2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at Stanford‚ this renowned citadel
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When you chance the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change. The most fundamental and mayor decision you have to make in your life is this: Do I live in a friendly or A hostile universe? Is it the universe‚ where people want to hate each other‚ kill each other. Is that what you see? Because when you see the world that way‚ that is exactly what you create for yourself. The interesting thing is that this is not just a clever play of words: When you change the way you look at
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Every morning Workers enter a dark‚ warehouse where animals are slaughtered. Workers pick up there knifes and line up on the assembly line‚ swinging their arms‚ to cut carcasses making the everyday food. The problem is that people have to work in an unsanitary place such as a slaughter houses and farm warehouses. Their life’s are at risk everyday working in such an environment. Such a hard labor requires a lot of safety and multitasking. With mass production many accidents may occur and injuries
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Robert H. Schuller once said‚ “Problems are not top signs‚ they are guidelines”. However‚ some people have difficulties on overcoming their problems. In the video “Born This Way”‚ the three issues are self-torture‚ bullying and mental illness. Firstly‚ the issue is self-torture for beauty. Quinn‚ the prettiest girl in McKinley High School who was once an ugly duckling had gone through a hell of transformation on her physical appearance. Why does she hate herself as Lucy Caboosey? According to a study
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Do You Really Know Yourself? Throughout time great philosophers have pondered the question of what knowing your self is. Philosophers like Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Alcibiades have somewhat of a similarity when it comes to identifying one’s self. However‚ there are the differences that lead up to the explanation and what individuals believe the self is. Socrates focused on the ‘good life’ and stresses the fact that to know how to live we need to know who we are. Under Socrates‚ the founder of philosophy
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resulted in more problems than benefits” In cases throughout the beginning of the 20th century‚ Imperialism has proven to result in dominantly more problems than benefits. Imperialism essentially describes the acquisition‚ administration and exploitation of an area of land and its youthful resources for the benefit of the power/s that control it. Usually the dominance of powerful empires using other countries for their productions ended in disaster and death. They tried to benefit from the gains
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1. What institutions do you think make the United States strong economically? A: I think the three branches of the United States government make the United States strong economically. Countries that aren’t corrupt get there citizens out of poverty and therefore‚ become strong economically. The Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial Branches help prevent any branch from being corrupt and get people out of poverty. They also create laws that will benefit the citizens and the entire country. Therefore
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‘Explain the benefits and problems associated with globalisation‚ using examples’ 10 marks Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming gradually interdependent on each other as a consequence of increased trade and cultural exchange as countries interconnect together the increase of trade rises. Companies have expanded and become transnational cooperation’s with divisions in many countries to their factories. The reasons for globalisation interlinks with the benefits and problems caused
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You Only Think God is Silent by Julie Ann Allen is the personal account of a recent widow’s journey of faith after her husband’s unexpected death. Prior to the accident‚ she had the perfect life. Two small children‚ a loving spouse‚ and a vibrant church family. She was always busy‚ but never had trouble hearing God. Then‚ everything changed. On her birthday‚ tragedy struck her family. Her husband Elan went to work and never came home. His car was still in the parking lot at his last stop‚ but no
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Article Review – Decision Making: It’s not what you think 1. Briefly summarize the article. What is the main point or key concept in the article and how do you think it affects you as a current or future employee? The articles I read were Primal Leadership‚ Becoming the Boss and Decision Making: It’s not what you think. I decided to review the article Decision Making: It’s not what you think. The article discusses three models of decision making in “thinking first”‚ “seeing first” and “doing
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