Courage is the ability and willingness to confront fear‚ pain‚ danger‚ uncertainty‚ or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain‚ hardship‚ death‚ or threat of death‚ while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement. In some traditions‚ fortitude holds approximately the same meaning as courage. In the Western tradition‚ notable thoughts on courage have come from philosophers such as Aristotle‚ Aquinas
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that history repeats itself with every new technology and every new invention. People think that it is going to corrupt our society. Then it ends up being something great‚ something that we really needed and something that helped us become more intellectual. Why is this the case? Why does it take our society so long to accept new ways of doing thing? Why do we have to jump to the conclusion that we are going to misuse it and nothing good will come from it? Clay Shirky starts his journal by stating
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in school and seem like they are not smart. Also‚ schools overlook street smarts as they associate it with anti-intellectual concerns. But what truly makes someone a good thinker‚ Graff challenges‚ is they can turn any subject into something thoughtful through the implementation of good questions and thoughtful responses. Graff insists that in order for children to become intellectuals‚ they must first find something that they are interested in such as movies‚ cars or sports. This is because they
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Courage works differently in everyone and everyone has a special kind of courage. Harper Lee concentrated on Atticus Finch‚ Jean Louise Finch (Scout)‚ and Tom Robinson’s courage throughout the novel to kill a Mockingbird. Living in a racist town‚ these three characters have one thing in common‚ having the courage to be outstanding. Taking on the Tom Robinson case took courage‚ the courage Atticus Finch has. Living in a very racist town and taking on the trial of a falsely accused black man is a
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Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker Weak versus Strong Critical Thinking Critical thinking involves basic intellectual skills‚ but these skills can be used to serve two incompatible ends: self-centeredness or fair-mindedness. As we are learning the basic intellectual skills that critical thinking entails‚ we can begin to use those skills in a selfish or in a fair-minded way. For example‚ when students are taught how to recognize mistakes in reasoning (commonly called fallacies)‚ most students see
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AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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10 A Textbook on Professional Ethics and Human Values essence of oriental philosophy is that one should not fight for peace. It is oxymoron. War or peace can be won only by peace‚ and not by wars ! One should adopt the following means to live peacefully‚ in the world: Nurture 1. Order in one’s life (self-regulation‚ discipline‚ and duty). 2. Pure thoughts in one’s soul (loving others‚ blessing others‚ friendly‚ and not criticizing or hurting others by thought‚ word or deed). 3. Creativity in
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society is at risk because of anti-intellectual ideas that are passed onto students because of the idea of wanting to be “cool”‚ students just going to college to make more money later‚ and university expectations decreasing because money has became the main priority rather than education. Firstly‚ the understanding of what an intellectual is has to be clear. According to Richard Hofstadter‚ who is a very famous American historian‚ he considers an intellectual someone who lives for ideas instead
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In my opinion‚ Graff makes one very strong statement in his essay‚ and also a lot of personal background to support his point. This main point is on hidden intellectualism itself‚ and what exactly it means to be intellectual. He argues that intellectualism can be found almost anywhere‚ and I strongly support his argument. Graff’s argument is based around the ideas of two different types of smarts‚ book smarts and street smarts. Being a teacher himself‚ he sees the students as more of a street
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Initiates Learning In Gerald Graff’s essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ one is exposed to the author’s view of different means of intellectualism. Graff gives the reader an uncommon perception of what it means to be an intellectual. He expresses his views by stating that a person can be an intellectual in fields that have nothing to do with academia‚ such as street smarts or particular interests. He also states that if you incorporate these particular interests in the classroom‚ students deemed as unintellectual
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