Society

The social part of the Divine Revelation provides us with laws intended to guide the course of social evolution. Islam has developed a political Organization based on eternal principles of the Quran. Since these principles have their source not from any human intellect but delivered by Divine Wisdom, where men when obey them are obeying God but not any individual or system. In the Islamic society all men are equal in the eyes of the law. It is a community of free and equal persons, owing commitment to God and obeying His laws. But when analyze the scenario it comes up with another angle. We have seen that human being has two identities, the self and the body. The relationship between the two selves is close and intimate. But while the body is incessantly changing the self is getting stability. The ultimate spiritual basis of all life, as conceived by Islam is eternal and reveals itself in variety and change. A society based on such a conception of reality must reconcile in its life, the categories of permanence and change. It must possess eternal principles to regulate its collective life as a foothold in the world of perpetual change. But eternal principles, when they are understood to exclude all possibilities of change which according to the Quran is one of the greatest signs of God which tend to immobilize what is essentially mobile in its nature. The law laid down in the Quran is absolute and dynamic in nature to cater both permanence and change; None has the authority to make any change in these laws (6: 116)

What these permanent and eternal Laws do? It demarcates the boundary line of what is lawful "limits" in the terminology of the Quran which no one has the right to transgress. Within the boundary line, however we are free to frame such supplementary laws as the needs of the time require. These supplementary laws are of course subject to change and are to be enacted and revised by the representatives of the people "decide their affairs through mutual consultations and according to Divine Laws" (42: 38). While following the limits set by the Quranic laws, Islam upholds free and tolerant democratic activity. The Quran even leaves man free to devise his own consultative machinery. The form which consultations are to take will depend on the convenience of the people.

As regards the eternal and unalterable Law which sets a limit to the legislative activity of the Islamic democracy, the Muslim community (Ummah) is fully committed to it. It cannot break from its moorings. No one can claim the right to deviate from the laws laid down in the Quran for personal gains. We also cannot rule out the possibility that majority and unanimous decisions could be wrong. Such wrong decisions may not do much harm if they are not against the ethics of human respects. Social stability will be assured only if the legislature exercises its powers within the framework of permanent fundamental principles laid down by Quran. If this framework is rejected, it will cease to be an Islamic society. Within this permanent framework, change is not only permissible but advisable. The conditions of life are always changing and the constitution of the state and machinery of the government should also be revised and brought up to date. It is obvious that in such a system permanence and change are reconciled. The Islamic society is both stable and progressive. It rests on the firm foundation of eternal principles but men are free to create whatever superstructure they like on that foundation. To do good to others is an unalterable moral principle, but the way in which we can do well to others will depend on the particular circumstances of the time. The first cannot be left to the people but the second should be decided by them. We must bear in mind that progress is a change that brings the system nearer to perfection. It is change which is preserving the values achieved, includes them and raises them to a higher level.

Every high school has certain groups. Van Doren was no different. It was a preppy school to say the least, and their Groups were based on social status.

The Society was a group of teenagers from the most affluent families in Whitenburg. Felicia Whitenburg was the leader of this group; she was as brutal as she was beautiful. Everyone feared her, partly because her grandfather built the town, and her family owned practically everything in it, and partly because they were afraid of what she would do if she were crossed. Everyone did what Felicia said.

The school administration knew that there were questionable things going on in their school, however, in this community, everyone was very tight lipped.

The teachers had very little control of the Society club students; they would take cell phone calls in the middle of class, and walk out whenever they felt the need to.

The Teachers would take the cell phones and report the students to the office; however, nothing was ever done to end the problem. Taking the cell phones would only result in angry phone calls from parents.

They knew that Felicia set the tone for the other students, and tried to impress upon her the responsibility of being a leader. For their efforts, Felicia only smiled.

Meetings with the parents of the Society club students left the administration frustrated.
Their pompous attitudes did nothing to instill the basic life skills that every teenager needs to go through life.

The Worst of all the parents was Lawrence Whitenburg. In his eyes, his daughter could do no wrong. She was daddy s little girl in every sense of the word. He actually had the gall to praise his daughter s leadership abilities. This outraged the headmaster.

