Essay - 03 - homework :(

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
First of all, imagine a society without scientists. People, who know history quite well, are well-educated and well-read. But there are no scientists and mathematicians in this society. The following questions derive: how will they build new houses? How will they cure diseases? Etc. In a very short time it will result in a catastrophe. People will go thousands of years back, to the times when they had many pagan gods and explained natural processes with the moods or actions of their gods. It will be a complete regression.

Besides all this, some people are right-brained while the others are left-brained. The left semi-sphere is responsible for mathematical abilities, logic, and analytical way of thinking. The right semi-sphere is responsible for visionary arts, imagination, and creativity. People who are left-brained won’t be good at history, drawing, designing, etc. Their views are radically different and even when they design things, they pay more attention to how rational all elements are placed and how they function rather than think of what effect this or that color will have on the person who will look at the final result. On the other hand, it will be a very bad idea if a right-brained person starts programming or solving mathematical problems. First of all, it will be boring for him and will probably have him very depressed and unhappy.

So, in this society of historians and artistic persons, left-brained people will be unhappy and will perform poorly. They will cause much stress for the society. So it’s definitely better to let them do what they are supposed to do. Or we will somewhat have something close to soviet Russia, when farmers started managing the society, working as teachers and doctors. If a person is a scientist he shouldn’t be giving history classes. Of course, it’s good to know history and literature and to be educated, but the scientists are perhaps the most important people in the world. It is due to them that the human society has developed this much and has gone a long way from a monkey-like human being to a 21-century’s man.

All professions are important and it will also be bad to have a society of only scientists for similar reasons. Everybody should do what he is good at, what makes him happy. There should be some balance in this all.

Now, you can check out whether you are left-brained or right-brained. See the picture below. In what direction does the girl turn?


If she moves clockwise you are left-brained, if you see it counter-clockwise, you are right-brained. :) (I see it clockwise)