Human self-reflection

body greatly, especially kids. According to Gabriel Filippelli and Mark Laidlaw in an article titled “The Elephant in the Playground” stated when humans ingests lead, the small intestine absorbs the lead and the lead stays in the body, creating a chain of toxicological effects. How much lead that becomes absorbed in the body relies on the age of the human. Children absorb more lead than an adult. Average adults only absorb lower than 5% of the lead they ingest, but children on the other hand,…

During the middle of my second year in JROTC, I earned a promotion to the rank of platoon leader. Although excited to begin, I had to face the hard challenge of speaking in front of people, establishing my own authority, and battling my own indecisiveness. During my installation as a platoon leader, I made a collection of minor mistakes, particularly in where I stood, how to march in, and what to do with my platoon. When giving commands, I had a severe stutter. I failed to voice my authority…

Not Finding Yourself at the Age of Thirty-Four is a Disgrace! Millions of people live ordinary life. These people, not marked with any advantages during their lifetime, struggle with daily challenges trying to survive in the world where money rules. However, it is hard to say that they are all unhappy because they all have different values and morals in their lives. The meaning of the happiness has its own face for every individual. For example, the birth of another baby in the family with low…

Doe reports that he has been experiencing struggles with low self-esteem since approximately age 6. He claims that his mother and grandmother were often quick to point out his inadequacies and shortcomings. Later, during his formative years, Mr. Doe claims to have been bullied in school and labeled as the “class…

BULLYING IS WRONG Bullying is where one person is making another person feel bad, making them feel uncomfortable, or even hurting them. Bullying is a widespread issue all across the entire world. It can cause feelings of stress, anxiety, and even can lead to that person taking their own life. Bullying does not only occur face to face, however. It also can occur through social media, where people may make fun of someone or post very embarrassing or vulgar pictures of someone. This is known as…

Social-cognitive perspective is a psychological perspective that examines how people interpret, analyze, remember and use information about themselves, others, social interactions, and relationships. It has a less individualistic bias because it views personality as emerging through the process of the person interacting with her or his social environment. This perspective has its roots in the behavioral principles of classical conditioning and operant conditioning. (Franzoi) Social cognitive…

Kids all around the world are either bullied or bullying someone else right now. There are many ways to stop a bully with bystanders and the victims. Everyone needs to take a stand against bullies. They will not stop bullying unless someone does something about it. A bully is much worse than a bystander. To begin with, there are many reasons why bullies bully and how they do it. Bullies bully you or someone else because of what you wear, what you do, your hairstyle, habits that you have, such…

“Senior Picture Day” is a classic story about the biases and bullying children and teenagers encounter as they contend with peer pressure and self-esteem. Kids can be cruel as they fight to feel accepted, liked, and find their self-worth. Children and teenagers who struggle with family issues or possess certain physical features may find it more difficult to fit in with the crowd and overcome peer pressures. Society often stereotypes some ethnicities as poor, less intelligent, and less appealing…

“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” In order for us to gain any knowledge from what we have learned throughout this course we first must be open-minded to seeing things from a different perspective. Learning to become self-aware, becoming conscious of one’s own biases, and learning about and becoming sympathetic to those who are different are three simple ways we can improve ourselves. Becoming self-aware…

countless ways in my own life. In particular, an obstacle that had shaped me to this day was my lackness in academics. Throughout elementary school, my ability to do well in school was well below standard. One outcome of this trauma was that my low self esteem had reached its limit.…