knowledge is power
English 101
Professor Weigand
24 September 2012
Knowledge is Power. In Today's society there is a debate over which is best, the knowledge you acquire from life experiences or the knowledge you obtain in school. In “ Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. He discusses his experience of how he taught himself how to read and write while incarcerated, and how he learned more through his self learning then he ever did in school. In “Sophie's World” by Jostein Gardner. Sophie gets these strange letters in the mail from a mysterious man teaching her to question her very existence and not to conform into believing what interest someone else. In “The Teachings of Don Juan” by Carlos Castaneda. Don Juan teaches Carlos Castaneda that to be a true man of knowledge one must defeat man's natural enemies. Although many individuals might have different opinions on what they consider their most important lesson that they would share, I consider the power of knowledge to be the most significant lesson one can learn because the power of knowledge can help one overcome all odds, knowledge also gives us the ability to to look at the world in a more omniscient view, also knowledge can give us the power to defeat man's natural enemies. In “Learning to Read”, The fact that Malcolm Xwas incarcerated did not stop him in becoming the influential man he was in his day. Instead of wasting his life away by being unproductive with his time, he chose to expand and enlightened his mind with the likes of education and will power. While Malcom X was in Charleston prison, he stated that he was envious of the fact that a fellow inmate had a vast amount of knowledge. Immediately, Malcom X began an intensive study by reading the dictionary from beginning to end and reading every single day multiple times a day. This allowed him to take the right path in his life against the odds by making him wiser about his decisions with the newfound knowledge he obtained through self education. Taking the
Professor Weigand
24 September 2012
Knowledge is Power. In Today's society there is a debate over which is best, the knowledge you acquire from life experiences or the knowledge you obtain in school. In “ Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. He discusses his experience of how he taught himself how to read and write while incarcerated, and how he learned more through his self learning then he ever did in school. In “Sophie's World” by Jostein Gardner. Sophie gets these strange letters in the mail from a mysterious man teaching her to question her very existence and not to conform into believing what interest someone else. In “The Teachings of Don Juan” by Carlos Castaneda. Don Juan teaches Carlos Castaneda that to be a true man of knowledge one must defeat man's natural enemies. Although many individuals might have different opinions on what they consider their most important lesson that they would share, I consider the power of knowledge to be the most significant lesson one can learn because the power of knowledge can help one overcome all odds, knowledge also gives us the ability to to look at the world in a more omniscient view, also knowledge can give us the power to defeat man's natural enemies. In “Learning to Read”, The fact that Malcolm Xwas incarcerated did not stop him in becoming the influential man he was in his day. Instead of wasting his life away by being unproductive with his time, he chose to expand and enlightened his mind with the likes of education and will power. While Malcom X was in Charleston prison, he stated that he was envious of the fact that a fellow inmate had a vast amount of knowledge. Immediately, Malcom X began an intensive study by reading the dictionary from beginning to end and reading every single day multiple times a day. This allowed him to take the right path in his life against the odds by making him wiser about his decisions with the newfound knowledge he obtained through self education. Taking the