Countless people are familiar with the term Samaritan, but the amount of people who comprehend the actual meaning of the word is scarce. The term ‘Good Samaritan’ derives from a parable told by Jesus Christ and is mentioned in the bible. In the story, the ‘Good Samaritan’ witnesses a “half dead man”, so he “[takes] pity on him”, and offers him bandages along with shelter (Luke 10:30-35). This parable is evidence that assisting strangers is existent from the beginning of human history, excluding the minority who choose not to aid a soul in need. In order to prevent this from happening, force must be used to help the victims of injury. The United States of America…
Hope Solo, born on July 30th 1981 in Richland, Washington to her parents Jeffrey and Judy Solo, grew up with an enormous love for soccer. Known for her amazing skill and overall kindness, Hope grabbed the attention of Colleges and Universities around the country by the time she was in ninth grade. Solo grew up as a tomboy and was better friends with the boys than she was with the girls. She constantly rough housed with the boys at school and rarely did you ever see her in pink. Solo eventually grew up to become one of the most famous goalies to ever play for the United States girls soccer team. Hope Solo is an idol to many girls who wish to live out there dreams like she did because she started from the bottom like many girls, her work with…
The treatment method used will depend on the individual situation of the adolescent. Whereas one treatment may be effective for one child, it may not be effective, at all, for another. There are behavioral treatments, family interventions and even medications. There should be an extensive interview with a qualified substance abuse professional to determine which treatment would best fulfill the child’s needs.…
Amidst all the countless struggles, problems and circumstances we faced throughout our journey, still, here we are fighting!, finding our own ways just to survive and even risking our lives and reputation just to say ‘let’s move forward and continue the race of life’….it is because we have this HOPE, hope which we hold that gives strength to us to stand still. But what if, the hope we hold has gone and it seems we are forgotten by our hope for almost a day, a month, and or a year? Would you still hold and believe in your trusted hope? It is, ‘we should not expect something for nothing but we all do, and we call it hope.’ (Ed Howe)…
Although it may not be cost effective now, young adults with more adequate life skills will have a more positive effect on society as a whole. Hope Tree is a community based social program creating a safety net for young adults about to “age out” of the foster or group home system. For these youth with already troubled pasts of neglect, abuse, and abandonment issues; running as far and as fast from the system seems like a good idea. The problem with this logic is that many of them are unprepared for actual if on their own, often having no means to fall back on and nowhere to go. Being one of these “aged out” youth myself, I am all too aware of the challenges…
Brave New World (1932) is one of the most bewitching and insidious works of literature ever written.…
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley shows how scientific advances could and have destroyed human values. Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932, and most of the technologies he examines in the book have, to some extent, turned into realities. He expresses the concern that society has been neglecting human-being distinction in the progression of worshipping technology. In the story there are no mothers or fathers and people are produced on a meeting line where they are classified before birth. They also use a drug called, soma, to control themselves which illustrate the lack of personal freedom. Everyone in the state world do whatever they were taught since they were growing. For example, one of the tasks they give people is sexuality which is shown as an everyday and simply entertaining activity with no emotions or feelings whatsoever. We can see an extreme loss of human values because what makes a human being is the fact that they feel, think, and choose. It is amazing how Huxley wrote this book more than 60 years ago, yet we see resemblance to it in our society today. For example, society uses different kinds of drugs to control moods if they want. Another good example could be how doctors are now producing children with particular qualities based on what their parents want and using donors' genes. A very shocking moment for me in the novel was when Linda, John's mother, was dying and the people in the state world were watching and laughing at it. Today we see a lot of people who don't respect their parents and people who enjoy the suffering of others. What has society gone to? How would you feel to be in a twisted world where we are produced in factories? How would you feel to be in a world where there are no such things as freedom or ethics? I think society is close to get there and it's sad because all our feelings, thoughts, and values make the meaning and beauty of life.…
“The best wat to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama. This quote by Barack Obama, relates to the movie Pay It Forward by Mimi Leder made in 2000, in the way that Trevor did not wait for good to happen to him, he just went out and started helping out. The little boy Trevor wants to start a movement called pay it forward, were one person helps another person and that one person has to help out three other people and so forth. Paying it forward could actually work in real life, but we need someone to actually start the movement, which is the first step to…
According to Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development, Hank is in the Ego Integrity vs Despair stage of late adulthood. In this phase of life an, “Adult comes to terms with life’s successes, failures, and missed opportunities and realizes the dignity of own life” (Broderick & Blewitt 2015 p. 12). The positive outcome of late adulthood is wisdom and the negative outcome is regret. Like most people in late adulthood, Hank reflects on his life. He loves to tell stories about his life to anyone who will listen. This reflection includes being proud of his accomplishments and living without regrets. Bringing the union into the city and raising his children, are two accomplishments that bring him the most satisfaction. Another is that he raised…
The root of many problems is that society tends to try to only fix issues that personally affect the individual. Since America is an individualistic culture, we tend to help solve problems that are motivated by personal achievement, past situations and immediate results. A lot of times we forgetting the bigger picture and looking at a grand scheme issue I would like to solve the lack of education for language available to deaf citizens of third world countries.…
(Preview): Today, I will share with you one of the biggest problems in the world today which is poverty, especially with children, and then I will share one solution to help diminishing this problem.…
If the World was a perfect place, everyone would get along and grow together. But nothing is perfect. I’m hear to say that the World won’t last much longer, unless we can learn to bridge together. Learn to compromise, learn to understand, learn to build without destruction first. It’s a misconception that only one can be the best. What makes someone the “best” is their ability to accept counsel from others, and to use that advice to further themselves. Once everyone learns this, then we can start to strengthen as a…
Overcoming is about accepting the issues at hand and trying to find an efficient, effective way of working around those issues. You can not be stopped by a problem that is in front of you, you can only stop yourself. Giving all of your ambition and effort to work around your problems in life, is the only way to succeed. Personally in life I have seen people with great potential and leadership skills become terrible leaders due to their lack of patience and will to succeed, only because they had difficult challenges ahead of them.…
I understand that it would be difficult to accomplish all that I would like to, but it all starts with small steps. Small steps can be taken to accomplish big things. Anyone can make a difference, it just takes the right attitudes and…
As a conclusion, there are just too many bad things happening in the world. But, I believe if we held our hands and work together it would make a great difference. We can change the…