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Atlas Shrugged Scholarship
Thu Aug 14 2003

OK, so I've been looking high and low for scholarships in which part time students are eligible. I haven't found any yet in which are applicable to my circumstances.

Oh, don't get me wrong, they are out there. If I were a left handed lesbian whose parents are divorced, who bowled and worked at McDonalds, I would be set. Unfortunately I have not found anything for a hetrosexual white female over 30, married with children.

Fortunately, I hope to be a full time student in the near future (Possible October, but maybe not until January). With that in mind, I'm looking at all scholarships I come across as potentials.

So, I come across this essay contest. Read a book, write an essay. Sounds like a cinch! I love to read, so I can combine a hobby with the task of finding money for college. So I bee-bopped down to the library and checked this book, Atlas Shrugged, out.

The freaking book is almost 2000 pages long, and I'm not talking large print here.

I have come to the conclusion, that the contest is not based on the quality of the essay, but on if you have actually read the book. I think you are being rewarded for getting through the freaking thing.

War and Peace has nothing on this book. I have found a sure-fire way to go to sleep on nights I have insomnia.

Oh well, I have a long time in which to read it. I'll just have to remember to take notes along he way so I don't forget what I have already read.

2 Comments
  • From:
    Oscar (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 18 2003
    Before you read "Atlas Shrugged," do yourself a favor. Listen to 2112, then watch a Twilight Zone episode, then repeat "Who is John Galt?" while bashing your head repeatedly with a hammer.

    Here is your essay:

    "Arrogant people with no compassion should rule the earth. That way things would run properly and there would be no hunger or pain, because all the stupid people will go somewhere else.

    If Atlas really did shrug, we'd all go spilling into space and suffocate.

    Don't drive diesel locomotives into long tunnels!

    PS: You cannot mix copper and steel and make railroad rails out of it. Rush rules!"

    Hope that helps!
  • From:
    Daina Young (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Oct 11 2003
    The scholarship is how I was first introduced to Rand as well. It seems massive, but I think you'll find it is its own reward. It's generally considered as number two on the list of books most influential to the American. Even if you disagree with its philosophy, it will certainly inspire thought.