Courage

So I am doing exams at the moment, a couple of friends study philosophy, there was a paper a few years ago (not at my uni) which asked an essay question 'What is Courage?'. To which one student wrote two words, 'this is'.

I just thought this was amazing.

He got full marks.

(I really hope this isn't just an urban legend, really nice fact)





Si

'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle

I've heard something like that where on a college application a question asked what is the scariest thing you've ever done or something like that. The person's answer was **** you.



---Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost, Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost, What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time? What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind---

Friend of mine handed in a blank paper on what the definition of Utopia is and got a B+.

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to the "courage" and "utopia" paper writers - impressive bullshitting.



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Ah man, was really wanting it to be a real story.



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Si

'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle

I once ended a 5 page paper at the top of page 4, saying something about how anything else I wrote wouldn't be quality so I'd save my time and the professor's by ending it there.... Of course, it was an extra credit paper. I probably wouldn't have done that if it hadn't been.



"It's not always rainbows and butterflies it's compromise that moves us along"

courage is actually a good topic to write about.....and pretty useful.

Useful to write about or useful to have?

Need courage. I think I've got more scared (of pretty much everything) as I've gotten older. Whoopdedoo.



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

I need courage now. I'm getting my hair cut short. Eeek.



---Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost, Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost, What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time? What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind---

It's gone!



---Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost, Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost, What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time? What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind---

It is a good topic subject, something Jack Bauer has no lack of! Or this McGever dude for that matter.



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Si

'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle

Haha, Sofi, I know how you feel.



"It's not always rainbows and butterflies it's compromise that moves us along"

Well it's a good topic to write about because in the process of research it helps you understand it. Fear is a state of mind and how you handle it is up to you.