thoughts about session 3 on 7/24 w/Dr. Dube

Just in case you want to have your kids sing the Chinese Dynasty song http://apwhlhs.blogspot.com/2009/10/chinese-dynasty-song.html

It is interesting to have learned about the four leading philosophical schools of thought in China. I vaguely knew about Confucians and their philosophy but I have never heard of Mohist, Daoists or Legalists. Today, I am to participate in the debate as a Daoist. From what I have gathered Daoists are ancient hippies who may have created a cultural hero to base their philosophy off of. The ideology seems to be, no need to fix what is not broken. If people live a simplistic life in which they are content with what they had, there will be no problems...no worries. The principle behind this is to avoid arrogance, excess and extravagance. In this way, "The Way" or going with the flow of nature, would guide everyone to their purpose in life, naturally. This concept was like a breath of fresh air. In America we are implicitly taught to grab the bull by the horns. We are taught to go out and make our lives happen. No one preaches to be satisfied with your station in life. To be happy driving what your driving or living where your living. Everyone strives for more and more. This race for excess/greed creates evil and makes man in theory evil. Although, the concept in and of itself is very basic, it has some great points to consider.

I am a Daoist. My father just broke the law. He iss a very good father. He must have needed to break the law in order to follow his own path - since there is not just one way to solve problems - or just one path to take. I accept differences between people. The State wants me to be fearful, but that is not my belief. Ishouldnot be fearful of the State. I will try to telll the leaders about his path and why he made the choices he made. If the sage still dows not understand my father's point of view, then we should get rid of the sage for he is not accepting of differences. We should respect each other's point of view.

I believe laws cause oppression and don't believe that people need to be controlled. In addition, no action should be taken by me in what happened to my father because I have a strong belief that order will prevail.

I am a Daoist. Yesterday, my kind father broke the law. He has been more than benevolent toward me and my family. Yet, I know he had knowledge of the law, and his willing actions violated the law. My father lost his way. The Dao organizes everything in life, and my father with his dissatisfaction of not being content decided to oppose the nature of things. Therefore, he disrupted the normality of the flow of nature. My father believed laws oppress the nature of Dao. Therefore, I will ask my Sage to guide my father once more by correcting him kindly, not injuring him, and enlightening him back to his contentment.

As a Confucius, I have been taught that my loyalty is to my father. I am not sure why he broke the law, but I will not question it, for I am to always honor my father. I am also to follow the five guidelines, which one of them is to respect my father as well; in that being if his wishes are for me to not say anything, then I will not, or vise versa. In all for me, my father and family come first, and I know that he cares about us too, therefore, I trust that he did what he needed to do in order to protect my family and I.
edited by dcontreras on 7/24/2012

Olympics in China

Here is the opening ceremony for the olympics:

In case any of you are interested on talking about the Olympics in your lesson plan

Hi Folks,
Appreciate the feedback on breakfast and apologize that we can't offer a full slate of choices for breakfast and lunch.

I wish we had the capacity to do so, but cannot. There are restaurants (though only a few serve breakfast, one is McKay's which is adjacent to the hotel, there is also a Denny's at the Jefferson/McClintock intersection) which can meet individual needs more fully. I realize that this is less convenient, but apologize for our limited abilities in this area. For lunch and dinner, there are far more choices. You may also consider the Superior Supermarket that is in University Village.