When I was preparing for the seminar questions,I intend to make the questions not so tedious. So I jumped out of the quotes,and write some philosophical questions. But they still have slight connections with these quotes so that everyone can score on Criteria A. And it seems like a very successful choice. In this seminar, we achieved a very intense brainstorming atmosphere. Everyone is expressing their own thinkings and views,and developing or opposing on each other’s points. So even though I only got a 4 In my criteria A,I still insist that this is a successful seminar.
I noticed that in most of the questions, classmates’ opinions will usually form into 2 unions. For example, in the discussion of “If people are meant to be dead,then why are they still traveling?”,we have “pursuers” and “collecters”. Pursuers think that just because of human life is limited by death,so death is actually an undeniable fact that stimulates people to travel. And the journeys people experienced in this process is what the meaning of life. On other words,”to travel” this process itself is the meaning of life. While what matters to collecters is the values you gain in those journeys. When you realize that you obtained life lessons, important memories or unforgettable experiences,this brings you satisfaction. And motivates you to live on this world. Pursuers’ are more enthusiastically and stoutly,and collecters are more affectionately and nostalgic.
But! I belong to “experiencers”. To me,the Earth is a big piece of cake with millions of flavours and millions of pieces. To travel is just like tasting the cake,no matter what flavour it is, you experience something new. You temporarily get rid of the tedious flavours you used to taste everyday,and get to know the things outside your views. I don’t need a meaning for life,life itself is experiencing,life itself is to eat different flavours of cakes. Though I will die for one day,and I won’t remember any tastes,but even until the second before I die,I always that know I’m very full.
I know I’m very full,because of eating too many cakes.
For my score,I got an A4C7. My analysis is 4 because I forgot to connect my speech with the qotes in the first two classes,and I also don’t even know that there’s criteria A. So I only got lots of lows. Next time,I should investigate the grading criterias and the reading materials provided more. And because my lack of preparation and language organization,I didn’t express some of my thinkings in the seminar. Beside constructing my points,I also need to arrange the order of speaking. This distract me a little. So I think I should be less arrogant and prepare well for the seminars.😂😂