“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” I once heard this quote by Benjamin Franklin and it stayed with me because I found it to be true. At the start of this semester I was ready to confront whatever I saw in class with an open mind. I come from a religious family set in their own ways that at times struggles to see things with an open mind. I can say that at times I had certain conflicts to the things we were discussing in class but at the end I came to learn that it was just another way of seeing things. This semester in your class I learned a lot of things and I always went home seeing things in a whole different perspective. One those things that really stuck with me was Pandora and Jar of Evil, but not only that but the fact that Hope is evil. The countless evils that fled from the jar to plague the human existence hope was the only one that stayed. After analyzing things I think that the greatest punishment for human beings is being hopeless. We are still waiting on the day that we will conquer those evils that Pandora let go and this is an eternal duty that every human has to endure. Like I said before I come from a religious background and I had been taught to pray and have “hope” that things will turn out how one want them to. So you do just that and end up being disappointed with the outcome. We live in a world of fiction always hoping for the impossible. Another subject that I found really interesting was the idea of the Book of
Many people have said society has changed over the years, but they never say if it has changed for the better or for the worst. I know it has changed for the worst and It is obvious if you just look at the amount of people you see lying everyday. People think they have to lie for inconsequential reasons or to protect themselves and their families. They feel if they tell the truth, no one will believe them or something might happen to someone they care about.
After explaining the more obvious obstacles that will need to be overcome, he then reinforces his earlier message that true education will need to be sought after and fought for by the individual. Perspectives will not change when everybody is playing it safe, and people are more content when ideas are not challenged because people do not usually appreciate boldness. He asserts that society will shape the students into what they want if the students do not stand for what they desire out of life.
One Spanish official remarked that “the maxim of the conqueror must be to settle.” Explain what you think he meant by this statement. Illustrate the various ways conquerors settled the New World, commenting on what worked, what did not work, and the consequences of those methods
As a student at California University of Fullerton, I believe that if I am silent towards my education, I am really being ignorant towards my own success. In other words, I would be holding back from my true potential. Most students do not speak up in the classroom because they do not want to tell the class a wrong answer. A teacher once said that no answer is the wrong answer. Well that teacher was wrong because once I said my answer, the teacher said it was wrong. That is the type of fear that students do not want to face; being told that they are wrong once they are told that there is no wrong answer. As stated in Smith’s Ted Talk, “If I was going to ask my students to speak up, I was going to have to tell my truth and be honest with them about the times where I failed to do so” (Smith 2014). This example shows that students should be comfortable when they are speaking and in order for that to happen the teacher has to show that they are fair and honest first. I believe that I can open up once I feel more accepted in the classroom and I have a sense of belonging. As a
In my original essay, I wrote that I did not know how broad and diverse the world really is until I came to the United State. In the United State, life is just so different than how it is in my own country, which is Egypt. For example, LGBTQ becoming more acceptable in the United State but in Egypt, people are more closed minded just like the frog in the well. People in Egypt don’t believe in anything outside their culture because they see it as a threat because it considered abnormal. I was born in Egypt, but the fact that I came here when I was younger made me be the frog who wants to be outside the well to see the different perspectives around the world. This class opened my eyes on how a person should try to always comprehend the perspective of others because it’s very essential as becoming interacting with people.
The Enlightened Archaeologist – an article authored by Jeffrey Hantman and Gary Dunham chronicles Thomas Jefferson’s investigation of the Indian burial mound located on the South Fork of the Rivanna River in the 18th century. The site excavated by Jefferson, however, is no longer visible, most likely due to dissipation by inevitable natural occurrences (I.E. excessive rainfall, flooding rivers, etc.) or human activity such as farming. The “Father of American Archaeology” correctly predicts the latter in his book, Notes on the State of Virginia, in which he states, mounds “…put under cultivation are much reduced in their height, and spread in width, by the plough, and will probably disappear in time” (1787). Fortunately for Archaeologists of the late 20th century (1988) an Indian burial mound identical to that of the one Jefferson described in his book was uncovered just 14 miles from the South Fork of the Rivanna River.
The Articles of Confederation was our countries first Constitution. It was a black and white agreement drafted by the Second Continental Congress. It was agreed upon and signed by the thirteen colonies in 1781. The Articles were mainly aimed at the state governments. The Articles had many weaknesses, but it also accomplished many things. The Articles of Confederation were able to keep the state together until the Constitution was written. I was because of the Articles that the Revolutionary war was ended with Great Britain. Many states gave up their claims to land west of the Appalachians. This land was given to the government. It helped to create a feeling of national security. Under the Articles, congress enacted laws to
The client that I have decided to observe and write about is Michelle Draeger. Ms. Draeger has short spiky hair, light colored eyes, and wears glasses. Also, she is forty-three years old, has siblings such as an older brother, and while growing up was part of Band in high school.
Helen Keller once said that “the highest result of education is tolerance” and I can’t agree more with her. Even at an early age, this was my opinion and I just didn’t know it yet. From day one of school, I knew that my classmates didn’t believe in what the Primitive Baptists believed
Zeus , the king of Greek gods, gave the titan Epimetheus the gift of Pandora, the first women, and a box that was never meant to be opened. The gift was really a trap for Epimetheus because of his brothers trickery of Zeus or in other words the gift of knowledge to man. Zeus told him to never open the box, but Zeus also created Pandora with a great sense of curiosity. The curiosity later led her to open the box releasing a great amount of evil onto mankind. At the very bottom of the box was something that wasn't evil. The good that came out of the box was hope. Mankind had never needed hope, because before this they never had any need for hope.
Historiography is the methodically of which history is written. There has been some controversy regarding the way historians portray women over the years, mainly because women tend to be unrepresented. Their importance is not stressed enough, historian devote little attention to class issues that seriously affected black women. Even when history is focused on African American studies, there is more of an emphasis on the black men, as opposed to black women.
From 1848 to 1891, the government of the United States and its army were tasked to secure the nation’s expansion into newly acquired territories west of the Mississippi River. Even during the Civil War years, the western frontier and those citizens intending to settle those areas compelled attention and protection from the government and the army. Yet, the United States government never clearly formulated a doctrine for handling the population already living in the new territories, the American Indian tribes. A cohesive doctrine issued by the Government to manage Western expansion and Indian affairs, along with a professional, well-trained, unified army would have avoided the worst violence of the Indian wars.
I would characterize army life as traumatizing because Elisha Rhodes mentions that “ the field presented a horrible appearance, and in one small spot I counted sixty dead bodies”(419). I would think that seeing dozens of dead bodies laying around, some even of people you knew, would be traumatizing. Both Rhodes and Early joined their respective armies willingly, Rhodes wanted to join the army to help his country “ I feel to thank God that he has kept me within his fold while so many have gone astray, and trust that he will give me Grace to continue to serve Him and my country faithfully”(419). While Early joined the army to defend the south from the north “ The adoption of that ordinance wrung from me bitter tears of grief; but I at once recognized my duty to abide the decision of my native State, and to defend her soil against invasion”(429).
The Theme of Humanity in the Time Machine H.G Wells was born in Bromley Kent on the 21st September 1866. He had attended school called Midhurst Grammar in 1883, soon after he had gone to the normal school of science in London. There he had learned biology, which could lead to why he had written science fiction novels. He had left the school without the qualifications to become a writer. He began his career as a writer in 1893 and then continued to create stories, such as the Time Machine.