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Success Podcast continued + Lit Circle Meeting #4

2/21/2017

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This Week's Homework:  Read and complete your assigned role for Friday's final meeting!

Agenda
Watch a video clip from Mike Rowe's t.v. show "Dirty Jobs": "Are People with Dirty Jobs the most Successful?" (Mike Rowe is an American media personality, actor and amateur comedian best known as the host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs. He can also be heard as narrator on a variety of series and has appeared in recurring commercials for Ford Motor Company.)

Listen to "Success" Podcast Episodes 2 and 4

Written reflection in starter docs on the latest "Success" episodes:
  • What line(s) stood out to you?
  • How does these two speakers define success?
  • To what extent do you agree with these two speakers? Which one resonates with you more?

Partner Discussion
  • Fame, Fortune or Truth? What do you want to acquire more throughout your life?  Why?
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Read  "The Catastrophe of Success" 
  • When done, jot down some notes to the discussion questions at the end of the article. 
  • SEMINAR!
  • Save this reading for later reference for  your personal philosophy project!

Lit Circle Meeting #4
  • Before you end the meeting, be sure to check-in on roles and reading assignment for the last meeting on FRIDAY.

INTO THE WILD GROUPS-- Focus on Ch. 15 (pages 147-8, 150, 155-6) and the similarities and differences between Chris and Jon Krakauer.
  • Create a Venn Diagram and map out the sims/diffs 
  • Then analyze the quote by David B. on page 145 and how it applies to Chris and Jon.
  • What is the proper balance a parent should strike between having high expectations for his/her child and supporting him/her unconditionally? How do your parents do on this font?
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