Recently in our Communications class we've been listening to audio books. Our current selection, Amos Fortune, has been chosen to help us learn more about early life in the Thirteen Colonies, particularly in relation to the lives of slaves in the U.S.
We know that the people who were forced to leave their homelands to work for others did not have an easy life by any means. We know that their owners were often cruel, if not outright brutal toward those slaves who were in their care. We also know that slaves had little to no protection under the law.
Based on the book that you've listened to so far, what has surprised you about the slaves' experiences? What have you learned that you wouldn't have expected to have happened? What would you have done if you lived during that period?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Straight Forward Entreprenurship or Taking Advantage of Others?
As we become busy with our day-to-day lives, it's easy to take the little things for granted. Because we expect everything to run smoothly all of the time, when things do develop differently than we expect them to, it can certainly have a huge impact upon us.
This is certainly what happened in China last summer with the 60-mile traffic jam that lasted for two weeks. It didn't take the locals long to determine that a little bit of money could be made from the situation. When situations like these arise, what do they mean for the rest of us? Have we lost a little empathy for others? Are we prone to take advantage when the opportunity presents itself?
This is certainly what happened in China last summer with the 60-mile traffic jam that lasted for two weeks. It didn't take the locals long to determine that a little bit of money could be made from the situation. When situations like these arise, what do they mean for the rest of us? Have we lost a little empathy for others? Are we prone to take advantage when the opportunity presents itself?
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