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Summary of the Play
Death of a Salesman is subtitled "Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem" and, accordingly, the acts are divided into conversations – in the present and from the past – that flow in and out of each other. The play encompasses an evening and the following day, but the action is interrupted by or mixed with flashbacks or memories of a period approximately 17 years earlier.
Act I opens in Willy Loman's house in Brooklyn. Willy, a traveling salesman of 63, is exhausted after years of making his trips. (Even by the end of the play, we do not know what product he sells.) He has yet to reach a level of success that would allow him to stop traveling and afford the household bills that always seem to swallow his diminishing wages. We learn that Willy's grown son, Biff, has returned to visit. And we come to know Willy's character as he complains to his wife Linda about his disappointment in Biff's failure to find a steady, serious job. Willy is tired, confused, and argumentative, a man who loves his son and has tried to infuse him with a salesman's enthusiastic optimism and self-confidence.
In the rest of Act I, through various flashbacks that might also be Willy's memories, we become familiar with the salesman's philosophy of success that has guided Willy to his current less-than-successful state. Compared with his neighbor Charley and Charley's son Bernard, Willy and his sons Biff and Hap are athletic, rather than studious; in Willy's mind, a likable personality is more important for success than academic grades. Willy endorses Biff's cheating at school; and, we learn, Willy himself cheated on his wife by having an extramarital affair with a woman in Boston. Linda informs Biff and Hap she has discovered that Willy has secretly started to contemplate suicide. The evening of Act I winds down as Biff and Hap attempt to cheer up Willy by promising to go into business together.
In Act II, which encompasses the day following the evening of Act I, Willy asks his boss for a new, non-traveling job. Instead of being rewarded for years of service, Willy is fired because he has not been able to sell enough. Bewildered, he asks his friend Charley for another of many loans and, while doing so, meets Bernard, now a successful lawyer. In the evening, Willy joins Biff and Hap at a restaurant and eventually tells them his bad news; unable to depress a father who wants good news at the end of a terrible day, Biff fails to tell Willy that he did not get the loan that would have made it possible for Hap and him to start a business together. The scene then changes to years earlier, when Biff comes to Boston just after flunking math, which has endangered his chances for college by preventing him from graduating high school. Biff there discovers Willy is having an affair.
In the present, when Biff and Hap return to the house, their mother reproaches them for abandoning Willy in the restaurant. Delusional, Willy is planting a garden in the dark and having an imaginary conversation with his elder brother Ben, who made a fortune in diamonds as a young man. Biff tries to explain the ungranted loan to Willy, as well as his decision to leave so as not to disappoint Willy ever again. Willy believes Biff has been unsuccessful out of spite for him, but when Biff begins to cry, Willy sees Biff's love for him. Inspired by this realization, but obviously disoriented, Willy sneaks away that night and kills himself in a car accident, thinking his life insurance money will give Biff a new start and that a well-attended funeral will prove his own popularity. In a very short third act that Miller calls a "Requiem," we see that almost no one has attended the funeral. Although Hap defends Willy's "good dream," Biff is subdued and Linda weeps as she asks Willy's grave why he did such a thing.
The Life and Work of Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born October 17, 1915, in New York City, to Isadore and Augusta Barnett Miller. He grew up with an older brother and a younger sister and received his earliest schooling in Harlem in the 1920s. His middle-class family fell upon difficult times when his father's clothing business experienced devastating economic damage, forcing the family to move to Brooklyn shortly before the Depression.
At Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, Miller was more an athlete than a scholar; an average student, he did not read much literature, preferring instead boys' adventure stories. Because his parents could not afford to send him to college when he graduated high school in 1932 (in the middle of the Depression), he worked at several jobs, including one at an auto parts warehouse and one as a radio singer. He saved enough money during this time to enter school at the University of Michigan, where he had applied earlier but was rejected.
In college, his growing interest in literature led him to write a number of successful plays as an undergraduate. For two of them, No Villain (1936) and Honors at Dawn (1937), he received the University of Michigan's prestigious Hopwood Award. After graduating from Michigan, Miller married Mary Grace Slattery in 1940, worked briefly for the Federal Theatre Project (the Depression-era government agency that paid young writers for their work), and wrote short radio scripts.
In 1944, during World War II, Miller traveled to several army bases in the U.S. as a researcher for the 1945 film Story of G.I. Joe. Miller published his observations in Situation Normal, describing one soldier's feelings after returning from war. The account reveals Miller's distrust of the easy and blind patriotism that he thought characterized popular literature and film in America. Miller's desire to question the motives behind conventional sentimentality toward war comes through in Death of a Salesman as well, where the American dream seems to lose its innocent veneer.
Miller's most successful Broadway plays have been Death of a Salesman (1949), which won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and The Crucible (1953). The Crucible – set during the seventeenth-century witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts – was a pointed criticism of the then-current "witch-hunt" that U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy led against American politicians and public figures thought to be associated with Communism. At that time (the 1950s), the U.S. was in the middle of the Cold War, an ideological battle with the Soviet Union. Historians have roundly condemned the frenzy with which McCarthy and others sought to attack, often with no foundation, Americans interested in communism, socialism, or significant socioeconomic change. Miller himself was called before the hearings of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and convicted of contempt of Congress when, stating he was not himself a Communist, he refused to name people he had met at a Communist writers meeting. The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.
Associated with politically left causes and organizations throughout his career, Miller did not always reflect his political concerns directly in his writings. Like Henrik Ibsen, the late nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright whom he admired, Miller tended toward realism in his style. Miller's realism, though, was a social and psychological realism that took advantage of time-shifts, memories, and innovative set design to articulate characters' complex relations to their social, economic, religious, familial, and gender roles. In addition to Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, Miller's most notable plays included All My Sons (1947), An Enemy of the People (1950, adapted from Ibsen), A View from the Bridge (1956), After the Fall (1964), Incident at Vichy (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977), and The American Clock (1980). He also wrote Focus, a novel about anti-Semitism, a topic that greatly occupied Miller and that informed both Incident at Vichy and his television screenplay Playing for Time (1980). Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life (1987), and The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (1978) give insight into his life and his theories on drama. His works have enjoyed several new stage, film, and television productions over the years and are consistently produced by small theaters around the country.
