Annotations:
I believe that for the most part, annotations are starting to become easier for me. However, I would like to see more of a connection with text-text, text-self, and text-world.
Yo-Yo Ma:
The essay, “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” was written by Yo-Yo Ma, a cellist, and songwriter who has won multiple national awards along with Grammy Awards. This essay was first posted to the online news website, World Post, during January of 2014. The main argument in Ma’s essay is that arts should be required in the STEM (science, technology, math, and engineering) field, turning it then to STEAM. As a student in the STEM field, along with many other majors, the argument of whether art should apply to students in my field is something that should be important in my perspective. Do we need art even though our courses are based around what chemicals are reactants, how photosynthesis works, the body’s systems, etc? Personally, I agree with Ma’s argument. I think that we often get caught up in the competitive side of STEM and only having a right or wrong answer. However, I think that is important that we start to look at both opinions on things, really focus on why something was wrong rather than why it’s right. The arts inspire us to picture things differently, and usually, the skill of drawing out context allows our brains to comprehend what we are attempting to learn. Ma argues throughout his essay that when meeting someone, we only allow ourselves to see the first picture of them. We don’t dive deeper behind their first impressions, what type of emotions they have, what they do, etc. Arts allow us to do this by creating an equilibrium from both extreme sides of an environment. By this, he means that we then create an understanding that allows opposing sides to agree on. Without art, we do not have the inspiration to take differences and creativity into our thought processes which typically comes together to create the best type of work environment.
“Glossing” Terms:
- Posited – Assume as a fact or principle (Dictionary)
- Tandem – When two things are arranged one in front of the other (Dictionary)
- Invigorate – Give strength or energy to (Dictionary)
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Rachel,
I commend you on advancing your goals. Keep up the good work.
I love this sentence: “The arts inspire us to picture things differently, and usually, the skill of drawing out context allows our brains to comprehend what we are attempting to learn.” I’m curious if you will be able to use this in your paper.