Daily Archives: October 11, 2013

Bullshit on Demand

An interesting article on the SAT essay section from Slate:

“What they are actually testing,” he says, “is the ability to bullshit on demand. There is no other writing situation in the world where people have to write on a topic that they’ve never thought about, on demand, in 25 minutes. Lots of times we have to write on demand very quickly, but it’s about things we’ve thought about. What they are really measuring is the ability to spew forth as many words as possible in as short a time as possible. It seems like it is training students to become politicians.”

Guantanamo Hunger

A really powerful animated video about the hunger strike from the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/oct/11/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strikes-video-animation

Just Ask (HUM303/415/510)

I am willing to answer any questions about the secondary readings we’ve covered so far. Just ask. Use the comments section of this post.

Tabula Rogeriana (HUM510)

Here’s an image of the map drawn by Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154 CE referenced in Europe Awakes: