Leonids

Leonid Gayday’s 1973 film, Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future follows what happens when Shurik Timofeev, a scientist, invents a time machine and accidentally brings Ivan the Terrible to present-day Moscow while sending the apartment complex manager, Ivan Bunsha, and the thief, George Miloslavsky, back to 1500s Moscow. While the film is exceptionally entertaining, it also provides an intimate look into apartment living in 1970s Moscow by exhibiting two apartments owned by the complex’s tenants along

the best of my ability. Getting a good education is very important to get a successful career and life. In this essay I’ll be covering the essays “America Skips School” by Benjamin R. Barber and “America needs its nerds” by Leonid Friedman In America Needs It’s Nerds by Leonid Friedman he talks about in this essay how people are ashamed to admit how much they study because they don’t want to be called “Nerds” and this is the case even to the students of Harvard are ashamed to admit how long they

In the passage, "America Needs Its Nerds", the author Leonid Fridman uses diction, comparison and contrast, and exemplification to express how he feels on the subject of nerds being neglected and misunderstood in America. Leonid Fridman uses diction in this passage to show the reader how the nerds and geeks in America are being ignored and overlooked. The author uses negative words like ostracized, ashamed, and rampant to convey the reader about the subject. "Nerds are ostracized while athletes

common in the world of art. When it comes to the history, medium, and technique of an artwork, there are two specific pieces that really stand out to me. “When Dreams Come True” by Leonid Afremov and “Mariposa” by Beatriz Milhazes are two masterfully crafted works of art that caught my eye almost immediately. Leonid Afremov is a modern impressionistic style of an artist. Impressionist paintings seek to recreate the viewer's or artists general impression of a depicted scene. The style is generally

This is Leonid Afremov’s Tango of Movement piece. When I was deciding what piece to use for this project I googled artists with unique techniques of paintings, and came across Leonid Afremov’s work. I had such a hard time choosing just one piece because his paintings are all wonderful and full of color and life. I ultimately chose the Tango of Movement piece because it reminded me of when I met my best friend. It was my freshman year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and we had to sign up for an

"America Needs It Nerds" by Leonid Fridman talks about how the American society looks down on "geeks" or the intellectually curious and academically serious people. Fridman believes that if America continues to do this it will lead to a negative on how other countries look at us. Leonid Fridman made his argument using ethos, cause and effect, rhetorical questions, and pathos. In this passage Fridman started off in the second paragraph using ethos to develop his argument. He cites Webster's

In “America Needs Its Nerds”, Leonid Fridman develops his argument that American society undermines and devalues intellect. He develops this argument by showing how schools discourage intelligent kids early, how these “nerds” now feel ashamed of themselves and how America treats the intelligent compared to the rest of the world. The author states “Children who prefer to read books rather than play football...become social outcasts.” The author emphasizes that society discourages children

for instead, they are bashed and labeled with derogatory terms for being too much of a “geek.” As for Leonid Fridman, he addresses America’s behavior towards “nerds” in his essay, “American Needs Its Nerds,” by using irony and antitheses to draw attention to anti-intellectualism values in America and uncover how society is stepping down on its “geeks” and “nerds.” Throughout the essay, Leonid Fridman establishes a sense of irony towards anti-intellectualism in an

“America Needs its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman, the author gives examples of how our society compares to others, regarding how they successfully treat intelligence as a gift, and we treat intelligence as a social inormality, ostracizing our nerds. He uses examples from schooling in America to universities in East Asia, to just different amounts of respect shown to different occupations (such as a university professor), in East Asia vs. America. In the start of the passage, Leonid talks about how people who

stereotype of the average geek. Students are afraid to reveal their identities in an environment among their peers because of the fear of being an outcast among the idolized jocks. In an excerpt from "America Needs Its Nerds" Harvard student and writer Leonid Fridman expresses his disgust for the unjust treatment of individuals who are essential to our country- the geeks. He addresses the American public with a call to action to put geeks into their deserved positions, giving them hope and motivation to