Cassie Lyne
English 11 A12
9/27/2009
Project 1: This I Belive-2nd Draft
Have you ever heard the phrase “Nice guys finish last”? I for one do not think this is true at all. I believe in Karma, or in other words “What goes around comes around”. I believe that good things happen to good people who deserve them, and no matter what you do wrong, or how serious it might be it will still come back to affect you negatively in the end.
Karma is something I think everyone should consider in everyday life. In general, if you treat people with kindness and respect it is more likely that you will receive kindness and respect in return. Sometimes you are forced to be kind even if you don’t want to be. For Example, I work as a waitress about three nights a week. It is my job to give my customers the service, and friendliness they deserve. This gives the restaurant I work for a good name, and hopefully in the end I will get a good tip. Even if I am having a bad day, or if I am simply not the mood it is still my job to not let my mood show and give good service to my customers. This in my opinion is a good example of karma because if I was rude, and did not give my tables the attention and service they needed then in return I wouldn’t make any money. However, karma is not exactly about doing something to receive a reward of prize in return.
In the dictionary Karma is explained as “The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.” Karma is also related with fate. I believe in karma as not knowing how something will eventually affect you in the end. A very close friend of mine has been in a relationship for almost two years. At first the two were very happy, one night she made a huge mistake while partying with her friends and others in a college dorm. She ended up cheating on her boyfriend, and never told him about it. No matter how awful or guilty she felt she could not bring herself to tell her boyfriend because she knew it would put an end to her relationship. As selfish as this may seem she knew he would never find out and this became just a part of her past that she no longer considered “a big deal”. She is now burdened with a huge problem in her relationship because it is almost as if her boyfriend has pushed himself away from her. She claims he no longer puts his all into their relationship and seems to put everything else before her, and this causes the couple to fight constantly. She knows he still does not know anything about what happened that night, and she has no idea why he recently started acting this way. In my opinion this is a perfect example of karma.
My friend was aware that what she did was very wrong but still, she choose not to come clean thinking everything would be okay. Now consequently her relationship is falling apart. So ultimately in the end it almost seems as if it was fate for their relationship to not work out. Karma can affect you everyday life, or affect you seriously in the long run. No matter which way I am a strong believer in karma, and I think everyone should always consider their actions, and how it can affect others or later affect themselves.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Draft: "This I Believe"
Cassie Lyne
English 11 A12
9/21/09
Project1: "This I Believe"
Have you ever heard the phrase “Nice guys finish last”? I for one don’t think this is true at all. I believe in Karma, or in other words “What goes around come around”. I believe that good things happen to good people who deserve them, and no matter what you do wrong or how serious it might be it will still come back to affect you negatively in the end.
Karma is something I think everyone should consider in everyday life. In general, if you treat people with kindness and respect it is more likely that you will receive kindness, and respect in return. Sometimes you are forced to be kind even if you don’t want to be. I work as a waitress about three nights a week. It is my job to give my customers the service, and friendliness they deserve. This gives the restaurant I work for a good name, and in the end I will hopefully get a good tip. Even if I am having a bad day, or if I am simply not the mood it is still my job to not let my mood show and give good service to my customers. This in my opinion is a good example of karma because if I was rude, and didn’t give my tables the attention and service they needed then in return I wouldn’t make any money. However, karma isn’t exactly about doing something to receive a reward of prize in return.
In the dictionary Karma is explained as “The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.” Karma is also related with fate. I believe in karma as not knowing how something will eventually affect you in the end. A very close friend of mine has been in a relationship for almost two years at first the two were very happy. One night she made a huge mistake while parting with her friends, and others in a college dorm she ended up cheating on her boyfriend, and never told him about it. No matter how awful or guilty she felt she could not bring herself to tell her boyfriend because she knew it would put an end to her relationship. As selfish as this may seem she knew he would never find out and this eventually became just a part of her past that she no longer considered “a big deal”. She is now burdened with a huge problem in her relationship because it is almost as if her boyfriend has pushed himself away from her. She claims he no longer puts his all into there relationship and seems to put everything else before her, and this causes the couple to fight constantly. She knows he still doesn’t know anything about what happened that night, and she has no idea why he recently started acting this way. In my opinion this is a perfect example of karma.
