Commentary On The Article 'Civil Rites' By Caroline Miller

In Eliade’s The Sacred and the Profane, he accentuates the inevitable distinction between the sacred and profane.This develops when an individual tries to establish himself in his world and acknowledges his own individuality of the worldly and physical spaces he takes up. Chaos seems to be in the areas where the profane governs and there are no principles in a profane universe. The idea of the sacred comes from knowledge itself. The brahmanas defines religion and human existence with the sacredness embedded in water which brings forth life.

Every Culture has a set of rituals that they partake in, that are often constructed over a long period of time. Simple Actions, and special moments contain so much meaning and make everlasting memories. All rituals despite the locations they originate from, or the location they are carried out in contain the same components, they are repetitive, symbolic, remind a certain group of people about their values and beliefs, and these rituals commemorate a significant moment. For example christians commemorate the birth of christ by attending mass, and many other cultures celebrate this moment in many different ways that have in depth symbolic meaning. In the book “Guests of the Sheik” by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea rituals play a major role. Fernea’s husband Bob is an anthropologist studying the occupants of a small village named El Nahra and their culture. Fernea has documented her experiences, and adventures, and her perspective of the many rituals that the townspeople participate in such as, Ramadan, Muharram, weddings, and pilgrimages. In Muslim culture pilgrimages are immensely important and can even lead to an elevated status. Such as the pilgrimage to Mecca. Fernea is able to participate in a pilgrimage to Karbala with a couple of the towns women she had befriended. The Pilgrimage to Karbala is a symbolic, and cultural ritual in the aspect that it is reenacted every year, and is full of symbolic meaning, commemorates an important occasion and reminds a culture about their

Many times my family has gone out to restaurants, having nice experiences. Other visits not so much. One outing in particular, my family and I ate out at an upscale French restaurant in Virginia. The food was good. However, my dad left a small tip for the level of service provided by our snobby waitress. Leaving the restaurant, we heard a “Sir! Excuse me, Sir.” Our waitress hurried across the parking lot in effort to catch up with us. She asked, “Did I do something wrong?” In which dad replied, “No, you didn’t do anything wrong, why?” She hastily replied, “The tip. The tip,” upset with the amount left.

The waitress at your favorite restaurant hastens through the kitchen all the way to your table to serve you your food.This is their daily routine. Some may be teenagers trying to get some pocket money, while others may be full time adults trying to make a living.Waiters typically make less than minimum wage. Keeping this in mind, waiters and waitresses solely rely on tips due to their extremely low wages. Tips make up pretty much their whole income. The tipping concept came about in the sixteenth century in Europe for promptitude. Tipping would essentially provide better service for customers. From the seventeen hundreds to this day, tipping has been ingrained into our societal norm.Tipping is so common that if one does not tip they are

Todd Schwartz the author of “American Jerk: Be Civil, or I’ll Beat You to a Pulp” states “We have arrived at simultaneously the most and least civil moment in U.S. history” (Schwartz, 2009, para 2). Is he crazy? Is he right? He is probably crazy. Our society can be both civil and uncivil, but examples of our compassion for others outshine our incivility, and by helping people like the disabled, disadvantaged and even animals our society shows that we are not in the least civil time, but definitely the most.

Over the course of the last several decades, the polarization of American society’s use of positive and negative social etiquette in all interactions has reached its greatest level in recorded history. Never before have we been more aware of the greater events taking place in the world, yet ignorant and uncaring of the smaller more personal intricacies of our daily lives. At least, this is what freelance writer Todd Schwartz would lead us to believe in his thought provoking paper “American Jerk”. The majority of statements Schwartz’ makes in this article are accurate for the majority of American society, yet he draws several flawed parallels and fails to provide the necessary information to prove his greater accusations. This results in

Tipping your server is very important, to them. Servers basically rely on tips to makeup for our low hourly wages. Some people just want a nice meal without spending a bucket of money but tipping your serve is almost a must. I’ve worked at 2 different restaurants and serves where only paid $5.00 or $4.75. If I work a