Miller and his wife Mary Grace Slattery divorced in 1955, and in 1956, Miller married movie star Marilyn Monroe. Because of both Miller and Monroe's fame at that time, the marriage received enormous publicity. The two celebrities divorced in 1961, and in 1962 Miller married photographer Ingeborg Morath, with whom he continues to live in Connecticut.
Estimated Reading Time
The entire play is about 130 pages, but because of the spaces between characters' lines it will read faster than a novel. An average student, reading about 25-30 pages an hour, will need 4-5 hours to read the play. If you do not have enough time to read it all at once, the best plan might be two sittings – Act I, then Act II and the short "Requiem" – of about two hours each. Arthur Miller did not divide his play into scenes within each act. Instead, the action is continuous, even when flashbacks occur. Therefore, for the purposes of this study guide, the acts have been divided into parts, each covering about 15 pages of the play.


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Please stay with me for a second and read my opinion before ranting solely because of the title.
First a quick history of what I played in the past. I was playing Holy Priest for most of my 'hardcore' raiding career in WoW from Vanilla till Lich King, later causally pugged as Paladin Tank for Cataclysm. I played Warrior Priest and Zelot on the Warhammer Online battlefields and cleared dungeons as Mitra Priest and later Guardian in Age of Conan. Lately I came to play The Secret World and mainly tanked during my dungeon runs, while occasionally going DPS.
Now Guild Wars 2 is my first MMO not using the Tank/Healer/DPS split as basis for it's dungeon play and honestly I am having a hard time getting used to it. Maybe that's the wrong term, having a hard time liking or appreciating the benefits is more accurate. As others have stated in other threats, a lack of trinity does not mean you can randomly throw together any 5 players without taking their build into consideration and have a chance on success. Big problem here, most players don't seem to be aware of this, with the result that dungeon runs in pick-up groups tend to be very chaotic and unorganized
The trinity, gave players a baseline tactic to approach every situation, the players of each role knew what their job was upon entering the dungeon, send the tank to catch the mobs, make sure no one dies, kill everything, simple but yet you could build tons of fun encounters around that baseline. Now people don't have an initial understanding what they are supposed to do. Everybody seems to fight for himself and only looks out for other to raise them up after they have been downed. Mob Aggro, while following some rules, seems to be a bit of a mystery and it doesn't really let you prepare your skill deck before an encounter, since it is making a huge difference if all the adds and the boss are chasing you, or someone else (aggro depending on player health is a very very annoying mechanic).
There are other things to be found in the dungeons that I would consider problematic from a design perspective, trash heavy, long walks after wipes, graveyard zerging, very high health-pools for bosses and trash and barely telegraphed one-shot mechanics are the most obvious. I love the game, I love exploring, doing events and the WvW, but the dungeons so far have been more frustrating than anything else. I am not saying they are to hard, the difficulty is okay for the most part, but the gameplay is hectic and random, that makes it frustrating on failure, since it is very hard to analyse what went wrong and how to do better.
This lead to a series of questions that I answered myself:
Does the lack of trinity make looking for groups easier? - YES, definitely
Did I have more or less fun playing GW 5 man dungeons than 5 man dungeons in games with a trinity model? - LESS FUN, this is an subjective statement.
Am I having less fun because there is no trinity? - TO A LARGE DEGREE YES, the trinity enforced collaboration, while without, it is more everyone for himself, which goes against the idea of an team effort required to overcome a dungeon challenge.
Will it be more fun in a fixed group? - MOST LIKELY, my experience is based on PUG's, I am perfectly aware that a well build team will have an completely different experience.
What's your take on this, do you miss the trinity in the 5 player dungeons of Guild Wars 2?
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If no trinity is good be sure that Blizzard would adopt this idea. They tried to create something new in gw2 but only what they did is simplification of everything.
Originally posted by bubaluba
I wouldn't see it is simpler, but the final question that needs to be asked is: "Is it more fun?" And this one feels more like a no to me. It is a new approcach, it is breaking away from the norm, but is it an innovation for the better of the gameplay?
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Joined: 12/23/04
Honestly, yes. I kind of miss it. Only because everyone is ranged. I reckon it is the outcome when everyone can do everything. So what class are you? I am a warrior. I use a bow/gun. Everyone everywhere uses range because being melee sucks rotten stinking donkey butthole. Sure there are those few that love to tell you they are awesome and the other 500000 billion% are wrong but for the most part, no, it is not fun.
As melee (not healer or tank those non-existent pricks) I have to double tap buttons twice (got two in me) to avoid things but if there is more than a few mobs near each other I am screwed. Or I could stand back and hit my cooldowns and randomly stroll around while I train on melee. Without some idea of what, if anything, someone is doing it feels like a giant cluster-you-know-what.
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I dont miss the trinity at all, but then have I played plenty of Guildwars during the years (side by side with a whole bunch of other MMOs though).
I dont mind the healer really but the tank just make any combat into incredible boring skill rotation.
I think it just take some time getting used to, many people have played trinity games 5-16 years and beliving that 3 weeks of GW2 would change the way you play completely is a bit naive.
In a few months if you still play I think you will get the real backfeeling of the none trinity combat, you know when you dont have to think but just react to anything.
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Originally posted by bubaluba
Not really, Blizzard wont totally revamp the base mechanics of Wow no matter what, not worth the chanse.
And it is not simplification, the trinity is as simple as anything can get. 1 guy tank, 1 guy heal, 3 guys DPS is still the simplest mechnic around. Often everyone can just stand still and rotate skills.
Then of course trinity can be more advanced with CC and buffing, but you really dont need them in modern MMOs like you did in EQ.
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GW2 socialist.
No. My reason is simply the number of years I spent adhering to this so-called standard. It works, but I needed a break from it, and GW2 provided that, maybe a year or two late, but it's still a very refreshing change. Sure, I may miss it again someday, but at least now MMO devs have been shown there can be more than one system, which should provide enough variety for everyone in the years to come.
