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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by inthesto » Tue May 08, 2012 6:32 pm

You type that as if high schoolers had interest in anything other than their own dicks and video games.

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Re: Metacircularity

Post by Emong » Tue May 08, 2012 7:36 pm

aesling wrote:Ok, to be more serious here, I don't want to be mean, but usually when you are asked to pick your own essay topic, the goal is to make you think. Think critically about the issue, find some aspect of it that interests you, then do some research to support your thoughts and theories. In the course of your research you may find out all kinds of new things, and you may even have to adjust your original argument based on what you find. It's important to go through that process because teaching someone how to think for themselves and analyze issues is incredibly difficult, and asking an internet forum for help isn't going to help you learn that.
But it's precisely the opposite: it's only when you get in contact with others and their opinions that your own opinions are challenged and you're forced to consider a lot of different options that you haven't even thought about before. This is how you learn to reflect on your own thinking, not in isolation from others.

It's always good to ask others for their ideas :up:

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Re: Metacircularity

Post by aesling » Tue May 08, 2012 7:42 pm

Emong wrote:
aesling wrote:Ok, to be more serious here, I don't want to be mean, but usually when you are asked to pick your own essay topic, the goal is to make you think. Think critically about the issue, find some aspect of it that interests you, then do some research to support your thoughts and theories. In the course of your research you may find out all kinds of new things, and you may even have to adjust your original argument based on what you find. It's important to go through that process because teaching someone how to think for themselves and analyze issues is incredibly difficult, and asking an internet forum for help isn't going to help you learn that.
But it's precisely the opposite: it's only when you get in contact with others and their opinions that your own opinions are challenged and you're forced to consider a lot of different options that you haven't even thought about before. This is how you learn to reflect on your own thinking, not in isolation from others.

It's always good to ask others for their ideas :up:
That's an excellent point. I just see the difference being something like asking "Hey guys, what should I think about?" rather than, "Hey guys what do you think about X subject?"
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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by Taite » Tue May 08, 2012 11:17 pm

Wow, it feels like yahoo answers in here!
aesling wrote:That's an excellent point. I just see the difference being something like asking "Hey guys, what should I think about?" rather than, "Hey guys what do you think about X subject?"
Definitely agree.

I encourage healthy debates and discussions about "What do you think about such and such topic?" to help fuel ideas, but the way this thread was worded was simply a "I don't really know what to do, so can you just help start it for me," which is just a pet peeve of mine since I was highly independent growing up and even now, so I find it sort of unfair and an unhealthy way to approach learning. :?
Didn't mean to stray from the topic, just thought I'd throw my two cents in since it's just saddening to me seeing my generation being dumbed down and then being subject to those stereotypes.

Anyhoo, continue writing his/her homework everyone.
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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by Eake4 » Wed May 09, 2012 6:13 am

Thanks guy!
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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by EvaFan » Wed May 09, 2012 4:10 pm

I was gonna say a ton of stuff to sound smart and cool like some of the other people up in here but then I remembered that I've already grown up.

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or have I? :awesome:
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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by aesling » Wed May 09, 2012 6:13 pm

EvaFan wrote:I was gonna say a ton of stuff to sound smart and cool like some of the other people up in here but then I remembered that I've already grown up.

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or have I? :awesome:
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Re: Any thinkers here?

Post by Flint the Dwarf » Wed May 09, 2012 8:26 pm

No, no, Aes, in America we tip our servers.

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Any thinkers here?

Post by TEKnician » Wed May 09, 2012 9:29 pm

"Grown ups are just children with money"
"Act your age"
"Don't waste your youth"
"You are either in your prime or past it"


Pick a common saying about age and talk about what it means and why someone might think that.
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Re: Metacircularity

Post by I Fight For The Users » Thu May 10, 2012 3:33 am

Emong wrote:
aesling wrote:Ok, to be more serious here, I don't want to be mean, but usually when you are asked to pick your own essay topic, the goal is to make you think. Think critically about the issue, find some aspect of it that interests you, then do some research to support your thoughts and theories. In the course of your research you may find out all kinds of new things, and you may even have to adjust your original argument based on what you find. It's important to go through that process because teaching someone how to think for themselves and analyze issues is incredibly difficult, and asking an internet forum for help isn't going to help you learn that.
But it's precisely the opposite: it's only when you get in contact with others and their opinions that your own opinions are challenged and you're forced to consider a lot of different options that you haven't even thought about before. This is how you learn to reflect on your own thinking, not in isolation from others.

It's always good to ask others for their ideas :up:
Yes, once you've formed your own ideas. Eake4 has shown no evidence of that.

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