I believe the socratic circle for third period did well even though we were short on time. I love that people had evidence to prove their opinion and I also loved that the discussion got heated in the sense that everyone had something to say and prove. Everyone did well when it came to speaking about how they felt, although I felt like some could have expanded their point of view and others could have tried not to be so repetitive. Not to mention, some were "beating around the bush" which made the whole process slower, but over all, everyone did well. I enjoyed the class discussion =)
In my opinion, I don't think that they should take out Thomas Jefferson from textbooks just because he said that church and state should be separated. Personally, I believe that Thomas Jefferson plays a huge role in history. If the Texas Board of Education is going to take him out, that's going to wipe away a good amount of history that a good handful of students could really take and learn something from. Of course, this all ties into 1984 where government starts to take out history and form it the way they want it. I believe that if they take one thing out, they'll find another topic or saying to take out and before you know it, it's going to be an on-going cycle. My question is, why is it such a BIG deal that they HAVE TO take it out. If they've got a good enough reason for it, maybe, but for now, I don't think it would hurt to just leave it.
Any way, the circle was good, it really got me thinking. It got intense and I'm hoping that in the future, the discussions will continue to get better and better and that more will be able to voice and speak their opinions. (Same goes for me!)
Toodles! =)
Nice ending. I appreciated it. :)
ReplyDeleteAnyways, good thinking here. To be honest, I tried thinking of a way that wouldn't make that statement sound weird...but I couldn't. So there you go.
I really liked the connection you made to 1984; I hadn't really thought of it in that way. I thought of it more of them just having one shape that they were molding everyone to, but not as them slowly taking away the other parts of history that weren't acceptable to their rule.
And I agree with you on your reflection on our lovely little socratic circle. It sometimes got a little off track and a few people didn't really speak up and whatnot. But hey, it's not like you can make them speak. Well, if that didn't sound awkward.
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Toodles! :D
i agree with you on how thomas jefferson should not be removed. and i also agree with you on how you thought the circle talking went . people did talk well. but people also needed to go more in depth with there point of views. but i think we just needed more time to express one self and ones thoughts. but i feel you expressed yourself very well in your responce :P so yeah i guess thats it. peace out dude
ReplyDeleteMold Goua!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your opinions and thoughts about the circle, and i pretty much completely agree with you. I also believe Thomas Jefferson should not be removed from our textbooks. For so many years people have strived for their place in history, and now just a few people are deciding to take them out? I really like how you smoothlyyy tied this all into 1984. I was having difficulty relating our circle discussion, but you've helped me alot in finding comparisons through your commentary (so thank you!)
I agree with what you thought of our circle discussions. I also thought that we did very well, and everyone voiced their opinions nicely. And ya thats all. Adios Mold, good job.
goldie :)
ReplyDeletei really like your opinions about the socratic circle. and yes i do agree with you. I do believe that thomas jefferson should not be taken out because he has been such a big part of our history that to take him out would mean to take out a big chuck of history and throwing it to trash. and i dont think that would be right one bit.
about the conversations that your group had was very intense and it was really fun to listen to. yes many people went off topic but most of them seemed to tie it back to the topic pretty quickly. so it was fun and enjoyable lol. well dont have anything else to say. good job goldie!