Pop Culture in Academic Classrooms In discussions of the academic classroom‚ one controversial issue has been the incorporation of popular culture in a scholarly style. On the one hand‚ Gerald Graff‚ an English professor who has been teaching for several years at the University of Illinois in Chicago‚ argues that “street smarts‚” which can relate to popular culture‚ have educational value and can help young students show and develop their intellectualism. On the other hand‚ Mark Bauerlein‚ an English
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citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points out‚ people typically act in their own self-interest “in order to obtain that which they think good”. (1252a3) If the state aims at the “highest good” (1252a6)‚ does this necessarily benefit
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adds multiple humorous moments and it just makes the story creepier. I think that Poe’s choice of adding humor to this story was a good idea on his part. Poe’s use of humor in this story adds to the horror because it makes the story more suspenseful‚ it adds to the creepiness‚ and some of his words of humor have a double meaning. Poe’s use of humor in some cases builds the suspense of the story. Montresor was trying to get this Fortunato no doubt to follow him to this "cask". When he had offered
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Introduction In this paper I am going to examine the use of one technological innovation that has an impact on the development of popular music. I will describe the development and impact of the Internet of popular music. Following Shapiro and Varian (1999) the development of music technology can be characterized by several aspects such as consumption‚ production and distribution. Technology influences the demand for music to be extended including costs and similar variations. The role of demand
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How Does Music Affect Our Lives: The Connection between Communication and Music Music is present throughout our lives‚ from the moment we wake up and hear that song that starts our day off‚ to that song that reminds us of that relationship we once had with that special someone‚ or a song that a city uses as its anthem for it’s sports team or a song that a country listens to‚ that helps comfort them in a time of tragedy and loss. Music helps us communicate and relate to things when we can not
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What argument does Crito use to convince Socrates to leave?? Crito and some of his friends were willing to pay informants to keep whatever knowledge of Socrates escape secret. He also gave him the option of staying in Thessaly‚ and he assured him that he wouldn’t be harmed there. The main argument that Crito used in trying to convince Socrates‚ was by saying that in not trying to escape he would be betraying his own sons by going away and leaving them‚ and not educating them on what
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Sound is a living manifestation from God‚ and music is our pills to heal our soul and body. Peru music is very diverse combination of many different types of music ranging from its Andean musical ‚ Spanish and African roots‚ the modern Peruvian music and Amazon music influenced are also common in Peru too. There are some main kind of music that Peru people play (the most popular)‚ such as folklórico‚ huayno‚ and chicha. The national anthem of Peru is called “Himno Nacional Del Peru”. There are lots
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on a quest to retrieve a princess for the leader of Duloc and the antagonist‚ Lord Farquaad. He does this in order to clear his property of fairytale creatures that Farquaad exiled there. He and Donkey complete their quest‚ resulting in Shrek falling in love and the death of Farquaad. Throughout the film‚ elements of pop-culture are seen. The fairytale creatures are predominantly derived from American pop-culture. Shrek and the fairytale creatures
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I want to describe how I feel the social problem of drug abuse is reflected by the media through music and television. However‚ I mainly want to focus on the influence of music videos. I think that drug abuse has been overly glamorized showing the younger generation that using illicit drugs (mainly marijuana) is socially acceptable. Not only is marijuana glamorized but alcohol is as well. Music videos featuring performers and sexually clad women using illicit drugs and alcohol can be found
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Sammy Livingston Professor Montgomery Writing 101- Outline November 9‚ 2010 Rap Music and its Effects on Teenagers Outline Even though there is no direct correlation between rap music and the crimes or mischievous behaviors of teenagers‚ the physiological effect it has on them has been proven to be negative‚ we cannot place the blame rap music and videos‚ but instead we should look to find out what’s the real problem with our teenagers. I. The issue of rap music’s so called “negative effect”
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