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Class Discussion Notes: 11.29.2005

(May) connects interest in absurd and nonsense with childhood—also alive in adulthood and college—wish he would have connected Wonderland more to reality than lamenting that the dream ends after childhood

(Susan) when you are a child, you take strange stuff just as happening—when we’re older, we feel the difference being in strange places with strange customs—the opposite of Alice

(May) is college really a rational place? is it more or less rational than high school?

(Susan) people with different perspectives sometimes offended—diversity
(Ben) changing size so she can communicate with the animals—how much do we change and vary between personalities (intellectual vs. street-smart) depending on who we’re with?

(Susan) business school
(May) don’t really change personas but vary what you say or how you say it—you never know a person’s background or personality—anything can offend them
(Noel) if that’s how you really feel, why should you feel bad about what you just said?
(May) you still have your opinions, but you change the way you say it so you don’t turn off the other person through your communication
(Rachel) cultivating a way to communicate, not our ideas—the whole idea of awkwardness—trying to negotiate the adult world and not really knowing how (ex: sketchy topics)
(Puja) you wait until you know someone better before you have debates with them—its important to evaluate how a person will react before you rant and debate
(Mitha) your friends don’t always have to be the people you agree with—find people you can express your ideals with
(Brian) thrown into a Wonderland with a disorienting feeling when you don’t know what everyone’s opinion is—the best attitude is one of compassion because that allows you to always have a certain understanding for other peoples’ opinions without really compromising your own opinion
(Noel) who is getting offended? how are people getting offended? you can disagree with things without being offended
(Rachel)