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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We Fought‚ We Won‚ We Are Free “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness.” In this excerpt for the United States Constitution‚ it states that all men in the United States are created equal with certain unalienable rights. Through the past few years the black community has been taking a stand‚ and saying that they were not getting the same treatment as everyone else. The
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Diagnostic In-Class Essay on The Other Wes Moore This year’s common reading‚ The Other Wes Moore‚ was carefully chosen from many possible texts by a committee of SMU faculty‚ administrators‚ staff‚ and students. Why do you think SMU chose this book as this year’s common reading for all new students? What makes it a good introduction to university study? What do you imagine they were hoping you might learn? Use details from the text to support your opinion. You should print this assignment
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Djacson St. Vil 7/2/10 Essay Assignment 1 Prep for College Writing Who are we? This may come as a surprise to you‚ but what you actually believe to be your own personality is a combination of other organisms that you may come into contact with. From developing relationships between siblings and mimicking their individual personalities‚ to avoidance of a certain organism due to a precedent setting event that caused us to fear said thing. What will not surprise you is the fact that
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and believing links with knowing as it is a component of knowing. We also choose to see what we believe and therefore both statements are complimentary. Human beings tend to believe with evidence rather than believing in something blindly. Belief is usually based on evidence and the evidence is usually linked with our senses. If we see something‚ we believe in it because we are able to back our assumption with evidence because we have witnessed it. Human reality may also be based on scientific
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The article discusses the long-term negative impact of watching television on the diet of American adults and provides advice on encouraging teenagers to eat healthy. This article is relevant to my project on proposing ways to combat obesity in Singapore as it highlights an important but possibly neglected causal factor for unhealthy eating habits – TV-watching. As young Singaporeans are exposed to television shows and media sources just as American teenagers are‚ findings on their negative influence
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Why I am going to college There are many reasons why I decided to go to college at this point in my life. I want to make my whole family proud of me‚ and become a better role model for my daughter. I also want to get a better and more stable job for the future‚ and further my education to improve my own personal well-being. I feel the most important reasons for me to go to college is making my whole family proud of me and becoming a better role model for my daughter. After I graduated high school
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When we change how we communicate‚ we change who we are. Communication can be used to alter a persona‚ depending on how they carry themselves by the language they use. Language can be easily manipulated by concealment or exaggeration‚ to create an ideal character. Similarly‚ words that wield power have a great effect on the user when used in appropriate contexts. On the other hand‚ those who are limited by language are incapable of modifying their identity. When used to your benefit‚ communication
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Home as well as Journeys and other things that relate which revolve around those two main words. Covering four parts that include Home‚ Going or Being away from home‚ The Journey‚ and The Return. They do not connect directly but all revolve around any of the four categories. The home is a sanctuary of love and peace. It is the place where one feels rooted upon. We do not talk of a structure which holds the living room‚ garage and bedroom;
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to college directly after high school? The advantages of going to college directly after high school is you’ll still have the knowledge you’ve learned from elementary up to high school still etched in your mind. The disadvantages of not going to college directly after high school is that you just might not go to college for example I graduated from high school in “98” and I started a new job working at Lowe’s then in “04” gave birth to my first
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