Embarrassment

It was a slow night at work and I was having a terrible night, and could not quit crying. No one knew what had happened the night before except for a select few people who choose to ask if I was okay. One of the girls Katie asked if I was okay and I told her no, and proceed to tell her that I had just gotten out of a bad relationship that resulted in me filing a restring order against him for stalking and harassing. Unlike any good friend her reaction wasn’t to ask if I was okay, her reaction…

Are Shame Punishments Necessary? The problem in our society we are having now are judges wanting to find cheaper alternatives to incarcerations because it costs so much money. In June Tangney’s essay, she doesn’t agree with shame punishments. In her essay, she states points about how if people who have done nonviolent crimes receive shame punishments, they will be too embarrassed. They will feel humiliated and will act out by blaming others. She believes instead of shame punishment, they should…

During one point in every student’s life, they experience a pressure that makes them feel stressed out, or makes them unaware of what to do. In William Zinsser’s essay “College Pressures” he talks about the college pressures that college students face on a daily basis. Those pressures include economic, parental, self-induced, and financial (210). Zinsser explains that these pressures are normal, but learning how to “break the circle” of these pressures is all up to the student. Children are…

After being the target of public humiliation and keeping silent for almost twenty years, Monica Lewinsky walked onto the Ted stage and shared with the audience her personal experience as a victim of cyber bullying and humiliation, as well as her calling for a more compassionate and empathetic world. Her persuasive speech titled “The Price of Shame” is well written, organized and delivered, and is worth learning from.…

My greatest strengths are my appreciation for Beauty & Excellence, Humor, Fairness, Humility, and Teamwork. My top three strengths are my appreciation for beauty and excellence, humor, and courage, I personally think that these three are the basic building blocks to being myself. First off my appreciation for beauty and excellence/curiosity has always been there, other cultures have amazed me, I’ve learned what I like and what I don’t like and I’ve learned that other people could have…

In the book One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, McMurphy the main character and Nurse Ratched also known as the “Big Nurse” have had their differences, but there’s a reason why the power between Nurse Ratched and McMurphy differ from each other. McMurphy and Nurse Ratched butthead a lot throughout the story. McMurphy represents freedom and joy meanwhile Nurse Ratched represents authority, evil, and death showing the different characteristics making them unique to their character and how their power…

According to Merriam-Websters dictionary, shame is a feeling of guilt, regret, or sadness that you have because you know you have done something wrong. Dick Gregory’s childhood was full of shame. Looks of disgust from each person he sees, but people do not understand the way he feels. Many people do not feel the true feeling of shame. In this story of Gregory, an African American during the civil rights moment, he truly understands what shame is. The excerpt of Gregory is effective at convincing…

It was a cold Friday evening when I left Seneca. I was really stressed and exhausted from the past few weeks. I decided to drop by the local pub on Yonge Street and grab a few bottles of beer before heading home. I went inside the pub and sat down at the bar. While drinking my first bottle of the night, an old man in his 60’s sat stool beside me. He reminded me of my grandpa, so I decide to greet him. He greeted me back. He asked for my name, and I likewise for his name. His named was Dick…

The Hole That Opened My Eyes It was a cloudy, cold, and windy winter morning. I remember the day I felt so embarrassed because everyone around me was laughing. I was a chunky fifth grader who was ashamed of her body image and hated it when it came to playing sports in PE. I was one of those kids who always got picked last. Additionally, I was always getting yelled at because I was not good enough of an athlete. I wanted to prove my skills. I wanted to show them that I was capable of being a…

How much of the U.S have social media accounts? Seventy eight percent. (According to Statistica) How many of them can use these accounts to cyber-bully, humiliate, and harass people online? All seventy eight percent. That is thousands and thousands of people around the U.S able to do whatever they want and say whatever they want, which continues to add on to a huge problem today-- public shaming. To publicly shame someone is to harass, humiliate, and even threaten people online or in person.…