Blog 17: The Last Blog of the Semester

May 26, 2013

"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." --Khalil Gibran

Reminders:

• Your comp book is due May 31. I will hand these back before you leave for the summer.
• Summer reading: choose a text from the list or one you've run by me and read it, with TOK in mind. Keep a reading log so in the fall you are well-equipped to share with your peers.

Pick one of the quotations below and connect it to an experience, conversation, or train of thought you've had during TOK this semester. How did your definitions of knowledge, wisdom, answers, ignorance, and truth change or grow? What do you see as your current role in a community of "knowers"? In your opinion, what is the point in exploring the ideas, concepts and questions we've explored this year? And finally, what have you learned (if anything!) in ToK this semester.

"Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises." -Chanakya

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." -Confucius

"Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." -Jacob Bronowski

"There are many kinds of eyes, and consequently, there are many kinds of truths, and consequently there is no truth." - Friedrich Nietzsche