Only one of the parents seemed to be remotely reasonable. Stephanie Whitenburg. Felicia s mother.

Mr. Preston, the school s headmaster, decided to try and contact Stephanie to try to put an end to her daughter s rule over the school. He placed a call to the Whitenburg residence and set up a private meeting with Stephanie Whitenburg.

In The meeting, Mr. Preston voiced all of his concerns to Stephanie Whitenburg. She was horrified to find that her daughter could yield such authority. He realized that he sounded harsh, but drastic measures needed to be taken. He had heard that something was being planned and felt no good would come of it,

When they began discussing options, Stephanie inquired how Mr. Preston planned on obtaining the information that was needed to find out what the big plan was. They discussed several options, and when Mr. Preston mentioned installing listening software on Felicia s phone. The only thing he needed was parental consent. Stephanie was outraged.

She hit him with a barrage of words, realizing now who Felicia was modeled after. She informed him that she had no intention of giving consent and threatened to have him removed from the school if he persisted in targeting her daughter. She left his office abruptly, slamming the door behind her.

Knowing full well what the ramifications would be, Mr. Preston went ahead with his plan to find out what was about to happen. He felt justified because other students of lesser social standing may be in danger.

After finding and ordering the software through the Internet, he waited for an opportunity. It came the same day as the listening software.

Mr. Preston confiscated Felicia s cell phone in the corridor and told she could pick it up at the end of the school day. She replied with a cold stare.

He quickly went into his office, locking the door behind him. He told his secretary that he did not want to be disturbed. He went to work installing the software, amazed at how simple it was to do.

At the end of the day, Felicia appeared at the office to retrieve her phone. When Mr. Preston attempted to caution her of the use of cell phones on school property, she turned her back and walked away.

The listening software proved to be a very effective tool. Mr. Preston listened to each call and found out that the big event was a hazing for lower class students, to be held at the quarry.

He informed police, and when the night that the event was to take place came around, all the necessary precautions were in place. The party was broken up, however, no one was arrested.

Mr. Preston was called to the Dean s office the following day. He was met by the School committee, The Dean, and Lawrence Whitenburg.

The committee felt that his actions were excessive and that the matter should have been handled internally with no police involvement. He was promptly dismissed from his position.

As he was getting into his car, Lawrence Whitenburg approached him.

What is the name of this town? he asked smugly. It surprises me that a man of your stature would not at least take into consideration that I would be informed of anything that may take place. He turned and stepped into the limo that was waiting for him.

The American Hosta Society (AHS) is a charitable organization that is devoted to the appreciation, study, protection and improvement of the hosta plant. In return for donations and membership fees they also provides general and scientific knowledge of hosta plants. The organization recognized by the US Government as a not-for-profit educational and scientific organization and has been granted 501(c(3) status. This means that if you decide to join, your donation is tax deductible.

The American Hosta Society also has a board of directors that delegate certain projects and activities to specific committees. The results of these projects and activities area are consequently published in their publication called The Journal of the American Hosta Society.

As there are many diseases and problems with hostas as well as a lot of confusion about their trademark and breeding a lot of the money that is given to the society goes into scientifically based projects. For instance their latest funded study in 1999 was given to two scientists to study garden control of pathogenic foliar nematodes.

Other worthy scientific projects commissioned by them include a study from Michigan State University to study how cold affects hostas, a study from Penn State University to examine slugs that damage hostas, another study form Penn State University about the best fertilizers for hostas, and a University of Minnesota study on viruses that affect hostas.

The Hosta Journal of the American Hosta Society is widely regarded as one of the best specialty publications about the subject in North America. The Journal is a mixture of practical gardening articles, information about new sports articles as well as scientific articles about the care and breeding of hostas. The Journal is now printed three times a year down form its usual publication schedule so that it can afford to print more color photographs in the magazine instead of the usual black and white.

They also produce an annual E-Yearbook and Membership director which is dedicated to the business and the people of the American Hosta Society. It also features articles up the activities of local
societies, upcoming events to do with hostas, upcoming events that are specific to the society and their annual reports about its profitability.

