Any thinkers here?
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Re: Any thinkers here?
You type that as if high schoolers had interest in anything other than their own dicks and video games.
Yes, female high schoolers do not exist.
Yes, female high schoolers do not exist.
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Re: Metacircularity
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.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.
It's always good to ask others for their ideas
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Re: Metacircularity
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?"Emong wrote: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.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.
It's always good to ask others for their ideas
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Re: Any thinkers here?
Wow, it feels like yahoo answers in here!
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.
Definitely agree.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?"
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?
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.
or have I?
or have I?
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Re: Any thinkers here?
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?
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Re: Any thinkers here?
No, no, Aes, in America we tip our servers.
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Any thinkers here?
"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.
"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.
Almost as hard as fighting a Holy Paladin.
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Re: Metacircularity
Yes, once you've formed your own ideas. Eake4 has shown no evidence of that.Emong wrote: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.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.
It's always good to ask others for their ideas