Self, Community, & Service

End of the semester concept maps

Course Guiding Questions: Group Concept Maps

Human Consciousness

In my identity, sense of meaning, and well-being interdependent with that of others because during the reading Freire talks about how we are all ‘unfinished’ human beings. This resonated to me because as human beings, we are educated through what what we witness throughout the world. Sure…

Curiosity and Conscientization

My identity, sense of meaning, and well-being are interdependent with that of others because we live in a world where we are greatly influenced and impacted by others. A lot of the choices we think we are making on our own, may have subconsciously been influenced by some…

Self Identity and Growth

Our identity is not just what we think of ourselves, but it is a social construct that also involves how society…

My Role and Responsibility

What? My identity is interdependent with others because I identify as a human being, just as many people in this world do. As human beings, our sense of meanings may be similar, but the way we bring out our sense of meanings may be different. For example, I know that my biggest…

Prompt CR 10: Unfinished Business, Addressing Injustice: The Work of Human Beings

I like to be human…

The Human Duty to Think

What?I see these ideas of thinking, not thinking/following orders/not questioning authority and the default to easy answers playing out in our society as leading to a sense of sameness throughout all people in the society itself. If everyone, as a society, follows orders of those above…

Standing Up for What is Right and Connections

What? I see the ideas of not thinking and following orders played out many times in our society today. An example of this includes ongoing issues such as racism, the achievement gap, and the wage gap between men and women. Following orders and not questioning why problems occur…

The Powerful Mind

As my responsibility in the world, my role of thinking, questioning, and forming a critical analysis helps me better understand the wrong doings going on in this world. As Arendt talks about the nazi party coming to rise as a political power, their views on Jewish treatment was outrageous, and…