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Marriage In Japan

... in Japan who graduates from a college and has a job still lives with one¡¯s family until one gets married, which means one keeps the parent-child relationship. Therefore it is hard for a Japanese man to learn to be independent. After he gets married, he now relies on his bride for having foods, doing laundry, and many other things. Takeo Doi explains it with the term of amae that means the seeking or causing of oneself to be loved, nurtured, and indulged. He says it is an active attempt to make oneself into a passive love object. One reason ...

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The Advantages Of Stupidity

... the advantages of stupidity. Admittedly, stupidity has certain disadvantages. Life isn't a bowl of cherries. And being stupid doesn't make it any fruitier. Being stupid can annoy even the most sensitive people. If one acts stupid, and does it in the wrong crowd, like a group of adults, it will seem more immature than funny. If one is forced to act stupid while dealing with lower life forms, for example, high school teachers, one may encounter barriers such as cruelty and insensitivity, with the utterance of statements like, "Think ...

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Diversity On Campus

... attitudes are to be used by everyone, but not forced on everyone. The differences on a college campus vary greatly. And some differences are easier to accept, and others are more challenging. These differences are a great source for learning, but should not be the only primary focus. Between some people the differences may be infinite, but the similarities are still present among every human. To go a step further you can say all animals have similarities as well as differences. So the skills and values acquired by college students is imperat ...

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Loving In Truth: Creating A Society Of Living In Harmony In The 21st Century

... as a democracy--with such high rates of children growing into adulthood unprepared to parent, unprepared to be productively employed and unprepared to share in the mainstream aspirations. Various programs are springing up to help children. However, like the welfare program, for the most part these programs are aimed at alleviating symptoms rather than correcting the cause of the problems. More prisons, more policemen, gun control, the FBI, and V-chips to block violent programs on TV will never stop crime and violence. When we devote time, mo ...

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Violence In The Media

... I could never do that. After all, the government has kept me away from guns. We simply aren't allowed to view violence and sex because... well, I can't think of a good reason. But, hey, at least the government sucks at censoring stuff. I'm 13 and I've seen Playboys. I've seen at least a gajillion R rated movies, and I can walk into any store in Connecticut and buy some M rated video games. You know why? No one cares anymore. They're as desensitized as we are, and that's a good thing. It is a sad fact that we find violence so entertaining ...

Number of words: 440 | Number of pages: 2

Dining Establishments And Eating

... preparation, and cleaning up a meal. Fast food is a quick, easy way to eat on the run, with a no frills atmosphere. These people are “on the run” with things that they must accomplish in a limited amount of time. Some fast food restaurants may include: Burger King, McDonalds, Subway, or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Fast food would be an easy solution to the problem of the time factor. Fast food can easily be recognized when you enter the parking lot. For fast food the parking lot is more accessible to people(less landscaping), more entra ...

Number of words: 885 | Number of pages: 4

Affirmative Action

... INTRODUCTION Affirmative action is the United States most ambitious attempt to level out its long history of racial and sexual discrimination. Nevertheless these days it seems to provoke, rather than ease, the nations internal divisions. An increasingly self-confident opposition movement argues that the battle to guarantee equal rights for all citizens has been fought and won – and that favoring members of one group over another simply goes against the ideals this very country was founded on. However defenders of affirmat ...

Number of words: 1476 | Number of pages: 6

Conformity And Obedience

... tasks. This shows that conformity is generally people adhering to social norms, and we do this to remain part of a team or society and also to keep respect from people and to have a sense of belonging. To be able to conform you must sometimes sacrifice opinions that you have and also you have to have a good level of self discipline so that you conform to social norms. Obedience is the ability to take and follow orders from authority. Milgram did a study ending in 1976 which involved 1 person operating switches where it administered a shock to ...

Number of words: 547 | Number of pages: 2

Optimism Verses Pessimism

... A pessimistic individual sees things from a different perspective and believes that there is a negative side to everything. He has the tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation. For example, if a tremendous rain storm was to occur, an optimist would say “well, we have been needing some rain” or “it’s going to be sunny tomorrow.” When a pessimist would say “I hate the rain” or “it’s never going to stop raining.” An optimistic person is upbeat and charismatic, and a pessimistic person is dejected and downhe ...

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Crisis: Generation X

... are living the stereotypical Generation X lifestyle. Andy (main character), Dag, Claire are close friends who all work "McJobs" which is defined by Coupland as: "[a] low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector" (Generation X, pg.5). They each are misunderstood by their parents and are seen as underachievers in a society "that has it easy." It is easy for parents of the "X-ers" to believe this because all they've know is rise. Rise in population, rise in American business, and rise in overall success. ...

Number of words: 1590 | Number of pages: 6

Being Young

... you are considered an independent individual, and have all juridical rights, such as driving a car and the right to vote. You are also bound to serve in the military. Nevertheless, one can't buy spirits before the age of twenty-one is achieved. Now, more than ever, fashion seem to dominate the youth's everyday. Perhaps the reason is that they feel insecure and think that the "right" clothes will give them a feeling of being accepted by the group. This phenomen has a negative side. What if a pupil can't afford to buy these clo ...

Number of words: 612 | Number of pages: 3

Divorce And Children

... preferences (such as if a wife finds out her husband is gay), adultery, physical violence, money problems, children, and in-laws. Newer reasons for divorce that have surfaced within the past 30 years. One of them is "unmet expectations". It’s when people justify a divorce by saying that the marriage didn’t turn out the way they expected. Some people say that they woke up one morning, and they realized there was nothing left in the relationship. Others say that they feel like they’re in a cage, and the walls are closing in. This si ...

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