Etiquette

Despite the fact that I have faced challenges with the subject as of late, I would consider English to be one of my favorites. During my junior year, I was enrolled in AP English Language and Composition, and although it was the only class I did not receive an A grade in, it, without a doubt, altered how I perceive the world. English did not only improve my writing and analytical skills, but it also prepared me for life beyond my education. Being an AP class, the curriculum was designed to help…

Football is an intense sport that can potentially detriment your body internally and or externally. Therefore, medical and or immediate attention may be required if the injury is severe and can harm the individual that is hurt. However, just in case the person is hurt just to ensure their safety a medical team will be present, and ready to assist any player on the team at practice, and or game during the season as well as, off season. Since, football is a physical enduring sport injuries may…

Although the behaviors of certain corporations and unions may appear poignant and disconcerting in the traditional standards of appropriate political etiquette, I agree that Citizens United has the right to project their views about a candidate regardless of the amount of time before an election. I understand how they won their case citing that they had the right to the first amendment of freedom of speech. However, I understand how such unions with large contributions from powerful corporations…

Love, Marriage, and for Better One of Jane Austen’s main characters, Mr. Darcy, once said “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment” (Pride and Prejudice). While this quote was used in Pride and Prejudice, it has truth in it for all of Austen’s stories. Two of her books, Emma and Northanger Abbey, demonstrate this in the captivating way of using characterization, setting, theme, conflict, symbol, and syntax. Austen’s two main…

dimensions I was able to gain a better understanding about the Chinese culture. While conducting business in china, I would need to understand the culture and its context. Being prompt, ensuring that I’m on time, and knowing proper Chinese etiquettes are…

between mothers and daughters. While the difficulty of the mother-daughter dynamic is not exclusive to the South, the rules of Southern Bell-like behavior creates added drama and expectations as two generations of women struggle with the social etiquette of their time, and their hopes for the future. Three movies that capture this bond and all that it implies are Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Steel Magnolias, and Sweet Home Alabama. In each movie, the mothers are effected by the…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the lives of the wealthy in New York are presented in detail throughout the novel. The two protagonists Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are amongst the affluent, and although both characters share the same classes in society they lead quite different lives and are very different people in many aspects. The way they treat towards others, how they acquired their wealth, and their perspectives on life are some of the main things that separate Tom and Gatsby.…

Lets Pop Our Technological Bubbles Now a days we all prefer to communicate through any form of technology whether it is texting or any form of social media. In “Rule of Thumb: Love in the Age of Texting” an article by Natalie Y. Moore, Moore give us examples on how texting has come between face to face conversation and how you need actual communication in a relationship. In “The Flight from Conversation” by Sherry Turkle, Turkle says that “all forms of technology interfere with face to face…

There are many hobbies and activities Nacireman citizens participate in for enjoyment when not working or otherwise occupied by demands of the culture. One of the strangest activities and subcultures observed is based around the use of a self-propelled plank of wood on wheels. Both children and adults participate in the use of these planks they call "skateboards" as a mean of transportation and fun. Beyond the common use of this technology for transportation there are many who use the planks…

groups. Piggy and Ralph established an orderly way with handling with everyone. “The conch”, was an object that allowed people to talk and expressed what their ideas were without being interrupted. This object established order, and some sense of etiquette before it falls…