Friday, September 11, 2009
If LIfe Were Fair, They'd Call It "Fair"
What do you feel or believe is unfair or unjust in your world today? Explain.
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Something I think is unfair or unjust in our world today are people judging others. It has gotten much better since the older days, when people were judged by their color, but i still feel that it is really bad. It isnt fair that people are judged by what they wear or what they look like. It isnt fair to judge someone on how much money their fsamily makes either. I think all of that is not important what so ever. Someone should only be judged by who they are, and what they say and do.
I also hate how people think they have the right to make fun of someone who doesn't fit in. That's not right or just at all. Everyone is the same deep down, and that's just not right to make fun of someone because in the world of highschool, and brand names, and social scenes,they don't seem to fit in. I think those are the people who make the most of life, and deserve the most credit.
-Erica Schultz
There are many things that are unfair or unjust about the world that we live in today. Many things, including sports, people can cheat. For example, for tennis, many people call balls out in order to get more points and the opposing side can't do anything about it. That is an unfair call.
Somethings that are unjust might concern matters such as in court. There is still prejudice today where people judge others just by their past backgrounds or even appearance. Judges could give an unjust rule easily, for they do rule the court. In one case, I have watched the news hearing that a white officer beat a black man after pulling them over. That is an unjust action. There are many unfair and unjust events happening all around us and many times, not much can be done.
There are lots of unfair things in todays world. For me, I would consider the way my parents treat me and my brother differently is unfair. For starters, I got a cell phone in the middle of 8th grade. My brother got one when he was in 5th grade. When I would bring that up to my parents they would just shurg it off. The thing that has really been unfair to me is that my parents have forced me to run cross country and track since 7th grade. Bringing up the topic of not wanting to do it just makes them angry. My brother on the other hand, is now in 7th grade, and they told him to go out for it, but he didn't and now they just don't care. Maybe they have some other plan in mind for him, but to me I thought they always wanted both of us to be runners throughout school.
By Sarah Johnson
Today in the world there is just and unjust topics. Something i agree that is unjust is the government. They are unjust because it seems like they don't tell the citizans everything, and some laws are unfair.
I believe the government is a load of scams and fake smiles. People are elected by voters, but not enough people care to vote. Then it isn't even fair for the citizans to complain of the elected officasl because they never voted! An example would be govener Rob Blagoavich. He tried to sell Obama's senate seat to anyone with enough money. What kind of people are leading us?! With the rage i have of unjust things in politics i think i might use that rage and be in the politics world when i am older so i can do something more about it.
One thing I beleve is unfair is that you have to drive a total of 50 hours to get your liscense. I believe this is unfair because it is too many hours. Many people don't always have someone to take them driving to get those hours. Also people need liscenses as soon as possible so they can get jobs. Many people don't even do the 50 hours anyways and just have their parents lie on the sheet.
I also believe wearing our I.D.s around our neck is unfair. I believe this because they are uncomfortable and we have no reason to have to wear them. They should be carried by people at all times, but not to be worn. They also can become a huge distraction. The reason they are making us wear the I.D.s is because of something that happened at a different school, not ours.
I believe it is unfair for kids undder the age of 16 to have only 1 other person in the car. What if your other friend needs a ride snd csnt find one? Your not going to leave him standing in front of the school or wherever. I believe 16 yr olds should be able to drive more than 1 person in the car.
I believe that a lot of things are not fair in the world. Such as children being left on street corners with no food to eat and no house to live in. I don't think it's fair that although many people in this world are very wealthy they use their money for things that don't matter, rather than helping out someone who has nothing.
I always say things are not fair in my own personal like, I can't stay out one more hour with my friends, I have to clean my room on a Saturday, these are the things that I don't think are fair. But then I think back to people that have nothing and it just goes to show that no one has a perfect life. Life isn't fair, and there is no way to change that.
-Mary Sorensen
I believe some parts of life are unfair because I believe not everyone in the world has the same opportunities as others. For example, children that were born from a wealthy family in American, have more opportunities that children that were born in the slums of Africa.
Another thing that is unfair is racism. It is not fair for the people who get judged on the color of their skin. They didn't have a choice on what color their skin was going to be when they came out of their mother's womb.
