Honesty - The Foundation of Our Lives

Thanh Nguyen
16 Nov 2010
RFD3

In life today, honesty is something that we often overlook. People can be dishonest for variety of reasons. Most of the time, they lie for their own benefit, or to get out of trouble. However, those lies might create a bigger problem later on. To me, honesty is the vital link of our lives between people. Almost all the relations we have are based on people's honesty. Honesty is a solid foundation to build up to a better relationship with our families, in our romances, and in our work environment. It is not only for creating relationships, but it also plays a role in speaking out what and how we really feel about something or someone. Without honesty, our lives will fall apart. [THESIS] Therefore, today more than ever, being honest is a key aspect to maintaining one's quality of life[THESIS].

In my classroom's forum, my classmate Megan Young states that, “I think the most compelling reason to be honest all the time is to have a clear conscious.” to which I could not agree more. For many people like Megan, honesty is an essential desirable aspect of their lives and relationships, it forms the foundation for trust relationships and provides the communication necessary for work and romance. According to the survey documents “Decade Of Moral Deterioration”, students indicate that honesty is very important. And 95% agreed with the statement that, “it’s important to me that people trust me.” Interaction among people represent trust. It is a very important keyword in people's relationship. Trust will bring people closer. How can you have a relationship with someone when you do not have communication? And how can you communicate when there is no trust? The answer to those two questions is quite obvious. If there is no trust there will be no relationship. Trust is a very fragile thing and it is easily broken. Once trust is broken, there is the chance that it may never be recovered. Having a relationship means to put your trust in that person by giving them honesty and respect. It is not only for romantic relationships, but also for family members and friends. Honesty helps us to build a solid foundation for our lives.

The very same concept also applies in people's working relationships. The three most important elements in a working relationship are honesty, consideration, and respect. Most likely the honesty element is the hardest thing to achieve. Without honesty, there is no trust, and without trust, nobody will like to work with you. Respect and consideration can be achieved in several ways, but being honest is the most genuine way of gaining the respect of others. Having people's trust will bring respect and consideration. Being honest is the key to success in your career. On the other hand, there are also many people who believe that too much honesty can be a bad thing, and so they choose not to know about something that could upset their lives. However, from my perspective, I believe that the role honesty plays in our relationships helps to provide us with the highest quality of life.

Honesty is not an easy thing to achieve, but being honest with others means to treat people with respect, even when it is not convenient. There are situations in which giving out the truth could mean informing people of the worst. However, if it is the case that you must tell them the truth, then it is better to do so than to lie. In most cases, people like hearing the truth even when that information could be painful. However, I believe this concept should apply to grown-ups only; in some case it is better not to tell the truth to children when letting them know the truth might hurt them.

According to the article The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying, Dr. Quek Timothy states, “it is difficult for parents to control the lies that children will encounter outside the home, it is more useful to start eliminating lies from within the home”. Today, parents are afraid that their children may become deviant and dishonest, and might even become untrustworthy later on in their lives. Rather than learning dishonesty from the outside environment like school, television, etc.; children learn their first lesson of lying at home. Children always look up to their parents as role models. They learn everything from their parents, even bad habits and dishonesty. For instance, when a ten years old hears his/her mom lie to her friends during a conversation and the child knows that the mom is not telling the truth, then, he/she might think it is okay to lie to others because it is okay for the grown-ups to lie to their friends. Then, when the child goes to school, he/she might practice dishonesty and lies to their teachers or friends because he/she thinks it is okay. Therefore, the roles of being a good parents in this society is very important. It is best for parents to teach children the value of being honest by practicing honesty themselves. That way, the value of honesty will be passed on to our children. Our children today will become leaders of tomorrow. Hence, teaching honesty to our children in the their early stages of life will help them to become trustworthy in their adulthood. And they will one day pass the value of honesty on to their children. Life is made of relationships between people. Honesty will improve those relationships between us. Therefore, teaching our children to be honest will benefit them in the long run, and will surely improve the quality of their lives later on.

In conclusion, being honest is definitely the most essential element in our life relationships. It implants trust inside other people. Honesty is the key for improving our quality of life. It is the foundation to build a strong relationship between family members, friends, lovers, and even co-workers. By teaching honesty to ourselves, and passing it on to our children, we fulfill our roles to our families and society. Helping our children to understand the value of honesty means to teach them to become trustworthy people to build a stronger society in the future. And for us, honesty will bring us respect from the people we interact with in the long-run.


