I am terrible at throwing things. If someone says "toss me that pen" it usually ends up three feet short or it goes soaring over their head. I can't recall the names of people I just met a few minutes ago, but if you need me to recite a quote from a movie or a commercial jingle that I haven't heard in ten years then I'm your…
I can not imagine how you must feel right now. I am sincerely sorry for my actions Friday December 11 .That later on ended up injuring Taylor. I wish there was more I could at this point. Even tho I did not throw the rock at her I feel fully responsible for the whole thing.…
I managed to reach a point where I began making false promises to myself and others about addressing my situation. Among those empty promises was the one where I claimed I would give up drinking, attend rehab and try to get my life back on track. I even fiddled with the thought of seeking inpatient assistance if things weren't working as planned. Let's be clear and fair.…
I would like to believe that I learned my personal ethics from my family more importantly my parents. Growing up my parents thought me many things that had several messages attached to them. Those messages I now use on a daily basis most importantly in my career. One of the ethics that I could remember is to be caring and loyal friend, neighbor, family, or co-worker. Having these two ethicses has guided me to the field of psychology and is still helping me.…
Since we were having money issues we had no car, so when I got out of school every day it was hectic crossing the busy intersections. Putting on my headphones and listening to hip hop was the only solution, it gave me an energetic feel and motivation to go home and do my homework. The beats and the lyrics made me more active making me do things off my…
When people think about taking back control of their lives, regaining their personal power etc. Most often think about it on a large scale, which usually feels overwhelming. After all if you are at a place in life where you feel a loss of control or the need to regain your personal power, your probably facing a situation that is really rough. It could be the loss of a job or financial troubles in other ways, relationship troubles, serious health issues, problems with your children or other direct family members. When I would find myself feeling like this, I would seek out help in form or books, articles, videos and such.…
The location I choose to perform my violation of a culture norm was at the cafeteria. I used the cafeteria that is in the Gordon student center. After trying to decide which cultural norm to experiment with, I choose to invade someone else's personal space. The plan I created was going up to someone in the cafeteria, and intentional sitting close to the person to invasion his personal space. Have no communication between us so the interaction would be silence.…
I exited the lobby met by the cool morning breeze as I trudged a distance through the sprawling city to the bus stop, and picked away at the petals. The thud of heavy footsteps reeled me out of thought. The flower slipped from my hands as I pivoted around, but there was no one behind me. “Maricel, Maricel, Maricel, Maricel” A voice reverberated, in a cool, guttural whisper ricocheting off the lamp poles gradually growing louder and more threatening. I quickened my pace as my breath hitched.…
As I was violating this social norm, I felt strange and out of place. I had a lot of awkward encounters that day and i think it was because i normally don't stop and start talking to strangers or greet them by using hand gestures. Normally if someone smiles or says hi, i smile back or say or hi and then we both go our separate ways. With this experiment, I would have to stop and greet them in an unusual and personal way.…
The hand I was drawing with felt tense and jagged, like it didn’t know what to do. The hand with the object was loose and calm while feeling the object. I think the outcome would have been cleaner if I didn’t use a blindfold. Throughout the drawings, I had the object in different positions. Some positions were easier than others to draw than others.…
As I waited anxiously for my friends to come I was staring out the window. After about five minutes kendra and caira came I thought to myself (finally I feel like i have been waiting forever and a half).We went into my room and i hit caira with a stuffed mallot that i made with my sewing machine, sewing is my hobby . Then kendra got her pillow and hit her too. Then caira got a stuffed stick that I call a breadstick because it's shaped like one that i also made. She hit kendra and me.…
Every day people fall into their own norms. Throughout my first couple years of high school, I fell into my norm. I diligently attended classes, worked on assignments, and partook in extracurriculars. I remember being content with this schedule; I believed the information I learned in the classroom was all I needed to benefit my educational development. However, at the start of my junior year, I decided to challenge my norm and enroll in some college courses at a nearby community college.…
The norm to violate the way we eat a banana was more funny than expected. I casually started to eat my banana at my lunch table as I would to a watermelon, when out of a sudden a friend notice and called it out to my friends. Their reaction was to just laugh at the infrequent way I was eating my banana. I then explain to them the reason as to why I was doing that and some decided to try it out with me and was a fun experience overall. The second norm was a bit challenging since where I live there are few elevators but fortunately I when to a school field trip to Houston where there were elevator mostly everywhere I went.…
I Am A Contradiction When I was a little girl my family could not get me to be quiet. As I got older and I began to portray myself as shy, which drove my mother crazy. She always said that she wondered “how could my little girl who could not stop talking get so unbelievably quiet when people come around?” I was seriously that child that stood in the kitchen pretending that I was a Food Network celebrity and talked my way through every meal, and I cooked a lot. Although I never really did like the cleaning up afterwards.…
Alexis Ramos Mrs.chestnut Honors English IV 16 November, 2017 I Break the Rule I did not expect to do it nor did I plan it. Therefore, what made me do it is the question. Dan Ariely explains why we lie cheat and steal things.…