Who Really Matters?
In John Henry Newman: “Knowledge and Virtue,” he mentions that “Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life—these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge;” (Newman par. 1) All because a person has “top notch” education, clothes, and many other things, doesn’t make that person a better person in society. Society has always been the type to place people in a class. A poor man could be just as an important as a rich man. Sometimes people that go to top schools, dress nice, and has a lot of money has a strange back ground. A lot of the times those type of people don’t really get anywhere. The people that we seem to put at the bottom are the people that are very hardworking. They handle what the “upper” class doesn’t. The people at the bottom want what the upper class has, but because of how society has placed everyone, it’s kind of hard to do so. Race plays a big part in society too. Race, gender, class, school, dress code, and plenty of other things don’t make a person better. We focus on getting this and getting that, instead of what we have. Big objects don’t always have to matter. It’s the little ones that bring us out.
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I agree that it is the little things that count. Because there are many instances that you can make a large difference in someone's life such as just smiling or telling someone you love them instead of purchasing material things that will only last a short period of time.
I agree with you Brandon. It is hard work and someone wanting to be better then they are in life that gets them somewhere. The truth is that most people think everything is suppose to be handed to them.
I definitely agree with Brandon. The little things are always the most important. Alot of people think that the big things are important because of their value. But I think the little things have the greates value.
I agree with you all. To me, the smallest things are indeed the most important. For example with my boyfriend its the text messages and the small things he does that make me smile the widest and make me the most happy. I agree, small things over weigh the big things.
I agree with you, Shaquanna. I think our society has made the upper class people to be the most important, and i believe because of this the middle and lower classed people have come to have a bad reputation. I believe that there can be upper class people that are complete scum of the earth and there are lower class people that are the best people and make so much more of a contribution to society. Because of that, I completely agree with your reasoning.
I agree with you all too. I really think too that the little things count the most.
Nowadays it is almost ridiculous how much people want more and more material things. People are never happy what they have, instead they just want more and more.
That is actually very sad thing to notice. Especially when more and more young people are used to getting everything they want from their parents. They are never happy, and they never will get happy.
I disagree when you said, ["Sometimes people that go to top schools, dress nice, and has a lot of money has a strange back ground. A lot of the times those type of people don’t really get anywhere. The people that we seem to put at the bottom are the people that are very hardworking. They handle what the “upper” class doesn’t."]
When I was in high school, there were different class levels and I was in the lowest one which meant that we learned the same things as everyone else but at a slower pace. I had a hard time and always told my mom and brothers that I wish I was smarter like the other kids who have such an easy time learning and get great grades without so much as looking at the books. They always replied by saying, "Those kids who are having an easy time now are going to have a harder time in college because they are going to have to learn how to study. You are going to have the easier time because you know what hardwork is and know how to study."
This is why I disagree with you because its not true, comforting yes, but not true.I am having a difficult time now regardless of how much I worked in high school. Everyone is different and everyone works for what they have. Sure its harder for some because they don't have the same opportunities as others but they can make them. I believe we choose who are and who we become not the world.
Just like my fellow classmates said It's the little things that count.Like for me when my little cousin calls me and tell me she love me It makes me feel important. Why? Cause I have someone who's looking up to me.
I agree with Hope, she makes a valid point. Just because a person starts in the "lower class" doesn't mean that they have to stay there. I mean look at Abraham Lincoln. His life may not been as bad as made out to be but look he is one of our founding father's. He made so its possible.
I agree when you said that a poor man can be just as important as a rich man. However not everybody has the same privileges so some go poor, some go rich, and some in between.
I also agree that the little things is what counts, still many times big things are nice too!
I like the point that Wendy pointed out. Which was a poor man can be just as important as a richman. There are alot of people that are rich right now that didnt start of that way. I too agree that some of the smallest things in the world does count.
I agree with AJ. Abraham Lincoln didn't turn out that bad. He chose his path. He didn't let the world stop him.
The small things in life definitely out shine the big things. My mother always told me, " It's the thought that counts." I always take that into consideration when I am doing something for someone else. People in the upper class of our society don't have to strive as hard as the people in the lower class. Their status is already acceptable and the lower class people have to work up.
I agree. We dont always notice the small things that make the day function normally. For example in businesses the people that speak in the conferences are always lifted up higher in society. Granted their jobs are important but they weren't the people who built the building they are in or keep the electricity working.
I agree with you all that the little things are what is important. People need to start to realize this. We should thinking more about our population as a whole instead of individually. If we ever learn to do this, i think that will be the key to success to have peace in the world.
I also agree, to many people in today’s world look at what everyone else has and they never take a step back to be thankful for what they own and have. Situations can always be worse for every individual, but it is how they respond to certain predicaments that enable them to succeed at tasks. In order to succeed though a high education is not needed, one just has to know what is right and an education does not factor in when common sense is at hand.
I agree with you also. The point you make about the small things matter more than the big things, in most cases, is a good analysis. But as a society, everyone doesn't look at it in this way. Society 'idolizes' the people with the most money and the nicest cars.
I agree with you Brandon about little things that matter the most. It is true that people work hard to make their living and be someone in life. I totally agree with you Hope that people at the top schools are just the same as anyone else because in every school there are people who don't make it in careers. Some people are just not ment to be in college.
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