Works cited:

"2002 Report Card: The Ethics of American Youth: Press Release and Data Summary." Josephson Institute of Ethics Webpage. 30 October 2010

[http://www.josephsoninstitute.org/Survey2002/survey2002-pressrelease.htm]

Quek, Timothy. "The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying.” A Child's Compulsive Lying. 08 April 2003. 01 November 2010. [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jamess/lying3.htm].

Young, Megan. Online posting. "KAP Eng-215: Honesty in Employment, White Lie, Honesty". 26 Oct 2010. Laulima  Discussion. 30 Oct 2010.

[https://laulima.hawaii.edu/portal/site/KAP.XLSENG215js.201110/page/580d9883-374c-4194-bb60-e4e1fe68988c].

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Honesty - The Foundation of Our Lives

Thanh Nguyen

English 215

11/08/2010
FD3

In life today, honesty is something that we often overlook. People can be dishonest for variety of reasons. Most of the time, they lie for their own benefit, or to get out of trouble. However, those lies might create a bigger problem later on. To me, honesty is the vital link of our lives between people. Almost all the relations we have are based on people's honesty. Honesty is a solid foundation to build up to a better relationship with our families, in our romances, and in our work environment. It is not only for creating relationships, but it also plays a role in speaking out what and how we really feel about something or someone. Without honesty, our lives will fall apart. [THESIS] Therefore, today more than ever, being honest is a key aspect to maintaining one's quality of life[THESIS].

In my classroom's forum, my classmate Megan Young states that, “I think the most compelling reason to be honest all the time is to have a clear conscious.” to which I could not agree more. For many people like Megan, honesty is an essential desirable aspect of their lives and relationships, it forms the foundation for trust relationships and provides the communication necessary for work and romance. According to the survey documents “Decade Of Moral Deterioration”, students indicate that honesty is very important. And 95% agreed with the statement that, “it’s important to me that people trust me.” Interaction among people represent trust. It is a very important keyword in people's relationship. Trust will bring people closer. How can you have a relationship with someone when you do not have communication? And how can you communicate when there is no trust? The answer to those two questions is quite obvious. If there is no trust there will be no relationship. Trust is a very fragile thing and it is easily broken. Once trust is broken, there is the chance that it may never be recovered. Having a relationship means to put your trust in that person by giving them honesty and respect. It is not only for romantic relationships, but also for family members and friends. Honesty helps us to build a solid foundation for our lives.

The very same concept also applies in people's working relationships. The three most important elements in a working relationship are honesty, consideration, and respect. Most likely the honesty element is the hardest thing to achieve. Without honesty, there is no trust, and without trust, nobody will like to work with you. Respect and consideration can be achieved in several ways, but being honest is the most genuine way of gaining the respect of others. Having people's trust will bring respect and consideration. Being honest is the key to success in your career. On the other hand, there are also many people who believe that too much honesty can be a bad thing, and so they choose not to know about something that could upset their lives. However, from my perspective, I believe that the role honesty plays in our relationships helps to provide us with the highest quality of life.

Honesty is not an easy thing to achieve, but being honest with others means to treat people with respect, even when it is not convenient. There are situations in which giving out the truth could mean informing people of the worst. However, if it is the case that you must tell them the truth, then it is better to do so than to lie. In most cases, people like hearing the truth even when that information could be painful. However, I believe this concept should apply to grown-ups only; in some case it is better not to tell the truth to children when letting them know the truth might hurt them.

According to the article The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying, Dr. Quek Timothy states, “it is difficult for parents to control the lies that children will encounter outside the home, it is more useful to start eliminating lies from within the home”. Today, parents are afraid that their children may become deviant and dishonest, and might even become untrustworthy later on in their lives. Rather than learning dishonesty from the outside environment like school, television, etc.; children learn their first lesson of lying at home. Children always look up to their parents as role models. They learn everything from their parents, even bad habits and dishonesty. For instance, when a ten years old hears his/her mom lie to her friends during a conversation and the child knows that the mom is not telling the truth, then, he/she might think it is okay to lie to others because it is okay for the grown-ups to lie to their friends. Then, when the child goes to school, he/she might practice dishonesty and lies to their teachers or friends because he/she thinks it is okay. Therefore, the roles of being a good parents in this society is very important. It is best for parents to teach children the value of being honest by practicing honesty themselves. That way, the value of honesty will be passed on to our children. Our children today will become leaders of tomorrow. Hence, teaching honesty to our children in the their early stages of life will help them to become trustworthy in their adulthood. And they will one day pass the value of honesty on to their children. Life is made of relationships between people. Honesty will improve those relationships between us. Therefore, teaching our children to be honest will benefit them in the long run, and will surely improve the quality of their lives later on.

