Everyone has fears; fears are a natural part of life. My greatest fear is to fail to reach my goals‚ lose hope‚ and finally that everybody might think I am a loser. Sometimes I dream of success. Yet failing in life can’t be replaced with dreams. So if I put a lot of effort and work into something and I fail‚ I’d feel very bad about myself and my lack of ability. This is one of my greatest fears. Being a failure would cause me to lose hope. First of all‚ I would lose my self-confidence and self-respect
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The Fear of Success 25. It’s just a number. But when you think of it as an age a million thoughts come into people’s minds. Degree‚ Job‚ House‚ Relationship‚ Finances. All very different aspects‚ but all have to do with this big‚ pressure filled world we live in. What Society Expects Society. The harshest critic you will ever face. Society has expectations for the youth of our nation. By age 25‚ society expects you to have a 4 year degree in a subject that will provide you with a stable career
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Fear has the strength to empower or to destroy. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Okonkwo’s life is ruled by fear. In the Igbo society social status is very important. Since Okonkwo’s father‚ Unoka was not viewed very highly‚ Okonkwo wanted to do all he could to build himself up‚ and earn titles. He also does not just worry about himself‚ he worries about his some Nwoye’s future. Nwoye is actually a lot like Unoka‚ and Okonkwo fears that Nwoye will not live up to the legacy that he has built
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The Construction of Fear Barry Glassner gives several different constructions on how we can transform‚ exaggerate‚ and invent fears. Fear is defined as a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by present or imminent danger. But Barry Glassner defines it as constructed through efforts to protect against it. Society as a whole uses fear to profit financially‚ politically‚ or media driven by journalist. These three profits show how transforming‚ exaggerating‚ and inventing fear has shaped society
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I am a millennial—a person born into the age of technology and alongside whom technology grew as well. I remember learning to tell time with computer games during kindergarten. In second grade we were all taught how to use kid Pix‚ a program that was essentially Microsoft Word but with finger painting (or mouse painting‚ as it were). By middle school all students were required to take part in a program brought on by the public school system called iSafe‚ where we learned all about how the internet
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Mazandrea Guiam Class 151B-20 Essay #2‚ Prompt #1 Trying Something Out For the First Time Everyone has their biggest fears‚ and growing up‚ mine was to experience a rollercoaster ride. My fear for heights has always made a big impact on me. From being not able to look down from a bridge for more than ten seconds to still getting petrified when that elevator ride gives that “floating” feeling‚ being afraid of heights tend to always make me different from others. It made me feel shameful every
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the arrival of the refrigerators with legs they call football players. I was suddenly bombarded with flashbacks of my very first day of school. The exact same emotions lingered inside me. At that moment‚ I was no longer awaiting the first football game in my cheerleading uniform; I was that scared four year old that felt lost and abandoned to a group that was completely foreign. Reality quickly sunk in and my teeth clenched as the faux mask I wore tightened. A smile was insincerely painted upon my
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house to persuade her to continue her studies. She also see Raul who is a well-meaning boy who is frequently involved in gang fight. Ms. Johnson tries to encourage him by visiting him and congratulating him on his work. While there’s someone who is her most personal subject and that is Emilio. He was killed after getting him kick out from the school due to his bad attitude. Ms. Johnson try to protect him but due to the cold attitude of the principal for Emilio‚ she can’t do nothing. At the end of the
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The terms “fear” and “failure” mean two completely different things. Fear refers to an unpleasant or distressing emotion which may cause a feeling of dread while the term failure refers to a lack of success. If these terms were combined together we would pronounce it as “fear of failure” which gives us a whole new definition related to fear of criticism and fear of rejection which is exactly what I managed to successfully overcome throughout the semester. It is very often and natural that
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SCARED OF THE DARK Have you ever had a fear that makes you so nervous? Are you scared of the dark? Well‚ I am. I’m so scared of the dark sometimes. I get worried when I’m all alone in the dark. Ever since I was young the night would scared me. When I was younger‚ I would always make sure to be home before the sun went down. If it was night‚ I would always be in a well-lit place. If it was quiet and no noise‚ I felt like spirit is present. My biggest fear is being alone in the dark‚ because there
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