Some definitions of guilt:
You feel you must apologize to sb
You feel blamed by somebody
You feel you owe somebody
You feel you must give them something back emotionally
You feel responsible to them for something
It's a tool (used by person A) to make another person (person B) do what the tool user (person A) wants them to do.
Guilt is used to motivate people to cooperate.
2011/06/13
6/17 (五) 思，英語討論會 12: Guilt
Discussion Question: Why is guilt such a common emotion in our society?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is guilt?
2. What is guilt for?
3. What do our parents/teachers use guilt for?
4. Do religions make use of guilt?
5. If so, which ones?
6. Do they use it in the same way?
7. Is guilt used to motivate people?
8. Is it an effective motivator?
9. What is it usually used to motivate people to do?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is guilt?
2. What is guilt for?
3. What do our parents/teachers use guilt for?
4. Do religions make use of guilt?
5. If so, which ones?
6. Do they use it in the same way?
7. Is guilt used to motivate people?
8. Is it an effective motivator?
9. What is it usually used to motivate people to do?
2011/06/02
6/2 (五) 思，英語討論會 11: Knowing what’s nice
Discussion Question: What is happiness?
Questions to Think About:
1. Who or what in your life make you feel positive?
2. Who or what in your life makes you feel capable and strong?
3. Who or what in your life makes it feel easy to be alive?
4. Who or what in your life make you feel inadequate?
5. Who or what in your life makes you feel pessimistic?
6. Who or what in your life makes things feel too complicated to deal with?
Questions to Think About:
1. Who or what in your life make you feel positive?
2. Who or what in your life makes you feel capable and strong?
3. Who or what in your life makes it feel easy to be alive?
4. Who or what in your life make you feel inadequate?
5. Who or what in your life makes you feel pessimistic?
6. Who or what in your life makes things feel too complicated to deal with?
2011/05/26
Competition
Discussion Question: Is competition inhumane?
What’re some other ways to say “competition”?
What are the benefits of competition?
What are the disadvantages?
What is praise?
What is humiliation?
What makes you want to do work?
What makes you want to be your best?
What do you need to do your best work?
What is ‘motivating somebody’?
What motivates you?
What tends to discourage you from doing things you want to do?
What tends to encourage you to your best work?
What tends to encourage you to be your best self?
What is ‘getting ahead’?
What does ‘competitive’ mean in these sentences.
“Some say women aren't aggressive and competitive enough for the sport.”
“We need to make our company more competitive.”
“Competitive prices”
“Easy Scholarships and Grants - Success in Today's Competitive World “
“competitive disadvantages”
What’re some other ways to say “competition”?
What are the benefits of competition?
What are the disadvantages?
What is praise?
What is humiliation?
What makes you want to do work?
What makes you want to be your best?
What do you need to do your best work?
What is ‘motivating somebody’?
What motivates you?
What tends to discourage you from doing things you want to do?
What tends to encourage you to your best work?
What tends to encourage you to be your best self?
What is ‘getting ahead’?
What does ‘competitive’ mean in these sentences.
“Some say women aren't aggressive and competitive enough for the sport.”
“We need to make our company more competitive.”
“Competitive prices”
“Easy Scholarships and Grants - Success in Today's Competitive World “
“competitive disadvantages”
2011/05/19
5/20 (五) 思，英語討論會 9: Words and Deeds
Discussion Question:
Is there a difference between saying something and doing it?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is an action?
2. What is a threat?
3. What is a joke?
4. What is an insult?
5. Is it possible to say something without meaning it?
6. Is it possible to do something without meaning it?
7. How do you feel when someone makes a joke in which one of the characters gets hurt?
8. How do you feel when someone makes a joke about someone being made to have sex they didn’t want?
Is there a difference between saying something and doing it?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is an action?
2. What is a threat?
3. What is a joke?
4. What is an insult?
5. Is it possible to say something without meaning it?
6. Is it possible to do something without meaning it?
7. How do you feel when someone makes a joke in which one of the characters gets hurt?
8. How do you feel when someone makes a joke about someone being made to have sex they didn’t want?
5/20 (五) 思，英語討論會 9: Words and Deeds
Discussion Question:
Is there a difference between saying something and doing it?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is an action?
2. What is a threat?
3. What is a joke?
4. What is an insult?
5. Is it possible to say something without meaning it?
6. Is it possible to do something without meaning it?
7. How do you feel when someone makes a joke in which one of the characters gets hurt?
8. How do you feel when someone makes a joke about someone being made to have sex they didn’t want?
Is there a difference between saying something and doing it?
Questions to Think About:
1. What is an action?
2. What is a threat?
3. What is a joke?
4. What is an insult?
5. Is it possible to say something without meaning it?
6. Is it possible to do something without meaning it?
7. How do you feel when someone makes a joke in which one of the characters gets hurt?
8. How do you feel when someone makes a joke about someone being made to have sex they didn’t want?
2011/05/14
Videos Explaining Monetary Systems, including Ripple
What is Ripple?
Understanding Money on the Social Network pt 1
Understanding Money on the Social Network pt 1
2011/05/06
5/13 (五) 思，英語討論會 8-3: Ripple Monetary System
We're continuing to explore the idea of Time Banking. This week we're going to read the Wikipedia entry for the Ripple Monetary System, and explore the links or do our own searches.
Here's some videos explaining the Ripple System.
Here's some videos explaining the Ripple System.
2011/04/28
4/29 & 5/6 (五) 思，英語討論會 8: Time Banking
Discussion Question: Do you think this could work in Taiwan?
http://www.timebanks.org/get-involved.htm
2011/03/31
4/8 (五) 思，英語討論會 7: Ownership addicts
Discussion Question: Are we too concerned with material possessions?
Questions to Ponder:
1. Do you own a lot of stuff?
2. Is it hard to manage?
3. Does organizing your stuff take a lot of time?
4. Do you like buying stuff?
5. Do you use all the stuff you buy?
Questions to Ponder:
1. Do you own a lot of stuff?
2. Is it hard to manage?
3. Does organizing your stuff take a lot of time?
4. Do you like buying stuff?
5. Do you use all the stuff you buy?
4/1 (五) 思，英語討論會 6：Home
Discussion Question: What is home?
Questions to Ponder:
1. Are you emotionally attached to one location on this planet? Or more than one?
2. Do you feel attached to one place as home? Is it related to where you grew up? Is it different than the place you live now?
3. Is your city your home? Your country? The world?
4. How do you decide what you are attached to?
Questions to Ponder:
1. Are you emotionally attached to one location on this planet? Or more than one?
2. Do you feel attached to one place as home? Is it related to where you grew up? Is it different than the place you live now?
3. Is your city your home? Your country? The world?
4. How do you decide what you are attached to?
2011/03/18
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