One of the main examples of democracy in our class today is the fact that we had the right to vote on our preferred poster on democracy. Freedom of speech allowed us to communicate our opinion on the different ways of voting and defend our opinion when we disagreed. Through freedom of press we could produce any kind of poster that we wanted without having the opinions of the government (Mr. Doolan).
We practised democracy in class by voting for our favourite poster, everyone in the class shared their opinion. Even though not everyone got what they wanted the majority got what they wanted and that is generally how a democracy works.
By voting for our favourite poster last class, we practised democracy. We had to vote what poster we thought explained democracy the best. Not everyone voted for the same poster, however, the poster with the most votes won, which is how democracy works.
During this class, several examples of democracy were illustrated. The right to vote is an underlying principle of the concept of democracy. We were all free to vote for whichever poster was best. Another moment where the principle of democracy was applied was deciding how to vote. Mr. Doolan, who represented the government, let the students have a discussion on how to do the vote for the posters. Mr. Doolan gave everyone freedom of expression and did not act as an authoritarian ruler, by making all the decisions. It was a democratic discussion.
In today’s lesson we practiced democracy to a certain extend. The class was allowed to express their opinion without being censored or set under pressure by somebody and we were allowed to vote any poster that we thought was the best. Each individual of the class had a say in how the vote should be accomplished. The freedom of speech and the independent vote are two very important aspects of democracy. Additionally the class expressed tolerance, cooperation and compromise, which are further aspects of democracy. Tolerance and cooperation was expressed by the class through the acceptance of the two votes to give equal chances to each of the groups.
Democracy was practiced in our class wednesday when we had to decide a fair way of how to vote for the best poster. Although not everyone got to vote the way they wanted to; the majority won which is unbiased because everyone had the right to vote.
In Wendesday's class we practiced democracy in several ways druing our makin and presenting of our posters. We were given the right to express ourselves freely on the subject, we were allowed to talk freely with other people about it, and we were allowed to present it to the society (the class). After the presentation none of the posters were banned if someone did not think they were good, and Mr. Doolan did not influence our choice of the best one. We all got our right to vote, the right to decide how to vote and even received two votes each.
I think that democracy has two applications. We can either apply democracy as the text book definition, which we failed to practice in class.And then there is the idea of democracy associated with party politics. I believe that in a real democracy, laws should be voted for if they benefit the people of a country regardless of whether it was submitted by one or another political party. We faced a very similar problem in class.By the end of the debate on how to vote, the vote itself became more focused on who we wanted to lose, then who actually had the best posters. Each group had a strategy that was supposed to insure the other teams lost. So we practiced democracy, but with the same problems that plague in a real government, making it very realistic, bot truly, in spirit, democractic.
In class we practiced democracy when we wanted to decide which of the 3 posters we made best embodied the definition of democracy. First we were able to vote on how we would vote for the best poster. There was freedom of speech which gave each of us in class the right to state our opinions and ideas. Then, when we had settled on a fair way of voting, each of us were given 2 votes to decide which poster was the most popular. We each had a say through our votes. The poster with the majority votes won and in the end, we had decided on on the best poster in a democratic way.
Matilde In class we had various examples of democracy, the most obvious one being the possibility to all participate in a majority vote which would decide the winner amongst the posters. Another form of democracy present in the same activity was equal opportunity for everyone to speak and that insuring that each poster had an equal chance of winning.
While to some it may seem that there is some from of majority decision making in class, this is merely a charade. The teacher does not necessarily make decisions to reflect the will of the masses, or the students, and so therefore there is no representation in the ruling class if you will. A fine example is that if given the choice as to whether or not to do homework, about everyone except a select few idiots would vote against homework. However, the fact that we continuously receive homework against our wishes indicate that the level of democracy in the classroom is superficial, if not nonexistent. But is this necessarily a bad thing? Although we are unwilling at times, the point of education is not to bend to the will of teenage whims but to instill knowledge and work ethic in a student body that is not always willing to cooperate. Thus, a democracy in the classroom would not work, and a certain degree of authoritarianism is not always present, but most of the time necessary.
