05 June 2006

stupidity is in my ears, because i do as you say, not as you do.

The title is froma script we had to write in a dance class at GSW. We had to pair body parts with feelings or a state of being and then write something to go along with it. So that was one of mine.

I found my GSW notebook today. Not my journal but my dance notebook and the one I used to take notes in other classes too. I don't think I've looked at it since this summer. It was weird. I forgot all the stuff we talked about in our classes until I read it. I found this list of questions that were written on the board one day when I walked into my Area II and they were interesting, so here:

Who are you?
Why are you so slow this morning?
What causes TB?
What's the best form of government?
Who is the best basketball player?
Who is most qualified for the job?
What gene causes cancer?
Does everyone have the right to his or her own opinion?
Is the Dowing Street Memo a smoking gun?
Is there enough evidence to convince Mr. X?
Are you a racist?
Did Saddam have WMD?
Is the answer A, B or C?
Where you:
a) very satisfied?
b)somewhat satisfied?
c) satisfied?
d) not satisfied?
e) disgusted?
What Postman principle does this question demonstrate?
Why do we require you to attend this performance?
How are you?
Do you love me?
How do we cure Mad Cow disease?
Should abortion be legal?
Is capital punishment wrong?
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Can you prove it?
What is the relationship between race, gender, and intelligence?
How intelligent are you?
What is the meaning of life?
What does "noneostatic" mean?
What is the smallest particle?
What is the heaviest atom?
Do we have to do this?
How many jobs has the economy generated this fiscal quarter?
Does human life start at conception?
When did slavery end?
How can you know somebody?
Do you ever "really" get to see yourself?
Does anything really exist?
Is the South irrevocably intertwined with racism?
Can you think of something you can prove?

Some of them appear to be pretty basic, but I remember analyzing each question separately and discussing the assumptions that were involved in each one. For example, asking someone who they are suggests that they're describable.

When I read my notebook I realized how much I learned and developed this year. I also read things that I had forgotten about and noticed how much I still have to learn in applying these principles to my life.

I will try to try harder.