Teachers, police officers and doctors all help society be safe, healthy, and educated. They do all of this and get paid for it. One of the things they have in common is that they don’t have to work for tips. Imagine a world where you tip your teacher after they showed you how to solve a math problem. It would be ridiculous to tip your teacher for them doing their job. We wouldn’t treat professionals like this, so why do we treat waiters and waitresses like this? With our current way of using tips as a way of rewarding the server is degrading because they are experts at serving multiple people a day and they are paid low wages with an insignificant amount of tips for their professionalism. America’s tipping culture has been around for a long

To Tip or not to tip? A question that has had quite a debate as of late when it was brought to the United States from Europe. It went against Americas “devotion to equality” and caused class discrepancies, but that was the nineteenth century not 2018. Have opinions about tipping have changed since then? “Well, yes and no” People still hold on to the practice saying it helps with pay while others say it causes a splitting of equality among employees. Tipping should be removed entirely because of what it can cause among the workers owners, customers and the business.

It is a privilege to be able to share with those who provided you with service. The mere are of tipping displays a level of appreciation for that which another has provided for you. Even if the service was not up to the standard, tipping the waitress/waiter operates as a form of forgiveness in that process. There must be some empathy extended to others when they have missed the mark, just the same as God has extended toward us when we miss the mark. Leaving a good tip speaks volumes for the tipper but also helps with recapturing relational capital that may have been lost by previous Christians.

Tipping is said to have originated in the taverns of eighteenth century England because drinkers would give money to their waiter so they would in turn provide them with good service. This then became a tradition in America, but it is not embraced by all. Many people find it unnecessary to tip if they receive poor service, but it is still a widely accepted social norm throughout the country.

The database that I am planning on using in Unit eights is Tips. I am a firm believer in giving a waiter or a waitress is because they make so little money. As per industry specialists, tips in the US add up to about $40 billion a year. The normal tippers crosswise over most ventures give around 15% to 20%, and that it's dependably a smart thought to tip more. The inclination to tip is not selective to Americans. In an examination looking at tipping in the U.S. what's more, Israel, Azar found that individuals in the two nations would preferably tip than pay benefit charges, regardless of the way that individuals as a rule tip more than the settled measure of an administration charge. There's not an authoritative conclusion with respect to why,

Civil discourse is at the basis of progressing society. Without it, the world could perhaps remain stagnant. We live in a fast paced world that is always morphing and changing. As the world evolves, so does science and we need to be able to create new laws and re-evaluate old ones to ensure that they are appropriate for modern day. We also need to be able to address ideas and topics with many different perspectives, with all parties being respected and considered. To oppose civil discourse is to oppose innovation. Without the one there is no other. The two go hand in hand because to ever progress, one must first challenge the old and present something new.

For a religion that professes a conviction for love, peace, and understanding, Christianity, during its early stages, was met with a great deal of maliciousness, turbulence, and misconceptions. While Christianity was growing, the Roman Empire witnessed several attempts to stop the spread of it. Unfortunately, the persecution of Christians was common during the first through third centuries; a clear indicator that much of Rome and the pagan societies within its boundaries decided to deal with Christianity in the most extreme and horrific way possible. These instances of severe aggression towards Christians were often sporadic and local. One of the communities that oversaw the expulsion of the Christians within their ranks was the town of Lyons in Gaul. The description of the desecration of the ecclesiastical congregation in this area is documented in a letter written by the churches located nearby to their contemporaries in Asia Minor. It details the tortures of those that proclaimed the faith and what they were submitted to. Young and old were imprisoned, beaten, grilled, mauled by animals, and much more. But what could cause the pagan majority to inflict such gory damage to the seemingly peaceful religion? The same letter condemning these actions also provides an answer. Although it is slightly ambiguous as to what sparked the outburst, it hints the possible reasons on why they were targeted. What started out as misconceptions grew into fear, and then when the Christians

My fifteen minute drive to Marian every morning used to consist of two things: focusing only on what is in front of me and loud music. However, after learning about Sacramentality this semester, I have a new and improved routine which is better for me and my relationship with God and others. Going into my junior I could not even give you a slightest indication of what Sacramentality was. However, in just a few short months, I can go into great detail about what it means to me and how it has impacted my everyday life.