Summary Of Pirates And Farmers
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Argument on Self-Assesment
According to the ministry of education, assessment is a term used to define the process of information gathering from a range of sources that reflects accurately how well a student is attaining the curriculum expectations in different subjects. On the other hand, student self-assessment can be defined as the process of a student’s own assessment in terms of personal progress in skills, knowledge, attitudes and processes (Ministry of Education 4). The following is a self-assessment arguing a position based on Dave Hickey’s essay “Pirates and Farmers” as well as Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation”. The essay will also touch on the question of how I am perceived by others versus how I perceive myself.
According to Dave Hickey, in the world, there are only two kinds of people: Pirates and Farmers. Pirates are a plundering and boundary-defying individualists while farmers tend to build fences and create territories. He goes ahead to say that pirates may not even know that they are pirates, but farmers can always tell them apart. In addition, farmers always hate pirates, a fact that will never allow pirates to settle down amongst farmers lest they are attacked (Hickey 17).
According to Sontag’s “Against Interpretation”, art cannot be judged by society’s notions of morality. This is because the same notions change …show more content…
Enter the territory of some farmer-friendly enterprise, like the Department of Motor Vehicles, the student union at the University of Alabama, or the boardroom of AIG. If anyone glares at you sullenly and touches their wallet pocket, you may be a pirate. If you think you are a pirate, ablaze with exasperation, you probably are, but you should research further. Commit some petty offenses, park in a handicapped zone, jaywalk, refuse to return the attached form in triplicate…If these transgressions do not get your panties in a bunch, it’s a pirate life for you.” (Hickey
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Date:
Argument on Self-Assesment
According to the ministry of education, assessment is a term used to define the process of information gathering from a range of sources that reflects accurately how well a student is attaining the curriculum expectations in different subjects. On the other hand, student self-assessment can be defined as the process of a student’s own assessment in terms of personal progress in skills, knowledge, attitudes and processes (Ministry of Education 4). The following is a self-assessment arguing a position based on Dave Hickey’s essay “Pirates and Farmers” as well as Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation”. The essay will also touch on the question of how I am perceived by others versus how I perceive myself.
According to Dave Hickey, in the world, there are only two kinds of people: Pirates and Farmers. Pirates are a plundering and boundary-defying individualists while farmers tend to build fences and create territories. He goes ahead to say that pirates may not even know that they are pirates, but farmers can always tell them apart. In addition, farmers always hate pirates, a fact that will never allow pirates to settle down amongst farmers lest they are attacked (Hickey 17).
According to Sontag’s “Against Interpretation”, art cannot be judged by society’s notions of morality. This is because the same notions change …show more content…
Enter the territory of some farmer-friendly enterprise, like the Department of Motor Vehicles, the student union at the University of Alabama, or the boardroom of AIG. If anyone glares at you sullenly and touches their wallet pocket, you may be a pirate. If you think you are a pirate, ablaze with exasperation, you probably are, but you should research further. Commit some petty offenses, park in a handicapped zone, jaywalk, refuse to return the attached form in triplicate…If these transgressions do not get your panties in a bunch, it’s a pirate life for you.” (Hickey