97. If you were to develop a Mt. Rushmore representing the 20th century, whose faces would you select and why? (William and Mary)
Mount Rushmore is known for the faces of the brave Americans who helped the country become what it is today. But if Mount Rushmore were turned into the significant faces of people that changed the world today, the faces would be:
1. Jean Piaget, the famous psychologist of the 20th century. Before him, the idea of the world was that children and adults thought the same way, just that children weren't able to conduct things the way adults were yet. But he showed the world that the development of humans starts from the mind of a child to a mind of an adult. After this revelation, children were treated in a different way. Children were treated like children rather than adults, which was done in the past.
2. Adolf Hitler, the infamous Nazi. This man is the prime example that shows the world what not to be. Although he had a negative influence on the world, it was definitely an influence. The way he massacred those Jews with gas chambers, starvation, and what not, people soon realized the determination one had to attain power in the world. Action was soon placed thereafter to stop such things from happening ever again in the history of the world.
3. Oprah Winfrey, the woman who showed the world that hope can do a lot. A woman raised in the ghettos of Chicago, knew only a life of poverty, gang violence, and rape. She soon took her talents and showed the world what she was able to accomplish. Radio-hosting in her early years, and then progressing over the years to create her own television show, Winfrey was able to reach out to many in need. Few years ago, she opened a school in a country in Africa to educate little girls in need of getting away from the patriarchal society that dominates much of Africa. She showed the world that a little good deed extended to those in need, goes a long way. She is known as one of the world's most influential people.
4. Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader that showed the world the idea of non-violence. Facing discrimination while starting work in South Africa, his determination to change that mindset led his beloved country to gain autonomy. Either ways of war nor sacrifice, Gandhi showed his people that success can be attained through peaceful means of negotiation, protest, and determination. Many other influential leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela took his ideas and allowed black to be free in the United States, and led to the ending of Apartheid in South Africa.
Mount Rushmore is known for the faces of the brave Americans who helped the country become what it is today. But if Mount Rushmore were turned into the significant faces of people that changed the world today, the faces would be:
1. Jean Piaget, the famous psychologist of the 20th century. Before him, the idea of the world was that children and adults thought the same way, just that children weren't able to conduct things the way adults were yet. But he showed the world that the development of humans starts from the mind of a child to a mind of an adult. After this revelation, children were treated in a different way. Children were treated like children rather than adults, which was done in the past.
2. Adolf Hitler, the infamous Nazi. This man is the prime example that shows the world what not to be. Although he had a negative influence on the world, it was definitely an influence. The way he massacred those Jews with gas chambers, starvation, and what not, people soon realized the determination one had to attain power in the world. Action was soon placed thereafter to stop such things from happening ever again in the history of the world.
3. Oprah Winfrey, the woman who showed the world that hope can do a lot. A woman raised in the ghettos of Chicago, knew only a life of poverty, gang violence, and rape. She soon took her talents and showed the world what she was able to accomplish. Radio-hosting in her early years, and then progressing over the years to create her own television show, Winfrey was able to reach out to many in need. Few years ago, she opened a school in a country in Africa to educate little girls in need of getting away from the patriarchal society that dominates much of Africa. She showed the world that a little good deed extended to those in need, goes a long way. She is known as one of the world's most influential people.
4. Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader that showed the world the idea of non-violence. Facing discrimination while starting work in South Africa, his determination to change that mindset led his beloved country to gain autonomy. Either ways of war nor sacrifice, Gandhi showed his people that success can be attained through peaceful means of negotiation, protest, and determination. Many other influential leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela took his ideas and allowed black to be free in the United States, and led to the ending of Apartheid in South Africa.
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