In your opinion is it more prevalent to see:
Good people trying to be bad?
OR
Bad people trying to be good?
Support your opinion with three valid reasons based on personal experience, things you see on tv and/or things others have told you.
My oppion is that its bad people trying to be good. One reason is my brother for insistent there was one kid in his weightroom when he was a senior and he didn't know the kid but he was getting jumped and the next second my brother was protecting the kid in his weight room. Second Reason is I was watching the news one day and a eldery man seen a drunk driver and little kid in the road he pushed the little kid to safety and got hit by the drunk driver. The thrid thing is my boy kyle who no matter wat happens between him and anybody else he always forgives them
ReplyDeleteThere is a good mix of both in our day-to-day basis. To start out, I'd say that good people try to be bad or try to play the "bad" role in school around all of there friends or certain group of friends. That's an original example of a good person trying to be bad. Good people that try to be bad, in any way, always end up hurting themselves, usually once they get to high school. I know this because I have a brother, sister, and about forty friends from Mullica that were considered "smart", but now have busted up brains from drug use and are dumb as hell. It can all catch up to a person in the end. Bad people trying to be good is a positive thing to see or hear about. This type of situation happens when a person comes out of prison. This situation applies to me the most actually, which is scary. I've been trying to change since middle school, freshman, and sophomore year. My junior year has been trouble-free and the whole year has been going exactly the way I would want it to go. I can honestly say that I have been a bad person trying to be good in life. I believe that everybody has been at least one of each once in their life. Without this personality change, we wouldn't learn from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI think it is more prevalent to see good people trying to be bad. In my personal experience bad people do not want to be good. They don’t care, most of the time they are already a lost cause. Good people try to be bad for a few different reasons. One might be because they are bored so they go and do bad things just to entertain themselves. As a teenagers speaking first hand I know we have so much time on our hands with nothing to do, and finding things to fill this free time is harder than you’d think. Another example of a good person trying to be bad is if they are trying to impress someone. Per-pressure is all around all the time no matter where you go. Wanting to fit in with a certain click might mean a lot to someone so they go and do whatever they say. The final reason I have is people don’t intentionally try to be bad. Being an adolescent our brains aren’t fully developed and sometimes we go and do bad things even though we really are good people.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunatley good people trying to be bad is more prevalent than bad people trying to be good when it comes to adolescence and young adults. Teenagers and young adults can get bored, or rebellious. They're searching for that thrilling experience, or they try to show off to become well-liked or they're just plain ignorant.However when people grow up, you see people mature and grow and try to change their bad ways to good. They need a job or they fall in love and start a family so they want to become role models, and protect their family and keep their job. So as you get older, it's more prevalent to see the bad people try to be good.
ReplyDeleteIn my 18 years of living I have come across many different people both good and bad. I have no doubt though that there is more good people trying to be bad then bad people trying to be good. It’s not hard to see good people being corrupted you can see it in the wonderful halls of Oakcrest. Every day I pass down the halls and look at kids and compare them to what they use to be in middle school. I could give you an endless list of kids who were my best friends, but are now nothing but a pot head or thug. I’m not sure what caused this change it could be a number of things. These kids could have wanted to try and fit in. I personally know a friend of mine who started smoking pot once we entered high school. He told me that it’s because he wanted to try it out, but I knew. I knew the only reason he started that dirty habit is so he could be included into a new group of kids. Peer pressure or bullying is also a major cause for a change I’ve seen among so many of my peers. Whether people realize it or not, but when you pick out some ones flaws constantly it begins to twist and turn the very being they once were. If that doesn’t work the constant pressure they feel from people around them will do the trick as well. I have personally been a victim to peer pressure and it made me do things I wasn’t proud of, but lucky for me I have great parents that beat the hell out of me when I get out of line. Finally fear is another cause for the innocence of a good little kid to be taken away. Fear is something that none of us can avoid and is the strongest out of everything else. Fear can play tricks on your mind, justify wrong doing, or turn you into something your not. Many kids try to revolt or change themselves in desperate hope to avoid the many changes of life. However, while trying to fight these changes they become just what they are trying to avoid. The kids change and for many times the worse. The fear of being taken out of their comfort zone has driven them to the point they lost what has made them good. It’s not an uncommon story to hear about a good kid gone bad. The world is littered with their sad stories and destroyed by what they have become. Of course there are the bad kids that become good, but honestly ask yourself how many stories like that do you hear? In my opinion the bad unfortunately out weighs the good. It’s just another sick reality of life and in some cases it can’t be changed.
ReplyDeleteI think that when it comes to it more people try to be bad. Not necessarily "good" people that are trying to be bad but people trying to seem tougher than they actually are. This is most common in environments such as high school & prison. In order to survive in these social evironments people cause trouble, pick fights, create mischief & get into situations in hopes that others will see them as a threat. The person at home usually isnt the same person out in public. They keep up this persona cause they think its cool to get into trouble & want to fit in with "the crowd". My views on the matter are that if someone was really "bad" then they wouldnt talk about it. If you've watched American Gangster then you probably remember the qoute where Denzel Washington stated "The loudest person in the room is the weakest person in the room". I totally believe this quote because I feel like its best to keep a low profile. The less people know about you the better.