The American Hosta Society also provides an opportunity for you to meet other hosta enthusiasts via some of the events or just browsing the membership directory to see if anyone lives in your area. If this isn't enough fun during the cold winter months just remember you have the exceptional articles and mouth watering pictures in each issue of the Hosta Journal!

The oldest and largest provider of legal services in the United States to its community was founded in 1876. The Legal Aid Society's main function is to provide free legal services to the people living in New York who are living at or below the poverty level. This will help to ensure that the justice system does not miss out on these groups of people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer. These groups of people are unable to even have enough for their daily basic necessities much say a lawyer should they require one when they face a legal situation. The Legal Aid Society basically provides services such as criminal defense and juvenile representation in Family Court for these groups of people in New York.

Every year, the Society will have to handle about more than 200,000 indigent criminal cases. On top of these criminal cases, the Society has to act as legal guardian to more than 30,000 children, representing individuals, families and community groups in more than 30,000 cases. The number of cases taken by the Society has only increased since it was founded in 1876. This could only imply that the income gap between the rice and poor in New York is growing further and further apart as the country progress. This has resulted in more and more people having to turn to legal aid service provided when they face a legal situation they need help with.

On top of representing in the above mentioned cases, the Legal Aid Society will also frequently conduct major class action litigation on behalf of thousands of welfare recipients, foster children, elderly poor, homeless families, inmates and prisoners. The amount of working and responsibility taken by the Society has increased over the year. Today, the Society plays an active and important role in the providing of justice to the people living in poverty.

Current, the Society has more than 800 lawyers working with approximately 600 paraprofessionals working based in neighborhood and court-based offices in 18 facilities in the five boroughs of New York City. The Society basically gets its resources from public funding from criminal defense work and representation of juveniles in child protective and delinquency matters. Public funding contributes about 90% of the Society's fiscal budget of $140 million. The remaining 10% comes from the annual fund raising activities organize by the Society. This includes private donations from individual, associates, law firms, corporations, foundations and special events.

The Legal Aid Society can be seen to have the largest pro bono programs in the country. There are about 900 talented voulnteer lawyers working for the Society every year. Ever since it started its pro bono program, the Society has done a lot to ensure it is able to retain and maintian its relationships with the volunteer lawyers throughout their carrers in the legal field. A unit located at the Society's headquarters at 199 Water Street holds the usual pro bono activities. To the Society, these individuals are very valuable as they help to provide a strong base of contacts and relationship.

The Legal Aid Society can be said to be a forerunner in the legal field. It can be considered to have more experienced in more practice areas on a larger scale than any other large institution in New York. The Society can be seen to hold quite a powerful standing in the legal field in its country. This can be witness by how the Society's developed programs affect certain approaches in the national and international arenas. On top of that, it is one of the few legal services organizations in New York who can pursue immigration and welfare representations, class actions and prison litigation. In order not to restrict the Society's practice, it has retained a full range of advocacy options for the clients' it serves by declining funding.

When it comes to the resolution of their clients' problems, the Legal Aid Society can be seen to continuously seek the most effective approaches throughout its existence. The Society has a strong believe that the continuation of any legal involvement will erode their client's potential to build and enjoy productive lives, while incurring high social costs. Due to this strong believe, new innovative strategies and efficient models of service delivery has been made. One of these strategies is to break the patterns of escalating involvement with the criminal and civil legal systems. By using this strategy, the Society's clients are able to receive comprehensive legal and social services.

Florida can be a great honeymoon resort, a wonderful vacation spot, a summer picnic option or simply a superb choice to go for a long drive or spend a weekend along the beach. But Florida has something more in its store to give and that too for a noble cause. There are several drug rehab centers in Florida reaching out to such people in the society who have chosen a wrong path to lead their life. But now they want to step back into normal life. What can be better than a place like Florida and a rehabilitation ambience close to nature?

Natural healing therapies

Choosing Florida rehab centers above many other rehab centers has a special reason. And it is ideally Florida's location. By virtue of that Florida is one of world's beautiful natural hub. When a drug addict is brought to this locale, a natural treatment procedure can be applied on him or her. Apart from medication required for the drug rehabilitation treatment, rest is set according to the natural healing process.

