The philosophy of “Live and Let Live” was that if you leave me alone, I would leave you alone. To the homosexuals of Laramie this was interpreted as, if I do not tell you I am gay, you will not kill me. I could feel the fear in many of the interviews with the gay community. Most of the gays felt the need to hide their identity in the community. In Matthew Shepard’s case the town philosophy of “Live and Let Live” was not followed.
1960s: Homosexuality treated as a crime… | * If you were of the Homosexual orientation in the navy that meant a discharge and you couldn’t get a job afterwards * In the 1960s Homosexual relationships were illegal * Homosexuality was treated as a crime – if a person of the Homosexual orientation was caught they would be arrested and prosecuted * If caught in what was termed Lude and moral behavior, a person of the homosexual orientation would be publically broadcasted in newspapers to inform the public of their crude and immoral behavior * If you were of the Homosexual orientation and people found out, they would be fired by federal government, schools, so you couldn’t have a life – couldn’t be a lawyer or doctor
Asthma could affect Kate emotionally because asthma could really lower Kate’s self-esteem and cause her to have anxiety or make her depressed if she is overweight. Asthma could affect Kate socially because if she is overweight she won’t want to go out with friends and so
I was treated differently, most of my classmates considered all the teachers that actually made you work for a grade as evil. If they could not breeze through a class without much effort on their part that was exactly what they wanted. Teachers made special accommodations for sports jocks and the druggies. I believe there are valid cases of class discrimination in high school. Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace - I find it hard to believe that in this day and age, you can tell someone in most states – sorry you are gay or lesbian so I am not going to hire you.
Sometimes people in these groups tend to be isolated with limited social networks and low self esteem. As a result, they may become dependent on their abusers, or potential abusers for help and services. People being abused often see it as their fault and that there’s nothing that they can do about it so they keep quiet and just put up with it. For example, Mary is 35 years old and has mild learning difficulties, she lives alone but she has a carer that comes to visit her 3 times a day. Her carer often comes round and is nasty to her, pushes her and calls her names.
David’s rude teacher not only criticized, but broke down not only him, but also his fellow classmates emotionally as well. While his classmates where being humiliated for their word choices with their answer, he sat there thinking of answers that wouldn’t bring him the most humiliation. Speaking in French, he had to list a few things that he disliked; David’s list of things that he disliked was “blood sausage, intestinal pates, and brain pudding” were a few of the things he mentioned (Sedaris). Then he goes and delivers a few things that he liked such as “IBM typewriters, the French work for bruise, and my electric floor waxer” but he then forgot that he needed to give these objects a gender (Sedaris). Students left class feeling discouraged to keep on learning the language.
It can affect the child in many ways as they can become nervous and anxious resulting in them becoming withdrawn and have a lack of confidence at the thought of a new school, they may be leaving close friendship groups making them upset and feeling alone. Most children will experience a new baby in the family. Younger children may find this difficult as they will still be used to having all of the attention and not understand why the family set up has changed, this could lead them to reverting back to baby ways themselves, have tantrums, be unkind to the new baby or become clingy. An older child may feel left out and become withdrawn and feel in the way, which could result in them not feeling a part of the new family. They may endure sleepless nights and loose sleep making them tired and unable to concentrate when at school.
At times, teens may be rejected and in order to feel accepted, they make bad decisions such as using drugs, drinking alcohol, cheating, and bullying. Trying so hard to fit in can lead someone to lower their self – esteem and feel like they’re being judged. The stress and difficulty of fitting in can cause them to hurt themselves to make the pain stop and can lead to cases of teen suicide. Teenagers such as those trying hard to fit in and who’s self – esteem are lowered need a place in Hawaii where they can be themselves and no one can judge them for who they
A second example I would add is, “But remembering how he made that pretty girl blush makes me so scrunchy inside (A&P, page 298)”. He feels bad about what his manager did to the girls, so he tries to help them by quitting, yet this was no help at all on his side, because he quits his job for no reason really and the girls leave, they probably don’t even remember the cashier
Depression is when you are experiencing one of those feelings that won’t go away. Having this feeling will affect your day to day life, school, work, sleep, social life etc. Most commonly people can’t control their negative thoughts, which makes there depression get even worse as they get even more negative thoughts. Loss of interest is another symptom to depression, in most situations the person with depression won’t notice this but their friends/family will. There is also a large amount of self-loathing this is when you’re feeling worthless or guilty and are also harshly criticizing your mistake, choices or fault.