Compare and Contrast

Comparing and contrasting subjects happens in everyday life and sometimes we don’t even realize it. You could be comparing your test grade with your friends. You could also be contrasting you and your friend. To compare something to something else is to state the similarities. Contrasting is the complete opposite. When you contrast two things you state all of the differences. You don’t necessarily have to compare and contrast the obvious things such as a mum and a rose are both flowers. Playing sports or working for a company or even being in the military are very similar things. However, texting and talking on the phone are not. Playing a sport or working for a company is very similar to being in the military. You must have dedication, drive, and commitment. It won’t always be easy and there are strict rules and policies that must be followed. Members of the team, company, or military also have to meet certain requirements. To be in the military, for example, you have to pass a physical test that states that you are allowed to do physical activity. That is also the case in order to play a sport. For a company, you may have to be a certain age or have a certain amount of experience. Some companies may even require you to have a degree of some sort. As for dedication, drive, and commitment, it all boils down to what makes you happy. If you are a member of a sports team or are in the military, obviously you are there because it is something you love and have a passion for. Many people love their job because it is something they enjoy doing. You also have to be totally committed. That means that you may not be able to stay out all night the night before a big game or a military function. Many employers will send you home if you come into work with a hangover or something of that sort. Another way you could look at all of these characteristics would be passion. You have to have passion in what you do. Not all of us are born with drive. We have to find what pushes us to be the best we can be. Athletically speaking, if you have a bad game you will do whatever it takes to make sure you don’t make those mistakes again. Even if you want to make yourself a better athlete, employee, or military official, you will have to train and work very hard to get where you want to be. To get to be the best, you have to have dedication, drive, and commitment. These three things have many similar characteristics. As an employee, you don’t want to break a rule because you could lose your job. In sports, if you do something really bad you could be kicked off. Military wise there could be a number of things that could happen to you. The bottom line is that with these three things, there is always a consequence for your action. Something else that is similar with these three things is that they’re not always easy. Playing a sport is not simple. It is something you have to master and work hard at. It takes years to work your way up the career ladder and get to where you want to be. That also means you may have to put in those extra hours that you have been putting off. We all know the military isn’t easy. It’s not easy for the individual committed to it as well as his or her family members. If you are really dedicated and committed to whatever it is you’re doing, then you won’t care how long it takes you or how hard it is. Many people look at texting and phone calls as almost the same thing. I see them as two very different things. For example, one is visual and one is auditory. Some people tend to text things they are too scared to say to someone. Things can also be interpretated differently through texts because you can’t hear that persons tone of voice. You might feel like the person is yelling to you by the way they are texting you but they actually aren’t. Phone calls are more normal conversations because it’s like you’re sort of there. You can hear the person you just can’t see them. With texting you just read your cell phone screen and try to figure out what they’re trying to say. Phone calls are much simpler because you can hear the person’s tone of voice and they are less time consuming. A lot of the time when people text, arguments arise. When this happens some people tend to get really gutsy and say things they would be too scared to say to the other persons face. Texting has given people way too much confidence. You can still argue during a phone call, you just wouldn’t say too many bad things. With texting, anything you type is always out there in the web. The person you are sending it to can screenshot it and send it to someone else. When you have a vocal conversation with someone you can always deny saying something if it happens to come back to you. That doesn’t work with texting. One way that texting would be good would be if you were deaf. You can physically see what the person is saying, but the factor of how you interpret it comes back up. Phone calls would be good if you were blind because you couldn’t read your phone screen. You would have to listen to the person’s voice. Even though there are minimal good things about both, they are still very different. Texting is visual and phone calls are auditory. You can also pretend to be someone you’re not by texting. Other people can get your phone and text someone pretending to be you. Texting can be very dangerous. We compare and contrast many things on a day-to-day basis. These were just a couple of examples of comparison and contrast. Mainly, in order to compare and contrast something they have to be related in a way. Texting and phone calls are both technological concepts. Playing sports, working for a company, and being in the military are all physical concepts. You can contrast texting and phone calls, but you could also compare them. Playing sports, working for a company, and being in the military could be compared or contrasted. It all depends on how you look at it.