Responses will be expected on or before Sunday, January 11, by 9 pm.

The past two discussion assignments in the Open Forum have engaged more of you in valid question and answer conversations than one could have hoped (148 as of January 5).  Again, there are some very good questions still unanswered on the Open Forum, so we’re going to return to it this week – with a minor twist.  You shall be given questions from six of your classmates and you must reply to three (no word limits, but remember that “brevity is the soul of wit”, according to our old pal William Shakespeare).

  1. Return to the Open Forum section of this site.
  2. Re-familiarize yourselves with the discussions posted to date from #90 to #148.
  3. Questions to which you MUST provide a reponse this week (choose three of the six and provide comprehensive and intelligent responses):
    • Shauna-Lee’s question regarding Afghanistan (#147).  We’ve been avoiding this one all year and it’s time we knew where everyone stood.
    • The first part of Dylan’s question dealing with humankind’s capacity for major change (#148).  Students’ choice whether they want to tackle the Venus Project portion.
    • Krista’s question (#144) regarding Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip.  This may require you to look into the news from the past few weeks/decades.
    • Anna’s question dealing with the ‘Greater Depression’ (#140).  It might help to take a look at how we dug ourselves out of the last one before responding to this one.
    • Michelle’s question dealing with climate change (#108).  Don’t simply paraphrase Al Gore when responding to this one.
    • Lucas’s question regarding global political corruption (#126).  You’ll have to do a little digging around in the news (or talk to Lucas) to provide some context here.
  4. Please do not address your response to the person who posed the question.   Begin simply with the topic number.  (For example:  147 - I think Canadian troops should…)
  5. If you notice that someone’s question is lacking responses, please attempt to provide a response to that question.  We’d like to hear from you all on a wide variety of topics.

Responses will be expected by Sunday, January 11, no later than 9pm.