I think segregation is unjust although it is human's nature. Although segreagation could be justifying in some situation, I think segregation to malevolence otheres is unjustifying.
Some of the examples of unjustifying segreagation is such as college resume because it is it is determined my your skin color such as African American, Asian, and Cacasian. So only some percent of some race would go in that college. That means that there is more or less chance to get accepted to college because of their race or even religion. Getting into college is subjective so you can't really complain but I see those practices from colleges as unjustifying.
I think segregation is unjust although it is human's nature. Although segreagation could be justifying in some situation, I think segregation to malevolence otheres is unjustifying.
Some of the examples of unjustifying segreagation is such as college resume because it is it is determined my your skin color such as African American, Asian, and Cacasian. So only some percent of some race would go in that college. That means that there is more or less chance to get accepted to college because of their race or even religion. Getting into college is subjective so you can't really complain but I see those practices from colleges as unjustifying.
when someone provokes by saying something that ticks you off. you retaliate back and the teacher sees you fighting or saying something. you are the only one that gets in trouble because the teacher didn't see the whole picture. this is totally unfair.
Andrew Lombardo
This is a very strange quote, and I think this is true. The world is a pretty unfair place. It is unfair that is there are innocent people dying. Another thing that is unfair is people getting away with something, and people going to jail eventhough they are innocent.
I think people ripping people off is unfair. Also, people have to steal stuff from each other. Another thing is that rules are getting a little to strict, and people are not getting enough freedom anymore or enough protection. That is what i think is unfair.
I believe that one of the many things that is unfair in our world today is how our goverment, seniors, and adults say that us, as teens, are unhealthy. We are put into a school for at least eight hours a day, during which we must learn some things that may not pretain to our future careers, or that do not intrest at all. We are then given usually at least an hour and a half of homework, though usually more. We are also told to be involved with as many extracurricular activities as possible, encouraged to lead a good social life, and help out at home. With all these activities that are expected of us we tend to be up late into the night, or morning in many cases, and then we must repeat it the next day, waking up early. We are then told that we lead an unhealthy lifestyle, and stay up to late, and sometimes are told that we are lazy and do not have enough responsibilities. I believe that this is unfair and unjiust.
There are many different senarios in which I feel that things are unfair or unjust. A certain situation might involve a person that is being bullied by another person. When something like that happens I feel enraged and question myself why a human being could be so cruel. I must remind myself that not everyone in the world is kind or caring of other people's emotions.
The best thing for me to do in that type of situation is to, no matter what sort of thing will happen to me (even though I probably should not be doing this as often as I do), stand up for that person being bullied.
I think that the world today is both unjust and unfair. Some of the things that I believe to be unjust or unfair would be our goverment and court systems. Or sometimes I thnk that the world is unfair in the way that they treat other people.
One major thing that i think is unfair is how we're still in th middle east. We have o business over there. I also think that the way people threat eachother can be unfair and unjust. People are ometimes judgemental or quick to stereotype.I just feel that our whole economy in unfair.
I think that there is a lot that is unjust and unfair about our world today. For example, the court system is unjust because it lets some guilty criminals go free while innocent criminals suffer in jail. Also, the school system is sort of unfair. The administration forces kids to wear identification all day every day.
When a student forgets his or her id, he or she has to get a temporary id from the school. If that student forgets his id five times over the course of a nine month school year, he or she has to pay a dollar for each successive temporary id. Some universities let in more minorities than white students, even if they have worse grades than the white students. Tobacco companies continue to market addictive cigarettes to young children, even though cigarettes are awful for you. The political system is unjust, politicians constantly corrupt themselves for campaign funds, and then they have to repay the lenders of the funds once they gain office. This involves use of taxpayer money to repay debts or giving of government jobs.
In life alot of things that are wrong and unjust go unnoticed in our society. Animals house pets or wild all deserve some sort of respect. A main factor that contributes to animal abuse always has to do with its owner or the abuser. Most of the time the person abusing a helpless animal has been hurt somehow in their life and feel they need to take it out on a dog for example that will love them even if they abuse it. The most important thing about animal abuse is it's not fair. Its not fair to hurt someone who cant even fight back or stick up for themselves in any way. Its not fair for people to buy animals and let them live their whole life in a cage looking out and wishing they could be free. Not only is it animal abuse unjust and not fair but what are we doing about it?
