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Area Of Enigma: V. S. Naipaul And The East Indian Revival In Trinidad, Aaron Eastley 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Area Of Enigma: V. S. Naipaul And The East Indian Revival In Trinidad, Aaron Eastley

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On March 29, 1949, V.S. Naipaul was front-page news in the Trinidad Guardian. “Special ‘Schol’ Urged for QRC Student,” the headline stated, and beneath was a photo of a quietly smiling teenage Naipaul, looking studious and benign in a pair of large black-rimmed glasses (“Special”). Naipaul, the article reports, had earned marks of distinction in Spanish and French on the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination, but was not eligible for a Colonial Scholarship to study in England owing to a recently-introduced technicality. Through no fault of his own he had not completed all of the requisite course work to qualify …


Dear Students: Don't Let College Unplug Your Future, Gideon Burton 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Dear Students: Don't Let College Unplug Your Future, Gideon Burton

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I'm about to say something a college professor shouldn't say to his students, but I care about you a lot so I'm prepared to break the code and say what needs to be said: Your college experience is likely to set back your education, your career, and your creative potential. Ironically, this will be done in the name of education. You deserve to know about this! You have what it takes to reclaim, reform, and remix your education. Don't let college unplug your future!


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