What? Bullying
Who? Refugees coming to America
What? Refugees coming to america get bullied because they are not american.
When? throughout their lives until they fix their differences
How? Insecurity


Bullying is an opportunity for insecure people to make other people feel insecure for personal reasons.
Bullying has always been around since school began. There are a lot of people who experience bullying. Students, Teachers, businesses, communities, specific beliefs, different ideologies, anything that can be a target for judgment can be bullied. In my opinion, the need came from psychology to where human beings want to feel good, putting down others will give them a boost in their own life. We as humans now are creating programs and prohibiting such acts, we provide counseling and support groups to avoid anyone from getting bullied. Bullying has never gone away and it will never be completely gone because we as humans will remain humans with opinions.

First interviewers = Mark.

Mark is a 13 year old in middle school and I got to interview him for bullying. Mark has experienced bullying the first two years of middle school and I was expecting with my interview to hear similar ideas to what my experience with bullying was. Mark got made fun of for various different reasons but the main big reason is because he was fat. Mark was not overweight, but he was not skinny and he told me every time him and his friends play basketball, he gets made fun of, gets shoved harder than other kids, gets challenged the most etc. and I wanted to ask mark simple questions because he was a younger teen. Mark told me the reason he got bullied was because he did not fit in. He was from Syria and every time he explained that, the other kids would not understand and he would get made fun of. I told him what was it exactly and he told me it was the fact that he was not from America. When did it start happening? After he became more social around school experiencing the different types of people at his school, he essentially had to get down with a certain group and be cool with them but they were still giving him a hard time. How were they bullying him? they would throw paper at him, not allow him to play sometimes, gets called names, last year he told me he got into a fight because of what happened and therefore so far I exactly believed my beliefs about bullying because I personally have experienced it first hand myself. I was not surprised to see this but I still wanted to interview the person to make sure if new things are happening, or if the motive for bullying has changed. Mark had to change his group of friends, start dressing different, and he is trying to move on and not allow any bullying around him and that is why he was okay to talk to me about this.

Second interview = Layalina Restaurant

I used to work at a lounge 3 years ago and I wanted to understand the bullying in the business side of aspect as presented during lecture. I went to my previous employer and sat down for 10 minutes to ask certain questions about the restaurant and if they get bullied. The restaurant has been opened for 6 years and every year they have seen a decrease in sales due to the fact that other restaurants are located all around them. This was a family owned business, and they served Mediterranean food.
I asked the business why they were dropping in sales and in other words their answer was there is competition around them and therefore they were not making as much as they could. I continued asking them who? They told me other restaurants around them kept popping up throughout the years and their business declined which could essentially take them out of business. What was happening is that every year more restaurants around the shopping area came around and new people were not entering the establishment. It has been happening for the past four years and their advertisement was not as strong as the other branched restaurants around them and therefore their business is slowing down. I asked the restaurant if there was anything that they could do and they could either advertise outside of their area or relocate which was not an option. And I took all of that information and looked at how the business was being chewed out because of the location, the service, etc. So not only bullying happens throughout day to day interactions, it happens to small business that are trying to make a living. And then I thought about how two different gas stations are located next to each other but there is always the one with 1 penny cheaper and so now I understand the different tactics businesses use to bully their competitor. Of course this business is getting bullied because not everything is the same and we need to have competition to drive the people to be more creative, but this type of bullying is upsetting to me because it is effecting a community. This method of bullying is causing a whole restaurant to shut down and that is the effect. I am not surprised because I do live in modern world, but it is upsetting. The restaurant has to expand their knowledge on advertising, expand their dishes options, serve out deals and promo codes to attract new customers.

Third interview = my mom

I wanted to interview my mom because for starters I could not get anyone else to agree to my interview, and second my mom had a different take on bullying and I wanted to interview her. My mom was a nun before she got married and she told me that while she was a nun serving the lord, she would get bullied in her sister life hood due to many different reasons. This is the first time I speak on this story but I wanted to get to a certain point with this story to where it validates my point. My mom got bullied when she was 17 because she was Lebanese. She was treated poorly she states, she would have to do more work than any other nun, she would receive less food and the reason my mom agreed to doing it all was to get away from home where she also got bullied at home. The reason for bullying in this story is not complying to insane orders such as clean the whole building or cook for the whole family. It mostly happened to my mom when she was growing up but the moral of the story is that I had my thoughts and mind set up on a belief because it sticks. Bullying will never change, and there will always be bullying around whether it is in the lords house, at school, throughout neighborhoods. There are many reasons to get bullied and one big example of it is this interview where i did interview a person who is going through the public schools, a person who is in the church, and a business who is just trying to strive to support themselves. I am a little surprised by this because just for a second, I thought bullying had restrictions and that it would not extend to this level but people are people and this is the effect of bullying. My mom just simply had to leave the nun worshiping and return home because that type of bullying defeated her and she could not out beat it.

