People should be recognized according to their accomplishments. If someone wins a Nobel Peace Prize or wins gold at the Olympics, then they deserve to be praised for their efforts. Nonetheless, someone who has barely accomplished anything can actually be worthy of praise also. How is this possible? If only there was such a person that could pioneer this paradoxical task. But there is. Her name is Jennifer Bobylev and she is an ordinary teenage girl. She might be overly concerned with her looks but that is normal for teenage girls. She is still in high school and has no major life accomplishments to speak of. However, her character, values, and dedication to family and friends, make her someone deserving of praise. Jennifer Bobylev was born …show more content…
Some might not consider this to have much importance but the rarity of these qualities in a person’s character makes her praiseworthy. She is the person that I constantly turn to when I have something to get off my chest, whether it is a rant about a mean teacher, or a lengthy description of how my parents were being unreasonable. She consistently shows patience in her ability to sit there and listen to me regardless of the amount of time that I spend talking and repeating myself. Patience is a virtue and she possesses it with grace. Also the kindness that she shows me and others around her, is incomparable to anyone I know. When we were visiting friends in another state, I got sick and started throwing up. Instead of leaving me to deal with it by myself, she stayed with me the whole time, brought me some pills and water, and then laid by me in bed for a couple hours until I felt better. She talked me through the entire ordeal and showed me her incredible kindness. Jennifer deserves praise and recognition for her character because not many other people, except my mother, would have done that. Her loyalty to me as a friend is unbreakable and I know that I can always depend on her. She will keep all of my secrets and look out for my best …show more content…
She values honesty in communication and she possesses the ability to be brutally honest with someone. She will come up to me and tell me her opinion if she believes that it might benefit me in some way. Another one of her values is appearance or beauty. She will spend hours picking the perfect outfit and doing her hair and makeup to perfection. She wakes up almost two hours earlier every day before school so that she will have enough time to get ready. Some people might think that she is conceited because of the focus on her looks, but she values the time that people put into their appearance as a reflection of their dedication. Her dedication to her appearance is something that she greatly values making her deserving of praise. How many other people could do what she does? Her passion and dedication is unrivaled by any other when it comes to her looks. She believes in the fact that one should always look one’s best and she puts in the effort every day regardless of any extemporaneous situations that might
Being hard working is by far the most admirable trait anyone could have. Rayona was extremely dedicated to everything she did and never gave
Widely respected throughout America, Anna Quindlen is a notable author and columnist who jump started her career as a part-time reporter for the New York Post at the age of 18. After earning her B.A. degree at Barnard College, New York City, Quindlen upgraded to positions as a general columnist, and later deputy metropolitan editor, for the New York Times. Her biweekly column, “About New York,” resulted in her becoming the third woman in all history of the Times to write a regular column for the exclusive and elite op-ed page. Quindlen then went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. From essays to children’s books to semi-autobiographical novels, Quindlen has been putting her thoughts down on paper for as long as she can remember -- a habit that has certainly paid off, as evidenced by her incredible success. This writer’s duty is to pass on the advice and
For example, she had to go through father dying, She always has her own way of doing things and will never do anything that she does not want to do. She will say whatever comes to mind, even if it is offensive or rude. For example, she would bicker back and forth with John Reid telling him horrible things and not feel any sympathy for his feelings:“I hate you Mr.Reid. And I’ll find a way of getting back at you!”.
In her article “But What Do You Mean” Deborah Tannen, claims that there is a huge difference in the style of communicating between men and women. Tannen breaks these down into seven different categories; apologies, criticism, thank-yous, fighting, praise, complaints, and jokes. With each of these she compares men to women by explaining the common misconceptions that each of the genders do. The different style of communication can cause some problems at the workplace and even affect the environment. The different styles of communication has been around forever and almost becomes a “ritual”(299). Tannen is effective with mainly women and not men. She is primarily successful with women due to the fact that her tone targets women, also the organization
The final example Hicks uses is that of a man who won an award but still felt underappreciated. By including this example, she shows how severe the effects of a low sense of dignity can be. Also through this example, she discusses the steps needed to be taken to overcome a low sense of dignity issue. When she writes this, the reader can tell that Hicks is genuine in her purpose; she wants to help the reader rediscover their true worthiness.
