I think we should have a major game day over the movies, stories, and theories discussed in class throughout the semester. If we are required to do something more contructive than that, then I vote that we have an open-ended question applying concepts we have learned to our lives (for example, the exercise we completed in class relating to the reading on time).
I also think we should get out of class early because it is the first day of finals week and we will all probably be stressed like crazy :)
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Time
While I was reading the chapter on time, I had one of those "aha moments" that connects an experience with an explanation. It made complete sense to me that time, while measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, and so on, it is also determined by the activities we accomplish. I feel like we could all agree that an hour in traffic feels much longer than an hour watching television. Likewise, the week of final exams goes by much slower than a week of vacation. Therefore, it makes sense that our perception of time is affected by our actions and how we use our time. I found the explanation so obvious that it was interesting and I couldn't help but wonder what activities speed up time and which stretch time.
Activities that speed up time:
-Watching a good movie
-Reading a good book
-Browsing on Facebook
-Spending time with friends
-Social events
-Taking a nap
-Holidays
-Vacations
Activities that slow time:
-Watching a terrible movie
-Reading an uninteresting book
-Replying to countless e-mails
-Sitting in a waiting room
-Waiting for a delayed flight
-Sitting on an international flight
-Final exams
-Dentist or doctors appointments
-Sitting in traffic
Activities that speed up time:
-Watching a good movie
-Reading a good book
-Browsing on Facebook
-Spending time with friends
-Social events
-Taking a nap
-Holidays
-Vacations
Activities that slow time:
-Watching a terrible movie
-Reading an uninteresting book
-Replying to countless e-mails
-Sitting in a waiting room
-Waiting for a delayed flight
-Sitting on an international flight
-Final exams
-Dentist or doctors appointments
-Sitting in traffic
Five Changes to Make the World a Better Place
1. Regulate ownership and availability of guns
2. Establish a competitive education system
3. Create a health care system that is available to more people and has extensive coverage for those with severe illnesses and diseases
4. Use cleaner energy (wind energy, solar energy, etc.)
5. Place more funding into medical research to find cures for HIV, cancers, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, etc.
2. Establish a competitive education system
3. Create a health care system that is available to more people and has extensive coverage for those with severe illnesses and diseases
4. Use cleaner energy (wind energy, solar energy, etc.)
5. Place more funding into medical research to find cures for HIV, cancers, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, etc.
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