ways than one. Still, if someone has self–control, confidence, and a goal, they are still not complete. Growth mindset is the cone to an ice cream. It is the foundation of what I think a successful person is. Without it one couldn't use the characteristics mentioned above in more ways than one. Someone with a growth mindset believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work, brains and talent are just the starting point.
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In today's society the majority of households have a family dynamic where both parents need to work. It is nearly impossible for most families in America to survive financially without two incomes. This puts many parents in a situation where they have to find extra help to watch their children while they are away at work. "These days couples face complex negotiations over work, family, child care, and housekeeping. It becomes evident that where traditional marriage through the centuries has been a partnership based on mutual dependency, modern marriage demands greater self–sufficiency" (Hekker). Day care becomes a necessity for many families, and the main concern for most parents is if the day care will be a positive experience for their...show more content...
In addition, these children become confident in their own skills and thus, more self–reliant" (Cerbasi). Being self–sufficient is a positive attribute that any individual can learn in their lives, and that is a very good quality that an individual can learn especially at a very young age. In life it is healthy to make lasting relationships, and to socialize with other people. It is important that children are given the opportunity to be around other children so that they can acquire vital communication and social skills. "Even with siblings, you can't match the opportunities for social interaction that a child has at day care in the home. Your child will be placed in a class with children close in age and have opportunities to play and negotiate with peers each day" (Cerbasi). My daughter is 3 years old and she is an only child. Day care is something that I would love to put our child in, because for just even a couple hours a week she can be around other children and have a socialization experience she will emotionally need while being around others her own age. This is a valuable experience that we can't give her at home. Doctor Heins suggests, "Play is very important, but the serious aspect is that we have to get along in a social structure" (Burgess). For parents with only one child, day care can be a great option for a place where their child will be able to socialize with other children their own age, enabling the Get more content