... he or she would not be successful. Success is directly proportionate to happiness. Without it, there cannot be success. Success can also be reached by achievement of goals. In order to accomplish a goal, one must accomplish smaller goals that lead up to the main achievement. For instance, if a football team achieved its aim to win their district and the state championship, they would be successful. On the other hand, if the team set out to have a winning record, and failed, the season would not be successful. Success, no matter how big or small the goals are, can only be grasped through the attaining of those goa ...

... the preoccupation with the themes of death and dying. Many young people have been known to write poems, stories, essays, and songs about death and suicide shortly before their own self-inflicted death (Homer 19). Another sign is talking about suicide and the wish to die. It is myth that those who talk about suicide will not do it. Studies have shown many of those who have killed themselves have given clear indications of their plans in advance, both in words and actions (Homer 19). Indications that a person feels depressed, sad, and hopeless-complaints about feeling worthless and useless (Homer 19). Giving away ...

... initiative are certainly one of the chief defects of our time." [Op. Cit., p. 28] In effect, modern capitalism has reduced individuality to a parody of what it could be (see section I.7.4). As Affie Kohn points out, "our miserable individuality is screwed to the back of our cars in the form of personalized license plates." So we see a system which is apparently based on "egoism" and "individuality" but whose members are free to expand as standardized individuals, who hardly express their individuality at all. Far from increasing individuality, capitalism standardizes it and so restricts it - that it survives at all ...

... two. The comparative method attempts to dereify (the process of exposing misinterpreted norms. Norms that society consider natural and inevitable characteristics of human existence) reified (the human created norms or 'truths') beliefs. Obviously there are various ways in which a nomi (a labeled, sometime constructed, norm or truth) can be exposed. Which form of the comparative method should one use however? The answer, whichever one applies to the 'truth' in question. For example, you certainly would not do a cross-gender form of comparison if you wished to expose whether or not homosexuality has always been ...

... name for these people. The Natives in Canada today are divided into three subgroups: Indians, Inuit, and Métis. There are four major groups of Indians in Canada. Each group contains many different tribes. The regions the Indians lived in distinguished the different groups and the ways of life they had to adopt to meet their surroundings. There were the Indians of the Pacific coast and mountains, the Plains Indians, those of the St. Lawrence Valley, and finally a large group known as the Indians of the Northeast Woodlands. The Northern tribes of the Woodland Indians, west of the Hudson Bay, spoke Athabaskan t ...

... their birth and adoption information (“Court�). These states support the policy of openness in adoption in current adoption practices. Many adoption agencies have supported the policy of confidentiality, but several agencies are moving towards increased information sharing. It is estimated that more than 60,000 Americans are in search of birth parents or children from whom they were separated as result of adoption (“Court�). This desire to know information about birth parents or adoptees has changed the attitude towards adoption. Closed adoption procedures were born in the late 19th century (Batton). At t ...

... doing assignments outside of school. These conditions usually lead to the teen losing sleep and loosing free time only to gain mental strain. Constant hovering over textbooks and periods of elongated sitting caused by studying lead to great amounts of physical fatigue. In addition, most hardworking teens have to stay up late during the night to complete assignments. This leads to a severe loss of valuable sleep. After having to get up with only two or three hours of sleep behind them, a teen is very sleepy and aggressive. Most under-rested teens are angered very quickly. School work also leads to a lack of ...

... as well as the present. In the early decades, the social role assigned to the women is that of serving an image, authoritative and central, of man: a woman at first and foremost a daughter, a mother/ a wife (Feldman 7). The man was the one who protected the family from poverty and provided with all the great needs. Mark Feighen Fasteau once said that: [T]he male machine is a special kind of being, different from women, children and men who don’t measure up. He is functional, designed mainly for work. He is programmed to tackle jobs, override obstacles, attack problems, overcome difficulties, and always seiz ...

... Why isn't there a place for us to smoke inside? Are we less important because we choose to smoke. Are we to be discriminated against because we enjoy smoking and find happiness in little things like a cigarette. Right now all smokers at Albright are being treated as second class citizens. We are forced to stand outside in the cold. There are no comfortable seats for us to sit in. We either sit on the steps or the stone benches. What happened to our right to the pursuit of happiness? Why should we be forced outside just to smoke a cigarette. It is not right. We should be able to enjoy a cigarette in comfort. We ar ...

... behaviors, including intimidation, threats, psychological abuse, isolation, etc. to control the other person. The violence in the relationship may not happen often but it remains a hidden and terrorizing factor. There are many people among us that are battered or have been battered. This problem is very sensitive and embarrassing. Some indicators that a woman is being abused are: · the woman mentions not being able to use the phone she cannot see friend unless her significant other is around · her significant other will not let her drive, get a job, ...