Barbara Jordan states; “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” This quote, in other words, is basically saying that we must accept people for who they are, even if they are different from you. The articles we have read this week all relate to this quote because they all deal with issues of people making choices that other people don’t agree with. The three articles I will be talking about are; Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion, American Flag Stands for Tolerance and PRO/CON: Should Apple have resisted FBI pressure to hack an iPhone?
The movie Sherrybaby depicts a young woman struggling to pick up her life where it left off after being released from prison. She tries to rebuild her life but encounters many obstacles along the way. She tries to rekindle the relationship with her daughter Alexis, while battling to stay clean from her heroin addiction. She also seems to have a difficult time forming relationships with people in her halfway home and using her sexuality to get her way in the work field. She is in over her head as she tries to jump right into where she left off three years ago. Despite her positive attitude, we witness the challenges she faces with low self-esteem, substance abuse, and the guilt of leaving her daughter Alexis to be raised by her brother and sister in law.
ability to truly love someone. Her manipulative nature is very noticeable and she is an expert at
Patricia Hill Collins outlines the existence of three different dimensions of gender oppression: institutional, symbolic, and individual. The institutional dimension consists of systemic relationship of domination structured through social institutions, such as government, the workplace or education institutions. In other words, this dimension explains “who has the power”. This is completely related to a patriarchal society. Patriarchy is the manifestation and institutionalism of male dominance. This means that men hold power in all institutions, while women are denied the access to this power. The symbolic dimension of oppression is based on widespread socially sanctioned ideologies used to justify relations of domination. It reflects inequality
Sunday night, August 18, 2016, at 2 a.m. in the morning, the world lost such a beautiful being to Heroin. She was found on her bathroom floor with OxyContin and a needle in her arm. Andrea White was just 17 years old. Her mother and father were fairly wealthy and said they believed she had a good life. Her parents replenished her walk of life with anything she could’ve wanted. Her father, John White was the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and her mom, a lawyer working for the residents of A1A. Andrea was a schoolgirl who had good grades, was the captain of the cheer squad at her local school (not naming for personal issues), and valedictorian of her class. She did not have
In the article “The Amazing Powers Of Jen Bricker” by Kristen Lewis, and the poem “Can’t” by Edgar Albert Guest, both show to us what Helen Keller is talking about in her quote “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” In the article it gives us many pieces of evidence, but the best piece in my opinion is when Jen’s family always encouraged her to put her mind to, and stick with it. “But Jen says she’s fortunate. Growing up, she felt she could do anything she put her mind to-whether it was playing on the volleyball team or stealing the ball on the basketball court. Jen’s positive outlook was instilled in her from a young age. ‘Can’t’ was never part of her vocabulary. In the bricker house, the word was simply not allowed.
In After, Anna Todd shows us the power of love and how it overcomes all. That can be shown by examining Hardin’s behavior towards Tessa. Hardin protects Tessa sometimes too much, but he is coming from a good place. Even before he would admit it, he always loved her. When Hardin finally did admit his feelings for her he didn’t know what to do.
patience and love for people that made her so successful and how she continues to grow more
able to discovery that there is more to her life than being a passive and untrue person.
There are numerous heroes among us and for the most part those heroes are usually unknown to the world. These heroes just go about their day like everyone else except with one difference, they would put their lives on hold so they could help the less fortunate any way they can. Sacrifices must be made and most of the times these heroic acts go unrecognized and unheralded. Nevertheless, many of these heroes do not care and are not in it for the praise, in fact most of the time all they want to do is just help because they can. A good example of this is a woman who is one of the most beautiful women in the world. She has all the fame and fortune a person can dream of but instead of doing what most famous people do, she spends her free time in foreign countries helping to make refuges have a better life. This woman does not do the things she does, for praise and fame but instead, just wants to help out of the goodness in her heart. Even though she does not do what she does to get praise, people praise her anyways. She is one of the most influential figures in today’s society. Well-known humanitarian, Goodwill Ambassador, actress and devoted mother, Angelina Jolie stands out as a modern day hero.