Walter Mead Analysis
passage 1: pg. 34-35
Walter Mead explains to American interest about why alumni are really giving money to the school and how to gain more alumnus in the future in a very honest sense. Universities want to portray alumni as giving to help the school improve in academics, like when they were in school, but really alumni give because of the memories. I highly agree with Mead and how the Universities need to gain more alumni by getting them to have more cherished memories when they are students; so they remember those memories when they are older. I already have great memories with USD even though I am only a sophomore, but I will remember all my memories I have been creating while attending USD for as long as I live. It is a “tribal” love that the university brings for the students to bring them back later in their life to have them become alumnus.
passage 2: pg. 45-46 …show more content…
He talks about how the President needs to keep everyone in mind, voters and people of other nations, when showing his character and voice; he also needs to portray a “succesful” image in the way he dresses and looks. I high agree with Fournier about how looks and image matters in this day and age, especially with social media, where an image can say a thousand words. No one is just going to take a random person’s word, but they will take someone’s word if they have gained their trust first.
passage 3: pg. 47-48
As I read J.K Rowling’s commencement speech, I began to see what she was getting at. Rowling was explaining that when she was given a commencement speech at graduations that she couldn’t remember it, but then adds in some advice. The advice was to make yourself stand out and not to be afraid of during so; then she told the audience to be a “gay wizard”. She put humor in while also trying to give some advice to the
Walter Mead explains to American interest about why alumni are really giving money to the school and how to gain more alumnus in the future in a very honest sense. Universities want to portray alumni as giving to help the school improve in academics, like when they were in school, but really alumni give because of the memories. I highly agree with Mead and how the Universities need to gain more alumni by getting them to have more cherished memories when they are students; so they remember those memories when they are older. I already have great memories with USD even though I am only a sophomore, but I will remember all my memories I have been creating while attending USD for as long as I live. It is a “tribal” love that the university brings for the students to bring them back later in their life to have them become alumnus.
passage 2: pg. 45-46 …show more content…
He talks about how the President needs to keep everyone in mind, voters and people of other nations, when showing his character and voice; he also needs to portray a “succesful” image in the way he dresses and looks. I high agree with Fournier about how looks and image matters in this day and age, especially with social media, where an image can say a thousand words. No one is just going to take a random person’s word, but they will take someone’s word if they have gained their trust first.
passage 3: pg. 47-48
As I read J.K Rowling’s commencement speech, I began to see what she was getting at. Rowling was explaining that when she was given a commencement speech at graduations that she couldn’t remember it, but then adds in some advice. The advice was to make yourself stand out and not to be afraid of during so; then she told the audience to be a “gay wizard”. She put humor in while also trying to give some advice to the