#8 - It's Bigger than You...
Often we find ourselves in a position where doing the wrong thing would greatly benefit us. Tell about a time when you a) did the right thing and in doing so sacrificed something you wanted or b) did the wrong thing and benefitted from it. Which is easier? Why?
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When we are little most people just want want want. I remember when I was about 12 or 13, just beginning to mature, and I wanted a video game really badly. I pestered my mother about twice and could see she was getting aggravated. I was faced with the choice to either continue pestering until she gave it to me or i got punished. I could also let it go and hope to get it later, if I behaved. I decided not to pester my mother. I think its harder to do the right thing because of the sacrifices you may have to make. Doing the wrong thing may just get you what you want and it may be easier but in the long run it will catch up to you making it just that much worse on you.
Well, sometimes when my brothers and I are playing manhunt, I make a deal with one of them on the other team that we will tell each other where the rest of our teammates are as long as we don't tag each other. Although that is cheating and we aren't supposed to do it, we still do, and I normally break the deal so I can win anyway. In the end my team wins, but not fairly.
It;s either just to do the wrong thing because you like the outcome, which is good, more then what you have to do.
A time when I did the right thing and sacrificed something was when I had a soccer tournament and my grandpas 80th birthday. Of course, I wanted to go to the soccer tournament but I knew my grandpa would never turn 80 again so I decided to go to the party. I felt bad that I couldn’t be there to help my team and that I was missing out on all the fun they were having. But going to my grandpas birthday party was more important. A time when I did something wrong and benefited from it was during a soccer game when we were winning and the other team was creating better scoring opportunities so to slow the game down I took out this girl and got a yellow card. But at least it slowed down the other teams momentum and we won. I think that is easier to do the wrong thing then to do the right thing because you want to always get something out of it that will benefit you.
when i went snowboarding last winter my mom gave me $200 and i only used $100 i could have kept $100 and told her i used it but i gave it back to her.
dan o
One of the times that I did the right thing was about a few weeks ago. Someone that I didn't know very well didn't have any money for lunch. So I gave him my lunch money, and I charged lunch that day. I had to sacrifice my lunch money to get what I really wanted to eat that day for someone who couldn't get any lunch. I think it depends on the situation whether doing the right or wrong thing is easier. In this situation I felt good about giving the person my lunch money that one time.
When I was younger I used to play with these "Polly Pocket" dolls. They were my favorite. I wanted to save them for my future children to play with or keep them for nostalgia. But recently, my mom told me that a friend of hers was getting a divorce and she couldn't afford many things. She has younger daughters. I hesitated at first. Giving away a toy you cherished all your life and then suddenly giving it away to some strangers? Then I realized that these little girls must be going through a rough time. So I did give them up. I felt better knowing that I did the right thing. I think its easier to do the right thing because you learn from them and it makes you a better person.
I think it’s easier to do the wrong thing and benefit from it, because everyone is at times selfish and they do things that may be best for them. Most people aren’t willing to sacrifice things for others unless in the end it might happen to benefit them. Although it’s easier to do the wrong thing I also feel like doing the wrong thing leaves you with a bad conscious. There’s always that moment where we think about if we should do the wrong thing or the right thing and most of the time our conscious reminds us what will happen if we do the wrong thing and how it could come to haunt us. Then when we think about the right thing half of the time we only see the glory of doing something for others to make us look better. I remember sacrificing my time to do community service for religion and afterwards I didn’t seem to care about how I had helped the people all I could think about was how good it made me feel and how it made me feel like a better person. In reality how is helping others for your own pleasure and satisfaction truly sacrificing something in the name of good?
My dad I have been to a lot of Yankee games together and one time my dad got us tickets to go to a game vs. the Boston Red Sox on a sunday night but I had two big tests the next day. I chose to give them up which was though to do but I got better grades for it
Last Christmas was probably the best Christmas I ever had. My family and I were out to dinner of Christmas when my dad received a phone call from one of his workers saying "ya no there's no Christmas presents this year.". Knowing that Ralph struggles and works so hard to support his two daughters and keep them in a stable loving home my only reaction was to surprise them with a little something. The only thing was that I really wanted to go to my friend Gab's house after dinner because she was having a party. I just had to go with my gut and ditch the party. Getting this phone call at almost midnight, all stores were closed except Wallgreens. My dad and I went to the drug store and literally bought every girls toy they had. I came home wrapped everything and then delivered them to Ralph. The look on his face was more rewarding then some party. I think doing the wrong thing but benefiting from it is so much easier because you get what you want. It really is a selfish act if you think about it.
