Essays on Life

Culture Shock Culture shock is a term that describes the effects of moving from a familiar culture to another that is unfamiliar. As such, it can be simply be referred to as the surprise of a new environment. Being mostly experienced by people who move to other countries such as travelers,...

Our bodies and brains are connected. Emotional stress can take a toll on our physical wellbeing, while physical activities can also emotional stress into our lives (Carnethon et al., 2009). With the overwhelming demands of today’s life reducing general principles of health and wellness, people have been subjected to conflicting...

Social Media and its Impact on Society Social media revolutionized the way we communicate as a society and is the focus of a 2014 PBS documentary titled Generation Like. The video explores the power of social communities as well as the impact that they have on the development of teenagers growing...

Cultural Hegemony Cultural Hegemony refers to the crucial aspect for creating as well as reproducing social inequalities. It comprises of such taken-for-granted constituents of instructions as alterations in modes of social control as well as the parameter of associations of the authority and the valorization of given forms of dialectal and...

The Main Idea of the Article The main idea of the article "Depression in the Elderly: A Descriptive Study of Urban and Semi-Urban Greek Population" is that depression is a common mental disorder in the elderly. Financial Burden and Increasing Rates of Geriatric Depression Additionally, the article highlights that the geriatric rates of...

Educators and Book Recommendations Educators suggest books or novels for the students to read so that they can gain knowledge. The fact that students were offended when the dean of Matteo Ricci College, Jodi Kelly, recommended Dick Gregory's book Nigger for one of them to read indicates racism (Gregory). Although students...

In this age of ever- expanding and unparalleled access to technology and information incomparable differences in the attitude and perception between generations is obvious. Elizabeth Segran in her article Your Guide to Generation Z: The Frugal, Brand-Wary, Determined Anti-Millennials offers a great insight about generations Z in terms of spending...

World Population Growth and Resource Sustainability Over the decades, the world population has ever been on the rise, with no sign of slowing down. According to York (14), today there is an estimated more than seven billion people as a result of the fast growth rate. This is a mind-blowing revelation...

The Effects of Social Change and Globalization on Education Systems The 21st century's teaching and learning is a formidable milestone achieved in the education sector. This analogy is bolstered by the existence of disparities observed in the learning systems over time especially from the education systems in the preceding centuries. As...

The Maasai people and social changes The Maasai people are nomads who depend on grazing. The social order of Maasai dictated that warriors would guard the community. The young boys (morans) were supposed to herd the cattle, women were to construct the houses, and men in the society were to act...

The social media has in the past few years gained popularity in an exponential manner. People are finding themselves on social media every free minute that they have with many people waking up in the morning to check the social media as the first thing and sleeping to the same...

The World Health Organization suggests that approximately 5 million people die every year in the world because of tobacco use. Further, the report argues that, “the use of tobacco may cause about one billion deaths in the 21st century if current trends continue” (World Health Organization, " Research for International...