The patients are engaged in different activities and being far from the maddening rush and crowd of the city-life, the treatment process is geared in a faster pace. Primarily the location helps the patient to experience a change in the mood. A natural feeling allows the patient to react in a better way. The separation from the polluted environment it itself enhances the healing process. Florida rehabilitation center makes the best use of its natural environment and clean ambience in the treatment procedures of the drug addicts and the alcoholics.

Now even in Florida there is a matter of selection of the best rehabilitation program being regulated by different rehab centers. What are the basic things you must checkout before deciding upon the admission of the patient?

Things to be considered

Find out first that the rehab center's credibility and the record of its detoxification programs. Make sure of the authenticity and the success in the cure rate. If convinced then make the final selection.
What type of treatment has been fixed to cure the dual diagnosis problem? Get a clear idea of the therapeutic and the counseling programs associated with such types of treatment.
Steps and initiatives to prevent the relapsing of the problem must also be considered. How will the Florida rehab center work out to tackle any such situation?
How will the rehab program assist he other family members to cope with such a situation?

Look specifically into these aspects to step into the decision of selecting the Florida rehab center for treating your beloved who has unfortunately become a drug addict.

America is quickly becoming a cashless society. Whereas it would have seemed odd, or even in poor taste to do so in the past, people routinely use plastic to pay for even the smallest purchases, such as a Slurpee from 7-Eleven. Almost all gas stations allow you to "pay at the pump," and even fast food restaurants began accepting "debit or credit" a few years ago. And that's not to mention the millions of cashless transactions that occur every day in cyberspace, through web sites like eBay, Amazon.com, and other popular e-tailers.

Clearly, having some form of cashless payment is essential to being a fully functioning American consumer these days, and millions of people are opting to use a debit card attached to their checking accounts rather than traditional credit cards. Is this a wise move?

Dr. Jekyll's Lovely Little Debit Card

The primary advantage of debit cards is that they give you access to cash. A little known fact about cash advances on traditional credit cards is that they begin accruing interest from the moment you get your hands on the money. This means that even if you paid last month's bill in full, you will still have interest charges on your next bill whenever you take out a cash advance. Debit cards allow you access to cash through ATM's at no interest - after all, it's your money.

The other major benefit of debit cards is that they're an option for credit constrained consumers. While it may seem like credit card companies will give cards to anyone, the truth is that once you make a serious mistake - such as falling behind on your card for a few consecutive months, resulting in a "charge off" - it can be very difficult to qualify for credit again anytime soon. Since some form of plastic is required for so many of life's necessities, debit cards offer these people a means of remaining viable members of our cashless society.

Mr. Hyde's "Instrument of Financial Death"

But there is a downside to debit cards, too. Consumer advocate, Howard Strong, even refers to debit cards as "financial death" cards. While his perspective may be a little over the top, he does cite several disadvantages of debit card usage in his 1999 book, What Every Credit Card User Needs to Know.

First, by using a debit card, you lose the advantage of using the credit card company's money interest free. This interest free period occurs from the time you make a purchase until the due date of your bill. If, for example, you used your credit card to buy a $2,500 sofa the day after receiving your statement, you would then have more than 30 days to come up with the $2,500 before being charged interest. If you used a debit card, you would have $2,500 sucked out of your account the moment you made the purchase.
Secondly, using a debit card typically has no positive impact on your credit. Credit card companies report payment information to the three major credit bureaus each and every month. When you pay your bills on time, it has a positive effect on your credit score. Debit cards don't utilize credit, so there's nothing for the bank to report - unless, of course, you overdraw your bank account and then are unwilling or unable to pay whatever egregious fees the bank charges. In this way, using a debit card can have a negative effect on your credit.

Finally, using a debit card puts you at more risk than using a credit card because it is easier to "stop payment" of erroneous or fraudulent charges with a credit card. When Mr. Strong wrote his book in 1999, this was more of a problem than it is today, since much has been done to improve the security of electronic transactions. Still, the fact remains that someone could use your debit card to empty out your bank account, and while you would almost certainly get your money back, it could take some time. Since credit cards have no ability to draw on your savings or checking, this possibility doesn't exist with them.

