it means for a college student to be educated. This includes subjects such as; why be educated‚ the value of education‚ what comes after graduation‚ commonly held beliefs about what it means to be educated and pros verses cons. (2) Key words and phrases are as follows; why get an education? Value of education‚ educational value‚ pros verses cons of getting a degree‚ and cost benefit analysis. (3) The Kenyon Commencement Speech‚ David Foster Wallace‚ Benefits of Higher Education‚ Modern viewpoints
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end of the speech‚ he says "I want you to make history‚ not be history. I want your work to be remembered ‚ not be forgotten." I feel like this phrase inspired each of us who were reading this speech. In addition‚ we mentioned that routines force us to ignore the obvious. And‚ by ignoring the obvious we become unconsciously ignorants.
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David Foster Wallace’s speech is to show the value in liberal arts college. In the passage David Foster Wallace writes‚ "I have come gradually to understand that the liberal-arts cliche about "teaching you how to think" is actually shorthand for a much deeper‚ more serious idea "Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning
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USDA released a document pertaining to the number of cattle‚ calves‚ hogs‚ and sheep. In 2016‚ 118‚303‚900 hogs alone were documented as slaughtered by farms and commercial sites. Ranking second‚ 30‚676‚100 cattle were killed in the same year. At this high of a rate of slaughter‚ something must be done to prevent over extermination of these animals that are raised to die. Animals are tortured in cramped and unsanitary facilities; society are also left in the dark about where food that is supposedly
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In “Consider the Lobster‚” David Foster Wallace asks his readers to consider if eating lobsters or other animals is ethical. He describes how lobsters show a preference to not be boiled by their efforts to avoid or escape the pan. He argues that this preference is proof that the lobster suffers or feels pain. However‚ I can compose the same argument about plants. Grasses produce a chemical in distress right before they are cut from a lawnmower or attacked by insects. This shows that the grass has a
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solutions. However‚ their solutions could be what is just next to them and that which they ignore. This article analyses two essays one which is a speech by David Foster Wallace and the other one‚which is an essay by Annie Dillard. The two essays explain how people miss important things for not looking around them. This is Water by David Foster
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Kenyon College‚ David Foster Wallace claims that humans can experience the world in two different ways. First‚ they can live their lives as unconscious worshippers of self‚ only operating on their "natural default settings". (Wallace‚ "David Foster Wallace‚ in His Own Words") On the other hand‚ they can live consciously and purposefully‚ attempting to understand that they are not‚ in fact‚ at the center of the universe. While these distinctions between perceptions arguably exist‚ Wallace is wrong to
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are not obvious because our mind is focus on expectation of what we think and what we expect to see. Expectation is a barrier that keep us from seeing beyond and being aware of the things that are the most important. In the essay‚ “ This is water ” by David Foster Wallace and “ Seeing” by Annie Dillard ‚ we see that we have to learn what to think and how to think. If we choose to open our mind and noticing the unexpected‚ it will lead to happiness and clarity‚ but being small-minded and focusing on
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the Essay 5/2/16 Element of the Crowd The essays of David Foster Wallace are‚ in many ways‚ not about the subjects they pretend to cover. Foster Wallace is not concerned with lobsters‚ high-stake tennis matches or the way that Midwesterners gather around their TV’s. Instead‚ Foster Wallace is interested with what surrounds these subjects and what they have to say about human experience. In this sense‚ the seemingly random topics Foster Wallace chooses to focus his lens on are actually incredibly
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Wallace illustrates his ideas by giving concrete examples and analogies to bring the concept closer to the audience’s minds. The idea that Wallace is trying to get across is that liberal art education is important to help students exert a sense of control over their thought process. He delves deeper into the meaning of critical thinking transcending the old‚ boring and cliché way of understanding it. According to Wallace‚ the critical thinking that you will gain from an art degree is simply your
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