ReplyDeleteIn my life time I see that more good people trying to be bad because these days’ people think that being bad is fun and cool. In Mullica there weren’t many bad kids, basically everyone was smart and had good personalities. No one really acted out in class and it was a good environment, but when we got to high school everything changed. Mullican kids are acting out in class and are doing drugs and they think their bad ass and can whatever they want. A lot of the kids who came from Davies act out all the time, most of the fights I’ve seen in this school have been between students from Davies. I believe that boys act out to get girls attention and think they can make them laugh by putting on the bad boy act for them, but it’s really ridiculous. Girls are a different story I’m not sure what makes girls act out but whatever it is they need to calm it down. I believe drama and a girl having the time of the month makes them act out and be plain bad.
ReplyDeleteYou don’t see many bad kids trying to be good these days if anything they just start doing their work and stay out of trouble. But for those kids who are trying they deserve some credit for their effort.
i would say there is a good mixture of both because you have alot of people well mostly in high school that try to act bad just to be down so they can look cool and fit in and really on the in side they are good people but then you got some bad trying to be good like the kids in buberson alot of them get out early because the start to do the right thing but in high school you realy see more of the goodys tring to act bad like bulling and stuff like that
ReplyDeleteIt's the attraction to the darker side is what gets us wrapped up into seeming worse then what we really are. Most people will put out a persona that'll get people talking about how daring that person is. It's not as much as bad, as it is daring. To be real is what the audience, in this case classmates, are looking for. Everyone usually looks up to the person that is different, or stands out. To stand out in general, you're more then likely going against the good old norm. For example I have been through both routes. When I was younger at one point I was not entirely accepted because I was always different. I realized that I needed to be more then different, I needed to embrace my different self and show them that I don't really care. This made me get a little bad ass attitude, and though at first that wasn't me I tried to be worse just to earn that respect, sadly. Then again, I turned around and tried to be good, which pretty much killed my social life, and lost most of my friends. You see it on tv, if someone is going wild like Lindsey Lohan, or Miley, people want to know and see what's going on. If someone like Chris Rock helped a woman that was in labor, no one really knows about it unless you're reading Yahoo News. Also sometimes turning good is a sign of strength, and being daring like when T.I. made all those songs about being a better person and having a better life. I'd hear people almost saluting that, as wow, he's not scared to show he's trying to change. In a way it's gaining the people's respect. The few people that don't drink or party in school, either get put down, or they're respected more when they stand their ground and don't get influenced. It's a close running, but in general people always want to seem worse then they really are. Even the AP kids, they even don't want to be called perfect in fear that people won't like them. It's sad, but deep down it's all because we want an audience, wether the audience hates or loves us, we'll be able to say they're talking about us.
ReplyDeleteI would have to go with the good people trying to be bad as most prevalent. Nowadays, people go about thinking that being bad is such a cool trend; that if you’re acting so well you’re a geek or a nerd. “A goodie tooch shoe” This is at least how things are played out from the start of junior high. Students start to act up in class, disrespecting the teacher, as the other students begin to laugh. Once the laughter begin the student that acted up is now considered a class clown, from there the other students then wish to have the same title, even more so the respect and popularity the one individual as gotten due to his lack of respect. But, this all just becomes a phase in our lives, at least for some. Once entering High school, for the first two years they continue this “phase” but, eventually mature and give it up. I find this all shameful because this is how it was for me and my fellow class mates, that’s at least how I see it all. The shameful part is that nowadays the bad behavior seems to be starting at an even younger age and it seems to be continuing longer than just freshmen and sophomore year. Parents but, also every individual themselves don’t seem to be putting in the effort needed to make the world a better place. Everyone complains about all the disasters taking place but, don’t want to do nothing about it. I guess this is just the world we live in, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteIn our society, its sad to say that people would rather try to be bad than good. The media puts so much emphasis on the negative that whe people do positive its never noticed, at least for ordinary people. Being "good" isn't IN. When your bad people see you and your talked about. Some people think acting out makes them exist. Many criminals only do the things they do for attention, it makes them feel like they're somebody. Attention brings popularity ad with popularity comes power. Everyone wants to seem or be powerful so they do things that will bring this to them. No one gets credit for breaking up a fight but they get applauded for starting one. Too many people want to fit in rather than stand out. Personally, I was never one to try to be like everybody else and I have no problem being different or not having friends because I don't do what the "IN" crowd is. It's a matter of self worth and self respect. If your comfortable in being in your ow skin and not trying to be in someone else's than the bad trying to be good would out weigh the good trying to be bad!