Chaos And Confusion In Shakespeare's King Lear

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Welcome to Mr. Lynch’s Class! Over the next 18 weeks you will become frustrated, angry, and almost always willing to throw something. However, out of this you receive an education unlike any you’ve ever experienced before. Anyway, by any chance, you have already set up the first page of your journals as you read this letter. The quote, “Out of chaos and confusion come knowledge and understanding”, is right there on the first page, and I’ll give you a hint, it will be your life line of sanity throughout the rest of the course. I’m not going to lie to you and say that this course is easy, because it’s not. Mr. Lynch challenges you with seemingly impossible tasks with little to no direction other than his beloved saying. In fact, at a certain point you just stop even bothering to ask him questions! It seems crazy right now, but you’ll understand soon enough. Why you ask? Because you already know the answer. That’s right, “Out of chaos and confusion come knowledge and understanding”. …show more content…
Chaos and confusion are presented to us every day. It’s a part of life. Students in this day and age have only ever been taught one way of thinking and reaching conclusions. We are taught towards a test; whether this test be a Keystone, or the Bar Exam. One right answer, three wrong. This may sound crazy, but what if I told you that there are more than one right solution. But even crazier is not the solutions themselves, but the process in which you obtained them. The process is what brings us knowledge and understanding. And yes, sometimes there is so much knowledge that it stretches your brain to its limits, but always keep pushing to go further, for when you accomplish this you receive a deeper comprehension. The moment you do is priceless and will forever change your way of thinking. Just remember that and you will do fine in this course. Good luck with your chaos and confusion, and keep searching for the knowledge and

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