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[Questions]
Read the following quotes taken from Chapter 3 of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.
With your partner discuss the questions below.
“The rules made by society are a huge presence in our lives, created by the government, religious groups, our employers, our schools, our neighbors, and our families. Because these social groups craft the explicit rules around us, we often find ourselves in situations where we are driven to break them to satisfy our personal desires or the drives of our species.” p/33
“Everyday, physical signs tell all of us what to do, written instructions direct us how to behave, and social guidelines urge us to act within specific parameters. In fact, we also make lots of rules for ourselves, in large part encouraged by others. These rules become woven into our individual fabric as we go through life.” p/33
“We draw imaginary lines around what we think we can do – lines that often limit us much more than the rules imposed by society at large.” p/33
“We define ourselves by our professions, our income, where we live, the car we drive, our education, and even by our horoscope. Each definition locks us into specific assumptions about who we are and what we can do.” p/34
“We always make our own prisons, with rules that we each create for ourselves, locking us into specific roles and out of an endless array of possibilities.” p/34
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Do you agree with these quotes?
- I don't want like these quotes but, I agree that is true.
When is a rule really just a suggestion? And when do suggestions morph into rules?
- It depends on our mind. If you think something is really not important, it is just suggestion.
What are the consequences – good and bad – of getting “off the prescribed path” (breaking the rules)?
- The good thing is that you can be a creativity person and you will make differences.
the bad thing is you have to take a risk.
What happens to those who break the rules?
- They will be alone and Society will make him social misfit. But if he continues break the rules, he will be successful and others will agree him.
(2) Post an example of the ‘herd’ mentality in action. [e.g.] photo or video (your blog)
We call Louis Vuitton bag to '3seconds bag' because we can see it every 3seconds on the street.
It really relates with 'herd mentality'
(3) On this day the expression ‘OK’ entered into the American vernacular. What does it mean and who is credited as being the first person to use the expression publicly.
'ok' has lots of means.
1. When you accept to the others proposal.
2. yes ; all right
3. used to stop people arguing with you
4. safe and well
The origin of this widely used expression is much debated but one of the more plausible suggested origins is that it was abstracted from the O.K. Club formed in 1840 by partisans of Martin Van Buren who allegedly named their organisation in allusion to 'Old Kinderhook', his birthplace being in Kinderhook, New York.
3 Seconds bag! I've never heard about this!
답글삭제Thanks for good information!