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I believe that there's more good people trying to act bad in the world than there is bad people trying to act good. Many want to say that the people who rob from others are doing it for themselves but you don't know their life like the back of your hand. For example, my best friend who was with me back when I lived in sunny Pleasantville or "Pville" as him and I called it. This dude and I went through every little thing together since the 3rd grade. We were almost inseparable until 7th grade came, then I had to move due to certain things that practically forced us to move out of our beautiful home to a generally acceptable townhouse. I tried to maintain contact with my friends but we soon forgot about each other. Up until now I had no news about him because my friend was like a ghost to most people. The news however wasn't the type of news you want to hear about your bestfriend. He unfortunately went in a different route than I did. He had become involved with a gang in Atlantic City and got thrown into a juvenile detention center. For what I have no idea about, but I do know that my bestfriend who I still call one of my bestfriends would not have done anything malicious to another for no reason, he was better than that when I knew him. Another reason why I think that good people try to be bad is when the kids in Oakcrest try to "act hard" by being an ass to anyone. Personally I think that those persons are just trying to hide who they really are by using an alternate persona. They could be great individuals if they became better persons in the way they present themselves to others. But most would rather have the image than their own original way of being their true self. Another reason why I think good people try to act bad is right in the media. Primarily in the rap game, artists are trying to be something they really aren't. Once such artist is Lil Wayne, not only did he have the chance to become a good person he had the grades to prove it too! In a documentary, the teachers who taught him as kid said he was an exceptional student always doing his work and getting it done on time. But as I said before he decided to take on a bad personality and in turn he became almost an idol to many kids in Oakcrest. Not only was Wayne one of the only artists to have a chance at having a good life, if he chose that life the kids in Oakcrest who actually have taste in music would be spared the torture of listening to a simple rap artist. To conclude, I believe that good people are the ones trying to be bad not the other way around. Based on the fact that they are trying to make themselves be noticed more and be someone in life.
ReplyDeleteA good person trying to be bad; a bad person tying to be good. In order to determine which of these scenarios is more prevalent than the other, you must fully understand what they are conveying. Particularly so, because they are contradictory. Every individual has a unique nature, developed throughout their life, in which all of their actions originate. For a person to try to be good or evil, their nature must also be inherently good or evil. This is apparent in all possible situations. When a person intends to commit an act, good or evil, their nature must have previously been influenced to do so.
ReplyDeleteSo, in my opinion, a more answerable question may be: In your past experiences, what was more prevalent? A good person being influenced to be bad or a bad person being influenced to be good.
In my life, I have seen both of these scenarios take place numerous times. In fact, many times in which both have occurred to the same person. For example, a person may be good and be peer pressured into being bad, then, may be punished and influenced in the opposite way. Situations like this are continuously occurring in every person's life. This, in turn, makes it almost impossible to speculate which occurs more often, BUT if I HAD to choose ONE I would pick the latter. This seems to be more prevalent because “bad” things tend to have negative effects on society, causing authority figures to make the public aware of it.
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Unfortunatly i have to agree with most of everyone else, you usually see more good people trying to sct bad as an attempt to be cool or fit in. But there is hope for the ability of bad people acting good. I consider myself to be a prime example of this, most people that initially meet me think of me to be some druged up "man whore" but im also known to be the guy to do selfless things out of the blue. I cant really tell if its me being a bad guy trying to be good or if im just secretly a good guy putting out a bad guy ideal im not really sure. I have also seen this in others like some thug looking kid help out an old ladie then go smoke on a corner, or that same old ladie slamming the door on a pregnant woman. the fact is i dont like to stereo type people as being good or bad because everyon is able to commit good and bad there is no true good or true evil. So as far as im concerned you see equal good people being bad and bad people being good because i believe they are one in the same.
ReplyDeleteI say bad people trying to be good. I have no personal experience regarding good people trying to be bad or bad people trying to be good. I also rarely watch the news, so I've got nothing there either. The only people I've seen that fit either of those categories would be from movies, books, comics, etc., and the most prevalent ones I've seen would have to be bad people trying to be good. In FLCL, Haruko was a bad person trying to be good in order to win the heart of Atomsk. In Deadpool, he's a bad person trying to be good in order to be recognized as a hero. In Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Viral was a bad person trying to be good to account for his crimes. In Good Will Hunting, Will was a bad person trying to be good so that he could put his skills to good use. I also think that this is the same with real life because (almost) everyone develops a guilty conscious after doing something bad, so if they are bad people they will try to be good to try 'undoing' what they did.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it’s more prevalent to see good people being bad than bad people trying to be good. Though I’m sure both happen, I have seen perfectly good people trying to be bad. In school, it’s quite common to see people, who would usually do otherwise, trying to fit in with a crowd, trying to be ‘cool’ by putting people down or breaking rules. Also, I was watching Cops and there were these people arrested for breaking and entering, and one guy, who was only 17 years old that got pressured into it by his 20 year old friend. That was sad because he has to deal with that for the rest of his life. I also see people in school skipping class because they get pressured into it by a friend.
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