Note: this is not to say I don't like the Trinity. It's just not necessary for a game to be called an MMO or to be enjoyable.
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I think it's something that'll get more fun as players learn how to play. From what I've seen, a good GW2 group consists of characters that collaborate more actively than in your typical trinity game, because their roles intersect. For example, when you've got a good tank, you only have to worry about not stepping on his toes and you're going to be fine. If you're playing with a Guardian, you have to look at what skills he's using, stay in his shielding bubbles, protect him when necessary, etc. It's still not particularly complicated, but it's better than most trinity setups I've seen.
Graveyard zerging is something ANet is looking into nerfing, so it'll probably disappear soon enough.
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Originally posted by Zikari
Game isn't lacking trinity. Most of the classes can be spec to one of the holy trinity role. As example my first class (thief) was DPS oriented with evasive movements. My second class (elementalist) took healer role. Third (guardian) is very very defensive. He can take few hits without a scratch, protect, do little of group healing and he can buff party.
Trick is that people should decide what role they take in party.
Trinity never enforced collaboration. Trinity enforced ONE ROLE for YOUR ENTIRE TIME. You were doomed to heal or be punching bag whole f***** time. In GW2 you can take any role you want and they just switch to something else.
You have problems with dungeon ? That's your problem. After years spend doing same thing over and over again in WOW with one of your characters you forgot how to think for yourself. How we do it ? First of all we have a guild. Second, we talk with each other and know each other. Third - we gather some people, decide who is doing what and we go with this sh**.
And it's working fine.
Seriously, WoW and other MMO held your hand all your life and now when some game give you freedom of choice, you have no idea what to do with it and you want to go back of being slave. Are you like that in real life ? Want to be ruled ? I think not. So don't do it here. Adapt and have fun of go back to WoW.
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I don't miss 45 minutes dungeons ques as dps.
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I guess it's a double edged blade. The trinity itself has some really annoying properties to it (endless waiting for the healer, DPS classes not being able to get into dungeons,...), while the absence of trinity doesn't seem to be the way to go, since it removes some of the tactics, that are ok, and it removes letting people roleplay classes that they have been used to roleplaying, and enjoyed them. Some people just like being healers, tanks, ranged DPS,...
I think DC Universe Online resolved this issue the best. Any class you chose could be either DPS or Healer/Tank/Controler. You could simply switch the class, changed the gear, and of you go... So everyone could roleplay their class if needed, but if not needed they could still join the dungeon as DPS. And most of the time people were on their primary class - Healer/Tank or Troll. I find this solution really commendable. Too bad SOE screwed that game up with greediest business model...
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Originally posted by vort3x
You can do the same in GW2. You can spec as healer and you are ready to go. Same with tanking. But here not every class have enough defensive skills.
I do not miss the trinity system. This might have to do with the fact that my first MMO did not have a trinity system.
I do agree with many people regarding some of the content. Champion encounters seem bland when there are twenty players going all out and death seems unlikely. I have only played a ranged character though and perhaps these mobs are more challenging as a melee class or weapon choice.
Group content still has plenty of challenges however many of which are at the behest of random players.
I still find ways to die, there are plenty of challenges remaining, and I am still having fun.
The absence of the trinity is not taking away from my pleasure of playing the game.
Originally posted by dariuszp
Chill, the thing is, the complete freedom of choice ends at forming a successful dungeo group. You still need synergies and certain skills like burn/posin removal and stuff like that. Every profession can fullfill different rules based on build and weapon choise, but you still need to speck and gear for that particiular role and then find a group where your build makes sense.
It's not so different from being a slave to the standard, just that the roles are diffent ones, and by not being the standard ones it is very confusing to specialize and even know if the group you are running is useful or not. Regarding the freedom, The Secret World had a nice compromise, you could be anything everytime, by a couple of clicks, but you still needed the gear matching the role (tank/heal/dps). There I could join a dungeongroup as DPS, but jump in as tank for a boss and off-heal the next. In GW2 I join a dungeon with my Guardian build for Boon and Heal Support and it might not even be needed. Realistically PUGS now, just throw any 5 people together and then while you start playing you figure out what each is doing and what is missing. So you might end up with groups that are more or less gimped by trait builds and weapon choices...
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I don't Forum PVP. If you feel I've attacked you, it was probably by accident.
Originally posted by Ren128
I'm in this camp also. In queue or shouting on LFG gets old really fast.
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As long as the game doesn't keep me from enjoying group content simply because "I am not this class", or because "We don't have this class in the group yet", I'm happy. No, I won't miss the Holy Trinity.
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i played dps in other mmorpgs and i am playing dps again now.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
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Originally posted by dariuszp
Well yeah, you can, but it seems people don't really get the impression that they need to roll anything but "DPS". Noone is shouting out that they need someone to roll healer to help them get through the dungoen. They just need "somebody". If you know what i mean...
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I really loved to play tanks and healers. Was just more fun, than dps. More responsibility and difficulty. Guess thats one other point why i dont like group play in GW2.
Also some advanced group tactics in dungeons would be nice. Running in circles and resurrecting is just not fun.
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I don't get how everyone being DPS is so groundbreaking from Tank, Healer, Dps? Zerging everything to death might be fun at first but give it another month or two, assuming they aren't merging servers by then.


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You compeletly ignored the 1999 UI the game has. You cannot move, resize, change transparency or colour the bits of the UI. Infact the only part you can move is the chat box and the mini-map with very limited results.
Trying to see the tiny buff/debuff icons is an effort in futility for me. I do not even bother these days.
Why in this day and age we have a UI so archaic is beyond me. Yes, it "works" but so did my 1977 caprice.
We have a great RvR game. We do not have to fight for nodes, or "killing blows" but we have to deal with a "fixed" UI is that about as non-intuitive as you can possibly get. Even in EQ, around 2000 (I forget the exact year RoK release) you could change location/size/transparency.
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I really dont understand those that talk about lack of progression.
