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Are We Perfect?

The first unit of the winter term was very exciting in the Who Am I class for the Humanities course. This unit was all about truth and memory. We talked a lot about philosophers like Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc. Through this unit we were also reading the book Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. This book is about the protagonist learning about some history with philosophy as a teenager. This unit was primarily about philosophy but it also included some psychology and truths. There were not any Field Experiences in this unit besides one at the very end which was at St. Paul's Church in Lincoln Park, Chicago. We talked with Pastor Matt Fitzgerald about truth and belief. I thought the start of this discussion was very interesting because Matt started by asking the class, "Do we live in an enchanted world?" I thought this was a good question because we normally have beliefs that can define whether we live in an enchanted world or not. I personally think that the world can be enchanted when we are discovering new things or being introduced to something very substantial like when we were children. This FE was also an introduction into the next unit of the course. The Action Project of this unit was to create a podcast about a belief we had. The belief I chose was perfection is impossible. The podcast is below.



I enjoyed learning about philosophy and a bunch of the well known philosophers that were alive hundreds of years ago. It was interesting to learn about their beliefs and how they decided to teach and learn philosophy. I also enjoyed talking about psychology and Carl Jung as well as going on the FE to St. Paul's Church. I am excited for the next unit in this course. I hope this podcast about perfectionism can help someone doing something similar.

Sources:

Charlescomer. “The Socratic Project: The Perfection of the Soul.” Aphilosopheroncarmel.

 “Does Perfection Exist?: Plato´s Theory of Forms Essay.” Cram.

Fitzgerald, Matt, Pastor, St. Paul's Church, Chicago, IL

 Gaarder, Jostein, and Paulette Møller. Sophies World. GCE Lab School
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