Elephant cruelty

It seems counterintuitive that humans would allow for animals to suffer at the benefit of a profit, and just how frequently animals in the show and circus business are subjected to abuse and maltreatment, despite the damage it could do to the show business. 

Kenny, a 3 year old elephant fell ill prior to his performances, despite the vet’s advice, Kenny performed the evening show then passed away later that night. The issue was brought into light after the circus tried to cover it up, causing the public to raise concerns for the treatment of circus animals. It was admitted that despite the neglect, many of these circus animals get abused during their training sessions. Kenny’s death began to spawn a movement for animal cruelty.

These events began to show the other side of what people tend to always see, which is the animals are not nearly as pampered as the show depicts them to be. Many of these allegations swarmed the media, but did not provide enough evidence to back the claims up. Despite many attempts at pursuing legal actions, the instances of abuse were stil rising in other corporations. This only  angered activists and began to spread further awareness, fundraising, and even did alter some shows’ training executions. 

Cute animals

It seems counterintuitive that people choose options based on others’ opinions rather than our own in small everyday questions. 

In an experiment, the question that researchers wanted to know was whyeveryone consecutively invests in the same stocks in the stock market? The answer was rationalized with this experiment, unveiling humans’ basic tendency to conform to a group, and invest in stocks that others deem to be sufficient.They had a survey with three animals, and they were picked to answer which ones they thought were cute, and which ones others thought were cute. Many of the people in the first group, the ones basing their answer around their own opinion, still picked the option they presumed others would pick. 

The ideology behind peoples choosing of cute animals translates to the stock market because people believe that other people may know what they are doing more, creating a large sum invested in one stock. If people maintain this way of thinking, it could result in damaging the economy. If people begin to rationalize things in a more individualistic mindset it might help decrease the stock market issues. 

Extreme parenting

It seems counterintuitive that many parents prioritize their children’s academic success over their wellbeing and individuality. 

Chinese parents adopted a very strict parenting style over many years complying to the stereotype many see in Asian parents. Parent’s strictness tends to revolve on sound grades, and success in extracurriculars, anything to improve a transcript. During the efforts to raise hard working kids, the only idea ingrained into their mind is scholarly success and blending into society. Many children then grow up questioning their individuality, their creativity, as well as leadership skills due to all their focus being compartmentalized into one area of self growth. 

Overtime, many parenting styles amongst Chinese moms have changed. In fact, many mothers began going out of their way to curb the stereotype, while academic and scholarly success is important, there are many other areas of a child’s life that need to be focused on during development.