Final Draft

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR
INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO “RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA”

MARACAY. EDO ARAGUA

Reading and writing 1

Sec. 801

MONEY AND HAPINESS

Most of the world population believes that money has the ability of give them happiness. They are convinced that money can bring them all the things they have ever wanted; they also believe they would be happier. If they had more cars, houses, clothes and so on. In this new era people are exposed to all types of money related publicity the 365 days of the year. They can see on TV,magazines, news papers etc… All those programs based on money how to spend it, how to win it, who has more? Who has better things? The glamorous lifestyle of the rich and the famous. It is like if nothing else matters. Nevertheless can money really give them happiness? Or it is an empty way that leads to deception and sadness. Several studies have proved that having more money is not the way toward happiness, it is not the solution to all life problems in fact it makes more. Therefore money is not the creator of happiness as most people believe; it is the creator of more responsibilities and problems.

One of these studies proved that what people believe about money and how it can make them happier if they had more is not real; in fact it is the opposite. According to ABC's John Stossel, "Studies of lottery winners found that within a year, most say that they are no happier than they were before they won." The study takes a sample of one hundred lottery winners and ask then questions about there life days after they won the lottery and again one year later. The answers were very different but they all had something in common. They were less happy than before they won the lottery. They all had more problems and less people they could trust, most of their friends had turned their back on them because they did not want to give them money, also some of the marriages had broken up because of the differences they had deciding what to do with the money and in what they should spend it on.

Some of the families even lost all the money they won, and return to the same state of finance as they were before. 'Research shows that a significant number of lottery winners lose their winnings within five years, said Stephen Goldbart, a psychologist and co- director of the Money, Meaning and Choices Institute in Kentfield’. The experts believe that this happens because they do not have the financial knowledge they need. As a result they spent all their fortune in mansions, cars, clothes and in a highly expensive lifestyle. According to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards¨ They made an offer to the National Association of State and Provincial Lotteries to provide the organization's members with information to distribute to winners. The Investment News article highlighted the lack of financial guidance many winners receive from state lottery agencies; estimates show that nearly one-third of lottery winners become bankrupt. They do not invest the money so sooner than later they ran out of money. There are a few cases in which they even lost more money than they had so they were force to declare them selves in bankruptcy.

Another big lie about money is that If people had more money, they would be more relaxed and they would have more time for their families. Because the more money people earn, the more time they are likely to spend working, commuting and doing other compulsory activities that bring little pleasure, according to an article in the June 30 issue of Science that provides a novel explanation for why money does not bring happiness. Yes, money can help to obtain material possessions, but it does not buys the close relationships with friends, family, lovers, and people in society altogether. Also, money does not make people better or more relaxed; in fact, it often makes people behave differently from their true selves. People that pursue money end with money but in the process they damage their relationship with their love ones causing them unhappiness.
All these studies reach the conclusion that unless people have no money at all, money will not make them happy, and if people had more money, they would also have more responsibilities. Money is not the root of all evil. As the bible says “the love of money is the root of all evil”. And also the sure path to unhappiness.

Author

Israel Alvarez

First draft

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADORINSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO “RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA”MARACAY. EDO ARAGUA

Reading and writing 1

Sec. 801

MONEY AND HAPINESS


Most of the world population believes that money has the ability of give then happiness. They are convinced that money can bring then all the things they have ever wanted, they also believe they would be happier if they had more cars, houses, clothes.

But recent studies have proved that this is not real and in fact it is the opposite. These new studies take a sample of one hundred lottery winners and ask then questions about there life days after they won the lottery and again one year later. The answers were very different but they all had something in common. They where less happy than before they won the lottery. They all had more problems and less people they could trust, most of their friends had turned their back on then because they did not want to give then money, also some of the marriages had broken up because of the differences they had deciding what to do with the money and in what they should spend it on.
Some of the families even loose all the money they won, and return to the same state of finance as they were before. The experts believe that this happens because they don’t have the financial knowledge they need. Therefore they spent all their fortune in mansions, cars, clothes and in a highly expensive lifestyle. They do not invest the money so sooner than later they ran out of money. There are a few cases in which they even loose more money than they had so they are force to declare them selves in bankruptcy.
The studies concluded that unless you had no money at all, money won’t make you happy, and if you have more money, you will have also more responsibilities.Money isn’t the root of all evil. As the bible says “the love of money is the root of all evil”. And also the sure way to unhappiness.

Author

Israel Alvarez

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Essay

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR
INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO “RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA”
MARACAY. EDO ARAGUA
Reading and writing 1
Sec. 801
Scientific love

Love has been known by writers, singers and songwriters (Shakespeare, Lord Byron, The Beatles and others), as the most beautiful feeling of all. Getting flushed cheeks, sweaty hands and a racing heartbeat are some of the exterior signs of being in love. However, according to studies it is inside the body where chemical changes are being produced as signs that indicate internal variations. According to recent studies about this feeling, scientists have found that it is a succession of chemical reactions produced by hormones that are released by the hypothalamus into the brain. One of the best-known researchers in this area is Helen Fisher of Rutgers University in New Jersey, who in the year 2004 published a study titled “The Three Chemical stages of Falling in Love”. In this study, the author portrays love as the product of the interaction of several hormones in the brain; therefore love, more than a feeling is a biochemical reaction due to the specific effect some hormones have in the brain.
One of the first hormones involved is dopamine, which has been commonly associated with the pleasure system of the brain, providing feelings of enjoyment and reinforcement to motivate a person to perform certain activities. It is also an important part of the biological drive to choose a mate, because love as a fact is a primitive drive like hunger and the biology of love helps account for how people focus on one particular person. Scientists studying the human brain base this view of love on observations of passionate behavior across cultures and most recently findings. In this same line, Helen Fisher did some research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines to peer into the brain of colleges students in the early stages of love. And obtained the first direct evidence that the mechanisms of love activate particular areas of the brain with a high concentration of dopamine and this hormone is closely tied to states of euphoria, craving an addiction. At the same time, dopamine in this stage is associated with another agent norepinephrine, and these two hormones can have effects like heightened attention and short-term memory, hyperactivity and sleeplessness. When people are first in love, couples show the signs of surging dopamine and norepinephrine; increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention in the smallest details of the new relationship.
On the other hand, people in love have been known to have low levels of serotonin, which is one of love’s most important chemicals and has been associated with chemical imbalances such as depression, anxiety and insanity. This explains why people in love are usually depressed. These effects resemble drug effects on the brain, therefore they are bound to lose the kick and fade quickly in the first three years or so. Then the cravings, the depression and the anxiety go away and the brain activity goes back to normal.
Now when it comes to the part of commitment and long lasting love there are two important hormones that are released by the nervous system that play a role in social attachments. These hormones are oxytocin and vasopressin. The first one is released by the hypothalamus gland by both sexes during orgasm and it is thought that promotes bonding between adults. Ergo the theory that “the more sex a couple has, the deeper their bond becomes” Fisher (2004). Vasopressin has a similar effect, it cements the bond between the two people, creates devotions towards the partner and the instinct to protect one another from new suitors (jealousy).
In conclusion, as a result of biochemical reactions produced by hormones in the body, humankind enjoys this abstract feeling named love. Its effect has perhaps been overrated by the mind, since it has been proved that love, like many other phenomena has a scientific explanation


Andi Arias
Magella Caraballo
Israel Alvarez
Carmen Quintana
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