At my sister's basketball game, at Spring-Ford, at the ninth grade center, I was in second grade, not even knowing the girl sitting a few rows above me would become my best friend. Fast enough, I had figured out that she was on all of my competitive sports teams and I began to recognize her around progressively often. Her name was Lainey Owens. Not only did Lainey become my best friend, but was benign, sociable, loyal, and never failed to brighten my day. Throughout our friendship, I had been pleased and there was never a dull time.…
When it comes to the topic of jealousy, most of us can probably agree that it is a feeling we all experienced before whether it was in a romantic relationship or a friendship. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is the question of whether or not jealousy is inborn or learned. Whereas some are convinced that jealousy is a natural feeling, others maintain that jealousy is "the artificial result of an artificial cause" (Goldman 2). Emma Goldman, in her essay "Jealousy: Causes and a Possible Cure", argues that jealousy is not natural but an unnatural feeling. (2).…
In high school all my girlfriends were in amazing relationships. I on the other hand, had a total opposite experience. Insulted, called every name possible, and being belittled by my ex-boyfriend, Leeander, was basically the overview of every single day of my sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school. Leeander was affected by jealousy in many ways and made my high school years miserable. Our relationship, surprisingly began great.…
THE CONTROVERSY OF EVOLUTIONARY JEALOUSY Jealousy is an emotion that almost every human being has experienced in her or his lifetime, it stems from the fear of being rejected, replaced, and the thoughts of comparison or competition. The notion on whether or not jealousy is more prominent in any specific gender is highly controversial. Although it is thought that women are more emotional than men, we cannot generalize that jealousy is a more feminine trait, but some researchers will suggest that genders have evolved to have more feelings of jealousy compared to the others. Jealousy may have ingrained root causes and I will be discussing the idea that certain people with certain experiences may feel more jealous than others, or that childhood…
In the poems “Medusa” by Duffy and “The Laboratory” by Browning both authors explore the theme of jealousy and its destructive nature on people and society as a whole. In Duffy’s poem “Medusa” she critiques society on its treatment towards women, demonstrating how those without beauty are only corrupted with jealousy and how this behavior has survived through the ages. While Duffy focuses on the impacts of jealousy on the individual Browning looks towards its impacts on society, and its power to twist good people into those who would do anything for personal gain. Browning portrays the speaker as deceptive and bent on revenge. As the speaker observes the poison being made she “(gazes) thro’ ….…
When referring to jealousy as a threat in a current relationship, Dr. Gleason defines jealousy as the unhappy combination of hurt, anger, and fear that occurs when people face potential loss of a valued relationship to a real or imagined rival. In the popular show Friends, we see how jealousy takes over the emotions of one of the characters. The perception of the multifaced emotion has evolved through the recent time periods. Jealousy can be detrimental for relationships when one person perceives the threat and the other one does not. Both positive and negative views have been taken from the emotion over time.…
Segregation has been a concept fed to children without its presence being realized for the longest of time. Growing up; Palo Alto has and still is been divided into two, the Paly side and the Gunn side. Each kid would grow up knowing their educational plan for up until they are eighteen. The children of different sides might have been in the same school as youngins, and they would ask in aspiration for their paths to be intertwined a little longer. As the different schools were said from their mouths, their hope fades and their personalities become engulfed by the bad rumors each has heard from the other school.…
Visser and McDonald (2007) interviewed four heterosexual couples who were living together and were swinging for a minimum of a year. Research questions focused on swingers’ feelings of jealousy, whether these feelings could be channeled into something positive, and how these findings can add to the body of literature on romantic relationships in general. Swingers managed feelings of jealousy in different ways. For instance, Bob felt that jealousy is a natural impulse but people can decide whether to work through these feelings internally or act on them.…
Almost instantly, Stacie recognized her jealousy for what it was and why. The conclusion seen as both unpalatable and undignified made her ashamed of herself, and she said as much to Arlen. By contrast, her husband’s reaction showed having more to do with distaste than jealousy, so he shared his own opinion. His nature always was and continues guarded, almost secretive. He loathes sharing his background or personal story with anyone other than Stacie, much less the world.…
Mixed Up I didn’t start getting questions like “What are you” and “Are you an Oreo?” till I hit middle school, 6th grade to be exact. The first time I got asked these questions was from a young boy in my grade. I was confused as to what he was trying to ask me but I answered with “what do you mean?…
Our high school has a reputation of being academic driven, being the top school in our district our students are often under a lot of pressure to do well. They derived a mindset that focused on always receiving a high grade and not enjoying high school for what it is. This toxic mentality can only become detrimental to a student’s psychological health, causing breakdowns and unwanted stress. To alleviate this I joined the Associated Student Body for my high school, I wanted to break school culture and have my peers flourish in a better environment which demonstrates students should be top priority, not just their test scores. While apart of ASB I learned how to work under pressure, meet deadlines and handle criticism.…
Middle School Bully It was a normal day in middle school except that I was in a new school and I already seemed to have a bully. My twin, Diane, and I were the typical new students that were shy and didn’t really talk. We had our differences, Diane was a girly girl always dressing in girly clothes and wearing jewelry and a different headband, which was a thing that every girl was wearing back then.…
There are places, or objects that people have a connection to. In my case, it is a soccer ball. A soccer ball can reveal a person’s feelings, emotions, or the way you are. My soccer ball means everything to me because when its bright and colorful, I feel like the happiest guy on Earth. There’s different sizes and colors of soccer balls, the original one is a size five with the colors black and white.…
One of the best experiences in life is going through the formative years during the high school stage. There are a lot of fond and memorable times during high school that one wishes this stage could last forever. One of the things that make this phase such a remarkable time in one 's life is the sweet times that one experiences with their high school sweetheart. That is why it becomes quite a challenge for high school graduates to keep their relationships going when they get admitted to college. The college life brings a reality that a person and their loved one are highly unlikely to attend the same college and, in most cases, they will be separated by getting admitted to far flung institutions.…
Rumors spread like nasty parasites feeding on unreliable information. The pests transfer the gossip at the speed of light, making it difficult to control. When Tito came to our school, the rumors engulfed Chesterhill High like a suffocating blanket. The halls chaotic clamor was replaced with the sinister whispers of gossip-feeding teenagers.…