Keeping Our Emotions In Check Essay Examples

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Judaism: An Importance of Shabbat in Keeping the Faith Alive (2139 words, 3 pages)

Judaism through out history have been a strong religion, they have been going for over 4,000 years and have experienced many difficult times in this period, such as discrimination and prosecution etc...but throughout these difficult times they have kept the Jewish faith alive due to their Jewish ceremonies and practices. ... Read More

Historical Overview of False Theories about the Structure of Our Universe (1218 words, 2 pages)

Today, we have a thorough understanding of the structure of our universe. We know that the earth is round, is the third planet from the sun, and the sun is the center of our universe. We also know that the space around our universe simply goes on forever - it ... Read More

An Essay on Unsolved Mysteries about Our Solar System (1141 words, 2 pages)

Ancient times have it that a group of people of heritage called the Sumerians has documented information about a planet thats beyond Pluto in our solar system in a different orbit. They have it documented as the 12th planet because they counted Earths moon as a planet and also counts ... Read More

Richard Wright’s Emotional Appeal to Rise Up (909 words, 2 pages)

Richard Wright was brought up in a life of poverty, violence, and racism, so he obviously experienced these things first hand. Wright uses his essay to relay the message to black people that it is time to revolt against whites. In The Ethics of Living Jim Crow Wright uses his ... Read More

Are We Capable of Living Our Life Freely? (856 words, 2 pages)

Are we capable of living our life freely? Often in life we are faced with high expectations by parents and the outside world and succumb to the pressure of being someone we are not. We have the idea that freedom is a natural right, but freedom has become a fallacy ... Read More

Stand by Me a Mirror to Our Youths Lives (1011 words, 2 pages)

The main theme within 'Stand by Me' is the closeness of pre-teen boys, 'hanging around' in gangs and generally trying to grow up too fast. It is in the 'coming of age' movie genre. The opening sequence reflects the close bond still shared by the two main characters (Gordie and ... Read More

Keeping Stress at Bay Steps to a Relaxing Day (707 words, 1 pages)

Exemplification Are you stressed out? Well, you are not alone. We all experience stress and have different ways of dealing with it. Many of us use physical activities such as sports, athletics, or exercise to cop with stress. Others seek recreational activities such as going to the movies, to dinner, ... Read More

There are a few very notable difference in imaginative quality separates the novels of Charlotte (1816-55) and Emily (1818-55) Bronte from those of the other great English novelists of the nineteenth century, even from themselves. The difference seems to be one of emotional intensity, the product of a unique concentration ... Read More

Boys Emotional Needs (198 words, 1 pages)

Boys Emotional Needs Issues Summary Growing up male in America has inherent difficulties. Teenage boys are leading lonelier lives in America because there is less of an extended family around them to teach them morals. All they have to go by is their peers, television, and now more increasingly their ... Read More

Aristotle’s Idea of the Pursuit of Happiness as Our Main Goal (1052 words, 2 pages)

Aristotle argues the highest end is the human good, and claims that the highest end pursued in action is happiness, "What is the highest of all goods pursued in action...most people virtually agree about what the good is, since both the many and the cultivated call it happiness."(1095a15-20 p. 6) ... Read More

The John Doe of Our Society Lives Only One Third of His Life (434 words, 1 pages)

I have been told that all great men were once rejected by society but that just maybe another lie told to me by society. American society is thought to be simple but it is very contradicting. The common man is told a lie Try your best and you will make ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of Prayer Play in Our Lives Today (795 words, 3 pages)

Does prayer play an important role in our lives today? The minority would say no and that prayer shouldn't ever have played an important role in our society. But, the simple fact of the matter is that for hundreds of years, prayer in school has been encouraged by both society ... Read More

An Essay on Our Life Journeys (837 words, 1 pages)

Seeing new people, new places and being exposed to new experiences, it changes people. My world was the only place I felt comfortable and safe from the evil exterior that I'd made myself believe never existed. I closed myself out from love and being loved, from taking chances and having ... Read More

An Examination of Our Population Situation (1239 words, 2 pages)

Our Population Situation In the year 2054, the estimated world population will be 15 million. The world is estimated to be able to sustain a maximum of this amount of people. After this limit has been exceeded, we will all become desperate for food and the poorer nations will suffer ... Read More

The Body-Checking Age in Relation to the Injuries in the Sport of Hockey (1274 words, 5 pages)

In my fifteen years of playing hockey I have experienced many situations with injuries. This comes from my own experienced either through my own injuries or the injuries my teammates have had. Injuries seem to be apart of playing hockey because of its violent nature but the rules of the ... Read More

