Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach

 

Raven Taliaferro

English 101 17

Professor Ellis 

23 September 2020

 


Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach

 

 

 

Have you ever wanted to drop out of school? In the U.S, the overall dropout rate for undergraduate college students is 40%. While 30% of college freshman drop out before their sophomore year. While financial hardship is a popular reason why students may choose to leave, mental strength and perseverance is usually to blame. If students learned how to peruse their goals and be mentally strong early on, then they would have the tools to succeed in their future. Passion and self motivation is the most important skill in life and should be taught in schools.

Gary Soto himself did not excel in high school, but discovered works of poetry that empowered him to peruse english in collage. He saw an opportunity for him to follow his passion, and he did. Soto’s poem “A Red Palm” is about a man who did not take his education seriously and now is stuck struggling to provide for his family. Life is a lot harder for him because he did not go to school. However, he is still motivated to get up and work everyday to provide for his family. 

John Milton ‘s poem “When I consider how my light is spent” shows a man who is blind and is worried that his lack of sight is hindering him serving God properly. Later on, he realizes that he is stronger then this and will not give up serving God because of his sight.

In the conference, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach discusses how jesuit education should mold  “… men for others; men who will not live for themselves but for God and His Christ….” He wants people  to be passionate about God and live for Him. He also wants people to be spiritually and mentally strong enough to put others before themselves like Jesus did. 









 

 

Cites: 

o   Poetry Foundation. “Gary Soto.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, 2020, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gary-soto.

o   Bustamante, Jaleesa. “College Dropout Rate [2020]: by Year + Demographics.” EducationData, 2019, educationdata.org/college-dropout-rates/.

o   “A Brief Biography of  Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. Superior General of the Society of Jesus.” Kolvenbach Visit to Omaha, Creighton University , onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Kolvenbach/phk-bio.html.

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