Is it just gear progression? because I get better gear, with better stats, and my dmg goes up, its not super significant, but it is noticable,
is it feeling more powerful? I feel pretty badass in some of the later story quests, and being part of the DE campaign to invade orr was pretty intense.
Is it rotflstomping lower lvl enemies? I can go back to lower areas and mow through mobs (3x grenade engineer ftw).
Is it pvp where you cant just curbstomp other players because you dont have gear that makes you significantly better than they could ever be?
Is it new abilities? would it have been better to have the unlocks be level based rather than skill point based?
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Originally posted by lacslyer
And yet here you are criticising it.. GW2 is getting plenty of criticism, like any other game. I'm not sure where you are getting the idea that GW2 is getting special treatment when the forum is full of (IMO mostly unreasonable) complaints.
I'd go as far as to say that GW2 gets unfairly treated in the opposite direction (but im not going to make a big thing of it - people are entitled to their opinions), so get off your high horse and stop being so biased.
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He said he was a fan of the game and these are his opinions. It is not a REVIEW, it is HIS list of things that need to be fixed. What is wrong with that.
Please really COMPREHEND the article before commenting.
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Gaming should be about fun, not gender equality.
All of these issue are maybe non-issue but are not that important to me. Maybe because I am sick of ThemeParks, I dont know, but I wish I could play an MMORPG where your action had consequences and you the players controlled the world rather than the devs controlling it and just taking you for a ride.
I mean I could log off one day with the WvW map in one state and then log on the other day with the map in another state and it barely matters beside some small bonuses. Win or lose, does not really change anything...
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Gaming should be about fun, not gender equality.
Originally posted by Derros
It is about being able to see and do different things. Not just damage but abilities that look and behave differently. Upping dmg or armor is just a number, which is nice, but imo is not enough of a feeling of progression from lvl 50-80.
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I have to agree with every issue and in particular the armor one. best game launch I ever was in was LoTRO and worst was probably a tie between SWG and the short lived Auto Assualt.. GW2 is somewhere in between loTRO and swg for me. I am a huge fan of the overall design though, and with a BTP model can only see it improving over time. It took LoTRO a while to get the best parts of that game in and I am willing to give GW2 a few months to get it togeher. At least I am not having to pay a monthly while they work on it.
I miss DAoC
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No mention of all the stolen/hacked accounts either?
There's people with passwords along the lines of 435FD934u8jg8Z0j4g90j4895 that have had their accounts stolen multiple times.
The actual game is also beyond flawed to put it lightly...
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Originally posted by zellmer
For the most part, these people get their accounts hacked because they reuse their strong passwords for both the game and something else (guild forums for instance). The something else ends up having poor security and the password is compromised, then the hacker simply goes and tries to access the game using the same credentials or small variations and sees if they are lucky.
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Originally posted by Xasapis
I'll give you the outmanned buff being rather pointless, but the scoring system isn't a design issue, it's a player comprehension issue.
The "scores" in WvWvW are taken far too seriously - as if they are some kind of scoreboard and the one with the most points is "winning" the match. That's actually not the case. The scores are there to figure out who should be matched with who. If a server has a 24/7 presence they will naturally accumulate more points as they will hold more objectives for longer than a server with only a strong peak population.
In time that 24/7 server will be matched with other servers that accumulate similar point values (presumably because they're 24/7 as well) and they will get the matches they deserve.
The problem with the matchmaking system as designed will come with servers that are on completely opposite activity cycles. They'll accumulate the same point numbers and thus be matched frequently, but the play will be universally one-sided in each activity time period. On the other hand, there are three servers in every match - chances are they won't have three equally opposed servers.
If the player population eventually figures out that the only fight that matters is the one that happens when you are online then these complaints will go away. Sometimes your server will get stomped for a week - it'll happen, and in that time I wouldn't spend great sums on upgrading keeps either. That's your time to suck back, reload, resupply and get ready for the next match-up by polishing your small unit tactics.
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My GW2 peeves:
-- Story quests that are insanely difficult with companions along to "help" you that are dumber (and weaker) than the heroes of GW1. How did that happen?
-- Random NPCs wandering about that are all clones of one another. Just look at the people wandering around Divinity's Reach and tell me you don't see the same guy with the vest but no shirt ... everywhere. It's creepy.
-- I think the crafting/discovery system is boring and tedious, though I know many people like it. I normally like crafting, but not in GW2.
-- I dislike the dodge mechanic
-- I dislike jumping puzzles that combine jumping with fighting mobs (as if the puzzle itself wasn't hard enough!)
-- I dislike skills that fire me around the battlefield (and off ledges and into other mobs) like Ricochet Rabbit
-- DEs are supposed to scale to player group size, but a few are all but impossible if you are the only one involved in them. The DEs don't seem to scale down to one player, and many of the skill points/vistas also are not soloable.
I like GW2 a lot. I've had a lot of fun with it, but it loses point in my book for these few things I don't much like.
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Originally posted by YamotaSo, its basically about not having enough abilities? because I've seen tons of different stuff (some more mob variety would be nice, true). I for one am happy I dont have 4 action bars full of situational abilities that I may use maybe once every 20-30 mins, if that.
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May the game be ever in your favor.
It seems like the problems the writer has with Guild Wars 2 are very minor... Nothing that would really stop anyone from continuing to play the game.
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First of thing why i sould read this!
This is getting to much
If you like a game then just enjoy .. Why this drama and light to this
And btw some thing important missing in this artical
We do not call a guy fanboy beacuse he like this game no not realy !
Let me tell you who are the fanboies
When i write my opnion about a game and i write what i feel even if it is negitive and u see some guys answer you with bad language butting them self as a protactors to this company or this game then they are just fanboies
U can discus with me is fine
Those fanboies are many in gw2 formus
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I was annoyed at 2 skill pts bugged on a map which meant I cound't clear it. However about 3 days later a patch was released (the kind that has no notes, just 100 files or something) and I tried them again and they worked fine. So on that note as a player I was pretty happy to see a quick turn around on a semi basic bug.
