During raffle-draw contests, people are encouraged to buy many tickets to increase their chances of winning grand or consolation prizes. The amount of prizes to be won are often small compared to the amount of money realised from the tickets. Eventually, only about 2% of ticket-holders get few prizes by luck or system manipulation, while […]
Crying is a way by which people, especially babies, express pain, discomfort, sorrow or need. Seeing someone cry draws our human emotions, empathy and urge to help the person crying. However, some children abuse cry to extort their parents to get or do everything they desire. When adults start crying like babies, instead of studying […]
During exam periods, students study to pass. While some students study to pass, others relax because they are friends to the examiner. Also, some lecturers attach payments for handouts, projects and ‘sorting’ as conditions for passing their exams. Since people can pass without studying, the system will discourage studying hard as a condition for success. […]
Pimps are cruel human traffickers who kidnap or trap before prostituting them to rich men. Many times, the rich men who patronize pimps have high social status and wish to protect their reputation. So, they pay the pimps to present their trade as free enterprises of girls who joined voluntarily. Despite paying for their services, […]
During wars, almost everybody in the society is fully employed in several jobs.[1] Government spends much resources on arms, ammunitions, propaganda and damage control. It employs many people to deceive, monitor, detain, intimidate, extort, reward or force others to support government’s activities and position. Government officials steadily meet to discuss strategy for suppressing real and […]
There was an old story of three friends that found an old safe filled with gold coins while they were hunting. In excitement, two of them gave the younger one a gold-coin to go purchase food and drinks so they can relax before sharing the gold. While going, the younger man planned to poison the […]
In the movie, ‘Tango One’, the Drug-dealer, Donavan, was heartbroken to find out that his daughter also sniffs the mind-disorienting drugs he supplies. He had sent his daughter to a private school where she would be educated and protected from the exploitation of reckless life. Yet, he makes so much money from distributing the same […]
During private-study periods, Franklin invites his classmate, Peter, to play and mock other students for studying too much and being boring. But, as everyone goes home after school, Franklin stays back to study, while Peter goes home with others. After exams Franklin passes with high grades, while Peter fails since he lost himself to distraction. […]
Before treating patients, doctors search for the causes by examining lab-results and symptoms of diseases to decide best treatment plan. This search for causes in problem-solving is called diagnosis, and is employed by other problem-solvers like computer and car repairers. Contrarily, in setbacks, some people seek to absolve themselves of responsibility by searching for faults […]
An Africanproverb “you cannot enjoy viewingmasquerade carnival from a single location” is often used to encouragediversification. During carnivals, various masquerades perform several songsand stunts in different locations to entertain cheering crowds. Because themasquerades move around to perform in different locations, viewers keep followingdifferent masquerades from one location to another. Yet, each masquerade patientlypractices, prepares and […]
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