Name: Ryma Kadhi Writing project #1: final draft “Let Me See the Pleasure of Life” "Hidden Intellectualism" is an article written by Gerald Graff in his book‚ How Schooling obscures the life of the mind. In this article‚ the author exposes how schools and colleges neglect intellectual side of nonacademic subjects‚ like sports and fashion‚ that interest students . He assures that students should discuss and write about subjects that interest them by including nonacademic readings in the school
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or assumptions of one’s behavior. It is an indisputable fact that by being a human being with an ability to think and comprehend‚ you could still misunderstand someone or be misunderstood or sometimes even misunderstand one’s self. Being misunderstood had a major effect on my life‚ where I come from I was being misunderstood in so many aspects in terms of religion and gender. My family and I were devout Christians living in a strict Muslim country‚ Saudi Arabia. As the consequence we were constantly
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"To Be Great Is To Be Misunderstood" The quote that I chose for this essay is " To be great is to be misunderstood." I agree with this quote‚ and I believe that it applies to many people’s lives. This quote‚ as I interpreted it‚ means that if you want to be a great at what you do you might be misunderstood sometimes. This quote applies to many famous people. For example Albert einstein was misunderstood in his life. He dropped out of high school which may not be considered such a great idea if
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But‚ What About Our Future? “That’s sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something…real.” ― Jess C. Scott‚ The Other Side of Life This quotation is ironic to the plot presented in the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The basic idea of the quote is that the more material items you obtain or desire‚ the more "plastic" you become. Although the clones in this novel are technically artificial‚ they appear‚ act‚ and think as humans showing their "realness"
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Question 17: What aspect of your personality is most commonly misunderstood by others? I would describe as a rather introverted individual‚ who has a lot of energy‚ likes to try new things‚ but at the same time I keep to myself and I entertain with my own thoughts. In addition‚ I am also very expressive of my emotions and feelings as I could surprise anyone with my sudden shift in personality from reserved or quiet with an outburst of anger or strong emotions. Scientists also find that it is very
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about wolves? Like really thought about them‚ because these are one of the animals that are really misunderstood. Why are wolves misunderstood though? In the fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs they are portrayed as bad. When they are actually really not. Their characteristic‚ diet/habitat ‚ and some facts that just might drop your jaw are all in this paper. So‚ come with me and learn something you might have never known. The way a wolf
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Don’t get me started on smoking…. Smoking‚ don’t you just hate it! Don’t get me started on smokers too! What is the point in spending hundreds or even thousands of pounds a year on a box of pointless cigarettes? Smokers may as well throw all the money they own down the drain! A better more cleaver idea would be to save the money and buy something more useful and maybe go on a well-deserved holiday!. You’ll always seem to find that one selfish‚ lowlife of a person who constantly throws their money
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“Is it so bad‚ then‚ to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood‚ and Socrates‚ and Jesus‚ and Luther‚ and Copernicus‚ and Galileo‚ and Newton‚ and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” All these people were considered outsiders during their time period‚ a few of them were even killed for their beliefs. Not much has changed from the times of these brilliant minds. An outsider is a person who is typically misunderstood in their society. Everyone
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MISUNDERSTOOD STRUGGLE Do we really have a great understanding of our past‚ to understand our future? As stated in Lerone Bennett’s “Black History/Black Power”‚ “History is not something added to life; it is not something you read about in textbooks and view from afar as a spectator”‚ the main truth about history is the specific knowledge from relationships of our people. Black people and black history have always had a middle blockade when it comes to the past and the future. Of course the
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