Cooperation can lead to successes; however, it also leads to a lack of your own creativity and willingness to stand out from the crowd. Often, this is not a good thing, and can lead to problems, but just as often it is a good thing. Cooperation is the act of working with other people, particularly …
Category Archives: English 8
E8#37: Responding to a Crisis
Acting quickly is not always the best way to respond to a crisis. Sometimes it is better to take a little time and think about what you are going to do to respond. That being said, there are times when you should make your decision upon instinct, but those times aren’t during crises. A crisis …
E8#36: Learning From Mistakes
It is my belief that we learn more from mistakes than from successful actions. I know most people will probably give the same answer, but that makes sense. One learns more from their mistakes than their success because they remember them more. If I fail at something, oftentimes, I will remember it better than if …
E8#35: The Pursuit of Happiness
I am to discuss whether the pursuit of happiness or the attainment of it provides more pleasure. I think there are two very different ways to look at this, and that, in different circumstances, one or the other is true. It really depends on what your vision of “happiness†is, and also what your starting …
E8#34: Telling the Truth
Here is the question: Are there circumstances in which lying is justified, or must one tell the truth all the time? It is my opinion that there are circumstances where lying is justified. These times are few and far between, but there are times where it is better to lie. Lying is generally bad and …
E8#33: On Education
The present system of education (which is public schools funded by the government at this time) often pressure children to demonstrate the acquirement of knowledge instead of encouraging us to admit our lack of knowledge. Before we can begin learning new things, we must know where we stand. If we admit what we don’t know, …
E8#32: Ease of Obtainment
To have is not to value. It is the effort it takes to earn something that gives it its value. Say George is given a car for his sixteenth birthday from his rich parents, and Bob starts working a job at the age of fourteen to earn enough money to buy a car when he …
E8#31: On Partiality
I believe that people are not as good at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they are impartial. Partiality is also an interesting topic on its own. If one is completely unbiased in everything he does, and remains objective with every decision he makes, where is the character of that person? If I treat everything …
E8#39: Claiming to be Independent
America was built upon the foundation of this one word: Independence. There is, however, a problem with this mentality. Everyone is dependent on one another. We need other people in our lives. There is no scenario where one person isn’t dependent on another. We should not be ashamed to hide that fact, because the reality …
E8#30: The Most American Dessert
“As American as apple pie”. The phrase is used to describe something that is “typically in American character1“. Apple pie is clearly an American food. It has long held this title, its first recorded appearance being in 1924 in the Gettysburg Times newspaper. The origin of this stereotype of apple pie dates back to the …