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You forgot a few things:/
Cultural armor and weapons...Anyone? You can spend 20 gold per peice on armor, or spend 2 gold at the auction and get some exotic armor with better stats...oops. Cultural weapon? 42000 karma..or go the the auction and get a better one for, yes you guessed it, about 2 gold.
Ledgendary weapons that are seemingly impossible to craft, yet do no more damage than the above 2 gold auction purchased weapon..say waht?
How you got to Orr, figured out you could stand in 1 spot and farm a re-occuring event over and over for 2-3 days and buy yourself a total set of exotic gear, with sigils and runes.
How you figured out in WvW that carrying supplies to build rams and doors and cannons with was more important than actually engaging other players in battle, so take all defensive skills, and max your health and valor, beacause all thats important, is not dying.
You found out there were no instanced raids.
You found out all boss strats were the same..run in whack it, get hit hard, run away, run around for a while while you heal, repeat.
And for me..the worst...you found out earned dungeon armor, wasn't any better than all that stuff you bought by farming for 2-3 days...Niether was the pvp gear..
Somethimes I dont want to be de-leveled into a wimp in a lower lvl zone, sometimes I wanna stomp its guts out..not an option.
OO heres a great one thats annoying..Grouping with people who deliberatly chose to do less DPS so they could get more find magic. They should say that before joining a dungeon.."hey..I'm Loot specced".
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Well bugs bug everyone... that's normal and hopefuly they will be fixed one day. The rest of complains are kinda "I didn't find any way to change things". For instance, when I cross zone infested with enemies, I usually go straight to closest enemy that is in my direction. This way chance of aggroing another mob is fairly low and you can jump mob from mob easily.
As for armors. I found colors make HUGE difference. If you take an armor and put white and bright colors on it, it can look very paladin-style. If you paint it with blood-red and black, you get kinda scary blood thirsty berserker look. I played with colors a bit and it can really make very big difference. Even to that extent, that two armors of the same design are almost not recognizable.
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Get the cultural armor for the asura or charr and ear/horn problem solved!
But on the real, the bugged skill points bother me. I had to wait a few weeks for the Malchors Leap (bayt) to get fixed before I could complete the zone. But it did get fixed.
My biggest gripe atm is with WvWvW. While I love it, and it brings back the glory days of southshore/tarren mill pvp, I just dont see the long term appeal. As a individual, what should my goals be in wvw? Yea the thrill of victory is wonderful, and the badges that drop lead to something (badge drop rate is horrid), but is that it for the individual?
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My biggest issues are:
-They continuely ignore balancing the classes, it's incredibly depressing playing an elementalist right now.
- The zone dyanmic events that are suppose to be one of the best aspects of the game is just zerg rushing a dragon's foot for a few minutes until you get a chest that often has no worthwhile loot.
-As you said, BUGS, not just events, they're everywhere. There is an annoying sound bug in WvW that replaces the sound with a "Woo woo woo" noise and then there are just classical crashes.
-Inherent flaws with WvW, eventually the eternal battlegrounds devolves into AoE and siege spamming while holding onto your 1/3 of the map. You can have the biggest zerg in the world but if you have numerous arrow carts where the other side can't hit them it's impossible to win.
-Most dungeons are just endless corpse runs back to a frustrating boss/event that isn't challenging but more close to annoyingly poorly designed. For instance in AC (the most polished dungeon since it's the only one they let the public test) the scavenger mobs (forget what the creature is called) have a lunging attack that can pin you down and instantly kills you, especially if you're an elementalist lol. But the problem is their animation doesnt jump and land on you, so your character will cease moving and fall on the floor for no apparent reason and then quickly die. very quickly.
-The community is one of the worst aspects. The general population are anti-social mutes or something that never want to talk or group up to do things, and the guild and instance/group system does it's best to DISCOURAGE organized group play. Also if you critique any aspect of the game anywhere you'll be hounded by ravenous fanboys that tout their game as perfect beyond reason.
My issues with the game(bugs aside). I kerp loosing my mouse cursor on screen(make it red and flashy or something ). No way to turn down just particle effects that I can find. Finally explorable mode final bosses, some are just flat out impossible, I lov a challenge but if after readjusting your strategy 10 times you can't make any headway then something is wrong.


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As I added mouse traps to the growing list of what I thought to be high-risk situations, my own reality check began to set in. I started to question whether I was losing sleep over the wrong things. For instance, just how likely would it be for my 4-year-old to touch a mouse trap containing peanut butter and have a serious allergic reaction?
I reminded myself of what my son's allergist had said: While anaphylaxis has the potential to cause death, fatalities are rare. What seemed more productive than stewing over "what-ifs" was minimizing the risks at school.
While casual exposure to peanut could be an issue, I realized that Julian's chances of staying safe would increase if I focused more on two things. The first was conditioning him to follow key rules (no sharing food with others, always carry your auto-injector), and the second was getting the school to formalize its anaphylaxis plan, ensuring that staff were trained and that the school community was aware of the food policies.
I felt the school community would be willing to help as long as I asked for accommodations that were reasonable. To do this, I needed to calm down.
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Helton finished 3-for-5 with three runs batted in, Ramon Hernandez blasted a solo home run, part of a three-RBI effort, and Dexter Fowler got the Rockies' offense going with a solo shot in the first.
"I'm seeing the ball well, and even when I'm getting off bad swings I feel like I'm in a fairly good position to swing the bat, so that's all you can ask for," Helton said.
Rex Brothers (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to record the win and Rafael Betancourt picked up his second save of the year.
Bryan Shaw (0-1) suffered the loss by allowing an unearned run, thanks in part to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who failed to corral a pickoff throw, accounting for a two-base error. Miguel Montero hit a two-run home run in a losing effort.
"It doesn't work out sometimes. It wasn't a very fun game to be a part of," said Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson. "You could just tell it was going to be an extended game and we were unable to do the job."
Neither starter factored into the decision. Diamondbacks starter Daniel Hudson was tagged for six runs on 10 hits and three walks over 3 2/3 innings, while Colorado's Juan Nicasio also gave up six runs, on five hits and five walks in 2 2/3 frames.
