it probably does. This is what we have had instilled in our minds throughout our lives‚ that a genius is someone who is incredibly brilliant. But who came up with this idea anyway? Who decided that certain things equal brilliance as compared to mediocrity? Did someone have the right to dictate to us that an IQ test score is what makes someone intelligent? Whoever it was‚ perhaps that person wasn’t above average intelligence themselves. What about emotional intelligence‚ creativity‚ and street smarts
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Stephen Lewis: The Canadian Change to the World Stephen Lewis is a successful Canadian activist that has been effective in creating the possibility of a better world by taking an initiative to stop the injustice of women being diagnosed with AIDS. Stephen Lewis has dedicated his life helping out women in third world African countries who are diagnosed with AIDS. His goal is to consult and convince the leaders of these countries‚ to take more action to stop women from becoming a victim
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pessimism to optimism. Candide comes to the realization that acceptance of the life given to a person allows that person to make the best out of it. Candide reacts to Pangloss by stating that “we must cultivate our garden” meaning a person not allowing mediocrity to govern his/her life‚ but by putting forth an effort to make the lives they are given the best one possible. Following the analogy “garden” refers to an individual’s personal environment consisting of their surroundings‚ family‚ and inner status
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test of life. Every day is an opportunity to grow beyond our present barriers and circumstances. Every day is a chance to become a better person. The saddest part is most of people don’t realize this. A PIECE OF ADVICE? READ. Society celebrates mediocrity so much
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slammed into the coffin. However; this shall not happened since Paul and Deanna place the interest of Elizabeth first and duty transcends along with love securing a future of promise for Elizabeth of independence developing skill of rising above mediocrity and tools to achieve a position in society other than carpet cleaning‚ massage therapist‚ business owner‚ and minister. Elizabeth desires to be an engineer and scientist and having conservative values enbedded by Loma Linda and Paul Adams along
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States Department of Education by The National Commission on Excellence in Education April 1983 April 26‚ 1983 Honorable T. H. Bell Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education Washington‚ D.C. 20202 Dear Mr. Secretary: On August 26‚ 1981‚ you created the National Commission on Excellence in Education and directed it to present a report on the quality of education in America to you and to the American
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Desires: I’d say almost all sentient beings have them‚ whether it be primal desires -food‚ water- or the most intelligent‚ rational wants like wanting a new job or wanting to achieve a specific feat‚ but to what distances would people go to make their desire reality? Humans have been known to go to extremes to acquire what they want‚ and those people are presumed as great‚ people who have superior abilities who used them to accomplish something impressive. But the bigger the accomplishment the higher
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Others let out contented sighs as if their failure had somehow affirmed their self expectation or goal. And I was furious. Not because I had received an unfavorable grade‚ I can assure you that I did not. Rather‚ it was because others had‚ and their mediocrity sat well with them. All around me I heard something along the lines of “I don’t care‚ at least I passed.” Such audacious statements were like fuel to the fire that was my rage.
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but it is up to us to realize its full potential. We become moral by working at it‚ just as we learn to play the piano by practicing. Virtue‚ Aristotle suggests‚ involves finding the ’mean’ between the two extremes of excess and deficiency. Not mediocrity‚ but harmony and balance. If we achieve this‚ he thinks‚ then we will be psychologically content. For example‚ as good humans‚ we should try to be reasonably courageous‚ but not ridiculously reckless or absurdly timid. Apart from courage‚ the other
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weed are being cheered? This is despite the fact that potheads are almost universally recognized as unmotivated‚ low class‚ degenerate – and‚ yes‚ smelly failures. Even the ones that get somewhere in life‚ like Barack Obama‚ usually turn out to be mediocrities. Moreover‚ we all recognize that smoking is a dirty habit that makes you die younger while drinking is a potentially dangerous habit that leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths per year‚ but we want to condone pot use on top of that? That’s
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