User talk:Stevenarntson/fall 2009

weeks 6-11
HEY THIS IS Z, have posted all my required texts where they are supposed to be hopefully, i have time and date them, and saved a copy for myself, could you please email me to let me know you receved them whe you get a chance, me email is zsanders031@hotmailcom  Thanks---Z(Analytical writting/fall2009-wed@12:30)thanks again!!! --Zsanders 20:59, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

comment! I have posted the rough draft of my personal essay! JennaJohnson

Hey! I have added more to my essay, just wanted some feedback on the new stuff thanks!Daniellak

I will not be in class on week 10 because I have been snowed in in hometown Port Angeles. I have already finished my final project and am ready to present, but I will not be able to class this week. But I will see you on week 11 to present.(VanessaSorensen)

Hey, It's Terek Varland from your Tuesday GenEd class. The voodoo doll guy. I got to class late, at about 10:30, and everyone was gone. I did the work (two voodoo dolls, and a speech outline made up), and I didn't get to present and am worried about my final grade. Is there any way I can hope to get a decent grade? I'd rather not fail two classes, especially classes I did the work for. My Wednesday class teacher LOST my Final Project, and is now giving me a zero, and won't reply to any of my e-mails or phone calls. A class I did the work for. Now. I did the work for this class. I want to prove it somehow and get a good grade, is there any way I can make up or anything?? Thanks, Terek

hey, its z just want to make sure all my updated info posted, i have the saved drafts in my computer, could you please e-mail me zsanders031@hotmal.com if there are any question and to let me know you got all my info, thanksZ

weeks 1-5
Steven,

I was just reminding you about my story. I am afraid it may be a little abstract? But it's my first attempt to try and capture a picture of society in a story. It is a work in progress. CainanMartens

Allegory of the Cave
I have been thinking about today's discussion on critical thinking a lot. It really reminds me of Plato's story, The Allegory of the Cave and his discussions on absolute truth. The definition we came up with in class could, I believe, be summed up by saying that: to think critically is to search for truth, which would correlate perfectly with Plato's dialogues. Many of the fallacies we talked about also, you stated, were from Ancient Greece which is where the logic studies began. (or at least this is where society made ground on this subject)

So all in all, i was just wondering what your thoughts were on this? And what would be your view on absolute truth? (through critical thinking) CainanMartens


 * Hi, Cainan,

Good point about the Allegory of the Cave. One thing I especially like about that allegory is its opinion that if you see someone who appears confused, it's either because they're more or less enlightened than you--but there's no easy way of telling which. It's an encouragement to delay judgment of others, which was one thing we also talked about in class. As for absolute truth, I may be a few hundred years from having a sure opinion! The more I ponder it, the more doubt I feel about my own certainties.
 * Best! Stevenarntson

I suppose that is where critical thinking becomes something else entirely. I have been facing this problem for a very long time now: becoming increasingly more uncertain about my own ideas. It really seems the more I learn, the less i really know, because so many ideas contradict each other. Knowledge gained yesterday combats the knowledge of today. I would have to say that The Allegory of the Cave is one of my favorite stories, because it is the story that first interested me in "different" thinking. The story does have a very existential point at the end, which i think could be connected to the frustration of critical thinking. The point made at the end displays how the ideas that we come up with in the midst of our thinking (never truly knowing where we will end up) are widely shunned ideas. When compared to our discussion about why schools may be afraid of "opening the can of worms" I think this may play a large role. School is first and foremost an administration, and to keep itself an administration it needs to admin something, which requires a certain degree of control. (where that line is drawn i would have no clue.) If the student body were allowed to put all of their ideas into practice from their own thinking, then it would maybe abolish, or change the direction of programs that are already in place by the school. And it is always difficult to discern which of the two ideas are in the best interest of both groups. Especially, going back to the class discussion again, when pride is put into the picture. Humans, by nature agree with their own ideas, and are generally searching for flaws to find in other's ideas--this idea is from Thomas More. It really seems that the truth is something that we all naturally suppress. CainanMartens

I changed my topic to something more meVanessaSorensen

I got my subject in and my schedule figured out. Could you look over it to see if it needs any other touches before I call it good? CainanMartens

I figured out my topic...but i don't know if my planning is going to need as much as eight weeks...what should i do??TarekaBrown

Cherrykyle: This is a great website for data. http://www.wolframalpha.com/

email
What is your e-mail address??


 * click the "email" link from the main page. Stevenarntson

Un Chien
Hey Steve, I had your humanities class last quarter. You were teaching us about juxtaposition and you showed us some clips of an old film in which a man has ants walking across the palm of his hand, a man watches from a window as women on the street gets killed, and someone gets their eyeball stabbed(?). I checked the juxtaposition portion of the humanities page but couldn't find the name of the film. Can you tell me what it is?

CamilleFunk


 * Hi Camille,

I showed it during the Surrealism lecture--it's Un Chien Andalou, by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.
 * Best, Stevenarntson