Outline:
1. Recognizing the problem:
A recent flood has caused my employer to close its Iowa branch. The opportunity to take my dream job with a raise in pay and possible advancement has been presented. However, my spouse and children do not want to leave Iowa. All of our lifetime connections and family members are nearby. The recent flood has caused many hardships for our friends and neighbors. We feel a sense of obligation to help our friends and family. Also, my spouse feels a moral obligation and responsibility to help students and school staff in the emotional and material recovery from the floods.
2. Defining the problem:
The main issues condense into two choices:
A. Take the dream job and move to Boston
B. Stay in Iowa …show more content…
He went to jail rather than pay a tax toward a war he did not support. A quote that stood out to me was, “Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relation” (Thoreau, pg. 197). Henry David Thoreau would encourage me to act on my principles. He would advise to me to do what is right. If I thought it was important to stay around family and friends he would advise me to do that. Since Thoreau went to jail for a cause he believed in he would think that helping the flood victims in my area recover and helping my family remain happy would be my primary concern. Thoreau would advise me to stay in …show more content…
Those same friends need help and emotional support from my family. Uprooting my children at this time in their lives could be difficult for them. I also have to consider what kind of an example I am setting for my children. By moving to Boston I feel like I am sending the message that the important thing in my life is to make money and be successful. I feel that it is important to provide for my family, and I do want to fulfill a sense of accomplishment in the job I have. However, it is far more important to make sure the people in my life are happy, too. Earning more money helps to make my family secure and happy, but I feel that being surrounded by family and friends would make my family happier than having more money to spend. There are also people in the community that are depending on help from my family and me. They would completely understand me moving with my family to Boston to take the new job, but I would feel that I was abandoning my students, friends and neighbors in their time of need. I truly believe that it more important to help others than to advance my own
1. Recognizing the problem:
A recent flood has caused my employer to close its Iowa branch. The opportunity to take my dream job with a raise in pay and possible advancement has been presented. However, my spouse and children do not want to leave Iowa. All of our lifetime connections and family members are nearby. The recent flood has caused many hardships for our friends and neighbors. We feel a sense of obligation to help our friends and family. Also, my spouse feels a moral obligation and responsibility to help students and school staff in the emotional and material recovery from the floods.
2. Defining the problem:
The main issues condense into two choices:
A. Take the dream job and move to Boston
B. Stay in Iowa …show more content…
He went to jail rather than pay a tax toward a war he did not support. A quote that stood out to me was, “Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relation” (Thoreau, pg. 197). Henry David Thoreau would encourage me to act on my principles. He would advise to me to do what is right. If I thought it was important to stay around family and friends he would advise me to do that. Since Thoreau went to jail for a cause he believed in he would think that helping the flood victims in my area recover and helping my family remain happy would be my primary concern. Thoreau would advise me to stay in …show more content…
Those same friends need help and emotional support from my family. Uprooting my children at this time in their lives could be difficult for them. I also have to consider what kind of an example I am setting for my children. By moving to Boston I feel like I am sending the message that the important thing in my life is to make money and be successful. I feel that it is important to provide for my family, and I do want to fulfill a sense of accomplishment in the job I have. However, it is far more important to make sure the people in my life are happy, too. Earning more money helps to make my family secure and happy, but I feel that being surrounded by family and friends would make my family happier than having more money to spend. There are also people in the community that are depending on help from my family and me. They would completely understand me moving with my family to Boston to take the new job, but I would feel that I was abandoning my students, friends and neighbors in their time of need. I truly believe that it more important to help others than to advance my own