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I have witnessed how most relationships come and go during a person's few years on this planet. Some go easily and others unravel after years (this one is the hardest one to go through) but when the friendship was doomed from the beginning one has to understand that this will eventually happen as it does for all. It is a cycle that never ceases to end, perpetual.

For me, it is difficult to converse with new people, let alone create a friendship with them. It might seem that I have a lot of friends but this only occurred because of the passing years in school. They are merely acquaintances that were, I guess you could say "collected" during that time. Many of them I have yet to learn about, there are only quick "hellos" and "goodbyes" and maybe a short conversation on something that happened earlier that day but nothing more. No sharing of "past experiences" or "personal information".

There are few that I connect with, that I feel a great bond with and actually want to pursue a lasting friendship with. Hmmm, last year and the begining of this school year I was part of this small social group (aren't we all) and had long unrelenting thoughts that they didn't really like me or want me there. They made me feel inadequate, small, as if I had no voice to express my thoughts or emotions. But after analyzing their behaviour and knowing how they were I decided to leave the group and try to find better companions of which would actually care about me instead of just themsleves. Though the new companions I made are few, I have a strong connection with them and trust them with everything as I hope they do too. They are my truest friends and better than family.

Going within one's mind for a journey of relaxation is a way of releasing themselves from reality and the negative energies that society brings. This is my most used method of escape. During anytime of the day I fall into a state of thought into my subconscious. Past memories, old regrets, hopes and desires for the future appear. Usually this occurs just before I sleep. At times I find myself wishing that break from reality to stay or what I mean is that if only I could continue with that world of mine. This time and age is too dim and full of despair. People only caring for things that they can all be without; thoughts, growth and development neglected.

Though there are many ways of getting away, truth is the only "actual" way of freeing oneself from this world we live in today.

It would be naive and reckless to allow the federal government to take any means necessary to put an end to discrimination since there is no realistic form of putting a permanent end to such views. Everyone discriminates against another but most are unaware of these actions. Humanity's minds cannot be easily modified to fit one mold without the government taking total control of their thoughts and actions. A person's prejudices stem from experiences, surroundings as a child and what they were taught to believe as growing up.

The majority of society does not realize how much they exercise preconceived notions towards others. It usually isn't intentional but prejudice is an epidemic that has infected all like a virus and caused its hosts to separate and divide from each other. There is a large variety of different types of discrimination. Stereotyping is assuming the nature of a group of people, how they live and how they think. Ageism is one not based on outer attributes but with phobias or fears regarding the youth, elderly or even children and babies. Not all prejudices have to do with the way people appear. Gender role or "gender superiority" is one based on that either male or female is dominant. With this people might subconsciously view a woman as weak or needing assistance with one or more things. Men are thought of being stronger and being able to take care of themselves. No one can say for sure that they have never judged someone negatively before knowing the facts for saying this would be a grand lie.

Ill-informed opinions about others usually derive from individual's experiences, their surroundings and what they were taught to believe as growing up. Incidents large or small can influence someone's opinions on characteristics of people. It is psychological and creates how that person views the world. Though prejudice often alienates many individuals, ironically it also gives a certain relationship. Through intolerance, fear, abhorrence, and the threat of a common enemy, a negative integrate is conceived. Examples of this would be: military patriotism, in nationalism, and in any situation where a group identifies itself in terms of what it is not". Many times it grows into a "pathological setting of internal hostility, often perpetuated through the family itself."

For any type of prejudice to be obliterated from the face of this world a dominant control would have to be enforced. The human mind would have to be oppressed and altered to fit the standards of the group and not the individual. By doing this all of humanity would have to be put under Totalitarianism rule. Authoritarianism is closely related to this in the sense that the governing body rules by maintaining strict obedience in all its citizens but with some freedom. Many do not understand the tremendous measures that would be brought upon them to create a utopia of sort. It would be done in a gradual manner that will evolve so that nothing seems like it "changed".

It is a foolish idea for the people to give their consent to the federal government to use any means possible to end discrimination. Only by using extremes and utilizing one governing body with complete rule over everyone's behavior and thoughts could such a conclusion be made.


*note: this is my essay for world geography, I would have written more but it needed to fit on one page. I had many more thoughts that could've have been put.