Dear teacher,
Perhaps it is an effort to counter those dense ideas they are force-fed in high school and college with something light and refreshingly mindless. What, for instance, could be less taxing after poring over the philosophy of Michel Foucault than a bowl of Lucky Charms?
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#1 Perhaps it is an effort to counter those dense ideas they are force-fed in high school and college with something light and refreshingly mindless.
=> It is an effort to be against those ideas they are force-fed in .....
(I believe it means high school and college students are fed with junk food)
#2 What, for instance, could be less taxing after poring over the philosophy of Michel Foucault than a bowl of Lucky Charms?
=> I don't know the meaning of "taxing" in the context. But I guess it stands for "need", and the sentence means "A bowl of Lucky Charms doesn't help students who are tired after studying hard.
What do you think?
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