Coordinated Universal Time

happiness and act with one’s own best interest in mind. It would be illogical to seek out pain or grief, especially if we assume that this is our only life to experience pleasure. If there is no afterlife, then it would make sense for us to spend the time we do have maximizing our personal well-being. The “Ring of Gyges,” an excerpt from Plato’s Republic, addresses the question of whether an unjust man experiences more happiness, or goodness, than a just man. In this excerpt, Glaucon…

As a young, single man living with his mother, who sits in his room on most days, whose biggest responsibility is waking up, and who has become accustomed to silence, I think I know a thing or two about loneliness. I’ve spent a large portion of my time mulling over the thought of loneliness, and how life should be spent with others. My mind is typically occupied by love and tends to live in the future. In the end, all I feel is a longing for a connection between days. However, it is in these…

“A time-out is a well known discipline technique used to interrupt an unacceptable behavior; it is not intended to punish, but to give children the opportunity to calm down and regain self-control”( "Discipline & Guidance"). Using time outs are a much more effective way to discipline than spanking. Time outs really force the child to think about what they are doing rather than spending their time being scared for what they have done wrong. Simply speaking…

A few months later, I began to become addicted to my phone. The only thing I wanted to do was text. I was never in the moment with my family and the situations around me. It became a real problem. My mom warned me several times that I needed to cut back on the amount of time I was spending on my phone, but I did not listen. Finally, one day my mom took away my…

(post-traumatic stress disorder) from his time serving in Vietnam War. Throughout the interview…

for preserving the environment to get the positive results required to come out. Limited control of the ecosystem problem will seem a major threat that will come to affect the environment on the highest rate that has ever been witnessed. It is the time people wake up and make better amends o control the problems arising due to biodiversity. Key countries that are bound to be affected are developed countries such as the United States of America. Countries are in the competition of making sure…

young age with zero support from my family. I was not able to receive counseling until my first year of undergrad, and by that time my counselor felt that I was…

central hub of all future success in one’s college endeavors. Living an independent life style also includes being held responsible for maintaining ones schedule, such as completing assignments on time, attending class, being on time for work, maintaining healthy diet and hygiene, and regulating free time effectively. Success in college rests a great deal on academic performance, ones…

did not allow me go to America along except my big cousin who wants to study abroad. They all think the America is too dangerous for me, and also I can not take care about myself very well. Finally, I still want to take the big challenge after long time thinking. After two months I live in America, my skin become black from a white color. I could not bear the amazing sunlight. So I just planed to buy a car that I can avoid the high temperature. The other reason is America is very dangerous at…

Sense of Time discusses the term “a sense of place” and the increasing importance of a sense of time in today’s society. Jackson examines the role that a sense of place and a sense of time have by discussing the history of the phrase “sense of place” and the contemporary American landscape. Overall, Jackson writes about the loss of meaning of a sense of place in America today and about his interpretation of the significance of space and place by focusing on the fact that our sense of time is…