New Friends

I really enjoyed being able to meet a lot of people through the greet and meet today during class. Last year we did this for Anthropology, but this was different. During Anthropology we searched for an answer to a question and we tried to understand their view on the United States. This time around nothing was forced it all came naturally. If they wanted to interact with us and answer our questions and go in deeper conversations it was up to them, it wasn't forced. I think the major difference was that in Anthropology the questions were framed around the same question while here it was really open to anything. Also they weren't being filled so that also helped them express themselves freely.

Final debate

At first the debate was incredibly intimidating and frightening, but once we started little by little the debates became easier. At least I wasn't that scared of having to discuss our government for a solid hour and half. Debating helped understand the forms of government and being able to realize how philosophy plays a role in each one. I think that was the purpose of the debate to reach a certain understanding of the different types of government and be able to relate them back into philosophy. Overall I enjoyed the debate a lot, I learned a lot from it and had fun. I think the highlights had to be the Republic dressing up and the electric shovel. Beside the arguments and rebuttal that Max had with the majority of the presidents having a military background. The debate in a way represented the highest form of knowledge. It allowed us to discuss the different types of government and defend our points of view so that in itself is knowledge.