WGU -p.165. FL 33-34.; NOT MEETING TODAY, but read and post...
1. Kant's definition of maturity is what?
2. Education, travel, and work share what common purpose, ideally?
3. You're not grown-up if you've not rejected what?
4. Why should languages and music be learned as early as possible?
5. What is the message of Rousseau's Emile?
6. What does it mean to love a book?
7. The internet, says Nick Carr, is a machine geared for what?
8. If you don't travel you're likely to suppose what?
9. What did Rousseau say about those who do not walk?
10. What is travel's greatest gift?
Discussion Questions
- What are some other signs of being grown-up, besides the ability to think for yourself? 123
- Are you good at accepting compromise? Are the adults in your life? 124
- Have you "sifted through your parents' choices about everything"? 125
- Do you "love the world enough to assume responsibility for it?" 126
- Has your educational experience so far broken or furthered your "urge to explore the world"? Do you still "desire to learn"? 127
- Should corporations like Coca-Cola be allowed to have "pouring rights" in public schools? 132
- "You must take your education into your own hands as soon as possible." Did you? How? 140
- Should the age of legal maturity be raised to match the age of brain maturity? 140
- "Minds need at least as much exercise as bodies..." 141 Do you get enough of both forms of exercise? Too much of one or the other? Do you subscribe to Mens sana in corpore sano?
- Do you love books and reading? 143
- Do you agree with Mark Twain?: "A person who won't read has no advantage over a person who can't."
- Are you willing to go a month without internet? Or even a day? 148
- Were Augustine and Rousseau right about travel? 150-51
- Does group travel "preclude real encounters" with a place? 158
- Do you hope to live and work one day in another culture for at least a year? Do you think it will contribute to your maturity? 162-3
1. Who was Mary Baker Eddy, and what was her basic idea?
2. How is Oprah like Ronald Reagan?
3. What's the "law of attraction"?
Mar24
ReplyDelete1. one's growth in autonomous thinking and one's ability to use and trust his reason rather than be led by others.
5. that children are innate, pure and noble. they must be protected from the negative effects of society.
FL
ReplyDelete1. Who was Mary Baker Eddy, and what was her basic idea? Mary Baker Eddy founded The Church of Christ, Scientist and her basic idea was that physical existence is a collective illusion. She believed in homeopathy and pseudoscience because to her human symptoms of cold, heat, and fatigue were not real because matter cannot suffer.
2. How is Oprah like Ronald Reagan? Oprah is like Ronald Reagan because she promotes and gives a platform to New Age beliefs.
3. What's the "law of attraction"? The law of attraction is a pseudoscientific law of nature that states that a persons thoughts are powerful enough to affect a person's life directly. The law of attraction states the universe is a mirror that mirrors back your most prevalent thoughts and that if you want something in life, you simply need to will it into existence.
Are you willing to go a month without internet? Or even a day?
ReplyDeleteA day yes 100%. A month i do not think so. I have gone a week without internet before and it honestly was very nice I enjoyed it. I think if you dont have internet it is far easier to be present with life and contempt with small simple things. However, the internet is such a tool for the world and especially for my career. I play music, I am an artist, and the internet is what I use to share my songs with others and promote my brand. Without it I am at a disadvantage. This begs the question, what is more important: your career or your personal well being? I think there is a good balance you can achieve. Removing the internet is not the answer, learning to work with it and have time management/take time away form screens is the answer.