What is the point of an animation major learning calculus? While a professional will probably use the practical aspects of calculus, practice is quite a different thing from theory. What use are mathematical proofs to an artist? The other point of view is that everything you learn about your craft can be beneficial to your art. Certainly there must be some benefit to understanding the principles behind the software you use? But then again, how much benefit?
The world gets smaller every day: by way of trade, immigration, and social movements. The need to understand the world only increases, yet the stereotypical American remains ignorant, proud, and uninformed concerning foreign culture. Unfortunately this stereotype still fits far too many people.
But how does one start to change a culture so centered on itself? Educational reform? The educational bureaucracy is a behemoth to wrestle, even assuming that you can get the proper legislation passed. By public media? Entertainment is a risky enough business, even without trying to sell something mostly unrelated to the common American experience. Economic incentives? Common "wisdom" has it that all the incentives are to immigrate to the USA and learn English.
Yet the fact remains that events in a foreign lands are having increasing impact on life in the US; and that all too often the American populace is sorely under-equipped to understand those foreign events.
A man I once talked to on the bus observed that it's difficult to retire. He worked as a construction worker; said that despite the physically challenging bit of work, he saw many workers, who'd come back to earn extra money. It wasn't really the money. It's just that, if construction's what you've been doing all day, every day for forty years long, it's tough to stop cold turkey no matter how much your body aches from aging and labor. Of course they're not chucking plywood up to rooftops or putting in ceilings, but there's plenty to do besides that. And there's lots of ways to keep the aches away and the body going...
He went on to comment on how many workers would use drugs in various combinations, herbal and prescription, legal and otherwise to keep themselves on their feet.
2 comments:
The first one has a few too many questions. It might overwhelm the reader.
In the second one you come to a conclusion in your introduction. If I disagreed with your standpoint I would stop reading, because why would I want to continue reading something that I don't believe? Try to work on luring the reader in more before your talk about what your opinion is.
The third one is interesting, but try to use less contractions and less commas. It can be nice to mix things up and use different words sometimes.
I agree with Kylie Jo, break up your sentences. You have good points but they are being lost in run-on sentences and confusing punctuaction.
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