Wed Sept 17 2014 Discussion Video!

-       Please have a look at the video. Maybe you'll need to watch it more than one time.

-       What is your first impression of this food?

-       Why do you think people are willing to eat this?

-       Do you think this food is expensive?

-       I would try it, so I have to ask, would you try it?

-       In Canada, there are a few foods that I will not eat, are there any foods you won’t eat in your country?

http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/09/14/mexico-dishes-up-creepy-crawly-fare?videoId=343257229&videoChannel=4

See you in class!

Matthew

Sept 10 2014 Discussion Topic

-       Please think about how athletes use their images and reputations to advertise many products and consider the following questions.

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-       1. Should athletes use their images and reputations to endorse (give their name to) products?

-       2. Should athletes only endorse products that they use also?

-       3. Do you think people buy things because of athlete or famous people endorsements?

-       4. What are some famous athletes or famous people that you know of who have endorsed products by being in a commercial?

Sept 3 2014 Discussion Topic

Many parents have habits that they do not want their children to have. For example, many parents really love chocolate, smoke, or drink. Also, many parents dislike things that they want their children to like. For example, parents hate tomatoes, peas, apples, or oatmeal.

My questions are this:

Is it better for parents to be open and honest about their bad habits and dislikes, or should they lie to their children (hide the chocolate, eat the tomatoes when in front of their children, etc).

Do you think that the lies will be discovered at some time and hurt the children (mistrust, etc), or do you think that these lies are harmless?

Did your parents lie to you? How do you know and what did you do when you found out?

Would you lie to your children?

Are these kinds of lies different from others?

Wed, Aug 27 2014 Discussion Topic

1) Which do you think is more important, health, or appearance?
2) Would you take medicine to cure an appearance problem (for example, acne or serious pimples) even though it might negatively affect your health?
3) Do you think our culture is too worried about appearance?
4) If someone dies because they were taking a prescribed drug, whose fault is it? The company that makes the drug, the government for allowing the drug to me prescribed, the doctor for prescribing the drug, or the patient for choosing to take the drug?

Aug 6 2014 Discussion Topic

Please consider the following question. We will be discussing this in class. Remember, you will have essential food, water, and clothing, but nothing extra. Also, chargers and cables can be included with the item they go with. For example, a laptop and the charger are 1 thing.       

you will be in solitary confinement for one year, what five things would you take?

See you in class!

Matthew

July 30 discussion questions

Please read the following questions and think about how you would answer them before class. I look forward to the discussion!

1. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?

1. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

1. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton (a person who is not smart and because of that does not worry)?

Matthew

Blog Discussion: July 23 2014

Please think about the following questions. We will talk about them tomorrow.

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?

Matthew