""Arrogance and Ignorance Can Get You Far"" is a book of stories and life experiences from an unknown humorist named Doug Sheehy. His wit, self-deprecation and perspective on a wealth of subjects provide his slanted, yet poignant view on many topics. Stories include driving lessons, movie reviews, fictitious holidays, eBay addictions, imaginary dinners, family lessons, mowing adventures, children's stories and many more humorous truths that will make you smile. Thirty unbridled chapters of life, chaos and one man's view on it all. At the end of the book you learn a lot about who Doug is, but also about his life and how he lives it.
The continuing war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the political sniping engendered by the Supreme Court nominations, Terry Schiavo - contemporary American society is characterized by divisive anger, profound loss, and danger. Wendell Berry, one of the country's foremost cultural critics, addresses the menace, responding with hope and intelligence in a series of essays that tackle the major questions of the day. Whose freedom are we considering when we speak of the ''free market'' or ''free enterprise?'' What is really involved in our National Security? What is the price of ownership without affection? Berry answers in prose that shuns abstraction for clarity, coherence, and passion, giving us essays that may be the finest of his long career.
We all make choices that guide the trajectory of our life. The Global Pandemic caused by Covid-19 has shaken our world and our realities. What will you do differently and how will you move forward? Are you ready to face the secret enemies that could be holding you back for a fulfilled life? Your marriage, your kids, your family and your money deserve the best version of you. Now is the time. This book offers practical understanding, spiritual application and radical solutions to the ills that society has made norms. Take a leap of self-discovery, for yourself, for your family, and for your future.
Agnorance. Is it even a word? Doug Sheehy believes it is since he authored it. Agnorance is discussed in full detail along with other memoirs, musings and madness from an unprofessional writer and attempted humorist named Doug. This book is filled with stories from Doug's life as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics and even a few choice recipes. There is plenty to learn about Doug and his thoughts on being the author of agnorance. This book basically picks up where his previous book, "Arrogance and Ignorance Can Get You Far" left off. The 47 chapters are brief yet entertaining.
Flipping John Howard Griffin's classic Black Like Me, and extending Noel Ignatiev's How The Irish Became White into the present-day, Wise explores the meanings and consequences of whiteness, and discusses the ways in which racial privilege can harm not just people of color, but also whites. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly; analytical and yet accessible.
“A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.” Abhijit Naskar, one of twenty-first century’s most influential thinkers, reveals to us the true power of filmmaking. With his sharp insight of the human mind, Naskar shows us the impact a film can have over the psyche of an individual as well as the conscience of the society. This is not a book of film technicalities, rather The Film Testament is a wake up call to all the filmmakers of the world and an eye-opener for all artists. Here Naskar reveals to us in his unique philosophical manner, how the filmmakers and all other artistic individuals have a great deal to contribute in shaping the civilization. He calls upon these creative minds to put their heart and soul in their work and let that work take the human society forward towards a real conscientious future.
Personified dialogues of various entities from our natural world, discussing, arguing, commenting, on every day life's emotional, p physical, intellectual, contingencies.
After years of prepping for the most important day of school, the first day, I came up with a phrase you, the reader, will come across numerous times: failure is the condiment for the flavor of success. I tell any teacher willing to listen that the first day is imperative as far as standard impressions are made and, in general, what the expectations would be. My eloquence to quote, vastly lacking by my own estimates, pale in comparison to most. The reader throughout this book will find many quotes, as appropriate as I deemed necessary and proper. Proper credit has been given to acknowledge those in history who have provided me with empowerment and inspiration for all the students to understand. Hoping that after thirteen years of AP world history teaching, the challenges should be greater than the regular class: supplying the above quote should have a more emphatic sense of the direction we were about to head. The right to fail, to try, and try again, if necessary, using various techniques and insights offered should provide the support these students would so desperately deserve. Nothing of value comes easy; it comes with struggleexperiencing the wrong to get it right. No student left behind is the credo for most public schools in the state. This is a more than subtle way of sending the message to all who educate our young today. As subtly is their forte this quote leads to an assumption that all students should be passed! Teachers become less stringent toward the academics: the reason they were hired in the first place! The personal baggage, which I allude to in the book, can be infectious for both teacher and student. I estimate that stress is all-consuming and deserves to be addressed, rather than allowing it to become all-consuming, much like the Leviathan. An autonomous teacher appears to be headed to the endangered species list. I lived to tell the tale. Teachers are dropping out like flies: those who refuse the autotron demands placed upon them by their higher-ups, those who fail to assist students in their most vital needsto know. Like Diogenes, good teachers shine their lamp to look for a willing student. I am a passionate man. This I admitted to as a fault when asked, in my interview for the educational position/job, What are your shortcomings as a teacher? I admitted that I care too much. This can be a deterrent. Maybe, if I could take literary license from Emily Dickinson (18301886), I can be summed up as follows: Im somebody. Who are you? Are you somebody, too? Then theres a pair of usdont tell! Theyd banish us, you know. Baggage / being close-minded / being self-important / being self-righteous/ nay-saying / being oblivious to moral obligation / utilized or brutalized into acceptance and ever popular entitlement expectationsthis is this arrogance of ignorance.
