We can see this proofed in the accepted stereotypical interests of adults: maintenance of a house, saving for retirement, having kids. All meaningful and worthwhile goals. In American culture, each of these interests hold an underlying value or necessity of self-reliance and seclusion of the self from society. (from previous entry ( Read more... )

Elimination of, and denial of, one's needs is perceived to be the mark of true adulthood. It is this perception which feeds our inherent system of bullying in the culture of adulthood ( Read more... )

I play Viola and so I once looked up an article (I spent 20 minutes looking for it... can't find it. It's an in Harmony on the Polyphonic.org website) it discusses the job satisfaction of orchestral members and that surprisingly; people tend to have a low job satisfaction as an orchestral member. One would think that being able to perform with a ( Read more... )