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Why is it hard to get people to recognize that they’ve been treating you unfairly?

We as humans have been thinking differently about how the world turns and what controls it since the beginning of time. Because of this humans have branched off to form different groups of religion, mathematics and so on. One of the most grueling examples is slavery in America during the 1800s-1900s. Slavery divided people of the North and the South, which caused destruction in America. The people of the south had opinions that were fiendish and evil. Ministers and teachers taught the southern people that slavery was righteous and used the bible as a tool to help aid or convince the people. During that time period people that have different ideas about one strong topic and that is one of the reasons why others don't recognize they are treating you unfairly and slavery was an example. The other two reasons are that your idea doesn’t concern the person and there opinion might suite them better.

One reason others don’t notice they are treating you unfairly is because it doesn’t concern them and I witnessed this first hand throughout my middle school career. In my middle school we had these debates weekly about topics on what we were reading and some current events. Each debate you would pick a partner and critique on five rules. One of these rules was to avoid monopolizing the whole debate and giving other people chances to talk. During the debate we always had one person monopolize and it became much of an ordeal one day we debated about monopolizing. Well after my school year was over I finally came to the realization that our ideas didn’t concern these people who were monopolizing.

The second reason people don’t notice is because there opinion suites them better. For example, a country needs help from another country because they are in war against rebels. The country that has been asked for help ignores the people because it would suite them better to stay neutral in the war. Politics in American society is a prime example of this and especially the campaign this year. This year and politics has been an interesting one because of the economy and people’s reactions. The economy has made people republicans change there pick for president based on what suites them better. While watching the television yesterday a lady was interviewing a republican about his reason for voting for Barrack Obama. The man said it plain in simple “this man is working for the middle class in my opinion.”

In conclusion it is hard to convince people that you are being treated unfairly because people think differently, your idea doesn’t concern them and there opinion might suite them better. We have seen and still see today people doing this and people have been treated unfairly since slavery. This also related to my middle school where people would monopolize our debates. Finally this related to American politics and how people changed there pick for the candidates because of the economy.

Super Size Me

Super Size set all the rumors, questions, and ideas about the American society and Mc Donald’s Straight. When I first watched this documentary I learned so much about my health and how unhealthy food can harm your body. When I first saw this movie I was 12 years old. I can remember sitting down and watching this movie with my intermediate family. We watched the movie numerous times and each time I was amazed. It has always been interesting to compare what you thought about a movie or book when you were young and then compare it to what you think in the present. This was the case for me because when my I first saw this movie I thought it was about bashing Mc Donald’s and their horrible food. After I watched the movie at the age of 12 I’d go around telling all my friends that their salads are disgusting and I was kind of like an anti-fast food eater. In a way this affected my friends, family and myself. It first affected my friends and extended family because when I spent the night over their houses I declined to eat anything associated with fast food. My friends and family thought I was crazy and it was unusual for younger children to decline fast food. After watching this movie in great books for the last time the concept of the movie had changed and I realized something different. I realized what Tocqueville wrote about in the why Americans are restless.

Overall the movie was informative and if I were a movie critic I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars. The movie didn’t only make me realize and open my eyes to different lifestyles but showed me that Americans are restless. It made me realize Americans are restless and fast food companies are a prime example of us wanting better, faster and bigger.

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Is American Society Competitive?

Yes, American society is too competitive and in every aspect. The American Society is competitive because we try to uphold various standards and it makes life and us in this society difficult. We can tell that American society is too competitive when you have a parent’s children or child being forced into stardom or expected to live up to their own parent’s standards. Personally, I think the two things that make American society competitive are school and parents.

Schools make American society competitive because students are expected to uphold their parents, families and the school they attend expectations. Besides the fact that Schools make society competitive they are competitive within their self. The three main things that make them competitive are sports, classmates, and grades. These three have one thing in common and it is pressure to do well. You receive pressure from all three but it comes from different people. For example, if you are in a sport you receive pressure from your parents, coach and people that are also attending the sport. Ultimately this pressure can overcome you and cause problems. This was the case for a senior in high school on the MTV show True Life. Towards the last month of his senior he was getting pressure heavily from his parents about keeping up his grades in school. He was so overwhelmed that he chooses to slack off and entertain his-self in the last view weeks of school. This is just some reasons and example of how school is competitive and makes society competitive.

Parents or adults are a reason why society is competitive because they are society.
Even though parents are society there are different ways they make it competitive. One of the most known ways parents make society competitive is by pushing their child to become a star in the entertainment, acting or model industry. There is so much emphasis and money spent on this idea. When I was watching the television show Maury they did a special on moms and pageant daughters. Throughout the whole episode I remember continuously seeing pressure being put on these three to twelve year old children by their parents. Not only would the parents expect their daughters to win these pageants but they would also spend ten thousand dollars and more so that they could win a medal or award. Another way parents or adults make society competitive is on the job scene. In some jobs it is a friendly environment but in others that is a different case. Sometimes these unfriendly environments are a cause of people trying to edge to the top and it can lead to some issues within the work place.

In conclusion, there are two reasons why American society is too competitive. These two reasons are school and parents. In school children and teenagers are overwhelmed by pressure everyday, which adds to the competitiveness of society. They receive pressure either from there different people depending if they are in a sport. The second reason are parents who but pressure on their children to become child stars and who make the work scene competitive and ultimately unfriendly. In the end by making things competitive it forces our neighbors, friends and family to do the same.