The Concept of Racial Consciousness in Our Current Society (1110 words, 5 pages)

Racial consciousness is the notion that one race is better than another race (Hier 23). The world has different races and people of each race feel that they are more important that other races in various aspects. Racial awareness may be based on aspects such as history, traditions or even ... Read More

In the Search of Our True Selves (1485 words, 5 pages)

The earlier we are able to find our true selves, the more enjoyable our lives will be. Building on this notion, it is essential that adolescents have exposure to a diverse world and it is the responsibility of the elder generations to instruct the younger population on how to examine ... Read More

The Role of Fairy Tales in Our Lives (280 words, 1 pages)

Maria Tatar, a folklore teacher at Harvard University, explains in An Introduction To Fairy Tales the different stages of fairy tales and how they change throughout the years. Do you remember sitting on the edge of the couch or lying on the edge of the bed with all your excitement ... Read More

Are Violent Video Games a Threat to Our Society? (2617 words, 5 pages)

Since the early 1980's, video games have become part the newest target for activists looking for a reason. Most proponents in the argument for games state that games are an expressive medium, and opponents of the gaming industry state that games are a serious threat to our society and thus ... Read More

We Learn and Improve from Our Mistakes (931 words, 3 pages)

Everything happens for a reason we just have to focus on the good side of it. We can only learn from a mistake after we admit that we made it. As soon as someone starts blaming other people for their mistakes (or the universe itself) we distance our self from ... Read More

The Important Things in Life Other Than Our Kids in Imitation of Life, a Movie by Douglas Sirk (1271 words, 4 pages)

In my opinion I feel that the mother Laura has more time for her work than for her child. The Method I chose to use is the PMIS method. You can see at the beginning of the movie Laura loses her six-year old daughter Susie at the beach. Laura is ... Read More

Taking Individual Responsibilities of Our Actions (1474 words, 5 pages)

How responsible are individuals for their behavior and life circumstances? At a glance the answer seems very clear everyone is responsible for their actions or at least should be. However, when the concept of freewill and determinism is apply to the answers the responses will definitely vary. While some may ... Read More

A Review of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (8272 words, 33 pages)

Abstract Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been known as the most efficacious method of therapy (Lees, 2008 Butler, Chapman, Forman, Beck, 2006). Additionally, there are several forms of cognitive behavior therapy that have been developed over the past several decades in order to emphasize specific conceptualizations created by that particular ... Read More

A Simple Phone Call That Changed Our Lives (629 words, 2 pages)

Life tends to offer a variety of opportunities to everyone but it is ones decision to either grasp or stay afraid of grasping these many opportunities. Throughout my life I havent given this idea much thought until the summer of 2008 when my once simple life was immediately transformed into ... Read More

The Day Our Tires Were Stolen (686 words, 2 pages)

People say when life gives you lemons make lemonade. Well that day we got a handful of lemons. It was a typical Monday morning and we thought we would deal with a normal day but this day had nothing normal neither typical. We would soon realize why leaving the car ... Read More

Breaking Our Relationship Off (459 words, 2 pages)

I could feel the irritation boiling inside my being like boiling water inside a pan. Before he even opened his mouth I knew what he was going to say to me. Were over. I just cant take your jealously anymore. I didnt want to hear any of it at all. ... Read More

Albert Ellis’ Theory of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (1059 words, 4 pages)

Most often described as a verbally colorful, directive psychoanalyst, Albert Ellis established himself in the field of psychology when he began to experiment with the merging of Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapies which would eventually evolve into his no-nonsense style of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (Murdock, p. 273). Ellis original idea ... Read More

Taking Selfies: The New Addiction in Our Generation (1013 words, 3 pages)

In a New York Times article Dan Zak discussed the new addiction andpreoccupation our generation has with taking selfies'' and theconstant posting of these images to the internet. The use of Facebookand Instagram has been overridden by selfies and an indulgence thatpeople use to feel self worth and has created ... Read More

Our Horror Movie Craving Explained (500 words, 2 pages)

In Why We Crave Horror Movies by Steven King, the author writes about why we as people enjoy horror movies. He states that we all want and need to watch horror movies. He talks about the want to see others in danger or hurt, but to know it isnt real. ... Read More

Emotion Appeal and Rationality (849 words, 3 pages)

I accidentally found out that my team partner Andy was planning toquit the internship just several days before an important presentation.Whether to tell mentor Pam about it became an ethical dilemma. To tellmeans that I betray my peeking at other's phone without permission. Notto tell means the possibility to jeopardize ... Read More