AMERICAN LITERATURE

literature that was written in the U.S

ON SELF-RELIANCE PART 4

Emerson says “to be great is to be misunderstood”, like when Copernicus told everyone that Earth isn’t the center of the universe the sun is and people thought he was crazy and threatened him to take back what he said.

“ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little states man and philosophers and divine”

“We pass for what we are”

FIRST IMPRESSION: ON SELF-RELIANCE

My first impression is that he is tell you to be your self, express yourself openly to everyone and not be afraid to be judged by others

So This Guy Goes For A Walk

In real life he got pulled over by a cop, and he was just walking. The cop asked what he was doing and he said he’s putting one foot in front of another. The cop was mad

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

By having our conversation about email I learned that if you want to do something special for some one you can send them a hand written letter. No one really sends letter because everyone uses social media. If your communicating with someone  on a professional level it is best to send them a email, because email are typically for important things.

The Socratic Method

The Socratic Method is a method that is well suited for classrooms like ours today. It is a method that uses constant questioning and criticism, and it is used to better answer the question your asking by thinking of the answer not just reading a book for the answer.

Richard Cory