The TOK class practises democracy to a certain degree, considering that any student has the same right to speak as ever other one. It may be said whatever you want to say and you have a choice whether you want to do the work that the teacher assigns or not. Then again the problem has already been mentioned, there is a teacher involved. All the privileges belong to him, what he says should be done, it's up to the individual if he/she wants to follow the suggested activity or not, but since the teacher has the chance to grade you for your work and make you fail a course, that is important for the whole diploma, you might want to get to work!
We practiced democracy on a few levels in our last TOK class, in multiple ways. First of all, each person had the opportunity to input their ideas into the poster-making process, which resulted in the best of each person's ideas being represented. Secondly, the system on which we chose the poster was a democratic method, for another reason than just a normal vote. Due to the unevenness of the groups, one had a clear advantage in the voting. But sticking to the democratic ideals, we used a 2-vote system, which was much more democratic, as in the end one of the minority groups won the votes.
In class we exercised some sort of democracy. We drew the paintings in a group and in our group we voted on what we would draw. Then we voted on how we would vote on the best drawing. Then we voted and our teacher (Mr.Doolan)acted as a president who could 'veto or decision if he really wanted to. The school rules acted as a sort of constitution which limited our powers. We also had freedom of speech and equal say in the government.
In class we practise a democracy to a certain extent. For example each student and teacher has the right to voice his or her own opinion. Also we vote on certain decisions. However certain decisions are made by the teachers only, which does not completely follow a democratic system.
It is interesting that many people focus on voting, as a democratic right. But as some pointed out, democracy involves a whole lot more (freedom of expression, for instance). Then again, no democracy permits unfettered freedom of expression.
One of the main examples of democracy in our class today is the fact that we had the right to vote on our preferred poster on democracy. Freedom of speech allowed us to communicate our opinion on the different ways of voting and defend our opinion when we disagreed. Through freedom of press we could produce any kind of poster that we wanted without having the opinions of the government (Mr. Doolan).
ReplyDeleteWe practised democracy in class by voting for our favourite poster, everyone in the class shared their opinion. Even though not everyone got what they wanted the majority got what they wanted and that is generally how a democracy works.
ReplyDeleteBy voting for our favourite poster last class, we practised democracy. We had to vote what poster we thought explained democracy the best. Not everyone voted for the same poster, however, the poster with the most votes won, which is how democracy works.
ReplyDeleteDuring this class, several examples of democracy were illustrated. The right to vote is an underlying principle of the concept of democracy. We were all free to vote for whichever poster was best. Another moment where the principle of democracy was applied was deciding how to vote. Mr. Doolan, who represented the government, let the students have a discussion on how to do the vote for the posters. Mr. Doolan gave everyone freedom of expression and did not act as an authoritarian ruler, by making all the decisions. It was a democratic discussion.
ReplyDeleteIn today’s lesson we practiced democracy to a certain extend. The class was allowed to express their opinion without being censored or set under pressure by somebody and we were allowed to vote any poster that we thought was the best. Each individual of the class had a say in how the vote should be accomplished. The freedom of speech and the independent vote are two very important aspects of democracy. Additionally the class expressed tolerance, cooperation and compromise, which are further aspects of democracy. Tolerance and cooperation was expressed by the class through the acceptance of the two votes to give equal chances to each of the groups.
ReplyDeleteDemocracy was practiced in our class wednesday when we had to decide a fair way of how to vote for the best poster. Although not everyone got to vote the way they wanted to; the majority won which is unbiased because everyone had the right to vote.
ReplyDeleteIn Wendesday's class we practiced democracy in several ways druing our makin and presenting of our posters. We were given the right to express ourselves freely on the subject, we were allowed to talk freely with other people about it, and we were allowed to present it to the society (the class).