My friend was aware that what she did was very wrong but still, she choose not to come clean thinking everything would be okay. Now as I already mentioned her relationship is falling apart. So ultimately in the end it almost seems as if it was fate for there relationship to not work out. Karma can affect you everyday life, or affect you seriously in the long run. No matter which way I am a strong believer in karma, and I think everyone should always consider there actions, and how it can affect others or later affect themselves.
English 11 A12
9/21/09
Project1: "This I Believe"
Have you ever heard the phrase “Nice guys finish last”? I for one don’t think this is true at all. I believe in Karma, or in other words “What goes around come around”. I believe that good things happen to good people who deserve them, and no matter what you do wrong or how serious it might be it will still come back to affect you negatively in the end.
Karma is something I think everyone should consider in everyday life. In general, if you treat people with kindness and respect it is more likely that you will receive kindness, and respect in return. Sometimes you are forced to be kind even if you don’t want to be. I work as a waitress about three nights a week. It is my job to give my customers the service, and friendliness they deserve. This gives the restaurant I work for a good name, and in the end I will hopefully get a good tip. Even if I am having a bad day, or if I am simply not the mood it is still my job to not let my mood show and give good service to my customers. This in my opinion is a good example of karma because if I was rude, and didn’t give my tables the attention and service they needed then in return I wouldn’t make any money. However, karma isn’t exactly about doing something to receive a reward of prize in return.
In the dictionary Karma is explained as “The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.” Karma is also related with fate. I believe in karma as not knowing how something will eventually affect you in the end. A very close friend of mine has been in a relationship for almost two years at first the two were very happy. One night she made a huge mistake while parting with her friends, and others in a college dorm she ended up cheating on her boyfriend, and never told him about it. No matter how awful or guilty she felt she could not bring herself to tell her boyfriend because she knew it would put an end to her relationship. As selfish as this may seem she knew he would never find out and this eventually became just a part of her past that she no longer considered “a big deal”. She is now burdened with a huge problem in her relationship because it is almost as if her boyfriend has pushed himself away from her. She claims he no longer puts his all into there relationship and seems to put everything else before her, and this causes the couple to fight constantly. She knows he still doesn’t know anything about what happened that night, and she has no idea why he recently started acting this way. In my opinion this is a perfect example of karma.
My friend was aware that what she did was very wrong but still, she choose not to come clean thinking everything would be okay. Now as I already mentioned her relationship is falling apart. So ultimately in the end it almost seems as if it was fate for there relationship to not work out. Karma can affect you everyday life, or affect you seriously in the long run. No matter which way I am a strong believer in karma, and I think everyone should always consider there actions, and how it can affect others or later affect themselves.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Assignment 1 "Kilbourne"
Cassie Lyne
ENG11. A12
"This I Believe"
1:47pm 9/13/09
In Kilbourne’s argument she makes many valid points. She explains the issue of many women feeling overweight when in reality they may be at fine weight, or even underweight. She gives examples with many surveys and explains that even girls as young as grade school are beginning to watch their figure. Kilbourne uses evidence to blame these issues on small wasted fashion models, movie stars, and pop idols. She argues these icons are a huge influence on the female perspective of beauty.
Kilbourne uses evidence from a few different sources. She opens with a survey from Glamour Magazine stating that 75% of its readers are feeling too heavy and only 15% felt right. It also states that nearly half of the women surveyed were actually underweight. She uses another source out of the book Beauty Bound by Rita Freeman. Of a sample of college women 40% felt overweight when only 12% were too heavy. Kilbourne also states that in a recent article in New Age Journal even grade school girls are going to extremes to be thin, and blaming icons like fashion models and movie stars. Another study by a professor at the University of California showed that almost 80% of fourth grade girls in the Bay Area are watching their weight.
