Socratic Seminar

     We are into the second week of our senior year and already we see learning give rise once more. Today (8/20) we had our first socratic seminar in which we discussed the ideas presented in the article "The Right to Your Opinion" from Crimes Against Logic by Jamie Whyte. These ideas included being entitled to your own opinion and the question of whether or not we are forced to believe what others believe. It was said that we are allowed to have our own opinions but must be capable of backing them up with evidence when asked to do so. We must also understand that people will fight for what they believe to be true and we must learn to be tolerant. The matter of opinions is one to be disucussed peacefully and with an open mind. Although some thought giving in to believing someone else's opinion was a sign of weakness, others thoght it was actually a strength for it takes courage to admit someone else is right. We were limited on time and this was about the point at which we closed the seminar.