Americans have given countless numbers of encouraging words, many hours of volunteer work carrying buckets of rubble away from ground zero in the hopes that one more friend will be saved, but most of all Americans as friends have offered prayers for all who need help; along with the belief that the human spirit will overcome this disaster. ...
In our post-industrial society there has become a greater importance for personal authenticity, but to understand this struggle for personal authenticity we must look at the current cultural climate we live in. In pre-industrialized societies change occurred over numerous generations but in our post-industrial society we see that change occurs numerous times within our own lifetime. We this rapid change we see a shift from maintaining core traditions, values, beliefs, to a society whereby we must be constantly changing, but this change has become rather superficial, so as fast as we can change...
A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. "Welcome back students, how was everyone's summer?" Mrs. Wilson asked us. Sitting in the back row was me Matthew Shepard, walking in late was Jennifer S there was only one chair left which was next to me I didn"t really consider my self as being the popular rich boy but everyone did. ...
