“Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens is a direct response to Steven Johnson’s article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” Johnson’s article claimed that today’s television is actually making viewers smarter due to plots being more complex. Dana Stevens on the other hand did not agree on this theory. She believes that television is neither a poison nor a salutary tonic. Will watching more TV make you smarter? Most likely no‚ today’s television programs aren’t interested in making their audience
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3 Idiots 3 Idiots | Theatrical release poster | Directed by | Rajkumar Hirani | Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Screenplay by | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Story by | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani | Based on | Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT! by Chetan Bhagat | Narrated by | R. Madhavan | Starring | Aamir Khan Kareena Kapoor R. Madhavan Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Omi Vaidya Mona Singh Parikshit Sahni | Music by | Shantanu Moitra
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1. This essay suggests that an "American Idiot" is a person that relies on the media and gives into emotional tactics. For example‚ someone who pledges allegiance before they understand much of anything about America. It is somebody who just does what everybody else is doing. 2. An example of contextual analysis is when you were describing the cover of the album and how the music within inspired your emotions. "Widely considered one of the best anti-war protests of 2004‚ the album came complete
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Three Idiots Director: Rajkumar Hirani Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra Summary: The movie is all about three engineering students namely Rancho‚ Farhan and Raju whose friendship stands the test of time. As Farhan and Raju search the valleys for their missing friend Rancho‚ their memories drift back to the days when they were all college roommates and Rancho incurred the wrath of their headstrong dean Viru Sahastrabudhhe by daring to propose radical theories that directly contradicted
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studying engineering. This is exactly what Chetan Bhagat (the author of ’Five point someone’‚ the book from which the movie has been adapted) did. He studied engineering from IIT‚ management from IIM‚ and became a banker. Today my respect for that idiot shot up. Most of us went to college just for a degree. No degree meant no plum job‚ no pretty wife‚ no credit card‚ no social status. But none of this mattered to him‚ he was in college for the joy of learning‚ he never cared if he was first or last
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student Joy Lobo hangs himself in his dormitory room. Rancho denounces the rat race‚ dog-eat-dog‚ mindless rote learning mentality of the institution‚ blaming it for Lobo’s death. Threatened by Rancho’s talent and free spirit‚ ViruS labels him an "idiot" and attempts‚ on a number of occasions‚ to destroy his friendship with Farhan and Raju‚ warning them and their parents to steer clear of Rancho. ViruS’s model student is Chatur Ramalingam or "Silencer"‚ (Omi Vaidya) who sees a high rank at a prestigious
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On March 11‚ 2009 Glenn Loury published the Story “A nation of jailers.” The story first appeared in the issue of Cato Upbound an online forum of The Cato Institute on March 11‚ 2009 (A Nation of Jailers). Glenn Loury is an African American university professor of social science and economics and the director of the institute of race and social division at Boston University (2001).” Prior to teaching at Boston University Loury taught economics at Harvard‚ northwestern and the university of Michigan
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Meanwhile‚ Rancho falls in love with Virus’ medical student daughter Pia (Kareena Kapoor) when he‚ Raju and Farhan accidentally crash her sister’s wedding banquet to obtain a free meal‚ which infuriates Virus. Virus labels Rancho and his friends as "idiots" and continually attempts to break Rancho’s friendship with Farhan and Raju. Things further escalate when the three friends drunkenly break into Virus’s house one night to allow Rancho to confess his love to Pia‚ and urinate on the front door before
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This paper‚ briefly explains the purpose of each of the organs of the United Nations and how they interact. The United Nations is made up of five organs‚ (used to be six‚ however the Trusteeship Council is no more). The current organs are the General Assembly‚ Security Council‚ Secretariat‚ Economic and Social Council‚ and the International Court of Justice. The General Assembly is the only organ that all members have equal power‚ its purpose is to manage the budget of the UN‚ select members
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Chpt. 2 The Unfinished Nation The English colonization of North America was the beginning of a new world‚ a world that brought people from different continents‚ cultures‚ and religious backgrounds together. This new world was populated by Native American tribes‚ colonists‚ explorers‚ and traders from Spain‚ France‚ and the Netherlands. Of course all these different cultures could not agree on everything‚ which eventually lead to more colonies forming with many different bylaws. Most of these
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