Make sure that you reread and review Act 2 as there will most likely be a quiz on Monday. Please choose from one of the following to blog about:
How would you respond if you learned someone else was going to receive an unearned award? What if you thought you deserved the award? How does jealousy play into how we make decisions or react to other people's success?
Do you know of a situation where someone cheated the system to get what they wanted? (Avoid school related activities if possible) Is there a time when cheating the system is acceptable? Do you feel you have cheated the system ever? Give an example and/or how it made you feel.
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I would be very upset if someone received an award and they had no right to win it. I hate when good things happen to people who do nothing to deserve it. If I thought that I deserved the award, I might be tempted to say something. We do things we might regret if we are jealous to make ourselves feel better at the time, or to make the other person feel sad or mad or jealous as well. Like flirting with other girls just to make your ex jealous or whatever. People do stupid things because they can't stand it when another person get's "rewarded" for wrong-doing's or laziness.
If I found out someone else was going to receive an unearned award I would be very upset. When people get awards and other things that they don't deserve, I dont appreciate it. They didn't deserve that award and they don't need it. If I thought I deserved the award I would be very upset. I would probably say something. Jealousy plays a big part into how we make decisions or react to other people's success. Most people get jealous of others, and end up something they regret. All this to make us feel better at the time. But after a while, most likely we won't feel good anymore. A situation where someone cheated the system to get what they wanted is in a marathon. I'm sure people have cheated to get the top prize. I believe that cheating the system is never acceptable. If someone cheats the system, then they don't deserve the award. I'm sure there is at least one time when I have cheated the system to get what I wanted at the time. This doesn't mean I am proud of what I have done in the past. An example of when I have cheated the system is in a drawing contest when I was 10. I wanted to win the grand prize so I had a friend who is better at drawing than me draw the picture for me. I sent it in and I won the grand prize. It made me feel happy and excited at first. But then I felt regrets, and guilty. This is because it wasn't my work. I learned that cheating the system just to get what you want isn't the right thing to do. It is also not the only way to get what you want.
If I figured out that somebody was getting an award for something they really didn't do my response would depend on what happened. If they got an award for something i did I would be very mad at him or her. If they got an award for something that somebody else did and I didn't know that somebody then i wouldn't be mad(if that makes sense). I would just think they are helpless and can't do anything for themselves. I never get jealous. I think it's stupid and kind of funny when 2 people break up and one of them tries to make the other one jealous. I get envy when new bands or rappers come out and they are makin it big. The reason why they have me envy is because I'm thinkin "that could be me on the radio". My envy doesn't come out in a bad way, it comes out in songs. Now I just got to record them.
Evan E(i accidently deleted my other conmment blog thing haha my bad)
If someone were to recieve a uneaned reward i would be very disapointed. I would not have respect for that person. And if i was the next person to get it and he got it over me i would be very very upset. If i truely deserved it i would say to his face i hope he feels good about what he had done. And maaybe the guilt will get to him just like i think its gunna get to macbeth. Jealosy plays a big role in that. I thin people get mad if someone wins something over them becasue they want it more. And really dont want them to have it if they no it.
I would be totally pissed off if someone won an award that they didn't desesrve. I hated when people get award's for something that they didn't do. Even though I hate it I still control myself and shake it off and forget that it never happened. I think that that is one of my favorable traits in where something happens tat really makes me mad but within an hour, I come up with a solution to my anger and the person that pissed me off are my friends again. I think that jealousy plays a huge role in how we look at other people's success and rewards in life. I think that every person has a jealousy in them and when they see other people be successfull they wish it was them. Even in school you can see the popular kids and then you see the kids that are jealous of them and they try to imitate them so they become successfull too. I think that everything in life revolves around how a person thinks and reacts to certain situiations and I know that everyone has jealousy in them, but I also belivve that it can be controlled and use in good ways.
Cody Dykes
How would you respond if you learned someone else was going to receive an unearned award? What if you thought you deserved the award? How does jealousy play into how we make decisions or react to other people's success?
This is tricky for me to answer. There would be some sense of jealousy. But i had a choice to cheat as well. There is never a unfair advantage. Everyone has a equal chance to do things. It all depends on a persons motivation to achieve those goals. If you are willing to go the extra mile you will win over the person who does the bare minimum. The last part i think really depends on the person's state of mind. A hot head will react different to calm person.
