Dr. Charles Dorn’s article “What Is College Good For? (Hint: More than Just a Job)” posted on The Chronicle for Higher Education he tackles the question on why college is important for more than just being hired for a job. Dr. Dorn is a Professor of Education along with being the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Bowdoin University. This article is one of many articles, essays, or books that Dr. Dorn has written relating to his main field of study: is college and higher education beneficial to
Personal Statement I vividly remember the day I understood what the equation “E=mc2” actually meant. The sudden realization had a deep impact on me. Everything was not the same anymore. Irony, because everything had the same beginning; only the string of events that distinguishes the stars to what we see around. I looked at my hand, while having a mental picture of a glazing star; “Stardust”, I thought, “the calcium in my bones which was made after supernova explosions.” I sat on the floor; unable
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin