The Past Should Never Pass Away by Bradley Stewart https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh Bradley Stewart en-us 2016-11-09 00:31:37 UTC 2025-09-25 04:50:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136272871 At around the age of nine or ten I was boarding a plane bound for Michigan.  After walking past the cockpit and turning toward the aisle, my eyes jumped to the passengers seated. I was scanning for the sight of any man that resembled someone of a Middle Eastern ethnicity.  In ways I can not describe, I instantly became more relaxed as I sat into my seat, as I did not see anyone that I presumed to be a threat. Ramifications of the past, regardless how long ago or small it was, will monumentally affect the world we live in today.  I believe that William Faulkner is saying, in his quote, “The past isn’t dead. It not even past," that every moment that passes creates history, therefore you are creating and altering “new history” in the present based off of the “prior history”.  I disagree with this belief because it is not possible to change/alter history, but we should use that past, our prior actions, to help us with our decision making.]]> 2016-11-09 00:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136272871 We Need Women In Our Workplace bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136273233 Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned sexual discrimination, the effects of the prior discrimination still helps discriminate on women in today’s world (Fogarty).  According to a 2009 International Business Report found that “women hold just 20 percent of the senior management positions in American businesses” (Fogarty).  This statistic does not show discrimination of women, but more of the effect of the discrimination of women.    The small percentage of women senior managers is due to the women’s positions in the workforce from the past.  We needed women to join the workforce years ago only because of the “increasing cost in living”  (Quast), working then became an “economic necessity in order to support their families” (Quast).  There was no reasoning to think that it would lead to anything as it was a necessity and commonly thought that society would go back to the way it was after the crisis. But we have learned from our mistake of not letting women into the workforce as we are now encouraging women to join the workplace because according to Goldman Sachs, “women’s participation in the labor market to male levels will boost GDP” substantially (Quast).  Attempts to further our learning from past failures, not allowing women to hold management positions, have continued and greatly helped the world today. Despite the horrible discrimination of women, we have used the past as a catalyst to help us in our attempt to integrate women a lot more in the workplace and to better the state of the economy. Learning from our past failures has set us up for a better opportunity for success.

]]> 2016-11-09 00:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136273233 bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136273965 2016-11-09 00:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136273965 bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274189 2016-11-09 00:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274189 Mistakes bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274268 The fateful day of September 11, 2001 has led to major acts of prejudice, profiling, and hate crimes, including racially profiling on airplanes.  As a child I did this and I am not alone.  In my elementary mind, I looked to see if there was anyone that might resemble hijackers.  The actions of eleven Muslims has led to the change of a lifestyle for many muslims in America.  Shawna Ayoub Ainslie, an american Muslim, has written that she stopped “answering the door” and “opening packages in the mail,” afraid of the possible threat to her due to her beliefs.  The acts of hatred towards the Muslim community has made them feel that they “could feel safe if I believed no one saw me as Arab, Brown, or Muslim,” (Ainslie).  However, if you look beyond the unjust racial profiling, you can see ways that we have learned from our mistakes to change the way we live.  We have learned from our mistakes in the past and changed our actions in the present (the adding of security at airports).  These added measures would never have been put into place had 9/11 not have happened and because mistakes were learned from, an even bigger 9/11 could have been prevented. The video to the right shows some of the advancements in securities that 9/11 has caused, evidence of people learning from their mistakes. Me looking for what I thought might be a security threat shows that the regardless of age, we are always trying to fix the mistakes of yesterday and you can not fault that. Should one ignore the past atrocities, they are bound to repeat themselves. 

]]> 2016-11-09 00:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274268 Counter-argument bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274667 Some people believe that we should forget our prior mistakes.  Vincent from Health Money Success believes that it is beneficial to forget the past because if we dwell on our mistake,s it will “affect your performance now.” (Vincent). While this is a reasonable argument, the amount you learn from your mistakes is much greater than any dwelling you might experience. In fact, one could argue that dwelling on the past would give us a better understanding of our past failures and lead us to not commit those same mistakes a second time. If we forget our past mistakes, it will make it very difficult to not repeat the mistake again.  As George Santayana once said, “‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,’” (Clairmont).

]]> 2016-11-09 00:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274667 Conclusion bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274710 Throughout history we have seen numerous amounts of events and actions that have changed the world as we know it.  The past is gone.  You can not change it, but it can change you. You need to learn from our previous actions. Use the past as a guide, to help make your decisions wiser, smarter, and better.  The past should change you, because without the past, there would be know present.]]> 2016-11-09 00:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136274710 Works Cited bradley_w_stewa https://padlet.com/bradley_w_stewa/hhixqzdny6zh/wish/136275470 Works Cited 

ABC 15 Arizona. “Post 9/11: Airport security changes.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube,  5 September 2011. Web. 13
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Ainslie, Shawna Ayoub. “20 Ways 9/11 Changed My Life as an (American) Muslim.” The Blog, Huffington Post, 11 Sept. 2015.  
              Accessed 28 Oct. 2016.

Clairmont, Nicholas. “’Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.’ Really?” Big Think, edited by Nicholas 
              Clairmont, The Big Think inc.

“Economic Contribution of Women.” Economist, Economist Newspaper, 20 Oct. 2012. Accessed 8 Nov. 2016. Map.

Fogarty, Kevin. “Why Men Have Stronger Professional Networks than Women.” Advice. The Ladder. Accessed 27 Oct. 2016.

Quast, Lisa, editor. Causes And Consequences Of The Increasing Numbers Of Women In The Workforce. Forbes, 14 Feb. 2011. 
                Accessed 8 Nov. 2016.

Vincent. “3 Great Reasons to Forget About Your Past Mistakes.” Health Money Success, edited by Vincent, 18 May 2010. 
Accessed 8 Nov. 2016.

“Women on the move.” Economist, Economist Newspaper, 12 Apr. 2016. Accessed 8 Nov. 2016. Chart.
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