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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.
TODAY'S TOPICS:
Who are you? do you know? Are you dead or are you alive? are you in pieces or are you whole? have you been virtually "lobotomized" [had one part of your brain(left side?) severed from another (right side?)]? how are you feeling? right now? RATIONALE
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:; Answering questions about pp. 9-115; quiz on pp. assigned below;............. discussion
On the heath, King Lear asked Gloucester: “How do you see the world?” And Gloucester, who is blind, answered:" I see it feelingly."
REQUIRED READING: COURSE ANTHOLOGY:
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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116 Know Thyself
117-120 Leadership, EQ, and Both Sides of the Brain
121-123 Emotional Intelligence
124-126 Harmonizing Emotion and Thought
127-128 "The Man Without Feelings"
129-130 "The Roots of Empathy"
131-133 Empathy vs Video Games
134 David Lee Powell, Plan II student?
135 Molesters and Sociopaths
136 "I Am a Rock";
136 "Comfortably Numb"
137-140 "Turn It Off".
141 Definition of "Sentimentality"
EMOTIONAL LITERACY
142-149 Emotion Words checklist
150 Children's Feeling Words
151 Vocabulary of Emotions
152 Intensity of Feelings Chart
153-154 Writing Emotions
230-231 Definition of Compassion;
240 Definition of Sympathetic Imagination
9 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING;
10-11 Meditation and Guided Imagery
12-14 Feedback and Emotional Intelligence
23 Ram Dass / Einstein Guided Imagery
21-22 Song Lyrics: "Born Free"; "Get Together"; "Peaceable Kingdom"
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REVIEW: pp. 9-115
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LOOKING AHEAD: Best and Worst begins, Blogs begin etc.
BLOG INSTRUCTIONS
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DUE BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 1-24:
[2]BLOGS FOR NEXT WEEK [60 POINTS OR SO]
[3]QUESTIONNAIRES DUE : -5 PER CLASS DAY UNTIL RETURNED BY EMAIL
[4] INTRODUCTION BLOG 15 PTS. AT STAKE
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DUE NEXT WEEK
[5] OPTIONAL BEST AND WORST BLOG POST DUE BEFORE CLASS
1-26 Compassion and the Sympathetic Imagination: best and worst 1st half of the alphabet; quiz, discussion of blogs
1-28 Power Animals and Native American Literature: b&w 2nd half; quiz, discussion of blogs
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: these texts and your own ethics and/or
Your Head and Your Heart
“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!