andrew Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 Hello there fellow rational minds. My name is Andrew, and let me just say I'm elated to discover ObjectivismOnline.net. I'm currently a senior in high school with plans on dual majoring in business and computer science with a minor in economics when I attend college in the fall. My father was the one who introduced me to Objectivism by giving me a copy of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (a paperback from 1967 that still had in it a subscription card for the monthly journal "The Objectivist"). I was absolutely fascinated by the works within the book with some of my favorites being "America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business", "'Extremism,' or The Art of Smearing", and "Notes on the History of American Free Enterprise" (although I must admit every article provided me with valuable insight). I then moved onto The Fountainhead (the same copy my grandfather read in 1947) and I've pronounced myself an Objectivist ever since, and unless I experience an epiphany an Objectivist is what I will stay. I attend a private high school where a substantial majority of the students and faculty belong on the American-Left side of the political spectrum. It's so out there that, to give on example, the administration requires students to attend school during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day where we listen to the University of Michigan's Keynote speaker who has for the past two years been, respectively, Grace Lee Boggs and Lani Guinier. Between our post-modern English classes and a school initiated diversity program it's hard for the average student not to subscribe to a Leftist ideology by osmosis. I started an online newspaper last year entitled The Discourse in an attempt to voice my philosophy to the school as a whole. I look forward to diving into serious philosophical discussions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_feldblum Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Welcome, member #200! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Welcome to the board, Andrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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