Value

Part 1 –

   Value –

 1 : the monetary worth of something : market price
2 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged
3 : relative worth, utility, or importance a good value at the price the value of base stealing in baseball had nothing of value to say
4 : something (such as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable
sought material values instead of human values —W. H. Jones
5 : a numerical quantity that is assigned or is determined by calculation or measurement let x take on positive values a value for the age of the earth
6 : the relative duration of a musical note
7 a : relative lightness or darkness of a color : luminosity
b : the relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness
8 : denomination 2
— valueless play  \ˈval-(ˌ)yü-ləs, -yə-\ adjective
— valuelessness noun
             https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/value

 

Part 2 –

            In the “ real world “ when people think of the word value they think of the quality of something. These days when someone says the word value the first thing that comes to their head is that this determines the worth of anything. Value can be important in many different aspects to someone’s life and can have such a huge impact. In many different communities value can have a different meaning but when I personally think of value I think of how worthy something is to me and the quality level of it. People talk about value money wise which is the worth or people can speak about, value quality wise which is how good something can be.

 

Part 3 –

              The community I’m choosing to talk about is a relationship community. One where two significant others decide to build a relationship built off of things such as trust, love, and honesty. When I think of value I don’t think of one meaning, value itself is the base for many other aspects. As in trust, if two people don’t trust each other they would constantly accuse one another of false allegations. Another thing is the love for obvious reasons. Commitment, making sure you two are committed to each other only. Respect is also so important. Relationships in this time of age rarely have respect for one another. I’ve seen couples fall out and lose all kind of respect for each other. Cursing each other out on social media, bashing each other in front of other individuals, airing out each others personal business. Not being caring of each other’s feelings. All these things equal to what value is.

                        I think value means a lot because if you don’t cherish and desire your relationship that’s just a recipe for disaster. It would be toxic for people to just waste each other’s time instead of actually appreciating the bond. People often would ask “ do you value your relationship ? “ . Meaning would you care if you guys separated today or do you respect it to not cheat and make bad decisions or make your partner look a fool ? This should be important because it really answers if you’re ready to settle down and have a long lasting committed relationship. Trying not to embarrass your significant other in the public’s eyes and behind closed doors. When you’re with someone you have to be actually happy to be with them. Don’t let how other people view your partner affect the way you see them.

               In this day and age I don’t believe people really value and appreciate the relationships they’re in. They don’t get into relationships for all the right reasons or don’t set goals and aspirations. They already get into relationships with a short term mindset and are often misdirected which leads them to make bad decisions and make wrongful actions. As I previously said don’t feed off of what other people tell you. If someone tells you things about who you’re with don’t be quick to believe everything you hear and look at your partner differently. Consult your partner and speak things out with them. If this generation actually valued the relationships they get into there would be longer more healthy relationships around us spreading off a positive energy and start more respected relationships. The relationships I see around me are very toxic and even though I know we’re young and still trying to figure ourselves out it’s at a point where people get hurt in a relationship that another person did not value as much as they did and decide they wanna hurt other people they get in a relationship with causing a never ending cycle. Sometimes you have to let that hurt go and move on with your life and understand that not everyone’s the same. Someone out there wants to see you do better and better yourself as a person and wants to help your grow mentally, emotionally, & physically. You just have to be ready to forgive and forgive.

                In conclusion, value in a relationship is just the foundation that other aspects are built on. To display why you need to go into a relationship with an open and mature mind. You need to sit back and look at every part of your relationship and think do you value each part of it ? Are you willing to make changes and vice verse for your partner to make things work out with one another. Some of the same rules can apply for other kinds of relationships. You have to remember every relationship has its bad days you just have to be the one to decide is that person worth fighting for.

Part 4 –

Value

Value

1 : The monetary worth of something : market price

2 : A fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged

3 : Relative worth, utility, or importance a good value at the price the value of base stealing in baseball had nothing of value to say

4 : Something (such as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable

sought material values instead of human values —W. H. Jones

5 : A numerical quantity that is assigned or is determined by calculation or measurement let x take on positive values a value for the age of the earth

6 : The relative duration of a musical note

7 : A relative lightness or darkness of a color : luminosity

b : The relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness

8 : Denomination 2

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/value

William camps out for the Supreme Box Logo sweatshirt on Tuesday even though the store opens on Thursday. He plans to buy it for $168 USD and sell it to William at a higher price to pay for his college tuition. William and his buyer are in the buying and selling community mixed in with the street wear community. These two communities started in major cities by skateboarding teenagers to express themselves while creating goods for other fellow skaters to enjoy. Now the small group has expanded and meshed with the internet allowing for many teenagers around the world not being limited to their own towns. Growing up inside this community allowed for me to be exposed to great works of art in different mediums while learning the means to hustle; buying clothes to sell.

As an edgy teen infatuated with hip hop,rock music and skateboarding, the clothing represent the us. The brands that represent the forefront of the culture created unique garments from shirts with bands to simple logos; Supreme is the most relevant brand to date causing their spotlight to shine past their once skateboard oriented crowd to a more wealthy suburban teenager. During the fifth grade, I skated daily with my friends having so called “seshes”. In these seshes it went beyond just skateboarding as we descended deeper into the culture leading us to the discover of Supreme. It was a match made in heaven as we all valued the output of creative collaborations relating to popular culture and their own designs; The classic box logo. These pieces that we loved because of skateboarding mixed in with the other random things we enjoyed became a trend. The community that was once weird people that were into specifically weird things evolved into people trying to validate themselves with Supreme. The price of their pieces most notably the staple box logo jumped ten folds to a point buying it became a complex process. Online purchasing is now close to impossible unless you have a fiber optic internet service because pieces sellout in under thirty seconds. While purchasing in person involves an online lottery on Monday at around ten in the morning, in which you might be selected to attend the release on Thursday at a certain time and store. Back when I was fond of Supreme, The lottery system was not created and so people would sacrifice a week to camp outside the store to buy something usually to sell. I was surprisingly lucky enough to buy a box logo sweatshirt in my junior year of high school and I cherished it. Funny enough, after all of the struggle to obtain the sweatshirt to wear, I sold it. I made six hundred dollars. The brand I valued so highly for their impact on the skateboard culture to their amazing taste in different mediums is still present with me. But, my friends and I realized other people value it as being cooler than everyone else who does not wear Supreme. We cannot stand for this and sadly it became that a of a pissing contest. We outgrew Supreme but, we still appreciate it as it made us a lot of money.

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