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Sit-down restaurants are an example of synchronic time because it focuses on the quality of time, not quantity. Your food comes after you order, when you need it. You sit down and talk with friends, sometimes for hours, until somebody needs to go home. (excluding reservation only restaurants) you usually just walk in when you are hungry, and leave when you are full or have run out of conversation. The servers do not say "well you have been here for two hours your time is up." It focuses on just getting everything that you want to get done, and not on how much time it takes.

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Amazon Prime Now is an example of "just on time" delivery. You can set the delivery of your products up to the hour, as opposed to just getting it as soon as possible. You can order it to be delivered in five hours when you get home from work, or within the hour. online ordering in general is a great way to prevent excess and only have as much as you need. When I go to the grocery store I get more food than I need because I don't want to go to the trouble of going back to the store any time soon. With delivery services like amazon and instacart I only order what I need.

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For the most part, people will set an amount of time or perhaps a distance for which they will exercise, and will do exactly that amount of exercise no matter how they feel at the end of it. They will say "I will do 30 minutes on the treadmill today" and that is all they do. For some, they just work out until they feel they will puke, or just until they feel they have gotten enough exercise that day. Exercise guidelines focus on sequential time, usually the number of minutes per week or day.

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School schedules are an example of valuing chronological time. We meet up for a prescribed amount of time, and whether or not we finish everything we were going to learn or fully understand it, we leave and go to the next class. This creates the need for things like office hours and TAs. There are so many students with such a range of possibilities, that it would be impossible to make sure that every single person understands before the end of the class.

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Chicken Run
The movie chicken run is the perfect example of inside forces. The chickens, upon discovering that they will be made into pie, begin to devise a plan to escape their coop and certain death. Facing an evil entrepreneur, they create an elaborate plan to escape, which ultimately ends in the chickens “flying.” This is an example of inside forces in and of itself, since according to nature chickens shouldn’t be able to fly. Chickens, according to nature are supposed to be eaten and kept in captivity, and they went against nature to survive.

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Cinderella
Cinderella had an evil step mother and evil step sisters. She had no control over her life, and had to constantly do what other people said. Until one day, she decided to take matters into her own hands and go to the ball. She made herself a dress and worked hard to get ready, despite all the other chores she had. In the end, she broke out of the room her step mother had locked her in, proved the slipper fit, and married her prince. She stopped letting outside forces control her life and it paid off.

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Childhood is a time when external forces control your life. Everything that happens to you is contingent on who your parent(s) are, where you were born and what socioeconomic status you were born into. We rarely hear of billionaires who were self-made at the age of ten. I think that’s why young adulthood is such a difficult time, we have to finally switch to using our inside forces, instead of just going along with what happens to us. Childhood is all about doing what you are told, and adulthood is so difficult because we aren't used to doing what we want to do and relying on ourselves for everything.

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Jehovah’s witnesses
Jehovah’s witnesses believe in following the will of God, to achieve salvation they must not only believe in God, but also strictly follow his rules. Salvation is earned through obedience. They also believe in an “end of times,” these are all very outside driven beliefs and practices. They do not believe in having control over their destiny. This goes to the extreme of receiving blood transfusions, even in a life or death situation. They believe in submitting to the will of God, if God wanted them to live, He would save them.

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The Emperor's New Groove is an example of when ascribed is exaggerated. Cuzco was born the "king of the World" and he was originally not a benevolent ruler. He is so spoiled and privileged that he treats those around him with disrespect and apathy. He is selfish toward his subjects, whom he is supposed to be looking out for. Yzma's famous line "you should have thought of that before you became peasants" is the culmination the negative effects of their ascribed positions in life. Cuzco is then saved by the peasant whose life he was trying to ruin, and learns his lesson.

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Shark Tank, my favorite show, is an example of our achievement-based culture in the US. All of the "Sharks" are self-made millionaires with humble beginnings. They use their achievement to not only earn more money for themselves, but also to help other people get to where they are today. We as a society see financial success as the highest level of success, and this is the highest level of financial success. Contestants must prove the worth and value of their business by listing their accomplishments, so that they can accomplish more.

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The television show "Gossip Girl" is an example of ascribed values. The characters of the show were born into high society New York City, with billionaire parents and the world at their fingertips. The characters find their value and identity in their possessions and status, and are constantly working to maintain their status and influence. It portrays how affluence and privilege can shape a person's life, in juxtaposition to the single middle-class character, who is sort of part of the group but still an outsider.

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The Olympics is an example of an achievement-based system. Olympic athletes focus purely on achievement, and have very little ascribed to them (besides wealthier countries having better training programs and facilities.) Usain Bolt is considered to be the fastest man in the world, and he came from poverty in Jamaica. The only way to get to the Olympics is hard work and dedication- natural talent is never enough. We as a society really value the Olympics, and athletes often achieve celebrity status for their accomplishments.

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Accounting is a job that usually requires a specifistic approach. They are result oriented and analytic, and are usually crunching concrete numbers and figures. There are specific rules and procedures that they must follow; it is a "if x then y" type of profession. (at least in theory) A lot of times they tend to work alone as opposed to in group, and if somebody makes a mistake it is easy to spot who did it and how it happened.

