Analysis Of ' Wisdom ' By Robert Thurman

He uses strong diction as he addresses how colleges are increasingly becoming “conventional bureaucracies” because behind every college program is a need for growth (Blank 263). This need he argues is how connections between colleges and outside companies begin to formulate as colleges develop “employment favoring tactics” (263). Thus colleges build up their clientele to help advertise such well known business corporations and offices to advertise “better jobs.” Blank continues by providing the most optimistic statistical evidence which “envision a 14.8 percent slice of 1975 job market, while they bring 31 percent of 18 to 24-year old age into college” (263). This estimates to about 10,664,000 students in college, “therefore, even if every one of the so-called professional and technical jobs were indeed reserved for them (which is itself patently impossible), the number of job openings would still be inadequate” (263). These facts introduce and support the idea that receiving a college degree is not to be associated with the key to “reserving a better job”. The details and numbers build an appeal to logos and impress upon the reader that this is a problem worth discussing, the statistics prove that although there are many students in college, not everyone will receive a job as the number of job openings are

Charles Murray’s essay proposes that American colleges are being flooded with individuals who are either unprepared for higher education or who are simply forced into attending college and can’t succeed because of the lack of certain innate abilities. Murray’s essay goes on to take issue with the idea that the pursuit of a traditional college education is somehow strategically creating a separation of the American class system. While Murray makes many salient points with regards to America’s obsession with college education as a standard into a class of the intellectual elite, the essay fails to take into consideration the various motivators that can lead to student success, despite

is transformed into positive violence” (Thurman, 75). Thurman made me think that the reason why so many issues that occurred and led to violence is because many people did not have that love they needed. So many people walk around with so much hatred and the only way they can express that is through hurting others that is when the term hurt people hurt people become active. The reason behind that is because when something tragic happens in a person’s life they seek revenge and they rather hurt another person, so they can feel that same pain. Thurman also expresses that “Hatred cannot be defined, but it can only be described” (Thurman, 75).

Among these is the continuation of the cycle of debt in American commercial society, the hierarchy of differing higher education institutions and cost, and the resulting socioeconomic and racial inequities in college demographics. Both an examination of the current trends and figures and a closer look at a real life example show the troublesome state of higher education and its effect on our commercial society.

Students when given the opportunity to expand in something that interests them gain a confidence in learning that focuses more on internal aspects rather than on an education that will set a standard on what kind of individual they should be. For instance, Davidson in examination of Inez Davidson’s classroom found that "kids want to learn...as long as there is a payoff, not in what is won or achieved in statistical terms, but what is won and achieved inside, in the sense of self-confidence and competence" (Davidson 67). Students are not as shallow as education deems them to be. When given the opportunity to prove one’s worth it is more than high grades that are gained, it is having a place in the world through the betterment of “the Self” which betters the planet. Despite this, students are still being handed specific knowledge, and predetermined paths that are said to lead students to “success.” In truth, being handed opportunities only lead to a lack of motivation, since individuals will not want have the drive to earn for one’s self and to improve on all their overlooked skills and assets. Karen Ho refers to this as she quotes the undergraduate, Devon Peterson, on how “banking firms provide [undergraduates] with a way to maintain [their] elite status in society by providing avenues to wealth and power that other professions do not” (Ho 179). The recruitment process reflects how institutions, especially ones

However, in Ho’s selection, investment banks, the high forces on Wall Street, take the cultural narrative, “culture of smartness” into consideration to strongly impact and manipulate the undergraduates’ choices (Ho 167). Although the Asian women tried to reset the boundaries for undergraduate students, the investment banks’ domination over these students forces them to take follow a specific path. Wall Street’s anxiousness to employ the best undergraduate students, urges the students to get into the top university and to select an uninteresting major that satisfies their desired luxurious lifestyle. For example, Karen Ho states that “470 Princeton students pursued law or medical degrees [and] – about 40 percent of Princeton students choosing full-time jobs directly after graduation – decided to work in the financial services sector” (Ho 170). This supports the upward trend of students’ interest in majors that have the most renowned jobs. These Wall Street’s qualifications, and student’s determination to aim high, construct the societal norms and confine the student’s variety of available educational options to explore. Hence, societal norms for education and career, set by high forces through cultural narratives, greatly affect the behavior and the career choices of the undergraduates in Ho’s essay.

