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Author: Genevieve Lawrence
Does travel really broaden the mind or do we simply take our preconceptions with us?
Last Friday of the month, 25 of October, 14 members of the Discussion Group talked about travelling. Felicity led the topic which was not as simple and easy as it appeared. The general view normally is that travelling broadens the mind and helps us better understand people living in foreign countries. But during our discussion,…
“What are fallacies? Can you spot them?”
Friday, 23d of September, the Discussion group had its first autumn meeting. As a one-off, it was held a week earlier and not as usual on the last Friday of the month. Members of the group discussed fallacies and how interesting and important is to notice them in the daily world of information surrounding us.…
IMAGINATOR
Last Friday, 27 May, the Discussion Group meeting was held in a different format based on IMAGINATOR cards, which are designed on the open mindset concept. We had 12 people taking part in this game It uses a pack of cards with pictures of shapes/symbols etc and people simply said what they saw when…
Have we learned the lessons of history
Last Friday of the month, 29th April we had another Discussion Group meeting, which was attended by 13 people. The topic was very broad and multi-faceted, touching on subjects of the clash of great powers, hegemony, the Monroe doctrine ( it is the US foreign policy that covers all Western Hemisphere as its direct area…
The growth of off-limit topics at schools: No talking about racism, gender, or communism.
On the last Friday of the month, 25th March, the Discussion Group held a meeting at the Parador Hotel which was attended by 10 people. The discussion started with Jeff’s introduction to the topic. The following were the top three reasons cited for challenging materials: the material was considered to be ‘sexually explicit’, the material contained…