The UT Girl: The Nature Of Choices

Decisions are what direct a average person's life. Some decisions are easy some are hard. But that’s the way of life and how it works.

Choices can be thought of as effortless and swift, or they can require hours of brain work. If anything, the person making the harder choice is put under more stress than accustomed to. Most of the people affected in the choice the person makes know the similar decision process the decider endures. In the novel Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan, Jake Semple, a known delinquent, unwanted in all schools in Rhode Island, was sent to the Creative Academy so he could improve on his deportment. As the book progresses, Jake is forced to choose a path out of each of the many crossroads featured in the book.

Having choices can sometime leave a negative result that could affect others. Because of some individuals who could have caused problems for society,or because of strict individuals working for the government, choices are sometimes limited to the privileged. But it can cause problems for individuals who need the ability to make their own choices for their own sake.

Today, we can find tabloids and magazines on shelves of supermarkets or kiosks with pictures of celebrities or occasionally normal people who do not realize that they were photographed while they were in their home or enjoying their vacations. The motivation for those photographers who take those photos are probably the same which motivated Darwin Bonaparte to film John in the novel “Brave New World”. They aspire to be famous and wealthy. They are truly selfish, irresponsible and materialistic. Indeed, they gravely violate the right of those people to have privacy. For example, an article published in the USA Today mentions and presents different opinions about it,

Having a plethora of choice may appear to promote the freedom of individuals, but when the quantity of choices a person is required to make becomes overloaded, the pressure builds and that “sense of freedom” becomes a sense of entrapment. There are so many choices available that there are going to be both

People in today’s society want to blame everything that happens on someone. If there is no discernable culprit, mob mentality will take over and that mob will eventually point the blame toward someone or something. Regardless of whether or not that person is truly to blame. Julie Amero fell victim to this. As a substitute teacher Julie was entrusted to look after a 7th grade class. When she noticed the class crowded around a computer she went to investigate. What she saw on the screen appalled and frightened her. Popup after popup of pornography littered the screen. Every time she closed one window another would open. It wasn’t until she turned off the screen and sent the children away that that children stopped seeing all of these images. When the parents of the children in the class caught wind of this, they immediately went to the principle. The parents did not stop there, they called the police whom eventually arrested and indicted Julie Amero with four counts of Risking injury to a minor, which can carry maximum sentence of 20 years.

Every day of our lives, we make choices. Some of these choices are very difficult, while others might be so easy that they are subconscious. Each decision we make comes with a downfall. That is the next best option we could have chosen or what we call the opportunity cost of making the decision that we did!

One word that is powerful known to man is the word “choice.” In our lifetime, we are bombarded with choices so that we have to make in order to help shape our lives. We don’t know if our rights will outweigh our wrongs but we have to try. Commonly we are held to culture value. What I mean by that is, we typically set standards on several scales of right or wrong, acceptable or unacceptable to important or unimportant within society. However, along with these set standards, we’re still held accountable for what we do. Our personal responsibility of willingness to accept these standards will help separate us from our peers by inheriting integrity, showing deed, in order to ease any burdens we may encounter. Abiding by these principles, can help shape us into becoming a better person than were perceived to be.

I agree with Strawson in this matter because, for example, if I am given two choices; whether to go out on Sunday night or study for a test that I

Ana Veciana-Suarez’s article titled, “A Senior’s Photo is Too Sexy for the School Yearbook” is an opinion filled piece about a senior’s controversial yearbook picture. The controversial picture is that of Sydney Spies, a 18-year-old high-school student. In the picture, the young woman is wearing a cropped black top, a yellow miniskirt and is posing with her leg propped on a black staircase. There has been a lot of backlash against the picture. Many people agree that the picture is too revealing and is inappropriate for a high school yearbook. Suarez, the author of this article voices her opinion not only as the mother of a high-school student, but also as a previous attendee of a Catholic high school. Suarez’s opinion in the article arises from her personal experience; she utilizes her own yearbook picture as well as her son’s yearbook to show that Sydney Spies’ picture is too risqué and is therefore, extremely inappropriate. The article, “A Senior’s Photo is Too Sexy for the School Yearbook” is poorly supported with little to no credibility; the article contains logical fallacies such as Ad Hominem, appeal to emotion and appeal to the people. The logical fallacies along with the overall lack of appeals (ethos, logos and pathos) make Suarez’s argument ineffective and poorly executed.

Sometimes the hardest decisions are the most important, and are the ones that shape and sculpt your journey through life. Whenever I am faced with a dilemma, like whether to start a new episode of The Office on Netflix or to proofread my global history essay, I remember to take a step back to better analyze the situation which, at times can change my perspective.

If intelligent personal choices are not well-built, the conflicts can one or the other have a positive or negative conclusion. In Williams “The

Choices are an important part of everyone’s lives and the choices we make can reflex who we are as individuals. Choice and the ability to choose are excellent and can represent a sense of freedom. Schwartz’s and Iyengard’s analysis on choice focused on the effects of choice in people and how people react and deal with it. Schwartz’s Official Dogma and explanation of how Americans act in response to choice making is the most relatable to individuals and clearly chows the consequences of too much choice. His analysis can assist to people realize that maybe because we have more choice doesn’t necessarily mean we will make us happier or the best decision will be made. Understanding the consequences of too much choice can possibly make individuals improve the negative effects it can have and make us happier with our

All through life, we experience various occasions when decision-making become necessary. A number of them present themselves in difficult forms and at crucial points. Most of the verdict we take will eventually figure and describe our track of lives. These are what we refer to as lessons of life. Choices never present themselves in an easy way. In some instance we are always forced to pay a price to achieve something. This implies that we are trading for an outcome we are seeking.

Everything you do is a choice. You choose the way you are living today. As we walk on the path of life, we are presented with cross roads and forks. Some are pretty obvious which turn we should take. However, not everything is easy in life. And in the fast pace life we are currently living in right now, we move so fast that we meet many more challenges than before and often, we hastily decide on the choices we make.