oops postings in other forum...problem?

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

hmm I have begun postings, but did so in the other forum. I assume that will not be a problem in regards to our completion of requirements?[Edit by="mvhudnall on Feb 23, 2:47:44 PM"][/Edit]
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[Anonymous]

Hello Matthew (and others),

You should have access to both this and the general "Asia In My Classroom" discussion forum. This forum is limited to your colleagues in the seminar, while the "Asia in My Classroom" forum has over 1,000 users sharing their thoughts and ideas on teaching about Asia.

Here in the seminar forum, you can feel free to start new threads if there is a new topic you would like to discuss. For example, for the February 23 session's debate assignment, you may want to start new threads for each school of thought.

However, as the "Asia in My Classroom" forum has more than 1,000 threads, we suggest that you spend some time browsing, and if your comment fits within the confines of an existing thread (e.g., film festival, web resources, literature, teaching about contemporary China, and so on), please put it there.

As part of the seminar requirements, we ask that you post the following in the "Asia in My Classroom" forum:

1. One (1) film review - 150-200 word summary on how you can use an East Asian-related film in the classroom - should be posted under the “Film Festival” thread

2. Five (5) website reviews - quick assessments of East Asia-focused websites - should be posted under the "Web Resources" thread

We are able to see the number of total posts each user has, so as long as you complete 30 total posts (in any forum) by the assignment due date of July 29, you are fine.

Hope this helps,
Miranda

[Anonymous]

Here, belated is my response to the reading on Chinese Philosophy:

To me Daoism is the most appealing of the Chinese schools of thought. It seems to to be the most encompassing view, combining aspects from the other three schools.
Daoism embraces compassion as practiced by the Mohists, while it also uses a certain measure of decorum and regularity, as proposed by the confucians. However the Daoist order seems to me to be more spontaneous, reflecting spontaneous interactions between heaven and earth. Daoism also believes in the basic goodness of man - as long as he stays away from too much power.
Daoism also expresses some legalistic concerns, in that Daoists strive not to be blinded by vanities. But while Legalists employ "violent" methods of "pruning", Daoists believe that simplicity is a natural state of things which we can achieve without the use of force.

In my Life Skills class I regularly use some daoist writing for dictation purposes. I can see the power of daoist simplicity at work as I watch the rowdy students become calmer and calmer as they are listening to my dictation of Lao - Tzu's work:

"Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine.
Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish.
Let iit be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world.
Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing."

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