Competitive exclusion principle

We are only friends. I press to that fact, but still my heart beats a hundred times faster as we dance together. We had spent quite some time choreographing this dance together and here we are: the steps running into a well-rehearsed picture, the artists are us. And though there is no audience, we dance as if there are a thousand watching our every movement. As we move in synchronous, we stay close, always touching. Even as I pose pirouette away from him, he reaches out as if trying to stop me.…

Exceptionalism stated simply is a sense of specialness and entitlement attached to those who say they are in fact exceptional without substantiating evidence to support their claim. It is a sense of earned rights that are of course unearned privileges. Exceptionalism without a doubt is a source of many of today’s social problems. It contributes to and actively creates social issues in the world and is fostered most greatly by none other than the United States. For centuries we have proclaimed…

Looking back over the course of the semester I am honestly slightly disappointed in my performance. If I am to just reflect on how well I did in my F.Y.E class, The Buddha and Bruce, I notice I didn’t do as well as I should of. As a first year student everyone tells me that it is normal to not do as well as you hoped, but I still feel like I could have done a lot better. One of my problems was letting my social issues affect my academics as well as attendance in classes. When I was having a…

My commitment to study social work at the Master’s level is the direct result of my life experiences and passions. I grew up in a diverse family compared to that of my peers. I had a twin brother who was born with severe Cerebral Palsy. Growing up in a family with a special needs child often sets one apart from their peers. Doctor appointments often ruled our life. Every family event had to be scheduled around appointments, procedures and surgeries. As a child and eventually teen, I saw many…

Peer Group Rejection in Childhood: Effects of Rejection Ambiguity, Rejection Sensitivity, and Social Acumen. (Report)(Author Abstract) Journal of Social Issues, March, 2014, Vol.70(1), p.12(17)[Peer Reviewed Journal] Abrams, Dominic; Killen, Melanie; Nesdale, Drew; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.; Roxburgh, Natalie This article displays the study of children between the ages of 6 and 12 toward peer group members who have either accepted or rejected them provided the children 's reactions were…

Living in a society of many social ills. The family unit is not immune to said “pressures” that plague the society. Social pressure as defined by the Webster dictionary refers to the influence exerted by society in encouraging a person or persons to change his or her attitude, values or behavior in order to conform to group norms. Many social pressures are prevalent in Bahamian society some are of these are but not limited to unemployment, domestic violence or abuse alcoholism and substance…

How many people should suffer from something to be defined as a social problem? That would be based on the society that is being referred (by definition). People that are affected by social problems are people that cannot conform to the social norms present within society. How many of these individuals are there? Well, that is dependent on many different factors measured by those who have defined what a social problem is. The “powerful” define social problems. Often times the public, more…

A social issue refers to a problem that impacts and is protested against by numerous amounts of people in a society. It often occurs as a result of different aspects beyond the control of an average human being. In most cases, a social issue is the cause of varying opinions on what is discerned as a morally impartial personal life or societal order. Poverty is a general scarcity. It is where individuals in society lack the basic necessities for everyday survival. It can also be classified…

The waiting room by Lisa Loomer is a fascinating piece of work, three women waiting for doctor’s call . In this waiting room Lisa Loomer explores how society view women beauty through different places and time. One of the women is a Chinese, she came to see a doctor because of her foot, in this period china view of beauty meant small feet. The other women is a British women during this time women wearied very tight dress that made the waste small, she was well educated women and her husband…

First of all, I really like his approach to overcome the cause of today`s most demanding social problems. It`s not a typical first-world “we know the best” approach, rather a businessman making his journey into the real world, finding different vision every time he fails and happily using his optimistic character to strike problems. In the book, he compared poor people with 'bonsai ' tree and remarked that if we could help poor people out of poverty by creating an enabling environment, then it…