Perfection

unrealistically high standards. Ever since I was a child, I was told that failing was not an option and that giving up was not even a feasible suggestion. I have been working my entire life to not give up and to keep doing my best. Unfortunately, perfection is not attainable and it has been something I have struggled with my entire life in my classes and in work. In school, no grade less than an A was acceptable. When I would receive a B in a class, I would do all the extra credit work I could…

The American dream is the idea “that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Oxford Dictionaries). Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the U.S. and a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, was able to achieve the American dream, inspiring many educated people today. He begins as a young teenage boy with nothing, builds on his values in life, improves himself, and…

A Point Where I Gave Up Being a perfectionist has it's positives and negatives. Perfection for me was a matter of not allowing myself to fail at anything. Experiencing failure to me allows a person to grow and to learn how to overcome failure. I grew up as a perfectionist, but recently, I have learned the value of failure. I am a perfectionist because I never want to disappoint my father. My father didn't graduate high school or have someone lead him in the right direction. I believe that his…

What does the word perfection mean? It means the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. The 3 main ideas i will be focusing on is, 1. People cannot achieve perfection 2. How are people imperfect 3. Why would a utopia not survive. Can a utopia really exist. The first topic I will go over is people are imperfect. Thisibelive.org says if everyone were , they would identical. If people were perfect they would do everything correctly and no…

Define a Perfectionist The summer before freshman year, I decided to join the cheerleading team. I thought, maybe it might be fun, being on a team with some classmates and maybe even making new friends. Once, during a team dinner, everybody started talking about the upcoming school year. The biggest topic was who would be in each other’s classes. When the faces at the table turned to me, it was my queue to list the courses I was taking. “Advanced English, Advanced Geometry, World History 1…”…

always striving to reach perfection. It isn't surprising to see a “perfectionist”, in fact it is completely normal. These perfectionists try their hardest to obtain what their idea of perfection is, but what they don't realize is that it is impossible. Everyone’s idea of perfection is different and if we lived in a utopian society we would come across problems like manipulation and individualism. This can be seen in the texts “Harrison Bergeron” and 1984. Attaining perfection would be…

bad) wouldn’t all the person to develop their character creating lifeless people living without traits and hobbies nd luxuries. Yet, Singer’s argument will show that we are obligated because we don’t want to teach non-moral selfish traits, personal perfection isn’t key, and promoting happiness is a good life. Singer claims that we are morally obligated to prevent a bad if it wouldn’t sacrifice anything of comparable moral importance…

Perfection is what humans hope to succeed in their life. However, many teenagers and young adults go through stages of anxiety, depression and self-hatred which leads to many hardships for young people, making it hard for them to believe that they are perfect. These types of mental illnesses can lead to serious self-harm and possible suicide. P!nk, like many others, has gone through mental illness in her earlier years and has understood the seriousness and scariness that come with mental…

they desire their partners to look like. Without a doubt, physical appearances may be captivating now, but, on the contrast, external beauty will not last forever. Youth doesn’t last forever; however, people believe that the only way to reaching perfection is by being flawless, that is, for instance, the human face to look a certain way or to have wrinkle-free skin. The stereotype that all women should have perky breasts and no stretch marks or cellulite is due to media influence, moreover,…

In the article “Addiction to Perfection” by Dr. Margaret Paul. She starts the article with an email sent by their member of their website, in the email it explains how this member was feeling down and how she felt that she needed to be perfect in order to be happy although they are many ways to be happy but she chooses to be perfect. Recently, procrastination is the main problem. In the article the member mentions “Maybe I don’t even try things because I know if its done perfectly I wont value…