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...read the last words of your story, inspiration dawned on me for my college admissions essay. Your reporting so marvelously intertwined an interesting blend of philosophy, biology and sociology, and it left a true message of hope. I think, however, that morality is not the only thing that separates us humans from other animals. We also have the unique ability to reason and make inferences. Yuri F. Malina, Aix-En-Provence, France...
...David Letterman have in common? They love them some lists! There's something magical about distilling wisdom into a single gleaming digit, which may be why so many religions use lists, from the Eightfold Path to the 95 Theses to the show-offy 613 laws of the Torah. An essay on morality would have been more nuanced than 10 commandments but harder to remember. And the tablets would have given Moses a hernia...
...students in Moral Reasoning 22: Justice were recently assigned a paper that asked students to discuss whether “gender discrimination in hiring always unjust,” using examples such as male gynecologists and waitresses at Hooters. Instead of pondering the issue in an essay, FM decided to call in the experts: FM: “Hey, Hooters of Wethersfield manager Scott Yarnall, I’m a male gynecologist. How do I become a waiter?” Hooters: “Well…we do have other opportunities for you. Like, in the kitchen...
...week of work, fencing has always proven to be the perfect medium; for it is both social and sport, mental and athletic, and controlled yet sometimes undisciplined,” wrote Zuckerberg in response to the prompt asking about his most meaningful activity. What does Zuckerberg’s essay reveal (besides the fact he took geekiness to a whole new level)? Expos preceptor Elizabeth L. Greenspan offers the following critique of Zuckerberg’s essay: “Zuckerberg seems to be offering up ‘fencing’ as a metaphor for himself, that Zuckerberg is?...
...said she “disclosed pretty openly [her] history” in her application essay, as she felt that she was “in a position where [her] academic background merits a lot of explaining...