Stupidity

Charles Pierce author of Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, graduated in 1975 from Marquette University with a degree in journalism. Pierce is currently a senior journalist and on-line political blogger at Esquire Magazine. His writing has been published with the New York Times Magazine and LA Times Magazine along with Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. While searching the provided list of books to choose for this review, I chose Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free. I chose this book because the cover has George Washington riding on a dinosaur and that could only mean that this was a political book. The cover its self was an indication to me that the author has an…

Homework. On Friday afternoons, we brainstorm until we come up with something that sounds really stupid. That Really Stupid Thing becomes their homework. We've only done it twice, but so far, we've had a good time. The first one happened organically. I was joking around with them at dismissal, and said that we had homework for the weekend (Awwwwww). I wanted them to do something stupid that wasn't dangerous and wouldn't get them in trouble. That day's brainstorming session came up with: Put…

pieces can dominate the news cycle, Moore utilizes this his insulting and blunt style to captivate his audience. You hardly see mild headlines, and if you do they aren’t very popular. To garner attention, Moore makes broad claims and assumptions that are eye-catching. The title, of Idiot Nation, snatches peoples’ attention; the surprising title is even how I found this passage to write this paper! This is also evident in the titles of Moore’s documentaries like “Fahrenheit 9/11” or “Bowling for…

country. He moved back two years after I moved. By that time we use to talk from time to time, mostly to remember rather than to share new ideas or experiences. We rather remember the good golden days and not look at the rusting ceiling over our heads. Something I regret now, I wish I have know who he had become and how brave he was. But that does not matter now. He rests and I can not stop him even if I wish to. Survive when others perish, checked. The friends I pick up the cooler and here…

A Canadian citizen being held as a hostage by Taliban has outspoken the group’s “stupidity and evil”, and also revealed that the militant group killed his daughter and raped his wife. Joshua Boyle along with his children and wife Caitlan Coleman, after reaching to Canada has shared their experiences they had to go through to the reporters followed being 5 years in captivity. The family was captured while they were having a tour in Afghanistan back in 2012. Coleman’s father said that the…

As I started reading “The Shallows” by Nicholas Carr, I found myself constantly losing focus and getting lost in other thoughts; I simply could not pay attention to the book. I have always thought of myself as an avid reader, the kind that dives deep into the text, but as I struggled my way through the words I stopped to think about how long it had been since I had read a book that truly engaged me. The conclusion I came to was that I do not have the time to sit down and immerse myself into a…

Having lecture finished, we went directly to room but I could think with certainty on only one point�Miss. Geet Shah. It was My Geet which I liked to play a day. My mind occupied in thinking Miss. Geet, from her beauty to her like or dislike. I was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest of my mad heart, was unhappy change topic. I was having a fun and excitement. I felt something at her but I had never responded her, being afraid of getting rejection.…

Education and Me Education, a thing we fought to have is now discouraging students to learn. All this starts once we start school. At first it is great you’re doing good, meeting new people and then you get homework handed to you to which you think to yourself what is this? What am I supposed to do with this? From the day, I first started school, I have always had trouble learning. The hardest thing I had to learn was English, I couldn’t understand what any of my teachers were saying. I…

Whats the dumbest thing you’ve ever done? We are all human and we all make mistakes. We have all pushed a door that clearly says pull. We have all said something we weren’t supposed to. We have all done something stupid we cringe at the thought of it. The dumbest thing I’ve ever done? That’s easy, give my heart to someone who didn’t deserve it. Now I’m not entirely 100 percent sure I was in love, but whatever it was—whenever it ended it still hurt as bad. It’s crazy how someone can become so…

In the article “Chris McCandless from an Alaska Park Ranger's Perspective" by Peter Christian. Christian talks about how if McCandless had a map and learned about the Alaskan wilderness he could have lived “He arrived at the Stampede Trail without even a map of the area. If he had a good map he could have walked out of his predicament using one of several routes that could have been successful. Consider where he died. An abandoned bus. How did it get there? On a trail. If the bus could get…