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Dress codes are an example of specificity. I Had a dress code in middle school, and it was staunchly enforced. My straps had to be exactly four fingers wide, and my short had to be longer than where my arms hit my legs. The rules were very specific. In this example, it is the dress code of Qatar. Dress codes have religious roots, despite where they are located. They only apply to girls and women, and usually if a place went to the trouble of establishing a dress code, they are going to enforce it.

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Holistic health and medicine are an example of diffuse because they look at all aspects of physicality and well-being to determine the cause of ailments and determine treatments. A problem with acne might mean a liver problem, and a problem with you back might be from stress. It accounts for every cause and the overall health of an individual. For example, this approach also looks at things like diet and exercise to assist with health and well-being.

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The iconic "I Love Lucy" chocolate conveyor belt scene is a diffuse example. A specifistic approach would say that Lucy was responsible for the disaster that unfolded with the conveyor belt going too fast, and that she was responsible for her part of the work. Conveyor belts are inherently specifist, but when they go too fast for the workers to cope with, it becomes a diffuse situation. The conveyor belt going too fast, and perhaps a lack of training and communication would need to be looked at. Along with the teamwork of both workers.

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The polio vaccine is an example of the beauty of communitarianism. After Jonas Salk created the polio vaccine, he was asked why he did not patent it, to which he replied "would you patent the sun?" He was recognizing that a lot more can be done when we all put our heads together, and share the information we have. This is especially true in studies like science and medicine. None of the advancements that we know of today would exist if scientists kept their information to themselves. (however some might argue that some scientists motivations are individualistic)

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Wheatsville Co-Op, or any co-op, is an example of communitarianism because all of the members contribute, and it is owned by the people who shop there, and everyone contributes. Many people who buy membership prefer the communal structure than the traditional structure. Each member owns a tiny portion of the store, and they are therefore cooperating to achieve a common goal of a certain level of health and quality of food. This removes the risk of "ownership" while ensuring that the needs of the group are met.

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This is a still from a beloved gif of John Wayne throwing a 6 year old boy into a lake after he says he doesn't know how to swim. Individualism is a "sink or swim" focused ideology, that requires self-reliance and independence. John Wayne was revered for his tough, individualistic characters that represented what many view to be the American Dream and American ideals. 20th century America was particularly individualist, especially in film and television. A more communitarian person would have taken him to group swim classes at the Y.

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The Invisible Hand by Adam Smith is an example of one of the first individualist books. It explained the theory of capitalism in its earliest forms, which is based on individualism. It states that if everyone looks out for themselves, everything will get done efficiently. It is a theory based solely on self interest and self reliance, and has been the basis of western culture and prosperity for decades.

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Keep Austin Weird is a beloved expression that Austinites put on t-shirts, bumper stickers etc. We love everything that makes Austin special- local businesses, creativity and uniqueness. Locals value businesses that were created by our community, as opposed to large corporations that everyone has. We love spouting which successful businesses we created, and we would rather go to P. Terry's than McDonalds, and we prefer running Town Lake over going to the gym. Although this is not always true, especially today, we still value these aspects of our unique community. Austin pride is very particularist to the point where it is often obnoxious to others.

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Keep Austin Weird is a beloved expression that Austinites put on t-shirts, bumper stickers etc. We love everything that makes Austin special- local businesses, creativity and uniqueness. Locals value businesses that were created by our community, as opposed to large corporations that everyone has. We love spouting which successful businesses we created, and we would rather go to P. Terry's than McDonalds, and we prefer running Town Lake over going to the gym. Although this is not always true, especially today, we still value these aspects of our unique community. Austin pride is very particularist to the point where it is often obnoxious to others.

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Assembly lines and large corporate factories benefit from universalism. Everyone follows the safety rules, and everyone has a job that they do efficiently to contribute to the group. Everyone even wears the same uniform because everyone is an equal part of the group. Everyone is also making the exact same product in the exact same way. There is an organized and planned system that everyone follows. This system is used all over the world and revolutionized manufacturing. However, there can be negative effects on the workers, so it is an example of the positive and negative effects of universalism.

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The top security advisor of the United States stepped down because he defied sanctions against Russia. This is an example of Universalism because the rules apply to everyone, even the rich and powerful. Even though the sanctions were set by the Obama administration, the Trump administration was still obligated to follow the rules and face the consequences of breaking them (in this case). He also claimed that the rule was broken inadvertently, but stepped down regardless of his initial intentions.

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I was born and raised in Austin, Texas. I am the third of five kids, with two brothers and two sisters. I grew up taking dance classes of all styles, and was involved in musical theatre and drill team in high school. I loved learning Sign Language and French in high school. I have always loved to travel; I took study abroad trips every chance I got in high school. I’m working to continue that in college. I am also continuing my French education at UT, and I am hopefully minoring in it. Last year I went to TCU, but transferred to UT this fall. My major is Government, and I want to go to law school after college. My goal is to work for the FBI or as a public defender.