was co-ed, and I always enjoyed playing with the girls in my grade. Also, I was on the track & field team in middle school and we would practice as co-eds as well. This integration of genders is important for socialization, team camaraderie and friendships. Now, when regarding social class, it did not come up much because when you are on the field, nothing else matters. All problems go away and the sport is the main focus at that point in time. However, I do recall playing the Indiana…
In the Nicomachean Ethics, we are provided with Aristotle’s philosophy regarding the nature of virtue. He aims at explaining what virtue is, how it is acquired, and how it is related to both happiness (eudaimonia) and friendships. Overall, Aristotle is addressing the questions of: “What is a human being’s telos (purpose)?” and “What is the highest good?” It is by answering these questions that we will be able to see how Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is related to both Socrates and Epictetus’…
The word change means to transform and become different. People go through changes in life every single day, no matter if they’re moderate or drastic. You can go through major changes like puberty or moving across the country or you can go through minor changes like dying your hair or wearing a whole new style of clothing. Even though people are constantly changing, there is still a sense of continuity in each and every person. Everyone has traits that may never change and will continue to…
and I have been busy trying to obtain all her medications and of course take her around for some shopping. Reference to your daughter Johnette, I have known her for about 14 – 15 years now. It started out as a friendship when I used to work as an intern at the Liberia YMCA. Our friendship soon grew into relationship 2- 3 years later where we spent wonderful time together nurturing each other. We spent lots of time together from field trips, basketball games, intermittent visit to her church, as…
Everyone has problems and issues that they deal with in different ways. I know that personally my issues mostly revolve around myself and the way i feel about myself. Going through the list I saw 6 problems that are challenges for me. Theses issues include, Interpersonal relationships, self worth, exercise, social approval, self esteem, and family planning. I have a hard time with interpersonal relationships. Of course I crave close relationships with others, however it seems difficult for me.…
true friendship is to understand and to be understood” (Values, n.d.). The feeling of being understood and to understand in a friendship can help adolescents come to grow in their psychological development. During the stages of adolescent life, there are a lot of things that an individual goes through in their time of trying to figure out who they are and what they are going to be doing. While doing this, the most important thing that a young adolescent will need is a good strong friendship that…
Oblivion isn’t what scares me; it’s not the loss of my own life in which I fear it’s the loss of the lives around me. Even more than that I fear people dying before I get to tell them how much I love them. Death has always been a very emotional and personal experience for me. As a curious soul with stubborn ways death has always been hard for me to grasp and accept. I have such an overwhelming amount of compassion that it’s hard for me to cope with death. I’ve always been sensitive to death…
The Second RER I decided to take was to attend a special event. The Event I went to was Prof. Greg Walton 's colloquium talk. When I went on wednesday, march 26 we were having some trouble broadcasting the live talk. The teacher eventually decided that the best course of action to do was to get everyone 's last four digits of their school ID and she then sent us home. Those who wrote their name and placed their last four digits got an email that contained the the link to the recording of Prof.…
What does it mean to be a friend? We all have that one person that fills our heart with warm fuzzy platonic love, but what makes them so different? The psychological dictionary states a friendship is a “voluntary relationship between people that lasts a long time and those involved are concerned about each other. It develops from shared interests and experiences and is mutually gratifying.” I hope when you thought about your close friends some of this definition applied. Everyone has their own…
An interpersonal relationship is something that takes time and effort from both people. It takes two people taking the time to have a good relationship. In order for a relationship to be successful both people need to be willing to work at it. You have to be able to communicate affectively, know the other persons needs, and be able to solve conflict. Relationships fail all the time because people give up on these things. It is possible for every relationship to be successful but it takes the…