Today we did a recap on the second chapter of "Lies My Teacher Told Me". Rab told us that his benchmark of looking back at historical figures resided on whether a certain problem was prominent in his/her surrounding culture. For example, George Washington clearly knew the emerging belief of slave abolishment. However, history clearly provides evidence that he had kept slaves at his disposal. This would be enough to state that Washington was notorious in that field, maybe even as a person. I myself have been looking for a straightforward way to analyze a person's belief, and this seems to be a very convincing way to look at it. Rab mentioned in a previous lesson that one of the objectives of his lectures was to introduce the reader to a new idea, problem, belief, etc. I agree to this idea. It is our job to look beyond the surface and find out what is right and wrong.
We then went on to discuss about the second chapter in more detail. As I learned from my last discussion, I had decided to review the information and impression of "Lies" into a mind-map prior to having one. Thanks to this, I now could express my ideas and beliefs in a compact and informative manner. Overall, I think I did a pretty good job at todays discussion. If there is one thing I could change from today's discussion, it would be to feel where the discussion is going.
Finally Rab introduced us to discrimination in the book. People in one group tend to think that what they do is normal and what others do is abnormal, when what they do is really the same
One thing I really want to question is this; have you really been building ships?
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