In conclusion, being honest is definitely the most essential element in our life relationships. It implants trust inside other people. Honesty is the key for improving our quality of life. It is the foundation to build a strong relationship between family members, friends, lovers, and even co-workers. By teaching honesty to ourselves, and passing it on to our children, we fulfill our roles to our families and society. Helping our children to understand the value of honesty means to teach them to become trustworthy people to build a stronger society in the future. And for us, honesty will bring us respect from the people we interact with in the long-run.


Work-cited:

Quek, Timothy. "The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying.” A Child's Compulsive Lying. April 8, 2003. November 1, 2010. [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jamess/lying3.htm].

Young, Megan. "Honesty in Employment, White Lie, Honesty". Online posting. Oct 26, 2010. Laulima  Discussion. Oct 30. 2010.
[https://laulima.hawaii.edu/portal/site/KAP.XLSENG215js.201110/page/580d9883-374c-4194-bb60-e4e1fe68988c].

"2002 Report Card: The Ethics of American Youth: Press Release and Data Summary." Josephson Institute of Ethics Webpage. October 30, 2010
[http://www.josephsoninstitute.org/Survey2002/survey2002-pressrelease.htm]

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Honesty - The Foundation of Our Lives

Thanh Nguyen
Oct 31, 2010
Honesty - The Foundation of Our Lives

In today life, honesty is something that we often overlook. People being dishonest for variety of reasons. Most of the time, they lie for their own benefit, or to get out of trouble. However, that lies may create a bigger problem later on. To me, honesty is the vital link for our lives. Almost every relations we have today are based on people' honesty. It is a solid foundation to build up for a better relationship in our families, romances, and work environment. is not only for relationship, but it also means speaking out what and how we really feel about something or someone. Without honesty, everything will fall apart. [THESIS] Therefore, today more than ever, being honest is a key aspect to maintaining one's quality of life[THESIS].

In my classroom's forum, my classmate Megan Young states that, “I think the most compelling reason to be honest all the time is to have a clear conscious.” to which I couldn't agree more. For many people like Megan, honesty is an essential quality to their lives and relationship, it forms the foundation for trust relationships and communication necessary for work and romance. According to the survey documents “Decade Of Moral Deterioration”, students indicate that honesty is very important. And 95% agreed with the statement that, “it’s important to me that people trust me.” Interaction between people represent trust. It is a very important keyword in people' relationship. Trust will bring people closer. How can you have a relationship with someone when you don't have communication? And how can you communicate when there is no trust? The answer to those two questions is quite obvious; if there is no trust there will be no relationship. Trust is a very fragile thing and it is easily broken. Once trust is broken, there is the chance that it may never be recovered. Having a relationship means to put your trust in that person by giving them honesty and respect. It's not only for romantic relationships, but also for family members and friends, helping to build a solid foundation for people' lives. The very same concept also applies in people's working relationships. The three most important elements in a working relationship are honesty, consideration, and respect. Most likely the honesty element is the hardest thing to achieve. Without honesty, there is no trust, and without trust, nobody will like to work with you. Respect and consideration can be achieved in several ways, but being honest is the most genuine way of gaining the respect of others. Having people's trust will bring respect and consideration. Being honest is the key to success in your career. On the other hand, there are also many people who believe that too much honesty can be a bad thing, and so they choose not to know about something that could upset their lives. However, from my perspective, I believe that the role honesty plays in our relationships helps us to create the highest quality of life.

Being honest is not always easy, but being honest with others means to treat people with respect, even when it is not convenient. There are situations in which giving out the truth could mean informing people of the worst. However, if it is the case that you must tell them the truth, than it is better to do so then to lie. In most cases, people like hearing the truth even when that information may be painful. However, I believe this concept should apply to grown-ups only; in some case it is better not to tell the truth to children when letting them know the truth may hurt them.

According to the article The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying, Dr. Quek Timothy states, “it is difficult for parents to control the lies that children will encounter outside the home, it is more useful to start eliminating lies from within the home”. Today, parents are afraid of their children become deviant and dishonest and may even become untrustworthy later on in their lives. Children witness dishonesty almost everywhere like school, television, etc. Rather, they learned their first lesson of lying from home. Children always look up to their parents as role models. They learn everything from their parents, even bad habits and dishonesty. For instance, when a ten years old hears his/her mom lies to her friend during a conversation and the child knows that the mom is not telling the truth, then, he/she may think it's okay to lie to others because it's okay for the grown-ups to lie to their friends. Then, when the child go to school, he/she may practice dishonesty and lies to their teachers or friends because he/she think it's okay. Therefore, the roles of being good parents in this society is very important. It is to teach children the value of honest by practicing honesty themselves. Then, that value will pass on to our children. Our children today will become leaders of tomorrow. Hence, teaching the value of honesty to our children in the their early stages of life will help them to become trustworthy in their adulthood. And they will one day pass the value of honesty on to their children. Life is made of relationship between people. Honesty will improve the connection between us. Therefore, teaching our children to be honest will benefit them in the long run. It will surely improve the quality of their lives later on.

