Critters, Confidence, and Clays

 Bacon and Darwin Bacon      Francis Bacon uses the word idols to explain what is learned filters are applied to the way individuals view their reality. Personally, I believe that the word filters would be much more fitting because it would be less confusing for the reader. He describes each of the idols but for comparison purposes, I am going to compare the cave idol and the theatre idol. The cave idol shows us that we only think in ways that we have been taught, I like to compare this to tunnel vision. The theatre idol shows us things that would not necessarily happen in real life, this leads us to believe that these events are possible. Personally, I would compare the theatre idol to a skewed reality. I believe that Darwin could not say that one idol was more important than another because they each play an important part in an individual's viewpoint.     The square idol comes with interaction with others, this expands one's viewpoints and opens their eyes to new possibiliti

 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