Anti-clericalism

Anti-Semitism I knew when writing this series of essays, I was going to write about anti-semitism on film and TV. I figured it’d be the easiest essay by far to write. A quick Google search and I’d find dozens of different examples and BAM, essay completed. Wrong. I was so surprised. I had trouble finding examples of anti-semitism in film and TV. A joke here or there, and tons in Nazi propaganda films, but anti-semitism isn’t something that occurs in mainstream film and television. I was a…

Although the Federalist and anti-Federalist parties disagreed as to how much power the national authority needed, both parties agreed that a national authority was needed and that the national authority would require an individual source of income to function as it should. Both the Federalist and the anti-Federalist Parties also agreed that the people needed protection against dictatorship and other forms of tyranny. Even though neither party completely liked every part of the Constitution, both…

Antifa is a contraction of the phrase anti-fascist and refers to a loosely organized movement that utilizes violence and direct action against far-right and white supremacist groups. While they are associated with and mainly comprised of far-left wing activists, like communists and anarchists, they place more of an emphasis on fighting fascism and far-right extremism than advancing left-wing ideologies, according to BBC News and the New York Times. Many Antifa activists wear black hoods (hence…

Self-Awareness Many people do not know the difference between what we call Street Smart, and Book Smart. Maybe, they have heard the words intellectualism and practicalism, but never pay attention to them or noticed that there are other ways to call them. Perhaps, all what they know of these terms is that they can be used to tag people. In this essay, we are going to discover how important is to know their meaning, relation, advantages and disadvantages in order to know how can…

This painting is titled Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937. It is oil paint on canvas measuring 51.2cm x 78.1cm made by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). This Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ genre is a figure within a landscape. This picture is an open composition. What is surrealism? Surrealism is an artistic movement that started in 1924 when the Surrealist Manifesto was published. A French poet named Andre Breton (1924 through World War 2) led surrealism. Surrealism started in Paris and…

the intellectually curious are degraded and disrespected in America, even if you are attending a college renowned for its academics. In Fridman’s third section, Fridman states that intellectuals must stand up for themselves, otherwise the cycle of anti-intellectualism will continue. Fridman’s call to action for the intellectually curious is powerful, demanding that they “must stop being ashamed.” His call to action aims to inspire the intellectuals to respect themselves and stop being ashamed…

In the article, “Hidden Intellectualism” Graff argues that streets smarts are being not utilized enough in students’ academic work. He incorporates several examples that support his claim including how sports taught him how to effectively write an argument. Graff also uses an eye-catching introduction with an intriguing example of Michael Warner’s transformation and intellectualism as the main theme. Overall Graff gives his audience a perfect template for argumentative writing with balance,…

When you are book smart you are subject to just the book knowledge. Being street smart however, what is learned can be applied in real life. Book smart creates the groundwork to becoming successful, but the way success is developed depends on street smarts. In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff describes that students would be “more prone to take on intellectual identities if we encouraged them to do so at first on subjects that interest them rather than ones that interest us”…

In this essay I will be summarizing the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff. He argues that not only are book smarts good to have but also street smarts. He touches on how he thinks schools systems have killed our interest and passion of being intellectuals? And what subjects are better to write about, sports, cars, fashion, Plato and Shakespeare? In the article the author states “Everyone knows some young person who is impressively “street smart” but does poorly in school” (Graff…

File Sharing By: Ella Bates 5th Hour DLMD File sharing is the practice of distributing information or providing information throughout the internet. Some examples would be, pictures, videos, documents, school work, and online books. But, there are different ways for you to share files. Some examples may include, peer file sharing and file sink and sharing services. Peer sharing, also known as P2P, allows them to access “media files” like books, movies, and…