A young woman named Maxine Lampe achieved her goal of becoming a teacher. The school district refused to give her the equal amount of pay that men received‚ even though Lampe was the sole earner while her husband was in graduate school. Later‚ Lampe went into public school administration and found once again that her gender — and marital status — was a factor in her pay. While trying to negotiate her salary‚ one of the board members told her‚ “You don’t need as much pay because your husband is a
Premium Gender Woman Employment
Studies have shown that most people define success as how well they are doing in life‚ but what is the true meaning of success and how do people become prosperous? Success is the final result of one’s achievement. The reason why one chooses to do a task. People want to be successful because they don’t want to fail. They don’t want to end up doing a career that they don’t enjoy for the rest of their life. They want to be like successful people who are living the dream. By having a job that they enjoy
Premium Failure Success
“Being brave means knowing that when you fail‚ you don’t fail forever.” These words were spoken by Lana Del Rey. Bravery is not running away from your fears and problems. It is not letting your negative thoughts take you over or letting it stop you from anything you want to do. It is also used to help you break through the barriers. It’s having the courage to do something you don’t want to do and trying something new. Bravery is used to overcome your fears‚ express what you believe in‚ and be selfless
Premium
What is love? Millions of people say "I love you" everyday‚ throwing the word around without knowing what the word truly means. Love is something that means different things to different people. For some‚ love is a complete devotion. For others‚ it is a temporary feeling that will disappear in time. People say love is once – in – a life time‚ and others think that after one love ends‚ another comes. Affection‚ passion‚ respect and loyalty are all ways to define love. It does not matter what term
Premium Love Interpersonal relationship Romance
Love has different meanings to different people. True love is not based on how good looking a person is. I think true love should be about how much you care about a person and how much you guys have in common. For example in the article “ Is There Live at First Sight” author Elliot Cohen stated that love should have common ground. “ Is he articulate? Does the tone of his voice resonate well with you? Are her morals ‚ as expressed ‚consistent with your own”(Cohen5). True love should have trust and
Premium Love Romeo and Juliet Romance
When someone says the word “self-esteem” the first thing that comes to my mind is a celebrity that has the whole world watching their every move and think to myself‚ “It must be hard to keep healthy‚ high self-esteem with the whole world judging what a certain celebrity is wearing or how they fixed their hair just to go to the grocery store.” Self-esteem is a personal evaluation and judgement of one person’s own self. There are different kinds of self-esteem. One kind of self-esteem is high self-esteem
Premium Self-esteem Psychology Motivation
There comes a moment in time where everything is twice as sweet‚ the sun is warmer than usual‚ and all five sense are fully active. You feel invincible‚ floating on the cloud you’ve always dreamt of and you realize you cannot attain the ground. There’s blood running through your veins thicker and faster; only because your heart is beating uncontrollably. And that happiness you believe you’d never receive‚ is now overflowing in your body. In that moment‚ you know you are in love. The thing about love
Premium Love Debut albums
“Friends” “Acquaintances we meet‚ enjoy‚ and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots”‚ (H.Jackson Brown‚ Jr.) Friends are people you enjoy hanging out with‚ and share a similarity with each other‚ while acquaintances are people you know slightly‚ but aren’t close to them. Many people have lots of Acquaintances‚ but not that many close friendships. There is a huge difference between having a close bond with someone‚ and knowing little about one person. A person should have
Premium Friendship Interpersonal relationship Love
Stress. A word I know all too well. Words can’t even express how it makes my stomach twist and lose my appetite whenever a deadline is approaching or even at the idea of graduating. In a nutshell‚ what stresses me out is the future. The most stressful situation I had recently as a student was preparing for an examination. I cannot recall a time when it was exciting and happy yet depressing and scary at the same time as this examination will determine what my future would be like. I can still remember
Premium Force High school English-language films
What Strength Can Be “Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks” is defined as being strong (Oxford Dictionary). That is exactly what most people think of when they hear the word strong. To some‚ strength is only in physical form‚ but for others it comes in emotions and mental stability. When I hear the word my mind automatically thinks about mental capability and performance. I think of three ways to define the meaning of strong‚ physically‚ emotionally
Premium English-language films Sociology Physical strength