In his article Gerald Graff (2001) claims that by connecting non-academic interests to academic study students can become more intellectual and willing to involve themselves in intellectual study. While he doesn’t deny that academic subjects are important he believes suggesting students to analyze the subjects they enjoy they’ll gain more incentive to go into analytical thinking more often. “Students do need to read models of intellectually challenging writing […] if they are to become intellectuals
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of hidden intellectualism to his collegiate audience. Graff uses many logical appeals throughout the article to fully push the ideal of hidden intellectualism. In the opening paragraph Graff tells us of how “we associate those streets smarts with anti-intellectual concerns”. Graff explains that young persons who are impressively street smart do not do well in school‚ and in return schools and colleges overlook the intellectualism potential of the street smarts kids. This appeals to readers logically
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ABSTRACT Technology development has allow people in the world‚especially in this case‚Surabaya‚ to violate copyrights of music and films in many forms . This practice (Music and films piracy violation) is spread widely over Surabaya‚ largely consumed by citizens and poorly handled by the authorities. In this paper‚ we will focusing about why and how we as citizens should come to the solution for this case in relation to our Ideology (Pancasila) and our role as Indonesian citizens. After that
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The articles I will be analyzing and comparing are both speaking on the subject of anti-Semitic or anti-Judean connotations in the Gospel of John‚ and questioning if theologians have misinterpreted the Gospel of John and New Testament Scriptures to suit their own opinion Or‚ are there anti-Semitism / anti-Judaism in the works of John and subsequently in the theology of Christianity? The animosity due to misunderstanding and misrepresentation and the direct and indirect consequences this has had on
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Modernism as a movement was a response to the horrors of World War-I and to the rising industrial societies and growth of cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It challenged the harmony and the rationality of the Enlightenment and sought to reinvent art and literature of the age. To do so‚ it broke away from the works of the past and conventions that were earlier held at a pedestal. The conception that reality could be easily be comprehended was replaced by modernism with a more
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The Internet’s Effect on the Music Industry The internet has had a big impact on the workings and revenue of the music industry. It has forced the industry to change and adapt (Blethen). These changes have had both positive and negative effects on the music industry‚ effecting all people within the business (Mansfield). Some people share the opinion that the industry having trouble and is in turmoil (Sloan). Others think that the internet has helped the industry with its growing success and will
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Enrich Maria Remarque: A Militant Pacifist The First World War was a horrible experience for all sides involved‚ no one was immune to the effects of this global conflict‚ and each country was changed in many ways. Erich Maria Remarque was drafted into World War I at age 18. In 1929 Remarque’s first book All Quiet on the Western Front was published. Throughout the book‚ the death and destruction caused by battle is clearly shown. Remarque’s novel is a statement against war‚ focusing dramatically
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Consuming Art with Daniel Spoerri A boy born in 1930 to a Jewish family‚ who migrated to Switzerland at the age of 12 with his mother after his father’s execution by the Nazis‚ grew up to work as dancer‚ choreographer‚ poet‚ cook and an artist Daniel Spoerri said in 1970 during the opening of Eat Art Gallery - I am interested in the issue of how we survive; i.e. first of all whether we have to survive‚ and from what point of view. The theme that we somewhat tackily call Eat Art is broad enough to
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Humankind would be a better place if we were all just citizens of the world. In Martha Nussbaum’s “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism” she argues whether children should be taught in education to be patriotic or cosmopolitan. Nussbaum’s definition of cosmopolitanism is a person whose primary allegiance is to the community of human beings in the entire world. Nussbaum begins her argument by raising questions about education and how students ought to be taught that hunger in third world countries are
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History 76 April 27‚ 2009 Born on the Fourth of July Analysis of Ron Kovic’s Autobiography Some of the most popular pictures are those of soldiers running up to their families right after getting off of the plane from a tour of duty‚ crying‚ and thankful that they are back home and safe. But how many of us actually care about those soldiers beyond knowing that they are home and safe? Ron Kovic’s autobiography‚ Born on the Fourth of July‚ is out to prove that going through a war has an affect beyond
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