Total Recall (2012)

Matthias: Mr. Hauser, What is it you want?
Doug Quaid: I want to help you.
Matthias: That is not the only reason you are here.
Doug Quaid: I want to remember.
Matthias: Why?
Doug Quaid: So I can be myself, be who I was.
Matthias: It is each man's quest to find out who he truly is, but the answer to that lies in the present, not in the past. As it is for all of us.
Doug Quaid: But the past tells us who we've become.
Matthias: The past is a construct of the mind. It blinds us. It fools us into believing it. But the heart wants to live in the present. Look there. You'll find your answer.

[source: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0321309/quotes]

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

And change projects across all classes result in some great things


Best student projects ever this semester with 'change' project incorporated across the curriculum.

My favorites (so far) are a video on waste (too large of a file to insert here, but featured problem and what you can do steps), a video on the human equivalents for animal industrial farming, another video on body shaming, and a vegan/organic dinner party (picture below).




The only thing I will do to improve next semester is even more (there are already some) incremental reflection/change/mindfulness components to each assignment.  The garbage collection assignment was already a massive success so I don't see why each assignment cannot have some sort of 'doing' component to raise awareness, engage, and leave me (and the students) less depressed about systemic/institutional social problems.