One time my mom gave me her credit card to buy things online. I bought more items then I was supposed to. She was mad at more but not for long. It is so much easier to do the wrong thing because you don't have to try much. Looking back I should have done the right thing and listened to my mom because would not have been mad if I would have just asked.
At the end of the novel I was so happy that Jekyll was gone. He symbolized bad decisions, addiction, the darker side of science, and; while he was a good man as Dr. Jekyll, his obsession and indulgences as Hyde destroyed him in the end. It is because he gave into these devilish fantasies, that my opinion of Jekyll is so low. No man or woman should ever give into such evil cravings, and the ones that do. If he had been given more face time in the story then perhaps I would have found Jekyll more likable, I mean as a person he was well liked by colleagues and friends, but his actions showed his true colors and they were colors not worth flying.
Had I been in his position I probably would have tried to cope with Mr. Hyde, or as a scientist work harder towards a cure. It was possible to create Hyde in the story, so why not try to produce a cure that would suppress him? Overall I think it's impossible to say what I would have done in his position, mostly because he is a different person and he did things that i probably would not have. Of course I can say what i would try to do in his position, and i did, but beyond that there is little that I can say I would have done that would have saved Jekyll. He was a victim of his own desires, and what powerful desires they were.
One time, my friend Sean and I went to a Yankee game last year. At some point during the game, we both wanted to go buy something. I wanted a shirt and he wanted a hat. I had enough money to buy the shirt, but Sean didn't have enough for the hat. So, I gave him the extra money he needed because I could see he really wanted it, but that didn't leave enough for me and the shirt. I also didn't want to ask Sean's father for the extra money because I thought that would be rude. So, he bought the hat, I didn't buy anything, and then we just went back to our seats.
Dan A.
Period 8 English
I have made many decisions where i did someething but had to benefit something else. i was never happy about it, but i still did it. I also have done bad things where i know i'll benefit from that with nothing bad happening. It can go both ways, but i think doing something wrong and you know your going to benfit from it is easier, because then you win either way !
Danielle A
Period 7
One time when i did the wrong did and benefited from is it was when i was going on vacation with my friend my mom gave me money, i had alot left over so i kept it. i think me giving my mom the money back would of been a better choice beacuse i felt really gulity afterwards.
It is much easier to do the wrong thing. One time i forgot to do some classwork so I copied it off a friend and got a A+ on the assignment. Its much easier to do that then to do the right thing but you should always do the right thing.
-Nick G.
I believe that it's easier to not do something wrong to benefit from it. Once I got into an arguement with my sister. Instead of insisting I was correct, I allowed her to think she was correct. Thus, she didn't have an emotional breakdown which would leave my house in dismay, and leave me very angry. I definately benefitted from this situation in which I did the wrong thing by not sharing my feelings, but by allowing my sister to not blow up.
One time i sacrificed something i really wanted to do to help my parents out by watching my little sister. The thing i really wanted to do was to go to a concert but then my parents said they were going out that night. At first i was really angry but then i realised what i needed to do and that was to stay home and help my parents out. What is easier is doing the wrong thing and benefiting because it is easier to do then doing something you dont want to do.
Over the summer I went to a concert with my friends at Madison Square Garden. My parents ate dinner and walked around while my friends and I were at the concert. The concert was really long due to all the surprise artists it featured, and since it was being filmed for part of a movie there were a few retakes. My dad had work the next day and wanted to start driving home around 11. My friends and I missed the last ten minutes of the concert because we left early. I really wanted to see the finale but I knew my dad needed to get up early the next day. I think doing the wrong thing and benefitting from it is the easier thing to do because humans would rather keep the guilt from doing the wrong thing than the embarrassment for doing the right thing. Also, I think that during certain situations we tend to think about ourselves and what our outcome will be instead of the people we are affecting.
-Marisa
Period 9
About a year ago, it was my grandparents 50th anniversary. That night my family and I were scheduled to go out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. It turned out, I had a basketball that night. This was a very important game to my team, if we won we would make the play-offs. I had to make a choice. I choose to go to out to dinner with my grandparents and my family. Although, I really wanted to go to my basketball game, I felt it was the right thing to spend time with my family because they have sacrificed so much for me and the least I can do in return is spend time with them.