The Reality - You Need Both

If you can qualify for a credit card, even at a high interest rate, you should almost definitely have one. After all, credit cards help you build credit and the interest rate is irrelevant if you're responsible and pay your bills in full and on time. You should also have a debit card for getting cash quickly and easily without the up-front interest that credit cards charge on cash advances.

If you're really worried about the "Mr. Hyde" effects of debit card usage, consider opening a separate account tied to your debit card. You can set up automatic weekly or monthly transactions that move money from your primary account to this special account, so that the amount you could lose is always limited to $200, $500, or whatever you decide.

Sincerely,
James
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Posing the argument “our definitions of language and society are not independent: the definition of language includes in it a reference to society”(1), Ronald Wardhaugh (1986)in his book “An Introduction to Sociolonguistics” presents quadruple hypotheses proposed by different scholars involved in “the study of the relationship between language and society”(1) and “the various functions of language in society”(1) .The hypotheses are:

•Society influences the linguistic phenomenon.
•Linguistic phenomenon influences the society
•Society and language together dialectically influence the linguistic phenomenon.
•Society and language do not influence the linguistic phenomenon at all.

According to Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe (2003) a society is the “web of relationship and interactions among human beings” when a group of people stick together
bearing in their minds some common definite objectives of their survival. Hence, the fact
that society influences the linguistic phenomenon can not be thrown away. In a Bangla
novel “Kalpurush” (1985) by a famous Indian Bangla novelist Shamaresh Majumder
such influence of society over the linguistic behaviour of it is realistically pictured.
Getting mixed up with the rowdy and uncouth companies of the city-slum he had been
grown up in ,Arko, the central character of the novel shocks his cultured and educated
parents when he easily and non-hesitantly uses the Bangla slang like “nakrabaji”,
“shala”, “maal” etc. Again, when this Arko comes across with a member of the high class
of Calcutta’s urban society who said “fuck the time”, an objectionable slang in English,
he finds out that his educated parents know its meaning but are strongly unwilling to
explain it to him for its semantic extremity. Another woman belonging to Calcutta’s
upper class expresses amusing surprise in discovering Arko’s vocabulary of slang which
are semantically incomprehensible and thus intriguing to her but have a natural pragmatic
and semantic necessity to Arko. Therefore, it can be proved through many instances that
society shapes the pragmatic and semantic aspects of distinct linguistic emissions of the
people.
The second prevalent hypothesis expresses that linguistic behaviour shapes the
society. Sapir and Whorf, the two American anthropological linguists’ hypothesis
strongly advocates this view. This Sapir-Whorf hypothesis or Whorfian hypothesis asserts that a native language forms the society. Had there been no word like “prottutpannamatitto” in Bangla or “wit” in English the common semantic and pragmatic entity of both would be duly absent. The words and phrases like ‘fatafati’, ‘kachal’,
‘chera-bera’, ‘pechki’, ‘gutaguti’ etc. determine a definite society of young generation of
Bangla speakers.
The third hypothesis of the relationship between language and society proposes that
both the linguistic phenomenon and the social phenomenon influence the linguistic
behaviour in a “bi-directional” way. For the Bangla speakers the word “lungi” has a
socially semantic and pragmatic value in Bangla which would not have so for the
English speakers, as it is a linguistic identity of specific socio-cultural attire of the
context of Bangla speakers not of the English speakers.
The forth hypothesis reflects Noam Chomsky’ s asocial Universal Grammar
hypothesis .It proposes that language is an innate system of expression completely free
from the influence of either social or any other external linguistic factors. This is a
structural pre-composition of universal human language in the human minds that he
names as ‘competence’ which needs no external social influence to mature and to spread.
Society has no involvement with the springing up of the distinct basic Bangla syntactic
structure featuring subject-object-verb or SOV (ami bhat khai) which is, in a way,
reversed from the English one, subject-verb-object or SVO (I eat rice).
It is really arduous to determine which of the hypotheses is most acceptable to me
being an amateur sociolinguistics practitioner. However, as I find it unnatural to exclude
the influence of the society while singularly assenting the influence of language over the
linguistic phenomenon or the vice versa, I profess the third one to be most feasible
in the sociolingustic study of the relationship of language and society. Had there not been
any institute as society as the context of the linguistic interchange of the human race the
forth hypothesis could have been accountable. As the de facto is not so, I adhere to the
third hypothesis out of my own due discernment.

