We are a product of our environment. I believe today’s students have absorbed popular culture but there is no reason that the topic should not be discussed in an institution of higher learning. The benefits of learning about ones culture are numerous. A teacher can relate examples from his students’ perspective to arouse interest. For example, I took up an extra class during a summer enrichment program titled Literature of the Scientists. We began to assess the definition of a genius and my teacher had us watch “A Beautiful Mind” to further our discussion. This 2001 film was about a Nobel Prize winner, John Nash, and a winner of four Oscars. This piece of pop culture helped me, as well as my classmates, understand one way to perceive a genius, an introvert with an unusual way of thinking. This was a more entertaining way of expressing an idea and it helped me write a more passionate essay about the meaning of genius.
* picture sampled from stormteacup.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/would-you/
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