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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English Language and Composition Because many important people have died for what they believe to make the world a better place the claim that “It is better to die for what you believe in rather than to lie to save your life” is the right thing to do. Martyr: a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief‚ principle‚ or cause. The person that comes to mind for a lot of people when you read the definition of martyr is probably Jesus Christ. Jesus spread the word
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What makes you happy? Before I answer this question I want to tell something . Do you know what really means to be happy. I think everyone will say yes. But if you don’t know the true meanings of sadness‚ pain and loneliness it means that you don’t know the real happiness. There are 6 billion people living in this world. They are all different and they all have their own lives to live. What I’m trying to say is “Happiness comes with a price”. Like after you finish some hard task successfully
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Allyson Stearns September 10‚ 2013 Block 8‚ Humanities Life is What You Make It When thinking about my view of the world‚ there is a jumble of different philosophies‚ beliefs‚ and ideas going on in my head. There is so much to take into consideration‚ and it seems that everything is connected but also scattered in a way that it is hard to really be able to dig deep and explain on paper what my worldview is. After many headaches and deep thoughts‚ I boiled it down to the things that I could not
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Final: What Kind of Thinker Are You? HUM/111 August 5‚ 2012 Jennifer Summers‚ ESQ. Final: What Kind of Thinker Are You? What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is that mode of thinking about any subject‚ content‚ or problem in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully imposing intellectual standards upon his or her thoughts. (Paul & Elder‚ 2008) The three most significant things I learned about critical thinking are: how to broaden my perspective
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est paying jobs. Furthermore‚ Sinhala‚ the language of the Sinhalese‚ became the official Sri Lankan language. The Tamils had hoped that the island’s independence would bring equality to the country‚ but the cultural differences were just too great. Rioting broke out in 1958‚ followed by some compromises with the Tamils. The Sinhalese prime minister was assassinated Neal Lineback 1959 and there were ultra-leftist terrorist activities. Finally‚ in the early 1980s‚ and Mandy Lineback Gritzner Sinhalese
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someone to treat us a certain way‚ we have to treat them the same way. As my mom says "treat others the way you want to be treated"‚ I keep those words in the deepest part of my heart and remind myself to have good manners all the time to everyone that I meet in my life. For example‚ I show my respect to my elders by always offering help by any means possible‚ always saying ‘please’‚ ‘thank you’ whenever it is needed. In our pledge class‚ respect could also mean integrity‚ and doing each own job
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What If You Were Boss The judicial courts is one of the most difficult undertaking out of all the judicial system. Even though law enforcement officers apprehend offenders‚ it is still up to the prosecutors to retrieve and analyze all evidence from the scene of the crime that the officers collected‚ so that they can compile a case against the defendant. Then there is the defense also gathering information to make a case to prove the defendant is innocent. Now if I was the boss for the day I would
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To what extent is what you know trustworthy? Justify your answer. The title implies that things in general‚ should be questioned from time to time on how trustworthy the material is. Although things can be trustworthy and reliable‚ it doesn’t mean we should just agree and not question it. Language and Reason are one of the two TOK ways of knowing I’ll be exploring. Language is how we’re able to speak to people around us. It helps us communicate properly‚ often without confusion. Language is key
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What contribution can you make to the learning environment? Every educational institution aims to provide a quality‚ effective and engaging learning experience for all its students. This aim has always been central to every institution’s objective to achieve a significant success. And in this learning experience‚ the learning environment is one of its critical components. Those superior-quality services to support learning depend on effective collaboration between the academic staff responsible
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