He enrolled at Swarthmore College and graduated with high honors. He then left for Scotland to attend school at St. Andrews. After several different stops in his educating career, he ended up at Harvard University as an assistant to a professor, where he found himself editing history books for the University. The year was 1939 and World War II was just beginning. America had not yet stepped into the war, but the population knew that America’s involvement was inevitable.
Rauch also states that though prejudice may be misguided belief, there is no need to choose sides and that is the beauty of intellectual pluralism. Rauch’s essay states that knowledge is what leads to pluralism and more knowledge is not necessarily a good thing. By saying, “We cannot know in advance or for sure which belief is prejudice and which is truth, but to advanced knowledge we don’t need to know”, (393), he supports his idea. But in order to gain intellect on anything, you have to have knowledge. At the end of the day, we survive on basic knowledge.
A college education is about giving oneself the ability to have control over their life. David Foster Wallace speaks volumes to this point, as the true value of education lies not in the obvious benefits but rather in the deep seeded experiences that a student takes away with them and culminates in the form of tangible skills that can be utilized in real life. Commencement speeches tend to be motivational, celebratory, and inspirational, Although David Foster Wallace embodied these three subcategories in some capacity in his commencement speech at Kenyon College; he did so by presenting the graduating students with a piece of wisdom that they could use as they moved into their professional lives. David Foster Wallace informed the young
“When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you. Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance. The Lesson: If you can't accept yourself, then certainly no one else will.” In Joan Didion’s essay, with the help of periodic sentences and metaphorical language, she explains that self-respect does not come from others but from within oneself; it cannot be achieved when one is averse to oneself. Didion was looking for outer gratification, but through the ordeal of being rejected, gains the knowledge that self-respect is proper value of one’s character, and learning to love oneself. One can only be truly happy when one learns to accept oneself.
Benjamin Franklin was a founding father, revolutionary figure, inventor, co-author to the Constitution, husband and father. He was fascinated by al types of learning and wanted to do whatever he could to make life better for mankind. He starts out writing his Autobiography as a writing so his son William, but in the end the book appeals to a much larger audience. The tone of the book changes as well with the introduction of the 13 virtues, it moves from a story of one man’s life to a manual for self-imporvement. W hether Franklin meant for his book to move in the direction of self improvement or was written to tell the tale of his life, the book becomes a model for self help books to come.
However, as simple as it seems to use these words, philosophers still haven’t managed to define knowledge in an adequate way, which will be able to cover all the controversies hidden behind it. Frequently, it is argued that knowledge is justified true belief. However rational this might seem at a first sight, there exist situations in which this definition fails to meet the criteria that will make it adequate for a definition of knowledge, as I will explain further on in this essay. The most widely known definition of knowledge as justified true belief (JTB) is the tripartite definition, a definition based on three conditions, truth, belief and justification. This definition -as its name suggests- consists of three parts and is expressed further on : S knows that P IFF (i) P is true (ii) S believes that P, and (iii) S is justified in believing that P There are many problems that arise from this definition.
He has a family whit two girls who are in school even though their father is the president. Obama is a good speaker and know how he should talk to the people so that they would listen to him. The speech was the beginning of the campaign and a good beginning for Barack Obama. After this speech Obama had to make a lot of other speeches and debates on what he said in that speech to confirm who he is and what he stands
Because Alexie's parents had to work hard to make ends meet, they didn't have time to educate him. Apparently, he has lacked of parental support, but Alexie still has striven to succeed, to save his own life by teaching himself how to read the book instead of refusing to fail in life. This made him becoming a famous writer and realized reading and writing is his passion. First of all, lacking of parental support in education is the biggest problem that Alexie faced when he was growing up. It impacted so much in his life.
An ambitious author does not squander their time on those who refuse to at least consider fresh perspectives, for they know it is a waste of effort that could be put to good if applied elsewhere. Narrow-minded perspectives do not create, nor collaborate, nor inspire, they are stagnant and only accomplish in silencing creative thought. “It is the attitude of the open minded thinker, of someone who wishes to be responsible for deciding for herself or himself what to believe”(Gage 96) that gives life to an author’s work. When willing minds collaborate to discuss an idea, regardless of the final outcome, the author’s work becomes meaningful in society. In that moment where one person’s written words become entwined in language and thought, when an idea connects with streams of consciousness, when perspective joins the flow of conversation and consequently travel to the depths of unconsciousness, that is the moment when the author’s labors are made
He talked about being invited as an honorary professor, and kept it all very short – just enough to introduce his audience to him, and move on to the meat of the speech. The President of the humble United States had started out by putting himself in the role of "professor" giving a short lecture to his students. That set the tone for the audience. It told them that he was going to teach them about an important topic. It told them to open their minds and pay attention as it also lent to his credibility as a speaker.