CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE
When I was preparing my spring semester schedule, a friend of mine suggested that I take the honors seminar PHIL2085. The objective of the course was to create thought-provoking, controversial, and intellectual conversations about life between a group of students. Once a week we met, pulled our chairs into a large circle, and discussed politics, religion, education, etc. We talked about the philosophy behind our arguments and why some completely opinion-based arguments are not as effective as others. This class was designed to allow college students to hear other views on important issues and either hold on to their original beliefs or adjust their opinion based on the discussion.
Every week, each student researched a topic and wrote a one-paged introduction. Every topic was named at the beginning of the session and we voted on the topics we wanted to discuss the most. The topics we liked the most would be discussed the next week so that we would have time to do our own research before the conversation. Personally, I thought having the week to research the topic before discussion was crucial. I really enjoyed doing the research for each topic and learning different rationalized opinions that I had not considered before.
Every week, each student researched a topic and wrote a one-paged introduction. Every topic was named at the beginning of the session and we voted on the topics we wanted to discuss the most. The topics we liked the most would be discussed the next week so that we would have time to do our own research before the conversation. Personally, I thought having the week to research the topic before discussion was crucial. I really enjoyed doing the research for each topic and learning different rationalized opinions that I had not considered before.
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This one-paged introduction, "Should Abortions Require the Consent of the Father?", was a topic that I proposed that was chosen for discussion. Because this topic was highly controversial, I did my best to highlight both sides of the argument in my introduction. |