Monday, October 24, 2011

Period 7: Expectations



In The Aboslutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold says, "I wanted to live up to expectations. I guess that's what it comes down to. The power of expectations" (180).


Why do you think that expectations have so much power? Give an example that demonstrates the power of expectations.



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Posted by A. Willingham at 11:08 AM

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Zoya K. · 704 weeks ago

Expectations are what make most people, or so I believe. My parents have high expectations for me. They expect me to have all A's all the time, no exceptions. I hate this just as much as I respect it. My parents want me to have a great life in the future, but at the same time, they don't understand how difficult it could be to accomplish that. My parents are never satisfied with my grades. But their strict judgement also gives me motivation that maybe one day they'll be impressed, so you just have to keep working hard.
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Sean · 704 weeks ago

Expectations are always hard to live up to. You always feel pressure and discomfort at the fact of having to do something, especially when you only have a little bit of time. The key is to not stress out and just get it done. When you have to get at least an A on a test and you dont know the subject then thats a hard expectation to live up to.
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Jesus · 704 weeks ago

Expectations are a big thing to others for example parents , they have such high hopes for you just because they care about you and all that but sometimes you can't do everything they want you to do because you dont really know how. I try to live up to they're expectations but its kinda hard sometimes like when i get a B on a test they want me to do better im like i still did good! But overall i guess they just want me to suceed where they failed .
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tanesha richardson · 704 weeks ago

Without the hope or the push to reach your goals where would you be, by me stating this parents expect for us to bulid up to what they tought us and build an whole city out of there expectations , that would soon turn into our expectations of life .But i always wonder why life is and big expectation it's self and not just and thought.
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Sonica Sar · 704 weeks ago

Expectations have so much power because they motivate you to work hard. You push yourself so much to meet the expectations that people have and you also want to make them proud. My parents have high expectations. They always want me to study, read a lot, and work hard in school. I have to always get all "A's." A lot of times I have to stay up all night to do all my work since band takes so much of my time. I always want to quit on my work but then I know that my parents expect me to work hard. I don't want to disappoint them so I push myself to meet their standards.
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Tekeyah Dorsey · 703 weeks ago

Expections are somewhat like peer pressure. You always make sure you do anything you can to keep yuorself going in the right direction. Like my parnets have big expections for me,they want me to be making all A's or at least no more than two B's. I know there just looking out for me and wants the best future for my daughter.
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Gabriel Williams · 703 weeks ago

Expectations have so much power because people live off of expectations. If no one had expectation, this world would be a living hell. Almost everyone in this world has high expectation for others, unless you live somewhere like the rez. The other reason is that people don't like it when others talk about you because they expeced more out of you than the bad choice you made.
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Hau Nguyen · 703 weeks ago

Expectations have power over us because most of them are taught to us as the right thing to do. Therefore whenever we act, we will remember our expectations and judge whether what we do shall meet those expectations or if we shall fail. Expectations can also be bad and usually we know they are made because we will most likely meet them. If people expect that you will drop high school and you happen to be a very bad student who skips school most of the time, that expectations will most likely come true. Good expectations are set so we know that people believe in us and hope that we will meet those expectations. Your mom might expect that you will go to college. Now that is up to you to commit and achieve or ignore and fail.
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Samuel · 703 weeks ago

Expectation can have a big effluence depending on the person. You see any and every one needs expectation in order to have future goals to serve either yourself and or others. In life you set certain goals to push yourself to your max to have the best and greatest time in your life. At home parents have high expectation for their kids they want them to be better than there past. My parents expect meto be better than my sisters try my best and go to college but I may join the army so? I'm lost sooner or later I will find my way.
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joseph garcia · 703 weeks ago

Expectations have power because most peolpe have them and to the people who have expectation the usually mean alot to them. When people set expectations they usually set high ones for them like getting all A's on your report card or making the swim team. To some people those are high expectations and can change the way you are. Having high expectations for yourself is most of the time a good thing because it makes you push yourself to do the best you can do at whatever your doing. To me having high expectations canchange your life depending on what your doing.
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Haley Nichols · 703 weeks ago

There are bad expectations and there are good ones. Bad expectations get into peoples head to where they believe it will happen to. Good expectations intimidate people, they become afraid of disappointing the person. Expectations have the power to control people, like when you go to a school where there are lots of teenage pregnancies. When there are so many, you are expected to become one. When your parents expect you to obey or have high grades then you become scared of disappointing them. Well if you truly love them you don't want to disappoint them. That's how I am with my step mom, she expects me to do things the way she wants them. I don't want to mess up because I don't want to disappoint her because I know she means well... I hope this made sense...
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Frank · 703 weeks ago

Expectations can be very powerful. They give you a reason to reach your goal because you know that everyone is expecting you to reach that goal. My parent's expect me to do perfect in school and do the best that I can. For the most part, I follow those expectations but sometimes I don't. Sometimes if you expect too much, you'll get little in return and you'll be let down. But if you expect less, then they won't try as hard because of such an easy expectation. But sometimes there are bad expectations, these are what are commonly called "stereotypes". These expectations are sometimes true, but in most cases just very offensive.
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Corneisha Walker · 703 weeks ago

Expectations have so much power because no one likes to be judged or looked down on. Whether a person admit it or not, others people's approval really does matter. For example, I'm gay, so just imagine all the criticism I have to deal with. It's so hard not to stress when your parents constantly nag and tell you how you will rot in hell!
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Raghid Rucker · 702 weeks ago

Expectation have so much power because once you met your expectation more things can be accomplished. Like passing all classes with all A's. For alot of people thats hard. Some people have parents that push them to get good grades. But the how ever many expectation you dont met narrow your possibities.

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