Danielle W
I go camping a lot and one time one of my friends lost some tent poles so I gave him some of mine so instead of one of us having a complete tent, both of us had broken tents that didn't work very well.
Kyle O.
One time or a few i would sacrifice time to spend with family members or cousins even thought i do enjoy that i would miss out on everyone of my friends. The most common one i helping my dad around the house. WE take 2 weekends or more completely dedicated to the yard in the summer and winter and small jobs in between. I give up that time but its not harder because i know i go away with something better that what i could have gotten from another day with friends or something like that. A time that i have benefitted mainly would most likely be a test and having cheated. YOu're in the middle of the test youre doing ok and then questions you feel like you completely lost and you poke youre eyes to youre left and right and it may be easier than taking a harsh grade but you walk away saying "thats not me"
Last year one of my cousins had a sweet sixteen and invited me and my family. However, I had a regents to study for the very next day and if i didn't i would be the only person in my family to not have gone. As i was making this decision i was thinking to myself what would look better going to a party or doing well on a test? So I decided to stay home and study.
I think it is much easier for most people to do the wrong thing rather then the right thing. This is true because most of the time doing the wrong thing benefits us more then doing the right thing. One time I copied a homework from someone the day it was due and I got credit for it. This was the wrong thing to do but I benefited from it more then if I didnt do it.
Having braces is a good example of a sacrifice. You are faced with having a few years of your life having to take care of them, and having to constantly watch what you eat. They make smiles look worse, and food get stuck in them easily. However, the positives to having braces over-weigh the negetives by a lot. For the rest of your life, you will have straight teeth and a nice smile. Obvious to most, 2-5 years of braces is a sacrifice to make for straight teeth for the rest of your life.
It's always easy to do the wrong thing and get what you want. You get the thrill of bending the rules and still get what you originally wanted. Doing the right thing and sacraficing what you want is hard. Last month my parents were out for the day, and i stayed home. I told them i was only having one friend over, but i ended up inviting a few people. Everyone left before they got home, and i felt guilty of course, but i wouldnt say i regreted it either.
Whenever I find money on the ground I try to find out whose money it is and return it to them if i find out whose it is. I could do the right thing or i could just keep the money which would be easier and i would get the money but I would feel guilty spending someone else's money.
There have been times when my sister and I have fought and my mom would tell us to stop and we both wanted to continue to fight. Although on these many occasions it would benefit me to continue to fight and get my sister to shut up, I stop so my mom doesn't blame me, and it makes her happier in the long run.
One time I was supposed to go to band practice but my parents wanted me to do things around the house, and I felt like if I asked to go to practice they would of yelled at me and felt guilty to let me go and I would of felt bad. But I didn't ask, so I just stayed home. But at the same time I let my band down by not showing up. I think it goes both ways. There's always positive and negative sides to things.
When we come to making a decision, our conscience comes into play. We know that doing the wrong thing would be easier but we usually never think things through. We just jump to the conclusion that we will be satisfied with whatever we think that we are going to get at the end. Doing the right thing sounds hard and it isn't easy. A time where I did the right thing is Last year at lunch. In social studies we were learning about the church a really long time ago. All of my friends at my table are Catholic. My friend was saying how bad the church was and still is today. At first I ignored her and in my mind I knew that that is not true. After a couple of days this same conversation was going on and I was flat out sick of it. I hated the feeling of someone trashing someathing that you believe in. I told her that I respected her opinion and what she thinks but I have my own beliefs and am a proud Catholic who would never talk about something that is a huge part of my life like that. It was hard to stand up to someone who is very strong about what she believes and will bark back at you if you are wrong. In the end Ifelt in my heart that I did the right thing.
During one of my classes last year I didn't do an important assignment that was going to be graded, so I decided to copy someone elses. I benefited from this because I got a B on the assignment when I really deserved an F. It is much easier to do the wrong thing because there is less work involved at that time, but in the long run doing the bad thing will always catch up with you. You are better off doing the right thing because then you won't have to face the consequences.
