“Math is Useless” By Alan Bass in Math Study Skills I labeled this section “Math is Useless” to get your attention. Now that I have it‚ completely banish the idea that “math is useless from you mind forever”. If our nation (or planet) could pick one subject for everyone to be really good at‚ it would be without any doubt‚ mathematics. Math is the foundation for every science. Math is the ultimate in critical and analytical thinking. Math fires rockets into space‚ shows insurance companies what is
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In his preface‚ Oscar Wild dare to say that art is quite useless. "What do you mean art is useless?" was the first thing that came in my mind‚ "but art has so much meaning: it elevates our awareness of things‚ questions everything‚ contextualizes and re-contextualizes ideas‚ sharpens our appreciation for beauty‚ thought‚ and skill‚ it can define cultures‚ and is able to capture the essence and spirit of the time in which it’s made". It doesn’t have only meaning but it is useful too. It is useful
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Liberal Arts‚ and the Advantages of Being Useless| 1 Nicholaos Jones Department of Philosophy University of Alabama in Huntsville nick[DOT]jones[AT]uah[DOT]edu 1 Introductory Remarks The trees of the mountain bring their own destruction. The oil in the lamp burns itself. The cinnamon tree is edible‚ so it is cut down. The varnish tree is useful so it is cut apart. All know the advantage of being useful‚ but no one knows the advantage of being useless. - 莊子 [Zhuangzi] (364-290 BCE)‚ Zhuangzi‚
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In Besi Heads short story "Life" the main character is murdered by her husband. He gets sentenced by a white judge to only a few years in prison. In Heads short story "The Collector of Treasures‚" the protagonist‚ Dikeledi‚ murders her husband and is sentenced to life prison. By putting these two short stories into their historical context to be analyzed‚ it would be so clear that there are certain issues that has been raised during the events of these stories like; sexism‚ representation of women
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Coming down with a sickness can be very disheartening for individuals who anticipate the symptoms to come. It’s expected to experience aches and pains‚ a fever‚ the chills‚ exhaustion‚ and a lack of interest in participating in natural occurring activities - including eating. Why do we experience a loss in appetite when we are fighting off a cold or sickness? Sapolsky claims that it is unclear since it is necessary that we conserve our energy to heal. While the reasons for losing appetite vary upon
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Reading Assignment Sasha Jade McGinley PHI110 (SP2 2013) Open Universities ID: 516616 Macquarie University ID: 43388965 “Letter to Menoeceus” Word Count: 963 Reading 1: Epicurus‚ “Letter to Menoeceus‚” p. 49-50. What argument does he provide for why we should not fear death? What is the ethical purpose of this argument for how we should live our lives? Do you agree with Epicurus’s views? Why or why not? ------------------------------------------------- Epicurus was a hedonist
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Emmanuel Jal is a South Sudanese-Canadian musician‚ actor‚ former child soldier‚ and political activist born in the early 1980’s (Jal is not sure of the exact year) in Tonj‚ South Sudan. Jal is known for once being a child soldier veteran of the Sudanese Civil War‚ he finds his life story and redemption through a message of peace. His story represents one of the most hopeful and inspiring stories of the 21st centuries. Jal has been through a lot in his life. He was born into the most difficult time
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Pascal Emmanuel-Gobry is not afraid to share his opinion about prison in his article‚ “Abolish prison.” Right from the start he throws his opinion in his reader’s face by saying prison is possibly the “most astonishingly stupid and inhuman way to punish crime.” Pascal’s article not only expresses his opinion on why prisons are so inhumane‚ but it also provides alternatives that could be taken in case all prisons did fall off the face of the Earth. According to Pascal‚ prisons are the “enemy of rehabilitation”
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Reaction Paper Freakonomics: Documentary Emmanuel S. Garcia Managerial Economics Land Bank of the Philippines Freakonomics was a good way to introduce the basic concepts of economics applied in everyday living and what we can learn from that. It primary aim seems to open the eyes of the general public to the fact that economics should be a conscious part of our way of life. Generally‚ what it says is that economics is a good tool in understanding and eventually helping us decide important aspects
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UNRAVEL THYSELF: A REACTION PAPER ON EMMANUEL LEVINAS’S DISINTERESTED RESPONSIBILITY “Dare to be different.” (p.220). If you will observe‚ students all look the same. Even though some wear uniforms and some are not‚ they still look like students‚ yet we know that each have their own specific roles‚ each one is different. The only question is how can they stand up and be known by everyone that they do exist. Scholastican’s are known not only because the late Corazon Aquino studied here at
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