Taking On Multiple Perspectives For An American Adult

This paper will examine Robert C. Solomon's Emotions and Choices article, to best identify what anger is, and to what extent a rational human being is responsible for their anger. Firstly, Solomon's argument must be described. A quick summation of Solomon's argument can be found in the following four points: Emotions are judgements, emotions are chosen, emotions serve a purpose, and emotions are rational.1 To quote Solomon, he explains that “Emotions are not occurrences, and do not happen to us. They ... may be chosen like an action.”2

Have you ever tried listening to everything going on at the same time at a fast food restaurant during the lunch time rush hour? Well, I did and I am going to share the results of my whirlwind encounter last week. Within my observation, I will go over the layout of the establishment in which my observation was conducted, as well as who came to the establishment, the conversations and the interactions that took place. I hope you enjoy my observation and respect my findings from this visit.

Studying in a foreign country is an interesting experience of an individual lifetime. One tends to learn a number of things relating to ways of life in a foreign land. Social, political and economic values and aspects are usually different from one region to another. Therefore, through studying abroad one is able to learn different issues about another society such as gender and sexuality issues, social class and race/ethnicity issues. Having come from a developing country studying in the U.S.A has been a great experience personally. This paper will attempt to provide a reflection of my personal experience on studying in the U.S by comparing the history of Angola and the U.S.

Growing up in Ghana, I had heard a lot of things about the U.S. This was a country I had always wanted to visit; my prayer was answered when I got the opportunity to travel there. Arriving in a new environment came with many experiences. Adjusting with food, language and the weather was not easy. With the passage of time, however I have been able to0 adjust and fit it. This write-up therefore is to elaborate on my experiences since coming to U.S.

Stepping out of my first plane ride, I experience an epiphany of new culture, which seems to me as a whole new world. Buzzing around my ears are conversations in an unfamiliar language that intrigues me. It then struck me that after twenty hours of a seemingly perpetual plane ride that I finally arrived in The United States of America, a country full of new opportunities. It was this moment that I realized how diverse and big this world is. This is the story of my new life in America.

With the inability to find common grounds of perspective the sense of being able to change the world as we perceive it is halted. By matter of opinion a good correlating conception can be drawn from the story of the ancient “Tower of Bable” which was never completed due to inability to reach mutual understanding. It is impossible to make anyone understand anything from one’s own personal perspective being that it is entirely their choice. A long term sense of complacency in one’s own personal perspective can create a barrier of leaving a perspective and perception zone thus making it harder to change the world as it

2. New perspectives- Let's face it, the business world is constantly changing and in order to be successful companies must adapt and change over time.

That day I walked back home from primary school is one I would never consign to oblivion (“Consign to Oblivion” is an exceptional song I would recommend). We were laughing and frolicking in painstakingly tailored school-clothes as we carried our backpacks and lunch-boxes on the dirt road. It was unbeknown to me that I would no longer see my dear friends again. As I took off my shoes and entered the dwelling, I saw my mom`s troubled face and immediately realized the severity of the situation. It took mere minutes for my parents to elucidate this predicament and devastate my six-year-old world. America? Why?

Being new in U.S gave the opportunity to start a new life with new, and hopefully, better opportunities. But it also implies to start from zero, from the bottom have nothing. Sleeping on the floor without television, without a cellphone and trying to find a good taste to the food from here made me feel like a prisoner in a nice jail.

At St. Anne School, the lunch lines are too long, and since there is extra money in the budget, the school should invest in an army of chef and waiter monkeys. Although this is an unusual idea, it may be of some use. After a long day with possibly no breakfast, people may need to wait 15-30 minutes to get served at one of the three currently available hot lunch windows. This may not seem like a long time, but middle school students are incredibly impatient and whiny, so to one of them, it is. After the 15-30 minute wait, there are only about 15 minutes left to either eat your lunch in the cafeteria or go to a classroom to do something, such as an Accelerated Reading Test or makeup work. Also, because of the long wait, many students miss

The final subject was the person I stood in line behind at the checkout. The subject was Female, Caucasian, approximately the same height, body type and age as I. She was the third person in line. I was the fourth, and the guy from the deli section was the fifth. I noticed that while people were standing in line, each person allowed the customer who was paying at the counter stand 6

The idea of taking on multiple perspectives can be applied to many scenarios, from making decisions as the president of a nation to running a day care. One of the most accessible perspectives for an American adult is the small business. By engaging in the perspective of other people at a business you either work at or are a customer at, you gain a certain understanding that makes you more relaxed and more pleasant. For example we can take an almost universal experience in the developed world, ordering food at a fast food restaurant.

An employee of a business gets the point of view of his fellow employees on a specific operation of the business.

persons of all backgrounds and from all eras need to consider: truth, beauty, goodness, liberty, equality, and justice (Adler 1981).

Then, something happened. It was near the end of my 11-hour shift on a Sunday. It was quite busy as it was a hot summer night. The line was almost to the outside of the door while there was only two of us working. A man and his son walked in. They stood there and stared at the menu for a while.