Yes, today there are many organizations to help animals and save the lives of those in danger(animal cops). This is the best thing anyone can do to try and make life fair for abused animals besides the fact if you know its happening to try n get that animal out of the abusive environment by reporting it. I feel very strong about the protection of animals and how they should be treated. I have helped save horses from slaughter, and animals from abusive homes and i think by treating animals right thats what would be fair. Fairness to me isn't only for people its for animals too because they are just as important, especially to the people that own and love them.
in the world i think there are many unfare and unjust things. For example there are many people who dont get jobs because some people are raciest, sexist, or dont think someone younger can do a better job than someone older. I think it is also unfair when you get in trouble for swearing because we have a freedom of speech.
if ,life were fair they'd call it fair this is a true statement because life is never completely fair in all eyes. no matter it what situation or perdsicament who ever loses the arguement believes life isnt fair. also with other countries like north korea they dont have any electricity other than in the capital also they cant leave the country and if they try they go to a prison camp where they are most likely killed. life is not fair and it will never be fair bewcause people have different beliefs on what is fair. some may think that it is appropriate tpo ground their child for 1 year for getting bad grades while other parents just say they are disappointed and that they should be try harder next year. it all depends on how they are raised and maybe even how religion may cause unfair justice.
to sum it all up life will never be fair in all eyes and if it ever were life would be great because there wouldnt be terrorist flying into the world trade centers who think they are doing the right thing for there gods but we think it's unfair because it's killing 1000's of innocent family members and loved ones. life cant be fair.
Brian Wasilik
One thing I think is unfair is how Juniors cant get parking passes to school unless they buy it from a senior for a lot of money or if they are in a special class where they get one. Also, there shouldnt be as many seniors driving as there are. Not all of them need to drive because they can ride together and that would even save money on gas.
Also, I think its unfair how we have so much homework. There should be a sechedule where like english and math can only give homework monday, wednesday, and friay. And then science and extra curricular classes can only give homework tuesday and thursday. That way you dont have 3 hours of homework dumped on you every night.
i think that life is very unfair. there are so many wrong things and people in this world it makes me sick to my stomach.
i hate that people judge others, especially when they are so bad they shouldnt be judging. i also think its terrible that there are girls in the sex slave trade all over the world. there are young girls who should be going to school and making friends who are being sold to people who want illicit sex from young girls. it makes me want to hurt someone.
i also dislike people who cheat. i wont say ive never done it because i have and i have paid the price for my actions but its sad how some people make it all the way to college by cheating then get through college by cheating then get a job by cheating....is there wholen life one big fat blob of cheating????
gosh life really sucks sometimes.
What i think is most unfair in our world is people's intolerance of another race or creed. It has improved greatly but a lot of peoplr still live in fear of persecution and ridicule and it just isn't fair for them. It's how they were born and there is nothing they can do to change that so people should respect them.
Another thing i can't stand to see in our world is people's selfishness. How constantly arrogant people stand in the way of a hard-working person just so they can make an extea couple bucks or so. People are always, and only looking out for themselves and it makes the world more corrupt. It drains the love and care from everyone and just makes them bitter and cold. People need to be more respectful and more open to help others.
In life today there are lots of things that are unfair. One of which is the situation you are born into. It isn't your fault that you are born into an area with poor living conditions, lack of running water or a communist country. You are born into the placde around you without any choice of your own. It is something that you have to deal with and fight against for your whole life.
The need for wearing school ID's isn't fair to almost all of the students that are affected. A few people who thought it would be funny to play a practical joke on the school by writing on bathroom stalls ruined it for the rest of the students. Now, every person has to have a standart ID and lanyard to set foot in our school. My freshman year we only had to carry our ID's with us, but now its mandatory to wear them. If it wasn't for the pranksters, the innocent ones wouldn't be encumbered by the lanyard and ID that seem to get in the way and fall off whenever possible. Life isn't fair.
