Your Final Exam will consist of two parts.
Please take a moment and read the following speech by Elie Wiesel:
The Perils of Indifference (April 12, 1999)
Part 1: Please answer the following questions concerning the speech in a typed, 1/2 page to 1 page thoughtful response:
a.) Do you agree with Elie Wiesel in that " Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction"?
b.) A course such as this would never have been offered even 15 years ago. It is my hope that by helping you to experience and see what is occurring in the world, we will slowly eradicate indifference. Elie Wiesel states his concerns about the future poignantly when he asks "Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human" Do you feel that humanity has learned from its past, or do you think we are simply doomed to repeat our old mistakes?
Part 2:
We will hold a Socratic seminar on the day of your final exam. Students who do not need to take the final exam, do not need to be present. Please come to class with notes and ideas based upon the speech and your thoughts on the questions above. Attendance is Mandatory for those that need to take the final exam.
Please take a moment and read the following speech by Elie Wiesel:
The Perils of Indifference (April 12, 1999)
Part 1: Please answer the following questions concerning the speech in a typed, 1/2 page to 1 page thoughtful response:
a.) Do you agree with Elie Wiesel in that " Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction"?
b.) A course such as this would never have been offered even 15 years ago. It is my hope that by helping you to experience and see what is occurring in the world, we will slowly eradicate indifference. Elie Wiesel states his concerns about the future poignantly when he asks "Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human" Do you feel that humanity has learned from its past, or do you think we are simply doomed to repeat our old mistakes?
Part 2:
We will hold a Socratic seminar on the day of your final exam. Students who do not need to take the final exam, do not need to be present. Please come to class with notes and ideas based upon the speech and your thoughts on the questions above. Attendance is Mandatory for those that need to take the final exam.
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