Are grades important beyond our academic status? Does the letter’s A or F really regulate how well students complete a task? These are a few questions I wonder as a student currently being evaluated by the grading system and have been for most of my academic career. “Zen and the Art of Grade Motivation” by Liz Mandrell address these questions. In her article‚ Mandrell argues that eliminating the A-F grading system may sound like a great idea to her students‚ but she believes students need to have
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禅 Zen and the Art of Happiness Chris Pentris Dominique Doarte S. Gapayao Zen and the Art of Happiness “Everyone deserves to be happy.” And that is exactly why we are still here on earth‚ why we are still breathing‚ and why we are still persevering‚ this is because we want to experience happiness‚ not just it‚ but a true happiness. There are different concepts of happiness according to different kind of persons‚ and to some philosophers. I remember what our professor taught us when he
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Zen in the Art of Archery‚ by Eugen Herrigel describes the ritualistic arts of discipline and focus that the Zen religion focuses around. In this book‚ Herrigel describes many aspects of how archery is‚ in fact‚ not a sport‚ but an art form‚ and is very spiritual to those in the east. The process he describes shows how he overcame his initial inhibitions and began to look toward new ways of seeing and understanding. In the beginning of the book Herrigel tells us that he is writing about a ritual
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Zen and the Art of Burglary The story begins as a true story happening not very long time ago‚ telling us that there are two characters father and son who had a tough life because the head of a family‚ a father‚ who is getting older and who gets money for living doing illegal things like rubbing. The son sees that situation and therefore he wants to help his father by choosing of going by the same criminal path his father chose long time ago. This is a real dilemma of parents and children
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meditation‚ because they can’t empty their minds and not to think for 30 minutes. It is somewhat amusing to listen to their naïve answers‚ because it sounds like that they want to achieve the enlightenment by single practice. Herrigel‚ the author of Zen in the Art of Archery‚ took several years to understand what it means to empty one’s mind through relentless practice. I only began to understand the joy of just sitting down and do nothing after three years of practicing sitting meditation‚ not to mention
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In the novel Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick‚ San Lee moves to a small town in Pennsylvania‚ and tries to give himself an identity to fit in at school. To San‚ school is not a passion. Jordan Sonnenblick illustrates a vivid image of San‚ and one may think that his childhood life was that of San’s. The author’s perspective is that school is a filthy‚ boring‚ and judgemental place to be. It can be shown by his different quotes and how evocative he created San’s point of view. Firstly
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The Art of Motivation: It’s Affects and Applications Part I. Definition and Importance of Motivation Before delving into the topics of motivational theories‚ the affects of motivation‚ and motivational tools‚ etc.‚ it is important to first define motivation and explain why the subject of motivation is so important in the organizational setting today. Motivation Defined The topic of motivation is not something new. For decades‚ scholars‚ researchers‚ theorists‚ psychologists‚ and organizational
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A well-known author‚ Ray Bradbury‚ in his book “Zen and the Art of Writing‚” he puts together nine past essays on writing and creativity and discharges every ounce of zest and gusto in him. Bradbury shares with his readers. his wisdom and enthusiasm on the pleasures of writing‚ as he examines a lifetime of creating and composing. The author’s collection of essays on writing and creativity is infused with unparalleled joy and passion for the craft of writing. Bradbury is an author who truly enjoys
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I’m a hopeless romantic‚ if I have to say the least about me. Robert M. Pirsig‚ in his Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance‚ classifies people into two types: romantics and classics. I’m the romantic. In the bluntest of terms‚ romantics are creative thinkers and classics are logical thinkers. Of course both types would have interchangeable qualities‚ but on a macro level‚ romantics dream up while classics drill down. Now that I’ve established a basic‚ arguable nonetheless‚ definition of the
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Natalia Cooper Mrs. McGreevy Period 5 7 January 2014 TOK Winter Break Assignments Chapter 10: To me what is appealing about science is that it provides insight and a chance of understanding the world in which I live – however the detail in which Phaedrus studies each hypothesis and how his curiosity and list of hypotheses to test grows is what I do not like about science. I am not a rather curious or imaginative person and I see no purpose in studying the world in such depth…some of the complicated
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