In conclusion, being honest is definitely the most essential element in our life relationships. It implants trust inside other people. Honesty is the key for improving our quality of life. It is the foundation to build a strong relationship between family members, friends, lovers, and even co-workers. By teaching honesty to ourselves, and passing it on to our children, we fulfill our roles to our families and society. Helping our children to understand the value of honesty means to teach them to become trustworthy people to build a stronger society in the future. And for us, honesty will bring us respect from the people we interact with in the long-run.


Work-cited:

Quek, Timothy. "The Truth about a Child's Compulsive Lying.” A Child's Compulsive Lying. April 8, 2003. November 1, 2010. [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jamess/lying3.htm].

Young, Megan. "Honesty in Employment, White Lie, Honesty". Online posting. Oct 26, 2010. Laulima Discussion. Oct 30. 2010.
[https://laulima.hawaii.edu/portal/site/KAP.XLSENG215js.201110/page/580d9883-374c-4194-bb60-e4e1fe68988c].

"2002 Report Card: The Ethics of American Youth: Press Release and Data Summary." Josephson Institute of Ethics Webpage. October 30, 2010
[http://www.josephsoninstitute.org/Survey2002/survey2002-pressrelease.htm]

The Power of Advertising (FD2)

Thanh Nguyen
October 12, 2010
The Power of Advertising (fd2)

Today, advertising has become an important part of modern business and industry. As the economy growing, advertising businesses are also growing fast. Everywhere we go, we see and hear about ads: on walls, on TV programs, on radio, on the internet, and even on the ground. But the question being asked is what impacts ads have on our society? Does it really affect us in a negative way? Or does it help us to become more aware? [Thesis]From my personal experience, even though ads have some negative impact, yet they in general have positive social and economic impact on our society [Thesis].

Advertisers today have their ways to target consumers. Now, everything is computerized. Advertising companies have all the tool for collecting the data they need for advertising purposes. Advertising Companies use strategy to target certain group of consumers for a certain product using terms that we can easily understand. They use all the approaches trying to promote their sales. In fact, advertising itself is very expensive. The average cost of a thirty-second commercial on television is about 200,000 dollars during prime-time. It could be one of the reasons why the price of some products is so high. Even movies and television shows enjoy huge profit of replacement money just to depict a product in the story line or on bodies of actors. But the return profit is much bigger comparing to the cost of advertising. It contributes greatly to the growing of our economy.

Ads could also be use for an educational purpose. In our class forum and discussion, Krizia Bawilan mentioned that ads help us to be more aware with smoking and other illegal drugs. I totally agree with that statement. Today, teens’ drinking and smoking have become a bad influence on our society, especially our children. Children are growing in the society fully of bad influences no matter where they go. For instance, I went to pick up my little cousin yesterday at Washington Middle School. While waiting for her inside my car, I saw a guy who is around his 20’s wearing a graphic shirt that said “weed, I am smoking it!” on it. Apparently, smoking weed is definitely illegal in Hawaii. understand that a thirteen years-old may not be fully understand why smoking weed is so bad, but at least they have some ideas about what smoking weed do to them thanks to educational ads. Just imagine back in time before advertising was populated, that graphic t-shirt could do a lot of damages because people did people did not have the knowledge about weed if they did not try it themselves. Today on media, we see and hear a lot about smoking weed and what it can do to people mind. Last week, I saw an anti-weed commercial on www.youtube.com. The commercial is about the two male friends. They went to a party with a bunch of other friends. At the party, their friends was tempting them to hit weed the first time and they took it. After a several hits, they began to hallucinate, and see themselves driving their cars on the walls at the speed of 120 miles/hour. At the end of the video, these guys decide to take their imagination to reality and went racing after the party. One guy got into car accident during the race and was hospitalized. About the other guy, he regretted because he talked his best into smoking weed with him and got into a car accident while he could say no to weed when his friends give him the first hit. Because of educational ads like this, we are more aware of the consequences of smoking weed, thus we can avoid it.

