tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009051391227721601.post624842405458575184..comments2008-04-14T19:17:01.213-07:00Miriam Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676707565418367810noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009051391227721601.post-38094017289914292072008-04-14T19:17:00.000-07:002008-04-14T19:17:00.000-07:00Your last question is definitely a tough one, Miri, especially for educators... Have you watched <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223897/" REL="nofollow">"Pay it Forward"</A>, for instance? To what extent can we defend the idea that the teacher had no responsibility at all in the student's actions?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, we'll keep mulling over this question for many months, so take it easy.... and keep blogging!<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><I>Gladys</I>Gladys Bayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637060860005714720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009051391227721601.post-30032898573388601642008-04-13T19:13:00.000-07:002008-04-13T19:13:00.000-07:00“Might is right” sounds absolutely appalling to me. I cannot conceive a fair world unless democratic. “Might is right” not only approves of deceptive measures but also encourages violence in all its forms.<BR/>As for the dilemma, I meant to take it to extremes for the reader to see my point. Of course it started much earlier. I agree with you. <BR/>On the one hand, I do think most human acts influence other people, but on the other, it’s people by themselves who decide. We cannot be responsible for other people’s choices, can we?<BR/>MiriamMiriam Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676707565418367810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009051391227721601.post-14967674929759795612008-04-07T14:49:00.000-07:002008-04-07T14:49:00.000-07:00Great to read you getting started, Miriam!<BR/><BR/>As I read this, your first entry, I wondered if you've ever heard of the Sophist Thrasymachus : <A HREF="http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sophists#Might_is_right" REL="nofollow">"might is right"</A> was his motto... How do you feel about such a statement?<BR/><BR/>By the way, I certainly your "dilemma" about the soon-to-be doctor... I also wondered... is that final exam the instance which actually makes a difference? Aren't we perhaps looking at the sad end of a very long story as if it'd just started there and then?<BR/><BR/>"A teacher never knows where their influence ends," I read one day... Perhaps the same can be said of most human acts?<BR/><BR/>Way to go,<BR/><I>Gladys</I>Gladys Bayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637060860005714720noreply@blogger.com