{"id":2018,"date":"2016-11-17T15:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2016-11-17T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T23:04:24","slug":"some-homework-as-you-begin-thanksgiving-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/2016\/11\/17\/some-homework-as-you-begin-thanksgiving-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Some homework as you begin Thanksgiving Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I am suggesting that you do some &#8216;homework&#8217; related to your\u00a0responsibility as a Periclean Scholar. \u00a0Your time is very valuable, but I promise that what I am asking you to do will be useful to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your assignments<\/strong><br \/>\nI hope that this coming week will be filled with rest, relaxation and time for reflection for all Pericleans. \u00a0I can safely assume that many of you will reunite with family and friends at a Thanksgiving meal and have the opportunity to have conversations with relatives, neighbors and those that you left behind when you came to Elon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assignment #1<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will be asked &#8220;how are your classes going?&#8221; and that will lead you into talking about your work as a Periclean Scholar. \u00a0Like many, I have found TED talks to be a great source of both information and inspiration.\u00a0This one featuring Bennington College President Liz Coleman\u00a0will deepen your elevator speech both about Periclean Scholars specifically but more generally on the purpose and value of a liberal arts education. \u00a0She does this talk just after President Obama&#8217;s 2009 inauguration, and some of what she says should resonate with you and also help you to understand what our nation -and our world- needs from us as members of a civil society and as global citizens. \u00a0She gives great, timely advice; this video is well worth the 18 minutes you&#8217;ll spend watching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liz Coleman&#039;s call to reinvent liberal arts education\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syqScVtnKuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assignment #2<\/strong><br \/>\nThe current election results will most certainly be a topic of conversation around the dinner table and in other contexts. \u00a0As Pericleans we have made a statement on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PericleanScholars\/\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0reaffirming our commitment to each other, those who are<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/2016\/11\/11\/periclean-statement-in-light-of-118\/img_1597\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2014\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/73\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_1597.jpg\" alt=\"img_1597\" width=\"185\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_1597.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_1597-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_1597-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_1597-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a> marginalized and to our partners. \u00a0That we are a nation divided on some fundamental levels seems acutely obvious. Our response must be to make every effort to understand ourselves and all those with whom we share this nation and this planet. \u00a0This next TED talk was done after the recent election and speaks to the divisions in our nation with measured, proactive reasoning and solid research. \u00a0The final minutes include good, sound and very timely advice for \u00a0you as you head out for break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can a divided America heal? | Jonathan Haidt\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D-_Az5nZBBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our charge<br \/>\n<\/strong>One of my favorite quotations is from Mahmood Mamdani in his book <em><strong>Saviours and Survivors<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0On page 5 he writes, <em>&#8220;In contrast to those who suggest that we act the minute the whistle blows, I suggest that, even before thew whistle blows, we ceaselessly try to know the world in which we live -and act. \u00a0Even if we must act on our imperfect knowledge, we must never act as if knowing is no longer relevant.&#8221; \u00a0<\/em>Indeed. \u00a0Let&#8217;s all have a great break filled with learning, listening, sharing and a thirst to join with others in our common goal of creating a more just world for all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I am suggesting that you do some &#8216;homework&#8217; related to your\u00a0responsibility as a Periclean Scholar. \u00a0Your time is very valuable, but I promise that what I am asking you to do will be useful to you. Your assignments I hope that this coming week will be filled with rest, relaxation and time for reflection &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/2016\/11\/17\/some-homework-as-you-begin-thanksgiving-break\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Some homework as you begin Thanksgiving Break&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/pericleanscholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}