Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Response to Article in Regards to Ignorance

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/the-lecturer-has-no-clothes/
- The Lecturer Has No Clothes

The college environment is somewhat of a combination of a circus and an institution's study hall.
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5 possible causes of apathy and ignorance

  1. Not being informed.
  2. Lack of being concerned.
  3. Unwilling to educate oneself.
  4. Unwillingness to

Monday, February 25, 2013

Ignorance, Too, Can Be Viral

3 Professional sources that support my thesis are as follows:
Magazines
- Ignorance 101
 http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?sid=4111517d-7473-4743-a3b1-577b76ad110c%40sessionmgr114&vid=17&hid=120&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=ulh&AN=74299488

- The Curse of Knowledge
http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=16&sid=4111517d-7473-4743-a3b1-577b76ad110c%40sessionmgr114&hid=120&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=ulh&AN=63928943

- Ignorance is Bliss
http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=17&sid=4111517d-7473-4743-a3b1-577b76ad110c%40sessionmgr114&hid=120&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=n5h&AN=SYD-65TGOHVMT5CS493KIUJ

- Up with Young People (For Apathy)
http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=22&sid=4111517d-7473-4743-a3b1-577b76ad110c%40sessionmgr114&hid=120&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=ulh&AN=84198757

- Ignorance, Too, Can Be Viral
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/ignorance-can-be-viral/

* Do summary on all of them.
Thesis Statement:
In today's society there is a threatening lack of knowledge and a lack of care for it among other things.