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Amy Burvall

"Ask a Mortician" ETHICS - 57 views

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started by Amy Burvall on 19 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
  • Corin Thornburg
     
    When you first started working as a mortician, were you a little freaked out in the beginning, or were you just interested and fascinated? Also, what are the best experiences you had from being a mortician? What are some of the criticisms you've received for studying this field?
Amy Burvall

Stephen Fry: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 - 142 views

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started by Amy Burvall on 24 Aug 12 no follow-up yet
  • Corin Thornburg
     
    "we tend to settle so easily" 9:20
    - We always want something that is similar, but we must learn to choose something different and going with something that is completely different from our liking. I really thought it was interesting to listen to Stephen Fry talk about how travel can have such an influence on people and that when we go to different countries we can finally realize our own culture (the US) and we wont know America unless we've traveled outside. We get out of our comfort zone and travel to see different places. I think as we become young adults, it'll become vital for us to explore and learn about different cultures and experience what the world has to offer because we are always so curious and we want to be able to understand more and see what we can.

    "Never stop being a child that asks if something is right" 20:38
    - I thought this was really interesting because it seems that we are always interested in learning new things and as we begin applying and going to college, it makes me question whether or not I'm making the right decision about the major I'm going into and the colleges that I'll be applying to.

    "Increasing our levels of openness" 23:25
    - Stephen Fry talks about how we need to learn to be open to others or watch what we're doing around others. And as we continue and see how electronics have begun to make our lives more open but at the same time has allowed us to keep things hidden with our community and with ourselves. I agree with Stephen because it is true. Many of us have almost separate lives online and on social media sights. We want to change who we are to become someone different so that people can see something new. It really relates to TOK and the ways of knowing; where we get different perceptions and transform ourselves and our identity.

    "On one hand we want to belong in the tribe, on the other hand we want to be an individual apart from the tribe" 25:50
    - Stephen fry talks about individuality and how many of us want to join mainstream trends and want to fit into what the new style is. Though at the same time, we don't want to lose our identity in order to stay true to who we are. So we flaunt ourselves and out do everything. I think that Stephen Fry's goal was to share that many of us need to go and find who we are. We question so many things but yet we don't have answers to everything.
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