(Revised) RP7: What Did Members of the Farm Give Up for Their Utopia?
The Farm is a secluded, 1,750 acre intentional community in Tennessee that was founded in the 1960s. Created to be a totally self-sufficient and environmentally-friendly socialist haven, founder Stephen Gaskin created a following of almost 1,500 young…
Final Research Report: The Rise and Fall of The Farm
The Farm, one of the most famous communes of the 20th century, was created during the hippie movement in the late 1960s. Located deep in Tennessee, it was the final destination for the caravan of around 60 retrofitted school buses packed with hopeful y…
Semester Reflection
Over the course of the semester, I’ve seen my writing ability evolve more efficiently than it had throughout any given year of high school. Though my style remained much the same, I learned how to make what I was already doing more effective. While I…
Final Self Evaluation
There are a few components of argumentative writing that I have learned and become more aware of throughout the semester. First, is the complexities of most arguments which I tended to simplify. In high school I would make a thesis and find a coupl…
Response Paper 1: Take 2
The Paradox of Utopia
Over the course of the class my idea of what a Utopia is has shifted more from a society where people work together and hold the needs of the entire community above the needs of individuals to simply being idea of hope that is dif…
Response Paper 3: Take 2
The Philosopher King makes Kallipolis a utopian society because he seeks true knowledge and he rules for the benefit of the city not himself. A philosopher’s soul desires the truth above all else. This enables him to be the best ruler for the hap…