5 successful Women and 5 successful Men

Class Assignment:

1) Name 5 successful men

2) Name 5 successful women

3) Try to understand and define the characteristics that make them successful in our eyes.

This particular assignment required a lot of brain storming. Everyone came up with their own set of popular and everyday heros. This assignment led to discussion about what really success and career meant to each of us? There were many prejudices that led us to think of success as being rich; by the end of the discussion we realized that to some people their career is the only thing in their life and their will to be successful in their career is NOT a shallow concept.

The entire discussion then steered toward successful women. The multiple roles that both men and women have to play was discussed. When we discussed our roles, the role of being a woman stood out. The entire discussion then tool a very feminist track.

Film Stars and their success was also discussed. While some of us thought that the success that celebrities enjoy is extremely superficial; some of us thought that it is a well deserved success because of the hard work and passion that goes in to creating such big names for themselves and the work that they do requires a whole lot of effort and is important to them.