Therefore, bullying is a form to express negative ideas whether it is verbal or physical. I still believe that being a foreigner or being different in any tribe will get you bullied because you are not the same and being different automatically makes you a target. What i learned from interviewing these people is that no matter the circumstance, bullying is a world wide issue and subconsciously it happens to anyone who is a target to get bullied. My opinion did not change because again I was bullied growing up and I know who gets bullied, the reasons to why people get bullied whether you work at Walmart or Publix, some person is getting bullied to some degree.

I believe entrepreneurs need to adapt to what customers need. As a person who is trying to sell a service, I need to make sure it is suitable for all these different types of people rather than just my type of people. I can target only my type of people but if I want any real success in my business idea, then I would need to target a larger audience thus being more flexible with my ideas. Entrepreneurs should always accommodate and adapt to modern world because everyday something new is coming out and businesses need to catch up.

Assignment 5

1) 9 Year old accused of stabbing 5 b year old sister 

* https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/OPD-investigation-stabbing-at--567339381.html

* A 9 year old stabbed his 5 year old sister because he was facing mental problems.

* The problem is that a 9 year old should be challenging mental health issues at such a young age.

* The nine year old had the problem and it was caused from his life whether it was the influence from his family, influence from the activities that he does and that has caused him to think that it is okay to stab his younger sister. 

2) More than 1,400 drivers in Florida Stopped for texting and driving since Jan 1st

* https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/FHP-More-than-1400-drivers-in-Florida-stopped-for--567403751.html

* 241 drivers have been ticketed due to driving with phone in hand.

* Ticket cost over $150 if found driven with phone in hand 

* It has been clear that it is illegal to drive with use of phone and citizens are now being ticketed if caught 

3) Lane Ranger: Why are four lanes slower than two?

 * https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200126/lane-ranger-why-are-four-lanes-slower-than-two

* 4 lanes are being watched more than two lanes and the design for four lanes are meant for more people to be on them and therefore it will not be faster in specific area

* The roads are under Florida department of transportation and therefore the speed will be based off of surroundings. 

* Drivers are faced with these problems because in the article it states that many were getting pulled over and ticketed even though there is more space to go around.  

4) Local teen breaks gender barriers in Boy Scouts 

 * https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200124/local-teen-breaks-gender-barriers-in-boy-scouts

* A girl wanting to be in a boy scouts because of the different activities boy scouts offers

* The girl started her troop of scouts and called it boy scouts 

*  Girls are experiencing this problem because girl scouts is not the same as boy scouts and some girls find boy scouts to be more interesting. 

5) UF issues scam alerts to students 

* https://mycbs4.com/news/local/uf-issues-scam-alert-to-students

* Scammers use emails and notifications to access secure information about the university or the students

* Scammers scam students out of funds from accounts and the frauds cannot be stopped. 

* Students that attend the university can get effected from losing money. 

 

 

My entrepreneur story

Throughout my life, I have been introduced to entrepreneurship in many ways. I have many stories to provide but I will recall one of my favorites stories to why entrepreneurship speaks to me. I came to America ten years ago, from Lebanon. My dad did not how to speak any English, we migrated to find a better life, receive better education and to be around our family members that have already migrated to the United States. My dad had to work his way up in this country without any handouts to protect and feed 6 members of his family. He was the only bread gainer in the household as my mom was making sure all our needs were taken care of at home. My dad had to go out in a completely foreign country and use his skills to earn money. My dad was an interior designer back home, and he had to start with what he already knew. My dad got involved with a few groups around Jacksonville and introduced himself to self made companies and he needed to speak English, and or minimum pay and it was not enough to my dad. My dad then started his own company remodeling houses because nothing else was working out for him and he needed to act fast to start earning money. My dad then made sure his job was up to par compared to the competition that he had. Fast forward three years later, my dad started hiring people under him because he sold himself enough to people to where he started getting jobs due to word of mouth. I think about this concept all the times because it took the entrepreneurship in my dad to go out of his comfort zone, start something new in his life, do the job correctly, and maintaining his reputation around town. That to me has made me feel that there was never an excuse to why we cannot meet a goal, or beat the odds that are ahead of us because there will always be a way and entrepreneurship explains that process with steps.

The main reason why I signed up for this course was because it was a requirement in my minor, but I did choose to take it before any other required class because the class description made me feel as if I was going to see those steps right on paper and that I was going to come out of this class with an idea, or a process to push my idea out to the real world.

My bug list

11   Paper straws. Why? Paper straws exist because we want to fully transition from plastic straws because they are harming our planet, but paper straws should not be the alternative. Paper straws get soggy.

2.2     Looking at my watch and not paying attention to the time. Why? I am usually thinking of something while I was looking at the time and I must re look and concentrate on what I looked at because I can’t think of two things at the same time.