Another positive impact of ads is to help us to be up-to-date. Today, many people are into fashion and daily trend. Whether we like it or not, fashion always exist for centuries. It can never be denied that we are eaten up by the fast growing advances and updates in the fashion world. Fashion ads now become more and more important to fashion lovers. Fashion ads help people become more aware of the new growing trend of fashion. Currently, fashion field is growing faster than ever. In our class discussion, David Guerrero stated that “advertisements brainwash us into buying their products”. I have to disagree with him. I do agree that ads are very diverse today. Sometimes it makes us confused because there are too many options to choose from. However, that is when the decision-making comes in place. The diversity of ads gives us the power to choose what the best is for us. For example, fashion ads become more diverse than ever. The variety of styles helps people to combine things over and make up their own styles for the latest trend. In the Old Navy ad I saw on television yesterday, a female was choosing her sweater for work. At her work place, there were four other women who were wearing different stylish sweaters walking behind her when she was working in the background. At the end of the commercial, the narrator made a statement that said “only you, only at Old Navy!” The commercial was okay in general, however the statement “only you, and only at Old Navy!” at the end of the commercial was not true because of anyone of us could get nice sweaters like the one in the commercial at other apparel shops. It is not necessary that we can only buy nice sweater only at Old Navy. This type of fallacy falls into generalization fallacy category. However, the commercial did give us a lot of information of the new growing trend of sweaters. Thus, we can use it as a guideline to create our own styles.

From my personal experience, I think the statement “In general, ads or commercials ultimately have a negative impact on our lives” is just a different point of view from different people. To me, advertising plays a vital role in our daily life. It gives us the knowledge and the power to choose what is the best for us. So, the bottom line is decision-making. As long as we are careful in our decision-making, ads will come in handy in helping us choosing what is best for our needs and wants. That is the power of advertising.

Work-cited

Brock, John. “Advertising directs our lives, but where are we headed?”. The Post and Courier. March 6, 2008. <http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/mar/06/advertising_directs_our_lives_but_where_32776>. October 2, 2010.

Bawilan, Krizia. "Yes, ads have negative impacts!". Online Posting, 9/27/2010. Laulima Discussion. 10/04/2010.

Guerrero, David. "Causes and Solutions". Online Posting, 9/27/2010. Laulima Discussion. 10/04/2010.

Iqbal, Maaz. “Social & Economic Impacts of Advertising”. Enzine Articles. March 29, 2010. <http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-and-Economic-Impacts-of-Advertising&id=608191>. Sep 30, 2010.

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The Power of Advertising (rd2)

Thanh Nguyen
October 4, 2010
The Power of Advertising (rd2)

    Today, advertising has become an important part of modern business and industry. As the economy growing, advertising businesses are also growing fast. Everywhere we go, we see ads: on walls, on TV programs, on radio, on the internet, and even on the ground. But the question being asked is what impacts ads have on our society? Does it really affect us in a negative way? Or does it help us to become more aware? [Thesis]From my personal experience, even though ads have some negative impact, yet they in general have positive social and economical impact on our society [Thesis].
   
    Advertisers today have their ways to target consumers. Now, everything is computerized. Advertising companies have all the tool for collecting the data they need for advertising purposes. Advertising Companies use strategy to target certain group of consumers for a certain product using terms that we can easily understand. They use all the approaches trying to promote their sales. In fact, advertising itself is very expensive. The average cost of a thirty-second commercial on television is about 200,000 dollars during prime-time. It could be one of the reasons why the price of some products is so high. Even movies and television shows enjoy huge profit of replacement money just to depict a product in the story line or on bodies of actors. But the return profit is much bigger comparing to the cost of advertising. It contributes greatly to the growing of our economy.    
   
     Ads could also be use for an educational purpose. In our class forum and discussion, Krizia Bawilan mentioned that ads help us to be more aware with smoking and other illegal drugs. I totally agree that that statement. Today, teens’ drinking and smoking have become a bad influence on our society, especially our children. Children are growing in the society fully of bad influences no matter where they go. For instance, I went to pick up my little cousin yesterday at Washington Middle School. While waiting for her inside my car, I saw a guy who is around his 20’s wearing a graphic shirt that said “weed, I am smoking it!” on it. Apparently, smoking weed is definitely illegal in Hawaii.  understand that a thirteen years-old may not be fully understand why smoking weed is so bad, but at least they have some ideas about what smoking weed do to them thanks to educational ads. Just imagine back in time before advertising was populated, that graphic t-shirt could do a lot of damages because people did people did not have the knowledge about weed if they did not try it themselves. Today on media, we see and hear a lot about smoking weed and what it can do to people mind. Last week, I saw an anti-weed commercial on www.youtube.com. The commercial is about the two male friends. They went to a party with a bunch of other friends. At the party, their friends was tempting them to hit weed the first time and they took it. After a several hits, they began to hallucinate, and see themselves driving their cars on the walls at the speed of 120 miles/hour. At the end of the video, these guys decide to take their imagination to reality and went racing after the party. One guy got into car accidence during the race and was hospitalized. About the other guy, he regretted  because he talked his best into smoking weed with him and got into a car accidence while he could say no to weed when his friends give him the first hit. Because of educational ads like this, we are more aware of the consequences of smoking weed, thus we can avoid it.

