Critiques of Sara Rimer’s A Lost Moment Recaptured and Stephen Mosher’s Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

High school graduation marks the start of young adults’ lives, a time where they are expected to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Many young adults are pressured into attending college, whether they have determined their goal or not, but is it necessary? “The Case Against College,” an article written by Linda Lee, a mother who has questioned the former belief that college equals success, claims that “not everyone needs a higher education.” College, though beneficial to many, is not for everyone and should not determine an individual’s life.

Adult students applying to college is more common than faculty thinks. Colleges are seeing more adults returning to college to complete a degree that they began when they were younger. The adult student is working longer in life and needs to keep up with their competition which is a younger group and better-qualified. The younger employee is technical savvy and has graduated from college with new ideas to share in the workforce. The research that will be included in this paper will focus on the conceptual framework.

Because sports are very important to many people, and have been since the days of the Romans, there is much pride and honor in sports; however, there is something that has tainted the image of sports and athletes alike:

As time goes on and new generations come about, many of the ideals of former generations seem to become irrelevant. Scott LaBarge, a professor of philosophy, elaborates on this idea and others in his essay. “Why Heroes Are Important” is LaBarge’s pursuit to persuade others of his idea of heroes in today’s society. He claims that many of our youth do not know what a proper hero is and that former generations should be educating them. LaBarge begins his persuasion by describing his personal experience and credibility; then, he briefly describes the history of heroes to tie in his opinion on the definition; finally, he uses Aristotle’s idea of Kairos to explain how his opinion proves true according to current events.

Increasingly, a college education seemed intertwined with success. Women’s colleges and universities open to both genders were thriving, notably in the

The history of sports goes back since ancient times. It has been a useful way for people to explore nature and their environment. Sports include different activities and games such as football, soccer, basketball, and etc. to express their skills and talents. Also, sports are a way to relax and have fun; but are sports all our African Americans rely on? The dream to become future sports stars. The reason why Gates begins his essay with an anecdote is to show and compare how many african-american athletes were at work today and how little the chances of African-Americans becoming athletes are compared to being a lawyer, dentist, or even a doctor. African-Americans assume that they are born athletes and it’s because the school system doesn’t

Since the world is overpopulated, we stick the eighteen-year-olds in colleges to temporarily get rid of them. We also fool ourselves into believing that these actions are good for them. Most of these unwanted young adults eventually learn to like it, and those that don’t drop out. The conservative Carneigie Commission estimated that five to thirty percent of students are in College reluctantly. Also buy giving figures of some surveys that students took, the author states that students think education is less and less important.

Athletes go through the good times and the bad times throughout their years. It makes you wonder how some of the athletes we see today are so great at what they can accomplish during a game, event, career, and so on. Are the best of the best athletes that everyone knows about or hears about doing some sort of a pedestal? Are they choosing to take them? Or are they encouraged by the people? William Moller effectively uses the rhetorical appeals of pathos to support his argument that, “We, the public, place the best athletes on pedestals, gods on high.”

During her years at a segregated high school she felt strongly about equality, and civil rights. Anne attended two colleges both on scholarship. The first was for basketball, and the second was to further her education. After college Anne went through a brief period where she struggled to figure out she was going to do with her life. “It no longer seemed important to prove anything.

“The subject of the Education of Women of the higher classes is one which has undergone singular fluctuations in public opinions” (Cobbe 79). Women have overcome tremendous obstacles throughout their lifetime, why should higher education stand in their way? In Frances Power Cobbe’s essay “The Education of Women,” she describes how poor women, single women, and childless wives, deserve to share a part of the human happiness. Women are in grave need of further improvements in their given condition. Cobbe suggests that a way to progress these improvements manifests in higher education, and that this will help further steps in advance. Cobbe goes on to say that the happiest home, most grateful husband, and the most devoted children came from a woman, Mary Sommerville, who surpassed men in science, and is still studying the wonders of God’s creations. Cobbe has many examples within her paper that shows the progression of women as a good thing, and how women still fulfill their duties despite the fact that they are educated. The acceptance of women will be allowed at the University of New England because women should be able to embrace their abilities and further their education for the benefit of their household, their lives, and their country.

As Mary Boyne lead readers through the world of “Afterward”, readers “heard but one clear note, the voice of Alida Stair, speaking on the lawn at Pangbourne” (Wharton 140). Her iconic words that played a pivotal role in the narrative began and ended the story. They revealed the story. The impact her words possess, however, escalates knowing they came from the mouth of a woman. Unlike the girl on the bench, Alida Stair could’ve been male. Wharton intended readers to remember the words of a woman to prove they can hold as great of significance as words that came from a man. Showing that a woman held the answer is like declaring that women are the answer that society have long sought for.

In modern day America sports are a very important part of our culture, because we are constantly watching sports and participating in sports. In any sport we watch mythology is present. The very act itself of playing the sport is reflective of old roman times when gladiators would kill for the crowds entertainment although today instead of killing its by hitting a home run or scoring a goal. “At their best, sports are about the extraordinary capacities of the human spirit.”(Wolter). These athletes can become extremely popular to the point were they are viewed as superhuman just like in myths, and there is a reason because the best athletes in their respective sport do what no average person could do. “The most legendary performances speak of almost super-human feats: the sub 4 minute mile, Michael Jordan’s flu stricken playoff

Middle-aged women are balancing obstacles and have numerous challenges to overcome when going to college. There are work, family, and financial pressures anxiety over returning to an unfamiliar and a lack of practice when writing papers and taking exams. Older students more

Not only has the media created celebrity heroes they have made then seem untouchable. For example, Ray Lewis superstar linebacker of the champion ship team Baltimore Ravens. Lewis portrayed as a staunch, Christian, and an example for other to follow. This stands in contrast to the same person who was charged with homicide in 2000 after a club brawl in Atlanta left two men dead (Bisciotti,S 2013). The charges against Lewis were ultimately reduces as part of a plea deal. Families of the victims received over one million dollars in compensation from Lewis. Lewis has been a role model since this incident. It goes to prove that although everyone can change their lives, the label of hero, is too readily dished out to athletes and sports figures.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.” Gandhi’s quote is an excellent example of many modern and tragic heroes. Even though Shakespeare constructed heros centuries ago, traits of a modern hero are still similar to ones referred to during the renaissance era. Athletes of today are put on a pedestal similar to the role of a hero. When the media displays athletes they expect them to be held to the same standards of a hero when in reality they are just normal humans. The former NFL running back O.J. Simpson, a once hero who fell from the pedestal he was on, shares