It i not easy to do the rigt thing but u have to. Once I had to go to my sistes ceerleading compatition but i would have not been able to angout ith my friends. My mom told me that i should do the right thing and go for my siser, i did end up going and didnt go out with my friends because i knew i woud be able to hangout with my friends again and cant see my siser do that again so i did the right thing and i was proud.
i think that it would be easier to do the wrong thing, only because you can still benefit from it. i would say that doing the wrong thing would be more common for people is because they are selfish and wouldn't want to give up something,unless it was for their own selfish desire. I remember when i used to do my homework i would always be texting "while still doing homework" which didn't really work out, my mom of course found out and was mad. i learned from my bad choice making that you shouldn't text and do your homework.
Sometimes in the spring, when the weather is nice, i take "sick days" from school, when I'm not really sick. I do this so i can take my boat out and go fishing. I don't really regret it either because everyone is entitled a certain amount of days off per year, and if u use some of them it's ok. I think its easier to do the wrong thing and benefit from it, because its usually harder to make the right choice and sacrifice something for it.
I believe it is easier for people to do the wrong thing because everyone has a selfish side to them. For example, one time I copied a homework for my social studies a couple years ago and even though I got marked for having my homework, i didn't Feel like it was my homework.
I think it is easier t do the right thing and sacrficice something than do the wrong thing and benefit from it becasue then you don not have to live with the guilt. I once really wanted to do something but my parents were going to out to dinner so i stayed home and watched my brothers. In sacrificing what I wanted to do, they had a nice night out together.
I did a right thing and sacrificed when my friend was hungry and forgot his lunch money i gave him a dollar and i sacrificed a dollar but if i had done the wrong thing and not give him a dollar he would of been hungry and i would of had a dollar.
It's definitely easier to do the wrong thing and benefit from it. It's so simple to make a mistake and later learn from it. We make mistakes each and every day. It's so hard to make the choice of doing something good when you know nothing good will come out of the decision. For example, two years ago I messed up my entire Nysma piece for piano. I was so upset about it and angry with myself that I hadn't practiced enough. However, after my mom pitied me so she took me out to Friendly's. This seems like such a small example but it did end up making me happy, even though I did something wrong. This is easier to do because in the end when you look back at your mistake you don't regret it all that much. If you did the right thing, you would feel comfort knowing that it was right. Nevertheless, you'd still have the nagging knowledge in the back of your mind that you had to sacrifice something. You would feel sorry for yourself in having to give up whatever it was, even if it seemed logical at the time. Doing the wrong thing will somehow always benefit you because never again will you make a wrong choice like that and it will help you grow as a person.
even though its wrong its for sure easier to do the wrong thing and benefit from it than doing the right thing.When my sister would do sumthing nice for my parents and they didnt know who did it i would say i did even though i didnt.
I find it easier to do the right thing insted of doing the wrong thing because their is less consequences. Once when i was younger i got a lova lamp at a toy store. My older brother really wanted the lova lamp so me being the good person that i am i gave it to my older brother because he really wanted so i had to sacrifice my lova lamp.
When you do the wrong thing, often its easier to deal with things. Something i have done in the past was doing homework even though i didn't want too. I sacrificed going out with my friends just to do homework. I could have taken the easy way out of it and hung out with my friends, but in the end there would be no benefits.
i think it easier to do something wrong and benifit then do something nice and sacrafice because if you do the wrong thing and benefit you would be happy with it and hopefully learn from your mistakes and never do it again. when i broke something i told my mom that it was brother and i didnt get blamed but i learned that next time ill be careful and wont have to go through it again.
When I was having trouble on a math test, I knew that I could ask my friend for an answer without the teacher noticing. This question was worth a lot of points and I could have gotten a higher grade if I had cheated off of my friend, but I decided not to. I got a lower grade, but I got my own honest grade that I deserved. It is definitely easier to choose to do the wrong thing when you know that you will benefit in the end.
I had gotten a check for my birthday, and I didn't know if my dad gave me the money after cashing the check. He thought he did, but he forgot, so he gave me the money anyway. Later on, I had realized that he did give me the money. I could have kept the money and moved on, but it felt wrong to do that, so I gave the money back to him. I think whether it is easier to do the right thing or the wrong thing depends on the person. For some people, it is easier to do the wrong thing and forget about right or wrong. For others, it is easier to do the right thing because it feels wrong to do the wrong thing. I feel this way because I believe that constantly doing the wrong thing can not benefit someone in the long run because if they have this habit, they will probably eventually have to pay for it in some way by getting caught doing wrong, whether by humans or by an external force.