    Another positive impact of ads is to help us to be up-to-date. Today, many people are into fashion and daily trend. Whether we like it or not, fashion always exist for centuries. It can never be denied that we are eaten up by the fast growing advances and updates in the fashion world. Fashion ads now become more and more important to fashion lovers. Fashion ads help people become more aware of the new growing trend of fashion. Currently, fashion field is growing faster than ever. In our class discussion, David Guerrero stated that “advertisements brainwash us into buying their products”.  I have to disagree with him. I do agree that ads are very diverse today. Sometimes it makes us confuse because there are too many options to choose from. However, that is when the decision making comes in place.  The diversity of ads gives us the power to choose what the best is for us. For example, fashion ads become more diverse than ever. The variety of different styles helps people to combine things over and make up their own styles for the latest trend. In the Old Navy ad I saw on television yesterday, a female was choosing her sweater for work. At her work place, there were four other ladies who were wearing different stylish sweaters walking behind her when she was working in the background. At the end of the commercial, the narrator made a statement that said “only you, only at Old Navy!” The commercial was okay in general, however the statement “only you, and only at Old Navy!” at the end of the commercial was not totally true because of anyone of us could get nice sweaters like the one in the commercial at other apparel shops. It is not necessary that we can only buy nice sweater only at Old Navy. This type of fallacy falls into generalization fallacy category. However, the commercial did give us a lot of information of the new growing trend of sweaters. Thus, we can use it as a guideline to create our own styles.

    From my personal experience, I think the statement “In general, ads or commercials ultimately have a negative impact on our lives” is just a different point of view from different people. To me, advertising plays a vital role in our daily life. It gives us the knowledge and the power to choose what is the best for us. So, the bottom line is decision making. As long as we are careful in our decision making, ads will come in handy in helping us choosing what is best for our needs and wants. That’s the power of advertising.

Work-cited

Brock,  John. “Advertising directs our lives, but where are we headed?”. The Post and Courier. March 6, 2008. <http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/mar/06/advertising_directs_our_lives_but_where_32776>. October 2, 2010.

Bawilan, Krizia. "Yes, ads have negative impacts!". Online Posting, 9/27/2010. Laulima Discussion. 10/04/2010.

Guerrero, David. "Causes and Solutions". Online Posting, 9/27/2010. Laulima Discussion. 10/04/2010.

Iqbal, Maaz.  “Social & Economic Impacts of Advertising”. Enzine Articles. March 29, 2010.  <http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-and-Economic-Impacts-of-Advertising&id=608191>. Sep 30, 2010.

Ajusting gender's role, trauma or not? (FD1)

Thanh Nguyen
Sep 15, 2010
Adjusting gender's role, trauma or not? (FD1)           