Bibliography

1.Majumder, Shamaresh.Kalpurush.Calcatta: Anando, 1985.

2.Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe.Microsoft Corporation, 2003 ed.

3.Richards, J.Platt, J. and Weber, H.Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics.
UK: Longman, 1985.
4.Wardhaugh, Ronald.An Introduction to Sociolinguisctis.Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.

Nationwide Building Society, the world’s largest building society, is the country’s 4th largest mortgage lender and in the top 10 of UK’s financial institutions in terms of assets size. Having its start in the 1850's, Nationwide has been able to complete over a hundred mergers, the key one being the merger with Anglia Building Society in 1987. Nationwide is still committed to staying mutual meaning that the society is operating solely for the benefit of its members. The main goal of the society is to provide valuable lending and savings products and charge as little as possible for all the day-to-day activities. The loans that the society makes are always secured by the residential property and are funded through the deposits of the members.
The members of the society fall into two categories: borrowing or those that have a mortgage from Nationwide and investing or those that hold a FlexAccount (savings account). Deposit accounts, insurance, personal loans, credit cards or products of the subsidiaries do not provide membership rights. Being a member of the Nationwide Building Society gives an opportunity to participate in the organisation’s management and vote on various issues and appointments.
Nationwide has a number of subsidiaries that are responsible for specific lines of products within the society. UCB Home Loans limited, for example, is one of UK’s top specialist lender of mortgage loans. Nationwide Mortgage Corporation Limited purchases and runs mortgage portfolios of other institutions. Nationwide Investments Ltd. provides investment advice to the members.
Socially responsible business is a priority for Nationwide. The society is actively involved in various charitable initiatives through the Foundation, a charity organization set up by Nationwide where members of Nationwide automatically become members of the Foundation. Other community activities are conducted by the Community & Environmental Affairs team with volunteers involved in various community-serving projects around the country. The company firmly believes that great business success and strong community work have to co-exist in order for the society to continue its growth. Nationwide’s members appreciate these efforts and reward the company with support toward their products.
Setting Nationwide aside from the competition is its dedicated effort to respect the rights of consumers. Nationwide was the first to publish Summary Boxes on all credit card information which clearly presents to the consumer all fees and charges usually hidden in the fine print.
Some of the societies other achievements include being UK’s second largest savings provider that is opening 3,000 new accounts daily. UK’s 4th largest lender, Nationwide has 1.2 milion mortgage accounts. Nationwide clearly demonstrates that the strategy of commitment to the interest of its members, financial innovation and social responsibility can produce significant results and continued growth.

Computers are wonderful machines. They are everywhere and society depends on them to manage our world. It is no wonder that computers have almost unlimited applications, and that they are multiplying at a steady rate. Many of these applications are benefiting society directly or indirectly. The three most important ways computers are benefiting society, is by, creating more information technology professions, creating new automobile safety features, and opening ground-breaking communication methods. There currently exist many other beneficial functions of these machines, such as their use for diagnosing patients, running weather simulations to predict future weather patterns, and calculating large, complex data sets. As new applications emerge for computer systems, so will the benefits society will derive from them.

Creating more information technology (IT) professions is proportionally related to how many new computer systems are put into use. As new computers are sold to consumers, the demand for more IT professions will rise because consumers will need these professionals to maintain, upgrade and repair their new computer systems. . More employment is also made available when new computer applications are discovered. This makes sense because new applications require new professionals that are trained to deal with that specific application. For example, when the World Wide Web was introduced, many new professions arose. Some of these professions range from website designers and server administrators to online marketers. These factors show that computers are benefiting society directly by creating new information technology professions, which is vitally important to the development of any countries labor force.

