It would be safe to say I came to college a tad headstrong.
I was one of the top students in my high school’s graduating class. I felt I was one of the smartest kids my age, especially when it came to politics.
I loved politics as a teenager, and still do to this day. In high school, I spent hours reading books and speeches so I could improve my own understanding of American politics.
Yet it was not an array of scholars and political thinkers I was reading; it was individuals like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Larry Schweikart. To put it mildly, I was a proud supporter of conservatism and its all-stars, which often resulted in heated discussion between me and my peers.
My main goals of casual debate were such: repeat the claims my idols …show more content…
In his piece, Dent based his argument on six of the course’s books, all of which “focus on justifying the actions of terrorists” in Dent’s eyes. What Dent failed to mention was the course is based around a wide range of sources representing various viewpoints. This includes the sources Dent mentioned, but also literature from survivors of the attack, the official 9/11 Commission report and a viewing of the film “Zero Dark Thirty.”
It also does not help Dent’s case that he was not enrolled in the course or read any of the books he used to back his arguments, instead relying on the book’s descriptions found on Amazon.
It is quite difficult to find common ground with Dent on this matter, especially when some of English 72’s resources include official government documents and an American movie depicting the operation to kill Osama bin Laden.
Faculty also had a difficult time seeing Dent’s point. At a September 25 meeting of the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council, members voted unanimously on a resolution to support Ahuja and his course. This came after weeks of the university responding to concerns over the course, including calls for Ahuja to be
I was one of the top students in my high school’s graduating class. I felt I was one of the smartest kids my age, especially when it came to politics.
I loved politics as a teenager, and still do to this day. In high school, I spent hours reading books and speeches so I could improve my own understanding of American politics.
Yet it was not an array of scholars and political thinkers I was reading; it was individuals like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Larry Schweikart. To put it mildly, I was a proud supporter of conservatism and its all-stars, which often resulted in heated discussion between me and my peers.
My main goals of casual debate were such: repeat the claims my idols …show more content…
In his piece, Dent based his argument on six of the course’s books, all of which “focus on justifying the actions of terrorists” in Dent’s eyes. What Dent failed to mention was the course is based around a wide range of sources representing various viewpoints. This includes the sources Dent mentioned, but also literature from survivors of the attack, the official 9/11 Commission report and a viewing of the film “Zero Dark Thirty.”
It also does not help Dent’s case that he was not enrolled in the course or read any of the books he used to back his arguments, instead relying on the book’s descriptions found on Amazon.
It is quite difficult to find common ground with Dent on this matter, especially when some of English 72’s resources include official government documents and an American movie depicting the operation to kill Osama bin Laden.
Faculty also had a difficult time seeing Dent’s point. At a September 25 meeting of the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council, members voted unanimously on a resolution to support Ahuja and his course. This came after weeks of the university responding to concerns over the course, including calls for Ahuja to be