Personally I find it easier to do the wrong thing and benefit from it however when the time comes I tend to go out of my way and do the right thing, but last year I didn't and had the most funnest days of my life and the worst. Last year my friends wanted to hang out and go paint balling, but I had to write my English paper. Even though I knew it was due tomorrow I still went out anyway. I got nine kills and two were head shots. Afterward we went to the movies and saw a three hour movie. But when I got home I forgot all about the essay. My mom made me stay up and finish the essay by the time I was done it was four thirty in the morning.
It always feels good to do the wrong thing but it always comes with a price we have to pay.
One time when I was little i used to want a toy. So I kept asking my mom to get it for my birthday. Everyday I would ask until I realized. That I should just give it up so that my mom didn't want to scream at me so I didn't and I turned out that I got what I wanted. It is easier to wait everything out instead of bothering someone about your demands and let everything come to you.
Whenever I have a lot of homework to do, I just go into my room and listen to music and lie to my parents about doing the homework. I know it's the wrong thing, but it's easier to do that for the moment. However, it doesn't benefit me in the end when I stay up until 3:00 a.m. doing homework and I'm really tired the next day.
One time i did the right thing and sacrificed something i wanted was when i was at the mall. My friends and I were walking and money fell out of the back pocket of the girl in front of us. Instead taking the money, we picked up the money and returned it to her. It is easier to do the right thing and sacrifice something you want because you don't have a feeling of guilt haunting you. You will feel better knowing you did the right thing.
One time i did the wrong thing and i did benefited from it. I find it a lot easier to do something wrong and to benefit from it then doing something right but sacrificed something you wanted. A couple of weeks ago i went to the mall with my friends and I asked my mom for some money and i had a lot left over so i decided to keep it.I think me giving the money back to my mom would have been better because i felt guilty.
A time when I had to sacrafice particiapting in safe halloween in order to play in a volleyball match. I did so but either way i was still going to have to sacrafice one or the other but ultimatly i had chosen volleyball. But for my sacrifice i had played the best game of my life so it soothed the disapointment i had for not choosing safe halloween.
It is easier to pick the bad thing because you dont need to work for it and it makes you feel better faster but doing the right thing feels more rewarding.
I remember when I was younger I had a big swim meet I had been looking forward to for a long time, but I gave up going to it so I could spend the time with my grandfather on his birthday. I had to sacrifice attending something that was very important to me at the time, but it was very much worth it in the long run.
One time that I had to sacrifice something was when I had to go ice skating instead of sleeping over my friends house. This actually happens a lot to me because I skate early on saturday mornings. Anyway one time I didn't sleep over and was the only one who had to leave early, but then the next morning at the rink I had a great practice and landed a challenging jump I was working on. I think doing the wrong thing is easier because you don't have to work at anything it just comes to you.
I once had the option of gaining something from lying or getting in trouble and maybe it not being as bad as I would think. I think it is easier to actually to do the right thing and sacrifice something because it would make you feel guilty that you did the wrong thing and benefited from it rather than get the option back in the long run because you did the right thing and you wouldn't have any guilt.
A) There was a time when I had plans with my friends, but my grandma needed help from me and my family. I went to help my grandmother, but I had to sacrafice the plans I already made.
B) I was given the opportunity to either use the money I recieved on Christmas to donate to my church, but I put it towards a new guitar instead. It was the last large amount that I needed, so I was able to benefit by getting the guitar. I neglected the opportunity to give to a good cause, though.
I personally think it is easier to do the right thing. For me, choosing to do the wrong thing is a greuling decision process. When it comes to choosing to do the right thing, it is a simple and quick choice. I am not a very good decision maker, so it is easier for me to just do what I know is right.
I think that the wrong thing is usually easier and will take less time, like cheating at board games, video games, etc. But when you cheat and do the wrong thing very solemnly do you learn anything from the experience in a positive way, if ever. In my opinion it is always better to do the right thing.
Doing the wrong thing is sometimes easier. People may fight that the wrong thing is still unjust and can never have full reeked benefits yet when pushed comes to shove when you do the right thing, for a good reason with no percussion its a lot easier to see the results. without thoughts of worrying or the fear of doing something wrong so it will pay off, you can do a right thing, and I do think its easier to do a right thing rather then a wrong. Yet I cannot remember a time when I had to choose between a right and wrong. – Maybe I just can’t admit it yet. Which is wrong since answering is the class assignment.
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