Isolation

Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” However, in Woody Allen’s, “The Rejection,” the writer satirizes the ideals of the education system that acknowledges only the intelligent students. This is seen in the character of Boris through his exaggerated reaction towards the failure of his son. During the time of Woody Allen, he believed that education was only for the smart and intelligent people. Woody Allen satirizes the education system of the United States since he failed a course in New York University (Biography.com Editors, n.d.). Woody Allen dropped out of school since he was disheartened when he failed a course while he was studying motion picture productions. However, after Woody Allen dropped out of school, he began to writing for television channels, and later he tried the comedy field. Woody Allen eventually became famous for his comedic personality and that personality is evident until today. Since then, Woody Allen became a well-known writer, director, comedian, and filmmaker. The intention of The Rejection by Woody Allen is to satirize the education system of Manhattan. Woody Allen express him feeling through the character of Boris, in which Boris was a desperate father who wanted a good future for Mischa. Mischa, however, is the one that shows that education is only for the intelligent people. Evidences show that Mischa was not accepted since he refuse to touch the Lego or Lite Brite, which…

created, along with social media and smartphones. All of these technologies have made life easier because we can now send a message to someone quickly rather than having to write a letter and waiting for it to get to the recipient. Also, it has created new possibilities in the medical field as well as many other occupational fields. Lastly, it allows for vital information to be sent and received quicker, such as an announcement in the news to watch out for a certain criminal. While technology…

internet did not get that boost from closeness, suggesting that although these students do use the internet in close relationships, being close may not ‘call for’ internet use in the same way intimacy has come to require face-to-face contact or telephone calls.” Our obsession with social media has not only changed the way we spend time, but the way we feel and think. While on the surface it appears social networking brings people together across the Internet, in a larger sense it may create…

digital breakups, cheating scandals, and even people checking their phones during sex. Intimacy is being brought to different levels and expectations of a perfect mate just a click away is allowing partners to be more reluctant to change when they feel their virtual friends can compensate for the conversations meant for pillow talk. With conversations amounst any topic virtually at your fingers it would be easy to believe that it help bring people together but if fact it may create social…

individuals are using the Internet as a forum to express their inner identity and personality traits they wouldn’t share around the people who they are closest to. While some researchers argue that the Internet is a neutral social structural tool and will revolutionize social interactions, others feel that the Internet will lead to loss of privacy, impersonal communications and isolation (Brignall & Valey, 2002). The Internet has prevented individuals from having face-to-face interactions,…

social interaction and communication. Alternatively, online schooling offers a limited form of social interaction that involves online videos and messages. Thus, the extent of social interaction is an important factor during the evaluation of the schooling type. Social development is crucial during the growth of a child (Sener, 2010). Hence, parents and children should consider this factor. Unarguably, peer interaction enhances emotional and social development. Traditional schooling provides…

Types of loneliness Several theorists proposed distinct types of loneliness. They articulated different quality of experiences of loneliness in service to define the experience. Gleaning from various qualities of experience described by those scholars, loneliness is a complex human experience as it has many aspects. Fromm-Reichmann (1959) asserted that there are several different types of loneliness. She distinguished culturally determined loneliness, self-imposed aloneness, compulsory…

Stranger Things Stranger Things is an original Netflix series set in Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980’s. It is about a group of residents looking for a lost boy called Will Byers. There are 3 main story lines within the season, which are Joyce (Wills mum) and Chief Hopper (the chief of police); Mike, Lucas, Dustin (Will’s friends) and Eleven (a runaway science experiment); and Nancy (Mike’s brother) and Jonathan (Will’s Brother). All these story lines are working for the same thing, finding…

However, technology is important to learn because it can decrease social isolation, and equally, influence their health and their mind. Even so, this notion is disapproved by many advocates who oppose to assure that technology can harm their health and decrease face-to-face communication. Most of these critics are overly dogmatic and opinionated in their belief that they fail to look at the conception from a different perspective. The use of technology in elders’ daily lives can not only enhance…

According to the authors, T. Ayas and M.B. Horzum, children and adolescents are undergoing complications in making a face to face interaction and becoming lonelier, since they are utilizing the internet too much (2013). A study conducted in Turkey found that youngsters that use the internet exceedingly for online surfing, emailing, online games and instant messaging had displayed a higher mean score of loneliness than those adolescents who do not the internet as much (Erdoğan, 2008). For the…