ReplyDeleteAfter the presentation none of the posters were banned if someone did not think they were good, and Mr. Doolan did not influence our choice of the best one. We all got our right to vote, the right to decide how to vote and even received two votes each.
I think that democracy has two applications. We can either apply democracy as the text book definition, which we failed to practice in class.And then there is the idea of democracy associated with party politics. I believe that in a real democracy, laws should be voted for if they benefit the people of a country regardless of whether it was submitted by one or another political party. We faced a very similar problem in class.By the end of the debate on how to vote, the vote itself became more focused on who we wanted to lose, then who actually had the best posters. Each group had a strategy that was supposed to insure the other teams lost. So we practiced democracy, but with the same problems that plague in a real government, making it very realistic, bot truly, in spirit, democractic.
ReplyDeleteIn class we practiced democracy when we wanted to decide which of the 3 posters we made best embodied the definition of democracy. First we were able to vote on how we would vote for the best poster. There was freedom of speech which gave each of us in class the right to state our opinions and ideas. Then, when we had settled on a fair way of voting, each of us were given 2 votes to decide which poster was the most popular. We each had a say through our votes. The poster with the majority votes won and in the end, we had decided on on the best poster in a democratic way.
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ReplyDeleteIn class we had various examples of democracy, the most obvious one being the possibility to all participate in a majority vote which would decide the winner amongst the posters. Another form of democracy present in the same activity was equal opportunity for everyone to speak and that insuring that each poster had an equal chance of winning.
While to some it may seem that there is some from of majority decision making in class, this is merely a charade. The teacher does not necessarily make decisions to reflect the will of the masses, or the students, and so therefore there is no representation in the ruling class if you will. A fine example is that if given the choice as to whether or not to do homework, about everyone except a select few idiots would vote against homework. However, the fact that we continuously receive homework against our wishes indicate that the level of democracy in the classroom is superficial, if not nonexistent. But is this necessarily a bad thing? Although we are unwilling at times, the point of education is not to bend to the will of teenage whims but to instill knowledge and work ethic in a student body that is not always willing to cooperate. Thus, a democracy in the classroom would not work, and a certain degree of authoritarianism is not always present, but most of the time necessary.
ReplyDeleteThe TOK class practises democracy to a certain degree, considering that any student has the same right to speak as ever other one. It may be said whatever you want to say and you have a choice whether you want to do the work that the teacher assigns or not. Then again the problem has already been mentioned, there is a teacher involved. All the privileges belong to him, what he says should be done, it's up to the individual if he/she wants to follow the suggested activity or not, but since the teacher has the chance to grade you for your work and make you fail a course, that is important for the whole diploma, you might want to get to work!
ReplyDeleteWe practiced democracy on a few levels in our last TOK class, in multiple ways. First of all, each person had the opportunity to input their ideas into the poster-making process, which resulted in the best of each person's ideas being represented. Secondly, the system on which we chose the poster was a democratic method, for another reason than just a normal vote. Due to the unevenness of the groups, one had a clear advantage in the voting. But sticking to the democratic ideals, we used a 2-vote system, which was much more democratic, as in the end one of the minority groups won the votes.
ReplyDeleteIn class we exercised some sort of democracy. We drew the paintings in a group and in our group we voted on what we would draw. Then we voted on how we would vote on the best drawing. Then we voted and our teacher (Mr.Doolan)acted as a president who could 'veto or decision if he really wanted to. The school rules acted as a sort of constitution which limited our powers. We also had freedom of speech and equal say in the government.
ReplyDeleteIn class we practise a democracy to a certain extent. For example each student and teacher has the right to voice his or her own opinion. Also we vote on certain decisions. However certain decisions are made by the teachers only, which does not completely follow a democratic system.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that many people focus on voting, as a democratic right. But as some pointed out, democracy involves a whole lot more (freedom of expression, for instance). Then again, no democracy permits unfettered freedom of expression.
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