Which prevailing social trend are you most disturbed by and why?.
We have always been taught that competition is required to help us reach our fullest potential. In this age of knowledge expansion with the limited power of assimilation and goal-orientation, results have become the assessment of a person. This has led to a disturbing social trend -- excessive competition. Excessive competition creeps in every corner of life, be it schools or workplaces. Time and again, it has caused much pressure and distress among people.
At a tender age, students are face excessive competition in schools, due to the high emphasis placed on grades. In academically high-ranked schools, students are exposed to tough entrance examinations. Parents recognise that their children must have sound foundation to compete for jobs in the future, hence they take the enrolment of children into good schools very seriously. With so many children competing for limited places in prestigious schools, the teachers are forced to conduct interviews or academic ability diagnostic tests to sieve out the best. Yearning to measure up to their parents" expectations, the children put pressure on themselves to perform better than their competitors. Sadly, the batch that succeeds have to face more daunting competition from their intellectual peers. Students strive to emerge top in their class and are convinced that the most important thing in life is winning, to the extent that they may resort to back-stabbing. When they fail, they fall into depression and lose all interest in studying. This defeats the true purpose of learning. Furthermore, the stiff competition intensifies during major examinations, such as the "O" and "A" levels. As such certificates indicate a person's job prospects, there is extreme pressure to excel in order to succeed later in life. Students from the nation compete with one another. Apparently, during this time, school ranking suddenly becomes exceedingly important to a school's reputation.
UNI's aim to improve social responsibility of business must now move to workers" capital. ... Not every company acts irresponsibly, but there appears to be a disturbing and increasing trend to sacrifice employees to profits and stockholders. Unions around the world see this trend and are joining together to do what they can to protect their members. ...
One way is to understand it from a social stratification point of view. ... This results to a more disturbing outcome of the functional relationship that the social inequality promotes conflict and revolution. ... The religious feels that there is some moral obligation to narrow the ever-widening gap and mitigate the social explosion from happening. ... While this is happening, the family and the education institutions support in one way or another the trend of action as a matter of lessening the impact. ... It is gathering more and more support, and who knows, it may be able to prevent...
Second, it is thought that ecotourism will have a lower social and environmental costs than does resort - oriented tourism."" ... This holds true with nature - tourism trends in the United States as well, as it is estimated that in 1999, there were 402 million recreational visits (both domestic and international) to the national parks system alone, many of which were Americans. ... Such as, if tour operators are not conscientious promoters of the principles of ecotourism, probably the most disturbing of which is the environmental degradation that can occur. ... This would be a general develope...
One dead in US school shooting. This is not the first time I have red an article about a student killing his/her fellow students. Violence in schools in on the rise, not just in the US but also here in New Zealand. I believe that this article won't be the last. So what causes these teenagers to comm...
A very disturbing trend that has emerged recently in our political system is the steady decline in voter turnout. ... When elections such as these affect many aspects of your social political and economical situation and not simply which candidate is elected to office, one must consider what factors would cause almost half of the population in the United States to fail to vote on election day. ... After the election of 1960 a discouraging trend of low voter turnout appeared in our political system. ... This trend is not only present in our presidential elections but also in many other natio...
One of Blake's early works entitled To the Evening Star- embodied all of the above literary trends associated with the Romantic Era. ... This work fully exemplifies the Romantic author's trend in attempting to communicate his personal feelings through a more subjective expression of passion and excitement. ... - is another literary trend often seen in Romantic Era works. Through this reflection, Keats taps unsheltered territory, and illustrates the most commonly contemplative topic plaguing contemporary man, without any hesitation or logic to disturb his overall thought. .....
Women tend to cherish the idea of reaching such a goal of fitting into the social "norm" by over dieting and creating low self esteems. Media disturbs their sense of self. ... As children we are taught to see the world in certain ways and later as grown ups, we continue this trend through media. ...
Secondly, a state must lose control over the development of personal or social identity among its citizens. ... Now that the idea of change has been addressed, it is time to look at a few examples of international actors and trends which may or may not be characterized as legitimately new forces. ... From the incidents of 9/11 to the train station bombing in Madrid to what is currently being referred to as terrorism on the part of Iraqi, one cannot escape the impact which this disturbing trend has had on the world. ... A fourth, and disturbing, element of the "new terrorism" theory is the ...
The proportion of American children being raised without fathers has skyrocketed, accompanied by a wide array of social ills. The lack of father involvement is the most harmful demographic trend of this generation. ... Marriage and the nuclear family--mother, father, and children--are the most universal social institutions in existence. ... The increasing percentage of children living apart from their natural father is an unpredicted and not widely discussed trend. Fatherlessness is a major force behind many disturbing U.S. social problems. ...