3.3   Drivers on the road. Why? I feel like drivers are not punished enough for the ridiculous driving that they do on the road, and if we make laws that gives certifications every 5 or every 10 years then we can take away some license from people who do not know how to drive.

4.4   Traffic. Why? Traffic sucks because everyone is on the road and you have individuals that split lanes causing traffic to get backed up.

55   Peoples work ethics. You got people who want to work and people who do not want to work and when half of the population is grinding and the other half isn’t, it destabilizes society. Too many people around us already have everything and they don’t need to set goals, so it doesn’t allow them to get out of their comfort zone.

6.6  Flies. Why? They do not stop sucking on your blood and it creates this bump on your skin that get itchy. Due to the way your body smell, or where you are in the world, they will get to you.

7.7      Using public bathrooms and not having enough supplies. Why? The worker or whoever was responsible for the bathroom did not due their due diligence of keeping up with the bathroom and therefore now I must suffer cleaning myself without any toilet papers.

8.8      Unrealistic time micromanaged incorporation. Why? Companies do not want to hire more people to do equal work and therefore they throw double the work on one employee until they get tired and then they rehire someone else to continue doing the same unrealistic job that cannot be done within 8 hour days.

9.9      Fake friends. Why? People want their convenience and if you are inconveniencing friends, then they act wishy washy with you when they just do not know how to communicate to tell you that they do not want to do it.

10.   Instagram users that post more than once a day. Why? Now that social media is a big platform, people can have their ideas and opinions shared with the world and sometimes it is a little too much but they are my friends and I can’t follow them so when I see their posts by accident, I cringe.

    11.Being stuck behind a bus. Why? You are looking at other vehicles pass by you while you are stuck behind a bus and it exists because the bus must stop and wait until everyone is safe and clear for the bus to move along.

112.   Buying too much food and throwing it away. Why? When I am hungry, I splurge buying food and then what I don’t eat is garbage because it doesn’t taste good later and I must throw away food I purchased.

113.   E-cigs being thrown on the ground more than cigarettes. Problem exists because we have this plastic device with batteries in it that is being thrown on the ground by drunk college students and they are more harmful to our planet than cigarettes being thrown on the ground.

114.   School. Why? School does not mean you are smarter than another person that did not go to school. It either makes you in this world or fails you and the issue exists because we do not spend enough funding on schools, and we do not care for our education system which is allowing us to grow as human beings. We are being failed from day one and it is up to you to figure out something that cannot be changed.

. 15   Being cold after the shower. Why? The problem exits because the ac is always on at the house and your body gets cold after coming out of the shower because the hot water is not hitting your body anymore.

116.  Tipping at restaurants. Why? Not everyone that goes out to eat wants to tip, and if so it’s this whole act of serving because we all know that tipping comes at the end.

117   Taxes. Having no control over government problem exists because the number of citizens who have input and wish to make legitimate impacts in the national decisions would completely outweigh the government officials and throw off the checks and balances system. Taxes are a problem because those that lead the country have lacked their ability to supply resources internally and had to outsource so much and pay so many other countries for their own resources so that we can thrive as a nation but these decisions to use other resources ultimately drives taxes, import fees, stress levels off the roofs just so the country can pay other civilizations back, but that’s only one part of the reason for tax because then you have all of these unemployed people, low income citizens etc. who also need resources so the government implements these SS taxes and income taxes to pay for living in poverty just to see doctors.

1 18 Commitment. Why? People change and when you once though this was all you needed, over time it isn’t all you needed and now you are sitting here committed to whatever it is, whether it is a color or a marriage and now you.

219.    Money being the center of life. Why? You can’t do anything in this world without earning money.

220  Everything in life is a competition. Why? Capitalism.

221   Asking for money. Because broke people are not responsible enough to sustain living with money, but it all connects to society, government, work ethics, where you are from, etc.  

2 22   People who can only see things from their own perspective. Why? it is caused because it is one sided, you can’t argue with a person who is only seeing their argument from one side and it is biased, it is unfair and the reason for it is because people are uncultured, uneducated and being ignorant is easy. 

Reflection

I am an entrepreneur myself. I have found my niche into dj and creating my own platform in Jacksonville, Florida. Unlike other mixers, I have gotten myself into my international community and took that opportunity to grow from there. I am well respected around Jacksonville and I am known for my great mixing skills, performance on stage etc.  Aside from my side little business, I work at a law firm. I am in school; I am a leader in my choir at church. I have been through many troubles, and I have experienced hardships moving to America at the age of 11. But all these different experiences has made me the person I am and therefore I believe that I have always looked at the world in a perspective to where I really have always wanted to find solutions to the problems that I have. I hate having a dishwasher and dryer, why can’t we have both? You know? So this is my reflective statement and I believe that every human should be looking at the world in this manner because essentially it makes us leaders and we always need leaders.

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