After Goldschmidt plated two runs with a bases-loaded single in the top of the first, Fowler got one back in the home half by smacking Hudson's 2-2 pitch into the right field seats for his first homer of the season.
Hernandez followed an inning later with his first, this time to left field, to tie it at 2-2.
Arizona responded with a four-run third. After Justin Upton reached on a bunt single, Montero launched one to right. Chris Young went first-to-third on a Goldschmidt single before Geoff Blum drove him in with a sacrifice fly, and Ryan Roberts capped off the rally, scoring Goldschmidt on a double.
But the Rockies scored a pair in the home half on Hernandez's double and tied it the fourth. Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki hit back-to-back singles. They advanced on Hudson's wild pitch and scored when Helton laced a base hit past Goldschmidt.
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Hundreds of local students took part in the recent 1.2-mile Charleston Youth Marathon at Burke High School.
Howe Hall Arts Infused Elementary School won the award for having the most students participate with 124, or about a quarter of the school. Whiteside Elementary School, in Charleston County, had the second most participants with 90.
The Howe Hall AIMS students, dressed in matching day-glo yellow team shirts, gathered in a small concrete pit on the school grounds following instructions from Principal Chris Swetckie to stretch for several minutes before the race.
"The Charleston Youth Marathon is so great for our kids because it encourages them to stay active and healthy, not just on this one day, but for the entire time they prepare for the event by logging their miles," Swetckie said. "The running club has become extremely popular at AIMS, and we have even had a number of parents join in on the fun to improve their fitness as well.
"As an educator and a parent, I know that a healthy child is going to be more successful in the classroom. Any event that can encourage so many of our students and their families to focus on their health and fitness, while having fun and building school spirit at the same time, is a winner in my book."
Following his recovery after a near-fatal snakebite in 2011, student Zach Szala participated in this year's marathon entirely on his own two legs.
Last year while he was still recovering from the bite he was able to participate in the marathon at the former Navy Base when Swetckie pushed his wheelchair while jogging at a safe pace.
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Timothy Fred Glines Jr. of U.S. Highway 78 in Ladson faces counts of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, armed robbery, kidnapping and third-degree assault and battery.
Glines has been on probation since December 2011 after pleading guilty to failing to stop for blue lights.
An incident report stated that a 30-year-old Summerville woman picked up Glines about 5:45 p.m. near Pebble Road and Stinson Drive. Glines and the woman have a 16-month-old son together, the report stated.
The passenger started hitting her in the face and head, and made her drive to a nearby ATM at the TD Bank on Orleans Road and get the cash, she told officers.
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When Canadian rockers The Trews played at Frankie's in January on its quest to gain more fans in the States, the band took a piece of Toledo with it on the rest of the tour.
"I had a friend in Canada that called me up and wanted me to pick him up two jars of [Tony Packo's] pickles," The Trews' singer and guitarist Colin MacDonald explained. "It was at the beginning of our tour, and I had to carry two f*****g giant jars of pickles around with me on every stop of the tour until I got back to Canada because it was so cold at night I was scared that they would freeze and the jars would crack open in the van."
On May 11, The Trews will be back in T-Town for another show at Frankie's, but not just for the pickles.
"It wasn't a sellout, but it definitely felt packed and it felt good," MacDonald said of the Frankie's gig. "I know there was a few Canadians mixed amongst the locals for sure, but it felt pretty good and that's why we're going back."
Since November of 2011, The Trews has had more than 30 U.S. tour dates as it tries to build the following here that it has in its native Canada, where the band has had two gold albums, a gold digital single, two No. 1 and 12 top 10 singles.
Rounded out by MacDonald's brother John-Angus MacDonald (guitar), their cousin Sean Dalton (drums) and longtime friend Jack Syperek (bass), The Trews decided to get in a van and book its own shows after losing its U.S. agent and having difficulty finding someone else in the States to take a chance on the band.
"It's been all right," MacDonald said of the U.S. shows. "It's still slow and steady. I mean, we're starting to get better crowds. It's like it's growing incrementally. It's not the easiest route that we're taking, but we still have faith."
And while hopping in a van and going town to town is not the route one would expect from a band that has shared the stage with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, KISS, Ace Frehley, Guns N' Roses and Kid Rock, The Trews welcome the experience.
"I love it," MacDonald said. "I think the music business is going that way for most bands anyway. I mean, there's just not a lot of money left in this business, period, you know? I think the only bands that are going to stick around are the ones that are willing to get in the van and drive across the country to play for people.
"We've certainly experienced some of the luxuries, like having a tour bus and flying to gigs and stuff. But we don't mind rolling up our sleeves and getting in the van and going to work."
MacDonald attributed The Trews' collective work ethic to the band members coming from working class families, where "working hard is a virtue." The Trews' journey to this point has been a testament to that, too, as the Toronto-based group has played nearly 1,000 shows to date.
"Our thing has always been we decide when we have a good show, not the crowd," MacDonald said. "If we're having a great night in front of 10 people, it's still a great night by us. On the same token, I mean, we could be in front of 8,000 people and have a terrible night.
"We judge ourselves by our own musical standards, and I think that helps us get through the nights that aren't so packed because we're doing it for the music."
And that musical standard The Trews has set for itself is continuing to receive recognition. The band's latest effort in fourth full-length album "Hope & Ruin" took home the award for "Rock Recording of the Year" at the 2012 ECMA (East Coast Music Association) Awards, a major music event in Canada which showcases and honors the music of Atlantic Canada.
For a band that emerged from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and went on to gain national recognition in its homeland, continuing to build its U.S. fan base is a welcomed challenge for The Trews.
"It's definitely giving us our fighting spirit," MacDonald said. "We tend to think, like, when we go to America, we just forget any of the success we've had in Canada. It really is like starting anew, and you've got to fight like a young band."
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. | Rory McIlroy says he should have finished his second round at the Honda Classic, telling Sports Illustrated magazine that "it was not the right thing to do" to walk out after eight holes of his second round.
