Wisdom vs. Educated Stupidity. In Legend, this symbolic archetype shows the relationship between the poor and the rich. The government has total control over the people. Day, from a poor civilian perspective, questions the Republic’s motives. With first-hand experience, Day has “innate wisdom”. June, on the other hand, a high ranking officer in the military, accepts anything that the Republic does. June has no reason to question the Republic, so she is the character with “educated stupidity”
In this writing, Meno asks Socrates if virtue can be taught or is virtue the result of practice or does virtue come about in another way (70a). Meno believes that virtue is different for different actions performed and it also differs in terms of the age of the individual (72a). Socrates responds by telling me no that he does not know what qualities virtue possesses and he is ignorant to it (71b). However, virtue should take on the same form (72c), rather than being different for different actions
In Charles Wheelan’s Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, Wheelan introduces many concepts fundamental to everyday life that escape the attention of even the most attentive human beings. Within these texts, Wheelan expresses that statistics, and therefore data, is an integral part of our lives, though it is often grossly misunderstood. With detailed descriptions of introductory statistical analysis, the author provides insights to the many misinterpretations and misrepresentations
Control and Prevention). With abstinence-only education being taught, could abstinence-only education be credited for the decline? Does the thought of eating hot peppers after engaging in a sexual act scare teens enough to be abstinent? Or are teens learning
that go into constructing an essay and also that goes into someone else’s view of any type of writings. How something is stated, why it is stated and who it's being stated to will also come into play when someone is writing and people understanding what the deeper meaning is to the concept of the writing. Bazerman gives tools and concepts in his writing that add to the way a few writings are influenced. Devices like speech acts, social facts, and genre systems are utilized to comprehend throughout
ranged in age from 17-49. This shows us that even though these women had been educated about abortion and contraceptive methods, they still chose to ignore them and not use them. So, it must be true that our methods of teaching our young are not getting through. According to a different study conducted by Suzan Tusiime, only 12.5% of women used some form of contraceptive when they became pregnant. If you do the math, that means 87.5% of women used no contraceptive at all when they became accidentally
informed individuals are what will improve a generational gap and society as a whole. Any standpoints that come from being bigoted and unwilling to hear the truth of another side is what will contribute to the failing of society even more than it is now. Philosophers and other notable authors all promote the idea of being open-minded opposed to allowing oneself to be uneducated. Too much uncensored passion is not necessarily healthy; however, as one that strives to be an educated, truth-seeking individual
decisions. This is what makes modern democracy representative. This allows for control of the agenda and effective participation. By electing our officials, it makes them accountable to the decisions they make because if they were to upset the people, they would not be elected again. An example of this is that in America we vote for who our representatives are for our own state. The second institution is that a democracy has free, fair, and frequent elections. A free election means that people can vote
bad. I disagree with Plato’s censoring of music because people will not learn as much. If music and education are censored people will have no choices of what they’re interested in and they won’t be able to look outside the box at things. Learning is very good for people whether they are learning bad or good things. People can be bad no matter what they’re education is. I believe education is not the source behind bad decisions. In the Republic, Plato says a great deal of his beliefs and the reasons
Introducting the Characters and Themes in Educating Rita GCSE Coursework: In what ways is Act 1 Scene 1 of “Educating Rita” a good introduction to the play’s main characters and themes? Do you think Willy Russell has made his opening dramatic and entertaining? “I’m coming in aren’t I? It’s that stupid bleedin’ handle on the door!” is not the way in which we would expect a new university student to talk to a lecture she had never meet before, but as we later find out, Rita, is not a stereotypical