I think that the greatest achievement in life is simply being happy. I am not sure if there are specific "lengths" that you could go to achieve happiness; it is more a mental choice.
There are moral and legal boundaries that one could cross in a quest to experience further happiness. An example of crossing a legal boundary is the use of illegal substances. I would not cross that boundary because getting in trouble does not contribute to an overall positive outlook on life.
There is a plethora of moral boundaries one could cross to achieve happiness. You could exclude a person from a group activity to feel included, and many many other things which have been discussed during ADL assemblies and Health classes. Moral boundaries are tough because each person's "moral compass" is different and for most instances that moral boundaries are crossed there is 20/20 hindsight, which can lead to guilt. Being happy is an achievement because it requires constant adjustments.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Macbeth Final Question
-What is the greatest accomplishment you could ever achieve in life?
1) The greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life is to go to college and have a successful job where I can then provide for my family and kids. This is a goal that most women have in life.
What lengths would you go to in order to achieve this accomplishment?
2) I do not think that going to college will be hard goal to achieve because there are so many colleges and Universities out there that I can find the one for me. The tough part might be getting a job that is successful because the economy is not the best right now. It is on the rise however; it still can be better than it is. To achieve this goal, I will not have to commit any acts that will break the laws or kill anyone. If there is a man out there for me, I will find him at some point and college is only three years away! I would not kill anyone just to have a certain guy or go to a specific college.
1) The greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life is to go to college and have a successful job where I can then provide for my family and kids. This is a goal that most women have in life.
What lengths would you go to in order to achieve this accomplishment?
2) I do not think that going to college will be hard goal to achieve because there are so many colleges and Universities out there that I can find the one for me. The tough part might be getting a job that is successful because the economy is not the best right now. It is on the rise however; it still can be better than it is. To achieve this goal, I will not have to commit any acts that will break the laws or kill anyone. If there is a man out there for me, I will find him at some point and college is only three years away! I would not kill anyone just to have a certain guy or go to a specific college.
Macbeth
The greatest accomplishment that I could achieve in life would to have a happy and healthy family. Finding true happiness with people that I love would be an amazing accomplishment to achieve. To achieve this accomplishment, I would continue my education past Kingswood Oxford onto college. Afterwards, I would make sure I have a successful job that brings in more than enough money to support my family. I don't believe I would cross any legal boundaries to get to this achievement because many people have done this without any legal issues. I also don't believe I would cross any moral boundaries to achieve this accomplishment. One moral boundary that I would definitely not cross would be to take away someone else's happiness so I could be happy. Everybody deserves happiness in their life. Even if it meant I couldn't be happy, I wouldn't want to take away someone else's just to make myself happy.
Macbeth
“What is the greatest accomplishment you could ever achieve in life?
What lengths would you go to in order to achieve this accomplishment?
Consider the moral and legal boundaries you would or would not cross.”
The Greatest accomplishment that i could ever achieve in life would be to have a nice steady job to support my family. I would want to set up my children's life so that one day they could have a good enough education to become more successful than i did. In order to reach this goal, i would first have to do well in High School, to set myself up for a good college education. By setting myself up for a good college education at a good school, my opportunities to get a successful job would be higher. The moral or legal boundaries i would not cross to achieve this goal would be to become someone who only relies on school work to get them into college instead of actually having a fun High School life.
The Greatest accomplishment that i could ever achieve in life would be to have a nice steady job to support my family. I would want to set up my children's life so that one day they could have a good enough education to become more successful than i did. In order to reach this goal, i would first have to do well in High School, to set myself up for a good college education. By setting myself up for a good college education at a good school, my opportunities to get a successful job would be higher. The moral or legal boundaries i would not cross to achieve this goal would be to become someone who only relies on school work to get them into college instead of actually having a fun High School life.
Macbeth
I find this question pretty difficult to answer, plus I have multiple possibilities but here goes:
The greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life would be to have complete happiness and to have my name well known. When I say I want my name to be well known, that doesn't mean my name is in the newspapers for committing a crime; it means I did something significant that impacted other people positively or I did something very impressive. I would hope that no legal boundaries would be broken in doing this, because I don't think it's necessary. I think hard work and "playing the game" could get me to this point; not cheating or lying. Playing the game means doing whatever it is that is necessary to avoid conflict with others. True happiness, in my opinion, would mean having a loving partner, having a decent amount of money, and living in a good place open to opportunities. I would never cheat on a large scale; and when I say that I mean I would never plagiarize, copy a test, etc. but let's say a tiny problem of homework or something came up maybe I'd have someone help me through it. I also would never kill. In this day in age, you will always get caught; plus I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I took someone else's life to improve my own. Macbeth didn't realize this, and ended up dying himself in the end, which is what he deserved.
The greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life would be to have complete happiness and to have my name well known. When I say I want my name to be well known, that doesn't mean my name is in the newspapers for committing a crime; it means I did something significant that impacted other people positively or I did something very impressive. I would hope that no legal boundaries would be broken in doing this, because I don't think it's necessary. I think hard work and "playing the game" could get me to this point; not cheating or lying. Playing the game means doing whatever it is that is necessary to avoid conflict with others. True happiness, in my opinion, would mean having a loving partner, having a decent amount of money, and living in a good place open to opportunities. I would never cheat on a large scale; and when I say that I mean I would never plagiarize, copy a test, etc. but let's say a tiny problem of homework or something came up maybe I'd have someone help me through it. I also would never kill. In this day in age, you will always get caught; plus I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I took someone else's life to improve my own. Macbeth didn't realize this, and ended up dying himself in the end, which is what he deserved.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Response to Macbeth
English 4
Mr. Merrill
Jeffrey Baker
“What is the greatest accomplishment you could ever achieve in life? What lengths would you go to in order to achieve this accomplishment? Consider the moral and legal boundaries you would or would not cross.”
In my opinion, the greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life would be to have a great family and at the same time be as wealthy as Bill Gates. This goal is most likely what other people want as well considering it is the best-case scenario. I would go to such great lengths to achieve this. One thing I would be willing to do which would be morally wrong is to lie to everyone in my family and never have them find out. Another length I would go through would be to break the law on many different occasions and risk my well being just to get this position. One boundary I would not cross would be killing someone like Macbeth did in the play. Killing someone is way too morally wrong and it is a terrible thing to do considering you are taking one's life just to improve your own. Overall, there are things that I would and would not do to achieve my greatest accomplishment and there would certainly be some boundaries that I would have in doing so.
Mr. Merrill
Jeffrey Baker
“What is the greatest accomplishment you could ever achieve in life? What lengths would you go to in order to achieve this accomplishment? Consider the moral and legal boundaries you would or would not cross.”
In my opinion, the greatest accomplishment I could ever achieve in life would be to have a great family and at the same time be as wealthy as Bill Gates. This goal is most likely what other people want as well considering it is the best-case scenario. I would go to such great lengths to achieve this. One thing I would be willing to do which would be morally wrong is to lie to everyone in my family and never have them find out. Another length I would go through would be to break the law on many different occasions and risk my well being just to get this position. One boundary I would not cross would be killing someone like Macbeth did in the play. Killing someone is way too morally wrong and it is a terrible thing to do considering you are taking one's life just to improve your own. Overall, there are things that I would and would not do to achieve my greatest accomplishment and there would certainly be some boundaries that I would have in doing so.
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