...about the importance of kindness in everyday life. Saunders main audience is the graduating class at Syracuse. The speeches message was extremely important because Saunders made himself an example for the sake of the class’s futures. The wish of Saunders is that each person’s selfishness will diminish and they will grow in love. Overall the speech is effective due to Saunders attention grabbing humor and also his personalization with the audience. The effectiveness of the speech is caused mainly by a rhetorical approach that uses connections, evidence, and credibility. Saunders uses connections, evidence, and credibility to get one point across, which is the importance of kindness and love. Saunders draws on the emotions of the audience while he starts his speech. Saunders opens the speech up complementing the class calling them shiny, energetic, new people with their best days ahead of them. Prior to that, he called himself an “ol fart” and told the class that his best years were behind him. First he is kind...
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...Perspectives of Centrality and Success In George Saunders’s commencement speech to the graduating class at Syracuse University, he focused on three failures of kindness centrality, separate, and permanence. Within these three failures of kindness, Saunders expresses centrality in two unique ways. Centrality is the concept that our story is the only story that matters. Centrality is a main element of both Saunders commencement speech and “Girl”. The authors have chosen to represent centrality differently. Kincaid displays centrality in “Girl” by having the mother act as if her opinion is the only one that matters. Having the short story centered around the mother and daughter’s relationship is another way to display centrality. Saunders on the other hand, portrays centrality by telling his audience a story about a girl named Ellen, and how he didn’t make an effort to be friendly with her. Saunders also depicted centrality by making the theme of kindness the focal point of his speech. In addition to centrality both of these authors alluded to success as a major theme in their pieces. Kincaid wrote about materialistic success while...
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...changes and live more satisfying lives. They provide medical services, crisis/emergency services, outpatient therapy,chemical dependency programs, community support services, and child and Adolescent programs and modified assertive community treatment(NAMI, 2015). I watched a ted like talk on the NAMI site, the video was labeled Mary. Mary Giliberti is the Executive Director of NAMI. Mary talked about the importance of kindness and compassion in every life situation even when it is hard. She gave example of a mentally ill patient coming into the emergency room that was anxious and stated that there are a lot of people in the room and he felt uncomfortable. In one situation the staff continued on with their job and ignored the patient, this is when the patient spirals out of control. When we you use kindness and compassion in this situation the nurse asks everyone to leave besides one other and explains the procedures and line of events that will be taking place while he is in the emergency room. The patient then reacts in a calmly manner in response to the nurse using kindness and compassion. The patient states that the situation was much more calm and he felt less anxious once the procedures was explained and there weren’t multiple people in the room performing said number of tasks. Mary also stated that only 15% of police department teach crisis intervention, with the growing number of mental illnesses the police department...
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...collecting from rather than simply dropping them down for him to catch in a basket. There is also a difference in attitude which can be noted between the male and female characters. For instance, James would address Cedric the old wizard as just Cedric, but Sofia always addressed him as Mr. Cedric throughout the episode. Throughout the episode Sofia is always very polite and mannerly, while James is a bit more relaxed. Among the animal characters there is a difference in amount of kindness and assertiveness. When Wormwood, Cedric’s crow accomplice asks Clover, Robin, and Mia to play a game with him, Clover (male) is more straightforward and admits he did not want to and the others could play with Wormwood if they wanted but he would not join them. On the other hand, Robin and Mia (both female) were more welcoming and accepting of Wormwood. This exhibits the gender stereotype that females are more compassionate than males. Another main plot of the story was Sofia showing Cedric different ways he could show kindness to others by helping out those in need and cheering up those who are feeling down. This part of the episode reflects Sofia’s female role as being attentive and nurturing and suggests that male roles are less likely to show these characteristics. Cedric’s role in this episode also wanted to gain strength in order to take over the kingdom, a typical stereotype of males wanting to be strong. 4. This TV show may have impact child gender development by the display of a variety of...
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...In Bret Harte’s short story, The Man of No Account, Harte sheds a light on the commonly exploited person. Harte goes on to show the important qualities they have or lack, the limits of a person driven by kindness, and their tendency to give in using an extraordinarily, ordinary character’s personality and his experiences. David Fagg, a man who was of no importance, was mocked by his shipmates while traveling on a boat to the United States. Upon reaching the states, he strikes it rich in California, but ends up being exploited and taken advantage of because of his money and consequently comes to his demise. David Fagg, a man referred to as a pushover and a man of no account, is a character in Bret Harte’s short story that makes an impact...
