The Grass Is Greener

We all want to get our needs met, but manipulators use underhanded methods. Manipulation is a way to covertly influence someone with indirect, deceptive, or abusive tactics. Manipulation may seem benign or even friendly or flattering, as if the person has your highest concern in mind, but in reality it's to achieve an ulterior motive. Other times, it's veiled hostility, and when abusive methods are used, the objective is merely power. You may not realize that you're being unconsciously…

The notion of a globalized beauty standard will never(by any means) be a prevalent way to pick one common core characteristic of what beauty is or how it is defined due to its grand diversity. What is defined as attractiveness is dependent on the country in which those questions are being asked. The influence of color is greatly variable and shaped(molded) by our cultures, color has the power to either alert us or be a psychological reminder to well-known brands and when we compare color to…

fat (Perez). Society today is bombarded by images of “attractiveness” in the media. In our minds, it appears to be the absolute truth about being “attractive” (Gaesser). Oddly, thin women insult themselves as often as thick women. As if, the grass is greener on the other side or someone else will always better (Dreisbach). “The influence that social media has on today’s population is staggering. Oftentimes, people don’t consider the tremendous influence it can have on someone’s outlook and…

Human beings have eternally been built for connection. Throughout our time, the growth and demise of different civilizations, we’ve always been apart of a greater group, family, or community that has not allowed us to be lonely singularities. Simultaneously, philosophers have also emphasized to us the importance and value of independent thinking and meaningful solitude. To hold oneself apart from society, is to begin to think one 's way beyond it. In the today that we live in, we tend to beg…

The book Divergent is relished by teenagers and aids to encourage teenagers to be who they are being one of the reasons as to why it is ranked number one New York Times bestselling. Divergent is about a gripping dystopian tale of “electrifying choices, powerful consequences, unexpected romance, and a deeply flawed perfect society”. For the main protagonist, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is, however, she cannot have both. She makes a choice in which…

beautiful colors, and insists on wearing a bracelet worn by a native girl. However, once the iguana is shot the beautiful colors that once existed were gone; once the beautiful bracelet was removed from the native girls arm it was not so fine. Grass is not always greener on the other side. This is exactly what happens to both Douglass and in the story of the iguana. Once Douglass learns the truth he no longer wished to live, just like the stories about the iguana. Douglass acts like…

Death is the great equalizer. Its power can take anyone, of any societal class, any amount of money or any amount of love they give. Before death, these superficial details do not matter. The characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, give a glimpse into these three aspects of life. Whether or not the characters are worthy of sympathy can be determined by considering one’s social status, amount of wealth they have and the love they give. Myrtle dies as a poor girl having been…

The Great Depression “(Stockbrokers) Hollard (sic) and screamed, they clawed at one another’s collars. It was like a bunch of crazy men.” “The great buildings were ablaze with lights all night as sleepy clerks fought desperately to get accounts in shape for Monday opening” (“The Wall Street Crash”). This is how journalist Jonathan Leonard described the day the stock market crashed on October 28 1929 - the day that triggered the great depression. The Great Depression of 1930’s had great impact…

outgrow their ‘starter homes’ very quickly. Because owning a first home usually comes at a similar time as starting a damily, the increased family size is the main reason home owners say they would need a larger home. 2) To Upgrade. The grass is always greener on the other side. People often want what they don 't have so they long for bigger houses, more expensive materials and overall grander, more upscale homes. 3) Fix a purchase error. The owners may often believe that they’ve made a…

To quote Paul Gorski “We talk about education being the great equalizer, yet our poorest students are in the least equipped schools. We don’t need to fix poor people. We need to fix the system” (Teaching Tolerance). Poverty is an increasingly common issue in American public schools and teachers need to know how to respond. There are strategies teachers can employ to help their students and while there are limitations as to what teachers can do there are still realistic ways in which teachers can…