The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at Stanford
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What Would You Do? Scenario 1- Della the Delinquent Cat Lady As the president of the board of directors of the cat shelter‚ I am faced with rather or not Ms. Della should remain as part of the staff at the cat shelter. There are several problems that have been brought to my attention and I feel that now is the time to figure out exactly what should be done regarding the matter. After‚ evaluating the situation and giving it a great deal of consideration‚ I have come up several solutions to
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I believe that every child has the want to learn. They just need the space and help from someone to feel safe enough to want to learn. Kindergarteners and first graders would have more structure. It is so that every student has the same knowledge so they can use it in their own way later. They would learn how to read and write‚ learn their numbers and how to do simple math‚ and they would learn about science. All of the students will have a test at the end of the lesson unit. These test can be either
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“Different cultures have different truths”‚ “truth is that which can be accepted universally”. What are the implications for knowledge of agreeing with these opposing statements? Throughout my time lived I was taught by my parents‚ teachers and relatives that our universe consisted of nine planets. Was this true? At that time‚ it was a universal truth because in those days astrologers‚ specialized people who study the movements and location of celestial bodies‚ had the supportive information gotten
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I. Introduction “When should a person become sexually active?” is a question from an article called: Teenagers and Sex: Are They Ready? The fact is that the only time someone is responsible enough to have sex is when they are fully aware of the consequences of participating in any sexual activity. In the popular magazine‚ the claim is that Environment‚ age of partner and perceived family support may affect young people’s decision to have sex. The research that will be shown in this paper suggests
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Why You Shouldn’t do drugs There are numbers of reason why you shouldn’t do drugs. First of all they are highly addictive. Before doing drugs almost everyone thinks that they are only going to do it just to experience it once and never touch it again‚ but before they know they are a drug addict and try so hard to be sober but fail. There are numerous results that show that person aged between 10-18 are the easiest to influence and that’s why we have this play for middle schoolers to show them
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McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ - WSJ.com Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is f or y our personal‚ non-commercial use only . To order presentation-ready copies f or distribution to y our colleagues‚ clients or customers‚ use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or v isit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF f ormat. Order a reprint of this article now OPINION May 27‚ 2013‚ 6:45 p.m. ET Carl McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ College commencement
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1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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Why schools should have anti-bullying programs: I believe that schools should have anti-bullying programs because 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Some students don’t know how to stop bullying because teachers and parents haven’t addressed what to do if they are being bullied. Schools should have anti-bullying programs because 160‚000 students are missing school each day. So if schools have anti-bullying programs‚ student absences will cut down‚ it will improve the dropout
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