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..."romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed." But is that so in the real, contemporary world? Is love only appropriate in the world of the privileged or is it achievable for anyone? This attitude is quite an old fashion way of thinking which is very appropriate of the time period in which the text is written and so the modern man would probably controvert the statement. A controversy claiming that love is a spirit with ability to posses anyone and so the modern expression “Love is for everyone” manifests itself. A second theme in the short story is represented in terms of kindness. It is expressed to its fullest that being kind pays out in the end. Hughie shows his kind side when he generously offers the ‘beggar’ his last money (a sovereign), ignorant to that fact that he is actually a rich baron. This generous gesture turns out to be of huge importance as it forms the basis for the Baron to sponsor the money required. This emphasizes that even in a thoroughly materialistic world, tender qualities and human values are not to be dispensed. This detail comes to be quite important because it reminds the reader of the...
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...justice must be the essential principle of the other,” (278). Doing so, Spencer basically says family ethics produces offspring and give the individual a sense of value as a person, while state ethics gives individuals a value for their skills. This is important because it is essential to know that the two ethics are distinct principles that correlate with one another. Although they are separate, it is important that the family and the state work for the greater good of the community. While the family is responsible for generosity and kindness, the state also has a responsibility in maintaining social justice. Furthermore, Spencer states, “ Don’t tell me that milk of human kindness is to be reserved for the relations between individuals and the government must be the administrators of hard justice,” (279), pointing out that the state must help citizens in need of financial and social support. This is important because it explains the importance of state-funded welfare and wellness programs, which are still prevalent in society today. Spencer’s reasoning also correlates with Rousseau’s statement that man feel empathy toward one another. Locke also believes that the reason for government is for people to protect themselves. If the government is only responsible for punishment and laws, then they are not caring about the individuals the society needs to be strong and healthy. Without proactive citizens than the government cannot be fully functioning. Is the state responsible for...
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...How might a person develop inner beauty? I think this is a great question. We are all familair with the expression that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This expression could not be more true. We live in a society today where people belive physical looks are considered most important. This could not be more untrue. Beauty is not defined by physical appearance, intelligence or status. Inner beauty is more relevant than physical beauty. It is about love compassion and kindness. Inner beauty has a great importance of building your self esteem. Finding your inner beauty should be continuously worked on. It is a life developing process. Finding your inner beauty is about knowing yourself and your own self worth. It is about achieving and recognizing your own good charater qualities. This includes your positive attributes and strengths. Inner beauty is simply about being yourself. Being true to who your are and what you believe. It is showing compassion, kindness and in some instances forgiveness. It is about loving the skin you are in. Not the physical outward appearance. A great way to obtain inner beauty is stayin away from negative people and comments. You should not allow anyway to bring you down. It is about staying positive and living an honest life. By surrounding yourselg with positive people with admirable qualities it will bring out your own unique qualities. Finding your own inner beauty is a process that should be worked on a daily basis....
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...this week discusses the importance of examining the limitations of service learning and the need to be critical of the services provided by student. Morton criticises the widely used Starfish Hurling story where a young individual attempts to help washed up starfishes. He considers it a miseducative analogy that simplifies the intricacies of human agency or in this case the starfish, who has no voice or say in the matter of being hurled back into the sea. In conclusion, Morton finds more merit in community service and communication between the parties involved, than individual acts of kindness without dialogue between service recipients and providers. Eby reiterates a similar position highlighting that students may learn from the service learning however; he is critical of the effectiveness of the service provided on a structural level. He points to potential negative effects of service learning such as blaming individuals, neglect in mutual communication and autonomy of recipients being compromised. He points out that a good design in service learning would include balancing the agency of the primary stakeholders which consists of the students, faculty, educational institution, service recipients, community agencies and the communities involved. Firstly, Morton’s piece reminded me of Johnson’s piece on Privilege and Oppression we discussed last week. The one thing that stood out to me was Morton’s criticism of the narrative of individual acts of kindness by the privileged overwhelming...
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... graduating from the counselor in training program, and being on staff for one year, I have learned more than I could have imagined about leadership. I work alongside other amazing counselors and I get to create new activities to do with my campers. In late June of 2015, I volunteered at the Camp Talooli I FISH where I taught new campers how to fish. This was my first time attending the event and I spent about 6 hours working with kids. Thanks to the work I have done at Camp Talooli, I adopted new leadership and communicating skills that enriches the lives of children. Kindness and leadership are connected. To me, kindness is one of the most important aspects to acquire: kindness defines people. I try to be as nice as possible and to include everyone I meet despite our differences in beliefs, appearance, or whatever it may be. Since I began attending West Genesee High School, I have understood the importance of hard work. My appreciation for hard work qualifies me to become a member of the National Honor Society. I have put all my effort into my jobs, my sports, learning a third language, and my classes. I experienced hard work first hand when I volunteered at the Syracuse Italian Fest with my mom serving pizzas for 8 hours. It was difficult dealing with the work load but it definitely taught me responsibility. I worked hard on the volleyball team and currently on the golf team to benefit my teammates and to improve my skill. I also try to do the best I can in my classes to...
