Seminar Reflection on Taoism:

Questions:
How did you and your classmates perform in seminar today?
How does the Tao Te Ching's ideas related to our lives and the world around us?

I think that the first group of students brought up a lot of interesting points, and had a lot of interesting points. I think the second group (which was my group) was very quite, a lot of the people didn't talk, so I ended up having to talk a lot. I think that at the second group let people have more time and didn't go on nearly as many tangents as the first group. However I think the first group was a lot more open, and helped shine light on the text they were discussing. Overall I think that a lot of people did pretty good, but I think that a lot more people have to speak up and talk about what they feel. I think that maybe next time we could mix up the quiet people up with the more outgoing people so there could be more that is discussed.
I believe that some of Tao Te Ching's ideas can be connected to our every day lives for instance i think that from part 71 the lines "Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness." I think that, that quote means if you know what your weaknesses are you can improve them and make them your strengths, but if you ignore the information given to you it will come back to you and end up hurting you. For instance if a crime scene investigator ignores the information that there was a chemical in a victims body before the death, they will probably lose their cause when someone points the fact out and he might lose his job.
Overall I think that the seminars were really cool and fun, but I think maybe next time we can get more time to prepare and have a more diverse group.