Week 1--2 cultures.

The idea of "Two Cultures" was something I really never thought of until reading the material and watching the lectures for this class. After analyzing and reading about this idea of two different cultures between art and science, I realized that the cultures are especially separated when you start college. The

reason for this is because people usually focus on a certain subject rather than a variety of subjects in which you do in middle school and high school. Like in what C.P. Snow says in his article I find myself hanging out with the people of my same major. I am a history major so I start my day hanging around people that study the same thing as me. However, one of my good friends is a mathematics and econ major and it is obvious how different the brain waves are between the two of us. Like the article of the “Third Culture” says people think that the people that study science or think more concretely are looked as or being known as nerds. I have found myself calling my friend a nerd very often but not because of any other reason but because of what he studies. With the separation of the two campuses it restraints the possibilities for someone to gain the knowledge and understanding of the way the other campus thinks.

                                                                                                                         

 The thing I found most interesting in all the lecture videos was the video of the “Changing Educational Paradigms”. It makes sense on how much our educational systems have changed and how kids have

this way of thinking that they can just get these pills or stimulants that help them focus while in reality they may not need them. Technology has changed the way of educational systems in the terms of the way teachers teach and the way students are distracted with I phones and things of that sort during class.



Overall, after reading the different authors and watching the lectures it has made me realize that we should not shut down our minds to different ideas or be closed minded just because I am part of one side of campus or study only one specific subject but instead keep in open mind.

Sources:

RSA Animate. "Changing Educational Paradigms" YouTube. Oct 14, 2010. Oct, 6 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDFpL4U

Snow, C.P. "Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" The Rede Lecture, 1959. Cambridge University Press, New York.

Kelly, Kevin. "Third Culture". http://www.sciencemag.org/content/279/5353/992.full

Pinker, Steven. "Two Cultures" Seedmagazine.com YouTube, May, 18 2010. Oct 6, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BUbVc7qVpg

Vesna, Victoria. Leonardo. "Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between" JStor, 2001. http://links.jstor/sici?sici=0024-094X%282001%2934%3A2%3C121%3ATATCBI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3

Pictures:
1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/an-update-on-cp-snows-two-cultures_1.jpg
2. http://voluntaryistreader.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/oldschool.jpg?w=600
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