theaters in 1979 which was a story about a haunted residence. At some point during the second half of the 1970’s, I tried to dissuade friends from going to the movies, suggesting alternatives. Sometimes I was successful in changing their minds but usually I was not. As far as I was concerned, going to the movies to be terrified was not an enjoyable leisure activity. Therefore, I made my own decision to decline some invitations by friends to view a movie that I did not want to see.
Beginning in the early 1970’s, consumer product companies began marketing deodorants that prevented perspiration. Discussing these new products with family, mother stated that it is unhealthy to prevent the natural perspiring of the body because through perspiration, the body cools down and toxins are released. This information can be verified today on the internet. Perhaps some illnesses experienced by people are related to the removal of the ability of the body to perspire naturally. Also and since the 1990’s, other products have widely been marketed to whiten teeth. One has noticed that people who regularly use these products have teeth that have become to a degree translucent (removal of tooth enamel) possibly caused by the bleaching agents contained in the tooth whitener which can result in various dental problems.
Throughout the years of junior high school and high school increasing observations of affection were displayed by some students attending school to include passionate kissing, caressing, and amorous embracing in the hallways of the school. One thought these kinds of private emotions made public to be disgraceful, raunchy, and embarrassing to the participants as well as to the observers.
The curriculum for social studies this year was the study of American History. I recall liking the textbook, as it was well organized and followed a clear chronological presentation of events. It was an easy to understand general history book beginning with the history of the early years of the inception of the United States and ended with the war in Vietnam. The class progressed through the book at a moderate pace until reaching the Civil War. It seemed as though months were spent on the Civil War with still having about half of the book to complete. Finally, near the end of the school year we began to read and study about the events leading to World War I, only to have school end a couple of weeks later.
Beginning in the early teenage years, one began to recognize and was taught that the societal expectation is that one should “wear many hats”. Throughout schooling it was learned that constant adjustments of personality were necessary to be successful in one’s life. For examples, behavioral, intellectual, and physical changes were considered necessary to compete academically, in ones job, in sports, with one’s spouse, with one’s children, with one’s associates, with one’s friends, with one’s family and while shopping to list several “hats”. Thought should be given to this relatively modern psychological concept because one innately suspects that the “wearing of many hats” contributes to various stresses in one’s life as well as varying degrees of mental illnesses and perhaps could lead to insanity. Logically it makes sense that one should be basically the same person in all endeavors and situations. Therefore the promoting by evildoers in the society to “wear many hats” is a “survival of the fittest mentality” and is evil in intent. Akin to this philosophy, one has noted that some political representatives and some others in the “professions” tout an extraordinary listing of credentials. One