Entries by dpogreba

Daily Wisdom: The Perils of Voluntourism

Rafia Zakaria argues that affluent Westerners who travel to the developing world to combine tourism and volunteer experiences need to rethink their approach–as well as the potential harm they’re doing. He writes: If designer clothes and fancy cars signal material status, his story of a deliberate embrace of poverty and its discomforts signals superiority of […]

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Speed Dating: AP Language Practice Prompts

Instructions Give yourself about 5-7 minutes for each of these. In that time, develop and write your intro and thesis statement. Prompt 1 For centuries, prominent thinkers have pondered the relationship between ownership and the development of self (identity), ultimately asking the question, “What does it mean to own something?” Plato argues that owning objects […]

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Daily Wisdom: Is Segregation Reemerging in the South?

Sixty years after the landmark Brown v. Board decision, are segregated schools making a comeback in the United States? Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones from ProPublica argues that it is: Tuscaloosa’s schools today are not as starkly segregated as they were in 1954, the year the Supreme Court declared an end to separate and unequal education in America. No […]

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Daily Wisdom: The Confidence Gap

Katty Kay and Claire Shipman argue that there is a profound gap between men and women when it comes to confidence, a gap that leads women to play fewer sports, get fewer promotions, and stop themselves from achieving at the highest levels. They write: “When people are confident, when they think they are good at […]

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