When reflecting
upon the ISUs, although I was aware of most of them, I was most impressed by
the solutions our class brought to the table. Of course, some of the solutions
were at times a little far fetched, most of them were very realistic in then
sense that we considered the country’s reactions on a global stance rather than
a viewpoint of a Canadian. As the days of presentations went by, I would walk
out of the classroom with a new piece of the puzzle that makes up our world and
the issues we face today, here in 2012. This was and still is a huge impact in
the way I think about simple concepts from taking shorter showers, to realizing
that within a few days, I will be legal to vote and can start voicing my
opinion to the general public. I also took from the presentation that no matter
what, conversation and opinion is one of the most valuable ingredients to
finding a solution. As I continue to even write this blog post, I am re-reminding
myself of the issues we have talked about in class and thinking of solutions on
the multiple topics we covered. This clearly displays the impact these
presentations have had on me and hopefully they have impacted my peers just as
much.
We definitely did have some very interesting conversations that led us to a lot of different ideas and possible solutions. I agree with you that discussion and debate is the best way to go about finding out more about an issue, because it brings so many different opinions and views to the table.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, these ISU's were very helpful to me as well in terms of knowing what really goes on in our world. I have been greatly impacted as well and it was interesting to see all of the different angles and ideas that the class had about every issue that was presented.
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