Thursday, November 13, 2008

Power Nov 13

Discuss how the desire for power is evident in today's society. This can be a world view or even a school view. Use five vocabulary words in your discussion.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

In today's society power is evident in the world by everyone is trying to be better than someone else. Although the entire United states has to come to a conscensus when voting for our president people still try to be more powerful than others. Our country has gone through a metamorphosis we still have flaws. Sometimes power is so important things become parlous between groups of people.

Unknown said...

The desire for power in todays society in the school view is over rated. In school we have kids that take over clubs and destroy them but they are fine because they get to be president of it. The bravado in the kids is to much. There are gothic kids that want to cut there rists but they dont have the guts to do it so they are fake. The school is just parlous. There is also the raconteur. This is the kid in class that brings up some points then talks about them all day and complains about how if he was king or what ever the world would be a perfect place. If there was just a metamorphosis this would work but instead they annoy the crap out of everybody else. owell

Unknown said...

The desire for power is evident in today's society everywhere. People put on a bravado to get people to follow them. Having power gives someone a metamorphosis into the feeling of euphoria. In a punctilio someone can go from having complete power to having nothing. Most people's desire for power can cause a vendetta between two groups. Power is a dangerous thing that is consuming our world.

Todd S. said...

Power can be a dichotomy. We want it and think it will lead to a metamorphosis in our lives, but when we do have it life drains away and things that once seemed important tun to lugubrious events. In the quest for power many lose their souls and the little things that make them who the are. Those with power have a certain mystique only because they have tried to ward off those who do not travel in their circles. Power corrupts and what they once thought would broaden their horizons instead constricts them to there own narrow houses and that is very sad.

Unknown said...

Today people just want power to have it and see what it is like. Those people want to see what the mystique is about having power. Other people want power to have the ability to be effusive and show the rest of the population that they are in charge. Sadly, some people that have power are just bravados who want the attention. Some people may want power to either start or end a vendetta as well. Some just want to see if having power will make their lives a euphoria.

Unknown said...

The desire for power is in today's society. For example, some people want power over a country or others want to feel like they have power in school, within their group of friends. The desire for power can be a dichotomy. People think that if they have all the power they will have an euphoria. Having the want of power can be a parlous thing. You can be so power hungry that when it's gone, you feel lugubrious. It can also cause a metamorphosis on someone.

Unknown said...

The desire for power is very prominent in today's society. It is pretty much a general consensus that power can get you things. It’s also pretty common that power can cause people a metamorphosis into someone they never imagined. They become totally different people and apostates for everything they once believed that wasnt getting them anywhere. Power means a lot of things to a lot of different people to some people it means respect, others money, and most commonly it is believed to bring happiness a supposed euphoria. Although sometimes people receive this power and become lugubrious because it isn’t all they thought it might be and it isn’t making them any happier.

Unknown said...

The desire for power is everywhere in todays world. There is desire for power among national leaders. There is desire for power among movie stars and professional athletes. THe only thing that jealousy for powere gets you an impasse. People who show jealousy of power constrict every thing else except their problem. In school people try to gain power on sports teams. Like trying to be head cheerleading captian. I think poeple usually have a bravado. They are usually raconeur's and compulsive liars. i would describes these people as apostates.

Becca C. said...

In the society that we have today is really rediculous! For instance, we can see it in just people who own business's. They make more than other people, they think that they have one up on people. Theses kinds of people are people who had a metamorphisis in their life, and since they have the power they want to keep it that way. The way theses people act also is a little effusive. They dont try to hide it and it makes other people mad.

Anonymous said...

The desire for power is evident everywhere. When someone gets power they abuse it and things may become parlous. We need to constrict the desire for power and everyone could just be in a euphoria. However i know that that is a non sequitur and there will always be a very strong vendetta for power. But i think it would be a better world and there would not be a need for wars if there was not a power struggle.

Unknown said...

Well, the most obvious example is politics. Political leaders are always vying for the most power. They can't wait for the euphoria that comes with a high position. An example in schools is a student trying to become popular. They go through an extreme metamorphasis and win people's attention through their intense bravado. They will do anything to make friends and along the way, create vendettas that last a long time. I think that people who spend too much time trying to get power only end up at an impasse.
-Jenica V.

Anonymous said...

In today’s world people will do anything for power. Even if it is necessary to become an apostate to get power. Politicians go through complete metamorphous to be liked. They create great vendettas and become parlous in the public eye all for the pursuit of power. In there eyes the pursuit of power is a sine qua non in life. Power leads to corruption and corruption leads to evil.

Unknown said...

The Desire for power is human nature. At some point and time through out time man's evolution metamorphisized and it became an instinct to try and be king of the hill. Everyone is in a life-long struggle to be the Alpha male or a bravado whether they know it or not. Since not everyone can be an Alpha male the number of people in power is constricted to a limited number. This sort of "food chain", while maybe effusive, is necessary to our survival. If you can't last in the fight...well you're just gonna have to stay on the bottom.

Unknown said...

the quest for power is everywhere in the world and in school. everybody wants to metamorphasize someone else. every body wants to figure out what the mystique about having power is. the desire for power can be a dichotomy. power hunger leads to an impasse in the road of life. sopme people become apostates to get power. its ridiculous, but it is a natural instinct. EAT OR GET ATE!

!!Jee*Soo*Choi!! said...

In today's society power is evident everywhere you go. Many people are trying to constrict others' beliefs. There are many parlous results of people fighting over power. The world goes through metamorphosis everytime anyone new comes into power. If you want to run for president then you can't have a mystique personality, most people would want someone they can trust. If the whole world could come to a consensus then everything would be all good.

Anonymous said...

The desire of power is not always a bad thing. What is wrong with a lil bit of power? If your Barack Obama you use it for good. If you are John McCain, you use it as an apostate and thats nothing nobody wants. Hitler's effusive of power was ultra negative. If you look at the power that say Tony Blair gave a euphoria and the people of Britain smiled all the time. The desire for power can be negative as punctilio can strike and make the gain for terrible reasons. So lets not constrict those with power, let's reward the ones with positive reasons for power. Plus some peoples raconteurs are not always bad and they have something to say that may not annoy every one and could draw interest to certain people. Power isn't always bad. It has its days.

Anonymous said...

the united states is always claiming we are the most powerful country but what really makes it the most powerful awhy is everything a competition.

Anonymous said...

The desire for power in todays society I believe is peccadillo. There are so many people out there who lack empathy towards others when they seek power for themselves to over come others. I think that their cantankerous attitude sometimes leads into bane activity. Sometimes people lack casuistry when tring to make themselves powerful.
Ash Gordon