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‚ this renowned
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What’s Wrong with the World and What Can I do about it? I believe what’s wrong with the world is that‚ we as people don’t accept others for who they completely are. We are constantly in competition with the next person or belittling the other because they are not like use. We are not all made the same. Yes‚ all of our brains are constructed alike but we all think differently. As William James believed “All activities of the mind serve to help us survive.” This is true‚ but we must remember that
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Tomorrow morning you wake up‚ and instead of feeling like your normal self‚ you feel sick. You’re coughing‚ sneezing‚ you have a fever‚ your body aches and you just want to stay in bed and sleep. Those are signs that something is wrong with your health. You feel abnormal. Your collections of warning signs are called symptoms. When taken to a doctor‚ he/she takes your symptoms and can then tell you what underlying condition‚ or syndrome you have. This feeling of abnormality happens also in
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Douglas Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation
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ENG 101 (30) Mr. Clifford 20 March 2013 What You See‚ Is Not Always What You Get When you hear the word janitor‚ obviously nothing glamorous comes to mind. All we think about is scrubbing toilets or mopping floors‚ basically cleaning up after other people who most of the time show no appreciation. When asked what comes to mind when you hear the word janitor‚ some people would say someone who is poor and not well educated. Not very many
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These illusions are evident in the main characters of Iago‚ Michael Cassio and Othello. This review will discuss the illusion versus reality that is seen in the play. Illusion being judgements of an individual from what is seen from the outside‚ and reality being the truth and what is on the inside. This review will also discuss the various ways in which the theme of reality versus illusion are evident and how the value of the play Othello‚ is tied to its concern with the theme culminating in the
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What is going wrong with schools? There is a lot wrong with schools‚ and easier question these days is‚ What’s right with schools? Sadly the list would be shorter. The public school system in America today is sadly lacking‚ not just in the field of academic achievement. Children are‚ in effect‚ risking their lives by attending school. Critical attacks from disturbed students are spreading like a plague. Every year‚ there is increase in the number of students who give up education after high school
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Philosophy 125 World Religions Tuesday‚ September 02‚ 2014 Thomas Spoleti Assignment #2 Reflection I Am Recently‚ we have seen turmoil in every corner of the world‚ in every way imaginable. From the outbreak of civil unrest throughout the Middle East‚ to floods and earthquakes decimating Taiwan and Southern China‚ we can witness all these events as access to information is made available like never before in the history of man. All our advancements into areas such as medicine‚ agriculture
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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and splendor in the world. But‚ despite its beauties and wonders‚ however‚ it still has its profusions of tribulations and troubles. Yes‚ we all agree that the world could be made a better place. Many people would like to help fabricate and make this world a better habitat; except‚ embracing the entire world as a venture can undeniably be a tremendous task. How can a task of such significance and magnitude be initiated? And‚ what can one person with simple resources effectively do? Certainly‚ there
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