Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Narrative Essay: Objective Summary
Francis Johnson is a homeless man living in a snowy New York City alley, and while walking back from the corner-store after begging, he comes across an old woman feeding some pigeons. He asks her for food or money, but she instead offers him a CEO position in her company that would pay six figures a year. She tells him that after ten years, he has to resign, but he can keep the money he earns, and Francis happily accepts. Ten years pass, but he is overcome with greed and does not resign. Three days later, the market crashes and the company loses everything, and Francis is forced to live on the street again, just as he did ten years ago.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Duckett, Justin - A Sense of Self
Essential Question – “A Sense of Self,” Blog Post: How do moral and ethical convictions impact an individual, a group, a society, and/or a community?
Length: 2 to 3 well-structured paragraphs
(***Teachable moment - note the use of a hyphenated word: Generally, hyphenate two or more words when they come before a noun they modify and act as a single idea. This is called a compound adjective.)
Standards Addressed:
W.11-12.3 – Write narratives to develop experiences using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured sequences. The entry should include an introductory idea that identifies the focus (W.11-12.3a), coherent progression of ideas and distinctive tone (W.11-12.3c), and a final concluding statement (W.11-12.3e).
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As people, there are many reasons that may affect what we believe and how we act about a certain object, characteristic, or person. One of these main reasons we may believe or act in a certain way is our set of morals. These are lessons that are learned through experience, or even taught. Another way that our actions and beliefs might be skewed is through ethics. Ethics are the way people act based on what they believe and their morals. Morals and ethics are important to us as people, as they are a great part of what we base our daily lives on. These morals and ethics have what are known as moral and ethical convictions, which are deep rooted assessments of situations, events, and people and whether they are right or wrong. Moral and ethical convictions impact individuals, groups, communities, and societies by giving a judgmental view on what is right or wrong, depending on what these convictions establish as right or wrong.
Moral convictions may impact an individual as one, or even a society as a whole. For example, in a society, if there is a belief that abortion is wrong, then that belief is backed by a moral conviction. If an individual has a moral conviction on an issue, then this will lead to them assessing whether it is right or wrong. This ties in with ethical convictions, which are based off of moral convictions, but involve actions and determining whether or not to do something based off of the idea that it is right or wrong. These ethical convictions will impact an individual, group, society, or community because if they have a belief about one thing, they may choose to act on whether or not they believe that it is ethically sound to do so. An example of this is theft. If someone believes that theft is wrong, then they will not steal because it goes against their ethics, and they will have a desire to the the "right thing." Likewise, if someone believes that theft is justifiable, then they will happily do so, as it doesn't conflict with their ethics and morals. This can also influence a group, society, or community simply due to the fact that if all members agree on a set of ethics and morals, then they will all have a desire to do what they believe is right.
Overall, moral and ethical convictions can greatly impact how an individual, group, society, or community act based on assessments of what is good and bad, as well as desires to do what is right. In fact, almost everything we as people do is based on moral and ethical convictions. We do not notice it most of the time, but we all have our own set of beliefs that affect how we think and act, and these convictions can lead to impacts, whether good or bad, on society.
Length: 2 to 3 well-structured paragraphs
(***Teachable moment - note the use of a hyphenated word: Generally, hyphenate two or more words when they come before a noun they modify and act as a single idea. This is called a compound adjective.)
Standards Addressed:
W.11-12.3 – Write narratives to develop experiences using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured sequences. The entry should include an introductory idea that identifies the focus (W.11-12.3a), coherent progression of ideas and distinctive tone (W.11-12.3c), and a final concluding statement (W.11-12.3e).
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As people, there are many reasons that may affect what we believe and how we act about a certain object, characteristic, or person. One of these main reasons we may believe or act in a certain way is our set of morals. These are lessons that are learned through experience, or even taught. Another way that our actions and beliefs might be skewed is through ethics. Ethics are the way people act based on what they believe and their morals. Morals and ethics are important to us as people, as they are a great part of what we base our daily lives on. These morals and ethics have what are known as moral and ethical convictions, which are deep rooted assessments of situations, events, and people and whether they are right or wrong. Moral and ethical convictions impact individuals, groups, communities, and societies by giving a judgmental view on what is right or wrong, depending on what these convictions establish as right or wrong.
Moral convictions may impact an individual as one, or even a society as a whole. For example, in a society, if there is a belief that abortion is wrong, then that belief is backed by a moral conviction. If an individual has a moral conviction on an issue, then this will lead to them assessing whether it is right or wrong. This ties in with ethical convictions, which are based off of moral convictions, but involve actions and determining whether or not to do something based off of the idea that it is right or wrong. These ethical convictions will impact an individual, group, society, or community because if they have a belief about one thing, they may choose to act on whether or not they believe that it is ethically sound to do so. An example of this is theft. If someone believes that theft is wrong, then they will not steal because it goes against their ethics, and they will have a desire to the the "right thing." Likewise, if someone believes that theft is justifiable, then they will happily do so, as it doesn't conflict with their ethics and morals. This can also influence a group, society, or community simply due to the fact that if all members agree on a set of ethics and morals, then they will all have a desire to do what they believe is right.
Overall, moral and ethical convictions can greatly impact how an individual, group, society, or community act based on assessments of what is good and bad, as well as desires to do what is right. In fact, almost everything we as people do is based on moral and ethical convictions. We do not notice it most of the time, but we all have our own set of beliefs that affect how we think and act, and these convictions can lead to impacts, whether good or bad, on society.
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