               Gender bias has been an issue for decades. In the past, the role of a woman is to take care of the children and the house works. . Females have very little influence on the society in the past. However, women roles have bigger influences on the society as time passing by. Today, many important roles in the present society are held by women. Women are more accepted as being equal in social status comparing to men. At certain point in time, any of us will be experience some sort of trauma.  [THESIS] Although woman will have to face some difficulties adjusting their gender roles, the statement "women experience trauma in adjusting to their gender roles between adolescence and menopause" is  inadequate.[THESIS]
             Women under a different life-style, and circumstances, experience different types of trauma. Studies show that in the adolescence period, females have higher incidence of depression. This the time when females' role change dramatically. They will have to go through a lot of challenges confronting their physical and mental changes.
               In our class discusion, Kristine Asato wrote: "going through gender role trauma alone is always tough". I totally agree with her.  When hitting that age of the beginning stage of woman hood, females began to think differently. Their feeling about themselves and how they think about the society expects them to be will change. There will be a lot of pressure on woman reaches this stage of life. This could be one of the life changing events for them. Therefore, they will have to face the social constraint with the onset of this cycle. During this cycle of age, females will try to remake their images. In the other words, they will try to achieve their authentic identity. Before females reach this stage, females are care-free. They worry less about themselves like what they do, what they wear, and how they behave. But in adolescent cycle, female would literally stress out about what they wear, how they talk, the way they look, and what the society think about them in general.
                In the Dialogue "Sampling in the storm" written by May Pipher, Poly - a character in the story, from a energetic, and care-free girl changed herself and become a quiet and more lady-like person when she reached her adolescence. "She danced, did cart-wheels, and split...". And then Poly has her first period when she started junior high. "She was called tomboy for not acting lady-like" From this image of a young Poly, we can see how society has an immense effect on females when they reach their onset of adolescence. Reading this story from Mary Piper, I recall about my younger sister. She was once an energetic girl when she was a preadolescent girl. She used to like to have a short hair cut, dressed like boys, played same sports as the boys, and hung out with a group of boys about her age. But when her age reached about 13, her personality changed totally. Boys in her class made fun of her for the way she dressed, and how she talked to students in her school. Ever since then, my sister’s personality began to change. She was like a totally different person comparing to her own image back then when she was a preadolescent girl. My sister became calmer. She began to talk differently to people, in a shy way, especially to boys. Every time I took her to go for a haircut, she would tell the barber to trim her hair instead of cutting it short like how she used to. And she started to wear skirts instead of jeans. They way she behaved and looked were totally different. My sister “disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle” (pg. 427, paragraph 11) just like Mary Piper described “. However, when she was a little more mature, about the age of 16, my sister began to develop her own perception of style. She started wearing jeans, and cutting her hair short again. she also joined the school's girl soccer team , and talk heartily to other people like the way she used to.  There was one thing I have to admit, my sister was less feminine back when she was a pre-adolescent girl.
                At a certain point in human life, everybody will have to face some sort of trauma. In the case of females, they have to face a sudden change in the realization of their gender roles. However, this is just a type of trauma that every female has to go through. It's not a permanent type of trauma. The society's perception of being a female in some way affects them to change physically and emotionally. In my younger sister case, she had  to face some difficulty and challenges on developing in the early stage of adolescent because of society's expectation for females. However, when she got a bit older, the trauma she experienced before was gone. The way of people thinking somewhat make it harder for females to accept their gender roles. But it does not necessarily mean that they are traumatized in adjusting to their gender roles.
                In Mary Piper statement "Between adolescence and menopause, women experience trauma in adjusting to their gender roles" was her choice of word. Her statements may apply to females at some point in their war with adjusting their gender roles at the early stage of adolescence. But it does not applied to females in accepting their gender roles. Females may face some old-fashion vague notion from people about being a female on a certain standard of being a good image of a female. But it does not make woman themselves experience trauma in adjusting to their gender roles in life.

Works Cited

Abuse and trauma in women’s lives: Understanding gender. April 1, 2010. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. September 6, 2010.
<http://www.camh.net/Publications/Resources_for_Professionals/First_stage_trauma/first_stage_trauma_chapter1.html

Piper, Mary. “Sampling in the Storm.” Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. 6th edition. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2009. Page 424-432

Asato, Kristine. "Causes and Solutions". Online Posting, 9/8/2010. Laulima Discussion. 9/10/2010.

Log of Completed Activities
_X__Aug. 23M- First Day of Instruction. Read the welcome message, which includes instructions on how to navigate our class blog. Next, log in to our Laulima discussion forum and your hawaii.edu mailbox. Become familiar with these instructional media. Carefully review the information in our class blog, especially the schedule and catalog. (Confirmation reply required.)
_X__Aug. 24t- Intro to Paper #1. Read the “Guidelines for Paper #1” by midnight. (Confirmation reply required.)
_X__Aug. 25W- Laulima Discussion: Who Am I? Post your response by midnight. Possible topics: your academic and career goals; your favorite pastime; favorite book, movie, song; favorite physical activity or sport; favorite quote; personal philosophy on the purpose of life; your personal thoughts on why it’s important to become an excellent writer; favorite food or restaurant; favorite vacation destination; etc.
_X__Aug. 27F- Complete readings for Paper #1 by midnight. (Confirmation reply required.)
__X_Aug. 30M- Set up your blog for class papers. After you’re done, go to Laulima. In the forum “My Blog Is Ready,” post the URL for your blog and invite classmates to visit and post comments.
_X__Sep. 2T- Laulima Discussion: What Is “Trauma”? One definition or many different definitions? Post your response by midnight.
_X__Sep. 7t- Laulima Discussion: Causes & Solutions: What causes gender role trauma? What’s the solution? Assume that there is more than one cause or solution. Post your response by midnight. [10 pts]
__X_Sep. 10F- RD1 (Review Draft #1) due [50 pts] Review the guidelines. (Confirmation reply required.)
__X_Sep. 13M- RD1 evaluations due. [50 pts] Review the guidelines and the introduction to reviewing drafts. (Confirmation reply required.)
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Ajusting gender's role, trauma or not? (rd1)

Thanh Nguyen
Sep 10, 2010
Ajusting gender's role, trauma or not?

