Persuasive Essay On Identity

24 million beer guts? 24 million shrimp on the barbie? Or 24 million who make up the most culturally diverse nation in the world? I don’t know about you, but I struggle to stereotype 24 million of the most different people on the planet. Good morning… etc. In contemporary society, the ability to identify an Australian is a challenge. The ABC states that national identities are “as varied as our imagination” and, “In Australia, the religious, cultural and ethnic complexity of our society is particularly diverse, making it extremely difficult to identify an Australian”. What would you look for if you were asked to identify an Australian? Tanned skin? Beer gut? Freckles? Wrong wrong wrong! You can’t identify an Australian based on a stereotypical image! According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, “75% of Australia’s population originates from overseas, or has a parent from overseas” (ABOE, 2016), making it impossible to identify what an Australian looks like. We Aussies share more than a hatred for cane toads and bits of butter in the vegemite. We share moral values and beliefs unique to our great nation. Belief in a fair go, never give up mindset, and courage. A character from the movie Australia, absolutely epitomizes the Australian identity. The man. The myth. The legend. The Drover.

There you are. Just standing there, looking back at your reflection through the mirror and seeing all of the negative words permanently sticking to you. Not very many people truly love who they are, and that is because of the society we live in today. No one likes to be judged all of the time for who they are or what they do. So, we end up doing anything to fit in, no matter what. Your identity is who you are and your actions, and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it, but some people are. Those people are the ones that have figured out that they won’t fit in unless they manage to change something, and unfortunately they choose to change their identity, because of stereotypes, prejudice, and self doubt.

Over the course of the semester I have crossed many boundaries that I never would have thought of. Whether that be domestically or culturally over the course of the year and with that it has changed my identity. This semester I found who I am more than anything and gave me an approach to how to live within a community that at first I do not know. With this being said I speak most likely for many that college started out scary as we knew no one and had never been away from home this long. I know personally I found my new identity that I never knew that I had because I crossed boundaries. As time goes on identity evolves when you cross domestic and international boundaries.

Being an athletes is one of the best-paid jobs on Earth. Being that they are paid so much the cost for the consumer is very high. The prices of tickets and sports memorabilia have been steadily rising over the years. The average ticket prices for the NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL all rose 5% to 10% this year, according to Jon Greenberg, executive editor of Team Marketing Report. (Mihoces).

Identity politics is defined as ‘a tendency for people of a particular religion, race, social background, etc., to form exclusive political alliances, moving away from traditional broad-based party politics.’ In simpler terms, identity politics promotes the idea of political issues to be solved from a point of interest based on a personal factor rather than their initial political siding. This form of dealing with issues has particularly been active recently with the likes of Trump’s presidential win and the uprising of issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality. Although I have found it to be more commonly upheld in the United States, Australia is not foreign to this concept as multiple instances including the ‘Changing of Australia Day’ and the ‘Same-sex Marriage Debate’ has brought forward the interests of groups based on characteristic rather than political siding.

The last time I saw Charlie outside prison walls we were on the run. Charlie was on the run, not I, I just went along for the ride because he was my husband. Charlie was on parole, but he loved to drink his booze. In our state it's a violation to drink while on parole.

Priveledged individuals ought not appropriate the culture of a marginalized group. In other words, people shouldn’t dress up or adorn themselves with clothing or objects that belong to another culture (or in a way that is offensive). This halloween, many parents were cautious about letting their child dress up as Polynesian Disney princess, because they were unsure of what others would say. Is it appropriate for a white child to dress up as a Polynesian princess? I would say no. It gives people from other cultures the impression that you think of them as costumes, and not people. Some important topicality would be the words:

As we look at our states upcoming elections it is a great time to clean house, and remove the people who refuse to actually represent their constituents. One local race that this is shown in is the 49th state senate district. It is Jim Tedisco facing Chad Putman, a completely unknown democrat. Tedisco has served for 20 years so he owns the name recognition, however what people do not realize is that Tedisco has voted against equal pay for women multiple times. It's time to revolt against the system and clean out the corruption from this great

It will be a never ending battle, the fight against identity theft. With the advances in technology and what I feel is the increase in people being lazy and relying on technology for so many things, opportunities for hackers or cyber criminals to steal identity only grows. The government has teams, programs, highly trained individuals, and recommendations for combating these cyber crimes but as these defenses become more advanced so do the criminals committing the crimes.

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Health, United States, 2002. Flegal et. al. JAMA. 2002;288:1723-7. NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, 1998.

This school year, Phoenix Military Academy has created a new policy regarding school ID’s. Students are expected to wear their ID’s throughout the school day. Lately, students who don’t carry that piece of equipment he or she will be punished with detention.

Imagine a student is in the discipline office of their school. They have just received a citation for failing to comply with the established dress code. They are given the option to change their clothes or receive ‘in school suspension’. Of course, the student believes their “offense” is ridiculous. It was only a mere rip in the right knee of their jeans. What should they do? Accept what they’ve been told, and change into one of the school’s spare pair of pants? Or resist, accept their punishment and petition for change? To conform, or to be an individual? That is a question countless people ask themselves every day. Of course, conforming can cause less trouble for others, however, acting as an individual can bring a troubled mind tranquility. Forming groups to support different ideas, or even supporting a subject alone, can cause trouble for those involved, or it can bring change about for the better. Individuality allows growth as a society and species, despite that, conformity is not unnecessary, the biases between the two cause a great deal of conflict in today’s society.

“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.

Have you ever seen vipers just constrict around their prey, taking away their last hope and breathe? Time and time again the world wants everyone to be seen individuality and yet at the same time they want to see everyone in perfect order. Mankind is a different kind of confusion, they want everyone to be like themselves and yet at the same they want us to look just the same. Always bland and tasteless, nothing to show color, nothing to show the beauty that we show when we are ourselves. Uniforms just another viper that constrict our great individuality, our emotions, our wanting to be seen not just some other person.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.