Some say that college is the greatest investment one can make. The author argues this point by giving examples of investments that greatly outweigh the average income of a graduate. If for example a student were to take his money for a four-year college, and put it in a savings

In Seth Rockman’s monograph “Scraping By”, Rockman provides a grim outlook on Baltimore, Maryland wage-labor during the early 1800’s. No matter the age, race, ethnicity, or gender, the people of Baltimore struggled to scrape by. Rockman challenges the notion that the early republic was a time of great growth and upward opportunity for people reveals the harsh truth of living in Baltimore by

Known as one to the greatest African American preachers, Howard Thurman grew up in a quiet place, a small home, in Daytona, Florida. He spent most of his time is his house when he was a child. He was born in West Palm Beach in Florida. Thurman was an excellent student in schools,he achieved the honor of valedictorian from Morehouse College. Thurman married in 1926 to Katie Kelley and had one child named Olive. Some of the most influential people in his life were his grandmother, Nancy Ambrose, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Ghandi. Mahatma Gandhi met with Thurman and gave him advice, "It may be through the Negroes that the unadulterated message of nonviolence will be delivered to the world."

Many recent college graduates have faced record levels of unemployment. This situation has lead people to question what they value about higher education. Some high school students and their parents are wondering if a college education is worth the cost. Others, however, believe that a college prepares students for more than just a job or career. Many people then present the counter argument that people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg did not have a college degree, but unlike them most people are not geniuses and do not have the same entrepreneurial opportunities available to them, let alone the innovative ideas and proper timing. A college education is worth the cost because it is a requirement for many jobs, college graduates make substantially more than high school graduates, and college provides more opportunities for personal growth and networking.

Thurman was born to a devout christian and a railroad worker. Her mother is what one would call unequally yoked. There were 2 children by her first husband. Typhoid fever swept rural florida. Saul thurman died from the fever. Mother was by his side the whole way. When he died, the family needed help from the community to pay for the services. At the funeral, the preacher was sending the man to hell. Furthermore, young thurman worked in hotels doing laundry. The Thurman family lived in Waycross. This was where most of the homeowners lived. Bethune started a school in Midway where the more progressive blacks lived. He mentioned how the community was very strong and the only dividing factor was denomination.In every area of common life there

While meditating, Thurman realized that “there are also various vaguely defined areas such as ‘spirit’ and ‘soul’ that, like a dusty attic or dank cellar, we may feel the need to explore. It is easy to get lost these murky, dank, and oft-forgotten quarters of the mind. So we must get a clear picture of what we want to find ahead of time” (Thurman 450). Thurman demonstrates how the process of finding self through meditation is a hard process and how it can involve searching our deepest thoughts. This might be difficult for people since it becomes hard to concentrate solely on what they want to achieve and isolate their mind from their pseudo-self. Finding a clear picture of one’s self is challenging because his or her views can be polluted by what they think they have to be. This superficial mask imposes an obstacle for Thurman because he lives in a society that has the “I," “me,” “mine” mentality. The only way Thurman can discover his true self is once he has isolated his true self from his false self and escaped from an egotistical mindset. Unlike the GenMe generation that is essentially given the way of discovering one’s identity, Thurman suffers through the hardships of finding a pathway to becoming

Self is consists of perspectives, characteristics and personalities of an individual which makes them different from others. Robert Thurman discusses the importance of achieving interconnectedness to find inner peace in his “Wisdom”. Thurman implies that "self" does not exist and individuals have to become selfless in order to achieve a “fulling life”. He encourages individuals to self-exploration, which can lead to becoming selfless and to find “nirvana”. Beth Loffreda describes the effects of the violent act have on the town of Laramie in the selection from her essay “Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder.” Loffreda discusses the towns self-perception and how the minority community reacted to the murder

Today colleges are growing more and more necessary for attaining a solid path towards a successful career, yet the rapidly increasing cost of tuition is driving students away from their dream of attending college, due to the preposterous amount of money that is now being demanded by colleges across the nation and world as a whole. It is sad to see students being turned away from a successful future due to the money-hungry nature of the universities that dot the globe. More and more impossible it is becoming to have a “rags-to-riches” scenario that used to highlight the American Dream, as if a student doesn’t have the riches to afford a higher education and the tuition that is drug upon its coattails, then our society is doomed to be clothed in rags forever, unless major changes are brought about to restructure and end the indefatigable growth of tuition rates across the board.

The University of Pennsylvania has one resource that no other establishment in the world can offer to me: the highest caliber of intellectuals in my field. Given that I intend on attending the Wharton School of Business and with the goal of becoming a financial manager, and then rising further along corporate ladder, I must be at the absolute forefront of the field and gain as many connections as I can along the way. Not to be used, people are not tools. But, I am NOT one who is content to let themself fall into the pit of mediocrity And I recognize that the success of one individual can inspire success in those around them. Thus, is researched the different groups that students have put together for the mutual benefit of both University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business and the multitude of opportunities they present myself: investment experience, interdisciplinary education, and furthering my understanding of the Chinese economy.