Emma Watson accepting the ‘Trailblazer’ award at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards
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posted 3 weeks ago - 33,126 notes - reblogMy teacher tried to make Romeo and Juliet relatable to modern teens
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Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an intelligence test. Or suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every one of those tests, I’d prove myself a moron, and I’d be a moron, too. In a world where I could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist itself on the rest as an arbiter of such matters.
Consider my auto-repair man, again. He had a habit of telling me jokes whenever he saw me. One time he raised his head from under the automobile hood to say: “Doc, a deaf-and-mute guy went into a hardware store to ask for some nails. He put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering motions with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk brought him nails. He picked out the sizes he wanted, and left. Well, doc, the next guy who came in was a blind man. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?”
Indulgently, I lifted my right hand and made scissoring motions with my first two fingers. Whereupon my auto-repair man laughed raucously and said, “Why, you dumb jerk, He used his voice and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, “I’ve been trying that on all my customers today.” “Did you catch many?” I asked. “Quite a few,” he said, “but I knew for sure I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you’re so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn’t be very smart.
Never confuse intelligence with education…
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Harry Potter cast for Empire
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Can I please have Rupert’s shoes?! I almost called him Ron.
posted 3 weeks ago - 379 notes - reblogDecide if you actually want to do it. I realize this is a very peculiar point to place in travel tips, but part of me thinks that this is the most crucial. Everyone and their mother adds “travel” to their list of things they love, but I feel it’s so easy to get caught up in the world of “I must…