The world is extremely unfair because of how people act and what they do. Everyone wants to fit in some way and in order for people to due this, they put on somewhat of a fake persona and never act themselves. With this fake persona of theirs you can never really trust anyone because you can't differ what is truth and not.
This makes the world unfair because everyone feels that in order to fit in they must please another group or person and or act like such group. Because of this the world seems like one huge lie and no one really seems to be themselves unless they are in a comfortable position. Why is the world so harsh that people have to stop being true to themselves and be someone else?
I think there are many things unfair in the world today. for example i dont think its fair that when you get your liscense you can only have one person in your car, i feel that after 50 hours you are ready to drive and make your own decisions.
Also if it depends on where you are born like if your the son of a millionare its not fair to kids in africa because you can start with great education and wealth.
What i feel is unjust or unfair in our world today is people are still juding others. It use to be just about the color of your skin, but nowadays its, in a way about what you wear, your hair and basicly just about what you look like. Also about how much money one person has compared to another. There are some people out there who only are freinds with people just because of how much money they have and what they look like. how are you suppose to get to know alot of people when all you do is judge them but what they have on the outside?!
i believe something should be done. maybe schools can make it so everyone gets to know everyone from the insides and not the outside. i guess if you know a person from the inside and you dont like them then you wont be judging them. youll be giving them a chance to get to know you and a chance for you to get to know them. our world really needs to get over the judging them before they know each other, other wise we might be in bogger trouble then we realise.
One thing that I think is unfair or unjust in the world are parents. Parents think that they are the boss of everyone. They tell you go do this and go do that. Well im sick of it. Its gotten on my nerves. I know that they are trying to protect their children when they tell them not to do something, but they have already had their fun in their lives, now it's time for ours. We are smart enough to make our own decisions and do what we want to do. We don't need to check up or tell you every little detail about what we do. It gets really annoying.
I believe that the occurances in life are unfair. I say this because there are things that happen like death, hardship, and losses that are out of our reach. For example there are natural disasters like hurrican Katrina that devistated the southwest. I also believe there are hardships such as disagreements and unfortunately war between groups of people with different values. I feel that these life events that are out of our reach only help us to find ways to get past them. They reveal to us our real character, abilities, and areas in our life that need improvement. For me, I feel that these growths in life out-weigh the difficulties. Thus it depends on how people view and approach their lives. People can choose to call life unfair if they believe that they're more deserving and things are too difficult. Then there are those who accept the fact that things will be hard, and turn that around to their benefit. I believe i can relate to both. There are times when i feel that things are so outrageous and tough, yet there are times where i can find a small victory out of the issue.
Eunice Park
There are so many unfair things in this world, but the case i think the most unfair is that people being hypocrite. They tell people not to do this or that but they do the same thing without realizing them doing it. Then he/she talks behind others' back.
It is so unfair how people do not realize their own problems and find out others' problems easily and criticize others as if she/he is so innocent. I think people should treat others as they want to be treated to make this world fair.
In this world, there are many things that are unfair and simply not just. One thing that really sticks out to me is the way that people judge others. Long before our times, people were judged by their skin color and even before that, what their ststus was in the community. Nowadays, judging people has ataken a whole new form/idea. People now judge by money and material possessions. People are left out at school becausse other kids do not like their appearance or them just being there in general. People say that life isn't fair, now why would you want to make someones life hell in the first place?
I think it is unfair how the American goverment hides things from it's people. We may be the most free nation in the world but how much do we really know abuot what is going on around us.
There will always be corruption in goverment, yes I know that, but there are so many secrets and lies that our goverment has hidden from us. A lot of Americans are against the war in the Middle East and what purpose do we have to even be there? I don't know all of the facts but I do know that when there are nations at war, people who have a lot of power and money, who own the companies that make supplies for war; guns, tanks, even the clothes and canteens. War time provides jobs in these factories and companies. Most of the people who are in charge and own these compalies influence congress. War actually helps these men in power make money, then they bribe the congressmen to vote their way. It's corrupt. This is just one example of some of the secretive things that the goverment "fogets" to mention. It is unfair for lives to be lost due to war while others make more money that they don't need.
