Make Your Decisions A French writer, Albert Camus claims "Life is the sum of all your choices." We must make decisions in our lives; that does not necessarily to mean making big decisions. However, sometimes making decisions is difficult, and they could be not your own. Langston Hughes adopted a decision when he was thirteen. His essay “Salvation” is about his acord of telling people he was saved by Jesus, which was a lie. Not only young boys but also adults have difficulty making decisions sometimes. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris is about a forty-one years old Sedaris who decides to study French in France. He meets a sadistic teacher and decides to study harder even though she sees him as being lazy. As we read deeply between …show more content…
People can make stronger judgments when we have more backers. Sedaris says “the teacher proceeded to belittle everyone from Germen Eva, who hated laziness, to Japanese Yukari, who loved paintbrushes and soap. Italian, Thai, Douche, Korean, and Chinese” (336). Sedaris's teacher hates all people and endeavors to criticize them. He starts having fear and discomfort in the classroom and outside of the classroom. However, he knows a significant truth: he writes “My only comfort was the knowledge that I was not alone” (337). His classmates also think that they are not comfortable in the class because of their teacher. Therefore, Sedris could expose his fear because he has supporters who think the same way as him. On the other hand, Hughes does not have as many friends as Sedaris has. Hughes was waiting for being saved with other little sinners. He writes, “the little girl cried. And some of them jumped up and went to Jesus right away” (Hughes 183). His peers go away from him and stand up to be saved. Hughes decides to wait until Jesus comes and saves him. However, “all the young people had gone to the altar and were saved, but one boy and [him]” (183). The boy, Westley, and Hughes were the only kids who were not saved yet. Since Westley decided to be saved, Hughes became the final kid and the adults that surround him are praying only for him: Hughes decides to get up. He made a decision that he may not want to, but he does, because he has no-one who can support him, to whom he can turn for advice. Comparing those two texts, we see a significant difference; Sedris has friends, but Hughes doesn't. When we make a decision, we are always influenced by others or we depend on our friends or family. In addition, the more friends we have, the more aggressive choices we can
Lisa Delpit’s book, “The Skin We Speak”, talked about language and culture, and how it relates to the classroom. How we speak gives people hits as to where we are from and what culture we are a part of. Unfortunately there are also negative stereotypes that come with certain language variations. There is an “unfounded belief that the language of low income groups in rural or urban industrial areas is somehow structurally “impoverished” or “simpler” than Standard English” (Delpit 71). The United States is made of people from various cultures and speak many different variations of languages. As teachers we must be aware of some of the prejudices we may have about language and culture.
"In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did." (Cassandra Clare) In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul's parents make many decisions that affected Paul's life. From moving to Tangerine, being inattentive towards Paul, and to having secrets kept from him, you could tell Paul Fisher has a pretty crazy life. Those decisions were made by his parents. However, those decisions that his parents made has molded Paul into a stronger person.
Choices determine every outcome, A better way to put it is “What we do in life, echoes in eternity”, essentially every single decision one makes , no matter how minuscule, will always have an impact in one’s life. Fate isn’t real; Fate is a term commonly used by those that refuse to accept that they control their own future. Teenagers ever since the beginning of time were and still are expected to make poor choices due to their age. But once they learn to take responsibility for their actions they become adults. Both Romeo and Juliet make multiple decisions such as marrying, killing and suicide without stepping back and thinking about the consequences. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare all the choices made by the star crossed lovers have consequences. The two lovers blame fate for their misfortune. They refuse to believe that fate does not determine the end result, only they can do that.
A distinct conscience is formed by the values and desires of one’s unique identity. However, common beliefs of societal standards can influence conscientious desires. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee introduces a young girl named Scout, who learns about the difference between social conformity and human conscience. Through this, she notices the conflict it brings: choosing to conform or stand with your desire. Through Maycomb’s discriminatory principles, Atticus’ actions against common beliefs, and Scout’s comprehension of Boo, Lee reveals how society’s standards and conformity hinders personal desires for righteousness.
