The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 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
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People commonly have the misconception that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. They have this misconception because that is what they commonly observe. In the real world there is air resistance. With air resistance this misconception is true. If no air resistance is present‚ the rate of descent depends only on how far the object has fallen‚ no matter how heavy the object is. This means that two objects will reach the ground at the same time if they are dropped at the same time from the
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Many students‚ all ambitious and hopeful‚ come together to create a conglomeration of identities. Each one of us‚ no matter the race‚ age‚ or gender‚ is born into a certain identity. Each has his or her own physical appearance and stereotypical composure. However‚ identity in the truest sense is one that we create for ourselves; an opportunity to transcend the identity with which we are born. There are many examples of this in literature both old and new. For example‚ in the classic Jane Eyre
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companies find themselves enticed to exploit these differences in order to seek higher profit margins. This is commonly achieved through the exploitation of business locations in countries whose business laws are less scrutinised‚ mostly the developing world. Concern has been expressed internationally to the role of these multinational firms making profits through conduct considered inappropriate‚ making corporate social responsibility extremely important for the prosperity and future of multinational
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Everything Changes My existence started the day I was born. The day a new angel sent from above live the outside world. And day by day‚ life is changing and I’m growing up. After years had passed‚ I realized that only change is constant in this world. Because It seems so normal at all‚ but as I looked back‚ I realized‚ I’ve gone so far. Now‚ I’m a teenager‚ and life’s too different compared to childhood years. Childhood years were the time we were learning and copying insights from our parents
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Everything is Illuminated-Jonathan Safran Foer Introduction – The consequences of the grandparents’ silence Many people have to bear heavy psychological burdens from the second world war without talking to anybody about their experiences. Because of the terrible war-experiences many of these people have a stubborn point of view‚ a total indifference towards new subjects and an incomprehensible behavior (cf. Bode 18). Moreover many “war-grandchildren” indicate huge problems with their parents
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Morgan Laporte-Hilliard Professor Sabir English 1A 15 March 2011 Do women face Social injustice and oppression in today’s World? Many women around the world are treated as second class citizens or worse in their own countries. In poor and modern countries alike sex and slave trafficking are still prevalent. Many women die in child birth from complications American women don’t even worry about. Many women are murdered by their own families because they were raped.
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Why Aliens Do Not Exist There are several different meanings to the word “alien.” An alien could be a resident born or belonging to a different country‚ a foreigner‚ a person who has been excluded from something‚ or a creature from outer space (extraterrestrial). For this argument‚ a creature from outer space would be the appropriate definition. Many believe extraterrestrials do exist. Many even claim to have seen aircrafts belonging to these extraterrestrials. There have been thousands of
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Edward Said has argued that the Orient was “almost a European invention” and crucial to the colonial project. Samuel Huntington argues that the world is being driven towards an evitable “clash” between essential cultural differences. What do race/ethnicity‚ culture and difference have to do with global capitalism? Global capitalism is the key to how society operates today. The impact that global capitalism has created relies much on the past in relation to race‚ ethnicity‚ culture and differences
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English period 1 11 December 2012 Synthesis Prompt- Topic: Do Animals Have Souls? The definition of a soul differs from person to person. To some‚ what makes a human different from the rest of the animals is the soul. Many say that since animals’ intelligence is inferior to that of a human’s‚ they have no soul; since the soul is what makes humans the “master species”. It is revealed that animals are simply composed differently from humans. As said by Descartes‚ animals act solely upon their
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