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...In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, the characters demonstrate friendship. The gang members help each other out when their buddies are hurt. Furthermore, they stick up for each other when times are rough. Hinton’s novel demonstrates generosity and kindness all throughout the book.From helping each other out with murder, to just being there for each other, the characters in The Outsiders show a theme of friendship. Dally shows a sense friendship to Ponyboy and Johnny. When Johnny kills Bob, he goes a with Ponyboy to find Dally for help. “ ‘Git goin,’ ” he messed up Johnny’s hair, “ ‘Take care kid,’ he said softly. ‘Man I thought New York was the only place I could get mixed up in a murder rap.’ ” said Dally ( ). Dally is showing sacrifice and...
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...is when the mayor’s wife lets her into the large library where she can run her fingers along the spines of as many books as she can reach. Even plop down on the cold wooden floors to dive into a land more colorful and privileged than her own. Not only could she express her love for reading, but she developed a relationship with an injured woman who had lost her son at a young age. She even allowed her to open up her heart again and love the little girl. This relationship could have possibly saved her life due to the fact that she lived with the mayor and his wife after the bombing. A different kind of love she experienced was with Max Vandenburg. This in fact, was a forbidden love. A "Proper German" at the time wasn't allowed to show kindness to a Jew, much less hide them in their basement and treat them like family. Multiple times Max and Liesel showed their love for each other. When Max was deathly sick in bed, Liesel brought him gifts. Being the poor family they were it was nothing but scraps she found in the road, but when Max awoke they obviously meant the world to him. Another gesture of love was when Max wrote...
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...Exodus 9:16 says, “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” God exhibits his splendor through people, places, and objects. Therefore, if mankind studies creation, they will recognize how grandiose God is. Through the Kendrick Brothers’ movies, God has a way of displaying his magnificence. In the movie War Room, the primary themes are the importance of a husband and wife’s relationship, prayer, and treating others with kindness and respect. A husband and wife’s marriage has an immense significance. The Bible says in Genesis 2:24, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” The movie shows a marriage’s relevance when the husband and wife quarrel, their child becomes dismal. Moreover, in the movie the elderly woman tells the wife that she regrets never reconciling with her husband. At first, the husband shows no regard for their marriage and cheats on his wife until he discovers how essential it and she is in his life....
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...Becoming an Upstander In a study by the University of California Berkeley, when there are four or more people who are witnesses in an emergency, the likelihood that at least one of them will help is only 31%. The remaining 69% of witnesses who are present but do not take part, are called bystanders, but if these bystanders become upstanders, they would become part of a solution to a problem. To become an upstander, a person should take responsibility by educating themselves about bystander apathy, learning how to overcome it, and be willing to help others. Articles written by Tara McCartney and Bryona Golding demonstrate the importance of comprehending the responsibility of becoming an upstander. Likewise, through Michael Macy, Helen Kennedy,...
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...An Event Which Change My Life Life indeed is a stage…… Do you knew someone’s life could be changed in bits outside the way and lifestyle that exist in one’s family?, My only imagination was whatever lifestyle that exist in my family everyone must follow suit, but I guess my notion was wrong after attending a church conference and thereafter receiving a special gift from one of the speaker. This gift, as an artifact, changed my life, and made me fully understand that one’s lifestyle can be changed towards that which tickles ones fancy and makes one stand out a unique person among family, friends and the World at large. Born of goodly parents, I learned the way of life, the purpose of my existence and what I need to do to find increased happiness in this mortal existence. In my youthful age, in the year 1990, the 14th day of April, I attended a church conference where I listened to the speakers; one of the speakers, Mr. John Walker, spoke on the topic “Christ- Centered Life” and the other, Mr. Smith, spoke on “Marriage and Family-Ordained of God”, that which caught my fancy. Christ-Centered Life: Mr. Walker who gave the talk on Christ-Centered Life quoted the words of President Benson, Having dedicated his life to serving the Lord, President Benson spoke with power and conviction when he shared the following testimony: “I testify to you that there is no greater, more thrilling, and more soul ennobling challenge than to try to learn of Christ and walk in His steps. Our model...
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