As there have been several instances in which I've experienced this phenomenon, I am sure of how I feel. I'm jealous, angry, and incredulous all at the same time. Without naming any names, a certain someone has won the Board of Education award every year since middle school. His father and mother are on the board, and I think that he shouldn't be able to in it because of that. That award is for people who show respect and manner, and he has none. Do I think I should have won that award? Nah, I'm not that arrogant as to say I should have gotten it, but I do know someone else who should have. If I though I should have won it, then I probably would be very bitter, angry and even vengeful. I'd probably not say anything to anyone but my friends, but that's because society doesn't go along with speaking the truth along with one's mind. I would say that this shows jealousy has a direct impact on what we think and what we say. I know that if I'm jealous of something, I'd do quite a bit including extorting my parents to get it.
I would say that my mother's friends cheat the system quite a bit. To live in a decently nice home, they do something which could be regarded as rather smart, yet still bad. When they buy a house, they take out a mortgage. After a while, they simply sell the house, take out another mortgage under her parent's name and buy another house. They let the last house go into foreclosure and when their credit takes a hit, they live in the other house for five years. After that, they take out a mortgage under their name, let the last house default and do on and so on. Since banks allow up to a year before they foreclose, that's a year they get free. While I don't think that this is a very honest thing to do, it does benefit them an doesn't hurt anyone.
I think that there are times when cheating the system is acceptable. If you have little money, I'd say that it's not terrible if you don't report all your income, or figure out a way to not pay your entire income tax. The US government is an ironic thing in that, it cannot keep track of it's own spending, but can hound people to death about what they owe the government.
I know I have cheated "the system". Instead of purchasing an internet plan, we use our neighbor's. I mean, it doesn't hurt anyone and they have never complained, so no harm done. As to how I feel, I feel powerful. In control. It's the same in airsoft or paintball when you have your target at your mercy. You look through your iron-sights and feel a certain thrill and a surge of power. It's a "do I pull the trigger and tag him?" or not? It's that same exhilaration that people feel when they cheat the system and get away with it. You do it because if feels good. It's that rush that people love, I know I do.
I would be pissed off if someone received and award dat they didnt deserved. It really annoyeds me becasue when your the one trying to get that award. while the other person who does nothing and gets the award. Jealousy plays in this because when you know you deserved something you get jelouse of the other person. i belive that every person has a jealousy in them and when they see other people be haooy they wish it was them. you might try to act that your happy for that person, just so you dont show any sign of jealousy. But there also, people that dont get jealous.
I wouldn't really care if someone were to receive an unearned award because it might make them pretty happy and in that case good for them. I wouldn't mind if the award was intended for me because I don't do things to get awards/recognition. A time when cheating the system is acceptable is when there are no victims and you will benefit, if you believe in what Ayn Rand says, as I do.
How would you respond if you learned someone else was going to receive an unearned award? What if you thought you deserved the award? How does jealousy play into how we make decisions or react to other people's success.
If someone recieved an award that was unearned, I would be unhappy. I don't really think I would say anything. Well, it depends on what the situation is I guess. I could'nt recieve an award for something I didn't do. I have a guilty conscious. The feeling of lieing would haunt me and I probally couldn't go through with it. I would rather have the satisfaction of doing something than getting an award. Jelousy plays a big role because it is what makes us greedy. When we feel jelous we are willing to do anything to be like that person. All of these blog themes of the past week are related in the same ways. One leads to another.
i would be very mad and pissed off. good things should not be happening to peopple dat dont deserve it. if i think i should be gettin dat ward i would say somthing and do something to try n get it. jealousy is wat makes u do da desisions. u can be mad and do the wrong thing n u wount get awarded. people get mad when they think some one wat awarded when they shouldnt of. some people dont get jealous and dont do wrong things. that kind of people dat dont do wrong things get awarded.
Alan Hernandez
I know a situation where someone has cheated the system to stay out of jail. The person had committed a crime and they got questioned about it by authorities and some how stayed out of jail. I'm sure that they lied their way out of it. I'm not sure what really happened because I was not involved. I guess it would be okay to cheat the system if the situation had potential to ruin the rest of your life. I feel that I have cheated the system at least once in my life. It made me feel like I could do it again but I probably wouldn't because that one time could get you in trouble. It could have different penalties depending on what you have done.