"If Life were fair, they'd call it fair" is a ver true quote. One thing thats not fair and bugs the heck out of me is the way my parents treat my siblings compared to the way they treat me. I was never allowed to watch any PG 13 movies until I was actually 13. Then when I turned 13, the movies I watched had to of been seen and approved by my parents first. Now my three younger siblings could watch pretty much anything. No restrictions.
Another thing that isnt fair is the fact that I have to pay for almost EVERYTHING. My parents tell me its a good life lesson. But now that my sister is growing up, she doesnt have to pay for a cell phone, clothes, or movies. My parents provide all of it for her. But when I grew up I had to pay for my cell phone, ipod, computer, most of my clothes, and the band trip to Hawaii over Spring Break (and that was over $2,000).
I guess in some ways, it is a learning process. But I definitely think that most of it is unfair. There are so many things that go on in ths world that are completely unfair though. So, its just something people have to live/deal with.
-Nicole Mangiaracina
fair is like perfect- it doesn't exist. mathmatically, sure; in real life, no. every human will have a different view on any topic. those who support abortion think it isn't fair that a woman will be criticized for doing so for her personal reasons. those who don't support abortion think it isn't fair that someone wasn't allowed to be born and live a life.
if only people worried about themselves and people they care about, not what some stranger does-maybe then we'll come closer to living "fair and perfect" lives.
Prejudice and racial discrimination is common in our society. Individuals are discrimated against due to the color of their skin, their race- in general, their physical appearance. Often times, people disregard a person's unique characteristics due to their external appearance. Morepover, the judgements that people make of one another are often wrong. It is not fair to the individual being judged because he or she is not being seen for who they really are.
Likewise, stereotyping individuals based on the groups or clubs that they are associated with often has the same effect. Characters are placed on the individual because of their association with that particular group. Every person deserves to be recognized as an individual.
I think one of the world's unfair things is prejudice. People evaluate one another only by their own point of view. Even though a person is talented and friendly, people have tendency to jugde them by the person's race, color,or look. They don't understand how the person might feel about it and they don't think how they would feel if they are prejudiced. Therefore, I think predudicing people is unfair thing.
Furthermore, one more thing that I think it is unfair is that when people make fun of others ony because they think it's fun. I think it shouldn't be happening because people who make fun of other don't want to be made fun. So I think it's the other unfair thing that is happening.
i believe that one of the most unfair and unjust problem in the world today, is the education systems and environments of urban lower classes. Back in the 1980's city residential homes were the most affluent and merchandised areas in America. However, the inflation that destroyed the economy from the 1970's uproared unemployment rates and left many people jobless. In search of work most of the middle and upper class moved to the rural and suburban areas which were plentiful of jobs; leaving behind the lower classes still living in poverty.
Consequently, the lower classes had an even more difficult time in the city because of the lack of leadership in corporations from the upper and middle class citizens. The once thriving and friendly communities turned into ghettos. Young teens had less educational motives because of the negative environment and horrible teachers. They then indulged themselves into gangs, violence, and drugs to try to make money. One can only look foward to social reform for chance of equal educational opportunities.
There are a lot of things in the world that aren't fair but the one thing i think in totally unfair is the way people judge other people. Eventhough we all do it it doesnt make it right.People all over the world are killin their selves and gettin sergeries and changing the way they look just because of what people say. One of the main reasons a person can get unliked or teased is their skin color. I have a lot of experience with because my mother is white and my father is black, and my 2 younger brothers have a mexican father so people ask us all the time are we adopted. Also when i met my moms brother i didnt knw he didnt like black people so when he saw me he just said i wasnt his niece and he called me inapropreate names. I was 12 at the time so i really didnt understand why my own family member was saying all these terrible things to me. And now that i got older i understand that so people are stuck in their bad ways and judge people before they get the chance to know them. I try to do my best and not judge people because i know bad it feels when someone just downs you and you really cant do anything about it but walk away. But in my case with my uncle he had to deal with my dad and my 8 older brothers. Lastly i feel that everyone should just try and stop judging people because it hurts and its unfair.
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