Traditionalism

Racial integration has been a task that America has not yet solved completely. Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker gives an insightful depiction of this prevailing racial dispute. The novel uses first generation, as he was born on an airplane, Korean immigrant Henry Park’s life story to illustrate the existing issue. Henry is ordered to spy on a Korean immigrant politician, John Kwang. The incidents that happen in Kwang’s election camp mirror the racial conflict and possible harmony of different…

This purpose of this paper is to critically review the theory and practice of SocioDynamic Counselling: an applied constructivist approach for professionals in the helping field. The paper is divided into two sections. Firstly, identifying the founder to this approach then further expanding over the theoretical and philosophical key concepts that support SocioDynamic counselling. The second half of the paper explores and analyses strengths and outcome limitations of this helping approach.…

Although coming-of-age and social class struggle are significant adversities faced by Shinji and Hatsue, there is yet a greater conflict in Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves. In writing about the value of cultural purity, and, thus, emphasizing traditional Japanese customs, Mishima constructs a secondary conflict within his narrative regarding the opposition between tradition and modernity, which despite its peripheral role in Mishima’s novel, illuminates important aspects of his writing,…

Judges 17 opens with a story of the questionable nature of Micah’s ethics as the author immediately introduces Micah as the one whom stole his mother’s silver. For that matter, all characters in the story have morality issues. “The narrator presents only undesirable characters, whose words and deeds complement each other.” Micah steals the silver, his mother allows the returned silver to be formed into an idol, and the Levite accepts Micah’s worship practices of the LORD and idols. The…

surface that asks “Why!?” This part of me urges me to think deeper about what I’m saying and what I am doing and why I am doing it. Whose plan am I following? Why is that how I should or should not behave? Is that who I want to be? Am I bowing to traditionalism? People seem to get uncomfortable when they can’t answer these questions with any other answer than “That’s how it’s always been done.” But I continue to ask why. It’s been difficult for me to question almost everything but,, it has…

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was formally signed into law on March 23, 2010, with four key rhetorical elements of the ACA that command attention; counteraction of insurance company’s rejection of patients with pre-existing conditions , assuring “essential health benefits ”, mandating citizens to obtain health insurance , and an “employer mandate ”. Consequently, in terms of public policy, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Secondly, it would require individuals to…

The culture of Ukraine is unique and different from each other, but among years it has been affected by its eastern and western neighbors, which is shown in its structure. The geographical conditions influenced the Ukrainian culture, curiosity of the historical procedure, as well as relations with other ethnic cultures. An important historical period in the Ukrainian culture was after independence. Ukrainian national identity exist from personal self-determination shared with others in the basis…

Have you ever been generalized as a result of your gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation? Of course, you have. It’s impossible to exist in this world without experiencing some sort of stereotyping. Generalization across generations is another form of categorizing large groups of people. An article from Reutuers titled, “The millennial on your cellphone plan is ruining retirement,” explains how millennials are the worst generation. “Baby boomers are what’s wrong with America’s economy,”…

In this essay, I am going to describe and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of engaging in missions using the lens of reason, with a brief overview of two other lenses: Tradition and experience. I will present ideas from the perspectives of my father, a missionary and my granduncle, the Right Reverend Datuk Bolly Lapok. Also I will share my experience of dealing with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and Depression through poetry and spoken word and how those platforms impacted…

organization in Major League Baseball still functions with some sort of acknowledgement of sabermetrics. Most baseball teams have developed a balance between sabermetrics and classic baseball scouting. While some teams favor subjectivity and traditionalism more than the numbers game, the objectivity and success of Moneyball cannot be ignored. The advanced metrics available today are an important and indelible part of baseball. They focus on aspects of the game that traditional methods cannot…