I live in a day and age that the society does not live up to their full potential. This is seen in the people who we spend all of our time with, in the media, and in the towns we live in. Reaching our full potential often times means that you have to stretch yourself to past what you think you are capable of. And that is terrifying. I believe that is why people do not live to their full potential. Being terrified causes people to become lazy, and selfish and while looking at their backgrounds they allow these things to hinder them. This is able to happen because we know whats in these limits, the limits of being lazy, selfish and our backgrounds. It is normal to us and we are comfortable living within these expectations. The society that I live in today is honestly one of not reaching full potential because of the laziness. People give up on their dreams because they decide it is just to difficult for them, without even trying. In my hometown; …show more content…
Whether they come from a poor or rich family, Caucasian or African American family, or even if they went through horrible situations in their lives, they allow these situations to keep them from achieving full potential. In England, Arkansas this is found to be true. The majority of my town is in the category of being African American and also being poor. When people graduate from England High School unless they are in the top of the class and have good families, they do not go to college. They stay in England, Arkansas and live off of the government because that is what their parents did and that is what they find comfortable. It is unusual for people in those situations in my town to of to college after graduation. They are scared to try something that has not been done in their families before, scared to step out and be brave. They allow their backgrounds to control their futures-futures of no true
Fear is a powerful emotion. Wikipedia.com describes fear as “an emotion induced by threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately change behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events.”Most people tend to avoid fearful situations, not realizing that something positive may come out of the event or experience. Victor Villaseñor focuses on the topic of fear in his novel titled Burro Genius. Villaseñor demonstrates to readers how growing up he was extremely fearful of any situation. Victor also tells his readers how he turned his fear into motivation into motivation to keep going and reach his ultimate goal of becoming a published author.
Fear is an everyday emotion that the human race must face, and it can bring out the best and worst of us, but its how we choose to deal with it that truly defines us.
I think giving up on your dreams is like kind of giving yourself. When people lack of having control of their lives they endured by them imagine their dream and idealizing the outcome. They decided not to take action and make their dream come true. I thinks its like this because they could have insecurities and hope in the inner-selves. Some people have depression for not them following their dreams. Lose hope in themselves and makes not in themselves. This not beneficial because dreams are not becoming true and nobody want faith for themselves. They believe that it’s no point of having hope about their dreams if they think it’s not going to come true. I think if I can do so can others. They just have to the confident and potential as me, and whatever they want can come true. They also have to work hard and just give up it’s a obstacle
In the article "Ten Ways We Get the Odds Wrong", author Maia Szalavitz emphasizes "why worrying about risk is itself risky" (255). While behaving riskily can lead to bad outcomes, having anxiety, being worried, or being afraid of the outcome of some risks can be dangerous to your body both physically and mentally. According to Szalavitz, fear can be one of the scariest things out there. Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the "only thing to fear is fear itself" (FDR's first inaugural address). Both of these sources let the reader know that fear can affect their body's physical and mental well-being. I can attest to this being true through multiple personal experiences.
Fear motivates many people to act upon matters, right or wrong. This emotion has been important in many events in both works of literature, and in the real world. It has forced military geniuses into retreat, and influenced them to plan another method of attack. Fear can be both a positive and a negative acting force in one’s life, a quality that can motivate one to success as well as to downfall.
Fear influences people to make irrational decisions and take extreme measures. Often times, these actions are done to protect one’s reputation. Fear causes people to lie and manipulate to those they care about in order to escape what they are scared of most. Fear of failure has caused higher levels of anxiety, and has made society put blame on each other, rather than owning up to their mistakes. Fear can also cause one to forget one’s true identity and lose one’s values. There are two options that one can take when being faced with a fear: run away from the fear, or go through it and learn a valuable lesson in the end that will make you a stronger person. Fear is a harmful emotion that everyone has to go through in order to succeed.