McIlroy was 7-over for the round and headed toward another missed cut when he hit his second shot into the water on the 18th and abruptly withdrew without finishing the hole. On his way to the parking lot, he reporters that his head was not in the right place. He later issued a statement that his wisdom tooth was causing pain.
"It was a reactive decision," McIlroy told the magazine in a telephone interview Sunday night. "What I should have done is take my drop, chip it on, try to make a 5 and play my hardest on the back nine, even if I shot 85. What I did was not good for the tournament, not good for the kids and the fans who were out there watching me. It was not the right thing to do."
The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland said his lower wisdom teeth are growing sideways and he has been prescribed a painkiller, which he did not use Friday. Even so, he said it was frustration over his swing that led to him leaving.
McIlroy switched to Nike equipment late last year after signing an endorsement contract said to be upward of $20 million a year. The world's No. 1 player says his swing has been a bigger problem than the new clubs, and he was practicing with swing coach Michael Bannon the afternoon that he withdrew.
McIlroy said he did not read any stories about his departure over the weekend because "whatever people are saying, I probably already said to myself."
He is playing the Cadillac Championship at Doral this week and is to speak to the media on Wednesday. McIlroy is assured of playing four rounds in this World Golf Championship (which has no cut) for the first time all year. He missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, lost in the first round of the Match Play Championship and played only 26 holes of the Honda Classic.
McIlroy, who has joined Tiger Woods in the Nike stable and has studied the 14-time major champion his whole life, said he wishes he could have been like Woods on Friday.
"He might be the best athlete ever, in terms of his ability to grind it out," McIlroy told the magazine. "I could have a bit more of that, if I'm honest."
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Each year the fashion design students at Kent State create their final collections. Upon further critique by industry professionals, the best collections are chosen and shown in the annual spring fashion show produced by the fashion show management and production teams. This year, 25 designers will have the opportunity to show their collections at the fashion show.
This year's industry critics include fashion designer Sam Shipley of Shipley Halmos, Michael Babb of Kohls, Erich Biehle, a former textile designer for multiple couture designers; Kay Unger, CEO of Kay Unger Design and The Kay Unger Family Foundation; Sacha Brown, Educational Initiatives Manager at the Council of Fashion Designers of America; two Fashion School alumni Michael Cunningham, head designer, Joan Vass, and Allison Sires owner/designer of Thomas Sires. These critics offer advice to the designers along the way so as to improve on their concepts and designs for the final critique. Pictured above, left to right, are Allison Sires, Sam Shipley, Erich Biehle, Kay Unger, Sacha Brown and Michael Cunningham.
During the fashion show, the Fashion School also recognizes an industry professional for the Fashion School's Hall of Fame. This year, the Fashion School inducts American Fashion Designer Yeohlee Teng into its Fashion School Hall of Fame. Yeohlee Teng moved to New York from Malaysia to study fashion at the Parsons School of Design. She has worked primarily in New York City and established her own house, YEOHLEE inc. in 1981. Yeohlee believes that "clothes have magic." She dresses the "urban nomad", a term she coined for her Fall 1997 collection, defining a lifestyle that requires clothing that works on a variety of practical and psychological levels. She is a master of design management and believes in the efficiency of year-round, seasonless clothes. Yeohlee's designs have earned a permanent place in the Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the late Richard Martin, then Chief Curator, called her "one of the most ingenious makers of clothing today. "Some design moguls previously inducted include Dana Buchman, Leonardo Ferragamo, Judith Lieber, Oscar de la Renta, just to name a few.
The Fashion School at Kent State University was created at Kent State University in 1983 and in twenty-eight years has grown to become one of the strongest fashion schools in the U.S. Fashionista.com recently rated the Fashion School as third in the country and 13th in the world. The Ohio Board of Regents has endorsed the Fashion School as a "Center of Excellence" at Kent State University and in the State of Ohio. As a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), the School is also recognized as one of the top Fashion Schools in the United States. The School, under the direction of J.R. Campbell, aspires to be the best American fashion school by providing a comprehensive American university experience, a forward-looking and rigorous curriculum in fashion, an aggressive approach to the use of digital technologies, and access to a broad range of international and study away experiences.
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Heart, chemistry and character are producing huge dividends for Stratford's boys basketball team this winter, Knights coach Troy Johnson said. Stratford is out to a 13-3 start after wins over Timberland and Ashley Ridge last week. The Knights defeated Timberland 58-48 in overtime on Thursday and followed that up with a 69-61 win over the Foxes on Friday, also in overtime. "This team has great kids and I've got to hand it to the parents," Johnson said. "This is one of the best teams I've coached because of how they carry themselves on and off the court. In the past, we may have had better individual players but this team is a cohesive unit and that's carrying us right now." Against Timberland, the Knights trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half but gradually chipped away and forced overtime. Once there, Stratford blanked the Wolves 10-0 in the extra session. "When we got it to overtime, Demetre (Rivers) said he's not losing," Johnson said. Rivers, a senior forward, had a game-high 35 points for the Knights and the final four points to seal it. "We feed off him," Johnson said. "When he's playing well, everybody plays well." The Mercer signee had 29 points in the win over Ashley Ridge, including 11 of Stratford's 19 overtime points. He clinched the win for Stratford with eight free throws in the final 1:15. He enters Region 7-AAAA play averaging 24 points per game Senior forward Thad Thompson is second in scoring at 8.8 points per game followed by senior guard Rashad Palmer (7.7 PPG) and senior guard Marquise Calvary (6.1 PPG). Rivers and Thompson are the top two rebounders, averaging close to double figures. Thompson and Palmer had nine each against Ashley Ridge, while Antonio Stinson had eight points. This week marks the start of the trip through the Region 7-AAAA slate for Stratford. The Knights travel to rival Goose Creek on Tuesday. They host West Ashley on Jan. 21 in their second region game. "Now, the nightmare begins," Johnson said. "Goose Creek is ranked No. 1. Wando is ranked No. 5. West Ashley is a traditional basketball power and Cane Bay has Jiquan Hammond, who can light it up any night."
