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E349S15 Lewis Carroll
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Mathematical Circles
Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them... for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth."
~ Pierre Teilhard de ChardinDass Guided Imagery
"LOVE AND DO WHAT YOU WILL" St. Augustine
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9-1: THE ETHICS REQUIREMENT
If you have not already done so, BRING TO CLASS ALL VOLUMES OF THE COURSE ANTHOLOGY (REQUIRED) TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED THEM (-5 PER DAY PER VOLUME UNTIL YOU DO + QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ASSIGNED READINGS PP. 9-112
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS: The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems." Our ethics goals include [ [2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience. [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
9-1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!
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Sir Paul McCartney sings Happy Birthday to You!
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Garfield's happy birthday dance
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http://www.youtube.com/v/1qBK4RRpouQ&hl=en&fs=1&
born free -- animals
http://www.youtube.com/v/1qBK4RRpouQ&hl=en&fs=1&
born free -- animals
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REQUIRED READINGS
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95-102 Covey, Principled Leadership: Service, Law of Love, Seek first to Understand Focusing on that which is greater than the ego Conscience, Character, …..Left Brain/Right Brain
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103-114 Covey, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: The Whole-‐Person Paradigm, incl. Spiritual Intelligence, Compassion and Conscience Ethos, Pathos, Logos Character
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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115 Know Thyself
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116-119 Leadership, EQ, and Both Sides of the Brain
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120-122 Emotional Intelligence of a Leader
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123-125 Harmonizing Emotion and Thought
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126-127 "The Man Without Feelings"
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128-129 "The Roots of Empathy": awareness of one's own feelings, 90% is nonverbal communication,
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130-132 Empathy vs Video Games
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133 David Lee Powell, Honors student?
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134 Molesters and Sociopaths
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135 "I Am a Rock";
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135 "Comfortably Numb"
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136-139 "Turn It Off".
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140 Definition of "Sentimentality"
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*EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; using both sides of the brain: Caucus Race "Just do it"
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141-142 Meditation and Guided Imagery
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143-145 Feedback and Emotional Intelligence
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EMOTIONAL LITERACY
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146-153 Emotion Words checklist
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154 Children's Feeling Words
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155 Vocabulary of Emotions
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156 Intensity of Feelings Chart
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157-158 Writing Emotions
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DEFINITIONS OF RELATED TERMS
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231-233 Definition of Passion
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234-235 Definition of Compassion
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236-238 Definitions of Humane, Human,
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239-240 Definition of Animal
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241 Definition of Empathy [SEE ALSO "Enron vs. Empathy"; "Roots of Empathy"; "Empathy vs. Video Games:; Rifkin, The Empathic Civilization; + Dolby
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242-243 Definition of Sympathy
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244 Definition of Sympathetic Imagination
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: QUIZ ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE;DISCUSSION OF BEST AND WORST, PROJECT, BLOGS + other aspects of the course and answering questions about it and the topics listed above + EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ETC.
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LOOKING AHEAD:
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9-3 the kingdom of heaven;dream child; fawn incident; running in place, etc.Quiz in class. "Best and Worst" for first half of alphabet;Discussion of Blogs posted 8-30.
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DUE BY MIDNIGHT 9-4:
QUESTIONNAIRES DUE : -5 PER CLASS DAY UNTIL RETURNED BY EMAIL
INTRODUCTION BLOG: 15 PTS. AT STAKE
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9-6 Sunday: blogs for 9-8 and 9-10 assignments due by 11:59 PM Sunday
"Stress Recess" Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called "Stress Recess" at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!
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