Prompt 2: Public Intellectuals

Image result for michelle obama


Michelle Obama
As many of us already know, she is a woman of color and wife of the first African American president of the U.S. I believe that she is influential not because of her profile, but her passion, love and belief towards others are what make her significant to our society today. People who have different political beliefs may not see her how I see her. She shows humanity and entertains us on different shows while she gives us passionate speech about education and children. She is also active and tries to educate us with health.
She is not just a memorable first lady, but she has power to motivate us and be aware of different issues around the world. 


Image result for prince ea quotes
Prince Ea

He is less known than other famous public intellectuals, but his ideas and messages are quite strong and I want more people to know about him. He is a poet, filmmaker and speaker. His profile is found here.
I feel that his messages through his poem and posts on social media are awakening. Through the art of poem, his messages give me impact that leads me to think about humanity and society today. He is both spiritual and realistic, which I believe to be reasons why his ideas are influential.

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 22, 2017 at 12:43 PM

    Namikikiki, I love that you picked Michelle Obama! She really set the bar high for future 1st Ladies. I loved how passionate she was about helping children become active and to eat healthy. Simple changes and opportunities can make huge lasting improvements in people's lives. I don't know Prince Ea but he sounds great. I'll have to investigate...

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Major is Business and I Have Music Class (Op-ed)

My Major is Business and I Have Music Class By Namiki Tanaka APR. 18, 2017 Last summer when I went back home in Japan, my mother introduced me to her friends and proudly said, “She wanted to study psychology in the United States, and now she is getting a master’s degree.” I was very confused. Every time I told my parents what I was studying in college, they gave me questioning looks. In 2015, I earned my bachelor’s degree in global studies with emphasis of international business. My parents even came to see me walking on the stage; they still don’t know what exactly I studied unless I explain again and again. Sitting in my biology class, back in 2011, I was wondering why I had to learn about a subject that I would not use after the final exam and studied in high school. In the first two years of college, I went to a community college before transferring to a four years institution. In the community college, more than one professor said, “Well, I’m assuming that you...
Read more

Op-ed topic

There are different college education systems in different regions of the world. For one of my op-eds, I am going to discuss about how the U.S. college education does not have to be for four years.
Read more

Is Polarization a Bad Thing?

How we perceive opposing opinions is different and yet very important. We can take opposing opinions as if they hate us, or we can try to observe and even learn how the others view the same fact differently. For instance, when I meet a person who has a totally different personality from me, as I get bothered at first, I become more interested in knowing how s/he lived and what her or his background is. Similarly, I became curious to know what makes people to support certain politicians when I didn’t know much about the politicians.. Having polarization, depending on how we utilize, can be beneficial to expand and raise our level of knowledge. In order for polarization to be good or beneficial, I believe there should be appreciation and respect to some extent while being an opponent. Then, the media has an important role to make the balance of divisions. Since the media has such strong influences, they can give the audiences impacts on how we take different opinions. Thus, the media ...
Read more