High School Heroes
I suspect it is in high school that we get a real taste of what the hero system is all about. This is, perhaps, our first taste of what socialization, self-esteem, and heroism really mean to us personally.
Each high school seems to offer some means for becoming a hero. Unfortunately it seems that the hero slots are few and they usually accentuate physical attributes. In one high school football is king of self-esteem, in another it may be basketball, in another it may be baseball, in another etc. There are other hero slots that are filled by those with ‘good looks’, ‘witty personality’, ‘has a car’, etc. Most students must find their own means for becoming heroes because the high school does not provide the means for sufficient hero slots to meet the demand.
Self-esteem is the goal and heroism is the means,; those who do not find a means for establishing self-esteem are in trouble. “The supreme law [of life] is this: the sense of worth of the self not be allowed to be diminished.--Alfred Adler. In other words, the fundamental law of human life is the urge to self-esteem.
Our self-esteem is derived from symbols. In the ape such matters were biologically cared for but we humans depend upon a symbolic constitution of worth. We are largely artificialized creatures dependant upon our society to provide each of us with a means for establishing our own self-esteem, without which we go crazy.
Our whole life is a continual animation seeking an artificial symbol of self-worth. Often net-worth is our avenue for satisfying this craving for self-worth.
I suspect each of us has a movie-reel constantly running in our head whereby we maintain a real time grade for self-esteem. If that grade goes to ‘F’ such things as the massacre at Virginia Tech happen.
These forum postings are part of my hero activity. What are some of your acts of heroism, and are they keeping your self-esteem grade high enough to satisfy you?
Do you think that your society is providing you with sufficient means for your hero needs?
High School Heroes
High School Heroes
The thrust of the thread is that we are constantly conscious of our feeling of value and we do not easily accept a loss of that value. Also it is society that must provide means for hero action because it is hero action that builds self-esteem. And we are creatures who use symbols to define our value. Wealth is a favorite token of value. Soldiers value medals, as we can see from their uniforms.
Our ego is created in our infancy and is affected greatly by our parents. We require that we feel our self to be valuable. Our society provides us means for performing heroic acts. My posting here is one of my heroic acts. The good grades we strive for in school are a heroic act. Giving our life in the army is a heroic act. Everything we do to increase our sense of value is heroic acts. I do not know how to define what a spoiled child may be.
Our ego is created in our infancy and is affected greatly by our parents. We require that we feel our self to be valuable. Our society provides us means for performing heroic acts. My posting here is one of my heroic acts. The good grades we strive for in school are a heroic act. Giving our life in the army is a heroic act. Everything we do to increase our sense of value is heroic acts. I do not know how to define what a spoiled child may be.