I was happy to see everyone two weeks ago on 10/29! We almost had a full class! Thanks for everyone's participation! Our theme was Occupy Wall Street, and like the Occupy protesters, our class expressed a wide range of viewpoints. Some interesting ideas and topics were touched on, including the size of the US debt, the Robin Hood Marches, the US banking crisis of 2008, the ongoing evolution of the system that runs our society, the relationship between democracy and capitalism, and the fact that "what goes up must come down!"
Thanks, everyone, for coming! It was lovely to see all of you again and to hear what everybody had to say. It's great to see so many people taking part in the class discussions!
Last week on 11/3, I was really happy to find Tony and Jerry at the Community College community lecture. The speakers gave their viewpoints on the direct train line from Taipei to Yilan County. The lecture was in Taiwanese and Chinese... so I have to admit I'm a little foggy on a lot of the details! It was good listening practice for me, but if you want to know what we learned that night, it would be best to talk to Tony or Jerry (and not to me!!). :D
Can we live without money? Maybe... Can we live without food? No! So this Thursday, our topic is Food.
I hope that you'll all once again feel free to explore this topic and take it in whatever direction interests you.
Once again, I'll ask that presentations are kept in the 8 to 10 minute range (or under!), and I look forward to hearing from everybody!
Here's a brainstorm of some possible topic directions, if you haven't already come up with something you'd like to talk about on Thursday 11/10!
* Organic food
* Free-range meat
* the Local Food Movement
* a Healthy diet
* Vegetarianism: reasons for (and/or against!); how to be a healthy vegetarian
* Heirloom seeds and heirloom plants
* Genetically modified food
* the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
* Gardening
* Farming
* Farm subsidies
* Pesticides: why are they used? what are the consequences?
* Cooking
* Favorite foods
* Yilan specialties
* Recipes
* Food distribution on our planet
* Famine and starvation: causes and solutions
See you all in a few days! I'm looking forward to our next class! Make sure you eat before you come... !!
Sincerely, Abbie
PS. "The belly rules the mind." ~ a Spanish Proverb :)
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