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
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2. What do we want to learn? What are the key concepts (form‚ function‚ causation‚ change‚ connection‚ perspective‚ responsibility‚ reflection) to be emphasized within this inquiry Key concepts: Form‚ responsibility‚ connection Related concepts: cooperation or conflict‚ interdependence What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea? What teacher questions/provocations will drive these inquiries? Lines of inquiry
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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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IN YOUR OPINION DYOU THINK SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM WORKS‚ WHY OR WHY NOT Shareholder Activism refers to a range of actions taken by a shareholder to influence corporate management and board. Actions range from threatening the sale of shares (“exit”)‚ letter writing‚ meetings management‚ to asking questions at shareholders meetings and the use of corporate voting rights. The common definition of a shareholder activist is a shareholder “who tries to change the status quo through the “voice”‚ without
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The data-driven education leaders are looking for assessment driven and union-disliking teachers who aren’t so worried about tenure. But why would teachers give unions and tenure up? Ravitch declares that teachers need their basic rights protected and states in her book‚ “That’s one important reason teachers joined unions: to protect their right to think‚ speak‚ and teach without fear” (174). Critics believe that unions are directly related to poor academic achievement‚ avoiding topics such as economy
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Bella Thiel Professor Darren World Literature II 5/24/2012 Do you think Candide gained Insight? I believe that while Candide lived in the castle‚ he was very innocent and naïve‚ and did not know much about the reality of life. Obviously‚ he was taught by Pangloss who is a fool acting like the world they live in is the best world and the castle as well. He did not prepare Candide well‚ so when Candide gets kicked out of the Castle‚ he takes a big hit. He grew up in the castle so of course he
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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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Wednesday. You do not have to write down your responses‚ but you are to remember them. So‚ if you can’t remember‚ take notes. Chapter 1 1 Catcher in the Rye‚ is a novel that has a frame structure‚ which is a story within a story. 2 What is the setting at the very beginning of the book? 3 Who’s speaking and why is he speaking to us? What does he want us to know? 4 Why do you think Salinger picked this point of view to narrate the novel? 5 After reading the chapter‚ why do you think Salinger
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That girl you called a slut in class today. She’s a virgin !! The "gay boy" you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few minutes ago. The boy you called poor. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day. She’s already being abused at home. That girl you called fat. … She’s starving herself. The old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars. He fought for our country. The boy you made fun of for crying. His mother is
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Describe a job that you would like to do in the future. A job I would like to do in the future would be to work as a foreign correspondent journalist. I’m somebody who loves to travel and loves to learn about other cultures and the way they work‚ and also the history of other countries and places around the world. So this is a job that..err... really is attractive to me. I also really enjoy writing. It’s something I get a lot of pleasure from‚ so that job would allow me to combine my interests
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