https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf Kenyon College Commencement Speech en-us 2020-12-11 12:05:48 UTC 2020-12-11 16:51:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010332537 To metaphorically explain that some people don’t understand or acknowledge the big scheme of life that’s right in front of them]]> 2020-12-11 16:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010332537 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010351842 We need to rethink what our “default” setting is when dealing with routine or what tends to annoy us. Unlike how we think, we have a choice on how we look at situations, and we need to rethink what is really important to get angry or annoyed at. We need to understand the freedom we have to change our easily annoyed “default” settings. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010351842 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010363249 The thesis or claim of this speech is that we need to stop and think about our lives and what we want to see in it.  Rather than just settling for living at a default setting or moving through a routine, we need to look deeper into the experiences that we undergo on a daily basis. It is important to go beyond the surface of the situation and look for the deeper meaning. We should also try to pay attention what others around us are experiencing as well, instead of just focusing on our own life and experiences, regardless of how difficult this may be for us to do. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010363249 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010371659 We dont really pay attention to the people and environment around us. We dont realize that we are all surrounded by things that are just like us and that we’re small in a big world, just like the fish in the beginning not realizing that their surroundings are just like the surroundings of other people.

]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010371659 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010371789 It’s used as a way to express how we don’t always see what’s right in front of us. It can be hard to realize the world doesn’t revolve around us, and there are other people with other real emotions and things going on in their lives, just like a fish doesn’t realize it’s surrounded by water. The most obvious things can be right in front of us, but we’re too wrapped up in ourselves to notice. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010371789 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010372035 The thesis or claim  of this speech is that we need to start learning how to think and start to make a choice about what to think about. We must be aware of those around us and know that the world doesn’t revolve around us. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010372035 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010372396 Education can help us become more open minded and learn more about the world around us. My education has helped me learn more about the world and what other people might experience or go through in their lives. This has helped me be more open minded and helped me to remove the lens that I am the center of the universe.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010372396 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373135 The thesis claim to this speech is that we can change our mindset and get out of the automatic default of thinking about ourselves. We can start being aware of what’s around us and can stop going day to day the same. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373135 eezenwa24 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373157 Curriculum adjustments such as having teacher teach students about the value of thinking beyond yourself and your needs would be a good change to the American school systems. Giving everyone a chance to see the world we can create if we decide to love and be considerate instead of just focusing on what you want and what you need should be an experience that more people can have.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373157 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373622 David Foster Wallace claims in this speech that it is in fact a choice to have a miserable mentality and with an education you can be able to think differently.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010373622 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010374102 Education can help us stop believing that we are the center of the universe because when you learn, you see the hardships of Jews in the Holocaust, or you read a book about how someone had lost their mother. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010374102 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010374432 I agree with this, because it is very important to learn how to think freely and have your own thoughts in life, rather than just being complacent with what you are given, and remaining in a perpetual state of existence; never trying to actively improve.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010374432 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375008 I agree only a little bit about what he says. Education tells you about the world around you - how it works, what stereotypical people do. But it gives you a basis of what to think about. They say, “oh you can think about the electron transport chain, or you can think about what you learned in seminar.” Then, its up to you to decide what you want to think about and how.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375008 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375030 I agree that the true value of education is in making the choice of what to think about. This is what education should truly be centered around. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375030 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375079 This is an amazing take on education. A lot of times education can be centered around good SAT scores or Ivy League colleges. But it is truly about preparation for life and how you respond to it.

]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375079 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375129 It shows how people don’t pay attention the things around us even if that is what we experience everyday. We don’t notice the little things and only thing about the things that annoy us.]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375129 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375928 David Foster Wallace is trying to show that our auto response when dealing with a “day in day out” routine, we get frustrated with little things, and think in the moment that the world revolves around us. He is trying to tell us we need to rewire that auto response, because we don’t know what’s going on with others in their head. We just need to stop and smell the roses. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010375928 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010376599 A fish is incredibly small and lives in a vast ocean. Like us in the big world, we often lose sight of the big picture of things and get too caught up in ourselves being the only important thing. ]]> 2020-12-11 16:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010376599 https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010440222 I think that sometimes the American education system can narrow your mindset in some ways by teaching you the ways of the world as they were before you, and how things have been thought to be. A lot of this can be negative or limiting to your own ideas or points of view.]]> 2020-12-11 16:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/npolino/fvg5vogq50tzqwvf/wish/1010440222