Upset

help. The answer was sharing his scales with the other fish. He did just that, and the fish liked him again. When the little blue fish asked for just one of the scales the rainbow fish said no and swam away. By doing that it made the little blue fish upset and then all the rest of the…

The movement of the use of a clean vocabulary on college campuses is at an all-time high with students becoming distressed and offended at certain words and even some students experiencing micro aggressions from others, this is an arising issue because these students are the future and many more obstacles will emerge in the real world. “Even joking about macroaggressions can be seen as an aggression, warranting punishment “(Lukianoff, Haidt). In the article, “The Coddling of the American Mind”,…

Reader Response I The opening chapter of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck begins with Wang Lung discussing with his father how he wants his home to look presentable before he sets out to purchase a wife. Reading the dialogue between Wang Lung and his father on how his wife should not be an attractive woman was compelling. Wang Lung’s father asks “And what will we do with a pretty woman? We must have a woman who will tend the house and bear children as she works in the fields, and will a…

When determining the meaning of rape we all have different opinions. A couple weeks ago I defined rape as a person having sexaul intercourse or any other physical abuse without the consent of the victim. However after reading and analyzing the article “Perspectives on Acquaintance Rape” by David G. Curtis I have formed a whole new definition of what constitutes rape . While reading I came across the controversy on how to define the word rape and the word consent. As an example, most would say…

My intentions are not bad but she will take offense and get upset with me. I don’t mean to upset her with my banter, but the way that men and women handle jokes is very different according to Tannen. “The types of humor women and men tend to prefer differ. Research has shown that the most common form of humor among men is razzing…

like, “Our girls team is really slacking right now.” In addition, he was mocking us by saying, “I can’t go to practice today because I have a hangnail.” These comments upset me immensely due to the fact that it was coming from a teammate. Uplifting and encouraging are what teammates are supposed to do instead…

Some people may like the idea of longer school days but I believe otherwise. Some people may say that longer school days would cause kids to get better grades because they have more time to work in class, but in reality, longer school day would give kids LESS time to work at places other than school, thus giving them even more bad grades then they had before. I disagree with the idea that longer school days are better than normal school days because students will have less time for themselves,…

when his bike was stolen, he ended up taking boxing lessons from a policeman named Joe Martin which set him for the rest of his life (Hauser 2). Years later in 1964 Cassius Clay was named the heavyweight champion of the world. This caused quite an upset as he was the first black man to do so. Two days later to stir things up even more he joined the religion of the Nation of Islam. Days later he took a new name of “Muhammad Ali” meaning beloved of God (Hauser 5). He then later in 1967 denied…

was calling her hateful, but they were really on the outside looking in because they didn’t know everything that happened between Tonya and Buster. They just knew Casandra was really angry, upset, and disappointed. A few days passed, and Buster’s brother, Brandon found out about the situation. He wasn’t that upset as Casandra, but he did feel betrayed by his blood brother. Brandon decided to break up with Tonya and Casandra broke up with Buster. Tonya continued her relationship with Buster, not…

beckoned into your supervisor's office one Friday afternoon. Your boss regrettably informs you that due to economic downturn your position has been eliminated. You have been laid off. How are you going to react to that? Personally I would be quite upset, but depending on the person and the situation the reaction might be very different. In times of adversity I find myself behaving in many different ways. While comparing my life to the story, it seems that I am, at times, in the position of the…