Critters, Confidence, and Clays

 Montessori and Dewey Montessori     Montessori believed that school should spark a child's flame allowing them to develop a love of learning. It is shown that if a child is allowed to take ahold of their own learning path that they will continue to learn about what they are interested in. She believed that the furniture in the school setting could affect the way a child learns. If a more flexible setting is utilized then the children feel more comfortable and willing to express what they want to learn move about. This freedom of choice allows the children to learn about what they love not what is forced upon them by a standardized school system. Dewey     Dewey wanted the students to have power over their own education however, in today's schools previous to college schools are highly based on the standardized curriculum. For thinking in education to be present in the classroom the students must be allowed to have the power to choose what they learn. Dewey believed that if you

 Plato and Freud Plato      We often rely on our senses however, Plato believed that our senses are often unreliable. Most in 2020 would disagree with him but when we look at today's society that he could be correct. We know that we can become nose blind to scents after a while, textures are not always as they seem, and sounds could be produced by something you wouldn't expect. So, yes, I agree with Plato our senses can not always be trusted.     Our reliance on our senses could be viewed as materialistic by those who do not rely on their senses one hundred percent. However, there is no way to become less materialistic on this subject without losing one or more of their senses. Without these senses would we even be able to perceive the world anyway? No one knows how the world minus the basic senses would be perceived.     The five senses have us so bound to the reality that if someone were to ask you to think of a new sense unrelated to the ones we already possess it is practic

 Virginia Woolf and Margaret Mead Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf's essay entitled "Shakespear's Sister" was originally delivered to female students at two Oxford colleges where she was highly aware of the nature of her audience. She specifically displays this by looking back to the past of how women used to be treated and how the women she was speaking to now were trying to change that narrative. She really made sure to call to action the students she was talking to so that they really express themselves through their writing. She makes sure to mention the chapter headings of Trevelyan's History of England such as The Crusades and The Hundred Years War. She was making her point that historians were never concerned with women in any aspect, all they wanted to document was men's accomplishments and failures. Women were present during all of those times even though no one ever talks about it and men would not have been able to get through those times without women

 Affluent Society and Job Availability Affluence, the abundance of material goods, wealth, and property. When outsiders view the United States they are lead to think that we possess all of these. However, many citizens of the US just make enough to live. Sure there is a small percentage of the population has measurable wealth but, this does not make our society as affluent as often perceived. Along with the small bit of affluence comes the perception of life in the States being extremely grand and prosperous when it is not so for all who live there. Job availability has always been a struggle for some however, some believe that the government should provide them jobs. Our government only has a measured amount of responsibility to us and our employment opportunities, this is only because they have a responsibility to their economy. For those that run out of opportunities because there are limited positions then there should be some give within the government however, jobs should never b

 Marx, Carnegie, and Gates oh my! Marx     Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto and in this work, he references the bourgeoise which in this case references the people of wealth in the city that he believed suppressed the working class, preventing them to make as much money as they should be able to. He also references the proletariats which are the working class that works to live essentially.     With the expansion of the world goods market, national identity comes into question. As trade expanded communism became less accepted because large companies wanted to keep their wealth. So, the countries that decided to adopt it were not viewed very well by other countries.      Marx really had high hopes for all of what he thought communism would provide the proletariats. He thought that if they were able to get rid of capitalism then they would be able to keep more of their profits and in turn stabilizing out the economy.  Carnegie and Gates       Carnegie wanted to give away his money

 Aristotle and The Signing of the Constitution  How would Aristotle have responded to this painting?     He would probably be very happy to see that a new government is being formed with a whole group of people with multiple inputs. He would have also been very happy that there will be multiple levels to this newly made government. How many elements of society are represented in this painting?     This painting represents the word of people to form a viable compromise and the formation of a government. Would Aristotle have believed that this painting depicted a democracy or an oligarchy?     I think he would have believed that is could be an oligarchy because there is only a select group of people shown in the painting. However, it still has the makings of democracy because each opinion is important in decision making.