Literary notes about students (AI summary)
The term "students" in literature carries a multifaceted significance, serving as both a literal descriptor of learners and a symbol for broader social, intellectual, and political dynamics. In some works, students are portrayed as diligent individuals engaged in academic pursuits or self-improvement, evident in contexts where they are expected to master challenging subjects or adhere to strict codes of conduct [1, 2, 3]. In contrast, other texts use the term to hint at youthful irreverence or collective activism, with student groups initiating protests or shaping cultural debates [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, the word often demarcates community boundaries, reflecting both institutional roles and the spirit of an era—ranging from discussions of academic gatherings and classroom dynamics [7, 8] to more politically charged representations of students as agents of change [9, 10]. Thus, authors across genres leverage the term "students" to evoke diverse aspects of youthful ambition, resistance, and the complex interplay between education and society [11, 12, 13].
- Students who are studying alone should be equally exacting in demand upon themselves.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - This grammar is intended for students who have already received instruction in the rudiments.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - This portion of the book, it is hoped, will be especially useful to students of English composition.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - Perhaps the students will go on strike all over China.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey - Here there was a protest committee, but the students are mad and want action.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey - This is Thursday morning, and last night we heard that about one thousand students were arrested the day before.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey - Our younger Students are content to carry their Speculations as yet no farther than Bowling-greens, Billiard-Tables, and such like Places.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele - In the Home of the Students we arose when the big bell rang in the tower and we went to our beds when it rang again.
— from Anthem by Ayn Rand - But the legislator must be careful to instil a noble and generous spirit into the students, or they will tend to become cunning rather than wise.
— from Laws by Plato - Young Boarding-school Boys, College Students, shout Vive la Nation, and regret that they have yet 'only their sweat to give.'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - A new Part Four, comprising three fresh chapters, has been added, representing some of the problems confronting students and operators in this field.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - The greater part of the Friends of the A B C were students, who were on cordial terms with the working classes.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Our work as students of society begins in earnest when the individual has become equipped with his individuality.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
