3*  - Friday Seminar

 

Boston bombing

1. In the novel, do you think Willy can be seen as detrimental/beneficial to his kids?Do you think Willy wants the best for his kids?

2. Are Willy's intentions good or evil?

3. Is man's nature inherently good or evil?

4. Are Biff and Happy defined by their father?

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Could there be good without evil or vice versa? Why do you think people like the people who blew up the bombs in Boston do what they do?

1* Prince William and Harry

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266017/Prince-Harry-Prince-William-Sibling-rivalry-royal-brothers-revealed.html

1. How is Prince William similar to Biff? How is Prince Harry similar to Happy?

2. Both Harry and Happy act out, what do you think motivates both of them to do that?

3. Prince William is envious of Harry, do you believe that Biff is envious of Happy's position in the family?

Blog Question:

Do you have siblings? If you do then do you feel pressured in any way? Are you pressured the same amount as your siblings? Do you share the expectations? Why do you think this?

If you don't have siblings then how do you imagine it being if you did have siblings?

3* North Korea Propaganda - Perception v. Reality

Gatsby has two sides: how he and those close to hime perceive him and how everyone else perceives him.
Those in North Korea see themselves and the world differently than we do.

1. How do we see North Korea as a potential threat?  Is there anything to worry about?  In the novel, do the people that know Gatsby only by rumors see him as a potential threat?

2. Does the way others perceive you change the way you perceive yourself?

3. Will people only do things because it will make them look a certain way?  Or would they still do it even if no one was watching?

4.  Like the people in N. Korea is Gatsby himself also ignorant to the way he or others perceive him?

5.  Are there things in our lives that we're ignorant to or won't admit?  Do we do things that we wouldn't do otherwise if no one was watching?

1*- Parental Choices Gone too Far?

Gatsby: disregard for legality/morality.  Where do you draw the line?
questions from seminar

questions

1. Should this mother be allowed to give her child pot?

2. If we legalize, what should age restrictions be?

3.If we legalize how would we enforce the punishments of abuse/underage?

4.If legalized , would it really help the economy?

5. If weed is legalized do you think other drugs will become legalized as well? which ones?

6.If legalized, would more people use weed? would the people who smoke weed use it less , like with alcohol after the prohibition?

7. If you had your say , would you legalize weed? nationally? or state by state?

8.If weed was at parties in the 1920s do you think people would have smoked it?

9. If weed is legalized does the appeal of it drop?

 blog question

1. How much influence should citizens have on making laws?

2. How much government should be used to enforce laws?