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Week 1 Blog: Two Cultures
         When I first entered high school, I was very excited with where I chose to attend. The dance program was fantastic and there was a strong emphasis on arts. Unfortunately, after my first year, we got a new school headmaster who didn't believe that arts and science could co-exist equally. By my second year of high school, there was already remodeling being done and a campaign started to raise money in order to expand the science department which meant they had to cut into the performing arts and English buildings.

High School Campaign for the Sciences 




http://olsonvisual.com/olson-visual-works-with-lehrer-architects-for-new-construction-on-milken-community-schools/


           In C.P. Snow's piece of work, "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution," he famously asked how many people could describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. No one knew the answer but he explained that the question being asked was about the scientific equivalent of asking them if they have read a work of Shakespeare's.


C.P. Snow

http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/scientist/snow_two_cultures.html

          In this week's lecture, Professor Vesna spoke about how divisions of people and disciplines will inevitably lead to stereotypes which causes separation. I find this especially true in my current life at UCLA due to the North and South campus "rivalry." I don't exactly see it as a rivalry, but due to this separation, there are many stereotypes made about people's character just strictly based on what major they chose.

North/South Campus Rivalry Illustration
 http://silverwing1310.deviantart.com/art/North-vs-South-Campus-UCLA-199654234



 REFERENCES

 Vesna, Victoria. Two Cultures Part II. Web.

Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1959. Print.

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