I would be extremely disappointed if I found out that someone won an award and didn’t deserve it. It would defiantly sting if I worked my ass off and the award went to someone who really didn’t deserve consideration for it. I think the hardest part of this situation would to be to shake it off and continue to move forward. You just have to realize that life is fair and there are ways to cheat the system. Jealousy plays a huge role in how we react to other people’s success. Jealousy can be a negative by effecting communication between two or more people. Jealousy can be a positive by motivating people to achieve and beat out other people for the award they really do deserve. Jealousy plays a major role in society especially when it comes down to awards.
How would you respond if you learned someone else was going to receive an unearned award? What if you thought you deserved the award? How does jealousy play into how we make decisions or react to other people's success?
If someone was going to get something that they dont deserve I would probably be mad at that person. It's not fair to the people that actually work for something. If I thought I deserved the award then I probably wouldnt try to have them give it to me. I think it would be good enough for me to know that I deserve that award. I wouldnt really care if I didnt get it because I know i deserved it. When you get jealous you do things that you cant control. You say things that a lot of the time you dont mean. I think Jealousy would be a big thing if someone stole your award.
If I found out that someone is receiving an award for something they didn’t do I wouldn’t really care, but if I was not receiving and award for something I put a lot of time and effort into I would be mad. If I thought that I deserved the award I would be mad for a while and try to get the award taken form the other person by proving they were wrong. When we are jealous we usually make bad decisions and something always goes wrong and we end up more hurt than we started out. Also when we are jealous we see the other person as immediately becoming a bad person and hating them until we find another pointless thing to hate. Jealousy could also ruin perfectly good relationships, it could happen if your gf or bf says something or is talking to his or her ex, and then you get jealous and not want to talk to that person. When other people become successful and you get to watch you tend to hate that person because you are the one doing all the hard work while this person was just sucking up to the boss and got your promotion.
How would you respond if you learned someone else was going to receive an unearned award? What if you thought you deserved the award? How does jealousy play into how we make decisions or react to other people's success?
I f someone was to receive a award and they didnt deserve it. I would be pissed off. If i thought i deserved the award i dont know what i could really do about it. If you let the other person just go and win that award you will regert it for the rest of your life. So you have to do something about it. I think people get mad if someone wins something over them becasue they want it more. And really dont want them to have it if they know it. And if you let them win that award you would be jealous the rest of your life.
ONe example of when someone cheated the system is when you got the money from those collage books. I think this was a very good idea. I would consider this to be acceptable because its just like returing bottles. When you take bottles back you get money for them and then are turned into bottles again for slae later so no one is losing money. This is the same as what you did with the books because you were getting the money for them and then they could re sell the books and get the money back later.
personaly, if i found out someone was going to earn an award and they didnt do anythnig to deserve it ide be pretty pissed. mainly becausesay you did all the work, and they took credit for it. like writing a book for example. say i wrote a book and my brother or good friend took it and went to get it published and they made millions because of it. jealousy playsa big role in some peoples lives, mainly because someone would want to maybe cheat and try and get better than their enemy or pponent. like in a snowboarding race, someone uses wax that is against the rules so they can win. thats an example of jealousy because they tried to cheat to win, and thats what most people do when they are jealous. and sometimes people will be successful with this and try it again in the future.
If i learned that somebody else earned an award that i deserved i would be pissed off. I would probley always be thinking to myself that this was my reward and somebody took it from me. I would probley want to accuse him from it but im not that kind of person. I would be jelous if it was my friend won it. I would because he would always try to rub it in my face and i will always try to fight him about it. If it was sombody i didnt know i would call him a scammer and call it out in front of everbody. But i would never get an award taken away from me because im BRANDON ''Fricken" LENGYEL.
If i learned that someone had earned somthing they didnt desirve id be mad. I dont think i would care too much if it didnt effect me, but if it did it would be a different story. If i thought i diserved the reward i might have done somthing stupid that would make it even worse. Or i could try to prove tht they cheated to get the prize for myself. I dont know anyone who cheated the system outside of school. I think that cheating the system is unacceptable. Why would you even want somthing you didnt earn? If you have to cheat somthing to get some stupid little reward you should feel sick. You are stealing somthing from other people that have put time and effort into it. I dont think i have ever cheated the system in a big way.
sorry its late, need to break this habbit
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