Children are stating this because they believe that to be successful now and days is a greater challenge than it was years ago. With poverty being so great in America, children believe that they will never be able to be more successful than their parents because their parents won’t be able to afford the funds in order to get a proper college education. Furthermore, according to Dr. Amy K Glasmeier Penn State 's “Poverty in America”(October 15, 2006)We are a more diverse population and a more dispersed population; we are older and remain divided by race, income, and location.” In other words, economic inequality is another issue that the impoverished face. Another idea, by Gary Reber in the article “The other America 2012”(2012, April/May) is that poverty and inequality are the two center issues in America once again. About 47 million Americans of all colors, ethnicities and backgrounds are living at or below the poverty line. With this being said Poverty is not only happening within one race or culture, but it is happening all over America. This issue is a state issue that is affecting everyone. It affects families for different reasons. It affects the children 's mindset because they see their parents struggling just to get by and by seeing that it discourages children to want to better themselves and get a better education
That is how the system is set up. White privilege is a thing. Police Brutality is a problem. The rich gets richer and the poor stay poor because each have unequal amounts of opportunities made available to them. The poor are blamed for not being successful. They don’t understand that “opportunity is not equal in America and no notion that social structure pushes people around, influencing the ideas they hold and the lives they fashion… Poor kids who get to go to the same schools as rich kids encounter teachers who expect only children of affluent families to know the right answers. This is so discouraging and disheartening to read. Apparently, social science research shows that teachers are often surprised and even distressed when poor children excel” (Lies My Teacher Told Me). How can we expect growth and prosperity from the poor if they are literally set up for
The United States is the land of opportunity but we will most likely never reach social equality, which will always be a problem for people in the lower classes. I do think it is harder for children in the lower classes to succeed in school since they have to learn how to blend in with the middle class and the social norms of the middle class on top of getting their diploma or degree. I believe Jay MacLeod did a great job in explaining his theories with his research findings. My views on reaching success in life are very traditional, but
I agree, in my view, fear is very powerful “it paralyzes you from doing the work” , it makes everything seem “harder” or impossible to do when
... a lot of pressure on high school graduates by parents and employers to get a degree if they want to make something of themselves. After being in the workforce over twenty-five years, I have experience well as qualifications that should make me more desirable than the twenty-two year old with little work experience. If he has a diploma, he will get the job before me almost every single time. That is why I am back in college after all these years. Attending college is a choice that anyone can make with their loved ones advice. Sit down with someone who knows you and write down your dreams and desires. Figure out what you would like to accomplish in life and investigate if you have a case for or against college.
Human's fears should not be taken lightly. Fear could do anything to one's minds, though without fear, man can be as savage as animals. In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding presented fear of the unknown to be a powerful force in a man's mind. Fear of the unknown is a powerful force, which can turn to either insight or hysteria. The kids feared of not being rescued off of the island, so they made signal fires on top of the mountain. Then, there and gone, Roger's fear of the old rules he abided to. Also, there were the fears of the beast which confused and isolated the kids from the top of the mountain.
In the words of Bertrand Russell, “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom” (Russell). Fear causes many problems in our lives. Fear influences many of a person’s actions and decisions. However, people usually regret the decisions or actions they made out of fear. Also, these actions and decisions can cause problems for those people in their future. Fear is a harmful emotion, for it clouds people’s judgement, disables them from taking action, and causes them to make decisions that they will regret later.
Fear has controlled the world and shaped humans into what they are now. New technologies have been created, because of the fear humans have. Over time new fears have evolved, and illnesses occurred due to anxiety and depression from these fears. The terror that runs through each individual is different. Without fear there would be no evolution or protection.
Individuals in my generation that decide to go away for college may graduate with a degree but they also graduate with debt and have a hard time finding work in their area of study. College graduates are young and many may not have much experience in their field. It is a bittersweet option to go to college and further your education, I am all for it, but I am not for getting yourself in tons of debt, that will cause you to live your whole life paying off student loans and such. Which is one of the reasons why I chose to stay at home and go to community college, I’m saving money while still getting a great education. In earlier generations, people may not have felt that college was important because they needed a job to support themselves and their families. That is understandable because in the early years becoming an adult meant turning of age, 18, getting a job, moving out and starting your own family, but now turning 18 doesn’t mean you automatically are an adult and can move out and start your own life, I have friends that went to college, have a job but still are not able to move out on their own even in their