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COLUMBIA CITY — A week after area residents endured high winds, bringing with the storm a slight amount of rain, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Cathy Broxon-Ball said Whitley County residents should all have their electricity restored.
Broxon-Ball estimated Friday's storm produced winds traveling at the speed of 80 miles per hour.
She said electric companies worked around the clock after Friday's storm. Sunday's storm, which produced winds of 50-60 miles per hour, did not help this process in Whitley County, as wll as Allen County, which reported many power outages as well.
"They have their priorities set up where they work on nursing homes and houses where people have registered they need oxygen," said Broxon-Ball. "I know some companies came in from Iowa, and these guys don't sleep. They just keep going."
According to Broxon-Ball the entire county was hit hard, especially South Whitley.
"We had a couple of barns down and numerous damages to houses with shingles," said Broxon-Ball. "Garage doors were blown in and a couple of above ground swimming pools were destroyed."
As of Tuesday, 84 people were still without power, but Broxon-Ball said she checked Wednesday, and did not see a number.
Broxon-Ball said the more damages that are reported to the state, the better chances the county has to receive aid.
"We need structural damages reported, even if you have insurance," said Broxon-Ball. "With the storm being as widespread as it was, this affected everybody, and maybe we can get some federal help."
Broxon-Ball said Columbia City has been collecting downed trees, and for county residents with downed trees, she urges them to make a pile and wait until the burn ban has been lifted before setting fire to them.
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Dear Friends,
When Miriam Weiner met with me to discuss establishing a Genealogy Collection of books, maps, photographs, postcards and other related printed matter at YIVO from her extensive personal library and archives, it was difficult to anticipate the breadth and scope of what she possessed.
Many of the books and other materials are Holocaust related, including a number of Yizkor Books and Memory Books from Ukraine listing names (and other personal data) of those murdered during the Holocaust. Many of her books are guides to archives in Poland, Ukraine and Moldova. Also included is a vast collection of travel brochures and travel books from many large and small towns in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Poland and Lithuania.
The Collection also includes videocassettes about towns in Eastern Europe, Sephardic-related books and brochures and a wealth of other books that make this a unique research collection.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was delighted to establish The Miriam Weiner Genealogy Collection, which we consider a major contribution to the understanding of genealogy and family history worldwide. From time to time, Miriam will add more books to this collection and we welcome the continuing arrival of new additions from her library.
Carl J. Rheins
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The books in this collection are part of my personal library that I began more than thirty years ago. As I collected these books, they became treasures to me because often it was the first time that I had found information or a photograph of some obscure place. Periodically, I send more cartons of books, maps, brochures, etc. to YIVO
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Many of the books were acquired during my travels to Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Moldova and Lithuania, dating back to my first trip to Poland in 1989. Since that time, I have developed close relationships with archivists in all five countries and many of the books in this collection include detailed holdings of the archives in these countries.
Beginning in 1990 in Poland, I began organizing both individual and group tours to Eastern Europe (including Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova) and collected numerous travel books, maps, pamphlets and brochures from many villages and towns.
I expect this collection at YIVO to grow substantially in the future and invite you to check back again to see what new treasures are here.
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Here's a reason: American values. There is not a broad based understanding that travel is part of one's education just like speaking or learning another language.ReplyDelete
- DesireeApril 14, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I think because the emphasis of a traditional education is so drilled into certain communities the prospect of education through travel experiences is foreign (no pun intended) I agree with the fear because the thought of sending your child alone in a world that you may not know either sends anxiety through any parent. I think if parents travel with their children in the younger years and experience the travel with the child they overcome their own fears and are less fearful for their children. This also gives a more open mind regarding education within the travel experience. JMHO...smiles....ReplyDelete
- Monica WilliamsApril 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Spot on. Yes, fear of so many things... and American values. In America, travel is something you do when you retire or if you're rich. I'm currently on a midcareer trip around the world;my friends and family think I'm batty for quitting my well-paying job to travel to countries where lots of bad things could happen to me.ReplyDelete
This post is spot on. I was actually walking by La Concha the other day (cue sad trombone) and was telling my kids about the Passport Party Project. They are still in elementary school and seemed bewildered that there are kids who don't get to travel. I only ask that they pay it forward ... and use their adventures to inspire. lead and create.ReplyDelete
I agree with all of the above answers said by previous commenters. I went to what is considered to be a very good American university but it chose to not have its own study aborad programs (they are opening campuses in Asia now though). We had to apply to other universities' programs. I'm not sure if it has changed its policy or programs, but it's amazing that U.S. citizens and institutions don't encourage more international experiences . I think that Americans don't feel the need to have an understanding of international perspectives whether they be academic or experiential. Unfortunately, in an increasingly global world, I think that's going to do the U.S. a disservice.ReplyDelete
My children are already talking about where they want to go for their gap year - in 8 and 10 years! My children are also fortunate to be able to attend an International school where, not only is everyone from someplace else, and everyone travels, but travel and learning about other cultures is also a big part of the curriculum. Students go on overnight trips, based on a topic they've studied, as early as 2nd grade.ReplyDelete
I'd say that for many Americans, there's a lack of recognition in the value of travel, similar to that in the value of learning another language. Besides people feeling that they can't afford to travel abroad, so many Americans have a provincial way of thinking about the world. They feel that everything they need to know can be learned on American shores and if it can't, then it's not worth knowing. I'd even go so far as to say people are more isolationist than we give them credit for.ReplyDelete
Being married to one's job. Believing that you can't leave or take a vacation. Americans are trained to work. They are afraid to take time off. The capitalism and materialism forces many Americans to work overtime. Americans value things over experiences. Americans believe that everything is expensive and they have to work hard or hustle hard to accumulate the status symbols. Travel is a status symbol. America's capitalistic beliefs skew the truth about the ease and ability to travel.ReplyDelete
One friend who follows my blog The Skychi Travel Guide questioned are wealthy or what?
The proximity of other countries in Europe makes travel easier. Europeans have more of an appreciation for the quality of life compared to Americans.
Americans are told that they live in the best country in the world and that everyone is trying to live in America. Why should they go somewhere else?
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