When I signed up for a writing course, I did not expect to learn much more than simple techniques for writing, but this course provided more than that. Throughout the semester my entire outlook on our government and how the institutions are run in this country was changed. There are many things that contributed to the growth of my knowledge. For example, the assignments and the book Twilight of the Elites. These forced me to look beyond the institutions and recognize the complexity of the failures.
On the very first day of class, we met in Clark 214 where I was eager and ready to learn. You began going over the syllabus and discussing the book that was assigned for the class called Twilight of the Elites, by Christopher Hayes. When the words …show more content…
In this paper, we were required to find an institution that we found was doing something problematic, and analyze it. This assignment opened my eyes to something that was affecting me personally. The topic I chose was the pharmaceutical drug pricing due to the recent Epipen scandal. Due to my connection with Epipens and pharmaceutical drugs, in general, this impacted my view. I never realize how easily companies could raise the prices without having any problems federally. The more I read and searched through this topic the more concerned I became. The most eye-opening piece of information I found was that the CEO of Mylan EpiPen made almost $17 million more when the price increased, and her dad, a senator, helped write laws to ensure none of her actions were illegal. This made me realize that there is a great amount of greed and deceit coming from many …show more content…
Christopher Hayes used examples such as baseball steroids, Hunter College, Enron, Countrywide, and so many more, to not only exemplify what they are doing/did do wrong, but how our entire country is becoming a criminogenic environment and that there may be no way to save it before we hit rock bottom. A specific example that Hayes talks about is when he discusses Major League Baseball (MLB) and steroids. Ever since I was a little girl, baseball was a big part of my family, so I could talk and listen to people talk about all day. When that topic arose, it was something that I could relate to. Before when I heard there were players caught on steroids, I just thought they were being dumb and should not do it, and then I read the example in the book. Hayes discusses the competitive nature of baseball and when players are weak and struggling they start doing the same strategies their other fellow players are doing. This is potentially dangerous. When you are a power hitter you get so many other things besides self-pride, in the MLB. You gain fame, fortune, and a sense of want/need from many teams. This is one of the reasons why steroids became so prominent in baseball. My opinion changed from person blaming to institution blaming. The MLB organization is essentially rewarding the players, who are drug doping, for
On the very first day of class, we met in Clark 214 where I was eager and ready to learn. You began going over the syllabus and discussing the book that was assigned for the class called Twilight of the Elites, by Christopher Hayes. When the words …show more content…
In this paper, we were required to find an institution that we found was doing something problematic, and analyze it. This assignment opened my eyes to something that was affecting me personally. The topic I chose was the pharmaceutical drug pricing due to the recent Epipen scandal. Due to my connection with Epipens and pharmaceutical drugs, in general, this impacted my view. I never realize how easily companies could raise the prices without having any problems federally. The more I read and searched through this topic the more concerned I became. The most eye-opening piece of information I found was that the CEO of Mylan EpiPen made almost $17 million more when the price increased, and her dad, a senator, helped write laws to ensure none of her actions were illegal. This made me realize that there is a great amount of greed and deceit coming from many …show more content…
Christopher Hayes used examples such as baseball steroids, Hunter College, Enron, Countrywide, and so many more, to not only exemplify what they are doing/did do wrong, but how our entire country is becoming a criminogenic environment and that there may be no way to save it before we hit rock bottom. A specific example that Hayes talks about is when he discusses Major League Baseball (MLB) and steroids. Ever since I was a little girl, baseball was a big part of my family, so I could talk and listen to people talk about all day. When that topic arose, it was something that I could relate to. Before when I heard there were players caught on steroids, I just thought they were being dumb and should not do it, and then I read the example in the book. Hayes discusses the competitive nature of baseball and when players are weak and struggling they start doing the same strategies their other fellow players are doing. This is potentially dangerous. When you are a power hitter you get so many other things besides self-pride, in the MLB. You gain fame, fortune, and a sense of want/need from many teams. This is one of the reasons why steroids became so prominent in baseball. My opinion changed from person blaming to institution blaming. The MLB organization is essentially rewarding the players, who are drug doping, for