    
                Gender bias has been an issue for decades. In the past, the role of a woman is to take care of the children and the house works. They were seen as less important comparing to men. They have very little influence on the society in the past. However, as time goes by, women roles have bigger influences on the society. Today, many important roles are held by women. [THESIS] Even though woman today are more accepted as being equal in social status comparing to men, they are still suffering trauma in adjusting to their gender roles between their adolescence and menopause stage.[THESIS]
                Women under a different life-style, and circumstances, experience different types of trauma. Studies show that in the adolescence period, females have higher incidence of depression. This the time when females' role change dramatically. They will have to go through a lot of challenges confronting their physical and mental changes.
               When hitting that age of the beginning stage of woman hood, females began to think differently. Their feeling about themselves and how they think about the society expects them to be will changed. There will be a lot of pressure on woman reaches this stage of life. This could be one of the life changing events for them. Therefore, they will have to face the social constraint with the onset of this cycle. During this cycle of age, females will try to remake their images. In the other words, they will try to achieve their authentic identity. Before females reach this stage, females are care-free. They worry less about themselves like what they do, what they wear, and how they behave. But in adolescent cycle, female would literally stress out about what they wear, how they talk, the way they look, and what the society think about them in general.
                In the Dialogue "Sampling in the storm" written by May Pipher, Poly - a character in the story, from a energetic, and care-free girl changed herself and become a quiet and more lady-like person when she reached her adolescence. "She danced, did cart-wheels, and split...". And then Poly has her first period when she started junior high. "she was called tomboy for not acting lady-like" From this image of a young Poly, we can see how society has an immense effect on females when they reach their onset of adolescence. Reading this story from Mary Piper, I recall about my younger sister. She was once an energetic girl when she was a preadolescent girl. She used to like to have a short hair cut, dressed like boys, played same sports as the boys, and hung out with a group of boys about her age. But when her age reached about 13, her personality changed totally. Boys in her class made fun of her for the way she dressed, and how she talked to students in her school. Ever since then, my sister’s personality began to change. She was like a totally different person comparing to her own image back then when she was a preadolescent girl. My sister became calmer. She began to talk differently to people, in a shy way, especially to boys. Every time I took her to go for a haircut, she would tell the barber to trim her hair instead of cutting it short like how she used to. And she started to wear skirts instead of jeans. They way she behaved and looked were totally different. My sister “disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle” (pg. 427, paragraph 11) just like Mary Piper described “. However, when she was a little more mature, about the age of 16, my sister began to develop her own perception of style. She started wearing jeans, and cutting her hair short again. she also joined the school's girl soccer team , and talk heartily to other people like the way she used to.  There was one thing I have to admit, my sister was less feminine back when she was a pre-adolescent girl.
                At a certain point in human life, everybody will have to face some sort of trauma. In the case of females, they have to face a sudden change in the realization of their gender roles. However, this is just a type of trauma that every female has to go through. It's not a permanent type of trauma. The society's perception of being a female in some way affects them to change physically and emotionally. In my younger sister case, she had  to face some difficulty and challenges on developing in the early stage of adolescent because of society's expectation for females. However, when she got a bit older, the trauma she experienced before was gone. The way of people thinking somewhat make it harder for females to accept their gender roles. But it does not necessarily mean that they are traumatized in adjusting to their gender roles.
                In Mary Piper statement "Between adolescence and menopause, women experience trauma in adjusting to their gender roles" was her choice of word. Her statements may apply to females at some point in their war with adjusting their gender roles at the early stage of adolescence. But it does not applied to females in accepting their gender roles. Females may face some old-fashion vague notion from people about being a female on a certain standard of being a good image of a female. But it does not make woman themselves experience trauma in adjusting to their gender roles in life.

Works Cited:

Piper, Mary. “Sampling in the Storm.” Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. 6th edition. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2009. Page 424-432

Abuse and trauma in women’s lives: Understanding gender. April 1, 2010. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. September 6, 2010.
<http://www.camh.net/Publications/Resources_for_Professionals/First_stage_trauma/first_stage_trauma_chapter1.html