FINAL PROJECT ~ Three Conversations
“Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.” William Shakespeare
Although there are certainly benefits to online classes, one of the obvious drawbacks is the lack of face-to face discussion of the subject matter, which is an important form of informal learning. There is no better way to get our ideas, beliefs, and values clear to ourselves than to explain them to someone else, especially to someone who does not agree with us. Also important, of course, is to listen respectfully with an open mind to opposing views. As Cicero, a renown Roman philosopher and statesman put it: “Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.” Or, as good ol’ Epictetus put it: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
With that said, I have heard often from students in this course that things we are disc
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