Computers were introduced into cars in the late nineteenth century, for such effects as controlling engine functions, fuel injection, and signal light timing. It is not until recently, that computers have started to play a role in helping to save peoples lives by enabling car manufacturers to create new automobile safety features. Air bags are an extremely important safety feature in an automobile. A computer is located in the steering wheel of an automobile, which is equipped with airbags and is the only device capable of signaling the airbags to deploy in the case of an accident. According to McCormick (1999), it is an estimation that “...between 1990 and 1997, air bags saved about 150 lives in Canada. In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags, as of September 1, 1999, have saved the lives of over 4,600 Americans involved in car crashes.” This would not be possible without computer systems. Another popular safety feature is the anti-lock braking system, or ABS. The purpose of the anti-lock braking system is to stop a vehicle from locking its tires, which has been shown to dramatically increase a drivers control in a potential crash. These safety features have proven to be beneficial to society thanks to computers, by decreasing the number of automobile accidents, and the number of fatalities involved in such accidents.

Society is dependent on rapid and reliable communications. Computers have allowed us to open ground-breaking communication methods that satisfy those dependencies. One communication method is known as electronic mail (e-mail). E-mail has become a common form of communication because it is free, reliable, and most importantly, incredibly fast. Due to the nature of e-mail, being electronic data, it relies on computers to deliver and receive messages. Another popular method of communication making rapid headway is instant messaging, or IM. According to a survey (Shiu & Lenhart, 2004) “53 million American adults use instant messaging and its appeal is especially apparent among young adults and technology enthusiasts.” Similar to e-mail, instant messaging allows many people to send textual information to each other simultaneously. This form of communication is similar to a telephone conversation, but using electronic text as a medium instead of a person’s voice. As instant messaging is based on electronic text, it is dependent on computer systems to operate because they are the only devices capable of transmitting and manipulating electronic data. Both of these new communication methods are bringing people closer together, in a global sense, and this is benefiting society.

New problems for society will continually emerge, and as a result, computers will be applied to such problems. These machines are the work horses of the future and as such, society will greatly depend on them. As stated, the three most important ways computers are benefiting society now is by creating more information technology professions, developing new automobile safety features, and opening ground-breaking communication methods. Therefore, computer systems have been shown to be a great benefit to society through these three examples and society will continue to depend on the benefits these systems provide in the future.

At the dawn of time, there were two distinct types of people. Each of them was required and one was not more important than the other. The first group went out and gathered berries, fruits, nuts, and grains. for the tribe. The second group went out and hunted for meat. Both groups were crucial to the survival of society.

Yet, the skills needed to complete each task were different. Using sight and smell, taste, and touch, the gatherers went about searching for food that was there for the taking.

Once these gatherers learned to till the soil, they became farmers. No longer did they have to search for food. Then, they became tenders of the crops, assuring that there would be food for everyone, even when the hunters were unsuccessful.

Hunters were different. They had no patience for tending crops and so went off in search of the animals to kill. They used all their senses, especially those of sight, smell, and hearing. They were alert at all times and ready for action. If they weren't constantly searching and wary, they would lose the meal or maybe be eaten by it.

How does this apply to modern times? Well, we still need hunters and we need farmers. The farmers are the linear folks. They support everything that goes on in our day-to-day life. They're administrators and caretakers. ADD people are different. More like the hunters, we're constantly looking for the next new thing. Though we're quick and smart and are able to think on our feet, we aren't finishers. We're often people who create the systems.

We just aren't tenders. We might set up the systems, but without linear thinking people to maintain them, there would be no society. It's just vital that there are two types of people in the world. While people with attention deficit are labeled as such, it's only because most of today's society is based around jobs that require tending. But our ADD brains aren't built that way!

If you're in a linear job and are unhappy because of it, then find another job that suits your ADD brain. Not all jobs require that you sit still and follow instructions. Try something creative, like writing or artistry. Or become an entrepreneur, like I am. It's perfectly suited to people with ADD. I'm able to create projects and with the help of the linear people on my team, see them through. It works out great!

ADD people are also problem solvers. So, find a job like being an electrician or even a CSI detective. Decide what works with your personality and your ADD. Think about what you're excited about, and when your hyperfocus kicks in, decide what you were doing when that happened. Those are the areas where you should be looking for work.

Just forget the labels that society has place on us because ADD people aren't very good at routines. We're definitely every bit as important to the success of society as are linear-thinking people. If you have a linear job and aren't satisfied, then find another job that works better with your ADD. Life can be sweet, when you find the spot that makes it that way.