Thursday, November 8, 2012

You're Not Golden(Direction This Class Should Take)


I don't think I can answer this question without saying something mean. I've tried patience. That didn't work. 

One of our first assignments was to read that thing in the "about philosophy" book. Did anyone do that? Seriously. One of the most important things that was in that chapter basically said that philosophy is difficult. It's difficult to learn about and it's probably even more difficult to teach. It’s rare that people will completely agree on what is being said. Anyways, the book said that to combat the chaos that the class could turn into was to have discussions and not arguments. I think what some people (you know who you are) in our class forget is that you don't have to win. You don't have to win because the class is not about you. We're all just here trying to develop and share our thoughts. And the truth is that no one really knows so no matter how zealously you defend your opinion, you could still be wrong. Instead of trying to be right all the time what you need to do is sit down and listen. Listen to what is being said and instead of trying to argue about it, just think about it. Let it marinate in your mind and lead you to new ideas. I can guarantee that everyone in the class would benefit more if we didn’t have to sit through numerous angry tirades. I'm glad you have so much passion about what you believe in...but calm down. 
You don’t have to be so LOUD

1 comment:

  1. Wow, your honesty and bluntness is amazing to me. I agree with you completely. It's certainly not all about winning. Listening is a valuable skill to have. One that many people in the world, let alone our philosophy classes, should learn. I appreciate your lack of sugarcoating, complete honesty is very rare nowadays.

    PS. The super big and bold 'LOUD' at the end gave me a headache. That was probably the intention, no? Because I won't lie, I've left class with a few headaches of my own.

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