Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Gratitude is thankfulness towards the one who helps you in times of need. There is much
greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn as in doing it.
Man is a social animal and cannot live all by himself. Interaction amongst men
is necessary. We need the help of others and, in turn, must help them. Whenever we receive
any help from any person we should be grateful to him. If we do not express our gratitude,
people may not wish to help us a second time. A kindly generous deed deserves a
‘Thank you’ accompanied by a gracious smile. If you have an opportunity to return that
kind deed, don’t forget to do so ungrudgingly. It costs so little to be grateful.
We should never forget to say the simple words ‘Thank you’, whatever be the help.
We should be thankful to our parents or teachers and our friends for doing so much for us.
Think of life without your parents care and help! Think of the guidance your teachers give
you! It is very important to be grateful to them.
1. Why is interaction amongst men necessary?
2. Why should we be grateful to our parents and teachers?
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Answer:
Answer 2nd : Even though I am not happy about my parents in their lack of responsibility - I feel I became a better person as a child to learn what is valuable in me by taking the initiative to become a curious soul and to learn to do things on my own.
As for teacher, they inspired me to be who I am and to encourage me not to give up when I thought I would never amount to anything positive.
Also, the greatest teachers for me were my “mentors” that inspired me not just by words but by their actions and their professionalism to show you are still a valuable human being if you can take beautiful pictures with the absent of one limb that this photographer didn’t have. This is what cause me to question those that had all their limbs but refused to work like my parents?
Also the dearest of all my past memories of a mentor that lighten my path to knowledge by his teachings to help me with my homework when I had no one to assist me not parents nor siblings would come to my aid but my neighbor who was there always for me on subjects even in health to maintain. How valuable those lessons were to me.
Answer 1st : The gender system includes processes that both define males and females as different in socially significant ways and justify inequality on the basis of that difference. Gender is different from other forms of social inequality in that men and women interact extensively within families and households and in other role relations. This high rate of contact between men and women raises important questions about how interaction creates experiences that confirm, or potentially could undermine, the beliefs about gender difference and inequality that underlie the gender system. Any theory of gender difference and inequality must accommodate three basic findings from research on interaction. (a). People perceive gender differences to be pervasive in interaction. (b). Studies of interaction among peers with equal power and status show few gender differences in behavior. (c). Most interactions between men and women occur in the structural context of roles or status relationships that are unequal. These status and power differences create very real interaction effects, which are often confounded with gender. Beliefs about gender difference combine with structurally unequal relationships to perpetuate status beliefs, leading men and women to recreate the gender system in everyday interaction. Only peer interactions that are not driven by cultural beliefs about the general competence of men and women or interactions in which women are status- or power-advantaged over men are likely to undermine the gender system.