We kicked off this lesson by presenting our short skits based on the varied perceptions of time on a global scale. Whilst may group presented a skit based on the dynamics of the concept of time in our specific cultures, interpreting and analyzing the skits performed by other groups was a great experience as it allowed us to view the concept of time from multiple perspectives.
Accordingly, we spent much of today's lesson evaluating the different degrees of Knowledge Questions by essentially categorizing a given list of questions on a scale of "not a knowledge question" to "good". This activity certainly allowed me to get a glimpse into what can be classified as a good knowledge question. I believe that this lesson was effective as it gave me a better idea of what exactly shall be the basis of our presentation.
I personally believe that knowledge questions, questions which are open ended often provoke us and lead us into digging deeper into theories beyond what we already accept as convention/norm. This in my opinion is essential as without any extended analysis or without taking a unique different approach to something, nothing new would ever be invented or discovered. In fact this lesson, for some reason made me ponder about the Renaissance Period. The Renaissance was indubitably a period of revolution in terms of the world. With the invention of the Printing Press to the discovered of human anatomy, many facets of the world were revealed during this period. However, what was the undercurrent of this paradigm shift? This new found quench for absorbing knowledge? It was the development of a Questioning Attitude. As the name suggests, this attitude was one that essentially encouraged people to question every minuscule detail of life, to protest blindly accepting whatever is asserted by a supreme authority. One this Questioning Attitude was brought into motion, there was no stopping it. And the benefits of this shift in thinking resulted in unsurmountable amounts of explorations and discoveries that hold substantial gravity till date.
Thus, all in all, I do in a way believe that TOK urges us to follow in the path of developing a questioning attitude. Maybe by the end of the course we won't be experts enough to give birth to a novel prodigious invention, however, we will ultimately have altered perspective that teach us the art of exploration for self and I am quite excited to participate in this journey to get to that point.
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