As shown in the book hasty decisions lead to bad things. William Shakespeare has also mentioned this multiple times. There are numerous examples of this in his play Romeo and Juliet. Nevertheless impulsive choices make up most of this well known writing. These decisions are made by various characters and in different ways.
These two short stories portrays that it is hard to make the right decision. The difficulty in making a decision is to insure that it doesn’t negatively impact your future. Also, your decision can effected the people that matter the most to you. All of these protagonist, portrayed the proper leadership skills to overcome their trials and tribulations. These short stories could have a positive effect on someone that feels like they are lost, confused, and
decision could determine what kind of person he would be. He made the right choice. He
Our best decisions, the ones we never regret, come from listening to our parents. If only Juliet had listened and obeyed her parents in Romeo and Juliet. the outcome would have been a lot more different.
Immigrants come to America to seek a better life and receive a better education. America
The emotions that stem from core beliefs influence how people act and react in society. Some emotions that influence people are anger, fear, shame, and pride. In “Samuel” a woman wants to turn and tell the kids to stop jumping recklessly, and even threaten to call a police officer (Paley 349). The boys who are of different ethnic background other than white scare the woman. The narrator states from the woman’s point of view, “But three of the boys were Negroes and the other was something else she couldn’t tell for sure. She was afraid they’d be fresh and laugh at her and embarrass her. She wasn’t afraid they would hit her, but she was afraid of embarrassment.” (Paley 349). The stereotype of these boys causes the woman to fear the feeling of embarrassment causing her to do nothing to alter the boys’ behaviors. If the woman had intervened the outcome could had turned out different. The man who "citizenly" (Paley 350) walks to the end of the car to pull the emergency stop discussed earlier feels a moral obligation to take matter into his own hands to stop the boys’ behaviors. The man feels his duty is to intervene; although his actions lead to a tragic outcome. Désirée is also affected by her husband’s cultural
A popular association with choices is the angel and devil sitting on your shoulder. The devil whispers do whatever you want, who cares if it’s wrong; while the angel says “You know that you should do the right thing.” Then your mind is left spinning on how to make the choice and you wonder what kind of thought goes into making the choice. What is the psychology of making a decision? Sigmund Freud dedicated his life to studying the mind and its endless features and he was able to test many theories and contribute vast amounts of knowledge to modern day psychology. He devised theories of how the mind is split into different parts and what each part contributes to the whole function. Sigmund Freud was able carefully study the unconscious mind, the psyche and dream analysis though theories of the connections that the mind makes when exposed to life events.
The process of making a decision for many is a disconcerting responsibility. While for others, making a decision is second nature. According to Browne et al., "Decisions are streams of choices. These streams contain bits of information, events, and choices (1998, p. 50)." The authors go on to state:
According to Vander Zanden (1997), Erikson says that during each life stage of development, individuals will have to encounter unique life events. These life events enable the individuals to achieve their level of growth through life (Vander Zanden, 1997). Papalia and Olds (1998) say that young adulthood is a can-do period. This is the stage where decision making is important. Exercising their freedom to be independent, and using what they have learnt in their adolescent years. This is the time of exploration, trying things out, and weighing up the pros and cons. This is also the stage where the individual chooses to be away from family, to be independent, make their own decisions, buying their own home, budgeting, finance, accommodation, and day to day living.
If you were to speak to a group of High School Sophomores about moral decision making, and the power, potential, freedom, and responsibility involved what would you say and how would you say it? Write a letter to your peers giving advice on how to be happy and successful in life based on the following quote:
"People! Come on! All of us are cutting history. Who wants to go take that stupid exam? We're going to BreadSticks instead. Let's go!" says the coolest kid in your class. Do you do what you know is right and go take the history exam? Or do you give in and go with the crowd? As you grow older, you'll be faced with some challenging decisions. Some don't have a clear right or wrong answer - should you practice the piano or text your girlfriend? Other decisions involve serious moral questions - should you cut class, should you lie to your parents? Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and pressure you to make a certain choice, it can be much harder.