I do mostly agree with Kilbourne in her assessment. I believe that the world of pop stars, models, and movie stars play a huge influence in the misconception of what it means to be beautiful. Using myself as an example I idolize stars like Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and even Marilyn Monroe. In my perspective I think these women are beautiful and they are all thin, or in shape which does somewhat influence me to watch my weight. It also doesn’t surprise that girls as young as 4th grade are watching their weight with new stars like Hannah Montana and movies like High School Musical influencing girls as young as five. I have also noticed that in cartoons, and kids TV shows. They usually make the boy or girl that is overweight the character that is made fun of, or the opposite a bully or class clown. I believe this can also have an influence in a young persons mind. However Kilbourne seems to feel so strongly of being too thin she forgets the huge obesity problem in the U.S
I also believe in someways having icons representing that being in shape is beautiful can be a good thing. Many people in the U.S are overweight it has been proven that the obesity rate has dramatically increased in the past 20 years and obesity is a huge heath issue. People who are overweight are more likely to end up with heart issues, and even diabetes these conditions can be serious and eventually lead to death. So being too thin isn’t healthy, but being overweight isn’t good either. I believe society is doing more and more to encourage Americans to exercise, and eat healthy which in my opinion is how things should be. Being healthy should be everyone’s #1 concern, and that doesn’t necessarily mean to be very thin.
ENG11. A12
"This I Believe"
1:47pm 9/13/09
In Kilbourne’s argument she makes many valid points. She explains the issue of many women feeling overweight when in reality they may be at fine weight, or even underweight. She gives examples with many surveys and explains that even girls as young as grade school are beginning to watch their figure. Kilbourne uses evidence to blame these issues on small wasted fashion models, movie stars, and pop idols. She argues these icons are a huge influence on the female perspective of beauty.
Kilbourne uses evidence from a few different sources. She opens with a survey from Glamour Magazine stating that 75% of its readers are feeling too heavy and only 15% felt right. It also states that nearly half of the women surveyed were actually underweight. She uses another source out of the book Beauty Bound by Rita Freeman. Of a sample of college women 40% felt overweight when only 12% were too heavy. Kilbourne also states that in a recent article in New Age Journal even grade school girls are going to extremes to be thin, and blaming icons like fashion models and movie stars. Another study by a professor at the University of California showed that almost 80% of fourth grade girls in the Bay Area are watching their weight.
I do mostly agree with Kilbourne in her assessment. I believe that the world of pop stars, models, and movie stars play a huge influence in the misconception of what it means to be beautiful. Using myself as an example I idolize stars like Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and even Marilyn Monroe. In my perspective I think these women are beautiful and they are all thin, or in shape which does somewhat influence me to watch my weight. It also doesn’t surprise that girls as young as 4th grade are watching their weight with new stars like Hannah Montana and movies like High School Musical influencing girls as young as five. I have also noticed that in cartoons, and kids TV shows. They usually make the boy or girl that is overweight the character that is made fun of, or the opposite a bully or class clown. I believe this can also have an influence in a young persons mind. However Kilbourne seems to feel so strongly of being too thin she forgets the huge obesity problem in the U.S
I also believe in someways having icons representing that being in shape is beautiful can be a good thing. Many people in the U.S are overweight it has been proven that the obesity rate has dramatically increased in the past 20 years and obesity is a huge heath issue. People who are overweight are more likely to end up with heart issues, and even diabetes these conditions can be serious and eventually lead to death. So being too thin isn’t healthy, but being overweight isn’t good either. I believe society is doing more and more to encourage Americans to exercise, and eat healthy which in my opinion is how things should be. Being healthy should be everyone’s #1 concern, and that doesn’t necessarily mean to be very thin.
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