Being Imperfect Analysis

Many are rich many are poor many have money many don’t. Have you ever had a moment where you did something selfish for desperation of money and karma hit you right back with a right hook?. And felt regret towards yourself. In the short story “Why, You Reckon” the author uses irony and dialogue, to show the audience that money can't buy happiness.

Anyone with a mental illness knows that recovery is not a straight line. Thoughts don’t regain their rationality the second someone decides to become medication compliant, when an anorexic takes a bite of food, or even the day a depressed person decides to walk outside and see beyond their dreary perception of reality. I always wanted to get better, to be able to eat a slice of pizza without demolishing the box and punishing my throat, or to be able to not worry that the carnal impulses of mania would throw me out of the driver’s seat. However, I didn’t want to take the steps to seek help in time, then in the second semester of my sophomore year, I gave up. This led to me

I thought i had it all figured out, I thought I had beat the system, I thought I could have it all, maybe when everything was mine I would finally be happy. Everything was going my way, I was the top of my class, captain of the soccer team, had been accepted into all of my top choice schools. I had saved up years of paychecks and had recently bought my dream car, my relationships with my parents was as good as it had ever been, my little brothers and sisters finally seemed to accept me. But one thing consistently eluded me, happiness was still nowhere to be found, and now more than ever the battle with depression seemed to shift from bad to worse. My shadow mission had become my only mission, and the reality of my situation was slowly dragging me deeper and deeper under the waves. And this is where

I remember staring out those psych ward windows that do not open and wondering bleakly if I would recognize myself once I started taking this handful of pink pills that was suppose to make me normal. --Ashley Y. McNamara, Writer of “Anatomy of Flight” In Virginia, a woman named Ashley Y. McNamara was held captive in a psych ward and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder or manic depression. She claims that the doctors did not help her in dealing with her mind, but actually gave “tranquilizers” (4), bad advice, and belittling comments throughout her stay. With her writing, she shows the world that the medical system is not as perfect as it seems.

Reading this article, I noticed that I honestly need to listen to most of these. The one I picked that I feel I need to fix about myself the most is Don't try to Fix Them. Be Socrates. The reason I say that is because when someone is telling me their problems, I tend to be a little judgemental and I do sometimes cut people off to ask questions and I guess I should work on that more. The first sentence in that article “People do need help. But nobody likes being told what to do. Um… difficult.” When I read this, I instantly agreed but then noticed that that’s exactly what I do with my friends and I would hate to be a hypocrite especially if I dislike when someone is telling me what to do. But at at the same time, I feel that we need to show

Sometimes I am neat and sometimes I am sloppy. It all just depends on the day. I believe some of the things she said had truth to them. For example when the author said "Sloppy people carry in their mind’s eye a heavenly vision, a precise plan, that is so stupendous, so perfect, it can't be achieved in this world or the next." I have a friend who is the exact same way he always creates this great plan but never follows through with it. This essay also exaggerates too much, when she says "send the children off to boarding school (too many scuff-marks on the hardwood floors)." I think that is a too extreme, no parent would send their children off too a boarding school simply because they want cleaner hardwood floors. However, I actually enjoyed

Everyone has struggles, some may be physical and some may be mental. I watch helplessly as my friends and family members face their own struggles. My father struggles with bipolar depression and it puts a huge impact and secret in my life. I used to feel ashamed that my life and family are not normal and hid these facts. I mask my father’s disorder and how it affects me. My father’s method of coping drove a wedge between our relationship that still stands to this day, but lessens with understanding and patience. My attitude and understanding of my father’s disorder changed my apathy on restoring the relationship I have with my father, working in a retirement home, and meeting new people.

Explaining morality in a sense in which audience has accepted such as being for the good, Adams attempts to give an example which technically suggests the differences of understanding the morality. And how these two signifying characteristics can have a huge impact on the way people think or take their decisions. Why do we as audience think that human characteristics such as morality is always perceived in a good way, “caring excellently for the good of other people, for example, is a major virtue that we would expect to find on the “moral” side of any such line. But it seems that the excellence of such caring can be affected by the extent to which one recognizes, appreciates, and cares excellently for any of the goods can enrich the life

I would like to disagree with Plato, as I believe that imitations are not inherently bad. Sure, a bit of the “truth” of the original is lost with every imitation, but that does not always outweigh their benefits. One good example of such an imitation is this painting by Caspar David Friedrich. Being a painting, it is not 100% photorealistic, and some of the minor details are lost. Heck, even a photograph cannot fully capture the majesty of standing in that field and gazing upon those mountains. But what an imitation like this picture can do, is to give people a glimpse of what it is like somewhere else. This would played a much bigger role in the 19th century, where travel took much longer, and was much more expensive. But even this version

The American flag represents identity and national pride, signifying purity and innocence, representing hardiness & valour, and demonstrating vigilance, perseverance & justice for all. The coat of arms is an official seal used to authenticate certain documents issued by the U.S Federal Government; such as a passport, military cards, insignia, embassy placards, or various flags. The motto of “In God We Trust” was placed on the money because of increased religious sentiment existing during Civil War. Rev. M. R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel wrote a letter to the Secretary of Treasure explaining the importance of the Almighty God and

There were a lot of things going on in my life that began to affect my day to day life as well (including school). My mother had a stroke and is permanently disabled. For a majority of the year of 2016 taking care of her fell upon me. I lost my job, I lost my home and vehicle. These things happening consecutively caused me to fall into a deep depression. I couldn’t focus on taking care of my children or school. I tried but things just did not seem to be getting any better. I have experienced depression before, but never to the extent that I felt like life was

Being different shouldn’t matter in a country even when there’s no way of controlling it. In modern times when the Immigrant contribution started ‘’we come to realize that the melting pot need not mean in the end of particular ethnic identities or traditions’’ (JFK 27). ‘’We can only speak of people whose roots in america are older or newer’’ (JFK 24). People are an important part of history and we should come to realize that being different doesn't have to matter in offensive ways.

In one of the previous classes, the instructor discussed the pistachio story and at first I was not really understanding the purpose of it or knew if the discussion was even relevant to the class. It wasn’t until he completed the story and gave an explanation about it that it made it easier to understand. The final purpose of the story was to emphasize the idea that nothing is actually free.

To which of my points are you referring to as "irrelevant"? There must be a translation issue between you and I. It appears you believe I am worried or scared. While I greatly appreciate your concern respectfully I am neither. Pride in our great nation is relevant. The truth is relevant. Facts are relevant. Sadly you haven't any of the three. I am still waiting for you to produce the law that was broken by President Trump. It's kind of tough to impeach somebody on the basis of gut feelings and personal preferences coupled with a constant barrage of unfounded accusations from an unrelenting leftist media. Trolls such as yourself are traitors to this country and will be treated as such. It's called seditious conspiracy. Look it up. You won't

I don’t believe I’ve ever been misunderstood to an abnormal degree. But I do acknowledge the fact that there have been times in my life where I’ve been misunderstood more times than I would like to admit. One of the largest misunderstandings I’ve ever encountered was with a Vietnamese friend of mine. The language barrier between us really causes some issues sometimes, but most of the time he can understand what I’m saying, and I can understand what he’s saying. But we were playing a game together one day, and all of a sudden he’s asking me way too many questions that I can’t keep up with what he’s asking me, so I was trying to explain everything to him just to end up mixing up the answers to his questions in the confusion. Then there was another time when I was at a Sheetz and the lady was asking me about having a card with them or something, well I accidentally said “Yes” and she just went with it, so I’m trying to explain that I messed up, and that I don’t have a Sheetz card and she kept saying that I told her I had one when I really didn’t.